What's your top 15 albums?

[TriggerHeartExelica]

Lacuna Coil Comalies

Interesting. I didn't know they were popular outside of Europe.

I wouldn't say they are popular here but I know alot of people who listen to Evanescence (which I used to) liked their sound (probably because of the female vocalist). Oh and they have a song on Rock Band 2 I believe it is so...

[Battletoad]

Lacuna Coil Comalies

Interesting. I didn't know they were popular outside of Europe.

I wouldn't say they are popular here but I know alot of people who listen to Evanescence (which I used to) liked their sound (probably because of the female vocalist). Oh and they have a song on Rock Band 2 I believe it is so...

I thought that they were somewhat popular in the US and that this was a reason why they they sounded more like Korn on the last record.

[tommyb]

Masami Akita and Russell Haswell - Satanstorade - Rhythmic pop noise
Asobi Seksu - Citrus - US loud guitar pop
Boris - Pink - Pummelling power trio
Deerhoof - Reveille - Creepy and lovely
Deerhoof - The runners four - Self indulgent and lovely
Lightning Bolt - Peel session - Drum and bass
Melt Banana - Cactuses come in the flocks - Ear scrapingly joyous
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless - Swirly precise guitar pop
Pulp - Different class - Social realist pop
Rugar - My girl, the princess - Faux nostalgia
Shonen Knife - Burning farm - Half an hour of joy
Slowdive - Souvlaki - Oh my God. If I don't find my skull lighter, I'll, like, slit my wrists
Trencher - Lips - Tongue in cheek slab of nasty
USK - Music is my girlfriend -Best Chiptune Album of All Time
Venetian Snares - Cavalcade of glee and the Dadaist happy hardcore - Jittery breakcore
Whitehouse - Birdseed - Dead meat

plus 100 more.

Oh btw, you have immaculate taste in music.

[Kyle]

"Winnipeg Is A Frozen Shithole" is better in my opinion, but that album is great. Is that the one with the 8-bit song?

Yeah, it has Pwntendo. The albums are too different to really pit against each other. Die Winnipeg Die Die Die Fuckers Die (from Winnipeg) is the heaviest Snares song I know (well maybe except the early speedcore stuff). I usually crank it up in my car to a deafening level. Other good stuff to check out:

Doll Doll Doll
Songs About My Cats
Huge Chrome Cylinder Box Unfolding
Meathole
Rossz Csillag Alatt Szueletett

I've never met anyone in real life with a tolerance for it. My girl classifies it as noise alongside the death metal I listen to.

[szycag]

I've never been able to pick a favorite Snares album, even though I listen to his tracks all the time for years now and would say he's one of my favorite musicians. Higgins and Chocolate Wheelchair are probably good introductions to him. Detrimentalist came kind of close for me but doesn't have anything truly punishing on it. I wish he would put out a record that's as demolishing as his DJ sets.

[tommyb]

"Winnipeg Is A Frozen Shithole" is better in my opinion, but that album is great. Is that the one with the 8-bit song?

Yeah, it has Pwntendo. The albums are too different to really pit against each other. Die Winnipeg Die Die Die Fuckers Die (from Winnipeg) is the heaviest Snares song I know (well maybe except the early speedcore stuff). I usually crank it up in my car to a deafening level. Other good stuff to check out:

Doll Doll Doll
Songs About My Cats
Huge Chrome Cylinder Box Unfolding
Meathole
Rossz Csillag Alatt Szueletett

I've never met anyone in real life with a tolerance for it. My girl classifies it as noise alongside the death metal I listen to.

Make your girl listen to Merzbow and/or Whitehouse. Then ask her if Snares is noise.

[oli_lar]

Voodeux - The paranormal
Stone Roses - s/t
Fatboy Slim - Better Living Through Chemistry
Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust
The Streets - Original Pirate Material
Goldfrapp - Black Cherry
Genius/GZA - Liquid swords
Underworld - Second Toughest in the infants
Gorilla Biscuits - Start Today
Dropkick Murphys - sing loud sing proud
Cold World - s/t
Fifty on Red - s/t
4ft Fingers - at your conveinience
Jet project's IDJ mix cd - Don't know if mixes are allowed but this ones awesome
Bathory - Hammerheart

[tommyb]

Cold World - s/t

Cold World doesn't have a self-titled album. Ice Grillz, No Omega, Dedicated to Babies Who Came Feet First, Split w/ Strength for A Reason, Split w/ War Hungry, and I'm pretty sure thats it. I know theres no s/t.

[jonny5]

+1 on the venetian snare tip....gets heavy play

[CStarFlare]

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon/The Wall
Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory/Awake
Evanescence - Fallen
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
Symphony X - Paradise Lost
Aqua - Aquarium
Gorillaz - Demon Days
Ace of Bass - The Sign
Akira Yamaoka - Silent Hill 2 soundtrack
Miasma & the Carousel of Headless Horses - Manfauna

That last one is a fairly recent obsession of mine and might fade away.

[tommyb]

New top 15:

Boris - Feedbacker
Boris - Smile
Boris - Pink
Boris - Heavy Rocks
Boris w/ Merzbow - Sun Baked Snow Cave
Boris - Absolutego
Boris - Akuma no Uta
Boris - Amplifier Worship
Boris w/ Michio Kurihara - Rainbow
Boris - Flood
Boris - Soundtrack to the film "Mabuta no Ura"
Boris - The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked Pt. 2
Boris w/ Michio Kurihara - Cloud Chamber
Rollo - Pinhole
Rollo - 3

=D =P

Boris = Favorite band of all time.
Rollo = Favorite band of all time's drummer's side project.

[oli_lar]

Cold World - s/t

Cold World doesn't have a self-titled album. Ice Grillz, No Omega, Dedicated to Babies Who Came Feet First, Split w/ Strength for A Reason, Split w/ War Hungry, and I'm pretty sure thats it. I know theres no s/t.

Not sure why I put s/t, I did mean ice grillz. good to see another fan anyway

[tommyb]

Cold World - s/t

Cold World doesn't have a self-titled album. Ice Grillz, No Omega, Dedicated to Babies Who Came Feet First, Split w/ Strength for A Reason, Split w/ War Hungry, and I'm pretty sure thats it. I know theres no s/t.

Not sure why I put s/t, I did mean ice grillz. good to see another fan anyway

Hugeee Cold World fan. Saw 'em for the first time at This Is Hardcore '09 in Philly in August. It was so epic, they played a new song that blew my mind, so heavy.

And you like Ice Grillz more than No Omega? Weird, haha. No Omega is the same exact album, just with Gods & Earths and the other song from the War Hungry split on it. Great songs.

[RoninBuddha]

i have a top 10

1.
2. Zazen Boys - Zazen Boys 1
3. Zazen Boys - Zazen Boys 2
4. Natsumen - Never Wear Out Your Summer
5. Bloodthirsty Butchers - KOCORONO
6. Supercar - ThreeOutChange!!!
7. Number Girl - Sappukei
8. Zazen Boys - Live at YAON / Number Girl - Shibuya Rock Transformed (TIE!)
9. Advantage Lucy - Fanfare
10. Yura Yura Teikoku - Hollow Me/Me no Hole

[CIT]

New top 15:

Boris - Feedbacker
Boris - Smile
Boris - Pink
Boris - Heavy Rocks
Boris w/ Merzbow - Sun Baked Snow Cave
Boris - Absolutego
Boris - Akuma no Uta
Boris - Amplifier Worship
Boris w/ Michio Kurihara - Rainbow
Boris - Flood
Boris - Soundtrack to the film "Mabuta no Ura"
Boris - The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked Pt. 2
Boris w/ Michio Kurihara - Cloud Chamber
Rollo - Pinhole
Rollo - 3

=D =P

Boris = Favorite band of all time.
Rollo = Favorite band of all time's drummer's side project.

Boris is so 2004...

[oli_lar]

Hugeee Cold World fan. Saw 'em for the first time at This Is Hardcore '09 in Philly in August. It was so epic, they played a new song that blew my mind, so heavy.

And you like Ice Grillz more than No Omega? Weird, haha. No Omega is the same exact album, just with Gods & Earths and the other song from the War Hungry split on it. Great songs.

TBH I've not listened to much past Ice Grillz bar a few songs like that one on the Revelation generation comp etc. They're on the huge list of bands/artists to buy more cds from but unfortunatley money is limited! Ice Grillz is brilliant, but in my current mood I'd probably swap it out and put some Mental or something in, can never decide on a solid list for these things! I was trying to put a balanced list up and Ice grillz was the first thing that came to mind for modern american hardcore. That said I've not really listened to much american hardcore since 2006/07....do you listen to other Lockin Out stuff Jaguarz, Razzle Dazzle etc or other stuff like Mental, Iron Age? I mainly listen to 80s NY and recent UK hardcore (in terms of hardcore) so was never up on the modern american scene.

[MX7]

I've never been able to pick a favorite Snares album, even though I listen to his tracks all the time for years now and would say he's one of my favorite musicians. Higgins and Chocolate Wheelchair are probably good introductions to him. Detrimentalist came kind of close for me but doesn't have anything truly punishing on it. I wish he would put out a record that's as demolishing as his DJ sets.

This. I actually think his albums are pretty tame. I have about 5 live sets on my HDD, and they're all fucking bonkers.

@ Kyle: I'm not being contrary here, but I don't think there's anyone in my circle of friends who doesn't like VSnares, even if it's just Rossz Csillag Alatt Szueletett. One of my friends who has what I consider perhaps not particularly adventurous taste in music started perfectly reeling off the opening monologue of Masodickt Galamb from that album. It has real crossover appeal. Have you played your girlfriend that one?

I also shoved on his Breeze block mix at crazy volume at a gathering over the weekend, and it stayed on for the full 20 minutes. Awesome stuff .

[szycag]

how do you have a list full of Boris and no Rock Dream?

[tommyb]

Hugeee Cold World fan. Saw 'em for the first time at This Is Hardcore '09 in Philly in August. It was so epic, they played a new song that blew my mind, so heavy.

And you like Ice Grillz more than No Omega? Weird, haha. No Omega is the same exact album, just with Gods & Earths and the other song from the War Hungry split on it. Great songs.

TBH I've not listened to much past Ice Grillz bar a few songs like that one on the Revelation generation comp etc. They're on the huge list of bands/artists to buy more cds from but unfortunatley money is limited! Ice Grillz is brilliant, but in my current mood I'd probably swap it out and put some Mental or something in, can never decide on a solid list for these things! I was trying to put a balanced list up and Ice grillz was the first thing that came to mind for modern american hardcore. That said I've not really listened to much american hardcore since 2006/07....do you listen to other Lockin Out stuff Jaguarz, Razzle Dazzle etc or other stuff like Mental, Iron Age? I mainly listen to 80s NY and recent UK hardcore (in terms of hardcore) so was never up on the modern american scene.

Rzl Dzl is from about an hour from me, I've seen that band more times than I can count. I love them, Strictly Saucers is such a good album, and jesus can they party. Mental is pretty good, but I'm more a fan of Mind Eraser and Dead Black. Don't even get me started on Iron Age. My love for that band knows no bounds. I saw them in Cleveland, OH back in October (Skipped the Bridge Nine Ruiner, Polar Bear Club and Strike Anywhere tour the same day) and it was the best show ever.

Most of the hardcore I listen to is from the Wilkes-Barre/Richmond area; Bracewar, Bad Seed, Cold World, Title Fight, Naysayer, etc.

I love the direction American Hardcore is going in right now, its a lot more pissed off musically, but at the same time the general hardcore mentality is much friendlier than it ever has been, and shows are just a blast. At 10 for $10 this past summer (Mongoloids, Trapped Under Ice, Terror, Poison the Well, This Is Hell, and I can't remember who else played) not a single fight broke out, and it was the most fun I've had at a show in a long time, besides This Is Hardcore. And for the record, Trapped Under Ice is the best band in hardcore right now. Do yourself a favor and listen to Stay Cold and Secrets of the World.

how do you have a list full of Boris and no Rock Dream?

I thought about including Rock Dream, I do love that album, but I included every album that it took songs from, so I decided against it. I love the version of Feedbacker, Ibitsu and Just Abandoned My-self on that record though. So good.

[Jockel]

Let's see if i can limit myself to 15 albums x3

Nasum - Inhale / Exhale
Nasum - Helvete
Genocide Superstars - We Are Born of Hate
Death Cab for Cutie - We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes
Anberlin - Never Take Friendship Personal
Dredg - Leitmotif
Dredg - Catch without Arms
At the Drive-In - in/casino/out
Ben Folds - Rocking the Suburbs
Billie Holiday - Blue Billie
Pig Destroyer - Painter of Dead Girls
The Postal Service - Give Up
Sigur Ros - S (Hlemmur OST)
Sigur Ros - Takk
We are Scientists - With Love and Squalor

Goddamn, 15 is not nearly enough

[Jon]

I've never been able to pick a favorite Snares album, even though I listen to his tracks all the time for years now and would say he's one of my favorite musicians. Higgins and Chocolate Wheelchair are probably good introductions to him. Detrimentalist came kind of close for me but doesn't have anything truly punishing on it. I wish he would put out a record that's as demolishing as his DJ sets.

This. I actually think his albums are pretty tame. I have about 5 live sets on my HDD, and they're all fucking bonkers.

@ Kyle: I'm not being contrary here, but I don't think there's anyone in my circle of friends who doesn't like VSnares, even if it's just Rossz Csillag Alatt Szueletett. One of my friends who has what I consider perhaps not particularly adventurous taste in music started perfectly reeling off the opening monologue of Masodickt Galamb from that album. It has real crossover appeal. Have you played your girlfriend that one?

I also shoved on his Breeze block mix at crazy volume at a gathering over the weekend, and it stayed on for the full 20 minutes. Awesome stuff .

I like Huge Chrome Cylinder Box Unfolding myself.