current favorite albums

Post by **system11** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:37 pm

Rediscovering some old Juliana Hatfield albums. The first two or three are really nice to work to.

MOSQUITO FIGHTER · Post by **MOSQUITO FIGHTER** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:54 pm

Godspeed - Yanqui U.x.o
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
Kill Bill Soundtrack
The Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society
Sleater Kinny - One Beat
Daft Punk - Discovery
Beatles - White Album Disc 1
The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Atom and His Package - Attention, Blah Blah Blah
Leaders of the New School - A Future Without A Past
Four Tet - Pause
Cream - Disraeli Gears
B.B. King - Why I Sing The Blues
Freaky Flow - World Domination
Klute - Breakbeat Science Exercise 3
Mum and Sjon - Motorlab #2
Mum - Please Smile My Noise Bleed
Madlib - Beat Konducta Vol. 1-2
Dj Shadow - Private Press
Dj Shadow - In Tune and on Time
Gab Binocular Howler Monkey - The Institute for Sonic Ponderance

MovingTarget · Post by **MovingTarget** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 5:17 pm

MOSQUITO FIGHTER wrote: Klute - Breakbeat Science Exercise 3

Is it any good?

sffan · Post by **sffan** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 6:34 pm

bloodflowers wrote:Rediscovering some old Juliana Hatfield albums. The first two or three are really nice to work to.

Beautiful Creature is the best. Nothing after that has been as good.

MOSQUITO FIGHTER · Post by **MOSQUITO FIGHTER** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 11:36 am

MovingTarget wrote:
MOSQUITO FIGHTER wrote: Klute - Breakbeat Science Exercise 3
Is it any good?

That's a excellent mix. Breakbeat Science 3 is a mixed album with other artists(break,hive,nautilus,calibre, few klute tracks etc), so if you just want to hear a all Klute mix I'd reccomend No One's Listening Anymore/Lie,Cheat,Steal. Not too terribly dark though I still think all of the Klute albums I have are great. And much thanks for tip on the Pendulum album. They sound great!

Think I do like the old Drum and Bass better than the new though. The Plug - Drum N Bass for Papa album is my all time favorite. Followed by Mu-Ziq - Lunatic Harness, Squarepusher - Ultravisitor, and Aphex Twin - Drukqs. I tend to like lots of change ups. I like it all though, can't think of too many DnB artists I don't like other than Aphrodite and Micky Finn.

MovingTarget · Post by **MovingTarget** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 4:56 pm

Another tipoff, Concord Dawn. Very hard to get over in the UK. Very very good though.

Post by **system11** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 9:31 pm

Another obscure old favourite in the player now, I should mention this one as something to check out:

Fading Colours - I'm Scared Of

Unfortunately it's very hard to get now.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 5:40 am

OOOOOUH

Suffocation - Despise the Sun / Pierced From Within -- EMPTY LIES AND BROKEN PROMISES. I can't get that line out of my head. Despise the Sun should be an alarm clock setting. Perfect thing to wake up to.
Incantation - Diabolical Conquest
Crimson Massacre - Luster of Pandemonium -- I had too easily dismissed it earlier, so listened a bunch this week since it was mentioned around here.
Marit Larsen - Under the Surface
Rob Crow - My Room is a Mess
Meshuggah - Chaosphere

Helm · Post by **Helm** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 10:09 am

The middle instrumental in the Crimson Massacre CD brings it down, but the first few tracks really destroy brain. I enjoy them.

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 5:03 pm

Went on a buying spree a while ago, focus is power metal.

Stratovarius - Episode
Gamma Ray - Majestic
Elvenking - Wyrd (Special edition)
Elvenking - The Winter Wake

So I've been introduced to folk metal. Was only curious at first, but I am liking the Elvenking albums a lot. The vocals could definitely use a lot of improvement though. Those two albums have different vocalists but neither of them are very good...

And also,

Lee HyoLee - vol.1 Stylish
Just because Hyo-Lee is so unbelievably hot.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 6:08 pm

Helm wrote:The middle instrumental in the Crimson Massacre CD brings it down, but the first few tracks really destroy brain. I enjoy them.

I agree. You mentioned the guitar playing, so I had to listen for what I missed and I got an increased appreciation for the first 3 tracks or so. Definitely slips up during/after the instrumental.

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 3:24 am

That Gamma Ray album, Majestic, isn't bad at all. Maybe the best thing they've ever done. I'd love to get into a new powermetal band, but so much is reall lowsy. All the stupid power ballads or a poor sense of melody. Lately I've been turning to black metal because of this...

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 3:29 am

CMoon wrote:That Gamma Ray album, Majestic, isn't bad at all. Maybe the best thing they've ever done. I'd love to get into a new powermetal band, but so much is reall lowsy. All the stupid power ballads or a poor sense of melody. Lately I've been turning to black metal because of this...

I'll give it another go... I don't think I've listened through the whole thing in one sitting yet.

Funny thing is, I distinctly remember the first time I heard a Helloween song, I didn't like it at all, and Gamma Ray is supposed to be very similar?

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 3:30 am

Have you heard the last Nevermore album, This Godless Endeavor? Great sense of melody, sharp guitar playing (instead of the usual stuff that sounds like it was made on a computer) and lyrics not about dragons: win win win.

Helm · Post by **Helm** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:38 am

I'm sorry I'll have to disagree on Nevermore. I find them to be very bad, and they've been so for lots of albums now. They sound modern, yes, and all of them are extremely proficient musicians, but neither the compositions, nor the lyrics/aesthetics shine in any way. In fact, I went from being a great appreciator of Warrel Dane in Sanctuary, and the second Nevermore LP "Politics of Ecstasy" (which I still consider one of the ten best power metal albums) to being extremely annoyed of his theatrics, of his ridiculous lyrics, of the derivative 'death metal' riffs, of the exruciating ballads... truly a band on the downward slope.

If any of you gives Nevermore a chance, please, listen to whatever piece of crap they've put out recently, but do listen to "Politics of Ecstasy" too. That was their moment, and it shouldn't be lumped in with the rest of the stuff they put after. "In Memory" ep is also quite good, and "Dreaming Neon Black" is a solid record, kinda front-loaded and suffering from bad mastering.

Power Metal has been sadly an oversaturated genre in these third-rate helloween rip-offs and all the italian sympho-power cheese, and I don't see this changing any time soon. If anyone wants to listen to good Power Metal, I can only point towards the past, sadly. Stuff like Slauter Xstroyes - Winterkill, Omen - Battle Cry, Crimson Glory - Transcendence, Riot - Thundersteel, Virgin Steele - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell part 1 and 2, Helloween - Walls of Jericho, Rage - Perfect Man, Cloven Hoof - A Sultan's Ransom...

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 7:34 am

Helm wrote:his theatrics, of his ridiculous lyrics, of the derivative 'death metal' riffs, of the exruciating ballads... truly a band on the downward slope.

Heh, I really like those first two things - I guess he's turned into a cartoon of something formerly more respectable? I can see how that would be annoying. I don't really follow what the album is about, but it's definitely theatrical and not in a typical power metal way, which I appreciate. The guitar playing sounds more traditional to me than death metal. Strong melody with no attempts at, I don't know, grating the listener. I can only speak for TGE and I wasn't really expecting to like it (listened to see if I could, and branch out a bit).

I hate Helloween, though, so my opinions of power metal are of no use to any fan.

I'm going to have to go listen to this again now, and maybe check out some earlier stuff.

Helm · Post by **Helm** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:37 am

I guess he's turned into a cartoon of something formerly more respectable?

Yes.

And early Helloween aren't like the Helloween you know. Do give Walls of Jericho a listen. Quite more ferocious. Close to what we used to call Speed Metal back then. The quasi-thrash quasi-neoclassical Metal Blade type of metal that was quickly forgotten when thrash materialized proper.

MadSteelDarkness · Post by **MadSteelDarkness** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:45 pm

Sub Dub - s/t
Badawi - The Heretic of Ether
Prince Paul - Psychoanalysis [what is it?]
Motorhead - Bomber
Pussy Galore - La Historia De La Musica Rock
The Dicks - 1980-1986 (compilation)

Acid King · Post by **Acid King** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 5:00 pm

Khanate - Things Viral
Commit Suicide - Human Larvae
Warhorse - As Heaven turns to Ash
Sons of Otis - Templeball
Haemorrhage - Morgue Sweet Home
Blood Duster - Yeest

Waiting on some new doom in the mail...

SteevTee · Post by **SteevTee** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:57 am

Snow Patrol - Eyes Open

I am waiting for the first 2 albums to come through the post too.

I also have the Rez soundtrack on order...

Marc · Post by **Marc** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:14 am

PlanesMistakenForStars 'Up In Them Guts' I've listened to nothing else for about a month now, and my obsession with it shows no signs of letting up. This might just be the most perfect rock & roll LP I've heard in my life.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:22 pm

Random trivia.. worst band name ever: Lullacry.

Favorites within last two days:
Cephalic Carnage - Lucid Interval
Ocrilim - Anoint -- Constantly name-changing Mick Barr from Orthrelm. Not all blistering speed and amelodic garbage this time. Very good! Kind of reminds me of a stripped down OV with a kind of ominous Ruins-y bass sound backing it (the guitar playing).

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:50 pm

Listening mostly to my three favorite metal albums:

1. Death - The Sound of Perseverance
2. Carcass - Necroticism
3. Meshuggah I

Hooray for highly technical drumming. Right now TSOP is at the top because (i) it is nicely varied, (ii) some songs are so overflowing with musical ideas that they end up being epic in scale without meandering at all, (iii) so cleanly produced, (iv) the singing is the best I've ever heard on a metal album, and (v) the drumming is completely over-the-top, just as I like it. I can listen to it over and over and still hear new things. Unbelievably awesome.

Dale · Post by **Dale** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:58 pm

Right now I'm listening to a variety of Video Game related music such as Guilty Gear,Konami Music,Megadriver,Assorted Shmup music and:

Metallica:Ride the lightning
Rob Zombie:Past Present & Future
Fog Hat:Greatest Hit's
Megadeth:Countdown to Extinction

GeneralWong · Post by **GeneralWong** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 12:36 am

Sandi Thom - Smile, it confuses people. Quite a nice record, but it's way too short. For about 16 bucks, I expect more than 30 minutes. But that's just me.

Not really an album, but a about a week ago I got the single Liar! Liar! of the B'z. Really catchy, and it came at exactly the right time. So I'v been listening a lot to that as well.

Helm · Post by **Helm** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 6:57 am

Rob, do check out the Orthrelm/Behold... The Arctopus split if you haven't. Very nice.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 8:04 pm

Helm wrote:Rob, do check out the Orthrelm/Behold... The Arctopus split if you haven't. Very nice.

Yeah. Surprisingly for being so short. I'd usually feel less than 10 minutes total is not enough, but both released some of their best material on it.

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 8:36 pm

Recently have been listening to the following

Frost - Milliontown
Lost Horizon - Flame to the Ground
Whitesnake - The Early Years
OSI - Free

Vincere · Post by **Vincere** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:22 pm

Damn, the latest Deicide album is absolutely amazing!

Acid King · Post by **Acid King** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 3:55 pm

Orthodox - Gran Poder - Holy Fuckin' DOOOM is this album heavy.
Khanate - Capture and Release
Negative Reaction - Endofyorerror
Catheter - burned CD of some 7 inches