Forced Listening: R&M

[Britney Diva]

Yeah, I googled it and all the sites seemed to think it was the other way round. Weird. :confused:

[superpeer]

Songs added, sorry about the thread abuse, Spat.

[superpeer]

Bumpizzle² :(

[Britney Diva]

That's your third bump :p

Dibs.

[superpeer]

Fourth, actually. :p

[Britney Diva]

Eighth, whatever. :p

Tiger Army - Incorporeal (2:40)

OK, I've actually heard this CD and seen the band live, but I have very few specific memories, so...

There's a build-up of feedback before the band dives in. I can't remember if they have a double-bassist or not, but it sounds like one is being used here however low in the mix it is. There's two guitars. The main one is playing straightforward powerchords which reminds me of the Misfits/AFI, as do the vocals which from the first note remind me both of Davey Havok and Glenn Danzig. I like his vocals, he has character, though from what I've heard he seems to be a Davey Havok wannabe.

It's a short song, so there's not really much to say. The vocal melody reminds me of "Lost In Space" by the Misfits, though that song features Michale Graves on vocals and not Danzig, despite my earlier comparison. I recommend you find that song, as it's a similar style and tune. The vocals are a bit OTT, he's trying very hard, which makes it hard to pick out the lyrics but it's not a huge problem. The lyrics are probably gibberish anyway, look at the title. :eek: Props for the rockabilly guitar fills, too. Brian Setzer++

8/10.

The Coral - Simon Diamond (Weird?)
The Chieftains & Sting - Mo Ghile Mhear (Celtic)
Wildhearts - Girlfriend Clothes (Hard rock)
Our Lady Peace - Tomorrow Never Knows (90's rock Beatles cover)
Marvelous 3 - Katrina (Spoken word power-pop)
Beatles - Real Love (Classical/Pop)
Butch Walker - Maybe It's Just Me (Pop)

Link (http://p068.ezboard.com/foasis5710frm17.showMessage?topicID=1.topic)

[superpeer]

Davey Havok does a lot of backing vocals on that album, so he might have done some on that song as well. And they use stand up bass, yeah. I'll find that song, they're obviously big misfits fans and good friends with AFI. Glad you liked it.

[Britney Diva]

Bump.

[blueyxd]

Diborah

[blueyxd]

The Coral - Simon Diamond

I got it because Superpeer said the other one was interesting.

There is a western sounding fingerpicked acoustic guitar to start with, some strange vocal harmonies. Singing about a guy called Simon who sold his soul. Trippy slide guitar with echo and some moody "Oooh". Snare drum builds up as this section is ending.

Hey cool, it gets a 60s vibe with the organ, and theres a banjo playing a circus big top musical theme. Such a strange combination, and it works. Seems Simon has become a tree. The verses are short and sweet, followed by the trippy bit.

In the middle (which came around quite fast), we get a bit sea-shanty like going "What will become of Simon Diamond", similar to the drunken sailor song. It's a bit faster than before. Followed by some more of the trippy stuff.

The last part is the main extended western music, with added sax, and a call and response of "That'll do" as it fades out. How bloody weird was that?


It's only 2:30 but there was a lot to say about it. I commend these guys on putting totally unrelated styles together, and making it work. It was hard to get into instantly, but that shouldn't be a bad thing. The lyrics were probably as strange as the music. I like it, I want more.
9/10



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Powderfinger - Boing Boing - semi-experimental rock
Anathema - Shroud Of Frost - doom/death (7:30)
Battles - Tras - blippy math rock
Decoder Ring - Music Box - soft Bjork-like... snow music. What?
Goldie Lookin' Chain - You Knows I Loves You - sexy rnb/pop parody, UH!

Junto - Similarly In Reverse - alt rock
King Mungi - Foulbody - decent melodic nu-metal
Modest Mouse - Trailer Trash - indie
Simon And Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair/Canticle - folk
Violetine - Any Day - rock

[blueyxd]

back to the first page

[blueyxd]

go directly to Page 1, do not pass The Pit, do not collect 200 rep

[kidthatplaysguitar91]

Learn to use the edit button

[Britney Diva]

Learn to use the edit button
He was bumping the thread, which is why he made reference to "Page 1". Please don't post in the thread if you have no intention of contributing or even acting civilly.

[Bartender]

Woo, I found a link for one of the songs. Dibs.

[blueyxd]

woo awsome
I think I'll start to upload to webspace again, but link to a page that links to the files, not to the files directly... like SOP/GD does, or at least gets away with. The no direct links rule has really slowed FL lately

[Bartender]

Well I found a link to this one by going to http://www.alltheweb.com and searching for them in Audio. It's far from fool-proof, but it gives success now and then.

I've heard quite a bit about these guys, but haven't actually heard anything by them so far.
Modest Mouse - Trailer Trash - 5:49

Starts off with some simple acoustic guitar. Might just be the quality of the file I've got, but it sounds a little raw, almost fuzzy, but in a good way, I like it.

The rest of the instruments kick in togather, along with the vocals. At first I thought there were two vocalists singing the lines together at the same time, but after a while that seems not to be the case. It's got a very easy-going, lilting feel to it so far. I can make out some of the lyrics, but not all of them, especially as I'm not really paying attention to the lyrics, as I'm typing. The song slows down for a while, with the guitar doing what I'd probably call "chugging", if it didn't sound like an acoustic. Allows the vocals to be a bit more prominent (despite being fairly prominent to begin with). There's a very faint shout in the background too, repeating a word of the line being sung. Strange.

Everything I've just described repeats itself once over - the verse and then the chorus - and then a whole new bit begins. I really like this bit; the bass becomes more noticeable, and is playing a very nice, smooth, catchy bassline. The guitar(s) are doing their own thing now, and I like it, all the way through. It lasts a good couple of minutes, right up to the end of the song (the vocals don't make another appearance) but it's interesting all the way through. Very good.

Well, for most of the song I was thinking that while there was nothing really wrong with it, it was kind of a 5/10 non-entity, but that end section raises it quite a bit. If I were rating them separately, the end would get quite a high score, but as I'm not;

7/10

Songs;
Amon Tobin - Four Ton Mantis (http://www.robworks.com/mp3/Amon%20Tobin%20-%20Four%20Ton%20Mantis.mp3) (electronica/jazz)
Anathema - Are You There? (http://anathema.rockmetal.art.pl/mp3/anathema-are_you_there.mp3) (ambient/progressive? rock/etc)
Eva Cassidy - Fields of Gold (http://www.geocities.com/sting2police/EvaCassidyFieldsOfGold.Mp3) (cover of Sting's song by the very talented songstress)
Frou Frou - Let Go (http://www.foesongs.com/~wax/graphics/markee/Frou%20Frou%20-%20Let%20Go.mp3) (alt pop/trip hop)

I'll work on finding more links, or, failing that, uploading something.

[Bartender]

Bump before I go to bed.

[Britney Diva]

Frou Frou - Let Go (4:13)

I only know Frou Frou through a couple of random, but nice, tracks and Jeff Beck's version of "Rollin' & Tumblin'", on which the singer guests. My WMP shows the album cover and I'm disappointed to find that she's not as blonde as her voice had led me to believe.

This one will be difficult to describe in any meaningful way. The song kinda drifts in, there's some light electronic sounds which kinda "violin" in, e.g. get progressively louder. Synthesised strings then come in and the singer goes about her thing. She sounds like Dido crossed with Raine Maida (of Our Lady Peace, for the uninitiated). Her voice objectively resembles Dido's, but she has a different singing style, and I don't have the vocabulary to say why that is. Like Raine Maida, though, she often dips in and out of falsetto style, which is a vocal effect I love.

The vocal melody, on which the whole piece is pretty much centered, is beautiful, understated, soothing and very difficult to go into any detail about. I really like her voice, as I've mentioned. All that's left to say is that the music is suitably sparse and spacious to allow the singer the room she demands. The arrangement is very nice, composed of little more than piano, synth and quick but light drum machine action. Nice. 8/10.

The Coral - Simon Diamond (Weird?)
The Chieftains & Sting - Mo Ghile Mhear (Celtic)
Wildhearts - Girlfriend Clothes (Hard rock)
Our Lady Peace - Tomorrow Never Knows (90's rock Beatles cover)
Marvelous 3 - Katrina (Spoken word power-pop)
Beatles - Real Love (Classical/Pop)
Butch Walker - Maybe It's Just Me (Pop)

Link (http://p068.ezboard.com/foasis5710frm17.showMessage?topicID=1.topic)

[blueyxd]

yeah, the d word...

[blueyxd]

Sting & The Chieftans - Mo Ghile Mear (Our Hero)

I like what I've heard of Sting/The Police, and celtic music too.

Starts with a lone soldier sings a melodic line from atop a mountain, must be in celtic language. Then the same line is repeated with a few brave men singing in a nice harmony with skin drums beating slowly. It's not wartime though, maybe the soldiers are returning home because the music is all happy and joyous and Frodo Baggins like.

Folky strummed guitar with a flute starts playing, I think its Sting singing, in English now. Very simple folk tale music, and I do like it. The verse is short, and the chorus is the celtic harmony that was sung at the beginning.

This reminds me of a Rod Stewart song.. Sailing, might go get that soon.

Well the story goes on, singing about a hero and all the good things he has done, that probably should be obvious given the title. The verses and choruses stay pretty much the same, with the exception of more instruments like fiddle and bagpipes.

In the middle the chorus music is played instrumentally, but that's not much different to what happens already.. so yeah. A few times later it's finished.

somehow I think it would be really funny to have a sample at the end with
"Do we really have to go all the way to Mordor?"
"Yes Sam."

But I digress... often.

Nice sound, too repetitive though, though I don't know how I would change it if I could (except the end). Didn't really stnad out as much as I thought it would. So....
7/10

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Anathema - Shroud Of Frost - doom/death (7:30)
Decoder Ring - Music Box - soft Bjork-like... snow music
Goldie Lookin' Chain - You Knows I Loves You - sexy rnb/pop parody, UH!
Simon And Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair/Canticle - folk
Three Second Memory - The Scorpion And The Frog - heavy rock
Violetine - Any Day - rock

Linkovich (http://www.comcen.com.au/~caracarol/FL.html), at least for the rare one in the list.

[Bartender]

Dibs.

[Bartender]

Glad you liked the Frou Frou song. Her voice is one of the main attractions for me, too.

Never heard of them before.
Three Second Memory - The Scorpion and the Frog - 5:46

A few seconds (three, maybe?) of near-silent build-up, and then some rather nice acoustic-y bits to lead into the song. The vocalist - or someone, anyway - is whispering in amidst this veritable miniature forest of acoustic picking (which has now been joined by occasional stabs of heavier sound, in the background). This does mean I can't quite make out what he's saying most of the time, but I've picked up his sense of urgency. I don't know what to do with it, but it's making for a great build-up so far; I like it.

A pause for some repetitive cymbal work, and then the vocalist starts his whispering again. I can hear most of what he's saying now, and it seems he is actually describing a scorpion attacking a frog. Reasonably graphically, too; the frog's screaming in pain at the moment, though thankfully that isn't aurally illustrated. The frog wants to know why he has been stung by the scorpion, "for now we will both surely die" ? I don't see why the scorpion will die. Maybe the frog is poisonous.

As the scorpion explains that it is his nature, the song explodes into the heavy rock of the genre description. The guitar is quite good; a nice full sound, and dynamic enough to get the heart pounding a bit. I can't hear what the guy's saying now; possibly it's the scorpion justifying it's nature, or maybe he's just eating the frog. I kind of want to know, anyway, as it seems a potentially interesting concept.

The whole song has something about it that I can't quite put my finger on. It just seems slightly..twisted. Nothing I can place exactly, it all just sounds kind of strange. It's not a bad thing, just worth commenting on.

The song goes quiet for a while, and then goes back to the loud bit. The vocalist seems to be saying "fee! fye! fo! fum! ..something something" now, and the song just goes out on a couple of revolutions of the guitar part.

8/10 Not bad at all. I kind of wish the vocals were easier to hear sometimes, but then maybe that's just my hearing that's at fault.

Songs;
Amon Tobin - Four Ton Mantis (http://www.robworks.com/mp3/Amon%20Tobin%20-%20Four%20Ton%20Mantis.mp3) (electronica/jazz)
Anathema - Are You There? (http://anathema.rockmetal.art.pl/mp3/anathema-are_you_there.mp3) (ambient/progressive? rock/etc)
Eva Cassidy - Fields of Gold (http://www.geocities.com/sting2police/EvaCassidyFieldsOfGold.Mp3) (cover of Sting's song by the very talented songstress)
Frou Frou - Let Go (http://www.foesongs.com/~wax/graphics/markee/Frou%20Frou%20-%20Let%20Go.mp3) (alt pop/trip hop)

I'll work on finding more links, or, failing that, uploading something.

[Bartender]

Bim blassa galassasa zimbrabim
Blassa glallassasa zimbrabim.

[blueyxd]

Amon Tobin - Four Ton Mantis

A loop made of bass and cut up woodwind samples and some strange noises starts it off, it sounds odd, and good, a bit like The Grand Silent System gone under the remix knife. Ride cymbals start, sounds like its going down funky street. And yes, it does, a laid back drum beat appears with many reversed sounds, I like it.

Now it changes drastically after 1 minute to a stampy piano bit, which sounds very much like Rabbit In Your Headlights. I wish it had kept the original sound and built on that. The drum beat is similar, but that's all. It still sounds decent, just different.

I know what this reminds me of.. Miocene - Cellular Memory! There are so many horn loops, absolutely rampant in here, but blened into the music so well that they are hardly noticed. Mid song, a happy piano starts, it's obviously a song built on progression than rep+var. While keeping a general jazz sound to it, the progressions don't seem to fit that well.

It seems the original loop has returned, I still like this one the best. I can hear how the horn loops are the joining points, the 3 main ones are being played simultaneously over the bass loop and it sounds practically perfect. Maybe it's cleverer than I first thought.

The last 45 seconds is some fairy playing piano with jazzy bass runs and drum fills.. kind of detracts from the controlled sound the majority of the song had. Then an applause sample is the end... yeah maybe it was all sourced from one jazz recording, that could explain it. But still, the end seemed out of character place.


Not bad, it's a grower, I more or less liked it in these initial listenings, but this musical analysis is going to make things stand out to me that I wouldn't notice if passively listening, where I usually enjoy stuff more. I think I need to brush up on my FL method again, I feel as though I've inadvertently slacked off lately.
8.5/10

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Anathema - Shroud Of Frost - doom/death (7:30)
Decoder Ring - Music Box - soft Bjork-like... snow music
Goldie Lookin' Chain - You Knows I Loves You - sexy rnb/pop parody, UH!
Simon And Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair/Canticle - folk
Violetine - Any Day - rock

one new link (http://www.comcen.com.au/~caracarol/FL.html) since last time

[Stoic]

dibs...

[Britney Diva]

This thread is all of a sudden popular :)

[Stoic]

Simon And Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair/Canticle

Admittedly, my knowledge on non metal music is quite poor so I feel kind of awkward being exposed to an unknown style.

Well, maybe I'm not totally unfamiliar with it since I have an inadeqeate experience with folkmetal. However, it's much harder to hear the folk element in the guirar work, at least, of this song. While the folk metal I've been exposed to leans more towards to an epic/monumental direction, this track sounds more like an acoustic balland with an intense dimensional/dreamy feeling and a remarkable gentle touch.

This touch Im talking about is more notably delivered by the vocal harmonies, which are done in a very tasteful and catchy way and it's strengthened by the random use of keys (or synth/effects). The lyrics, which are about love, couldnt have fit better, making it even more emotional and romantic in a sense.

It's the first time I've heard of this duo - I assume - but this mellow, somehow indolent and chthonically nostalgic atmosphere heavily reminds me of some well known 60s hippie acid rock acts like Jefferson Airplane. A soothing listen in general although a bit out of time and place, if you know what I mean.

8.5/10

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Recommendations

ABBA - Money money money the most metal pop band to walk the planet
Falkenbach - For as long as the winds will blow folk metal
Slough Feg - Gene-ocide epic/traditional/doom/folk
Criterion - Denial brutal tech death

ask me to send them to you if you cant find them ;)

[Britney Diva]

Dibs

[Britney Diva]

ABBA - Money, Money, Money (3:06)

I'm sure everybody is at this stage at least aware of this song, famous as it is, but I've never bothered listening to it closely. I've heard the phrase "the most metal pop band" before, but never really understood it, or cared to. Still, my musical perceptions have changed considerably since I hated ABBA with a passion (I now like Bon Jovi :eek:), so I may even like this.

On with the show, then. It begins with some light, jumpy piano which seems to combine the operatic quality of Queen with a Beatles-like melodic twist, courtesy of some percussive instrument - a xylophone perhaps? We stop and resume, with funky, percussive bass and some dark, haunting piano, which brings images of "Young Frankenstein", the Mel Brooks film. Cool. Female singer enters, I've always liked her soft voice. I've always been amused by Scandinavians singing in English, because they keep dat nordern tinge in their voices.

It keeps building, coming to resemble a Bond tune or something. The way the piece picks up, with drums and extra power in the singer's voice, it's classic Bond. The chorus confirms it... The familiar "Money, Money, Money" is ornamented with some classic Bond touches, the repetitive synth and the slide guitar. Too bad about the melody, or rather the way the melody is sung. This is exactly why I've always hated ABBA, those unbearable chorus vocals. Ugh.

We return to the verse and build back to the chorus. The lyrics are awful! I know he's not a native speaker, but they're still just terrible. "I work all night, I work all day, to pay the bills I have to pay" - you're not Jon Bon Jovi! Cycle through the chorus, repeat etc. and we're done.

I was quite disappointed in the end, actually. The instrumental build-up was fantastic, giving me a new appreciation for the band. While I didn't like the chorus, I was at least expecting something else from such a musically competent composer. But no. :( For that reason, I'll have to give the song a mere 6/10. I wish I'd been given something to elevate it above. Once again, beautiful arrangement. I am a sucker for a Bond song or, as it seems to be here, a Bond-type song.

The Coral - Simon Diamond (Psychadelic indie-pop)
The Chieftains & Sting - Mo Ghile Mhear (Trad. Irish)
Wildhearts - Girlfriend Clothes (Hard rock)
Guns N' Roses - Mr. Brownstone (Rock & Roll)
Our Lady Peace - Tomorrow Never Knows (90's rock Beatles cover)
Marvelous 3 - Katrina (Spoken word power-pop)
Beatles - Real Love (Classically-influenced pop)
Butch Walker - Maybe It's Just Me (Pop)

(These will be changed when I can.)

Links (http://p068.ezboard.com/foasis5710frm17.showMessage?topicID=1.topic)

[Stoic]

oh no an ABBA hater :upset: with sufficient reasoning :) Anyway, I always thought they're "metal" because I believe their songs can make awesome metal covers. If you want I could send you a cover by this song, I'd love to hear your opinion on this.

Back to the thread, could you please put a description next to your recommended songs? It's really helpful for someone with no experience like me.

[Bartender]

Abba songs do indeed make good metal cover fodder.

Since he's offline, I'll do the best I can for genres for his stuff;

Wildhearts - Girlfriend Clothes
Marvelous 3 - Katrina
Butch Walker - Maybe It's Just Me
^All rock and roll, vaguely. I haven't heard the latter two, but I've heard stuff by them before. The first one if just one of my favourite songs, so on that I can speak with confidence.

The Beatles are the Beatles. I just assume you have some kind of knowledge of what they sound like?

The Coral, or what I've heard about them, play a kind of indie-Brit-rock-pop thing.

I don't know about the Chieftains and Sting one.

[Britney Diva]

oh no an ABBA hater :upset: with sufficient reasoning :) Anyway, I always thought they're "metal" because I believe their songs can make awesome metal covers. If you want I could send you a cover by this song, I'd love to hear your opinion on this.

Back to the thread, could you please put a description next to your recommended songs? It's really helpful for someone with no experience like me.

As for the genres, I usually do but I was in a hurry today and just copied/pasted. I'll change it now :)

[Bartender]

Woo, was I ever wrong. Dibs.

EDIT: Actually I really don't have time at the moment. I've downloaded a song though, so I can do this tomorrow if someone else doesn't in the meantime. And f they do, I can just save it for a later one.

Un-dibs for now.

[Britney Diva]

Mubp

[Stoic]

dibs...but please give me 3 hours

[Stoic]

Wildhearts - Girlfriend Clothes

Stoic's Opinion
What we have here is a piece of 90s alternative rock played in the way Nirvana first popularized. Particularly, it's a light, mid-paced radio friendly track, yet hard enough for its standards since it doesnt have any mellow clean parts. A thing to notice is the -ridiculus if I want to get a bit stricter- simplicity of the song structure and riffage, which gets rather repetitive during the song. Also, some certain strokes, somehow slighty remind me of Nirvana's Floyd the Barber.

Besides the entirely conventional guitar playing, the song isn't too bad and has some certain strong points. It's quite tight, framed by an amazingly clean, yet typical for the genre, production and features a vocalist who can sound pretty strong when he decides to do his harsher vocals (like once or two in the verses).

The first verse ends with a very nice sounding line - I hear ageing lines abound, try the lost and found - which unfortunately isn't used again in the song. The chorus ends with a nice as well, slightly melancholic, line on which they could have worked more. In the end there's an expected surprise in the middle of the bridge, a very familiar sounding break from a certain style I'm unable to name at the moment.

In overall, although I can hear the elements that make this song very good for its style, it does not touch me or impress me at all. I dont even find it catchy since it hasnt stuck to my head even after several listens...

6.5/10

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Recommendations

Sabaton - Primo Victoria heavy/power metal
Pica Fierce - Into Oblivion technical death metal
Falkenbach - For as long as the winds will blow folk/viking metal
Moonspell - Alma Mater black/folk metal
Requiem - Revival neoclassical power/prog metal

First too songs can be found in the official sites of the bands. For the rest you can ask me ;)

[Britney Diva]

Stoic, I've listened to the cover you sent a couple of times and I see exactly what you meant. I was thinking thrash metal rather than power metal, but now I agree with you. The vocals are typical power metal vocals, but I think they sound a lot better than ABBA's vocals. I think it works so well because ABBA have that theatrical/operatic flair that power metal embraces. Thanks for the song. :)

[Stoic]

Stoic, I've listened to the cover you sent a couple of times and I see exactly what you meant. I was thinking thrash metal rather than power metal, but now I agree with you. The vocals are typical power metal vocals, but I think they sound a lot better than ABBA's vocals. I think it works so well because ABBA have that theatrical/operatic flair that power metal embraces. Thanks for the song. :)

Couldnt have said it better myself, it's an expression I will start using from now on :)

/notes the verb to embrace

Now that an ABBA hater has recognized that their songs make good metal covers I shall keep whoring them with no hesitation! :D

[Britney Diva]

"ABBA hater" - haha I hope that nickname doesn't stick

[blueyxd]

still doing this one?

[blueyxd]

ok then

btw, was it Revival that you wanted?

[blueyxd]

It was the first one I looked for. I don't know why I asked really, just trying to guess I suppose.

[blueyxd]

Pica Fierce - Into Oblivion

I don't know why I like only some tech death.. maybe I'll find an answer here.

Maybe it's the definition level, if I can make out the music easily, it seems so much nicer to me, no matter how heavy it is.

So far it's been all heavy riffing, fast, but not too fast, and I can hear everything that's going on, which is good. There is some odd-time lead guitar at the start, somehow I reckon I could play that without too much trouble, it doesn't sound that technical really.

Growly vocals start up, I could probably figure these lyrics out too if I listened hard enough. The guitar work reminds me a bit of Opeth, there really isn't as much lead guitar in here as I would hope for, and I find it a little bland (for the style of music). Maybe because Athiest was my first tech-death listen, I have my expectations set very high.

In the middle is an instrumental break, there's some slow lead, I thought it would burst into a guitar solo here.. but it goes back to some low riffs.. after quite a while there is a guitar solo which sounds suitably good, it shows the lead guitarists ability, which I was doubting for a bit until now.

Back to the lead from the start, I think it's not the first time something has been repeated. The ending is approcahing now, and again, its another bit from before, I'm afraid it's not a terribly exciting ending either, it just stops.


I came into this worried if it would be too intense for me. It made good a first impression with the way it was easy to hear things clearly. But in the end the songcraft just didn't impress me enough and I even found a fair bit of it wasn't that exciting.
Obviouly, Atheist set my expectations very high, and I'll stand by that. This band has the ability, they just have some growing to do.
6/10

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Five Star Prison Cell - Ballad Of The Cheated - avant gardecore
Violetine - Any Day - rock
The National - Daughters Of The Soho Riots - soft indie

Anathema - Shroud Of Frost - doom/death (7:30)
Decoder Ring - Music Box - soft Bjork-like... snow music
Goldie Lookin' Chain - You Knows I Loves You - sexy rnb/pop parody, UH!


Violetine is on here (http://www.comcen.com.au/~caracarol/FL.html)

[Britney Diva]

Violetine - Any Day (3:14)

Listening to this song through headphones is the preferrable set up. In fact, I listened to it a few times just through my laptop speakers and it was pretty underwhelming. The mix is such that any sort of play will sound muffled, but the laptop just amplified that.

The song begins with some (I think) backwards guitar (something is reversed, anyway) before the band comes in for the song proper. The guitar is very muddy and the drums are loud and steady, but bass is almost non-existant. Whenever I think I hear bass I can't be sure it's not a guitar. There's two guitars at play, one more distorted than the other. The riff is simple, mainly single-string, resolving to a chord progression at the end of each measure. It sounds good, moves well, nice simple rock stuff.

I didn't initially like the vocals, but they're not hugely objectionable. His voice is deep and airy, of the grunge style. The music suits his vocals in that regard. The muddy tone of the verse and the imposing loudness of the chorus guitars are standard grunge-fare. I can't be too critical, I like this type of music. I'm guessing this could have been a single, it's got a suitably large and catchy chorus. I'm guessing it was a Australian Top 40 single in 1993. Amirite? The octave chords remind me of one of my favourite Marvelous 3 songs, The Retail Girl, so extra props for that.

Anyway, for whatever reason I'm not particularly moved by the song. It has plenty of positive characteristics, but it seems to be lacking something which would make it listenable on a regular basis. The chorus isn't particularly memorable, the lyrics are pretty basic, and it's just not a particularly attractive song for me. :-\ 6/10.

Our Lady Peace - Is Anybody Home? (Post-Grunge)
Marvelous 3 - Katrina (Spoken-word Power Pop)
Chieftains & Sting - Mo Ghile Mear (Trad. Irish)
Guns N' Roses - Mr. Brownstone (Funky Hard Rock)
Butch Walker - Maybe It's Just Me (Summery Pop)
The Coral - Skeleton Key (Psychadelic Indie-Rock)

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[Britney Diva]

bump :(

[Stoic]

dibs...but give me a few hours ;)

EDIT

:upset: I'm terribly sorry, I couldnt make it. No need for shameless bumps though, unless someone else takes this, I'll do it tomorrow sometime (and I mean it!), I want the irish thing...

[Britney Diva]

Ha, it's OK. If someone else takes it, I have the same song in the Other Music FL. :)

[Stoic]

Chieftains & Sting - Mo Ghile Mear

Stoic's Opinion
So, this is supposed to be traditional irish. I'm familiar and I actually enjoy metal bands who incorporate irish/folk elements to their music but it seems they always bring out an intense epic feeling in the monumental metal way. However, this listen can be compared with at least one metal band and this is certainly Cruachan, which happen to be Irish as well.

This track starts with a plain odd - yet somehow familiar - vocal line, which sounded kind of irritating at first but certainly grew on me in the second listen. After this, the song, which is mistly based on the vocals and has a rather simple structure, is being gradually built and flows in a very natural and effortless way.

Particularly, the lead vocalist has a strong and crystal at the same time voice which along with his heavy accent ideally fits to the music. The verse vocal line, somehow sounds a bit country-ish to me, but I guess this is normal since country is folk music as well. The back up vocals are used very tastefully and slightly varying from the main line, they really add to the chorus.

The guitar, which is kind of low in the mix, follows a simple rhythm pattern, gently accompanying the flute and at some point pipes, which along with the drumming actually very succefully embrace the folk/brotherhood feeling.

A very sweet and enjoyable song in overall. I'd like to know what the chorus lyrics mean and what Sting has to do with the overall thing (I'll be embarrassed if he's a guest lead vocalist :p)

9/10

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Recommendations:

Sabaton - Primo Victoria heavy/power metal
Falkenbach - For as long as the winds will blow folk/viking metal
Diabolical Masquerade - Rider on the Bonez avant-garde atmospheric black metal
Gory Blister - Cognitive Sinergy technical death metal

The first song can be found in the official site of the band, if you cannot find the rest e-mail me ;)

[Stoic]

Shameless BUMP!

come on, dont let it die now that I've started posting! :angry:

[BryanJ]

Sabaton-Primo Victoria
The first thing I noticed was how the vocals were different from most power metal bands I've heard. A little bit rougher, more of a "warrior's voice" :) . The guitar is catchy if not all that original. It also has some rather typical "choir keyboard" backing. During the chorus there is some weird electronic harmonica type sound following the vocal line, though it is a quite catchy chorus. The guitar solo is mostly midpaced and fairly melodic. The bridge comes in with some backing "aaahhs." Another interesting note is that the song is about D-Day apparently, which is a topic I havn't seen in a metal song before.
A nice song though nothing mindblowing B

My list
Atheist-An Incarnation's Dream (Proggressive Death Metal)
Download at http://shop.relapse.com/content/downloads.aspx?MediaTypeID=2

Chalice-Child of the Matador (Doomy Gothic Metal)

http://www.chalice.mu/child_of_the_matador.mp3

Melechesh-Annunaki's Golden Thrones (Black Metal)

[Stoic]

dibs...unless someone else wants it, it will be done until tonight

:eek:

owned by Uni :upset:

[Riva]

Melechesh is such an awesome band.

[Britney Diva]

Atheist - An Incarnation's Dream (4:52)

I've seen Atheist pimped a lot around here, but this is my first time actually listening to the band.

The song begins with an picked acoustic guitar intro. It's a bit jangly, but also has an English folk feel, which leads to a slight Stairway To Heaven vibe, which is supported by the similar bass patterns in the songs. Electric guitar slowly works its way in, while there's also ambulance noises and some light, sporadic percussion. This is nice, 'tis.

Around the one minute mark, there's an abrupt stop and the piece explodes into action in a manner which reminds me of Pantera. The singer's voice is a bit less growly than I'd typically expect from a death metal band. He reminds me of Phil Anselmo a bit, actually. The whole thing reminds me a bit of Cowboys From Hell, actually. The guitar style is very rhythmic, and dominates the instrumental section, like Dimebag's. Am I noticing too many similarities? I should probably judge it on its own merits.

OK, just one more. There's a lead guitar measure during the second verse which reminds me of a Pearl Jam song, Even Flow I think. I'm done. I'm rubbish at identifying what's what in metal songs, seeing as this doesn't seem to have an identifiable chorus, so I'll just pick out a couple of my favourite parts: The riffing throughout is superb. Without meaning to invoke Pantera again, I do get that vibe. My metal knowledge isn't as extensive as it should be; the vocals are also really good throughout. I like the middle ground where he growls but I can still hear his actual voice, it works for me.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaalll right, that was an awful review, but I liked the song a lot. 8.5/10. If anyone else wants to send me some of their songs, we can make arrangements. I'm interested.

Marvelous 3 - Indie Queen (http://www.marvieworld.com/multimedia/indie/Indie_Queen_(indie).mp3) (Pop)

Our Lady Peace - Is Anybody Home? (Post-Grunge)
Chieftains & Sting - Mo Ghile Mear (Trad. Irish)
Guns N' Roses - Mr. Brownstone (Funky Hard Rock)
Butch Walker - Maybe It's Just Me (Summery Pop)
The Coral - Skeleton Key (Psychadelic Indie-Rock)
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[Stoic]

:lol: This is the weirdest Atheist description I've ever read but I suppose each one describes a piece of music according to his background. I'll send you a couple of Atheist songs if you give me your e-mail :)

[Britney Diva]

The singer really does remind me a lot of Pantera. Pretty much all the death metal I know has come from this thread, so I'm not well-versed. :-\

My email is davey.donnelly@gmail.com Thanks :)

[Bartender]

He always reminded me more of Dave Mustaine (Megadeth).

Anyway, dibs.

[On The Edge]

Butch Walker- Maybe its just me

Starts off with some percussion and then some happy chords come in. It reminds me of summer a lot. His voice is nice, reminds me a bit of Crowded House. Some intresting slidy effect comes in here, before the chorus. His head voice usage is excellent.

The chorus is catchy. I could imagine this being a hit on the radio. It slows down again after the chorus. It's a very feel good song. The slidy bit keeps intriguing me? What is it?

His voice is very powerful- when did he start singing/when was this released. It sounds almost like a happy Jeff Buckley in parts.

The breakdown kicks in, and there is a very electric guitar fills, before the pounding drums kick in and lead in to the chorus again. He's hitting some really interesting notes. I'm really digging this song a lot by this stage.

A bit of electric piano/organ comes in for a mini-solo. Interesting, good note choice. Ends on a long sustained note before fadeing out. I'm impressed, haven't heard anything by him before, but I really enjoyed this- 8.5/10. Can you reccomend some more songs by him for me?

My first review, sorry if it's not that good.

Mine are:

Hanoi Rocks- A day late, a dollar short or Don't you ever leave me- you should be able to find one. (80's rock, influential to glam metal, you could probably call them glam rock. Guns n Roses are very influenced by these guys)

Rolling Stones- You can't always get what you want (Blues-rock maybe?)

Boney M- Rasputin (awesome pop)

Hopefully those song descriptions will do, sorry about the genres, not too good with them.

Contact me on msn/email me at silly_bert@hotmail.com and I'll send them to you.

[On The Edge]

He always reminded me more of Dave Mustaine (Megadeth).

Anyway, dibs.

Sorry- I didn't call dibs first, and didn't see your post because I writing mine. Want me to delete the review?

[Bartender]

No, it's fine. I hadn't started yet.

[On The Edge]

Ahh, sorry. Next time I'll call dibs before I post my review.

[Britney Diva]

The slidy bit keeps intriguing me? What is it?
If I'm thinking of the same thing you are, it's a guitar through a synth.

when did he start singing/when was this released.
This was released last year but he's been around since the early 90s.

Can you reccomend some more songs by him for me?
I can email you some if you want.

[Britney Diva]

Bump, I suppose.

[blueyxd]

Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want

I heard some Rolling Stones at my cousin's house and I thought it sounded a bit like Modest Mouse.. so I'll probably like it. For this song, there were so many versions to choose from, and I got the 7:33 one.

Theres a choir, very melodic sound with high pitched voices signing and everyone else with lower voices just going "ahhhh". I can hear the title being sung in there sometimes, and there's a lot that I can't figure out just now.

About a minute in, it fades into an acoustic guitar playing the same chords as the choir sung, and Mick Jagger (I assume) singing... I do like his kind of carefree way of singing. After a bit of this acoustic session, it burst's into a more upbeat piece of music, a fair bit of blues influence is in the guitar leads and organ that comes in sometimes. I'm not really taking notice of the lyrics.. the music alone is enough to keeping me happy.

The chorus is even better.. despite the title being sung, it sounds quite happy. Every instrument seems more alive in the chorus. It's got a really good feeling about it. Back to the verse again, some more bluesy lead parts keeping things in check.

Hm, it seems to be just alternating between the verses and chorus for the rest of the song.. but theres lots of lead breaks to keep it interesting. Every time the chorus hits.. it seems like everything just gets better, and you don't notice the feeling drop off when the chorus ends either. The choir comes back in the end of the song before it fades out, a nice touch to show that it had more of a purpose than just being the intro.


Despite it being older music (older than what I usually listen to), it doesn't sound too dated. They don't sound much like Modest Mouse this time, maybe I was just imagining it. This song was easy to listen to, foot tapping music, the chorus was the best part for me. It was a good song. 8.7/10


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Broken Social Scene - Cranley's Gonna Make It - feel-good instrumental indie
Alchemist - Worlds Within Worlds - really weird metal. (~8 mins)
Goldie Lookin' Chain - Soap Bar - rap/comedy
Five Star Prison Cell - Ballad Of The Cheated - avant gardecore
The Grand Silent System - Transmutation - post-jazz
Custard - Monkey - experimental indie-pop

[On The Edge]

dibs on bluey's

[On The Edge]

Goldie Lookin' Chain- Soap Bar

From the start the beat sounds laid back, and the vocals seem to be very raw. The english accent annoys me after a bit though- maybe because I'm not used to them.

The second voice comes in, and I like the tone and rhythm of it better. The guitar in the background seems to have a wahwah effect on it which is nice.

The chorus is pretty catchy also. The guys seem to be good at telling a story. 'Your better off smoking the green instead' I can see lines like this showing the band doesn't take themselves that seriously' which I really like in a band. There is an instrument in the chorus that reminds of Ariel the Mermiad. I have no idea what it is or why it reminds me of it but :p

It seems to be about drugs again in this song 'Eat a hash cake'. 'I tried to see things from his point of view but I couldn't seem to fit my head up his arse' (not how I spell it, how it sounds). Great line, made me chuckle.

Overall, a very laid back song, haven't heard much laid back hip-hop that I liked but this was pretty cool. Could of done with some more back and forth play between the lyricists however. 6.5/10

My Reccomendations:
Hanoi Rocks- A day late, a dollar short (early 80's rock, a bit glam)
Crowded House- Don't Dream its over, Fall at your feet (dreamy, indieish pop)
NWA- Straight Outta Compton ('Hardcore' Rap, very influential with an awesome first line)
Butch Walker- Don't move (Very very cool pop)
End of Fashion- Oh yeah (Catchy pop-rock)
The Bangles- Eternal Flame (80's pop ballad)

[Britney Diva]

Hey that was quick!

Hey Butch Walker!

[blueyxd]

Goldie Lookin' Chain- Soap Bar
'Your better off smoking the green instead' I can see lines like this showing the band doesn't take themselves that seriously, which I really like in a band.
Not to mention that the song is about smoking soap instead of marijuana because it's cheaper :p Never take GLC seriously.
might try that dibs thing

[blueyxd]

End Of Fashion - O Yeah

This band was the big theme on JJJ this morning with regard to their comments about Wolfmother. They were given quite a bit of stick for that and then some similarites between Pixies - Where Is My Mind were played, but I'm not too influenced by what the J's think.

A raw indie guitar progression open the song, some cheers and then a quick line of whammy'd up lead guitar. Ok, I just want to say even if I hadn't heard JJJ this morning I would have duly noted the likeness to Where Is My Mind.

Pretty indie-pop sound. It has quite a raw sound, but that's what I implied when I said "indie". The singer has a decent voice, without sounding too clean or refined, he can still hit the notes close enough for my liking. The vocals are very prominent in the mix. At the end of the verse is a one beat rest.

The chorus is much bigger sounding, the notes sound like the Pixies song but the force of the music and the singing sounds like it's own, some nice vocal harmonies in there too. It's actually quite likeable.

In the middle is a sour little bridge (singing about sweet candy), but it becomes more melodic by the end, a nice transition from there and back to the catchy chorus. A million bands could have used that chord progression so it's not really something one can say has been ripped off. The backing vocals bring up the end of the song with "On and on and on..."


This song wasn't so bad, I'd be pretty sure it's music was based heavily on the Pixies song, but it's still got it's own thing going for it. Everything seems to fall into place, unforced.. Things happen right when they are meant to, there's no surprises, and for once I meant that in a good way. I'll surely listen to this when I want something I don't have to think hard about. JJJ, go eat a dick.

9/10

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Alchemist - Worlds Within Worlds - really weird metal. (~8 mins)
Autechre - Nine - experimental ambient/electronic
Electric Light Orchestra - Yours Truly, 2095 - 80's synth rock
Soundgarden - The Day I Tried To Live - hard rock with strange time sigs
The Grand Silent System - Transmutation - post-jazz http://www.mp3.com.au/thegrandsilentsystem

[blueyxd]

Brarump

[Britney Diva]

The Grand Silent System - They Who Built-Transmutation (4:36)

Like most of bluey's bands, I've never heard of them before, so it's always a nice experience. This is the kind of song that annoys me though, because I can never pick out all the instruments and I hate not knowing :mad:

OK, the song starts with dual acoustic guitars, which have a classical feel to them, resembling a lute somewhat. One plays bass and the odd high string, while the lead plays a melody higher up. In fact, the first guitar part could be two, I can't tell. There's a lot of notes in there. It's simple but absolutely beautiful.

Strong rhythm comes in in the form of snare drum and very low, very distorted bass. A flute melody follows soon after, winding its way in between the guitars. It has a real vocal quality to it. When I saw this was a jazz-like piece I was expecting something far different. This is jazz I can appreciate :eek: The flute reminds me of Sting, but in a completely good way.

The singer enters with (synthesised) strings around 1:25. I can see where I got the impression that the flute was vocal-like; he imitates it when he begins. He doesn't really attempt to impose himself on the piece like a lot of singers do, he seems to drift in and out of the song. The rhythm throughout is pounding, bass and drums, which reminds me of Franz Ferdinand, strangely.

The flute disappears for a slower section now, and the guitar and strings become more pronounced. One of the guitars is electric now, it echoes quite a bit. Then there's a bit which is quite neo-classical, reminds me of those metal bands. There's a very theatrical melody, commanding, led by electric guitar and backed by strings with some heavy, dramatic drumming. It doesn't last long, however, as the song quickly draws to a close, faded out by some flute again.

Another excellent pick, man. Very enjoyable and challenging :) 8.5/10.

I'll have some new songs up soon; I think I've exhausted my recent supplies by now.

Marvelous 3 - You're So Yesterday (http://www.marvieworld.com/multimedia/indie/Youre_So_Yesterday_(indie).mp3) (Lo-fi/Power-pop)

30 Seconds To Mars - Attack (Hard rock pop)
Beatles - Real Love (Classically-tinged pop)
Our Lady Peace - Is Anybody Home? (90's rock)
Wildhearts - Vanilla Radio (Hard rock)

Links to the rest (http://p068.ezboard.com/foasis5710frm17.showMessage?topicID=1.topic)

[On The Edge]

Dibs for whenever you post songs, yours are always good.

[Britney Diva]

Bumped.

[On The Edge]

Sorry, Withdraw due to amount of work

[Neurotoxin]

DIBS.

[Neurotoxin]

Marvelous 3 - You're So Yesterday (Lo-fi/Power-pop)

The song starts out with some guy yelling "love excitement, I'm excited" a couple of times. Next appears the guitar, which sort of reminds me of U2. In comes the bass, hitting a few notes. I really like the lead guitar, although I think the bass and the other guitar (the one simply strumming the odd chord) could have been done better. The drums quickly burst in with a pick slide from the guitarist. The vocalist enters, singing a simple "do do do do do" type of thing. This part sounds really poppy. The first verse comes in a short while after that with typical pop-punk palm muting. The vocals enter, and while nothing special, they do the job. Following standard pop format, the chorus follows soon, starting off with "you're so yesterday". The chorus isn't that catchy, although it's not bad. After the chorus is done they repeat the "do do do do do" part, followed by another verse (who would've guessed?!), then followed by the chorus. At around the 2:10 mark they decide to change it up. The palm muted guitar accompanies the singer's voice. The bass plays the odd notes here and there, then right back to the chorus. The chorus has become a little more catchy, although it's still average. The song closes with the "do do do do do" part once again.

I really liked the main intro riff, but I think they didn't use it as effectively as they could've. The verses were typical, but still enjoyable. I enjoyed the "do do do do do" part in between the chorus/verse. The chorus was mediocre at first, but after a few listens it grew a little on me. Over all I enjoyed this song. I see myself throwing it on the odd time in the future when I'm preoccupied with homework/computer coding. I don't see myself running out to purchase one of their albums anytime soon though.

7/10

Click Here For Songs (http://www.portalsentry.com/floct27.html)

[superpeer]

Add some songs and I shall dibs. :p

[Neurotoxin]

Added a link to the songs.

[superpeer]

Okay, dibsie then.

I think I will go for the obvious choice though. :(

Le fleur noir est un titre très cool et je dois le choisir!

[superpeer]

Necroart - Le Fleur Noir

Cool band name, cool song title, I had to check it out.

*play*

An acoustic intro with some synth (according to Neuro) in the background, sounds pretty good, a bit Opeth-ish or the likes of Dark Tranquillity, I suppose. Now the vocals creep in through the background, they sound a bit electronically altered, it's pretty nice. It didn't go straight into distortion as I kinda expected after the drums introduced the vocals.

Now the strumming gets faster and the drums are worth noticing, they're quite creative. I suspect it to get heavier soon. Oh yes, harsh vocals now, not the best I've ever heard, but alright, the distorted riff and the vocals on top sound quite dramatic together, I sense a dark theme in lyrics, but I can't really catch enough of the words to be sure. I suck at picking up words in songs, you see.

After this we go back into an earlier acoustic passage and then further into the distortion again, and so it goes back and forth for a while, it all sounds pretty good.

Ah, now we have some kind of symphonic element added, sounds nice. Ooh, what's this, I like this riff, much more prominent than the other riffs, so far. This must be the highlight of the song, the vocals now mix with it and it is quite melodic. Yes, I approve of this section.

It ends symphonically, something that I can appreciate. Nice

A solid 8/10 for thee, black flower.

SONGS:

The Casualties - Unknown Soldier (Street punk, punk anthem thing, Jorge also has quite harsh vocals)
Therapy? - Little tongues first (Song from their more hard rock-ish/Traditional Metal-ish/whatever period and an obligatory fanboy addition.
Gorki - Ooit was ik een soldaat (Alt rock/acoustic, live as well, adds to the atmosphere, sung in my native tongue :p (<tongue))

Umm, I suppose you could dibs and leave your e-mail or AIM or MSN and I shall upload it/send it/anything.

[Neurotoxin]

Dibs.

I searched Therapy in Limewire and the majority of my results were for penis enlargement therapy. Needless to say, I will find the song!

EDIT:

I definitely didn't find it. Think you could email it to me?

My email is mx.neurotoxin@gmail.com

Also, would you happen to have (pointless question, you obviously do) a Therapy? song that goes something like this?:

"I'll get the truth from you tonight"

If so, could you send that as well? I lost it when I got my new computer.

[superpeer]

Okay, if you need it uploaded, just holla, aight?

[Britney Diva]

Jelle, You never sent me this obligatory fanboy addition :mad:

I think the bass and the other guitar (the one simply strumming the odd chord) could have been done better.
Yeah, well it's an indie recording, very low budget. I prefer that version to the studio one though.

[superpeer]

Well, I meant that I always have to add a Therapy? song to Forced Listening. :)

But you can have it, if you wish.


EDIT: Yes, I'll send it. Sorry for the late noticing of your edit.

[Neurotoxin]

Dibs revoked. Sorry.

[superpeer]

Bump.

[shamed-angel]

Goldie Lookin' Chain- Soap Bar
From the start the beat sounds laid back, and the vocals seem to be very raw. The english accent annoys me after a bit though- maybe because I'm not used to them.

It's a Welsh accent. They're Welsh.

[Britney Diva]

Therapy? - Little Tongues First (4:25)

Oh Jelle and his wma files... I enjoy all of the Therapy? songs in my collection to date, so this should be fun.

Song starts off with an ear piercing (tone-wise) lead guitar melody, very simple, which reminds me of the beginning of the Manic Street Preachers' The Intense Humming Of Evil. The machine-like feedback which pulls in like a train to a station continues, but marks the end of, the similarities. We now revert to a familiar four-piece rock/metal setup, two guitars, bass and drums with some shouting in the background.

I say it's a standard rock setup, but there are a few quirks. The guitar riffing is standard, heavy muted guitar and parallel octaves, but the drummer really stands out for me. He opts out of playing the obvious 4/4 beat, leaving instead a hole on the second beat which leaves me very uneasy. It's intriguing though. I'm talking about it as if it hasn't been done before or something, but it just sounds wrong. And great.

Vocals in the verse are typical Andy Cairns, slightly monotonous, focusing very much on the words rather than the inflections. I can hear his crazy Belfast accent tee hee. The lyrics, as I mentioned, are clear. He speaks of his unwillingness to back down, with a swagger Tom Petty could never ever manage. The chorus is the repeating of: "Suicide pact, suicide pact, suicide pact... you first!" which is just plain awesome. Catchy in the non-pop way and lyrically fantastic. He reminds me of Ginger Wildheart with his chorus vocals in general, and this is no exception. That's it though, it's just verse and chorus, really.

This was a tough song to approach. Therapy?'s songs aren't really "interesting" in the FL sense, so I had to just listen to it over and over (I listened 7 times) to see if it worked for me. And it kind of did. It's not in the same league as others (Screamager, Hellbelly), but it's still a good little song. Me gives: 7/10.

Marvelous 3 - Indie Queen (http://www.marvieworld.com/multimedia/indie/Indie_Queen_(indie).mp3) (Indie pop)

30 Seconds To Mars - Attack (Hard rock pop)
Beatles - Real Love (Classically-tinged pop)
Our Lady Peace - Is Anybody Home? (90's rock)
Wildhearts - Vanilla Radio (Hard rock)
Warrant - The Bitter Pill (Post hair rock)

Links to the rest (http://p068.ezboard.com/foasis5710frm17.showMessage?topicID=1.topic)

[Bartender]

Dibs.

[Britney Diva]

Hey, you're back in FL. I added an extra option just now.

[Bartender]

Yep, back. I think I've been too busy recently, or something, to take part.

I checked out their self-titled album when it came out a few years ago, and it was alright from what I remember. More to the point, I still listen to and rather enjoy one of the songs from it.
30 Seconds To Mars - I'll Attack - 3:13

Starts off with echo-ey, relatively quiet, pretty little clean bits, before the vocals come in early on. At first he sounds like he's going to whisper (dramatically), but it resolves itself into a normal clean vocal line. He sounds alright, though I think he's better on the song(s) I like from their older album so far. He sounds a little less natural here, I think.

As he starts singing, the rest of the band come in to support him, and though they're not doing anything particularly interesting, it's not bad. They all drop out to allow him to shout on his own "and I am finally free", with everything jumping back in behind him, in a power-pop kind of loudness, on the "free". His voice in this, which I assume is the chorus, is not as good as it was before. His voice sounded like it was maybe a little strained before, but in the chorus it sounds like it is definitely so. Maybe he's tried to add a bit of an edge to it or something, but it just sounds like he's straining for something he can't do.

Anyway, the chorus is reasonably short, and then it's back to the verse (in which his voice now sounds considerably better than it did at first). It's got a fairly fast-paced rhythm to it, but it doesn't feel like it's particularly moving me or anything. It's just there.

Nice little bit around 1:15 where he does kind of what he did to lead into the chorus before - instruments drop out, and his voice rises before the band jump back in - but with a lot more success. This is somewhat ruined by going into another chorus with vocals I don't like, but at least it was there.

Back (almost; there's a bit more going on) to how the introduction sounded now, after the second chorus, this time with echo-ey mixed way back in the background, before the now familiar dive into the chorus. The drummer gets a nice fast roll towards the end, before the whole song just fades out on what it played for most of it's existence.

6/10 I wouldn't say it was bad per se, but at the same time I'm not sure I'd listen to it again in a hurry.

Songs (I'm limited in my choice here, since I'm on my old computer);
Amateur Transplants - Paracetamoxafrusebendroneomycin (http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/medic/fitness/tracks/Paracetamoxyfrusebendroneomycin.mp3) (piano-driven comedy)
Brad Paisley - Two Feet of Topsoil (poppy country)
Flogging Molly - Devil's Dance Floor (Irish folk influenced punk thing)

I have links to the other two as well, but that first one is the only one I have a non-banned link to.

[Britney Diva]

Eek, I love that song precisely because it's my favourite vocal performance of his. Nice call on the FM song, though. I saw them play it live :)

And dibs.

Edit: Can I get a link to the country one? email's in profile.

[Bartender]

Lucky. I think it's a song I'd really like to see/hear live.

Here aren't links to the other two songs;

See?

[Britney Diva]

Got it :cool:

I mean got what?

It's a great track, especially live. it's a pity I only got to see them for half an hour. Missed out on them over the summer too :(

[Britney Diva]

Brad Paisley - Two Feet Of Topsoil (2:46)

Hmm.. Brad Paisley.

The first thing that struck me about this song was that it's a lot more bluegrassy than typical country; it's very tight musically but still centred around the vocals, it is folk music after all.

As far as I can tell, Brad has gone dun wrong by his girl, digging himself a proverbial hole, now there's "two feet of topsoil, little bit of bedrock, limestone in between" aswell as fossilised dinosaurs and crude oil between him and his girl. She finds a new man and he doesn't want to get involved. He's lost her :(

The musicianship is great throughout. The song starts out slowly with a dual violin melody, which reminded me of Irish folk, before an electric guitar enters, picking notes cleanly. The song then explodes to life with a peppy, banjo-like acoustic guitar melody. Very quick, very clean, very controlled as bluegrass guitar generally is. There's touches of power metal in the heavy keyboard-aided progression, and far too much to actually talk about.

Vocals come in, I know what his voice is like from Country Music TV. He's quite a bit more of a high-pitched twanger than I'd like, but I've heard far worse. The verses are driven by the drums and briskly strummed guitar, interspersed with flourishes of electric and acoustic guitar and violin, while the chorus involves the whole kitchen sink. Acoustic & electric guitars, banjo, violins, drums, keyboards, probably more that I can't name. The song is very catchy too. It gets a little tired towards the end as the chorus is repeated too many times and the singer strains himself trying to vary his singing.

/falls over

Yeah, that's basically it. There's a nice instrumental section after one of the choruses where the instruments each take turns adding quick flourishes, which is one of my favourite aspects of music in general, right up there with glammy group shouts. So, yeah, that was a tiring review. My arms hurt. Very enjoyable song. I'll definitely listen to it again, but it wore thin even on the few listens I just gave it. 7/10.

Marvelous 3 - Indie Queen (http://www.marvieworld.com/multimedia/indie/Indie_Queen_(indie).mp3) (Indie pop)

30 Seconds To Mars - Attack (Hard rock pop)
Beatles - Real Love (Classically-tinged pop)
Our Lady Peace - Is Anybody Home? (90's rock)
Wildhearts - Vanilla Radio (Hard rock)
Warrant - The Bitter Pill (Post hair rock)

Links to the rest (http://p068.ezboard.com/foasis5710frm17.showMessage?topicID=1.topic)

I'l; change these around in a minute.

[superpeer]

I saw it live too. :D

Might go again next month.

Night! :wave:

[Shattered_Future]

Dibs.

[Shattered_Future]

Marvelous 3 - Indie Queen

Never heard of this band before...indie music isn't really my type of stuff. However, I'm always open.

Starts right away with some poppy guitar, what sounds like synths, and some singing...or oooing. Can’t think of a better word. 2 guitars for the verse...one electric, playing some notes, and one acoustic with chords. The singer is very poppish, yet has a non-irritating voice, unlike others. Second part of verse turns the distortion back on, and actually features a non-poplike chord progression.

Chorus is pretty straightahead...simple chord progression, singer hits some high notes, whatnot. So far, I haven’t shut it off in disgust yet, which is a good thing. Transitions into another verse, with what sounds like an overdubbed third guitar. Another chorus repeated twice, an interlude, and a new clean part. Sounds like some slide guitar? Maybe...distortion comes back on, and another chorus is played. An outro riff starts playing, with the singer saying “How you feel that way” rather high up. Ends with a fadeout.

Pretty straighforward poppy indie song. However, it sounds good, and there is a bit more complexity in the guitar arrangements than what appears on the surface.

7.5/10

Spacing out a bit here...

I have to get some links up...this thread appeared out of the blue. :p

[Neurotoxin]

Which song was that?

[Britney Diva]

It was Marvelous 3 - Indie Queen

Edit: I'm glad you didn't hate it :p

[Shattered_Future]

Here's a link.

Green Carnation - Between The Gentle Small And Tall (progressive/avantgarde metal)

http://www.musicianalliance.net/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?p=9005#9005

Link hosted here.

[blueyxd]

I'll does it

[blueyxd]

Green Carnation - Between The Gentle Small And Tall

Fingerpicked intro with chorus effect, it sounds like Nirvana, but heavys up pretty soon. It's got a hard southern sound like Karma To Burn or Monster Magnet. This is not what I was expecting, it rather straightforward, not avantgarde or prog at all.. oh well.

I hear an organ buried deep in the music. The singer's voice is not as powerful as the music demands, but the multi-tracking or backup singers help a bit. The music has just a verse bit with the fingerpicking, and a chorus with the heavy guitar over the top, and it stays that way for a while.

In the middle is a calm bit, some synth and a bit of phaser action on the vocals, then theres a heavier section which includes electric piano improvisation and it sounds rather nice, like a ballad, it's the most interesting bit of the song so far. As out of place as it may seem, it flows well back into the chorus section again, they play that couple of times, and then the song ends on the hard note.


That song just seemed to go by without making me take much notice of it, because it wasn't really noticable. I don't know why, it just went in one ear and out the other, except the middle bit, which I liked a fair bit. I'm not saying I didn't like the song... I just really didn't love it. It seems surprisingly hard to say something definite about it... ok, it was a hard rock song.

5.5/10

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Substitute Inc. - Evacuate (http://www.comcen.com.au/~caracarol/Substitute Inc. - Evacuate.mp3) - experimental rock/metal/?/prog/?
Broken Social Scene - Cranley's Gonna Make It - feel-good instrumental indie
Electric Light Orchestra - Yours Truly, 2095 - 80's synth rock
Sounds Like Chicken - Loose Ends - ska, punk & hip hop with some heaviness and mexicana thrown in
The Living End - Closing In - technical rockabilly instrumental

[On The Edge]

I wont call dibs but I may do the living end one soon... I have a bit of their stuff not that though. They are rockabilly? I always thought they were just punk?

[Britney Diva]

Dibsbsbs

[Britney Diva]

Substitute Inc. - Evacuate (6:30)

Begins with a fast-paced clean rhythm guitar riff, backed by some interesting but lowly-mixed drumming. The guitar is doubled by a synth of some sort, which creates a bit of a System of a Down vibe, which is reinforced by the vocals which are half-rapped in the Serj style.

This moves to a slower section where guitar stabs are doubled by more synth, drums are more prominent. This reminds me of bands like Misery Loves Co. crossed with Rage Against The Machine. The rapping here is very reminiscent of Zach de la Rocha, even down to the tone of his voice. The music is also quite experimental, as the guitar makes "un-guitar" sounds at points, producing an ear splitting melody towards the end of the slow passage.

This again morphs into a similar beginning to the previous passage, clean guitar dominates the melodic scape. It's now backed by some early-90s sounding synths, like something from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, as the vocalist speaks for a bit. Then the intro riff returns and we have more rapping. This seems to be the main theme of the piece.

Again, a slow section. Distorted vocal line contrasts with the main rap, again RATM-like. Then there's a period of again distorted guitars, a heavy rhythmic riff and bursts of "un-guitar" and more synth noises etc. More of this, then a fade out to the ear-splitting passage as discussed. In find this whole song bizarrely unsettling. It's not spooky or anything, it's just... unnerving. The piece fades out thus.

Honestly, I didn't like it. There was plenty going on and it was interesting to describe, but there wasn't much to keep me interested as a listener. It's not something I'd listen to again given the chance. 4/10.

Marvelous 3 - Indie Queen (http://www.marvieworld.com/multimedia/indie/Indie_Queen_(indie).mp3) (Indie pop)

30 Seconds To Mars - Attack (Hard rock pop)
Beatles - Real Love (Classically-tinged pop)
Our Lady Peace - Is Anybody Home? (90's rock)
Wildhearts - Vanilla Radio (Hard rock)
Warrant - The Bitter Pill (Post hair rock)

Links to the rest (http://p068.ezboard.com/foasis5710frm17.showMessage?topicID=1.topic)

[blueyxd]

The Beatles - Real Love

I've gotten into the band a bit lately, still, some of the songs are a hit and miss affair for me.

There's this church organ with piano at the start. It sounds sombre for a bit, but when the singing starts it takes on a happier sound, but I can't tell if it's meant to be or not. It keeps switching between happy and sad feeling music very quickly. Whoever is singing sounds like a munchkin (might be the production) and he's hard to understand.

After the verse completes one run, the drums start up properly and it does sound more or less happy. Some nice little guitar licks between the singing, which I can understand now.

The chorus hits with a sour augmented chord sound, but resolves into a happy vibe, "It's real love, it's real". Vocal harmonies always seem to make a happy bit sound extra happy. That chorus is catchy.

The intro bit plays again, and there could be harpsichord in it too. Just one verse then the chorus. Lead guitar is starting to infect the music now. After this chorus is a solo :o. I didn't know The Beatles had solos, it's not a difficult one, but still cool.

The verse comes back and then the chorus is repeated to end the song. I like the lead guitar in the later stages of the song, it's simple but pretty effective. I'm glad it ends up being a happy song.


Yeah I liked it. A manic-depressive song if I ever heard one, but a much better way of doing it than the soft verse-heavy chorus of nu-metal bands in recent years. No, I'm not comparing them. The lead guitar was really well done. I don't know what else to say in this concluding statement, just read the review.
Hit. 8/10

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Custard - Ladies And Gentlemen (www.comcen.com.au/~caracarol/Custard - Ladies And Gentlemen.mp3) - "contemporary indie pop"
Karnivool - Themata - prog/technical nu-metal
Tommy Emmanuel - The Journey - instrumental rock, cool guitaring
Anathema - Shroud Of Frost - doom metal (7:30)

[Britney Diva]

Hey, cool. The reason the vocals are hard-to-hear is because the 3 Beatles recorded the track in the 90s using a demo of Lennon's from the 70s, which wasn't too brilliantly recorded. Glad you liked it :cool:

[blueyxd]

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Bump

[Bartender]

Dibs.

[Bartender]

Heard of them before, but I'm not sure whether I've actually heard anything by them. If I have, it was probably also for Forced Listening.
Custard - Ladies and Gentlemen - 3:25

Starts off with some nice, pretty clean, kinda folky guitar. Good start. Goes into a reasonably gentle rhythm when the rest of the band comes in, but it sounds rather upbeat, as opposed to slightly melancholy. Vocals come in, and first impression is that the voice is nothing special, but also nothing to complain about.

The song just kind of pootles along to the end of the verse, when the guitars make a semi-dramatic gesture, and the drums start building in the background. Combined with what the guy's saying, it all sounds pretty good actually. Better than I thought it would be at the start of the song, if I'm honest. Is that a hint of violin coming in towards the end of this section? If so, then even more drama points. The fact that I'm not sure means it might not be, though. Could be a keyboard, I suppose.

When the vocals stop, a solo starts. Sounds like a solo anyway, though it is in fact joined by a second (and later third) instrument, and repeats itself over. I'll call it a solo. It's fairly slow (not incredibly slow, but at least not-fast), slightly upbeat and quite good, much like the rest of the song up to this point. The violin/keyboard is following the solo's line, which is fine. Throughout the second repetition (when the third sound joins it) the drums build in the background in a similar way that they did before what I now assume was the chord beforehand, and sure enough, they go into the chorus upon reaching the end of the second run-through. I like it.

The chorus is more or less exactly the same as the one before, except with a more pronounced violin, which I'm now more sure is actually a violin. Either that or a really talented theremin player.

Nice line about nostalgia, and the songs finishes really well (with the vocal ba-ba-bas), and then just fades out.

I'm really suprrised at how much I wrote for this, since a lot of the time throughout it I thought there wasn't much going on. I was thinking a pretty low score (6 or 6.5) for most of the time, but in the end I really quite liked it.

8/10

Songs;
Alabama 3 - Too Sick To Pray ("sweet Acid House Country Gospel")
Volto Do Mar - On a Hand Held Sky (er. Indie?)
Sufjan Stevens - Decatur, or, Round of Applause For Your Stepmother (folky indie)
Melvins - Joan of Arc (sludge)
David Byrne - Twistin' in the Wind

Links can be found here (http://mxforums2.proboards45.com/index.cgi?board=RM&action=display&thread=1132227174)

[Bartender]

Bump, with a new song that is now less shiny.

[Six Foot Revolver]

:lol:

I made MX2 :cool:. I can't do it right now but if no one has done it by 4pm (GMT) then I'll do it.

[Bartender]

Yeah, I meant to ask. Hope you don't mind me using it.

<_< >_>

[Bartender]

A spectre is haunting Europe.

[Bartender]

-- the spectre of Communism.

[TojesDolan]

Sufjan Stevens - Decatur, or, Round of Applause For Your Stepmother (folky indie)3:03

Kicks off with a folky guitar strumming (which remains in a large part of the song), along with an accordion and... another guitar. The vocals are nice, two characters singing. The lyrics are funny, at some extent... mmm... Very southern-like painting. The songwriting is amazing, I must add.

The song remains the same, as in the field of the rhythm and pace, but that doesn't make it bad at all... It's a soothing song. The instruments all add up nicely to the vibe of the song, it makes you feel like you're in the south... smoking... sitting in a rocking chair... hunting possums... The highlight of the song: "Steven A. Douglas was a great debater, But Abraham Lincoln was the great emancipator".

Sometimes the rhyming scheme is a little botherful... but overall it's nice. No real big complains.

9/10

King Crimson - Thela Hun Ginjeet
The troggs - wild thing
Placebo - without you I'm nothing
Norther - Dream
Mithotyn - Chariot of power

If you wish to listen to any of this songs, communicate it to me via this thread and I'll send you a link. ;)

[Bartender]

I can do any of them except the Troggs, I think. So if you would, it'd be nice if you'd send me one of them. Which one is your choice.

EDIT: My email address is eruantien@gmail.com, by the way.

[Silenius]

-- the spectre of Communism.
A mod triple posting? :O

[Britney Diva]

A mod triple posting? :O
Don't spam the thread.

Bartender, you planned that little spiel a long time ago, didn't you? :p

[Bartender]

The Communism stuff? Just happened to be reading the Manifesto when I was bumping the thread, and decided to see how much of it I could get through before someone took it.

Partly why I like Marx anyway. A sense of theatre. "A spectre is haunting Europe". I mean, how does Hobbes start the Leviathan?

"Concerning the thoughts of man, I will consider them first singly, and then..."

Still got nothing on Nietzsche, of course.

I was actually planning on deleting/merging all my Communism posts when someone did take it, but now nothing would make sense.

[Britney Diva]

Did you ever get that song?

[Bartender]

If I did, it somehow went unnoticed. Searching my inbox shows no trace of it.

[blueyxd]

hey hey, guess who?

Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing

I probably heard this years ago, but I didn't really like the band much then. Recently I've heard some songs and I seem to like them now.

The opening sounds Deftones-y, that is, dissonant while keeping a solid underlying musical basis. Light drums come in and keep the slow beat. This same music continues as the vocalist starts singing, his whiny voice is still irritating, maybe it was this that put me off in the past. I can get over it now. Sounds like someone else is doubling an octave lower, it's definitely a different voice.

It sounds kind of raw and clean at the same time. Is this the chorus? The deeper voice guy just saying Tick Tock. The music is simlar to before. Nope, not the chorus. This is depressing kind of music, but I dig it.

Double vocals and the original music is back again, some strange sounding lyrics. Not so great sounding guitar in this bit, but it passes quickly so no problems there.

About 3 mins in, the music gets a chorusy feel, but it's too far into the song to be one. The guitar is playing a simpler picking melody, it fits well. Vocals are harmonising, singing the title. This is real downer music, yet like Katatonia, they still make it catchy in a way. After a few repeats it ends on a sustained guitar chord.


Mmhm, I haven't heard that song before, the name was just familiar. I did like it, most of it was done well. The singers voice is the only negative for me, but focusing on just him is silly. The music was simple and effective, can't complain about that. I'd go for more of their songs in the future.
7.5/10

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Anathema - Shroud Of Frost - doom metal (7:30)
Broken Social Scene - Cranley's Gonna Make It - feel-good instrumental indie
Bush - Swallowed - grunge/pop
Five Star Prison Cell - Ballad Of The Cheated - avant gardecore

George - Breathe In Now - really nice soft rock
Katatonia - Evidence - catchy-depresso rock
Rocket Science - Being Followed - old style new rock
Tommy Emmanuel - The Journey - instrumental rock, cool guitaring

[blueyxd]

n-n-n-n-n-bump

[asheroth]

Dibsies on George.

[asheroth]

Woo, someone else that's heard of these guys! I've only heard Release from Polyserena and it's amazing (any chance you could direct me to an mp3, blueyxd?). So I'm expecting more of the same from this...

As expected, Katie Noonan's incredible voice drives this song. It's very easy to listen to; her octave-jumping antics aren't annoying at all, mainly because she hits each and every note absolutely perfectly. The woman is very talented.

The beginning of this song is very fragile and delicate, courtesy of Noonan's voice and a pretty, floating melody on what sounds like an FX'd metallophone (probably a keyboard). Drums and acoustic guitar enter but stay in the background, complementing the vocals, which are very much the focus here.

A section that is immediately identifiable as a chorus enters, with the drums doing that slidy thing on the snare drum with brushes. The intensity is upped a bit here with the appearance of another strange keyboard/organ sound, in high registers. The verse/chorus formula repeats once before the appearance of a bridge, which is driven more by drums than any other section. There are a lot of sounds here, and the effect is reasonably epic, as Katie Noonan does some wordless soaring with her voice, before the chorus, in a new, energetic incarnation, repeats once more before the song ends.

Overall, very impressive relaxation/soft rock.

Song: Wedding Nails by Porcupine Tree. Easily available on Soulseek, or you can add me to MSN at crazymopoke@hotmail.com and I'll send it to you.

[blueyxd]

Bump. I already know the song so someone else go.. or alternatively, you could suggest a few more songs.

[blueyxd]

anyone who hasnt heard Wedding Nails?

[Bartender]

Bump. I've already heard it too.

[blueyxd]

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[superpeer]

I'd download it, but I went over my download limit. So in March, perhaps. :)

[GenuineImitation]

I'd download it, but I went over my download limit. So in March, perhaps. :)

You have a download limit?

Why dont we start fresh with new choices. I think most people heard that song.

[i am the robots]

Porcupine Tree - Wedding Nails

I've listened to Porcupine Tree, and it wasn't really my thing, but that was Deadwing. Hearing this, I am quite impressed. Right off the bat I thought, ooh this reminds me of some good stoner metal. The main riff is quite nice, and the bassline is great. Then they go into a kind of middle-eastern sounding guitar part, it's an awesome riff. It keeps changing, but staying brilliant... it reminds me of a softer version of Opeth really. The keyboards aren't very impressive but they give a good atmosphere. At about 1:50 it breaks down a little more, it's pretty simplistic guitarwise, but it gives the drummer and keyboardist more time to breathe so to speak. The lead at this part is really creepy, but cool. After this point it just gets quiet. Some very creepy atmospheric keys, very faint drumwork, but a cool section, and then bam the middle-eastern-ish part busts out again. At around 4:36 they go into a more stoner metal-esque part, and the keyboardist plays some weird shuffly sounding thing, and it goes back into the atmospheric part and fades out.

Over-all that song really impressed me, the only Porcupine Tree album I've heard was Deadwing... it's good, don't get me wrong... but wow, this song made Deadwing seem like a heaping pile of ****. Overall I'd give the song a 5/5, really a great instrumental.
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Choices:
Overcast - Apocolypse Upon Us (Thrash/Hardcore/Melodic Death Metal)
Aftershock - Divest Your Entity (Thrash/Hardcore/Melodic Death Metal)
Animosity - Thieves (Death Metal)
Ceremonial Oath - The Day I Buried (Gothenburg Metal)

[superpeer]

You have a download limit?

Why dont we start fresh with new choices. I think most people heard that song.

Everyone has a download limit.

[Britney Diva]

Everyone has a download limit.
I just keep going til I burst.

[blueyxd]

my dialup is unlimited... in a way

[GenuineImitation]

Everyone has a download limit.


Never knew that...


I'll do the Ceremonial Oath.

Does someone send me the song or do I get it off a P2P program. I dont have a P2P program installed as of now, but I could download limewire.

[Bartender]

Whichever way works, pretty much.

[GenuineImitation]

Whichever way works, pretty much.


Ok.

/Downloading limewire now.


I wish I knew about this thread earlier.

I'll change my song choice to Overcast. I can't find any Ceremonial Oath on Limewire.

[Bartender]

Well you don't have to specify which song you're doing before the actual review. Just dibs, and then review whichever one you manage to get ahold of.

[HazMan]

Ok.

/Downloading limewire now.


I wish I knew about this thread earlier.

I'll change my song choice to Overcast. I can't find any Ceremonial Oath on Limewire.

I'm confused, is this dibs or what?

[GenuineImitation]

I'm confused, is this dibs or what?


Yeah, its dibs. This is the first time Im doing this so I was a little confused.

Review will be up later today.

[Bartender]

*cough*

[GenuineImitation]

I know I said I would post this a few days ago, but I have been really busy with school work. On top of that, I have had some computer issues that I was frantically trying to resolve.



Overcast – Apocalypse Upon Us


I must start by saying I found a new band that I really like. Thanks to Eleventeen for giving me the option to review the song.

I enjoy the slow build up, even if it is rather cliché, its just damn cool. Then the band kicks in. This is the equivalent of getting punched in the face. With the mellow intro, I was not expecting the Death Metal lyrics. The whole song is very aggressive and in your face, but in a good way. It’s not a very technical song, but not simple either. It’s a good listen that I think most metal fans can enjoy.

I also think the vocalist is pretty talented. They may not be the best harsh/growled lyrics out there, but they aren’t too shabby either. I wasn’t to impressed with the guitar tone, but that is the only fault I can find with the song after several listens.

I give it a 4.5/5

Opeth – Baying of the Hounds (Progressive Death Metal)

Spiral Architect – Conjuring Collapse (Progressive/Technical Metal)

Testament – Face in the Sky (Thrash Metal)

CKY – All Power to Slaves (Hard Rock)

Nile – Unas Slayer of the Gods (Death Metal)

[GenuineImitation]

Anyone want to review one of the songs I listed?

[Cocaine]

I might dibs one if no one else does in the next few hours

(Spiral Architect – Conjuring Collapse)

[Bartender]

I can do one if the song is sent to me.. for some reason the chances of my soulseek successfully downloading (or even finding) a song are somewhat infinitesimal.

[i am the robots]

I know I said I would post this a few days ago, but I have been really busy with school work. On top of that, I have had some computer issues that I was frantically trying to resolve.



Overcast – Apocalypse Upon Us


I must start by saying I found a new band that I really like. Thanks to Eleventeen for giving me the option to review the song.

I enjoy the slow build up, even if it is rather cliché, its just damn cool. Then the band kicks in. This is the equivalent of getting punched in the face. With the mellow intro, I was not expecting the Death Metal lyrics. The whole song is very aggressive and in your face, but in a good way. It’s not a very technical song, but not simple either. It’s a good listen that I think most metal fans can enjoy.

I also think the vocalist is pretty talented. They may not be the best harsh/growled lyrics out there, but they aren’t too shabby either. I wasn’t to impressed with the guitar tone, but that is the only fault I can find with the song after several listens.

I give it a 4.5/5

Opeth – Baying of the Hounds (Progressive Death Metal)

Spiral Architect – Conjuring Collapse (Progressive/Technical Metal)

Testament – Face in the Sky (Thrash Metal)

CKY – All Power to Slaves (Hard Rock)

Nile – Unas Slayer of the Gods (Death Metal)

Yeah man, glad you checked them out. They got back together and they're re-releasing old material with some new songs next month :D.

EDIT: also, those cliche moments weren't that cliche is 1997 :p. Plus if you've heard the newer Shadows Fall stuff, Fair's vocals have improved so much, I can't wait for the re-recording.

[HazMan]

ah dibs? i'm pretty sure noone else did correct me if wrong

[HazMan]

Testament - Face In The Sky

The timing of the intro bit reminds me of Slayer's stop on a dime way of playing. This is good, the drums roll in and we have a solid piece of thrash happening. The main riff that begins in the verse is great, i get a James Hetfields meets Rob Halford feel from the singer. Lead fills are injected here and there that sound pretty sweet, and the way that they play around with drum fills and riff timing reminds me very much of Slayer.
Solo time. Its solid. Alex Skolnick (is that their guitarist i vaguely remember?), does blazing fast sweeps and tapping to good effect, theres some unique parts in here too i notice that make it stand out from other thrash solos i have heard before. We have more singing, and back to the chorus for the finish.
All up it is a very solid piece of thrash that will grown on me over time, and i will definately check out some Testament. I have been meaning to for quite a long time have heard much about them.

I give it a 8/10

I reserve a 9 for something that amazes me and a 10 for something that is truly mindblowing. This is simply great and solid thrash, nuttin wrong with that.

Choices -

Gwar - Womb With A View
Ween - The Blarney Stone
Leonard Cohen - The Future

[GenuineImitation]

I'll do the Gwar if someone can send it to me. Soulseek won't run on my computer and Limewire is screwing it up.


Yeah man, glad you checked them out. They got back together and they're re-releasing old material with some new songs next month :D.

EDIT: also, those cliche moments weren't that cliche is 1997 :p. Plus if you've heard the newer Shadows Fall stuff, Fair's vocals have improved so much, I can't wait for the re-recording.


How many albums do they have and which is the best one to get?



HazMan: Glad you enjoyed the Testament

[i am the robots]

They have two full-lengths, 3 EPs, and they did a split with Arise.

The full-lengths are Fight Ambition To Kill (the one Apocolypse Upon Us is on) and Expectational Dilution.

Both are really good, but Fight Ambition To Kill is better.

[GenuineImitation]

I think I'll check that one out then.

[On The Edge]

Gwar- Womb without a view

Starts off with some pounding drums and a few guitar licks before bursting into a guitar solo. Sort of screaming/singing combo comes in. Sort of slipknot-y vocals is the best way i could describe them. Guitar Riff is pretty cool. My version the volume keeps swelling up and down randomly... probably a bit of a dodgy download. This isn't usually my type of music, but I liked the solo at the start. Another guitar solo comes in at about 1:45. A short one this time, pretty nice though. Not really a big fan of the vocals in this song, and the drums get pretty annoying.

Not really my kind of thing, although I've heard these guys are pretty sweet live. They do sound more of a live band then a studio band.

5/10

Nick Cave- Stagger Lee (dark indie rock)
Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue- Where the wild roses grow (duet, darkish sort of pop song)
Butch Walker- Best Thing you Never had (pop-rockish ballad, one of my favourite songs)
Eric B and Rakim- Eric B for President (Hip-Hop/Rap)
Deltron 3030- Positive Contact (Rap)

[GenuineImitation]

I'll try the Nick Cave (Stagger Lee).

I'll do it tomorrow after school because I have alot of home work tonight

[HazMan]

bump

[GenuineImitation]

I don't have time to do the song I dibed this week. Some one else can do it.

[HazMan]

dibs

[HazMan]

Nick Cave - Stagger Lee

I've never really explored Nick Caves work but i've liked songs like 'Deanna' and 'The Ship Song'. I like what i've heard. This song starts with a slow drum, bass section with a slow and scratchy waa riff. Slow paced drums kick in with the vocals and some keys i think, and Nick Cave starts his 'brooding with a slight snarl' style of vocal. The song carries on in its brooding fashion, theres very little change except for some drum fills and keys along with Nick Caves vocals which feature some awesome lyrics as far as i can understand. This song is very Tom Waits like. Is this a cover?

Overall its a brooding piece of work, and really smooth. It sounds dark as all hell like the soundtrack to drinking away your sorrows in some dank and slummy pub in the lowest corner of a forlorn industrial area somewhere. I love it. Could compare it to Tom Waits. Nick Caves vocals remind of Mike Patton somehow, in his more brooding moments. Very solid.

9/10

Choices -

PJ Harvey - Big Exit
Soundgarden - 4th of July
Ween - Mutilated Lips
KMFDM - Hole In The Wall
Icehouse - Walls

[CaptainWaits]

Bump. We should see if we can continue this....

[blueyxd]

Ween - Mutilated Lips

There's slow guitar chord strumming, probably with a capo on it. There's also some hand percussion instead of drums and a wierd reverse echo on the vocals. It's pretty ethereal. Verse part 2 has some different chords and a short bit of fingerpicked guitar that echoes.
I can't help but like this.

Aah, I remember these guys, the helium sounding voice in the chorus brings back memories of that stupid song Push the Little Daisies. This song seems much better and easier to listen to. Strange lyrics, they are pretty much narrating a Tool video.

The verse is back again, now a soft synth is joining in on some high notes and slides. It's hard to tell what he is saying due to the vocal effects, but the music is just capturing me that I don't really mind. Chorus again, the same as before, not much to say.

Verse music without singing, with slide guitar and another reverby bit of guitar. The guitar starts to slide around like the synth, but not in unison. This song is good, I'd love to listen to it in a car at night.

The slide guitar and synth continue into the chorus this time, which repeats a couple of times and ends.

Sweet song, quite creepy and stuff. I was expecting it to get silly once I recognized that voice, but it was a great bit of music. For some reason, I like the fact it's got a really subdued feel to it... maybe I'm just in the right mood for it now. Definite keeper, medium wow factor.

9.4/10


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Anathema - Shroud Of Frost .. doom metal (7:30)
Broken Social Scene - Cranley's Gonna Make It .. feel-good instrumental indie
Karnivool - Themata .. prog/technical nu-metal
Katatonia - Evidence .. catchy depressing rock
Modest Mouse - The World At Large .. ambient indie
Salmonella Dub - Problems .. dub

[Kingofdudes]

Bookmarked, I will try to do this later

[blueyxd]

midget stripper?

[DanD]

Karnivool - Themata

The song starts up quick, with heavy guitars, and I think I hear a keyboard in there too. Soon it breaks into another section. There is a lot going on, but it doesn't sound too cluttered. The guitar leads really stand out, and it sounds pretty cool.

Next it comes to the verse, it is a lot softer but still holds the feel of the previous passage. The vocals are kind of disguised with under an effect. I like it, it's pretty catchy. Soon the actually vocals come in, he his voice reminds me of the singer for Dream Theater a little bit, but not near as bad.

The chorus comes in, it has kind of the standard epic prog feel to it. I don't really have a whole lot to say about it. I like the guitar riff, the chord progression is a little interesting, but other than that nothing really stands out to me.

After the second chorus they hold that last chord out and fade into an interlude. It's the same thing that was at the beginning of the first verse, which is cool, because I really like this part. Afterwards it breaks into a little keyboard lead, which leads into the next part of the verse.

The song then returns to the chorus, then ends with a series of riffs, all kind of centered around the same progression.

I really liked this song. It seemed a bit like too much like Dream Theater to me at some points, but there was one thing that really stood out, no wankery solos. This is the kind of prog metal that I could see myself listening to, I'll probably download a few more songs here pretty soon.

8/10

Dog Fashion Disco - 100 Suicides (http://media.putfile.com/11-100-Suicides) (Rock with a sense of humor?)
Dog Fashion Disco - Silent Film (http://media.putfile.com/03-Silent-Film) (All over the place)
The Alter Boys - Boy in a Bubble (Pop/Rock)
Man Man - I, Manface (http://www.wearemanman.com/manman.html) (Piano rockish)
Clutch - 10001110101 (Stoner Rock)
Cave In - Trepanning (Alt Metal)
Adrian Belew - Incompetence & Indifference (http://www.murple.com/media/adrianbelew-incompetenceindifference.mp3) (Experimental Guitar Rock)

[Riva]

dibs

[blueyxd]

bhusmp

[DanD]

How about I add more songs for you guys to choose from.

[Bartender]

Dibs.

[Bartender]

I really like DFD's first album, so it'll be nice to hear something from one