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Fenrir posted:It's me. I'm the one guy whose favorite Darkthrone album is still Soulside Journey. I think Soulside Journey is criminally under appreciated. I wouldn't call it my favorite, but before I got into their early 90's trilogy, Soulside was pretty much the only Darkthrone album I liked. Arctic Thunder loving ruled though.
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Does anyone have an idea of what to expect from a Nader Sadek live show? I'm probably seeing them open for Inquisition tonight and I can't even find info on who is currently in the band (there are like 20 active members on M-A but I'm assuming like 3-5 play a show). I know none of the people from In the Flesh are still involved.
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Anyone heard/cares about the new Polkadot Cadaver album, Get Possessed? I loved their older stuff but after giving this one a listen, I just get nothing, completely forgettable. Any opinions? Should I give it another spin or is it in fact poo poo?
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Capilarean posted:Anyone heard/cares about the new Polkadot Cadaver album, Get Possessed? I loved their older stuff but after giving this one a listen, I just get nothing, completely forgettable. Any opinions? Should I give it another spin or is it in fact poo poo? I don't think group consensus should influence your opinion of an album. Give it a second go and if it still doesn't click then it's just not for you. I love me some Steven Wilson but his newest album was so boring I shut it off like 4 songs in. I doubt my opinion would have been different if I'd read a bunch of reviews, although I might have at least know ahead of time it was going to be painfully loving dull. *insert joke about Steven Wilson here*
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joylessdivision posted:I don't think group consensus should influence your opinion of an album. Give it a second go and if it still doesn't click then it's just not for you. After how good the last 4 Porcupine Tree records were, everything since has been such a disappointment.
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Fenrir posted:After how good the last 4 Porcupine Tree records were, everything since has been such a disappointment. The Incident never quite clicked for me but Stupid Dream > Lightbulb Sun > In Absentia > Deadwing > Fear Of A Blank Planet is such an insane run, literally a nigh flawless record every 2-3 years. He'll never quite reach it again I think (although Hand Cannot Erase was really good)
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I actually thought his new album was a return to form. I get that his solo stuff after PT was very musically clever, but not much of it really clicked with me.
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tote up a bags posted:The Incident never quite clicked for me but Stupid Dream > Lightbulb Sun > In Absentia > Deadwing > Fear Of A Blank Planet is such an insane run, literally a nigh flawless record every 2-3 years. He'll never quite reach it again I think (although Hand Cannot Erase was really good) I hear that a lot, and it's odd to me. The Incident took a few listens but I think it has become my favorite PT record ever.
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Fenrir posted:I hear that a lot, and it's odd to me. The Incident took a few listens but I think it has become my favorite PT record ever. I don't think The Incident clicked for me until like...this past year, and now it's one of my goto albums. I really liked "Grace for Drowning" but haven't delved too much into the solo stuff other than the newest one.
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Just found out Diablo Swing Orchestra released a new album on Friday. Listening to it on Spotify now, and so far am not disappointed in the least. This poo poo is so much fun.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tWgttKhQyY
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Fenrir posted:After how good the last 4 Porcupine Tree records were, everything since has been such a disappointment. The Raven...was one of the best things he's ever done, and I think all of his solo stuff has been at least decent - and all better than The Incident. In Absentia is my favourite thing he's done though (unless you count the King Crimson remasters).
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Nordick posted:Just found out Diablo Swing Orchestra released a new album on Friday. Listening to it on Spotify now, and so far am not disappointed in the least. This poo poo is so much fun. I really love their first album but never got into the two after that. Hope this will be good, they're such a fun band.
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if Final Breath were more than a one hit wonder metal band, that would be great, but I guess that is not to be. Every song sounds like "Eyes of Horror" but at different speeds or with slightly different tuning
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TeamJesus posted:That was me. Their past 3 albums are all pretty good I think. Well in that case I'll thank you for posting Temple of Void, too, this album is really heavy and awesome.
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Their first album is loving great too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wu3XqpWCrQ
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For a few years now i've been struggling to find this one song I heard when I was in my teens, but I could only remember that the song title may or may not begin with "star" and the album cover was blue. Every few months i'd have a big trawl through Spotify related artists but never came close. Today, I found it! Starchild, by Wintersun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxc5Y2LbxbI I haven't been very into metal for a few years now, it's a little cheesy but something about it just rules. I also rediscovered what I would say is my favourite bit of metal ever, Steel Attack's Diablolic Symphony. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceDa9XTavVc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FceoiWw8c6k
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Dude Sweet posted:For a few years now i've been struggling to find this one song I heard when I was in my teens, but I could only remember that the song title may or may not begin with "star" and the album cover was blue. Every few months i'd have a big trawl through Spotify related artists but never came close. That whole album by Wintersun is great. The followups took years to make and have for the most part been quite bloated and lost the allure of the self titled. Still, the first one doesn't have a bad track on it.
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Warrel Dane is dead  http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/nevermore-and-sanctuary-singer-warrel-dane-dies-of-heart-attack-in-brazil/ Nevermore now joins the great band graveyard in the sky
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gently caress.
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stab posted:Warrel Dane is dead What the gently caress
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stab posted:Warrel Dane is dead WHAT THE gently caress
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well poo poo e: at least we're getting a second GSO album soon
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Dude Sweet posted:I also rediscovered what I would say is my favourite bit of metal ever, Steel Attack's Diablolic Symphony. Their first two albums, Where Mankind Fails and Fall Into Madness, are two criminally under looked gems of the late 90s/early 00s power metal scene. https://youtube.com/watch?v=3gnCCsKg5HI https://youtube.com/watch?v=Z001xSxto2Y Where Mankind Fails is one of my all time favorite power metal albums.
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That really suck, Nevermore were loving great
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stab posted:Warrel Dane is dead WHAT
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Was holding out for a Nevermore reunion. Sad day.
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This one sucks. Nevermore were the band that got me into more extreme forms of metal and branched out my musical tastes. Warrel's lyrics, while cheesy sometimes(what metal lyrics aren't), were really on the mark and like nobody elses I've read. Dude could lyric the gently caress out of a song. I was actually pretty active on the Nevermore forums from like 03-06 and even chatted with Warrel on the forum IRC channel a few times w/ forum regulars. He was a really down to earth dude with a wicked sense of humor. I know he struggled with alcoholism quite a bit and developed severe diabetes the last 10 years or so but I assumed that he mostly had those issues under control. Maybe it just caught up to him. I haven't really listened to them in quite a while and grown out of them somewhat but they'll always be one of my benchmark bands. Definitely gonna blast their discography soon. A loving legend.
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Chromatic posted:This one sucks. Nevermore were the band that got me into more extreme forms of metal and branched out my musical tastes. Warrel's lyrics, while cheesy sometimes(what metal lyrics aren't), were really on the mark and like nobody elses I've read. Dude could lyric the gently caress out of a song. He's the first rock guy i met backstage etc etc. Super cool and personable guy. The 2nd guy i met was Dio I think i may have the cursed touch And this crushes me obviously. Nevermore is a hugely influential band to me and I loved all of their work. At least unlike Savatage, I got to see them multiple times. Looks like my autographed old school tour poster is going to get framed now (mercyful fate/nevermore/ overkill tour shut up im an old)
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poo poo, this is the same day Chuck died. Already listening to This Godless Endeavor so I guess Symbolic is next.
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stab posted:Warrel Dane is dead this loving sucks. ugh. at least it's a reminder that this godless endeavor is an extremely good album and i need to listen to it
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henpod posted:That whole album by Wintersun is great. The followups took years to make and have for the most part been quite bloated and lost the allure of the self titled. Still, the first one doesn't have a bad track on it. Yup. Beautiful Death is especially worth the listen. Holy poo poo, that song is incredible.
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stab posted:Warrel Dane is dead Nevermore to feel the pain / The heart collector sang / And I won't be feeling hollow for so long 
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murked by dragon posted:this loving sucks. ugh. I just blasted TGE in the car on the way home, still fuckin owns.
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I’ve been going through Nevermore’s discography most of the day since I heard the news and gently caress, they had some stuff that really crushed. Warrell definitely had one of the most distinctive lead vocals in all of metal. Them and early Iced Earth really exploded my musical knowledge in the late 90s to more extreme types of metal. They’ll always be one of my favorites.
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I actually went from Iced Earth to Nevermore. Once I was into Nevermore, I couldn't listen to Iced Earth anymore. Schaffer can't hold a candle to Loomis.
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Nevermore was loving great. Dane had a delivery that made me think he was a lunatic and it ruled. I regret never having seen them live.
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Sounds like Nevermore were a gateway band for a lot of people, I was exactly the same but with Dreaming Neon Black. Not as good as This Godless Endeavour (which is a loving outstanding album) but i've still got a soft spot for it. Nevermore are a good band to get normies into metal with by the way, my girlfriend didn't like anything heavier than Nightwish when we started going out, I introduced her to Nevermore and now she goes with me to see bands like Wolves in the Throne Room. The system works!
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I vividly remember buying Dreaming Neon Black blind and then having my face kicked in by the opening riff in Beyond Within. Heaviest poo poo I had ever heard. I started playing a 7 string like 6 months after This Godless Endeavor came out because god drat. That run of albums from Politics to Godless was pretty unfuckwithable.
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I started to think back and I realized Nevermore was also my gateway band into all kinds of different music. Chromatic posted:I actually went from Iced Earth to Nevermore. Once I was into Nevermore, I couldn't listen to Iced Earth anymore. Schaffer can't hold a candle to Loomis. Exactly like this. I think it went like hard rock -> Metallica -> Iced Earth -> Nevermore. And the floodgates opened after that. "This Godless Endeavor" was probably the thing that blew my mind the most, and although I haven't listened to it in years now, I can still remember the goosebumps I got from the solos in that album and especially the title track with the line "welcome to the end my friend, the sky has opened" that ends the song. Just fantastic heavy stuff. R.I.P.
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