current favorite albums

Nemo · Post by **Nemo** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 3:08 pm

Been listening to a lot of Doujin albums as of late:

"The Elegy of the Battle" - Sword of Justice - Awesome metal album, besides Valis and Aleste arranges it has an arrange of stage 6 from Rayxanber II. Who else arranges awesome music like Rayxanber, nobody, how cool is that?

"Cadenza" - Magical Trick Society - Rockin' Phoneix Wright album.

"G5 Project" - Collaboration effort of the top doujin guitarists, amazing album.

"TYPE- R 2nd - SIDE CHRONO TRIGGER" - Right Stuff - Awesome Chrono album.

Acid King · Post by **Acid King** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 5:07 pm

Acrimony - Everything but the demo.

Saint Vitus - V
Sleep - Dopesmoker

Oh, SNAP!

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:49 am

gorguts - obscura (just got it today, already a favorite)
atheist - unquestionable presence
unwound - leaves turn inside you

Nemo · Post by **Nemo** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 7:21 am

I just stopped by to say Riverside is awesome.

Dandy J · Post by **Dandy J** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 9:39 am

Insomnium - Above the Weeping World

It's really good, really catchy, and grew on me really quick. I'd say it's overall better than The Day it All Came Down, but not as good as In the Halls of Awaiting. But then again I don't think they will surpass Halls, since they seem to be firmly seated in their current style, and the Halls sound/atmosphere was a bit different. All in all I'm enjoying it a lot.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 5:00 am

Nemo wrote:doujin guitarists,

What does this even mean? I think this is an album you should check out:

Theory in Practice - Colonizing the Sun -- It's technical metal and kind of reminds me of the guitar-oriented Castlevania stuff.

It even has an absolutely ridiculous cover of Sparks' "This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us." Almost tops Celestial Season's cover of "Vienna." I should really start compiling these.

Nemo · Post by **Nemo** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 6:02 pm

Rob wrote:
Nemo wrote:doujin guitarists,
What does this even mean?

Guitarists from doujin bands, in this case awesome bands like Mintjam and Serenade.

PaCrappa · Post by **PaCrappa** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 6:26 pm

What does doujin mean in reference to music? Isn't every musician some sort of music fan?

Anyways, a totally awesome forum member sent me a pack of CDs. Two are so good I can't possibly listen to anything else right now. In fact they're so good I was getting confused trying to get all my packages ready for the post office on Friday.

The Gories "Outta Here"
The Gories "I Know You Be Houserockin"

Jesus Christ. Why do I always miss the best bands while they're together? The Dirtbombs are cool enough but in no way do they approach the Gories.

Pa

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 7:15 pm

I'm thinking he means they cover video game soundtracks. Is that right, Nemo? So I suppose it's like Japan's version of The Advantage, Minibosses, etc.

Nemo · Post by **Nemo** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 8:56 pm

Yeah, here's some basic info for the interested: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dojin_Music

Some are bands with real instrumentation, and some are single artists with synthesizers. On the whole Japanese acts pretty much stomp on any Western counterpart, but that comes from the fact VGM is more much more popular in Japan. For those who like Hard Rock/Metal, check out these guys based on talent and track selection:

Sword of Justice - Does all the awesome music no one else arranges.

Woodsoft - Synth-based group of arrangers, very prolific and excellent, check out their ThunderForce album.

Mintjam - Don't do much in terms of selecting original tracks, but extremely professional. They have a Mushihimesama cover album.

Serenade - This 3-piece band is my favorite, mix blazing guitars with beautiful piano. So far they have only tackled Square music.

Nemo · Post by **Nemo** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 1:42 am

Rob wrote:I think this is an album you should check out:

Theory in Practice - Colonizing the Sun -- It's technical metal and kind of reminds me of the guitar-oriented Castlevania stuff.

Decent instrumentation, but horrible vocals. I'll pass.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 2:28 am

Yeah, the vocals are crap, but I thought you might not care since they're mostly buried. Let the record state that I don't like that band.

I guess I'll post a few recent favorites:

Appalling Spawn - Freedom, Hope and Fury -- kinda lame band name, but high quality progressive-death metal from the Czech Republic
Morpheus Descends - Ritual of Infinity -- dirty old school death metal!
Growing - The Soul of the Rainbow and the Harmony of Light -- heavenly drone!

Pirate1019 · Post by **Pirate1019** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 2:40 am

I guess, in order to raise my post count, and for something to do, I'll post my recent music listenings to.

Boysetsfire-- The Misery Index from the Plague Years. (Really good album. This band is mostly a hard rock band with political overtones, but with this album they included some more melodic stuff and even a song that borders on ska.)

Billy Talent-- Self-Titled and their followup album titled II.

Paul and Storm-- Opening Band (Very funny duo. Formerly of a vocal group/barbarshop quartet called Davinci's Notebook. Very funny stuff and very catchy. Check out their site for tons of free songs.)

Finger Eleven-- Self Titled and The Greyest of Blue Skies (Might be considered Nu Metal in some circles, but I think that genre name sounds derogatory.)

Iron Maiden-- Killers and Number of the Beast. (I'm a sucker for Maiden. Two of their best albums.)

scrilla4rella · Post by **scrilla4rella** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 3:26 am

after searching everywhere for a very long time I was able to find a copy of:

LFO: Advance

Amazing Warp LP from 96. Not a lot of fancy DSP software crazy-ness, like Autechre or Venetian Snares, just really tight programming with very beautiful synth sounds. The variation of the styles throughout the album is very impressive.

Mark Bell is a genius.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 3:28 am

Pirate1019 wrote:Formerly of a vocal group/barbarshop quartet called Davinci's Notebook.

I've heard of them, apparently they'd perform occasionally at a place near me, I was recommended to go see them but never got around to it...

Pirate1019 · Post by **Pirate1019** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 3:50 am

Never heard much of Davinci's Notebook, but they used to perform on the nationally syndicated Bob and Tom show a lot, and Paul and Storm kept up with that tradition. Like I said, check out their site:

www.paulandstorm.com

It's got a lot of material that they played on the Bob and Tom show so they released it on the world wide interweb for free.

MadSteelDarkness · Post by **MadSteelDarkness** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 3:53 am

Gorch Fock - Lying and Manipulating (These guys opened for Scratch Acid at the reunion show. Flippin' awesome.)
John Coltrane - Giant Steps
Reigning Sound - "I'll Cry"/"Your Love" 7"
V/A - Suspect Package (ancient D'N'B compilation on the Hardleaders label. I was feelin' nostalgic for the 90's, I guess.)
The Dictators - Bloodbrothers

but best of all:

Twisted Sister - You Can't Stop Rock and Roll

on 21 year-old vinyl I recently unearthed at my parents' house. More brilliant than I remembered!

Acid King · Post by **Acid King** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 4:22 pm

Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley

Nemo · Post by **Nemo** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 8:10 am

"Dracula New Classic" - Absolutely incredible.
"The Being" - N.EX.T - These guys are just awesome.
"World" - N.EX.T
"Blue Blood" - X Japan
"Nostalgia" - GAIA - Some thrash cross hae-geum and piano.
"Second Life Syndrome" - Riverside - Best prog-metal band since old DT.
"Tears of a King Bird" - Armageddon - Some classic RAWK.

MovingTarget · Post by **MovingTarget** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 5:31 pm

Andy C - Nightlife 3

After many many years I'm liking Andy C again. This is a very stylish mix, had it on at a party last week and the place was bouncin. It helped that all the drama queens left early due to fighting and a police visit, after that it was rockin

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 5:12 am

So what do you cats think of Dragonship

Pretty funny stuff eh? I'm not actually sure if it's intended to be that way but I really like it, the lyrics are all about vikings and shit

sjewkestheloon · Post by **sjewkestheloon** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 12:19 pm

Just got the new Yo La Tengo album and so far it's a corker. Lots of distortion stuff and some nice melodiess. A bit more variety than i've come to expect from them which can only be a good thing.

Oh and The Fall. Everything by The Fall all the time.

Jon · Post by **Jon** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 5:34 pm

Junior Boys - "So this is goodbye"

Chapterhouse "Whirlpool" U.K. reissue (with bonus tracks!)

Boris - "Pink" Im a bit late to the party when it comes to these guys but this rocks like nobody's buisness.

Last but not least would be the mighty "Blood Mountain" Mastadon's technical proficiency never ceases to amaze me. Just as good if not better than "Leviathan." Can't wait to catch their show next week.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 8:31 pm

Jon wrote: Last but not least would be the mighty "Blood Mountain" Mastadon's technical proficiency never ceases to amaze me. Just as good if not better than "Leviathan." Can't wait to catch their show next week.

Lucky. I should be getting this CD in a few days.

Unwound - Repetition -- favorite band <3. Repetition would usually be my least favorite Unwound.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 10:29 pm

Rob wrote: I should be getting this CD in a few days.

same here.

Rob wrote:Repetition would usually be my least favorite Unwound.

same here. Still like it, though.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:24 pm

professor ganson wrote:
Rob wrote: I should be getting this CD in a few days.
same here.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR! I appreciate the lack of growling greatly. They should stop singing about whales, though.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 8:08 pm

^^^ nice to hear.

Meanwhile:
New Pornographers - Electric Version (nice change of pace for me)
Meshuggah - Nothing
Meshuggah - Chaossphere
Enjoying the Meshuggah, but (as I was warned) it's all starting to sound a bit the same.

Pirate1019 · Post by **Pirate1019** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 8:18 pm

I picked up Blood Mountain and it's pretty good. This is coming from a person who prefers old metal like Iron Maiden.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 8:28 pm

Enjoying the Meshuggah, but (as I was warned) it's all starting to sound a bit the same.

You may want to hear Ion Dissonance - Breathing is Irrelevant. Very Meshuggah and Dillinger Escape Plan inspired, but a little different with debatably more tolerable screaming.

This is coming from a person who prefers old metal like Iron Maiden.

Check out Wolf's new album, The Black Flame. It'll be out in a few weeks. Or any Wolf album. Very NWOBHM without sounding like a sad nostalgia act (i.e. Wolfmother).

MOSQUITO FIGHTER · Post by **MOSQUITO FIGHTER** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 11:26 pm

The Roots – Game Theory
People Under the Stairs - Stepfather
Shy Fx – Diary of a Digital Soundboy
A Tribe Called Quest – The Love Movement