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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.
Yeah, Godflesh is perfect mapping music - I listen to Pure and Streetcleaner a lot while mapping.
Ionous - My Dying Bride is one of my favourite bands. You should definately check out Songs of Darkness, Words of Light. IMO it's their best work yet. Anyone else here listen to stuff like Sins of Thy Beloved (Lake of Sorrow) or Theatre of Tragedy (Velvet Darkness, Aegis)? I had meant to check out more of their discography, but mainly trafficing in the VAST Black Metal underground, you sometimes forget to check out material outside the genre. So, yeah, procuring SoD,WoL has just moved to the top of the list.
I don't remember if I already spoke about Rammstein band here. Anyway, they are from Germany and play gothic metal/hard rock that is very good IMHO. They "sing" in german most of the time, even there are some titles in english and spanish. BTW german lyrics give a "special" rythmic effects to the songs.
They sorted 5 albums titled respectively - "Herzeleid" - "Sehnsucht" - "Mutter" - "Reise, Reise" - "Rosenrot". The last 2 ones are so far the best of the fifth, and I really recommended them. BTW they got many awards last year for their work: In the MTV - Hit or Shit annual statement 2005, which was decided by voting, Rammstein came in on number one in three categories (Best Song - Benzin, Best Album - Rosenrot), in the category Best Video Rammstein even came in on all the three first positions (1st Rosenrot, 2nd Keine Lust, 3rd Benzin). I really encourage you guys to listen or discover this band if you don't know them ! It's up to you.. ;P I have the first three Rammstein albums, of which i like Sehnsucht the best.
In terms of pure German metal, Bethlehem definetly provides an interest level on par with Rammstein, especially their "Schatten Aus Alexander Veldt" album. You should buy "Mutter", "Reise, Reise" and "Rosenrot".. They are better than "Sehnsucht" album... believe me ;)
BT, I don't know Bethlehem band... I mean I don't know their music: I've heard their name, but for the rest... I'm unkowledgeable... sorry... no offence and thx to others for not taking my drunken rant about GF too seriously, but rammstein are just a poor rip-off of the great industrial rock band called MINISTRY, listen to the Psalm69 album. (i�m german btw)
Tyrann: Godflesh being perfect mapping music ?
lol ;) I always go berserk to their stuff, how can you sit still and even map ?? Lately I have been listening to mostly:
A lot of various electronica albums I got off bleep.com. (Elektronische Musik - Interkontinental 3, Advanced Public Listening 1, Advisory Circle - Mind How You Go) The Rephlex remix album of the Manhunt soundtrack. A whole fucking lot of Autechre and Gescom. Especially Untilted and Keynell EP, but I also downloaded this huge The Knife - A swedish band that makes pretty synth/elektro/vocal music. Pulp. The odd bit of noise here and there. Vondur sent me some Brighter Death Now which I need to get more of. The Rez soundtrack, both original and official. The Streets, which is surprising I guess. This: http://bleep.com/?bleep=JBH015CD (NSFW) PLEASE. The Rhythms are sooo simple. The Lyrics are very lyrical though, which is a nice thing. Not much meaning, but they sound great. Also the america song is hilarious.
yeah, looking forward to hearing their new album when I get home, their previous one wa mostly good.
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