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54 minutes ago, Segue Myles said:

I love how Mick posts often metal bands he loves, then he leaves the genre for one minute and then everyone is like WOAAAAAAH WOW every time he comes back to it later on 🤣

to be fair to TRF i have like metal amnesia.  every time i'm not playing it i forget it exists.  now you think that's a joke but it's really not.

My brain everytime is like...."oh let me try this metal every one speaks of.  bet it's not that good"

ALSO to YOUR point........yea guys i do like metal..........jeez i'm not some caveman, lol.  i think people just think of me as an AOR bitch

i'm not kidding when i say i do forget metal though .  i dunno know if it speaks to the genre or me. lol

Mick

5 minutes ago, Entre_Perpetuo said:

That’s new for you!

i fukking love Periphery.  they were one of the first bands i got into when i learned  to like screamed and harsher vocals but they are awsome.

like this prog-y djent-y melodic mush and i love it, lol

Mick

Periphery

Mick

I LOVED her album Back to black(i think it was called) sure it was a bit gimmick-y it but that album was huge here for a reason.  LOTS of good tunes.

Unfortunately she became known as oh that drunk chick more and more.....showing up hammered at award shows. and looking a minute away from her heart stopping.......the reaction to her death was.....it's sad but what did we all expect. i don't know if she was getting help or even tried but it was a sad case of talent mixed with self sabotage.

We'll never know if she would have be huge or if Back to Black was all she had.  either way it's a sad ending.

Mick

2 hours ago, J2112YYZ said:

 

Butchered Comalies is toilet worthy. I have no idea what they were thinking? I would rather the band just stay quiet for an extended period of time and work on new material instead of trying something like this. I sometimes think things like this are pushed on the band by the record label because when I listen to it I'm baffled as to why any band would want to do something like this to an album that is considered by many to be their best and be ok with it.

I agree.  Taylor swift did it but her reason was legit.  owning her own recordings again.

if you have a solid reason........please do.  

the new Comalies had no reason. (and don't say an anniversary ....that sucks, lol)  I haven't played it in a while but i remember my first listen.......yikes.  i hated it so much.

LC needs direction in the worst way.  they are a car that speeding down a highway.......with no driver.

Mick

16 minutes ago, Mr. Not said:

 

I do think it's a great album but I like the ones I put above it more (no shit right?)

 

It has a similar appeal to Images and Words production and sound-wise but there are some key differences that set it apart; compared to Images and Words it's often heavier and colder rather than soft and warm. the songwriting isn't also quite as tight, certain songs drag or I tend to skip, but the album isn't without its masterpieces either - Lifting Shadows off a Dream is probably my favorite song by Myung for example. But yeah, I've seen a lot of people rank Awake on par with or even above Images and Words and I definitely disagree there, no question. 

it's an album i like but your right it could use editing.  but this is DT editing was never their thing anyway, lol

Mick

28 minutes ago, Mr. Not said:

Combed through this thread and i did about four bands twice between 2022-2024, lol - but surprisingly never once DT (unless i missed it)

 

Dream Theater

1. Images and Words (undeniably hit the nail on the head with this one and were never able to replicate the albums "feel" above all else)

2. Metropolis Pt 2: Scenes From a Memory (i listened through this album against recently and it wasn't as awe inspiring as i remember it being when i first listened to it as a teen, but that said it's still to this day arguably the most groundbreaking Prog Metal album there is with the way it bridges so many elements together all while being a good, coherent story)

3. Octavarium

4. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence

5. Black Clouds & Silver Linings (rated high due to sentimental bias probably, as this was the first DT album they released after I had gotten into the band)

6. A Dramatic Turn of Events

7. Awake

8. Train of Thought

9. Falling Into Inifity (it would have made sense if they changed it into a double album and tagged on "Change of Seasons" - why not? def would be ranked higher if that were the case) 

10. A View From the Top of the World

11. Dream Theater

12. Systematic Chaos (I've always found this one to be too portnoy - in the bad way. too heavy, and they experimented with the vocals in a way they shouldn't have. they did the more aggressive metal approach much better with ToT)

 

(i'm a little apathetic about these next few albums, there are some songs I really like from each but overall.. meh at best. i do think i need to give Distance Over Time and the debut more listens, though)

13. Distance Over Time

14. When Day and Dream Unite

15. The Astonishing (hey, Gift of Music is a great song you can find in that >2 hour mess! ...and i remember some other sections of certain songs being cool too, but I'll let someone else find them)

this is gonna seem petty.  but it's refreshing  to see a list where Awake is near mid.  i'd put it at like 8 or 9.  but my point here is everyone loves it.  i'm not nuts about it.

So many folks have it at like 1 or 2 and i'm like...........REALLLLLLLY THOUGH?

Mick

The Contortionist-Clairvoyant (9/10)

Mick

1 hour ago, Segue Myles said:

Testament- The Legacy

Testament- The New Order

 

I don't know why I love Testament but mostly get bored with other thrash bands. I hear...I HEAR...how close they sound to Metallica, I simply think they appeal to me more.

 

Testament, Anthrax and Megadeth...I get the love for these three.

see megadeth is the only thrash band i see no appeal in.  Anthrax?  i get but i don't really like.

Metallica early stuff is great...late is iffy.  and Testament is the reverse.  not really into early albums.  but their most recent output? yes all day.

but to be fair Thrash is not my fav anyway.

Mick

Night Flight Orchestra-Internal Affairs (10/10)

Segue turned me onto this band unfortunatly i only like this debut but if you like classic Rock mixed with AOR this is a good tribyre they mix like.

Heart

Boston

Zep

Beatles

Toto

Steely Dan

Bad Company

all into one and it's fukking awesome.

But Sadly all their good stuff is on this one album for me.  after this they (kinda abruptly) shifted to 80's synth-pop and.......i like this first version way better.

Mick

6 minutes ago, Entre_Perpetuo said:

Same. Kinda a totally different band, still super fun.

it's close to that AOR sound i love.

Plus it doesn't hurt that sammy's a killer singer, lol

Mick

Pearl Jam-Gigaton (9/10)

Mick

41 minutes ago, Union 5-3992 said:

Also the same ranking. Where would you wedge STP in as they're another grunge band from it's golden age.

i love their first 2 albums.  not big on much else.

so actually based on that alone i'd put after PJ moving nirvana down one more.

i really should revisit STP though.

Mick

van Halen

5150 (9/10)

0U812 (8/10)

For unlawful Carnal Knowledge (9/10)

Balance (8/10)

I actually really love the Sammy Era of VH

Mick

7 hours ago, Segue Myles said:

I always associate Nirvana with REM and Pixies in my brain. Like...they just don't musically fit for me amongst these other bands that also only loosely fit together.

Cobain's also has a wildly different voice from the other 3 lead singers.  i mean.  this is why the grunge label as a style makes zero sense at all.

Soundgarden- Garage rock with touches of punk and psych music.

Pearl Jam-Started like a jam band with a funky-ness to them. Developed into Springteen-ish roots rock.

AiC-Metal-ish Sabbath   type stuff

Nirvana - Pixie inspired beatle-y thing.  Nevermind really showcased the beatle (specificly lennon) sound.

Mick

Alice in Chains-Facelift (10/10))

Mick

16 minutes ago, Entre_Perpetuo said:

They’re my favorite from that scene. Badmotorfinger especially shows off their honestly kinda Rush-like sense of rhythm, something none of the other big 4 really have to my ears.

i think  Soundgarden have the best musicians bar none.

though AiC come very close.  Also SC has a scrappy garage band feel that i love that None of the others have.

If i had to rank ONLY the "big four"

1. Alice in Chains (just a preference here, lol)

2. Soundgarden (very close on the heels of SG)

3. Pearl Jam (when they're great they're are fantastic but they do plunge the deapths of boredom at times for me)

4. Nirvana (dead last.  Never got the hype......never will get the hype.  Don't even WANNA get the hype at this point, lol)

Mick

Soundgarden

1. Badmotorfinger'

2. Superunknown

3. Down On the Upside'

4.  Louder Than Love

5. Ultramega OK

6. King Animal.

Soundgarden have really been spun a lot latly. and i think nearly every album has something to offer.  i like some more than others.  EXCEPT King Animal.  Which i found redundant and tired.  and i love him but Chris's voice was kind of shot by that point.

But yea i've gained a deeper appreciation for the grunge era as a whole.

Mick

Soundgarden King Animal (6/10)

Now if there was a subpar SG album this is it.  Nothing bad but kinda boring.

Didn't help Chris's voice was a bit shot by now.

Mick

8 minutes ago, Entre_Perpetuo said:

To me it’s always felt like they wanted to do something like a White Album, but in the wake of Superunknown’s crazy success, they were tired and fracturing. I do think it’s. Great record, but far less sure of itself than the previous two. 

totally agree.

i remember seeing this in stores being shocked cause i kind of forgot them after the previous two, lol

I had Superunknown and heard BadmotorFinger at my cousin's

Great if uneven album.

Mick

Soundgarden-Down On the Upside (8/10)

Aside from a few weaker tracks a very worthy followup to Superunknown.

i like how it basically covers all musical aspects of the band in one album.

Mick

Grunge era bands.

Particulary Alice In Chains and Soundgarden.

I was a kid at it's height.  and was a clasic Rock boy.  but wish i'd payed more attention to these bands in the moment.

it really was a boom period for rock the early 90's.

Mick

Soundgarden

Ultramega OK (7/10)

Louder Than Love (7/10)

i don't know how popular this opinion is but i'm not big on these first two albums.

they're OK.  a bit too punky in spots for me.

i  think the next album is where they found a groove.

Mick

Alice In Chains.

Black Gives Way to Blue (9/10)

God Put Dinosaurs Here (6/10)

Ranier Fog- (9/10)

I haven't played the post Layne albums a ton but i will say they're really good.  they sound like AiC.  BGWTB and Ranier Fog are my 2 favs.

GPDH.....not so much.  Yea they won't beat the original  line up.  but on their own.  pretty damn good.  and it's scary how much you realize jerry and Layne have always sounded like each other, lol.

Mick

3 hours ago, yyz305 said:

Looking forward to the new album, out in a few weeks 

me too.  because i think gigaton was their best in a GOOD while.

Can't say i thought the singles were the best.  but we should never judge 2 bitty singles, lol.

I 'm still exited.

Mick