riseofsetian1981
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Post by riseofsetian1981 on Feb 5, 2019 15:01:32 GMT -5
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riseofsetian1981
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Post by riseofsetian1981 on Feb 5, 2019 15:02:47 GMT -5
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riseofsetian1981
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Post by riseofsetian1981 on Feb 5, 2019 15:03:37 GMT -5
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riseofsetian1981
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Post by riseofsetian1981 on Feb 5, 2019 16:47:53 GMT -5
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riseofsetian1981
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Post by riseofsetian1981 on Feb 6, 2019 13:58:34 GMT -5
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riseofsetian1981
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Post by riseofsetian1981 on Feb 6, 2019 16:05:21 GMT -5
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Post by Limity (BLM) on Feb 13, 2019 5:19:30 GMT -5
For the longest time I didnt really like this song. But then I saw Queensryche live for the first time in 03 or 04, heard it played live, and now I love it. Can't explain why.
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Post by DSR on Feb 14, 2019 3:12:17 GMT -5
(LANGUAGE WARNING)
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adamclark52
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Post by adamclark52 on Feb 22, 2019 9:15:00 GMT -5
So I haven't stopped buying albums. I've just had a downer of a few months and haven't been too inspired to write. But here's a few I've gotten lately: Cryptopsy - ...and then You'll Beg (2000)I actually like all Cryptopsy albums that I've heard, not just the one's with Lord Worm on vocals. I see them as three different bands, depending on who the vocalist is on any given album (Lord Worm, Matt McGachy or Mike DiSalvo). This was the second of two albums with DiSalvo on vocals and I was looking forward to listening to it as I really liked the first album with him singing: 1998's 'Whisper Supremacy'. But this one didn't sit right with me. Musically it was as good as any Cryptopsy album but the vocals really turned me off. They sounded too forced and muffled and were way too high in the mix. That ruined the whole album. Even worse was the last song Screams Go Unheard starting with an embarrassingly bad didgere-doo solo. Yes, a didgere-doo solo. 6.5/10 of course, Cryptopsy reunited with Lord Worm and in 2005 released a very good album called Once Was Not. He, however, left the band shortly afterwards and was replaced by Matt McGachy. Then, in 2008 Cryptopsy released: Cryptopsy - the Unspoken King (2008)This album was universally shat on upon its release and change in musical direction (from technical death metal to deathcore, which was at its peak in 2008). I never even bothered with the album when it was released. So everyone's had ten years to get over the Unspoken King and move on I figured it was time to give it a shot. And it really is that bad. Again, musically it passes the test as deathcore isn't that much different from any other form of "death" metal as far as musically is concerned. But vocally it is A MESS. McGachy's death growls aren't that bad and I don't even mind his clean vocals, although I don't think they're good with Cryptopsy's style of music. But what really kills it was the screeching vocals he does all over the place, which really just sound...like whining. Some of the lyrics are laughably bad. You can't blame him though because he was just thrown to the wolves. I don't know what the other of the members of the band were thinking though. And since most of them left after this album I don't think they did either. I felt really bad for Éric Langlois when I listened to this album because he'd been with the band since their glory days and had to participate in this. Yes, this album is as bad as you've heard it is. 3/10
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adamclark52
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Post by adamclark52 on Feb 22, 2019 9:16:15 GMT -5
The Melvins - 26 SongsI never bothered with this compilation and I really don't know why. I enjoyed 6 Songs/8 Songs/10 Songs way more than I enjoyed Gluey Porch Treatments and Ozma, but I just never got around to it. So my wife got this for me for Christmas and I was really glad to listen to this. You get the 10 Songs versions of these songs and the 6 Songs versions, plus demos. So really in some cases there are three versions of some songs on this comp. But they're great songs. On Gluey Porch Treatments and Ozma they seemed to be writing half songs. Here they're full songs. It's a worthwhile listen for anyone who likes the Melvins. 8.5/10
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adamclark52
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Post by adamclark52 on Feb 22, 2019 9:16:45 GMT -5
Last Days of Humanity - Rest in Gore 1989–2006 (2007)I've always wanted some Last Days of Humanity music but it's f***ing impossible to come by. Even on eBay there's not much out there. If it is there it's usually really expensive. Strange, for a band that's been around and been doing their thing for almost thirty years. So finally found this, and even though it was pricey I said "f*** it" and went for it. And boy, am I glad I did. This has selections from everything Last Days of Humanity had done in their career up until that point in reverse chronological order. So it runs a gammut of sounds (and line-ups) but makes for a hell of a listen. The first thirty songs are just barrages of noise but it's a lot of fun. The only times the songs run longer than a minute are if there's a sample in front of them (which are usually longer than the songs). It's a mess, it all sounds the same, it's noise...and it's beautiful. Then the songs (kind of) become songs. There are distinctive riffs that set each song apart from on another and it becomes more palatable. The recording quality deteriorates as the double CD goes on to the point where the earliest demos are a different kind of noise (there's riffs and stuff but it sounds like it was recorded in a tin can). The samples are awesome. Check out the intro to Pro-Rectal Fermentation off the split with Rakitis, which is the Rancor scene from Return of the Jedi, which I totally sure the band got permission to use. The others are from obscure gore movies which are just as out there as this band. There are one hundred and twenty-eight songs on this two and a half hour double CD compilation. And it's grindcore (or pornogrind, whatever you want to call it) so it's all going to sound like noise to most people. But I loved EVERY f***ING SECOND OF IT. 10/10
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adamclark52
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Post by adamclark52 on Feb 22, 2019 10:07:53 GMT -5
something else I've been rocking since Christmas that deserves ONE HUGE POST ALL OF IT'S OWN. I saw a KoRn cover band just before Christmas and it reignited a love I had for that band as a teenager. I've always loved their first two albums, even to this day. I bought Follow the Leader, Issues and Untouchables when they were released and never really liked them. To the point where I got rid of Follow the Leader and Issues. But I checked out eBay after that show and saw that a lot of people were selling their KoRn albums for really cheap ( ) so...I bought every KoRn album. They have a lot of albums. And here's my retrospective. Korn (1994)This was one of their two albums that I've always liked over the last twenty-five years (...twenty-five years). So I won't post any new thoughts on it until the end. It rules. 9/10 Life Is Peachy (1996)The other album I've always loved from KoRn. I love this album even more than the debut. 10/10 Follow the Leader (1998)This album really is crap. I really didn't like it from the day I heard it but twenty years and ten more albums later it really may be their weakest album, despite being their breakout album. I really like a few songs and absolutely the others. 2.5/10 Issues (1999)I should have never sold Issues. It was a much better album that Follow the Leader. I just wanted to get rid of everything I had by them that wasn't the first two albums...and nobody wanted Untouchables. Now here we are and it's okay. There are a few really good songs and a bunch other other songs. 6.5/10 Untouchables (2002)This album stinks and was bad enough that when I tired to sell it ten years ago that no one wanted it. So I've had it since 2002. At least I didn't have to buy it again. There are a few good songs. 5/10 Take a Look in the Mirror (2003)This album is okay. It was the the first time that I didn't bother buying one of their albums (until 2019 anyway). Y'All Want A Single is f***ing horrible. And the bonus track, which is a live cover of Metallica's One, is horrendous. Not very good. 5/10 See You on the Other Side (2005)This album was really bad. Some of the lyrics are f***ing horrendous ( 10 or A 2-Way did me in). I guess they were hitting their peak around this time. The only song worth anything is Coming Undone. And I liked the bagpipe interludes. 3/10 Untitled album (2007)This actually wasn't a very bad album at all. They went a little more gothic on this one and even though it was somewhat forgettable whenever I've listened to a song from it I've enjoyed it. 6.5/10 Korn III: Remember Who You Are (2010)This one is kind of embarrassing because they went for a "return to their glory days" sound. They brought Ross Robinson back to produce for the first time since Life is Peachy and went extra-angsty. But by this point they were rich and filling stadiums. So it's really hard to feel bad for them. It's decent. 5/10 The Path of Totality (2011)I was interested in listening to this one but IT IS BAD. I like dubstep. But that's not the problem with this album. It just sounds so souless and...like no one cared. Like they were just doing it. It means nothing. Their worst album. Even worse than Follow the Leader. The only thing I like is the background, "whoo"ing vocals in Way Too Far. 1/10 The Paradigm Shift (2013)Anything is better than that last album. This is just songs that happen. I bought this one thinking it was "the dubstep album". I didn't even know it existed until it was in my hands and I wondered where the dubstep was. 6/10 The Serenity of Suffering (2016)There was no real difference from the last album and this. The first song (Insane) has some horrid vocals in the chorus, but is the best song on the album. 6/10 So, there you have it. What did I learn? ... KoRn really do suck. But at the same time...I like them. I'd imagine all these albums would've maybe been better spread across the fifteen years that they came out rather than a month. I still love the first two albums but there may be two good albums worth of material on all the albums I didn't have before Christmas. The singles are good. On every album that's usually it. Will I buy their next album? I probably might. But I'm done for now. *sees that Johnathan Davis released a solo album in 2018* No thank you.
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El Pollo Guerrera
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His name has chicken in it, and he is good at makin' .gifs, so that's cool.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Mar 3, 2019 0:55:20 GMT -5
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riseofsetian1981
King Koopa
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Post by riseofsetian1981 on Mar 18, 2019 21:25:11 GMT -5
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Mar 18, 2019 21:29:53 GMT -5
So I haven't stopped buying albums. I've just had a downer of a few months and haven't been too inspired to write. But here's a few I've gotten lately: Cryptopsy - ...and then You'll Beg (2000)I actually like all Cryptopsy albums that I've heard, not just the one's with Lord Worm on vocals. I see them as three different bands, depending on who the vocalist is on any given album (Lord Worm, Matt McGachy or Mike DiSalvo). This was the second of two albums with DiSalvo on vocals and I was looking forward to listening to it as I really liked the first album with him singing: 1998's 'Whisper Supremacy'. But this one didn't sit right with me. Musically it was as good as any Cryptopsy album but the vocals really turned me off. They sounded too forced and muffled and were way too high in the mix. That ruined the whole album. Even worse was the last song Screams Go Unheard starting with an embarrassingly bad didgere-doo solo. Yes, a didgere-doo solo. 6.5/10 of course, Cryptopsy reunited with Lord Worm and in 2005 released a very good album called Once Was Not. He, however, left the band shortly afterwards and was replaced by Matt McGachy. Then, in 2008 Cryptopsy released: Cryptopsy - the Unspoken King (2008)This album was universally shat on upon its release and change in musical direction (from technical death metal to deathcore, which was at its peak in 2008). I never even bothered with the album when it was released. So everyone's had ten years to get over the Unspoken King and move on I figured it was time to give it a shot. And it really is that bad. Again, musically it passes the test as deathcore isn't that much different from any other form of "death" metal as far as musically is concerned. But vocally it is A MESS. McGachy's death growls aren't that bad and I don't even mind his clean vocals, although I don't think they're good with Cryptopsy's style of music. But what really kills it was the screeching vocals he does all over the place, which really just sound...like whining. Some of the lyrics are laughably bad. You can't blame him though because he was just thrown to the wolves. I don't know what the other of the members of the band were thinking though. And since most of them left after this album I don't think they did either. I felt really bad for Éric Langlois when I listened to this album because he'd been with the band since their glory days and had to participate in this. Yes, this album is as bad as you've heard it is. 3/10 I guess I’m the only one, but as a Cryptopsy fan I still thought The Unspoken King was an exceptional album, and I loved their tempering their extreme sound with a bit more melody.
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Derk!
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Post by Derk! on Mar 18, 2019 21:36:06 GMT -5
I loved their first three albums. And I still regularly play many tracks from them. Issues had some good tracks, too. But it's their weakest by far of the first four. After Untouchables, I gave up hope for them ever releasing any music of quality. Though, their singles from their latest album, I kinda dig and may check it out one of these days.
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Mar 18, 2019 21:43:45 GMT -5
Not sure if it’s worth an individual post, but Slipknot fired Chris Fehn. Dude’s role seemed to essentially be banging on a keg while wearing a mask. Maybe behind the scenes he was a big influence on songwriting, but I doubt it. Probably the most successful metal band of the modern era is down several members in the last couple years, could they become like the death metal Kiss, maintaining a nine man roster when their sound could easily be replicated by five people?
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riseofsetian1981
King Koopa
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Post by riseofsetian1981 on Mar 18, 2019 23:21:11 GMT -5
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