TheAccountant Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Subway to Sally - Himmelfahrt More German folk metal. Its been a very interesting exploration of these bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronos Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Twice. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super25Smasher Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Friday: Millington - Welcome Home (EP) Super American - Sup Millington - Welcome Home (EP) (again) Origami Angel - The Brightest Days (EP) Tiny Moving Parts - Tiny Moving Parts Scene Queen - Bimbocore (EP) Scene Queen - BIMBOCORE, Vol. 2 (EP) Katy Perry - Teenage Dream Cemetery Sun - Cemetery Sun (EP) Saturday: Cemetery Sun - Haunted (EP) Sunday: Cemetery Sun - Ascension Green Day - Dookie (Vinyl) Green Day - Insomniac (25th Anniversary Edition) (Vinyl) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Segue Myles Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 17 hours ago, Entre_Perpetuo said: Avenged Sevenfold - Life Is But A Dream... If my understanding of the "prevailing wisdom" about this band has long been something along the lines of them being too mainstream or something... well this kicks those accusations in the nuts. They are amazing. Glad you love the new album! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 (edited) Sleep Token-Take Me back to (a boring blend of pop bops) 6/10) I've tried. and to be honest it's not all bad. but again i must state how overblown this album has become. Actually i find myself thinking man the best parts of this is the metal aspect. when they go generic pop.....i hate to break this too fans. it's not inventive......it's called IMAGINE DRAGONS!!!!!!! and after sitting through you all bashing pop.......you like this???????????? AHHHHHHHHHHH@!!!!!!!!!!! i can rip my hair out Mick Edited June 19, 2023 by bluefox4000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bluefox4000 Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 (edited) Lamb of God Sacrament-(10/10) Omens (9/10) Resolution (10/10) Wrath (8/10) Wrath is the Weakest LOG i've heard (so far) but it still slaps....maybe not as hard as other albums but it slaps. Mick Edited June 19, 2023 by bluefox4000 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 5 hours ago, bluefox4000 said: Sleep Token-Take Me back to (a boring blend of pop bops) 6/10) I've tried. and to be honest it's not all bad. but again i must state how overblown this album has become. Actually i find myself thinking man the best parts of this is the metal aspect. when they go generic pop.....i hate to break this too fans. it's not inventive......it's called IMAGINE DRAGONS!!!!!!! and after sitting through you all bashing pop.......you like this???????????? AHHHHHHHHHHH@!!!!!!!!!!! i can rip my hair out Mick Well… I do like Imagine Dragons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 3 minutes ago, Entre_Perpetuo said: Well… I do like Imagine Dragons this album is really divisive. Segue enthusiastically showed me this band and i was like "HMMMMMM for someone who bags on ID this is awfully weird because this is ID with Djent breakdowns" that's LITERALLY all this band is......ID with Djent breakdowns and a really AWFUL anonymous mask gimmick and an a weird made up backstory, lol Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepphead Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 (edited) A few new albums over the weekend, all quite different - A good hard rock album. Great guitaring as I would have expected. Cat Stevens may be 74, but his voice is still great. Hmmm.... this is VERY different for Avenged Sevenfold. I need a few more listens. Jury's out. Edited June 19, 2023 by zepphead 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAccountant Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 Orphaned Land - Sahara Orphaned Land - El Norra Alila Ok, this is not German folk metal. Its Israeli metal. So how did I find this to try it? Well, I was listening to Scardust on Youtube (who I really like in spite of their occasional harsh vocals) and somebody mentioned this band in a comment. Now I am not a total idiot - I take anything mentioned on Youtube with more than a grain of salt. More like an entire block of salt. But I decided to give them a shot. So I watched 2 videos on youtube. The first was a music video of a song they did and the video was very interesting. Clearly a peace message. Decent song. More importantly, Hansi of Blind Guardian sang part of the song. I have not mentioned it, but I have been watching a lot of Blind Guardian concert footage recently on youtube and I just keep going "How did I miss this group?" Hansi could sing the German Yellow pages and I would likely enjoy listening to him do so. The second video was live concert footage from a show they did at the Wacken festival. Decent show but the highlight of it was that they had a belly dancer on stage with them. Having a belly dancer is guaranteed to raise my excitement and interest. My excitement and interest in the band. What did you think I was talking about? Well, yes that also... So that got me to try these 2 albums from this group. What did I think? Very mixed bag. Full of harsh, death metal growls. Just terrible vocals. In their concert footage there was not a lot of harsh vocals so perhaps they have improved over time. These were their earliest albums. The music was very interesting. Metal with a middle eastern / prog feel to it. So if you like death metal (which I hate) and middle eastern sounding music (which I like) you might enjoy this group. I may chance some more of this groups work in the hopes of finding some that does not have so many harsh vocals. But these albums I would never go back to. Pity, the music was enjoyable. But the vocals - no thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronos Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 I forgot how good this was. Way better than his 90s material. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepphead Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 On 6/18/2023 at 8:20 PM, bluefox4000 said: A7X-Life is but A Dream.....(10/10) yes 10 and i stand by my 10. firmly. I can see why some found this off putting and "too weird" but to me this is a natural progression album. A7X were always leaning weird. this is just them embracing that side and seeing where it goes. also among the odd is actually hooks galore if you care to hear them. so i get the naysayers while simultaneously not getting them, lol Mick I need a couple more spins of it. My first listen on Sunday left me intrigued but unsure (which can't be a bad sign!!) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 11 hours ago, Chronos said: I forgot how good this was. Way better than his 90s material. If this came out in the 80s it would be talked about as one of his best albums. But since it came out in the wrong decade nobody sees it that way. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronos Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 Dio -- Killing the Dragon (2002) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 7 hours ago, zepphead said: I need a couple more spins of it. My first listen on Sunday left me intrigued but unsure (which can't be a bad sign!!) there are a few of camps when it comes to this record. 1. Oh my god i love this is the best thing they ever did (me, lol. and a LARGE portion of prog lovers) 2. this sucks. is this supposed to be funny. 3. I dunno. but i can't stop listening (you apparently, lol) Mick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 1 hour ago, bluefox4000 said: there are a few of camps when it comes to this record. 1. Oh my god i love this is the best thing they ever did (me, lol. and a LARGE portion of prog lovers) 2. this sucks. is this supposed to be funny. 3. I dunno. but i can't stop listening (you apparently, lol) Mick Avenged Sevenfold - Life Is But A Dream… I’ve been really taken with a few albums this year, but none have kept me coming back for more as much as this has. At first I thought only that this was a good contender for my aoty race, but I’m starting to think it’s going to put everyone else in a race for second. I keep hearing new things. Everything from The Zombies to Polyphia. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Blue J Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 Genesis- Nursery Cryme King Crimson- Starless and Bible Black One band just gaining its footing in the prog rock universe, and another at the height of its powers. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 Avenged Sevenfold- City Of Evil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union 5-3992 Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 Queens of the Stone Age - In Times New Roman It's fading a little on me, but the good stuff is hitting harder now. Paper Machete and Straight Jacket Fitting are bangers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Union 5-3992 Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith Judas Priest - Painkiller 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ST3V Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 1 hour ago, Union 5-3992 said: Queens of the Stone Age - In Times New Roman It's fading a little on me, but the good stuff is hitting harder now. Paper Machete and Straight Jacket Fitting are bangers. I often wonder about how much hearing the pre-release singles affects the initial reaction of the full album. While it did give me time to get familiar and get to really enjoy Emotion Sickness and Carnavoyeur, those do seem to be highlights from the album, and I wonder how much more I would be drawn to it as a whole initially if i hadnt heard them. I've experienced this with other albums that have come out recently. It makes me wonder if its really worth hearing the singles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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