Oh, I chose those bands because they were similar to the video from the post I quoted, there's a whole sleught of good Japanese extreme metal, boris is fucking amazing.
Oh, I chose those bands because they were similar to the video from the post I quoted, there's a whole sleught of good Japanese extreme metal, boris is fucking amazing.
Oh I'm not saying Japanese metal isn't good, I've actually heard of these bands. I just find myself liking the Chinese metal I've heard more. I'm not really a big fan of the Japanese language though, so that could have something to do with it though. Also factor in that the Chinese culture in general feels more foreign and unknown to me, so the surprise is there too.
IT's their best album in a decade, hands down, there were moment where I was left agape at their technical brilliance, there were amazingly uplifting and strong vocal melodies, AMAZING drumming. Then came the last song.
I think this has been the only song that has gotten me so close to tears, I mean, probably because its relevancy to my current life. But wow, amazing track.
I don't know. Ideally, I'd love to hear something really heavy and experimental come out of this collaboration, but I don't feel like either Lou Reed or Metallica are capable of something like that anymore. It'll probably be boring.
I don't know. Ideally, I'd love to hear something really heavy and experimental come out of this collaboration, but I don't feel like either Lou Reed or Metallica are capable of something like that anymore. It'll probably be boring.
Load/ReLoad with Lou Reed on vocals? That's what I am hoping for and expecting.
Or maybe the theme is your thing. Well then for you we have a concept album based on a tabletop space-faring role-playing game from the seventies. Yes, those seventies, before that shite band The Sword bit off it and got written up in Kotaku.
Mastodon released 2 of the tracks of their new album and both of them are fantastic, but one of my friends said that it seems like it's going to be their Black Album. I hope that is not the case, I would like to continue to like new Mastodon albums in the future.
What does this even mean? That Mastodon is streamlining their sound to become more accesible? I don't really see that happening.
He's saying that it's because unlike Crack the Skye, the songs don't go Intro A, Chorus, Intro B, Verse, Intro C, Break-down and that they seem actually playable on guitar now that there aren't 17 different riffs in a song (those are actually some things that he said, just in a summarized form).
Bryce is a music geek, so I do listen to him, but I take what he says with a grain of salt.
Bryce is a music geek, so I do listen to him, but I take what he says with a grain of salt.
Mastodon's older repertoire was somewhat more standard sludge metal. Remission is a great album, but it's much simpler than Crack the Skye.
Part of what made Crack the Skye so sublime for us Mastodon fans is that it was the apex of a crescendo that had been building for years, the full implementation of their prog-rock dreams.
So I'm cool with them going back to their simpler raw days. In that case, TBA isn't really the proper analogy. It's more like the new Dream Theater album - a return to form after a period of experimentation.
I would say that the Hunter sounds much more similar to Leviathan than Remission.
One thing I will note is that their vocals sound much better in the two songs they released from the Hunter than they ever have, I wonder if they will be able to sing the songs live or if they will just distort the fuck out of the vocals when they play the songs live like they have in the past.
I would say that the Hunter sounds much more similar to Leviathan than Remission.
That just made my day, because I liked Leviathan more than Remission.
Speaking to AOL's Noisecreep, drummer Brann Dailor described the new material as not so much proggy as riff-oriented and "a little more stripped down," akin to that of Leviathan (2004) and "like a really super-heavy Led Zeppelin or something." Asked if Brent Hinds is again responsible for most of the initial songwriting, Dailor replied, "I think it's a little more collaborative, with everyone chipping in."
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Pink and Smile are good starting points, though. Akuma no Uta is also awesome.
Sigh
Black metal with flute shredding.
I was listening to Boris yesterday...
Some great post metal band very few have heard of. Think Between the Buried and Me, but better.
IT's their best album in a decade, hands down, there were moment where I was left agape at their technical brilliance, there were amazingly uplifting and strong vocal melodies, AMAZING drumming. Then came the last song.
I think this has been the only song that has gotten me so close to tears, I mean, probably because its relevancy to my current life. But wow, amazing track.
/I keed
//mostly
Bryce is a music geek, so I do listen to him, but I take what he says with a grain of salt.
Part of what made Crack the Skye so sublime for us Mastodon fans is that it was the apex of a crescendo that had been building for years, the full implementation of their prog-rock dreams.
So I'm cool with them going back to their simpler raw days. In that case, TBA isn't really the proper analogy. It's more like the new Dream Theater album - a return to form after a period of experimentation.
One thing I will note is that their vocals sound much better in the two songs they released from the Hunter than they ever have, I wonder if they will be able to sing the songs live or if they will just distort the fuck out of the vocals when they play the songs live like they have in the past.