the Finnish band that won eurovison?

Now there is a lot of good music coming out of Finland, but that isn't one of them :D 

Just checked out Lordi, pretty amusing. Though when it comes to slightly goofy metal, i still prefer Finntroll.

Good stuff coming out of Finland:

Horna
Behexen
Azaghal
Exordium 

Guess this fits in here:

http://ccp.vo.llnwd.net/o2/video/2/NoOtherDestiny.wmv

Trailer for Eve Online, music by Black Sun Empire, pretty fucking class if you ask me. 

for free: http://www.planescape-torment.org/?page=soundtrack

What is it:
Ethereal, Ambient, Synth-Orchstral, New-Age, Typical Game OST, Evil, Positive. 

Oh yes ! The video is very good... Nice indeed.. And the techno soundtrack is fucking good ! 

Had originally planned to see Ministry, but since i suffer from narcolepsy, needed someone to go with, and make sure i'd stay awake on the 90 minute drive home. Didn't find anyone, so bought albums instead.

Katatonia - Viva Emptiness
Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey
Ministry - Psalm 69
Satyricon - Now, Diabolical
Shoshtakovich - Best of...
Tidfall - Nucleus 

Just picked these up on Sunday, some very enjoyable laid back & melodic trance with some great vocal work too;

Above & Beyond - Tri-State

A great single cd album, the classic above and beyond light pad work and wide synths mixed with some fantastic vocal work. The album shifts pace quite a bit, a few tracks with a steady beat and then a more ambient laid back track or a vocal soundscape will come in. Very relaxing and enjoyable to listen to.

Gabriel & Dresden

The self titled album from G&D features some excellent vocals and interresting, fresh melodies mixed with that unmistakable G&D "bouncy" beat and rythem. Some of the tracks sound very unique with some interresting synth work that you don't really hear anywhere else. Its a lot less "trancy" than the Above & Beyond album, with the vocals doing the work instead of big wide synths or pads.

Both are recommended if you like Trance with a slightly laid back & relaxing atmosphere. 

I have always been into bands that have a unique, individual sound, these are the ones I like most:

Chrome/Helios Creed: unbelievable droning guitar sound and very strange lyrics dealing with all kinds of strange psycho stuff... (meaningful pause)

Big Black/Shellac/Steve Albini: at first if you hear this you think your speakers are broken or something, it�s that weird, but after some listening it sure grows, Albini was at some time regarded the most prolific "independent" producer, having recorded countless bands, i.e. the final Nirvana lp "In Utero"

God (pathological records label): a collaborational project including england�s finest "alternative" forces at that time, members from SLAB, Godflesh, etc.

Tar: Chicago based group with an unbelievable guitar flow, dirty and beautyful at the same time, house producer was mostly Steve Albini...

Cows: again a very unique sound, "fun punk" seems quite appropriate though not really fitting, some of their stuff seemed to me like a very slow but forceful lava stream :0

Hawkwind: THE psychedelic 70�s band IMO, two guitars complementing each other perfectly, kills Pink Floyd anyday (j/k)

Skullflower: the end of all guitar sounds/drones, minimalistic and forceful, geniuses at work IMO

Swans: it�s more the bass than the guitar, but M. Gira sure knows how to tear shit up no less. 

Thanks for that list. I'm gonna try to have a listen to some of those and maybe snag a few when I have somemore $$. 

The track is "arrakis" from this album : http://www.juno.co.uk/products/138962-02.htm&highlight=black%20sun%20empire

w00t :) 

I have been going through this weird phase of listening to a lot of techno groups from the 90'ies and I can wholeheartedly recommend the album "Dune" from the band of the same name if you are into happy hardcore / eurotrance. Some Wikipedia info on the band here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_%28German_band%29

According to my Last.FM page ( http://www.last.fm/user/dnaumov ) I have also been listening to a lot of Placebo, ATB, Depeche Mode, Robert Miles and as always, Nine Inch Nails as of late. 

Dune is great! I would also recommend you give RMB a try. I love their album Widescreen. 

bought a new cd yesterday. Karl Sanders - Saurian Meditation. Very interesting ethno-dark-folk-ambient sound. I laughted a lot when I saw that one track was called The Elder God Shrine. And the author mention the game Quake in the info about this track. 

I picked that up about a year ago off of Relapse's ebay store, good stuff. Excellent to play Diablo2 (act2) with, and Id imagine some Quake as well. Nice variation from the crushing death metal he usually plays with Nile.

Where did he mention Quake? On a website or in the booklet? I had not noticed such.
Elder God Shrine has too many quads anyways ;) 

Here's the album Pulsar is on aboot:
http://shop.fye.com/product.aspx?sku=63911467&loc=50244 

Where did he mention Quake? On a website or in the booklet? I had not noticed such.

In the booklet. He said that the title had come from the old game Quake. 

thought to bring this thread up again.
I'm listening to shades of god. Shame this band became pop then later. Well, I guess that happens to every band. Hard to sustain your style or aspect for ten years and not become repetitive. So they turn to pop. Or maybe it's a financial necessity. I can't understand average people, are their feelings and experiences described by such horrible plastic what you see on MTV?

I guess I'm a purist and like this raw touch here. The vocalist is really good. Although the music is a bit brutal at times. 

if you're into Mike Patton's Mr. Bungle you should really try Dog Fashion Disco with their latest effort, Adultery.

it's one of the best records so far for this year. 

http://www.lab4.com

Its official, the best hard dance live act of the last decade will end on NYE this year :(

Sad, sad, sad news 

Been listening to a lot of breakbeat recently I thought some of you might be interested, its pretty cool stuff ranging from electro tinged retro sounds to more of a rough, dirty drum n bass approach and its just really fun to listen to as well. Check out some of these artists :

Autobots
D-Ranged
Screwface
Ctrl-Z
Scam
Freestylers
Bomberman
Strider

http://breakbeatonline.co.uk/
http://www.nuskoolbreaks.co.uk/

Some personal favourites you might want to check out...

Scam - Killer
Scam - Acid Love
Screwface - Army of darkness
Freestylers - Warrior Charge (Breakfastaz Remix)
Freestylers - Jump N Twist
D-Ranged - Get Shift (Far Too Loud Remix)
Rektchordz - Bass Pressure (Wavewhore Remix)

Happy listening :D 

What is happier music than Eurodance?
I don't know. But sometimes I really like Eurodance. So here are three nice mixsets I found in the di.fm forums:

Screamboy - The Classic Eurodance Scream 1-3
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DLP8LHNT
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=N2RJASWR
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=23JBBEUR

And for the calm moments I started a small blog (yuck) where I am posting free Ambient stuff as reminder about it for myself and sharing with others. :)
http://ambientic.wordpress.com/ 

I'm a really big Alice in Chains fan. It seems to be the one band that combines every element or attribute of music that interests me into one sweet style of awesomeness. So I felt like posting here, the fact that quite some time ago I ran into a cd which was a side project by the late lead singer Layne Staley.

The band, called Mad Season, was short lived (just one 10 song album and a short tour). This album though, has become one of my favourite albums. While I love Alice in Chains for the heavy metal bashing and smashing, Mad Season is a lot slower and more thoughtful music. There's things that even someone who gets past all the grunge/alt-metal cliches will be surprised by (blues, for one). Although this is basically a cult following type cd today, it's really good and listening to it now really drives home just how incredibly far rock music has strayed from anything resembling sincere personal expression and artistry in the twelve years since its release.

The slow, quiet single "River of Deciet" is on youtube. 

this is not an official video, but suits this song really well, and it is one of the albums best songs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRma4GSpzkc 

The CD is on my regular circulation and is one of my favorites; it definitely strays from HM cliches and avoids the mannered approach that makes Fusion unlistenable (the bassist is a Jazz player). They staked out a territory that is quite unique with that album. 

how incredibly far rock music has strayed from anything resembling sincere personal expression and artistry

/me sheds a tear