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Laserface posted:
Man I hope they can make it to the United States some day. And thanks for your posts about them otherwise I’d probably never found out about them
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Boosting the praise for FP69. I'm not big on heavy rock, but FP incorporate enough psychedelic touches to give their stuff a more distinctive twist. Their Lost Traveller Chronicles are my favorite albums of theirs, thanks to feeling more like a continuous trip than some of their other releases, but the majority of their output is excerpts from jam sessions, so they're pretty dependable for a sense of spontaneity. They've also been really nice guys every time I've communicated with them. Too bad about the postal cost on anything shipped from Australia, or I'd have more of their albums on my shelf.
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Buddy of mine turned me on to Fossilization. Slightly faster than standard doom but it do be crushin. https://transylvaniantapes.bandcamp.com/album/fossilization-he-whose-name-was-long-forgotten He also told me to check out Jupiterian. They remind me of Forn a lot and I loooooove Forn. https://jupiterian.bandcamp.com/album/protosapien
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On the off chance that you haven't heard them, if you like Jupiterian, you should check out Heavydeath.
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Sweet, thanks. I'll check 'em out.
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TIL that Michael Cera is a competent musician. Interesting.
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dsf posted:new church of the cosmic skull album is out This is from like a month back but I finally caught up with the thread and goddamn, I've spent the last two days just devouring Church of the Cosmic Skull's output relentlessly. Big thanks for the recommendation/heads up.
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Mode 7 posted:This is from like a month back but I finally caught up with the thread and goddamn, I've spent the last two days just devouring Church of the Cosmic Skull's output relentlessly. Big thanks for the recommendation/heads up. 
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That site is loving incredible 
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Just met a couple at a new tiki bar (I loved it there). The dude was wearing a body void shirt. Apparently they're in a band called Beira. Got home, looked them up. Woah they're rad!!! https://beiramusic.bandcamp.com/
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That has to be some guerilla marketing by the band, surely? If not, 
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It absolutely is - same registrar and host as the bands official website. The comments section is full of people taking it 100% seriously though which is amazing.
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I saw localised versions of the same thing which gave it away, but that is why I was sharing it 
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Mode 7 posted:That site is loving incredible I finally checked it out, and oh my, what an incredible find! Edit: Their official website is pretty rad, too: https://cosmicskull.org/ Nit Wit Dog Shit fucked around with this message at 05:03 on Jun 27, 2022 |
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Jun 27, 2022 04:56
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I respect a band that puts a little effort into their website.
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I like Vile Creature's website. https://www.vilecreature.net/
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im_sorry posted:I like Vile Creature's website. https://www.vilecreature.net/ Wow! Holy flashbacks, Batman! That's incredible.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRv6Bu8tTgg yoooo
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Some of the best post-metal I've heard in a while https://voidoflight.bandcamp.com/album/void-of-light also here's a cool tribute to Thou https://riffmerchant.bandcamp.com/album/heavier-than-thou Varg fucked around with this message at 22:31 on Jun 30, 2022 |
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Third Man sent me an email yesterday saying they made a shipping label for that Dopesmoker definitive box set and they're shipping them alphabetically by first name, so I'm near the end but gently caress YEAH Live at Third Man is so good, I'm so stoked to see the final product on this one
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Melvins played tonight at a smaller venue very close to where I live, but because of no promotion locally about the show, I was not aware of said show until Thursday night. Therefore I couldn't schedule the night off from work ahead of time. I definitely would have gone to the show if I knew about it earlier. Bands this awesome playing in the area I live in is so rare. Set list from the show per setlist.fm Oven Lovely Butterfly It's Shoved Anaconda Lizzy Charlie (Redd Kross cover) Euthanasia Mr. Dog Never Say You're Sorry Evil New War God Hooch Honey Bucket The Bit With Teeth Ballad of Dwight Fry (Alice Cooper cover) loving pisses me off that this wasn't promoted at all. I even get emails from this venue about upcoming shows, but I never got anything about this one. Such bullshit.
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only ever got to see Melvins live once and they were amazing. That was nearly a decade ago though, I’d love to see them again
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MrQwerty posted:Third Man sent me an email yesterday saying they made a shipping label for that Dopesmoker definitive box set and they're shipping them alphabetically by first name, so I'm near the end but gently caress YEAH. Slightly concerned I haven’t gotten my similar email notification.
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Nit Wit Dog poo poo posted:Melvins played tonight at a smaller venue very close to where I live, but because of no promotion locally about the show, I was not aware of said show until Thursday night. Therefore I couldn't schedule the night off from work ahead of time. I definitely would have gone to the show if I knew about it earlier. Bands this awesome playing in the area I live in is so rare. That's a great set list as well. I haven't seen the Melvins live since the Big Business days and would love to see them again.
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butros posted:Slightly concerned I haven’t gotten my similar email notification. Same, but slightly relieved to see I’m not the only one.
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spaced ninja posted:Same, but slightly relieved to see I’m not the only one. Third Man is... interesting to deal with. I have never had a shipping issue with them though, they always come through. It was like a month after people started getting their Live at Third Man when I got my shipping email. I actually called them about Live at Third Man and was reassured that it was in the pipe, you can do that too.
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Nit Wit Dog poo poo posted:Melvins played tonight at a smaller venue very close to where I live, but because of no promotion locally about the show, I was not aware of said show until Thursday night. Therefore I couldn't schedule the night off from work ahead of time. I definitely would have gone to the show if I knew about it earlier. Bands this awesome playing in the area I live in is so rare. Gonna see them next week, great set list. I've luckily had the chance to see them twice already though, once with Big Business which was killer. I'm really pumped that Crowbar is finally coming back to my city in September though, never got a chance to see em before.
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butros posted:Slightly concerned I haven’t gotten my similar email notification. I didn't get one but it arrived today. It's positively bursting at the seams.  Think my Weedian just proceeded.  It's green... like weed!  A piss-poor attempt at getting a shot of the etching on side W or whatever. 
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Ofuk. What’s your last name start with? Wondering where I am in the pecking order.
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I learned recently that Des, the previous drummer from High on Fire, left the band because he got mad about Pike touring with Sleep so much because it made better money than HoF did.
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Well poo poo.
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butros posted:Ofuk. What’s your last name start with? Wondering where I am in the pecking order. it's not last name, it's first name Third Man posted:We are shipping this package in alphabetical order (A-Z) by FIRST NAME. If you see that your information says 'Pre-Shipment', don't worry! We have our shipping labels pre-printed, so your package is simply awaiting shipment. Like I said, dealing with Third Man is weird. That looks great, though, Detective Thompson. Really stoked. MrQwerty fucked around with this message at 16:47 on Jul 6, 2022 |
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MrQwerty posted:it's not last name, it's first name still ofuk  my first name starts with P
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butros posted:still ofuk you get yours shipped before mine or at the same time, they aren't that far apart
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My first name begins with A, so they're still probably sorting through a lot of stuff. I just looked at my email for messages from the last time I ordered from them for the live album in 2019, and they sent me a tracking number then, but not this time. They don't seem to be consistent with it.
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https://youtu.be/T7C0GMW1AOI Would sure love to not be reverting to hearing this on YouTube.
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Primitive Man and Body Void tonight. So freaking pumped for Body Void. I'm between houses at the moment and I think I accidentally packed my earplugs into storage. Yaaaaaay
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