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...I've been listening to:
- Studio solo recordings of Tim Skold (bass player from Marilyn Manson). Seems like a very talented guy, tracks "I Hate" and "The Point" are exceptionally good. - "The Starwheel" from Kammarheit. Dark Ambient awesomeness. - The debut album of a finnish act Turmion K�til�t called "Hoitovirhe". Industrial, very Rammstein-like and overall very decent stuff. - "Karma" from Delerium helps me relax. That I've done
http://hosting.alanwake.net/tcf/ "a rare warmth" and "mohabbat" Also does anyone listen to Massive Attack, Tricky, Martina Topley-Bird (trip-hop) ? you have nice production going there. Not quite enough happens for my taste, but then this type of music isn't my area of expertise. I liked the end of 'a rare warmth'; it builds convincingly and goes somewhere.
overall, nice mood; especially in mohabbat. I think the 'sounds of the sea' effect you used in 'a rare warmth' needs to be changed to something else though: seems kind of tacky... they've got that effect on little casio keyboards but you've got a sexy Fantom. Cool backstory on your great-grandfather by the way. Nice thing to be able to write songs about. I'd do the same but my great-grandad ran a mill. What a shoddy concept-album that'd be. I'm from Bristol, which is pretty much the place where Trip-Hop started, so I've been exposed to quite a lot of it. I like it but I'm not really an expert to be honest. The only related thing I've heard recently is Beth Gibbons' (the singer for Portishead) solo album. That's not even really trip-hop anymore, but if you like Portishead, you'll like that.
Thanks for your insightful critique - I look forward to that more than "it was cool!" :)
To clarify a few things. The ocean-waves sound is something I contemplated for quite some time. Unfortunately I cannot remove them, as I no longer have the source WAV's - from a rather frustrated fit of deletion (although it did solve my issue of having 4 GB of raw files to backup :P) Also, not sure what you mean by Cool backstory on your great-grandfather by the way. Nice thing to be able to write songs about -- I just felt I had to name what I've got, so I named it after him. The songs, if you can call them that (I consider them more like soundscapes) are just typical, sonic manifestations of life experiences and moods :) A lot of movie scores influence me, sometimes I write with a scene in my head. Thanks for listening. By saying I just felt I had to name what I've got, I meant naming the humble studio after him. (I thought you might've mentioned 'studio' in your post and seem to have confused it all with the concept of an album)
My rather extensive metal CD collection, predominantly Black Metal.
122 Stab wounds � The Deity of Perversion 1349 � Beyond the Apocalypse Abigor � Orkblut: The Retaliation Abigor � Nachthymnen ( From the Twilight Kingdom ) Abigor � Channeling the Quintessence of Satan Abruptum � Casus Luciferi Absu � The Sun of Tipareth Absu � Tara Abyssos � Together We Summon the Dark Algaion � Oimai Algaion Algaion � General Enmity Anata � The Infernal Depths of Hatred And Oceans � A.M.G.O.D. Akercocke � Choronzon Anorexia Nervosa � Suicide is Sexy Anorexia Nervosa � Sodomizing the Archangel Anorexia Nervosa � Drudenhaus Anorexia Nervosa � New Obscuritis Order Anorexia Nervosa � The September EP Arckanum / Svartsyn Split Arcturus � Constellation / My Angel Arcturus � Aspera Hiems Symphonia Arcturus � La Masquerade Infernale Arcturus � The Sham Mirrors Arcturus � Sideshow Symphonies Arkona � An Eternal Curse of the Pagan Gods Ataraxia � El Fantasama dell Opera Axis of Perdition � The Ichneumon Method Axis of Perdition � Physical Illucinations In The Sewer Of Xuchilbara (The Red God) Axis of Perdition � Deleted Scenes from the Transition Hospital Azaghal � Of Beasts and Vultures Azaghal � Perkeleen Luoma Behemoth � Chaotica Behemoth � Satanica Behemoth � Zos Kia Cultus Behemoth � Demigod Belkatre - Ambre Zu�rkl Vuorhdr�varvtre Bethlehem - Schatten Auf Der Alexander Welt Blut Aus Nord � Ultima Thulee Blut Aus Nord � Memoria Vetusta I: Fathers of the Icy Age Blut Aus Nord � The Mystical Beast of Rebellion Blut Aus Nord � The Work Which Transforms God Blut Aus Nord � Thematic Emanation of Archetypal Multiplicity Burzum � Burzum/Aske Burzum � Det Som Engang Var Burzum � Hvis Lyset Tar Oss Children of Bodom � Something Wild Children of Bodom � Hatebreeder Children of Bodom � Follow the Reaper Children of Bodom � Hate Crew Deathroll Corpus Domini � ST Covenant � Nexus Polaris Cradle of Filth � The Principle of Evil Made Flesh Cradle of Filth � Vempire Cradle of Filth � Dusk and Her Embrace Cradle of Filth � Cruelty and the Beast Cradle of Filth � From the Cradle to Enslave Cradle of Filth � Midian Cradle of Filth � Bitter Suites to Succubi Cradle of Filth � Lovecraft and Witchhearts Cradle of Filth � Damnation and a Day Cradle of Filth � Nymphetamine Dark Funeral � The Secret of the Black Arts Dark Funeral � Diabolis Interium Dark Funeral - Attera Totus Sanctus Dark Throne � Soulside Journey Deathspell Omega � Infernal Battles Deathspell Omega � Inquisitors of Satan Deathspell Omega � Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice Deathspell Omega - Kenose Deathstars � Synthetic Generation Deicide � In Torment in Hell Deicide � Scars of the Crucifix Diabolical Masquerade � Ravendusk in my Heart Diabolicum � The Dark Blood Rising Dimmu Borigr � Enthrone Darkness Triumphant Dimmu Borgir � Spiritual Black Dimensions Dimmu Borgir � Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia Dimmu Borgir � Death Cult Armageddon Disiplin � ST Disiplin � Anti-Life Dissection � The Past is Alive Dissection � The Somberlain Dissection � Storm of the Light�s Bane Dodheimsgard � Monumental Possession Dodheimsgard � 666 International Einherjer - Blot Emperor � Wrath of the Tyrants Emperor � In the Nightshade Eclipse Emperor � Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk Emperor � IX Equilibrium Emperor � Prometheus Endstille � Fruhlingserwachen Endstille � Dominanz Endstille - Navigator Enslaved/Satyricon � Yggdrasill/The Forest is my Throne Enslaved � Frost Enslaved � Eld Enslaved � Mardraum Enslaved � Monumension Enslaved � Below the Lights Enslaved � Isa Fields of the Nephilim � Dawnrazor Fields of the Nephilim � The Nephilim Fields of the Nephilim � Elizium Fields of the Nephilim � Revelations Fog � Through the Eyes of Night�Winged They Come Funeral Mist - Salvation Gestapo 666 � Black Gestapo Metal
Goetia � Hail Satan Gorgoroth � Twilight of the Idols Grabnelelfursten � Von Schemen und Trugbildern Graveland � Immortal Pride Graveland � Creed of Iron Graveland � Blood of Heroes Graveworm � Scourge of Malice Graveworm � Engraved in Black Green Carnation � Light of Day, Day of Darkness Green Carnation � A Blessing in Disguise Hate Eternal � Conquering the Throne Hate Eternal � King of all Kings The Haunted � The Haunted Made Me Do It The Haunted � One Kill Wonder Hecate Enthroned � Upon Promethean Shores Hecate Enthroned � The Slaughter of Innocence Hecate Enthroned � Dark Requiems and Unsilent Massacre Hecate Enthroned � Kings of Chaos Hecate Enthroned � Redimus Hefeystos � Hefeystos Hell Milita � Canonisation of the Foul Spirit Honor � The Fire of the Final Battle Hypocrisy � The Arrival Immortal � Battles in the North Immortal � At the Heart of Winter Immortal � Damned in Black Immortal � Sons of Northern Darkness Isengard � Vinterskugge Judas Iscariot � The Cold Earth Slept Below Judas Iscariot � Thy Dying Light Judas Iscariot � Distant in Solitary Night Kataklysm � Serenity in Fire Keep of Kalessin � Agnen Kovenant - Animatronic Limbonic Art � Epitome of Illusions Limbonic Art � Moon in the Scorpio Limbonic Art � In Abhorrence Dementia Limbonic Art � Ad Noctum Lord Belial � Unholy Crusade Lucifugum (Spain) � Invade Lucifugum (Ukraine) � Sociopath: Philosophy Cynicism Lux Occulta � Forever Alone Immortal Lux Occulta � Dionysos Lux Occulta � My Guardian Anger Marduk � Nightwing Mayhem � De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Mayhem � Wolf�s Lair Abyss Mayhem � Grand Declaration of War Mayhem - Chimera Meshuggah � Contradictions Collapse Meshuggah � None Meshuggah � Destroy Erase Improve Meshuggah � Chaosphere Meshuggah � Rare Trax Meshuggah � Nothing Moonblood � Fullmoon Witchery Moonblood � Kingdom Under the Funeral Skies Moonblood � Sob a Lua Do Bode Moonblood � Taste Our German Steel Mindgrinder � Mindtech Moonspell � The Antidote Moonspell - Wolfheart Morbid Angel � Altars of Madness Morbid Angel � Blessed are the Sick Morbid Angel � Covenant Morbid Angel � Domination Morbid Angel � Formulas Fatal to the Flesh Morbid Angel � Gateways to Annihilation Morbid Angel � Heretic Mortiis � Fodt til a Herske Mutiilation � Majestas Leprosus Mutiilation � Rattenkonig My Dying Bride � The Angel and the Dark River My Dying Bride � The Light at the End of the World Myrkskog � Deathmachine Mystic Circle � Morgenrote Mystic Circle � Dracenblut Mystic Circle � Infernal Satanic Verses Mystic Circle � Kriegsgrotter 2 Mystic Circle � The Great Beast Mystic Circle � Damien Mystic Circle � Open the Gates of Hell Mystic Forest � Green Hell Narglfar - Sheol
Nightwish � Angels Fall First Nightwish � Century Child Nile � Amongst the Catacombs of Nephen-Ka Nile � In Their Darkened Shrines Nine Inch Nails � Pretty Hate Machine Nine Inch Nails � Broken Nine Inch Nails � The Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails � The Fragile Ninnghizhidda - Blasphemy Ninnghizhidda � Demigod Nocternity � En Oria Nocternity - Onyx Nokturnal Mortum � The Taste of Victory Octinimos � On the Demiurge Octinimos � Welcome to my Planet Old Man�s Child � Born of the Flickering Old Man�s Child � The Pagan Prosperity Old Man�s Child � In Defiance of Existence Old Man�s Child - Vermin Opeth � Orchid Opeth � Morningrise Opeth � My Arms, Your Hearse Opeth � Still Life Opeth � Blackwater Park Opeth � Deliverance Opeth � Damnation Orphaned Land � Mabool Oxiplegatz � Worlds and Worlds Oxiplegatz � Sidereal Journey Peccatum � Lost in Reverie Pessimist � Cult of the Initiated Pessimist � Blood for the Gods Samael � Worship Him Samael � Blood Ritual Samael � Ceremony of Opposites Samael � Rebellion Samael � Passage Samael � Exodus Samael � Eternal Samael � Reign of Light Satyricon � Dark Medieval Times Satyricon � The Shadowthrone Satyricon � Nemesis Divina Satyricon � Rebel Extravaganza Satyricon � Volcano Skymning � Artificial Supernova Skymning � Machina Genova Soundgarden - Superunknown Suffocation � Pierced from Within Suffocation � Souls to Deny Summoning � Dol Goldur Tartaros � The Red Jewel Tenebrae in Perpetuum � Onori Funebri Rituali Thergothon - Fhtagn-Nagh Yog-Sothoth Thergothon � Everlasting Therion � Beyond Sanctorum Therion � Symphony Masses Therion � Theli Therion � Vovin Therion � Deggial Therion � Secret of the Runes Therion � Lemuria Therion � Sirius B Thorns � ST Thou Shalt Suffer � Somnium Thyrfing - ST Tinieblas � Dark Infernal Light Tool � Opiate Tool � Undertow Tool � Aenima Tool � Lateralis Tristania � Widow�s Weeds Trollheims Grott � Bloodsoaked and Ill-fated Tvangeste � Firestorm Ulver � Bergtatt Ulver � Kveldssanger Ulver � Nattens Madrigal Unlord � Gladiator Vital Remains � Dawn of the Apocolypse Vital Remains � Dechristianize Vlad Tepes � An Ode to Our Ruin Vlad Tepes � Black Legions Spirits Vlad Tepes � March to the Black Holocaust Vlad Tepes � The Black Legions Vlad Tepes � La Morte Luna Watain � Rabid Death�s Curse Watain � Casus Luciferi Winds � Reflections of the I Winds � The Imaginary Direction of Time Zyklon � World ov Worms Zyklon � Aeon I have it, just forgot to add it...whoops.
On that note, how's Mourning Sun? Hasn't come out in the US yet. It's good, not a disappointment, worth the wait etc. I'd say it made a good companion to Zoon; it's closer to it in terms of structure and the mix of atmospheric/aggressive sounds than it is to e.g. The Nephilim album. It's clearly more a product of Carl's personal digital audio craftsmanship, like Zoon, than the old style 'five blokes with guitars, incense and understanding neighbours' outfit of Petit et al.
As with Zoon, it doesn't reach the same transcendent momentousness of Elizium or Earth Inferno. But it definitely contains compelling and memorable stuff. And it's great to map to. Fields of the Nephilim is the single greatest mapping inspiration to myself. That's how i think i was able to finish my chapters map in such a short time, by just looping The Nephilim, Elizium and Revelations.
Just read on the Sumerland website that Mourning Sun doens't come out in the US until April 25. Methinks i'm going to say fuck it, and order it from Amazon UK. Your collection also has some sexy parts to it as well.
Now we need the third member of the Quake Metal Trinity to post his album collection. What might be the first of many posts, depending on whether i feel like writing them or not, on new CD purchases.
Taake - Nattestid Ser Porten Vid Norweigan Black Metal, utilizing the traditional Black Metal approach, to great success. Varied, interesting guitar work accented with heavy, pounding bass lines and solid drumming. Standard Black Metal vocals, with the occasional clean, deep vocals to add that special viking veneer. Well worth the 41 minutes. 9 / 10 my dying bride ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Dying_Bride )
cryptopsy ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptopsy ) the first is a very weird mixture and changes quite a bit over the course of a few albums. sometimes death/doom(?)-metal; sometimes a weird mixture of katatonia/opeth/nirvana. I like the latter the most :) cryptopsy is 'an extreme brutal technical death metal band' according to wikipedia and just has nice rhythms - to a nonmusician it sounds like they really, really know what they're doing. growling sucks though. (i normally listen to katatonia, opeth, tool, korn, dnb, prodigy, afx, apparat) John B - In Transit. This album totally pwnz0rz, starts off with a strange mix of dnb and electro which works really well, then cascades into some excellent darker dnb towards the end, special mention must go to track 5 (Sight Beyond 2004) for the coolest beat ever.
and my new genre addiction... http://www.finrg.com/ Finland pwnz the freeform sound! Think of it as a refreshing alternative to the happy go lucky UK sound, these artists are not afraid to get their hands dirty and the results are fantastic. Just check out "Pain on creation - Adaptation" or any of the "Alek Szahala" tracks. Amazing stuff. Megaman:
Cryptopsy has always left the listener speechless with their technical prowess. With their latest album, however, they added in vastly creative song structure and strange pieces to further their already vast legacy. My Dying Bride i like, in particular their Angel and the Dark River Album, and The Light at the End of the World. Haven't heard anything more recent than that though. Vondur: After listening to the new album, i've got mixed feelings for it. To me, at least, it sounded like a punk / black metal fusion. Regardless, its a good album to listen to, despite my utter contempt for punk. Nokturnal Mortum - Lunar Poetry
The second release from Ukraine's most prolific Black Metal band does not disappoint. Majestic keyboard flourishes wage war with the almost melodic BM riffing, with the keyboards winning most of the time. Production is a bit rough, but only furthers the atmosphere. Oddly, vocals are mixed down the lowest, which works well on a symphonic album such as this. Overall, worth the time, the point where Nokturnal Mortum started to get good. 7.5 / 10 http://shop.finrg.com/samples/finrg_preview_30.mp3
but on second thoughts, that is a horrid sample of the track, crap quality and about 30bpm to slow... Here in Thailand I've mostly listened to Logh and Pelican's brilliant song "March to the sea", only brought a few mp3 cds though.
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