Forced Listening: R&M

[Bartender]

Dibs.

psx - good review, by the way.

[Bartender]

Haven't heard these guys before. I've heard the name, but I've still no idea what to expect.
Element Eighty - Broken Promises - 3:19

Starts off with just guitar, soon joined other instruments; the riff is nice enough in a hard rock/nu-metal way. The vocals come in..aww, man. Just refer to my previous review. All the same things; play-by-play urgent, breathless vocals. Gah.

The guitars are higher quality than many other such bands, which is a good thing. The main riff is pretty catchy, if nothing amazing, so that's what I'm concentrating on to enjoy the song. This review isn't going too well so far, but the song isn't giving me anything to work with - I can talk about how I like the elements (vocals and instruments), but not what's happening - it's just regular song structure so far.

Ah, now that's interesting. 2:20 or so, he tries his hand at harsher vocals. I don't just mean yelling, or increased volume, he's going for a harsh effect. It's not exactly death metal, though it's not trying to be; maybe hardcore vocals with more melody.

Anyway, they only last 15 seconds or so, before the main riff is played through one channel only, and distorted, which, I've got to admit I kinda like. His previous vocals are back in all their lacking glory though.

Extra melody is injected for the last repetitions of the chorus; I was expecting this song to end with a fade, but instead we get a quick rendition of the main riff, and then a high pitched guitar sting.

5/10 Gimme a break people, I already reviewed that Chevelle song :(

Would I listen to more of the same band? Doubtful.

Songs:
Ben Harper - When it's Good (blues/jam)
Blues Traveler - Optimistic Thought (blues/rock)
Immolation - Those Left Behind (mid-paced technical/brutal death metal)
Kalmah - Heros to Us (CoB-esque metal)
The Meads of Asphodel - A Healer Made God (metal)
Thirst - State of High Piss Off (surprisingly enjoyable hard rock)

All available from me via Soulseek or MSN.

[Dancin' Man]

5/10 Gimme a break people, I already reviewed that Chevelle song

Hey.....

I lied, undibs.

[Bartender]

It's just that this song reminded me strongly of that Chevelle song. Especially the vocals.

Lied about what?

[killswitchlog]

hey bartender i looked all over the web 30 or so minutes and i could not find any of those songs in full

[Bartender]

Orange Goblin - The Astral Project (stoner rock)
Immortal - At the Heart of Winter (black metal)
Necrophagist - Fermented Offal Discharge (brutal technical death metal)

That last one is available from Necrophagist's website, if you can't find any others.

[killswitchlog]

i will take dibs for Necrophagist - Fermented Offal Discharge

[killswitchlog]

0:00-0:03 cool little guitar run with band in background. 0:03-0:09 band plays what sounds like might come out of killswitch engage or related massachusetts metal. 0:09-0:12 little bass doodle. 0:12-0:16 back to the 0:03-0:09 part. sounds good so far. 0:16-0:17 vocals come in with scream. 0:17-1:45 this is where it gets montonous for me. just a bunch of low-pitched growling. the vocals didn't really show that much texture or range. just growl, growl, growl, growl, etc.
1:45-2:02 band goes on without vocals. it all sounds good. fast guitar parts. bass good. double-bass drum pedalling. is that the proper term? i think so. not sure.
2:02-3:02 not that much development on the vocals. guitars and all, i can't classify it into sections(chorus, pre-chorus, verse, etc.). it just is all different things going on that go on at various points through the song. (sort of like verses, choruses and what have you). i just can't classify them.
3:02-4:28 guitar solo. i like the solo. at certain points it sounds like possibly 2 guitars WITH rhythm in background. the 2 guitars sound like they're harmonized in minor thirds. not sure on that one but i realize the possibilities in the use of minor thirds and also the part it plays in many metal bands with two(or more) guitarists.
4:28- 4:38(end) vocals back in. bands still goes on playing parts that sound randomly chosen to the untrained ear.

overall: 8/10~good song
my thoughts manifested in a score: 4/10
solo: 10/10~i'd listen to it many times over and maybe take a lesson for it when i start to write one myself.
guitars: 7/10~complexity, yes. interesting, not really. it's nice to know these guitarists can play their instruments well, but those riffs aren't that memorable.
bass: 9/10~the bass was good. it's pretty hard to make a bass sound bad. unless, you're meshuggah and you don't have a bassist anymore because you play 8-string guitars that substitute a bassist (that's the last i heard)
drums: 9/10~drums sounded fine.
vocals: 7/10
my thoughts on vocals manifested in a score: 2/10~those kind of vocals have never been appealing to me. i prefer screaming. growling vocals like those on this track ward me away from otherwise good music.

in retrospect, i will probably never listen to that song in full again. i might like to skip to 3:02 to hear that awesome guitar solo again. besides the vocals, it was a good song.

here are my songs:
"texas cries" or "slackjaw" by element eighty (rock/metal). (these two are probably their best songs. if you don't like either, you will 99% for sure hate this band. but please give one of them a chance. they are two of the best songs i've heard in my entire life.)
"ether" by nothingface (it's some kind of R/M category not sure though)
"bother" by stone sour (slipknot's singer's band. it's a soft piece considered rock)

if you can't find these i will tell more.
to bartender: now that i think about it, i don't even know why i recommended broken promises, that song sucks. it is their single and it was a creative strategy used by the record company to have it played on the radio. though broken promises sucks, texas cries is their best by far(with quite a bit more screaming and unforgettable guitar parts and vocals).

[Bartender]

Dibs. Necrophagist is just one guy, by the way.

[Bartender]

Giving them another chance. Couldn't find Texas Cries though.
Element Eighty - Slackjaw -

Starts off with another decent riff; I like their guitars more than a lot of other poppy metal bands. The vocals come in; they're alternating between the melodic hardcore type, and some new type. The new type isn't as annoying as the urgent ones of before, but it's getting there.

Chorus around 0:45, alternating between something closer to normal singing, which is good, and the harsher ones. The lyrics are kinda corny, but the way he switches from one vocal style to another is catchy.

After another chorus around 2:00, the rhythm, and then the riff, changes, for what is a bridge, I guess. It switches pretty smoothly back into another chorus, before finishing on some of the harsher vocals.

Another difficult song to talk about, so I apologise for the review. It was definitely better than the other song I've heard by them, but it still hasn't convinced me that they'd be worth checking out further. Bonus points for better-than-average guitars though.

6.5/10

Would I listen to more of the same band? Still probably not.

Songs:
Ben Harper - When it's Good (blues/jam)
Blues Traveler - Optimistic Thought (blues/rock)
Immolation - Those Left Behind (mid-paced technical/brutal death metal)
Kalmah - Heros to Us (CoB-esque metal)
The Meads of Asphodel - A Healer Made God (metal)
Thirst - State of High Piss Off (surprisingly enjoyable hard rock)
Orange Goblin - The Astral Project (stoner rock)
Immortal - At the Heart of Winter (black metal)

All available from me via Soulseek or MSN.

[Bartender]

Apologies for taking so long. I wrote the review up in a text document, but then forgot to post it for a while.

[killswitchlog]

i would like to hear kalmah or immortal but can't find them anywhere. i tried searching on msn, google, altavista. to bad i don't have kazaa or winmx. i don't think it's compatible with my computer either because i use a macintosh made 1998 or sometime around then.

[Bartender]

What about Soulseek? www.slsknet.org

Failing that, I can send you one of them over MSN.

[NJMetalMeister]

i guarantee soulseek will have them

[Bartender]

Yeah (I'm sharing them if nothing else) I mean if he can't get it working for some reason.

[killswitchlog]

it downloaded a file my computer can't accept. and as far as sound, my computer only accepts mp3's no wav or realplayer thing whatever it's called

[Bartender]

I guess he's not taking it then.

[Dancin' Man]

Dibs!

[Dancin' Man]

Mother ****ing bitch *** cocksucker.....I have to revoke it...I'm too angered to look for another one and I deleted Windows Media PLayer and now this fioe won't change so I can listen to it......

Revoked.

[psxmage]

hmmm i think i'll take the dibs

EDIT: ha! i found bartender! ok so i guess i still have dibs, if that's okay with everyone who cares... and if anyone wants dibs between now and the dl finish take em and i'll wait for bartender to offer again

okay i got the song... looks like i'm doin a review!

[psxmage]

i would like to hear kalmah or immortal but can't find them anywhere. i tried searching on msn, google, altavista. to bad i don't have kazaa or winmx. i don't think it's compatible with my computer either because i use a macintosh made 1998 or sometime around then.

limewire is compatible with macs: www.limewire.com (http://www.limewire.com)
it's what i used when i had a mac

EDIT: and i had OS 9 so it'll prolly work with your comp because i believe you can dl a patch from OS <9 up to 9... i think...

[psxmage]

props to bartender for supplying me with the song
Thirst- State of High Piss Off

song specs:
cd: state of high piss off EP
length: 4:41
genre: alternative/punk

play by play:
starts with a weird echo of a guy 'saying loudly' something unintelligible... real beginning of song with a clean electric guitar chord progression (rather high notes), then at 0:16 we get the same notes an octave or two lower overlaid with light fuzz distortion... we get a loud drum clap, then at 0:27 the fuzz guitar is a little louder and more distorted plays a slightly different chord progression and the guitar playing the first chord progression begins playing lead with wah-ed high notes... this goes on until 0:43 when a heavily flanged note on the lead guitar rings and ocassional drum fills occur until 0:50 when another drum clap signifies a transition into... more of the lead+rhythm guitar part! at 1:05 the rhythm guitar lets its note ring and the lead guitar stops altogether... this part is dominated by bass and drums... bass line is catchy and the drummer plays some nice fills and this lack of guitar leads into the vocals at 1:15... at this point they're like spoken words, which doesn't detract from the song at all, in fact, it sounds about right for the music... now at 1:29 one of the guitarists begins some high-note progression that repeats... adds a good new dimension to the verse... when this starts the vocalist raises his voice a little, as to signify that this is a new part of the song... enter the chorus at 1:40, with yet another drum transition, but, in this song, it works well... the vocalist uses a singing voice now, which makes this song sound very non-repetitive... this chorus uses drawn out chords and a new bass line that instead of matching the chords it actually builds off of them... at 2:07 we have a short bass and drum fill transition into what seems to be another verse... yup its another verse... at 2:43 we have another chorus... and now we get a bass solo thing... leading into a... a guitar solo!? jeez i didnt expect one of these in here! o well its a pretty damn good solo... starts at 3:17, ends at about 3:55... after we get another chorus and then we let the last chord ring out till the end at 4:41

reflections:
vocals: 8/10- they fit in very well with the song, and with the different ways he delivers his lyrics it keeps the song original
guitars: 9/10- very catchy and varied riffs... lead guitar balanced nicely on top of the rhythm, even during the solo. the solo itself was just about the right length, was decently complex, sounded nice (went with the song as well) and in newer music (non metal) it's commendable just to have a solo...
drums: 9/10- very nice additions to the song- good fills and such
bass: 9/10- the bass in this song actually has a nice presence, does nice transitions and really kept the verses going
overall: 9/10

final thoughts:
i don't normally go in for british alt/punk bands, but this song was surprising in its goodness... i'd definitely listen again, most likely burn to some CD for more listening goodness

recommended songs:
Opeth: Blackwater Park (death metal)
Tool: Lateralus (almost mainstream metal)
Mushroomhead: Never Let it Go (metal with odd influences)
A Perfect Circle: The Hollow (alt rock that kicks some @$$)
Dream Theater: Fatal Tragedy [scene 3] (prog metal)

[psxmage]

psx - good review, by the way
more props to bartender!

[psxmage]

bumppppp!

[Bartender]

Another good review. I'm glad you liked the song by the way; it's all I've heard of the band, but I really like it. I thought it was varied enough to make for a good FL review.

I'll take dibs, just finally found a source.

[Bartender]

Never heard Mushroomhead before, and it's the only song I hadn't heard (well, only one I also didn't mind hearing - I also haven't heard Blackwater Park), so here we go.
Mushroomhead - Never Let It Go - 4:38

Starts off with a riff which isn't anything interesting, but is nicely (suprisingly) heavy. Soon joined by rhythmic, strange noises at the end of each repetition - could be distorted drums, or a turntable type thing, or maybe something else. Vocals come in; sounds like multiple vocalists - so far they're just saying "Never let it go" over and over, with slight delivery variations.

Different lyrics around 0:43, sounds like he might have some minor effect on his voice. Drums change up around 1:00, the whole thing gets faster. Vocals are now closer to hardcore than nu-metal, and there's definitely multiple vocalists, or multiple vocal tracks at least.

Clean singing from one vocalist around 1:47, underlaid by the hardcore-ish of the other. Subtle change of rhythm as well, which is the main thing I'm liking in the song so far.

2:58 or so, the whole song quiets down as the last chord rings into near silence, before a shout of "Never let go" brings us back to where we were near the start - slower, and with those odd noises at the end of each riff. Clean singing soon starts after; I can't say I like the actual singing, but I appreciate the variation they're getting by juxtaposing different sections of their song to different other sections of the song.

3:38, the whole song stops for a second, and then comes back in; again around 3:48, and then a pause from 3:55 to 4:01. The rest of the song is this pausing-playing bit (about four big pauses in all). The pauses themselves were a nice addition, but the vocals the guy does after each pause - he sounds like a squealing pig :-/

Anyway, this pause-play bit has the effect that the song loops rather well. In all, above average nu-metal - I can't say I loved it, but some parts were pretty cool, and I liked the effort to be different, at least.

7/10

Would I listen to more of the same band? Yeah. Not a priority though.

Songs:
Ben Harper - When it's Good (blues/jam)
Blues Traveler - Optimistic Thought (blues/rock)
Immolation - Those Left Behind (mid-paced technical/brutal death metal)
Kalmah - Heros to Us (CoB-esque metal)
The Meads of Asphodel - A Healer Made God (metal)
Thirst - State of High Piss Off (surprisingly enjoyable hard rock)
Orange Goblin - The Astral Project (stoner rock)
Immortal - At the Heart of Winter (black metal)

All available from me via Soulseek or MSN.

[Bartender]

I apologise for the complete lack of variation in my song recommendations. I should have a fair few more suggestions if/when my new CDs arrive.

[NJMetalMeister]

Ill try a dibs. Never even herad of The Meads of Asphodel

[NJMetalMeister]

The Meads of Asphodel - A Healer Made God

Intro starts out pretty mid paced with some bell sounding keys. Goes for about 4 measures then the vocals come in. The verse is pretty basic, and overall kinda eh in my opinion. Its not bad, it's not great, it's just eh. There are about 2 lines of vocals, then 15-20 seconds or so of music, then more vocals come back in.

After about another two lines, the song breaks down, and becomes a bit atmospheric. This part i like. After about two lines into it, the vocals become clean.

After the vocals end there is another kind of breakdown which sounds pretty metalcore-ish, but i think that's mostly in the drumming.

When the drums change the playing gets a bit sloppy. After a few measures of that the intro riff (i think) comes back in. A brief pause and back to the verse.

Clean guitars are inserted after the first line. I really just dont dig this drummers style at all. I think he kinda kills this clean guitar part. More musical interludes followed by verse vocal lines.

Atmospheric breakdown repeats itself, good stuff second time around too. Unfortunately it is followed by the same metalcore-y breakdown.

After the pause, it comes in to clean guitars, talking vocals, and hi hat hits with a guitar lead in front of all of it. The drums pick up and for once I actually enjoy what the drummer is playing. It almost sounds like if Opeth played folk rock (ala james taylor) instead of pink floyd sounding stuff.

This is followed by a blast beat, and a quickened up drum part. No real lyrics hear, just a bunch of screaming and wailing. Not bad though, i like this part of the song as well, but it's too short in my opinion.

Atmospheric keyboards follow, almost something like what you would hear on a Nightingale album. It fades out here.

Vocals: 7/10 - not amazing, but definately not bad. Well created vocal lines that fit the music well enough
Guitars: 4/10 - They never seem to do anything too interesting, and the fact that they get sloppy at points is a big no no in my book.
Bass: 5/10 - couldn't really notice it, but it's better to not be noticed and be okay than to be noticed for being bad.
Drums: 3/10 - I just don't like this guy's style at all.
Keys: 6/10 - Nothing interesting going on here, but the guy can create an okay atmosphere to the song.

Overall: 5/10 - I'd never go out of my way to listen to this band again, but if they came on the internet radio, i probably wouldn't turn them off either.

Suggestions:
Arcturus - Kinetic (Avant Garde metal, and aside from Hellhammer's drumming, it's barely metal)
Vintersorg - A sphere in a sphere (to infinity) (Prog with black metal influence and tendencies)
Solefald - Dionysify this Night of the Spring (Avant Garde/post black metal)
and just for the hell of it, a suggestion from the band that ties these three bands together;
Borknagar - Relate (Dialogue) (Black Metal with Prog Tendencies)

[manuscriptreplica]

Dibs

[manuscriptreplica]

undibs
going to bed.

[suspect]

dibs, will post after i've eaten

[suspect]

undibs, my **** bearshare isn't working.

[Dancin' Man]

Dibs

[Dancin' Man]

Vintersorg - A Sphere in a Sphere

The beginning.... I'm not so sure. Oh there the song is. The lead guitar has a wierd tone. Synth strings come in. Very synthy. Overall the musicianship is really good (drummer is good as are guitars) but the production is wierd. I can hear the progness. Not alot of bass. I really like the "chorus" with the voice samples in the backround. I like how the vocals are doubled, one growling and the other singing. It adds a nice texture.
Wow! Acoustic guitar at 2:39. Very cool but simple. Then it picks back up but still acoustic. This song is very impressive thus far. The singer has a strange voice but it isn't unpleasant. Piano at 3:29! Now I can hear bass. Very jazzy feel here. I really dig this. At 4:05 growled vocals come in. I don't like his growling voice. Sounds too evil. It is cool how it's over jazz. At 4:58 the growled vocals are back. This guy pronounces his words wierd but he's foreign. The ending is pretty awesome with the reversed recording and piano.

Overall this song was awesome. The singer is the weakest link here but still not bad.
9/10 go download this song.

Opeth - Harvest
Tool - Aenima
Muse - Hysteria
Maudlin of the Well - Gleam in Ranks

I have all of them on soulseek (Fast Fingers)

[iliketoplaydrums10111]

Dibberssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

[iliketoplaydrums10111]

Opeth - Harvest

For the first minute it's just acoustic and a soft drum beat, I'm expecting them to do an Opeth "break-out-in-to-death-metal" stuff. Around 1 minute the singer starts to sing. There not great, but not good. It continues like this for a good while. More of the singing, I get more use to it and starts to sound good.

The song continues to drag on like this, it's good for the first few minutes, then it just kinda gets boring. The guitarist has a smidge of a solo in there, it's pretty neat. Then the vocals come back in. I'm actually starting to like the vocals a lot, but the song does the same thing all the way through. Then it just ends...

It's 6 minutes long, I will give it a 6/10 because the singing was good and I like the sound of the snare drum.

I expected more from it because it was Opeth, and I probably won't check out other songs from Opeth, I have a few, but I haven't heard that one.
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Superjoint Ritual - The Underflesh

Testament - Down for Life

Coal Chamber - Loco

[psxmage]

note on mushroomhead: it's a very large band, anywhere from 8-12 people i think
oh what the h3ll i'll take the dibs

edit: revoked cuz im dumb

[iliketoplaydrums10111]

note on mushroomhead: it's a very large band, anywhere from 8-12 people i think
oh what the h3ll i'll take the dibs

edit: revoked cuz im dumb

???

Bumped because people aren't dibsing

[Bartender]

Just a bump, for now.

[Deathless One]

dibs

[Deathless One]

Coal Chamber - Loco
Has a cool sort of "eerie" beginning before it lead into the heavy and fast part which was pretty good. They sort of drag on the beginning riff for a while before leading into the verse, which I didn't really mind, hell my favourite songs are over 10 minutes long.

I found the vocals annoying at times, sort of has a Mudvayne feel to them (in my opinion). Also they remind me of another band's vocalist... can't think of it at the moment though, ****.

Repeats verse again before going into a chorus, then breakdown, back into the eerie intro before jumping back into the main riff... then the verse again. The song isn't very complex and just repeats over the four or five main riffs that they have in this song.

This song didn't really impress me at all, it was very basic. The guitar was anything special and I couldn't really find anything about it that stood out and was overly good. 5/10

Listen to:
Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand(Classic Rock)
Cradle of Filth - Born in a Burial Gown(Metal)
Opeth - The Drapery Falls(Metal)
Evergreen Terrace - In My Dreams I Can Fly(Screamo/Metalcore)

[Mr Benners]

dibs

[Mr Benners]

undibs, cant find it.

[StreetlightRock]

*bump*

Dvg.

[suspect]

dibs

[suspect]

Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand

Starts off with a cool guitar intro, slightly distorted, then it explodes into a cool riff with the bass gallopping in the background. Drums are a bit high in the mix but otherwise its cool. Vocals come in, and I'm not sure... I don't really like his voice, but there are moments that its good. Hmm, nope don't like him.

Instruments keep playing the same thing, now they chance into a cool little riff with the vocalist singing with the guitar before he meshes into the guitar line which was pretty cool. Back to verse again.

Here comes a mini solo, I like it. He does a nice job of staying in key and keeping it melodic. Back to verse again, which I'm starting to dislike.

Here comes the breakdown, and a new solo. Slow and nice, I don't know why people call Page a pentatonic wanker, because this is very good. He solo's over just the drums, then the other instruments enter again. Long solo, but its not repetitive. I like it alot. Still not over... There we go back to the verse. Bleh.

I'm trying really hard to like the vocalist but I just can't, everything else is great though. Another mini solo, before we vocals enter again, but the guitar keeps playing which is a nice touch.

Breakdown is pretty good. What the ****... This is the corniest thing I've ever heard. The guy is just screaming Aehah, aehuh, aehah.... Sometimes screams can be cool but this dude just sucks at it.

Song ends with some clean solo guitar.

Okay 6/10, everything except for vocals were top notch but unfortunetly they were so bad that I couldn't ignore it.

Opeth - Bleak (Progressive Death Metal)
In Flames - Man Made God(Death metal)
Dragonforce - My Spirit Will Go On(Power metal)

[iliketoplaydrums10111]

**** never mind

[SaDhaPpY13]

dibs

[Deathless One]

Dragonforce - My Spirit Will Go On

This song is definitely my favourite from them. Has a cool guitar intro before the drums kick in and just grow more intense, harder and heavier before going into a cool little guitar riff for a while. Leading into the verse they maintain the speed and intensity which is really good.

It continues and flows into the chorus, then there is sort of a second chorus... post chorus or interlude or whatever but anyways it's good... or maybe the first chorus is the interlude and oh nevermind, lol. Anyways, it moves into a different little riff before leading into the next verse.

Goes through the same order back into the chorus(es). Everything is so well put together... just an incredible song, sort of a happier song. Something that lifts my spirits when I'm down. It goes back into a cool riff before into the building intro. The instruments build up and then explodes into an awesome guitar solo.

The solo is very well put together, changing into little riffs of it's own throughout it. It seems to begin slowing down into more of a quick interlude riff near the ending. They go into a bridge/interlude type thing and everyone chants "Woah-oh" Before leading back into the chorus(es).

Repeats a small part of the chorus before going into the outro guitar riff. Awesome song!

9/10 Awesome song.

Recommendations:
Iced Earth - Dragon's Child
Children of Bodom - Downfall
My Dying Bride - For My Fallen Angel

[SaDhaPpY13]

Opeth- Bleak

Starts off with some good guitar riffage. Guitars slow and Low vocals start. Vocals are very dark, but not too loud to disturb the guitars, which pick up again and slow. Everything blends in very well. About 3:30 an acutal understandable voicing starts in, guitars still firing away. Slows down at 4:30 with some notes held out forever, and a good actuistic melody going. Guitars pick back up at 6:00. Vocals again at 7:30, dark vocals at 8:30, guitars ripping it up the entire time. Ends in some wierd funky static thing at around 9:15.

Good song, I enjoyed the guitars a lot, the bass didnt really shine and they drums and vocals just blended in with the guitars. I usually dont liek the growling vocals but they didnt do it too annoyingly in this song.

8.5/10 I'll Find some more songs by them :thumb:

Recomendations

Cold: Confession
Cold: Strip Her Down
Megadeth: Tornado of Souls

[psxmage]

bump

[Bartender]

Dibs.

[Dancin' Man]

Sadhappy ****ed it up.

[Bartender]

Yeah, I know, I'm reviewing one song from each of them to pull it back together. Just starting the actual reviews now.

[Dancin' Man]

Bartender is one smart guy. Always on his toes.

[Bartender]

Sorry for the wait, my computer crashed.

Megadeth are one of my sister's favourite bands, and I've heard and liked a fair bit of them myself (mostly from Capital Punishment).
Megadeth - Tornado of Souls - 5:22

Starts off with a choppy riff and sporadic drum beats, which sounds pretty good, and soon settles into a fairly melodic, decent riff. Vocals come in at 0:25 - he sounds young. I like his vocals old and young (so far - waiting for evidence to the contrary), so tis no problem.

Backing vocals come in on what might be the chorus, or a bridge, I can't tell. Wait, I heard tornado - looks like it was the chorus. Back to the riff from before; a different one had come in for the chorus.

Another chorus around 1:40 - I think I prefer this riff to the song's main riff. I'm not sure why, it just sounds better. Vocals and most instruments cut out around 2:15, and get some nice riffing from the guitars, accentuated by drum stings at the end of each. Other instruments gradually come back in (including the drums in a more complete form).

Vocals re-enter around 2:45, and we get a solo from about 3:09 to 4:09. It's nothing spectacular (apart from being much longer than I thought it would be, which was pretty cool), but it's suitably interesting, and fit the song well, so that's okay.

Vocals come back in straight at the end of the solo.The riff that was for the chorus seems to have become the main riff now, which is good. The song ends with Mustaine sneering something about a kiss of death, followed by a pretty cool little bit of riffing to finish.

Overall, a good metal song - I've heard worse, but I've heard better. 7/10

Would I listen to more of the same band? Already have.

Children of Bodom - Downfall - 4:33

Starts off with twinkling keyboards, soon interrupted by some guitar. 0:24, a yelp from Alexi marks the start of the song, and the fast double bass comes in.

0:46, the whole thing slows down for a few seconds, to allow the keyboards to play a slower riff of their own for a little bit, before tearing right back into the song with Alexi's rasping vocals around 0:54.

Vocals stop around 1:15, to allow the guitars and keyboards to trade phrases for a few measures, before we get just keyboard until around 1:32. The other instruments do come back in, but at a slower pace than before - until a scream from Alexi and a resumption of the earlier frantic double bass speed the whole thing up again.

This carries on until around 2:56, when the piano plays a few notes in a deeper, more serious tone than it has been. The whole thing gets a little melodramatic for a while, before the inevitable solo at 3:18. It's a good one, fast and notey, and with some good play on the themes of the song, rather than just random wankery.

And the song goes out on a final verse, the same quick double bass and guitars, with Alexi's vocals over the top, that we've been hearing all song.

7.5/10 Typical CoB. The solo pushes it up the .5 above Tornado.. though.

Would I listen to more by the same band Already have.
Songs:
Ben Harper - When it's Good (blues/jam)
Blues Traveler - Optimistic Thought (blues/rock)
Immolation - Those Left Behind (mid-paced technical/brutal death metal)
Kalmah - Heros to Us (CoB-esque metal)
Thirst - State of High Piss Off (surprisingly enjoyable hard rock)
Orange Goblin - The Astral Project (stoner rock)
Immortal - At the Heart of Winter (black metal)

All available from me via Soulseek or MSN.

[Bartender]

Bump.

[suspect]

dibs

[Badmoon]

Blues Traveler - Optimistic Thought (blues/rock)

You sly boots ;)

I need to reccomend some more of them soon.

[suspect]

Kalmah - Heroes to Us

Cool intro, solo guitar and rhythm comes pounding in. I get the notion to headbang, so I do:). Wow, CoB flashback as the vocalist screams Yeah! and the guitars take it up a notch. Who is this Alexi copy? He's a bit deeper in his shrieks but they are pretty similar. The guitars are keeping up the rapid riff with an cool lead occasionally. Their synth player is pretty good too. He has a few fills that are very good.

Song changes pace, goes calm with just bass and a guitar with wah and chorus on it... Very relaxing. Then it goes back to heavy, sort of, the keys in the background make it still seem kinda calm, but as soon as the lead guitar comes in its back to its heaviness. Drummer is very competent also, he has cool fills when they are needed.

Solo now, with the compulsory whammy abuse, nice fast and melodic. Slow lead follows with a deep growl. I'm loving this band! Vocals enter again, I don't understand a word of what his saying but from the title of the song I'm guessing it has good lyrics.

Song ends with the keyboard and guitar playing in unison before some weird scratching noises enter and done.

Wow. 10/10, I recommend this for everyone who likes death and black metal. Would I listen to some more? Hell yes.

Coheed and Cambria - In keeping secrets of silent earth 3 (Progressive Rock)
Dragonforce - My Spirit Will Go On (Speed metal)
In Flames - Man Made God (Melodic Death)
Children of Bodom - Kissing the Shadows (Dark Power Metal)

[Badmoon]

dibs

[Badmoon]

In keeping secrets of silent earth 3

Keep in mind my musicalm taste rarely has anything to do with Metal, or anything really close. But I"ll try to set that aside.

The song starts off with some guitar playing with some odd effects. The playing is acoustic and sounds pretty nice. Soon, some good drumming comes in, aswell does some bass and electric guitar work.

All of asudden, the song gets very heavy. Kind of predictable. It continues, and then some slightly high pitched vocals come in. Kind of annoying, but they sound in key. Then the chorus comes in, and it sounds a lot better than the verse, vocally that is. I don't care for the distortion, but I guess it matches up with the vocals and overall music well.

Those parts repeat with slight changes. Except for this one bridge I guess. And soon enough the song slows down, and has little outbursts of intensity.

The drumming is very quiet at times, but I rather like it.

Could I see myself listening to these guys again? Maybe, I'd defintiley like to hear them go completley unplugged.

The song is pretty good :) 6.5/10

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Blues Traveler - Crash Burn
Blues Traveler - Love & Greed
Phil Lesh & Friends - Liberty
John Lennon - Give Peace a Chance
Gov't Mule - Fool's Moon

[suspect]

Badmoon, they have a couple of acoustic songs: Junesong Provision and Cassiopeia.

[Badmoon]

Wonderful, I'll check them out :)

[Kingofdudes]

crap I gotta go get some applications so undibs(I did listen to fool's moon though, and I like it)

[Badmoon]

*major bumpage*

[Bartender]

You sly boots ;)

I need to reccomend some more of them soon.

And on that note, dibs.

[Bartender]

Optimistic Thought is awesome, but that's all I've heard.
Blues Traveler - Crash & Burn - 2:58

Starts with a really cool tune, played on what sounds like electric guitar, and what is probably a harmonica.. Bass comes in soon, playing a quick, rather lively bass line.

Vocals come in just before 0:20; I really like his voice, it's a good singing voice, but with a cool tremor in it. This sounds a lot more rocky than Optimistic Though, so far. "Crash and Burn, when will I learn" chorus at 0:55, lasts about 10 seconds.

Then a really cool part where all four instruments (harmonica, guitar, bass, then drums, in that order) take it in turns to each play their own interpretation of a phrase. Then they do the same thing, with a different phrase, twice over. After that, all the instruments are playing again, and the harmonica and guitar take turns to trade off solos. At this point, we're beyond awesome.

Back to the main tune of the song at 2:20, and another chorus, and then yet more showing off on harmonica, before staggered drum beats draw the song to a close about a second before the file ends.

10/10

Would I listen to more of the same band? YES.

Would I listen to more by the same band Already have.
Songs:
Ben Harper - When it's Good (blues/jam)
Blues Traveler - Optimistic Thought (blues/rock)
Immolation - Those Left Behind (mid-paced technical/brutal death metal)
Thirst - State of High Piss Off (surprisingly enjoyable hard rock)
Orange Goblin - The Astral Project (stoner rock)
Immortal - At the Heart of Winter (black metal)

All available from me via Soulseek or MSN.

[Bartender]

Bump.

[psxmage]

d00d i already did state of high piss off, so i'll dibs on something else

[psxmage]

w00t fast transfer
Blues Traveler- Optimistic Thought

song specs:
length:
album: Travelers and Thieves
genre: Jam Rock

play by play:
okay we'll start by saying that i don't like happy music/music with happy tunes... so this song is not for me... shoulda known better: its called optimistic thought... okay so this one'll be cut short a bit... starts off with some crazy harmonica in front of a quiet rhythm guitar... at 0:17 some overly happy singer comes in for a verse... at 0:48 we do the harmonica thing again... then more verse... really not too much variety in the music... at 1:34 we have... more harmonica! and at 1:48 we get a harmonica solo, kinda interesting, then followed by a guitar solo... guitar sounded cool but then we have more verse that negates any coolness that the solo might've had... at 3:10 we get some 'doo-doo-doo' as our verse (same tune), then the song ends

reactions:
vocals: 2/10- not as bad as today's pop stars, but very happy and annoying. the tune was repetitive and dull.
guitars: 3/10- nearly non-existent in the song; the same tune the entire time- the same annoying tune. the solo was the only saving grace.
drums: 3/10- they weren't too terribly audible, and what i heard didn't make the song any cooler
bass: 2/10- inaudible, no presence in the song whatsoever, didn't really add anything
harmonica: 1/10- just plain annoying!
overall: 2.5/10

final thoughts:
sorry, bartender, but this is one of your songs that i did not like. i wouldn't recommend this song to anyone and it's definitely a song that's gonna be deleted as soon as i finish this review.

recommended songs:
Opeth: Blackwater Park (death metal)
Tenacious D: Wonderboy (if you haven't heard the D, do so, NOW!)
Tool: 4 degrees (metal)
The Doors: Riders on the Storm (classic rock)
Trapt: Still Frame (check out some nu-metal!)

[manuscriptreplica]

Dibs.

[manuscriptreplica]

Opeth - Blackwater Park

I borrowed this off a friend a couple of weeks back, but I haven't had a chance to listen to any of it yet. So yeah. I'm a big fan of Opeth, so I will most probably like this.

*puts the song on*

It starts with some chords, and a Opeth-ish riff, and Opeth-ish drums (if there's one thing I can't stand about Opeth, it's the drumming) and this goes on for a while. It's getting a tad boring now. At 1:13, it changes riff, and it is a lot better than the opening one. The two guitars kind of do a call and response thing, it sounds excellent. After that, there's this acoustic riff, which are always great when they come from Opeth. It doesn't go for to long, unfortunately, only about 3 bars. Then the growls come in, I like Akerfeldt growls, they suit the music very well. After the 'verse' it heads into the prog side of Opeth - the classical interludes. This one is quite intrisic, usually they are pretty simple, but this one is pretty complex. There's an organ, or something, in the background, play various chords, and changing dynamics. After a while, it moves to a acoustic, then back to the clean electric, that was the original tone of the classical interlude. The random organ starts playing again now. This is really tranquil, I really like this one. It changes to an acoustic now, with electric gutiar chords over the top. It finishes with a cool effect on the crash cymbal. Another thing I liked about that interlude is the length: it went for the about the same time as I thought it should. Another 'verse' now, it's been going for a while, and isn't ever halfway through. Some double kicks on the drums, heavy riff, great stuff. It continues changing back and forth between riffs for a bit, then back to the vocals, over a new riff this time - this one is very stop-start. After the vocals, there is some cool palm muting, then a solo! An Opeth solo is quite rare, and this one is pretty good. Nothing awesome, but it's cool. It goes to another riff (that's about 10) and the bass does a sort of slapping technique - it's really quite high in the mix. I hope he isn't doing the Korn technique (i.e. hitting the strings) because that sucks. The drumming changes, into double feel, and gives the song a real drive at that point. Back to an acoustic riff briefly, then an awesome scream from Akerfeldt. The song is coming to a close, it sounds like (yep, there's only 90 seconds left) the drums back off a tad, giving a really good groove, but the double kicks remain. Then some awesome bit, this cool riff over all these crazy chords. There's like 3 different things going on at once. Then it all stops, and goes to a classical guitar, the chords are splendid in this little bit. The classical fades out, and the song comes to a conclusion.

8/10... some awesome bits, brought down by some crappy bits. I should listen to the rest of the album... Black Rose Immortal!

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New songs!

Dire Straits - Why Worry (Ballady rock/cool intrumental bit at the end)
Necrophagist - Extreme Unction (Technical death/grind)
Kreator - Agents of Brutality (Thrash)
Mayhem - Funeral Fog (Black metal)

All in my soulseek - manuscriptreplica - forced listening folder. Have fun.

[pyromaniacfool]

dibs

[the stranger]

dibs

[pyromaniacfool]

****... i finally got soulseek but its not working for me, so i guess its back to kazaa

[pyromaniacfool]

i cant get any of them, so its all yours stranger

[the stranger]

Dire Straits - Why Worry.


starts off with a hawaii sounding guitar part, and some synth effects ( I think)
some weird percussion as well, very relaxing so far.
at 1:15 vocals come in, very soothing.
starts to sound repetitive at about 3:00 (and the song lasts for 8:21)
5:00 still the same structure, some guitar, with synth effects, and than a clean synth part
at 5:30 the song starts to change. ( a bit)
more guitar.
at 6:10 drumming comes in, an an clearly audible bass line.
a slow guitar part, simple, yet nice.
before the song ends.

opinion:

-I like the vocals, very soothing.
-good song structure.
- nice use of effects.
- lyrics aren't bad either.
- good 'sleeping' music (maybe for tonight:) )
- I like long songs, so this is a good one, although it tends to get a bit repetitive)

over al:

8/10

suggestions:

Katatonia - Tonight's Music. (doom metal)
Porcupine tree - blackest eyes. (prog rock-ish)
Dream Theater - hollow years. (prog metal)
meshuggah - perpetual black second (technical death metal)

[pyromaniacfool]

dibs

[pyromaniacfool]

guitar intro with strange background.... mediocre heavy guitar comes in. gets repetitive fast. a horrible voice comes in and assaults my ears with some of the worst lyrics ever. "its so erotic when your makeup runs...." very crappy. some good backing vocals, and the acoustic guitars not that bad. but **** that guy has a horrible emo voice. some more distorted electric, still repetitive. then an organ? and wierd sounds. more horrible singing better lyrics though "ive got a scar where all my urges bled" some guitar and drums, then the end.


4/10 decent, some good music but horrible horrible singing


Casey Jones- The Grateful Dead
KRS One-Sublime
Wheel of Misfortune-Dropkick Murphys

[Badmoon]

reactions:
vocals: 2/10- not as bad as today's pop stars, but very happy and annoying. the tune was repetitive and dull.
guitars: 3/10- nearly non-existent in the song; the same tune the entire time- the same annoying tune. the solo was the only saving grace.
drums: 3/10- they weren't too terribly audible, and what i heard didn't make the song any cooler
bass: 2/10- inaudible, no presence in the song whatsoever, didn't really add anything
harmonica: 1/10- just plain annoying!
overall: 2.5/10

Wow, you have made Blues Traveler the most underrated band in the world. Though I would have given this some thought if you didn't spell "Dude" with two 0's.

[Bartender]

guitar intro with strange background.... mediocre heavy guitar comes in. gets repetitive fast. a horrible voice comes in and assaults my ears with some of the worst lyrics ever. "its so erotic when your makeup runs...." very crappy. some good backing vocals, and the acoustic guitars not that bad. but **** that guy has a horrible emo voice. some more distorted electric, still repetitive. then an organ? and wierd sounds. more horrible singing better lyrics though "ive got a scar where all my urges bled" some guitar and drums, then the end.


4/10 decent, some good music but horrible horrible singing


I take it that was Porcupine Tree? You might want to let people know in the future.

[blueyxd]

yeah, that was Blackest Eyes, I did that one in Other music.. didnt like it much either, just for different reasons

[psxmage]

Wow, you have made Blues Traveler the most underrated band in the world.

actually i think it's kind of interesting that we get two different perceptions of the band... perhaps we should move Bartender's Crash and Burn review up farther... btw i did give them a second chance with Crash and Burn and though i'm not writing a review for it, i'd give that one about a 6-7/10


Though I would have given this some thought if you didn't spell "Dude" with two 0's.

sorry, my friends and i use l337 5p34k quite often on the mmorpgs that we play and on instant messaging clients... will try to avoid lapses in the future

[Ninjerk]

Dibs.

[Ninjerk]

Casey Jones - The Grateful Dead (Mellow Rock?)

As I listen to this song I find the guitarist a refreshing change from scale solos, power chords, and heavy distortion. This guy likes to mute and all the instruments flow together smoothly.

More than the guitar, though, I think about the lyrics. If I let myself sink back into the time The Grateful Dead emerged I can almost relate this song to the turmoil in the nation in the 60s and 70s. It sounds like this song was addressed to someone in authority about recklessly taking the nation on a crash course with another. Then again, he could just be singing about a conductor "drivin' that train / high on cocaine."

Overall rating: 7/10
The vocalist has impressive control over his voice and the writing is great. I especially like the mood of the instruments (whose parts are also well written). In the spirit of such I'll be recommending another song for fellow non-Deadheads.
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The Grateful Dead - Fire on the Mountain (Mellow Rock? my personal favorite)
Led Zeppelin - Dyer Maker (I would list a genre but I think it would spoil the surprise. this could be refreshing for those who don't get the led out save for the grand staircase)
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Crossroads (Blues Rock. It's SRV, 'nuff said.)
Stone Temple Pilots - All In the Suit That You Wear (Alternative Rock. one of few songs I like of theirs)

[the stranger]

dibs

[the stranger]

stone temple pilots - all in the suit that you wear.

the reason why i picked this song, is 'cause I saw Velvet Revolver live last week, and their singer is the former singer from STP.

a intro that could be from a prog band,
at 0;06 vocals come in, remind me of chris cornell.
slow guitar part,
guitars sound a bit distorted, sounds like 1 big sound effect, seperate instruments aren't all that easy to hear.
0:40 the chorus starts, which sounds nice.
1:23 couplet
2;00 chorus again.
at 2:35 you think the song ends, but i carries on, a drum fill, and the chorus starts again.
all of the sudden the song ends.

opinion:

- I like the vocals
- nice feel good song
-shouldn't last any longer than it does, would get boring otherwise
( i Ilke long songs)
- instruments blend in too well at some parts.

would I listen to more of this band?
propably :)

6,5/10

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songs:

Katatonia - Tonight's Music. (doom metal)
Opeth - silhouhette (piano solo) (prog death metal for the other songs)
Dream Theater - hollow years. (prog metal)
meshuggah - perpetual black second (technical death metal)

[manuscriptreplica]

Dibs.

[manuscriptreplica]

Meshuggah - Perpetual Black Second

I am quite the fan of Meshuggah, but I haven't heard any of Nothing. That is soon to change. It starts very Meshuggahy, the odd time signatures and pounding drums have Meshuggah written all over it. Goes to a riff now, it is almost in 4/4, which is weird, I always expect a weird time signature from Meshuggah, and it's quite weird when you don't get one. Verse now, I love the drummers crash cymbal, it's got this really unique sound to it which I enjoy a lot. The only thing I don't really like is the vocals though, it's a mix of hardcore and death, sort of, and it doesn't really suit my style. Oh well. After the verse, there's a cool little ditty, heavy, and odd time. I love it. Verse again, then a chorus, where the drums really become prominent. It's cool. After that, a bridge thing, and then the Meshuggah solo: picture a Slayer solo, then put it down an octave. That's what it sounds like. It's all pretty samey from there on... I need to check this album out. The 8 strings sound excellent.

8.5/10.

I'm sorry for the short review... I'm very tired.

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Necrophagist - Extreme Unction (Technical death/grind)
Kreator - Agents of Brutality (Thrash)
Mayhem - Funeral Fog (Black metal)
Syd Barrett - Here I Go (Acoustic Psychedelic rock)

Pretty well known songs I'm afraid. Oh well. All available in the Forced Listening folder in manuscriptreplica in soulseek. Have fun.

[the stranger]

dibs

[Riva]

do you undibs the stranger?

[the stranger]

yes, I undib,

feel free to dib it ;)

[Riva]

dibs then :thumb:

[Riva]

Ahh... I love broadband. By the way, Necrophagist means someone who eats carrion. Interesting? I think so...

Anyways, I haven't heard much technical death and the grind part made me wince. But with an open mind I bravely opened winamp and played the song.

The song starts out with a quirky, very fast (I'm talking two secs here) intro, and then the rhthym kicks in. Heavy distorted rhthym. I like it. I can see the technical part coming in as the guitarist does some rapid moving up and down the fret board, making some really cool soaring notes which rise out of the sea of distortion below. The drummer seems to be simply keeping the beat, though I catch hints of him doing more. Suddenly, the rhthym changes slightly, become more dark and sombre. The singer comes a short time after. He seems to be your average run-of-the-mill growler, but he is doing a good job of matching the song's feel.

The rhthym changes back to the original, heavy, death metalesque chords, and the singer shuts up. More soaring notes and suddenly a solo springs into place. This solo is nice, but nothing special. It does well to complement the song's mood, and has a nice effect at the end as it blends into the rhthym seemlessly. The guy starts singing again, "EXTREME UNCTION!!" and the drummer comes into his own with some nice drum work. The "rise and fall" style of guitar continues, and the song ends with a quick drum solo, and then a complete stop.

Score: 7/10. I really started to dislike the singer after a while, and I love Arghoslent and In Flames, so I don't mind growling. However, the song overall was quite a good package, with some really nice guitar. My only peeve other than the singer was the drummer did little more than keep the beat for much of it, but other than that I enjoyed the song. I might just check out some more Necrophagist.

Anyways, my picks are:

In Flames - Dead Eternity (melodic death)

Wicker Man - Iron Maiden (awesome classic heavy metal)

Hard As Iron - Judas Priest (awesome classic heavy metal)

I Don't Believe In Love - Queensryche (progressive/power metal)

[manuscriptreplica]

^^ For that album, one guy did the whole lot. He played the guitars, and programmed the bass and drums. That is why the drums aren't overly pretentious in the album.

[LordDargon]

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm Necrophagists vocals are great. Extremely thick growl. Juicy, ya know what I mean. And yeah. It was a one-man-band at the time.

[the stranger]

I'll dibs, and hope this time I'm able to download the songs

[the stranger]

queensryche - I don't believe in love.

always wanted to check them out, never did, and now here's my chance.

starts off with just guitar for the fisrt ten seconds.
after ten seconds drums and bass enter.
I like the sound of the bass, it quite up front.
0:19 vocals come in, don't sound to bad, they are not the typical power metal vocals ( which I don't like, iced earth for example)
but it seems high vocals don't bother me that much in prog,I actuallt like LaBrie's (dream theater) voice.

but on with the song.
bass fills in enough so that the guitars can play very hollow and empty sounds, but still makes the song sound whole
at 1:00 bass is building towards a climax.
at 1:09 chorus starts.
at 1:28 bass sounds like they ajusted it to high treble, sounds very...mechanic.
2:00 chorus starts again.
2:36 guitar solo, not to difficult, but sounds ok.
at 4:12 just guitars, untill song stops.

opinion:

-nice vocals, I do like them a lot.
- it's prog alright but easier to get in to than dream theater.
- great bassline (reminds me of porcupine tree)
- not too fond of the drumming though.

7/10

would I listen to more of this band?
I'd love to, so any suggestions?

songs:

Katatonia - Tonight's Music. (doom metal)
Opeth - silhouhette (piano solo) (prog death metal for the other songs)
Dream Theater - hollow years. (prog metal)
Symphony X - in the dragon's den (prog metal)
porcupine tree - wedding nails [great instrumental] (prog rock-ish)

[the stranger]

bumb

[the stranger]

*major bumbage*

please, don't let this thread die!! :upset: :confused:

[Bartender]

Dibs. Sorry.

[the stranger]

it's quite alright :thumb:

[Bartender]

I'm not that familiar with (in terms of actually listening to) Opeth, though I did just order my first album by them.
Opeth - Silhouette - 3:07

Starts with a piano. I love piano in songs, usually, but there's something odd about the tone of this one. Time will tell whether it ends up annoying me or not.

Piano speeds up around 0:45, playing spiralling flourishes moving up the piano, which is pretty cool. After that..I can't really describe what's going on. Mainly because I'm not so familiar with piano terms. Basically, there's some fast, complicated playing - I don't love it, but it's fairly impressive.

Around 1:55, higher keys are being played over the lower notes; comparable to lead and rhythm guitar. This I prefer to the all-out "rhythm piano" of before, if you get what I mean. The whole thing sounds like it's just about to get beautiful as only a piano can..and then the song stops more or less dead at 3:00.

7/10 It was good, and obviously an interlude between other tracks. The beginning annoyed me because of the off-sounding piano, and the middle (for the most part) annoyed me because of all lower keys; the end was starting to be something I could really like, but stopped too early. It was still all well and good though, hence the 70%.

Would I listen to more of the same band? Yep. Awaiting Blackwater Park any day now.

Songs;
Axis of Advance - Primeval Expansion (death/black metal - nice use of Saving Private Ryan samples)
Lykathea Aflame - To Become Shelter and Salvation (technical death/grind)
Sceptic - Pathetic Being (technical death)
Gandalf - One More For the Dead (imagine a death metal AC/DC)
Immortal - Solarfall (black metal)

If you've heard them all, just say; I should be able to find something you haven't heard.

[NJMetalMeister]

Edit: nevermind i forgot this computer has no soundcard in it. Too bad i packed up my laptop already, and my good computer i had to break down. Stupid germany :angry:

Bartender, if i forget, send me axis of advance when i get to germany

[Bartender]

I'll make a note of it.

*makes a note of it*

/bump.

[the stranger]

I'll dibs, unless someone wants to before, 'cause I'm off to bed now
so I'll review tommorow

i'll see it tommorow

bye :wave:

[Bartender]

Bump, and a couple of non-metal songs (apologies to any rock fans who might've been scared off).

SR-71 - Let it Whip (funk rock)
Fastball - Warm Fuzzy Feeling (guitar pop/soft rock)

[manuscriptreplica]

Fastball are a good band.

[Iplaythegeeeeetar!]

dibs.

[Iplaythegeeeeetar!]

fastball-warm fuzzy feeling-1:55
whaddya know?!? its fastball. theres not much to say. you have one simple verse with one simple riff and one simple riff with the same lyrics repeated. definitely filler. i'll give 'em kudos for writing it, though. 2/10.
WOULD I LISTEN TO MORE OF THE SAME BAND? no. just... no.
songs:
the doors- the end
led zeppelin-black dog
metallica-call of ktulu
tool- schism
primus-eleven

uhh... thats all i can think of.

[Riva]

Man... I wanna dibs, but I've heard them all, except for Primus Eleven. And I can't find it. Just gimme some time to find it.

[Riva]

undibs

[the stranger]

dibs

[the stranger]

Led zeppelin - Black Dog

first some guitar, and some sort of a scratching sound.
at 0;06 all sounds stop, and make place for vocals.
at 0:12 the rest kicks in again, and it sounds really feel good, bit like SKA ( I guess)
0:53 the drumming gets heavier.
some silence, just vocals, than the rest kicks in again, this goed on for a while.
1:28 vocals sound very hollow, as if you hear a choir.
after this, the structure of the song changes.
2:50, a 'ow yeah' part
3:25 the hollow vocals again.
after that a guitarsolo, nice rhhytm being drummed on the background during the solo.
when the solo stops, so does the song.


- the song has a very SKA like sound, thus very happy.
- gotta love the solo.

don't know what else to say :confused:
but I liked the song

would I listen to more of Led Zep? already doing ;-)

8/10


songs:

Katatonia - Tonight's Music. (doom metal)
minisrty - Land of rape and honey (industrial metal)
Dream Theater - hollow years. (prog metal)
Symphony X - in the dragon's den (prog metal)
porcupine tree - wedding nails [great instrumental] (prog rock-ish)


cheers

[manuscriptreplica]

fastball-warm fuzzy feeling-1:55
whaddya know?!? its fastball. theres not much to say. you have one simple verse with one simple riff and one simple riff with the same lyrics repeated. definitely filler. i'll give 'em kudos for writing it, though. 2/10.
WOULD I LISTEN TO MORE OF THE SAME BAND? no. just... no.
songs:
the doors- the end
led zeppelin-black dog
metallica-call of ktulu
tool- schism
primus-eleven

uhh... thats all i can think of.

You have to give a better review than that. That was poor.

[the stranger]

^^^^
true

[psychoticreflex]

dibs (i'll make the review as soon as I get home, I'm at work, right now)

[manuscriptreplica]

^^ You only have a 2 hour dibs, or it will be revoked, I'm afraid. Otherwise people would be making dibs all over the place, and it wouldn't get done for hours.

[psychoticreflex]

well, then.. guess i'll have to revoke, since i'm 4 hours ago from home, i'm still at work... :\ I was wishing to listen to Porcupine tree and review it.. seems i can't now! ARRRRR

[psychoticreflex]

well... but if i'm home and it's undibbed, i Will review it, (hopefully!!!)

[suspect]

dibs

[manuscriptreplica]

well... but if i'm home and it's undibbed, i Will review it, (hopefully!!!)

dibs

:lol: Oh well.

[suspect]

Symphony X - In The Dragon's Den

The only experience I have with this band is TerminalH Sean's videos, and those are great, so I am expecting some good stuff.

Drum solo starts the song off before we enter a fast paced "proggy" riff. Vocals and synth enter. I like his voice, its not as high pitched as most prog bands and he is skilled. The drummer impresses me, he throws in some cool double bass sections which I love.

In the background the guitars are playing a cool riff, though its very stereotypical. Some pinch harmonics in the background help with the variety though.

Woah in comes the arpeggio section now, very fast and very cool. It goes into a double solo with synth and guitar at the same time. Back to the guitar, Mr Romeo sure is skilled. I don't know who the synth player is but he is also good. The song contains about 4-5 solo's before the vocals enter again.

Song fades out with a calm synth effect.

Hmm, very impressive playing from all instruments but its not something I'd listen to.
6/10 or 7/10 because of those cool arpeggios.

Ensiferum - Tale of Revenge (Heroic Folk Metal)
In Flames - Man Made God (Melodic Death)
Dragonforce - My Spirit Will Go On (Speed/Power metal)
Opeth - Benighted (Ballad, but usually Prog Death Metal)

[suspect]

:lol: Oh well.

Sorry, couldn't wait:).

[psychoticreflex]

good review :)

[suspect]

Thank you, I try my best;).

[psychoticreflex]

and your best was way cool. I'll try to review one of your musics when i get home, if it's unDibbed

[Bartender]

Dibs.

[Bartender]

That review of Fastball..

This'll be my first time listening to Ensiferum, but they've always sounded interesting. Good song title too.
Ensiferum - Tale of Revenge - 8:23

Starts off with all instruments playing - has a very Manowar-like rhythm to it, though it doesn't sound like actual Manowar. This riff's pretty good, epic sounding. I like it.

Vocals come in at 0:36; not incredibly harsh, but not clean; kinda semi-black metal. Guitar's playing a very folky lead bit in the background, which I like.

Sounds even more folky - I think I can even make out a flute? - around 1:30, when clean vocals come in. They sound very cliched - the kind of singing voice a hero in a tale would have.

Some nice choppy/thrashy guitar around 2:20. More of the harsher vocals, and then that folky lead again. What sounds like a piano, or some keyboard instrument, plays after this, before some rapid drum rolls lead into a very nice, thrashy guitar riff.

Is that synth I hear? It's either a lot of synth, or an odd guitar tone. Either way, I don't like it so much as most of the rest of the song.

I'm thinking around 7/10 for this. It had a good opening, and a few good bits scattered throughout, but too much of the rest was just a bit mediocre. However, +5 is awarded for having a positive reference to Manowar in the review. So..

12/10

Would I listen to more of the same band? Yeah, maybe, there are others I'd rather check out first though.

Songs;
Axis of Advance - Primeval Expansion (death/black metal - nice use of Saving Private Ryan samples)
Lykathea Aflame - To Become Shelter and Salvation (technical death/grind)
Sceptic - Pathetic Being (technical death)
Gandalf - One More For the Dead (imagine a death metal AC/DC)
Immortal - Solarfall (black metal)
SR-71 - Let It Whip (funk rock)

If you've heard them all, just say; I should be able to find something you haven't heard.

[psxmage]

dibs

[psxmage]

...the LOTR geek inside of me screams for the Gandalf!

Gandalf- One More for the Dead

Okay, I know this has nothing to do with LOTR, but here goes anyway.

Song Specs:

CD: Rock Hell
Length: 4:42
Band's Origin: Finland
Disbanded in 2002
Genre: Death Metal vocals, with Hard Rock-ish guitars

Initial Reaction:
Wow. The fusion of genres in this song sounds really cool. The guitar is really varied and does sound somewhat like AC/DC. The vocalist's growls are nice, and right now I'm thinking a 8/10 at least.

Play by Play
We start off with a riff that sounds really AC/DC ish (as in cool), at 0:03 drums kick in with a sort of rolling drum beat, then at 0:07 the real drum beat gets started, with bass adding in. The riff also changes a bit with the same basic tune, but the high notes he plays higer and the low notes he plays lower. At 0:14 we get another variation on the same tune, except this time played completely with high notes: I'm liking the guitar variations on the same tune; it keeps the song interesting while at the same time making it feel like a connected song. Then at 0:26 the riff trails off and we get some growled vocals. I'm liking the growls- they go with the song very well. Now we get a harder riff for this verse, which makes it into a more metal-sounding song. At 0:57 we have a transition using the intro tune played on with the high notes. Back to another verse at 1:10. At 1:35 we have our first chorus. The riff changes to another low-high notes combination, and the vocalist growls "one more for the dead" and the backup (non-growled) vocalist(s) echo him. at 1:50 we have another verse that continues the same riff that was used in the chorus. Then we get a transition at 2:06 that i thought would've given me a solo but it didn't. Then there's a bridge at 2:21. Hehehe I knew they'd give me a solo- begins at 2:33. Lasts until 3:03- 30 seconds of pure, awesome solo goodness. The solo runs right into a verse, that lasts until 3:27. Then they give us another bout of 'one more for the dead'. Immediately after that we have another bridge with the backup vocalists continuing their echo of one more for the dead. Sounds pretty cool if you ask me. At 3:58 we have repeated growls of 'one more!' twice followed by a completed 'one more for the dead'. The guitar riff changes to playing some higher notes about 4:10 that continues until nearly the end of the song. At 4:22 we have a last 'one more for the dead' and all the instruments except for the guitars stop. This lasts until 4:35 when the drums give a last fill and the music ends, but a noise sorta like dropping a bottle cap onto a table plays and someone says 'yeah'. The song ends at 4:42.

Final Reactions:
Vocals: 8/10- The growling really fit the song, and the addition of the backup singers in the chorus was a nice touch. The repitition of the lyric 'one more for the dead' wasn't too brilliant, however.
Guitars: 9.75/10- The only reason these don't get a ten is because I'm like an olympic judge- i don't give out a ten unless it's pure ****ing greatness. The riffs were really varied, really interesting, and the solo was an example of coolness. Very nice.
Drums: 8.5/10- Weren't too prominent in the song, but in this case, that's okay. Nice fills scattered about, fit well with the song, but nothing that makes you think 'Whoa! That's awesome!'
Bass: 8.5/10- Same as the drums, not really noticeable but, again, that's okay. Still, it didn't detract at all from the song.
Overall: 9/10

Last Thoughts:
This song'll go onto one of my main playlists, along with State of High Piss Off. Add another great song to the library.

Recommended Songs:
A Perfect Circle: The Hollow (Alternative rock)
Rammstein: Du Hast (German metal)
Tool- Lateralus (almost-mainstream metal)
Unloco- Bruises (nu-metal)

[Bartender]

Bump past all the locked threads.

[manuscriptreplica]

Dibs !!!!!!!!

[manuscriptreplica]

A Perfect Circle - The Hollow

It starts with a cool drum roll, then a riff, with 3 bars of 4/4 ( I think). Maynard's voice comes in soon after, the band goes quiet when the vocals come in. There's kind of a weird effect in the background, it may be a guitar, I don't know. I can't tell what he's saying most of the time, he doesn't pronouce his words as well as he does in Tool. Now what I suppose the chorus comes in, which is louder, but prett ymuch the same as the verse. Another verse now, and then to a new bit, (1:40) which is pretty good. At 2:12 there's a second of quiet, and Maynard says something, which is cool. After this, there are vocal harmonies, which are great. Then it ends. Bit of a nothing song, really.

6/10.

)(^#@%()@^%$&@($+_*@%+(_&@(%*_^#@%_*

Kreator - Agents of Brutality (Thrash)
Mayhem - Funeral Fog (Black metal)
Syd Barrett - Here I Go (Acoustic Psychedelic rock)
Darkthrone - Cromlech (Death Metal)

Have fun.

[the2stranger]

dibs

[the2stranger]

none will download :upset:

so i"ll revoke, unless you have some more tracks you can add, maybe they will download
:thumb:
ciao

[Bartender]

Dibs.

[Bartender]

Haven't heard any of his stuff before.
Syd Barrett - Here I Go - 3:11

Starts off with mellow guitar, and Syd (I assume) singing about a girl he once knew, who didn't like his songs. Pretty funny stuff, in a dry way.

Nice Hawaii-esque guitar in the background around 1:12. This is kind of a difficult song to review. The music is good; not flashy, but good - most of the time it's jaunty, the drum rhythm particularly so, and the guitar is upbeat. His voice is suited to this slow, half-talking, half low-key singing as well.

But there isn't really much to review. Nothing is essentially happening, apart from the lyrics, which seem to be the main focus of the song, telling this little story about a girl he once knew.

As it ends, I think I can make out the beginnings of a solo (as the song is fading out), which kind of strange.

6.5/10 Decent song, but nothing much to say about it.

Would I listen to more of the same band? Yeah I would, there's potential.

Songs;
Axis of Advance - Primeval Expansion (death/black metal - nice use of Saving Private Ryan samples)
Lykathea Aflame - To Become Shelter and Salvation (technical death/grind)
Sceptic - Pathetic Being (technical death)
Orange Goblin - The Astral Project
SR-71 - Let It Whip (funk rock)

If you've heard them all, just say; I should be able to find something you haven't heard.

[the2stranger]

dibs

[Joe]

dibs

[Joe]

fade to black - metallica

crazy solos in the beginning and end, great chord progressions

[Bartender]

Leave this thread and never return.

[the2stranger]

Lykathea Aflame - To Become Shelter and Salvation (technical death/grind)


starts off with some mellow guitar, and some cymbals.
at 0:06 hell breaks lose
heavy drumming, and quite melodic guitars.
great so far, reminds me of amon amarth, in a way.
at 0:50 bass line is more present
at 0:56 vocals enter, remind me of Deicide, of which I'm not too fond, difficult to hear what he is screaming.
1:08 short pause, before, a heavy part, without vocals,
after a while vocals come in again.

at 1:43 there is a part being spoken, reminds met to a few songs of the meshuggah record DEI.
at 1:58 harsh vocals enter once more.
2:15 very melodic guitars :)
still harsh vocals over it though.
2:35, melodic part ends
2:51 a melodic singing part, guitars remind me of softer machinehead numbers.
3:24 song gets heavier again.
at 4:01 it sounds lighter, did bass guitar drop out?
at 4:18 a last exploson of power begins, and ends with a chrash on a cymbal.



- lot of things in the song remind me of other bands.
-don't really like the vocals.
-nice drumming
-nice song structure, it would get boring if it would just be loud all the way, nice break-ups, mellow parts give the song more variety.
-can't understand a thing of what the singer is saying.

overall
6/10

would I listen to more of this band? I guess so, certainly when I'm in the mood for something really heavy

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songs:

amon amarth: Versus the world (melodic death)
my dying bride - for you (doom metal)
petrucci and rudess ( dream theater) - black ice ( virtuoso instrumental)
meshuggah - we'll never see the day ( technical death metal)

[psychoticreflex]

dibs

[Jude]

Does anybody put up any song suggestions that arent' some variety of metal?

[psychoticreflex]

this is only about metal.. guess that is explained in the 1st page of the thread

[psychoticreflex]

I was trying to avoid this music, first, because it's long, and second, because I am a HUGE Dream Theater/side Projects of them Fan. But, anyways, I had never heard this music before, though I have the album for a few months, and this is true, and funny, too. And I couldn't download all the other three musics as quickly as I could hear this... so, on to the review: (i'll try not to be partial)

Song: John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess - Black Ice (from the album: An Evening with John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess )

The music starts with a tense, melodic pattern. The Piano Does exactly the same melody as the electric distorted (soft distortion) guitar.
Half-minute after the piano starts creating even a little more tension with short chords... then, soloing a bit, as the guitar does too. Then, as the piano continues on the short chords, Petrucci starts to do a more releasive solo, as of releasing a bit the tension.
Then they start again with the beginning sequence, and create the suspense again;
But now, Petrucci shows his ambivalence as a solo guitarist such as a perfect rhythm guitarist.
At around 2:00 minutes the music assumes a different tone, yet with the same pressure as the beginning one, and they follow that same pattern alternating with rhythm and solo for both parts (piano and guitar) for a while, until around 3:20.
Then, Rudess shows the melancholic side of his playing style, with one calm, soothing solo in the piano. He starts releasing malancholy as guitar enters again very softly.
Around 5:40/6:00 they're playing both a jazz-style sequence, as Petrucci starts releasing his old-rock fashioned solos. He drops them with a Queen-like style of playing, as the piano follows with a nice rhythm.
Around 8:10 they go crazy and start the chaos of the Flight of the bumblebee, and an extremely sharp sholo by Rudess.
They they start again, and this time it's time for Rudess' solo.
The musical intensity at this point, is softened by the releasing piano solo, and chords that remember a bit of Derek Sherinian's playing, as the guitar goes on always with the same lick, and once again, they do that nice rhythm alternating chords between the piano and the guitar. To finish, a nice sequence of piano chords, side-by-side with an EXCELLENT tiny solo on the guitar.

Phew, sorry if that was too long, but the music is long, too. And, besides that, i'm a big fan of them, so, sorry about something. And although it' not really metal, it's a very joyful music to hear. And as I am not one of those that just have eyes for metal, I think it's a very pleasant experience to sort music styles a bit; and if you do that, this is a great song for that, so my rating would be 8,5/10. ( I have to cut out a bit, I'm a fan :) )

Would I hear more from them: Of course, I always do, specially because they apply many styles in their music. ;)


My Suggestions:
Dream Theater - Home or Fatal Tragedy (Prog Metal)
Angra - Carry on or Never Understand (Melodic/Epic/Classical Metal | Soft Metal / Brazillian Folk Music Fusion)
Children Of Bodom - Bed Of Razors (Melodic Dark Metal, I think)
The Black Mages - Clash On The Big Bridge (Jap-Metal / Videogame Soundtrack - Hard Rock)

[Jude]

this is only about metal.. guess that is explained in the 1st page of the thread


This is forced listening for Rock and Metal, so try to stick to those genres.

Maybe I misread the above line from the first page? Am I having hallucinations wherein the word 'rock' inserts itself into sentences? :rolleyes:

[psychoticreflex]

naw, that was not exactly what I meant.. of course you can suggest a gla-rock, soft rock music... for example, black Ice is not metal... and I doubt if it gets to rock-style.

let's just be friends, instead :P :chug:

[Jude]

naw, that was not exactly what I meant.. of course you can suggest a gla-rock, soft rock music... for example, black Ice is not metal... and I doubt if it gets to rock-style.

let's just be friends, instead :P :chug:

Hehe, I'm cool :chug: . I am one sarcastic mother though. I probably have more than a few enemies because of it. Anyway, I was just grumbling about how nobody ever suggests anything but metal. It's possible that all these people listen to nothing but metal, but I wish they'd get some variety before posting in it.

[psychoticreflex]

and you're totally right... but, we're certainly here to change the fact, don't you think?

[psychoticreflex]

it's the typical advertisement..... "open your mind!" heheh ;)




-I Wanna see a dib!!!!! Haha.

[Jude]

it's the typical advertisement..... "open your mind!" heheh ;)
Every time some one mentions an 'open mind' I respond with...

My mind is more open than your mom's legs!!! OH ****!!! :) I also consider myself a master at the spontaneous, not-really-that-funny 'your-mom' burn.

Personally, next time someone suggests something that doesn't have metal in the title I'm going to snap it up and all my suggestions are going to be acoustic- or folk-rock, or better yet, stuff by The Band. :thumb:

[psychoticreflex]

the advertisement wasn't for you...
OMFG you don't understand me :P
try to do the review for Never Understand of Angra, it's folk-rock! :P

cheers, man! yay! :chug:

[Bartender]

Does anybody put up any song suggestions that arent' some variety of metal?

I always make at least one, usually more, non-metal suggestions, and I like to think I'm a fairly big participant here. I know people like badmoon visit this thread, and even though this is forced listening, I know that no matter how much I force him to listen to technical death metal, he won't like it.

EDIT: not a dibs, yet.

[psychoticreflex]

hehe, i can see it

[manuscriptreplica]

Does anybody put up any song suggestions that arent' some variety of metal?

If you look about 5 posts up, you'll see a review for Syd Barrett's Here I Go, which is about as far from metal as you can get. Surprisingly it was only given a 6.5/10, disgraceful really for a song of that quality :)

[Bartender]

Bump.

[Deathless One]

bump - you can't even see the suggestions on this page anymore...

[manuscriptreplica]

OK, I'll dibs.

[Bartender]

You couldn't have copied them over then?

Dream Theater - Home or Fatal Tragedy (Prog Metal)
Angra - Carry on or Never Understand (Melodic/Epic/Classical Metal | Soft Metal / Brazillian Folk Music Fusion)
Children Of Bodom - Bed Of Razors (Melodic Dark Metal, I think)
The Black Mages - Clash On The Big Bridge (Jap-Metal / Videogame Soundtrack - Hard Rock)

That bump was unnecessary anywa, the thread was still on the first page.

EDIT: late :(

[manuscriptreplica]

Hehe... I got it covered.

And instead of calling bump, why not call dibs and do the review yourself? It's much better when the thread is fast moving.

[manuscriptreplica]

Angra - Carry On

Firstly I wouldn't call it 'Melodic/Epic/Classical Metal', Power Metal does the trick. Secondly, I have heard this band is the epitome of cheese (Not Manowar, they are the epitome of Metal!!) this should be fun.

Starts with a fast, on-off sort of riff, with some nice phrasing by the drums. It enters power metal stage soon after, with some nice lead work from the guitars. Soon after, there's a quick solo by the guitar, everything else goes quiet, and he does this little run, which is pretty good. Enter verse, standard power metal vocals (i.e. higher than your girlfriend) I'm yet to hear some double kicks from the drums, which is disappointing. The verse riff is pretty good. Enter some strings, they add a nice classical element to the song. Typical power metal chorus, very uplifting, it put a smile on my face. Double kicks at last! Rejoice. After the chorus, a quick intro thing, then some more nice lead/rhythmy kind of work. Then some insane sweep picking solo, I love it. After that, there's some groovy bass line, and some jazzy trumpets going on. It's a nice little interlude, one of the better ones I've heard in power metal. Now another uplifting chorus, gotta love it. Now some strings, to add a bit more. Now backing vocals! Cheesy as you can get. Now the song goes up a semitone or so, the vocals keep getting higher and higher. The classical instruments are really excellent. The last note by the singer is frightengly high. And it ends, rather suddenly.

9/10, power metal owns. I need some more.

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Kreator - Agents of Brutality (Thrash)
Mayhem - Funeral Fog (Black metal)
Darkthrone - Cromlech (Death Metal)
Rhapsody - Eternal Glory (Classical Power Metal!!!)
Manowar - The Gods Made Heavy Metal (Heavy Metal!!!!!)
Dragonforce - Disciples of Babylon (Extreme Power Metal!!!!)
Blind Guardian - I'm Alive (Power Metal!!!!)
Helloween - Halloween (Power Metal!!!! - This has like 12 solos in it, it is great)
And for the non metal heads:
Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster (Funk/reggae/sort of kind of rock)

I've been inspired.

[Kingofdudes]

The Black Mages - Clash On The Big Bridge (Jap-Metal / Videogame Soundtrack - Hard Rock)
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I've heard about The Black Mages, I really need to check them out sometime.

[Bartender]

Hehe... I got it covered.

And instead of calling bump, why not call dibs and do the review yourself? It's much better when the thread is fast moving.

I would've called dibs if I'd had the time to download and review, but I didn't. So I just bumped it back to the first page instead.

Dibs.

EDIT: 666th reply \m/

[manuscriptreplica]

Omgsa!!! 666 posts!!!!

/ruins it

[Bartender]

Ruined :(

I've heard some Darkthrone before, but don't own any albums or anything.
Darkthrone - Cromlech - 4:11

Starts off with just an ominous, choral background tone, which soon (0:17) is broken by a riff which is actually pretty infectious, and typically dirty production. It sounds really good though, and the drums are very good too.

Vocals start around 1:14, followed by some distorted, demon-emulating deep vocals, after which there's a 20 second passage without drums, just drilling that riff for a while. The drums come back in with a roll, increasing in volume as it goes, which brings us back to the deep rasp/raspy growl of the regular vocals.

A different tone of guitar emerges, slightly cleaner and higher in pitch, towards the three minute mark, but just as soon stops. Then we get a solo, lasting from 3:27 to 3:46; it's a good one, fits the tone of the song.

And the song ends with a slightly different variation on the main riff, which somehow sounds a bit more menaxing than before, and which slows down to a halt at 4:11 or so.

9/10 I want more.

Would I listen to more of the same band? Yup. This was from Soulside Journey, yes?

Songs;
Axis of Advance - Primeval Expansion (death/black metal - nice use of Saving Private Ryan samples)
Sceptic - Pathetic Being (technical death)
Orange Goblin - The Astral Project (stoner rock)
SR-71 - Let It Whip (funk rock)
The Chasm - The Triumph (of my loss..) (death metal)
Olivia Tremo Control - A Sunshine Fix (lo-fi Beatles-esque rock)

If you've heard them all, just say; I should be able to find something you haven't heard.

[Dancin' Man]

Dibs

[Dancin' Man]

SR-71 - Let it Whip

I actually used to own one of this bands albums. It was enjoyable but simple. This song wasn't on it and I'd like to see how they're doing.

It was on a movie soundtrack I see. Starts with a classic nu-metal fuzz. But wait! Here's a more classic rock sounding guitar part. This is very reminiscent of classic rock. The vocals have a wierd chorus effect (that this band uses a lot). Nu-classic-rock. That is the genre. It also reminds me of 80's Synth pop. Another genre I happen to enjoy. Lyrics are simple and corny. Basically bad. The song is really simple and needs something more. At 1:48 it turns into what would make great video game or anime music. It has that uplifting, corny, simple sound. Plus the singer sounds like he has a Japanese accent almost. Then the chorus. It sounds like a pop song. This song is unclassifieable as a genre and is not funk rock. It has elements of lots of genres. Very strange. It's all pretty lame especially the chorus. I like it though. Reminds me of watching a chick flick and enjoying it but you can't tell anyone.

7/10
Fun song, I'll dig up my old CD. Nothing to go nuts over but enjoyable.

In Flames - Cloud Connected
In Flames - Whoracle
Opeth - The Leper Affinity
Tool - Aenima
Stabbing Westward - Haunting me
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile

[Bartender]

Reminds me of watching a chick flick and enjoying it but you can't tell anyone.

It's shocking how accurate that is.

Dibs.

[Bartender]

I've been meaning to check these guys out since you recommended them to me in the off-topic thread, and this is a good opportunity to.
Stabbing Westwards - Haunting Me - 3:37

Starts with some electronic distortion and beeping noises, before coming in pretty much full on at 0:10 with a rhythm, not particularly exciting but suitably enhanced by the electronicness, so it's not bad. Vocals come in around 0:20; I'm not sure what to think of the voice. There might be a slight bit of distortion in it, and it's not exactly singing, more talking loudly with occasional little singing lifts.

Anyway, chorus, I think, comes in at 0:40 or so, not bad. Brief instrumental break, mainly for electronic beats, followed by a momentary all-stop, before launching into what I think is the chorus proper. Closer to singing now, but I don't like the chorus much. It sounds too..something. Can't think of a word for it, maybe contrived.

Another chorus starts at 1:25 or so; same rhythm, but different bits. I like it, they're not just repeating themselves with different lyrics. It's pretty good. Another chorus around 2:00 though, which I don't like. All instruments drop in volume, and whispered vocals come in. I like this bit, reminds me quite a bit of Nine Inch Nails. And now there's a buried guitar solo squealing away, which actually reminds me of some specific NIN song, though I can't put my finger on it. It's good though, and I like the way it's kinda hidden by all the rest of the music playing louder than it.

Repetitions of the chorus line follow, and then instrumental outro, with occasional cries (in different speakers) of that same chorus line.

To be honest, I wasn't expecting to like that, but it was pretty good. I didn't like the chorus though, at all, but the rest, especially the second verse, was good, and there's potential for really good light industrial here (and it beat Chevelle into the ground :))

7.5/10

Would I listen to more of the same band? Yeah.

I think I'll head towards the more well known for my songs this time;
A Perfect Circle - Magdalena (vaguely psychedelic rock)
Faith No More - Land of Sunshine
Iron Maiden - Paschendaele or Paschendale, depending on spelling (heavy metal)
Nickelback - Where Do I Hide (rock) - only half-decent song I've heard by them.

[Dancin' Man]

(and it beat Chevelle into the ground :))

Watch it buddy (yeah it really does)

Dibs/.

[Dancin' Man]

Nickelback - Where do I Hide?

Shockingly cool intro. This is going to be very standard rock. At 22 a catchy riff comes in that continues for a while with slight rythmic changes. Same as the drums. Lyrics come in. Very rock and roll "I got a criminal record". Tom Petty rock and roll...but better. The chorus is the classic super catchy Nickelback. I like the verse guitar a lot. It just sort of goes wherever it wants. This song all sounds very alike but it's packed with little changes that make it interesting. There's a little solo around 2:10 that get's heavier midway and continues until around 2:40
There isn't a lot to say about this song. It is pretty standard of old fashioned R&R. It would be hard not to like but hard to get hard over. It's a good one to have on your hard-drive.
7.5/10 I'll download a little more just for fun

In Flames - Cloud Connected (Melodic Death Metal)
Opeth - The Leper Affinity (Long) (Death metal/Prog)
Tool - Aenima (long) (it's Tool....)
Maudlin of the Well - Heaven and Weak (long) (ultra prog)
Marilyn Manson - Come White (nu-industrial I suppose)
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile (Industrial)
A Perfect Circle - Three Libras acoustic (alt/prog/art rock/unclassifieable)
Killswitch Engage - The End of Heartache (Metalcore)

AIM me if you can't find them.
I Like ToAct Gay

[manuscriptreplica]

EDIT: UnDibs.

This was from Soulside Journey, yes?

Indeed it was. Check out 'Accumilation of Generalisation' which is a cool instrumental, 'Iconoclasm Sweeps Cappadocia' and the self titled track.

[Bartender]

Dibs.

[Bartender]

I've not liked Killswitch before, so I'm giving them a try. Already had my opinion on Radiohead shattered this morning, lets go two for two!
Killswitch Engage - The End of Heartache -

Starts off with a drawn out metal chord, and another guitar line playing in a different tone in the background. I think I can hear vocals, might be non-lyrical, and they're kinda buried in the music.

A low, thin growl just around the minute mark; the vocals really aren't very strong in the mix so far. Ah, "this distaaaance", clean vocals, with little instrumental backing, around 1:05. A stab of guitar after each line, not bad.

Pretty good guitars after the first verse, but we're back to his fairly weak harsher vocal style, and that buried singing in the background. Instrumental break in between the end of the chorus and the next verse is alright, a little variation in the instruments keep it from being boring.

And then into another chorus, confusingly soon after the last one. I don't like the chorus, so that's not good.

Ah, bridge section around 3:40, I like this more, despite the weak vocals, and then some good, solid riffing, before an unexpected mellow section. I liked that whole bit.

And then back into another chorus, which the song ends (sudden stop, not fade-out) after.

Well, it was alright. Some bits I liked (the first bit of clean vocals; "This distance, this dissolution", some of the instrumentation, the bridge section) and some I didn't (the chorus, the vocals in general - after a strong start on the clean vocals, after "This distance, this dissolution" they were just annoying, rather than good).

7/10 Scraping it though.

Would I listen to more of the same band? Maybe. Not a priority though.

Songs;
A Perfect Circle - Magdalena (vaguely psychedelic rock)
Faith No More - Land of Sunshine
Iron Maiden - Paschendaele or Paschendale, depending on spelling (heavy metal)
Silverginger 5 - Divine Imperfection (rock'n'roll/pop metal)
Judas Priest - Lost and Found (Ripper-era ballad, great acoustic intro)

[Bartender]

Bump.

[Riva]

dibs

un-dibs... Have to pick my sister up from work. I may pick it back up if no one else has dibbed it.

[StreetlightRock]

Dibs

DVG.

[Bartender]

Bump. DVG seems to have died.

[StreetlightRock]

fuc'kfuc'kfuc'k i totally forgot, sorry guys, un-dibs.

DVG.

[manuscriptreplica]

Hehe. I will dibs then.

[Dancin' Man]

Hahaha, I was just about to break down and do it. I'll wait for you to finish now.

[manuscriptreplica]

Ahh, sorry. I can have mine done in about 20 minutes, if the download continues the way its going (4.7 kb a second!!!) :lol:

[Dancin' Man]

*sets timer*

[manuscriptreplica]

Faith No More - Land of Sunshine

Haven't heard much of Faith no More, I want to be able to stop thinking of Epic when I hear Faith no More. It starts quite heavily, a huge wall of sound. There's some cool slap bass in there, somewhere. Funky, if you will. There's a cool synth in there. Drums are pretty normal. Patton's voice come in, it's not his usual unmistakable drawl that I love. It's a pretty upbeat song, it's cool so far. Pretty samey though. There's some cool descending synth thing going on in the second chorus, sounds very carnivaly. Lots of laughing going on as well. Now Patton starts singing with only the bass, synth and drums, sounds cool. Guitar comes in, and some samples come in. And yeah! there's a sweet guitar solo. Some operatic singing now, over a cool synth. It's building to a grand ending, but doesn't quite pull it off. Oh well.

7/10. Pretty cool song, nothing I'd get excited about, though.

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Deeds of Flesh - Empyrean (Brutal Death)
Kreator - Agents of Brutality (Thrash)
Mayhem - Funeral Fog (Black metal)
Rhapsody - Eternal Glory (Classical Power Metal)
The Beatles - For the Benefit of Mr. Kite (Psychedelic rock) The carnival sounds in the FNM song reminded me of this.

Have fun. I'm off to bed, goodnight everyone.

Fast Fingers: 18 mins!! :smoke:

[Dancin' Man]

Nice. Dibs

[Dancin' Man]

I forgot but now I'll do it

The Beatles - Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!

Accordian drums and flutes open up with a nice little intro.
Vocals come in and now it's just bass and drums with the vocals. A second singer comes in and they sing in harmony. The lyrics are rediculous and I can't decide if they're good or not.
There's a little instrumental break and vocals are back. There is a wierd effect on the voice.
Yay! Circus music! There is a little synth thing going on too. Oh wow, how cool is this? Very cool.
After that bit which was super awesome, drums bass and vocals come back in.
Yay! another one of these circus sections. This one's different. More psychadelic than the first. It's really happy sounding but I feel like there is this sense of irony in the music of something really forboding. Like the freakshows are carnivals.
There is a little bit more singing at the end and the song ends.

9.9/10
Great song. I hadn't listened to The Beatles in quite sometime and didn't at all remember this song, even when I heard it. I'll go bust out my copy of Sgt. Pepper's... now.

In Flames - Cloud Connected (Melodic Death Metal)
Opeth - The Leper Affinity (Long) (Death metal/Prog)
Tool - Stinkfist (it's Tool....)
Maudlin of the Well - Heaven and Weak (long) (ultra prog)
Marilyn Manson - Come White (nu-industrial I suppose)
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile (Industrial)
A Perfect Circle - Three Libras acoustic (alt/prog/art rock/unclassifieable)
Killswitch Engage - Take this Oath (Metalcore)

AIM me if you can't find the ones you want.
I Like ToAct Gay

[Jude]

Benefit of Mr. Kite...what a great song. I love the scary psychedelic circus music...I appreciate that song more and more every time.]

No Kazaa for me right now so I won't dibs any songs.

[Dancin' Man]

Kazaa < Dirt

[Jude]

Kazaa < Dirt

Hey, it's worked fine for me. The German version of Kazaa Lite K++ anyway. It didn't cause any problems, though the original Kazaa did.

[Bartender]

Kazaa, even Kazaa Lite, never seems to find 60% or more of what I'm looking for.

[Dancin' Man]

Limewire is better. By far. slsk is what to use for the most rare though.

[Dancin' Man]

So uh, I'm gonna bump this.

[Bartender]

Dibs.

[Bartender]

This isn't quite my first In Flames song, but it's close.
In Flames - Cloud Connected - 3:40

Wow, starts off with some high-pitched, fast paced synth. Didn't see that one coming. Lower synth dun-duns in the background - heavy guitars start imitating this synth for a bit, then start making what they play flow together a bit more. I really like this bit, the guitars sound really good.

Vocals come in around 0:37, in his clean, not-quite-singing voice. He soon works his way up to a good yell though. It's pretty effective actually.

Chorus, I think, around 1:10, and a pretty cool little drum roll around 1:26. Quick burst of synth after the chorus, and back to the verse, but just as quickly another chorus. The chorus has a those odd, slightly distorted vocals, not entirely harsh, but not entirely normal, either.

Short (9 second) solo at 2:36. It starts promisingly, but peters out, especially as it's so short. Song fades out after a couple of quick guitar chugs, on synth.

Well, that was good. Not great though; although I liked the verses, I didn't like the chorus, and there wasn't anything really to it other than that. I was left kinda questioning whether the song had actually just played; something of a non-event. Not bad though.

7.5/10

Would I listen to more of the same band? Yep.

Songs;
Hollenthon - Reprisal (Malus Avibus) (ethnic/tribal/folky death metal)
Iron Maiden - Paschendaele or Paschendale, depending on spelling (heavy metal)
Silverginger 5 - Divine Imperfection (rock'n'roll/pop metal)
Judas Priest - Lost and Found (Ripper-era ballad, great acoustic intro)
Morbid Angel - Invocation of the Continual One (death metal, long)

[Riva]

Dibs

[Riva]

Undibs - sorry. but I can't find Morbid Angel or Hollenthon, and I've heard the others before.

[Riva]

Bump it!

[Bartender]

Undibs - sorry. but I can't find Morbid Angel or Hollenthon, and I've heard the others before.

:eek: You've heard Silverginger 5?

/bump

[Jude]

I'd dibs but as I mentioned, I'm rather sick of people suggesting all metal songs.

There is more than one genre in the world, folks.

[Kingofdudes]

Silverginger 5 - Divine Imperfection (rock'n'roll/pop metal)
thats not metal

Iron Maiden and Judas Priest arent the hardcore growling type of metal either.

[Riva]

I'd dibs but as I mentioned, I'm rather sick of people suggesting all metal songs.

There is more than one genre in the world, folks.

Then open your mind you self-righteous personage. :p
If you check out Judas Priest and Iron Maiden, I'm sure you'll like them. They're classic metal... back when metal was just faster, heavier hard rock.

And Bartender, I checked Silverginger 5 out the last time you suggested them. All right. Not too shabby.

[Bartender]

^ Cool :)

I'd dibs but as I mentioned, I'm rather sick of people suggesting all metal songs.

There is more than one genre in the world, folks.

You do know the point of Forced Listening is to listen to what you normally wouldn't?

Two out of five of my last batch of songs aren't metal anyway, as it is with most of my sets of recommendations in R&M. But, since you seem determined to go against the spirit of the game anyway;

Olivia Tremor Control - A Sunshine Fix (lo-fi Beatles-y rock)
Morphine - Honey White (jazz-rock)
Aereogramme - Sunday 3:52 (post-rock)
Clutch - Careful With That Mic.. (stoner rock/rock'n'roll)
Jesus Chrysler Supercar - Swampfoot (rock'n'roll)
King Crimson - Heartbeat (progressive rock)
Porcupine Tree - Piano Lessons (mellow/progressive rock)
Mr Bungle - Slowly Growing Deaf (funky/experimental rock)
The Flaming Lips - Race for the Prize (psychedelic rock)
Blue Oyster Cult - The Golden Age of Leather (classic rock)
Ben Harper - When It's Good (blues rock/jam)
Blues Traveler - Optimistic Thought (blues rock/jam)
Lovin' Spoonful - Nashville Cats (er..hillbilly rock?)
Beck - Hot Wax (easy listening/country/folk/blues/rock/Beck)
Jeff Beck - So What (techno/dance influenced rock instrumental)
**** Sparrer - Watch Your Back (classic British punk)
The Kinks - Lazy Sunday Afternoon (classic rock)
Young Heart Attack - Sick of Doing Time (high-energy classic rock)

Take your pick.

[Badmoon]

dibs to the extreme

[Kingofdudes]

hell yeah, Mr. Bungle :thumb:

[Badmoon]

Ben Harper

Okay, I have heard Ben plenty, but never this song. I do like him and his playing a lot also.

The playing starts off with some great acoustic guitar playing, possibly with a slide. It has a great groove, and great backing and lead vocals. Background clapping just adds to the feel perfectly.

The lyrics are great, very interesting. The track is soulful, and has plenty of Blues influence, apparentley. I just can't stop mainly being fascinated with the guitar playing. It's so unique and just fantastic. I've heard few slide players who can match that.

10/10 Amazing song

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Rusted Root - Rain (Highly reccomended)
Jesus Christ Superstar - Heaven on their Minds (if it says "disc 01 - 02, pick it)
The Grateful Dead - Cumberland Blues
The Grateful Dead - Ripple
The Grateful Dead - Brokedown Palace
Phish - Scent of a Mule
The String Cheese Incident - Black Clouds
Gov't Mule - Soulshine

All highly influenced Rock

[Badmoon]

bumps

[Bartender]

Dibs.

[Jude]

You do know the point of Forced Listening is to listen to what you normally wouldn't?


Yeah....But like I said....

Anyways I sure can't complain about any of the recent lists of suggestions (except it's hard to pick) but unfortunately the grab's closed now. Oh well.

[Bartender]

Hey, I reviewed a damned Backstreet Boys song for the Pit's Forced Listening. Other people should suffer too :)

I'm revoking my dibs though, you can take it. It's 4am for me, and the download is going too slowly anyway.

[Badmoon]

What were you downloading?

[Bartender]

Cumberland Blues.

[Bartender]

Why did you want to know?

/bump. Where's Jude when you need him?

[Jude]

Why did you want to know?

/bump. Where's Jude when you need him?


Over in the songwriting forum bashing goths, this time :)

Okey dokey, I've got dibs. Just got to pull myself away from the Dylan...

[Jude]

Alright alright alright!

Government Mule-- Soulshine (acoustic rock)

Well, I got a live version of the song, but it's good as anything I'm sure (had a hard enough time finding this).

The song is pretty straightforward. A pretty acoustic guitar melody Plays steadily with soft, laid back drumming (not in a bad way) and some vocals I don't really like.

The song stays very much the same for 7 minutes of it, but it's still very enjoyable. I don't like the guy's voice, but I love Dylan and Zeppelin so that shows I can get used to anything. The simple but good chord progression is keeping me happy and the vocals (aside from the quality of his voice) are doing a good melody too. At about 7 minutes the song finally ends as do so many acoustic songs, a wind-down, fast strumming, etc.

Very good piece of work. I'd recommend it to anyone who enjoys the softer side of rock bordering on country. Top notch. I'll probably get into this band, unless this is a better rather than worse example of their singer's voice :thumb:

9/10


Okey my suggestions!

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*Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts by Bob Dylan (country/folk/rock) 10 minutes long warning
*Childhood's End by Pink Floyd (prog)
*1959 by the Sisters of Mercy (techno-ish weird rock, in this case just piano)
*Congo Sky by Tribe After Tribe (medium weight psychedelic rock from South Africa--beautiful song but you may have trouble finding it on filesharing services)

[Kingofdudes]

Over in the songwriting forum bashing goths, this time :)


You may hate metal, but that just made you cool in my book :lol:

[Jude]

You may hate metal, but that just made you cool in my book :lol:

I'm awesome :lol:

Edit: And I don't even hate metal. Well...not all of it. Just a lot of it. I have been known to rock to a couple Metallica, Sabbath, and Rage songs. And of course Van Halen!

[Bartender]

Dibs.

[Bartender]

Never heard anything by them before. I thought they were a goth (Bauhaus-esque, not Evanescence, etc) band though.
Sisters of Mercy - 1959 - 4:09

Starts off with piano, in the same tone as Fight for Freedom by Manowar - very grandiose, and with a "rich" tone to it.

Vocals come in around 0:30, and they sound very goth-y - male, I think, and also very over-the-top. Not especially bad, but strikes me as kind of stupid, and not really what I like.

Some variation in the piano around 1:05, using higher keys, and a couple of times sounds a bit dissonant, which I like.

2:30 - not much I can say so far. It's not bad, but there's not much to comment on, as it's just the piano, which seems to be just playing the same couple of phrases over and over, and the guys voice.

And there continues to be not much I can say..the song ends on his last words of "..1959" and some "dun-dun"-ing of the piano.

Well, it wasn't bad, but it also wasn't great. I generally like piano in songs (gonna recommend one actually), but didn't so much in this one. Wasn't much I could actually say about it, either.

6/10

Hollenthon - Reprisal (Malus Avibus) (ethnic/tribal/folky death metal)
Iron Maiden - Paschendaele or Paschendale, depending on spelling (heavy metal)
Silverginger 5 - Divine Imperfection (rock'n'roll/pop metal)
Judas Priest - Lost and Found (Ripper-era ballad, great acoustic intro)
Morbid Angel - Invocation of the Continual One (death metal, long)
Olivia Tremor Control - A Sunshine Fix (lo-fi Beatles-y rock)
Morphine - Honey White (jazz-rock)
Aereogramme - Sunday 3:52 (post-rock)
Clutch - Careful With That Mic.. (stoner rock/rock'n'roll)
Jesus Chrysler Supercar - Swampfoot (rock'n'roll)
King Crimson - Heartbeat (progressive rock)
Porcupine Tree - Piano Lessons (mellow/progressive rock)
Mr Bungle - Slowly Growing Deaf (funky/experimental rock)
The Flaming Lips - Race for the Prize (psychedelic rock)
Blue Oyster Cult - The Golden Age of Leather (classic rock)
Loudermilk - 97 Ways to Kill a Superhero (indie rock, with piano)
Blues Traveler - Optimistic Thought (blues rock/jam)
Lovin' Spoonful - Nashville Cats (er..hillbilly rock?)
Beck - Hot Wax (easy listening/country/hip-hop/folk/blues/rock/Beck)
Jeff Beck - So What (techno/dance influenced rock instrumental)
**** Sparrer - Watch Your Back (classic British punk)
The Kinks - Lazy Sunday Afternoon (classic rock)
Young Heart Attack - Sick of Doing Time (high-energy classic rock)

[Mr Benners]

dibs

[Jude]

Didn't like 1959? I guess the Sisters are an acquired taste. The voice definitely gets on my nerves sometime, but most of their songs make it worth listening to that. I like the piano on 1959, even if it is repetetive, it's still good.

[Mr Benners]

I'm a fan of Mike Pattons work (Dillinger Escape Plan, Tomahawk, FNM etc) but I've never actually listened to any Mr. Bungle before. So, here goes...

Mr. Bungle - Slowly Growing Deaf 5:36

OOOOHH! Ska intro! (*is early LTJ fan*) Suddenly after that it goes quiet, just drums, keyboards and Pattons voice, and what a voice! I've never heard this side of it before, calm, restrained emotional yet still at times mocking, dark and menacing. Then the song gathers pace, Patton putting on a nasal voice over palm muted guitar and some electronic sounds. Then another ska part! YAAAY! Nice bassline and ska guitarwork. Some singing and even a scream(!). Back to the palm muted section. I quite like this so far.
Now it has progressed into a slightly manic part, with Patton chanting "Ears are ringing" over and over. Slightly freaky. This moves into a singing section over spastic guitar noises before a repeat of the "Ears..." section and the palm muted section once more.
Finally we return to the quiet drum/keyboard/patton combo. Then the song ends.

I quite liked this, even though i was unsure at the start. The whole song was an intense mess with my head, but i sure do feel better for it.
Pattons voice was top notch throughout, and the musicianship was pretty class aswell.

8/10

:thumb:

Would I listen to more of Mr. Bungle? Yeah, why not!

My songs:
The Mars Volta - Inertiatic ESP (Prog-Rock)
Slayer - South Of Heaven (Thrash)
Avenged Sevenfold - Chapter Four (Goth-metalcore wotever)
King Crimson - ProzaKc Blues (Prog-Rock)
Dream Theater - Pull Me Under (Prog-Metal)

[Godmic]

dibs

[Godmic]

I haven't listened to Mars Volta very much, so this is pretty much a first.

The Mars Volta - Inertiatic ESP (Prog-Rock)

I really like the rythem on the drums and guitar. It tied the whole song together. The song had a neat overall noise makeup with lots of off chords and wails. The singer has a pretty good voice that he uses . He hits some pretty strange notes as well.

Pros-The piano intro was pretty smooth that led into the vocals. Then the drums kick up the emotion level in the song a notch. Add the singer to that and it gets pretty excited in the verses. The piona in the background is odd but I like it anyway. The rythem changes in guitar and layers of instruments soud really good. The lyrics are great.

Cons- I think it's a tad long. It doesn't have any solos or anything to break it up so it wont seem so repetetive.

Overall I give this song an 8 out of 10.

It's a great song.

In Flames-Freefall(Melodic Metal)
Dropbox-End of Days(Alt Rock)
Lacuna Coil-Angel's Punishment(Melodic Rock)

[Bartender]

Bump. I can't find any of the songs.

[Dancin' Man]

Dibs

[Dancin' Man]

Dropbox - End of Days

Starts with a bass note then guitars and drums. Sounds like a good nu-metal intro. Here's the singer. He sucks. Really sucks. Very generic nu-metal singer. The guitar is actually cool here. It's a very stacatto part of power chords. I'm guessing it's the verse because that's how the formula goes. Chorus. Not as good as the verse. Super standard. I doubt this will make an impression

WAIT!!!! solo????!?!?!?! Short but it was there and pretty cool. Verse is back. I hate the singer. Then the chorus. The chorus really sucks. Nothing interesting. It's coubled this time too. There's a bridge which is pretty cool. The vocal melody is cool until he starts yelling end of days. The lyrics suck too. Chorus again. What a bad song. After the intro it just sucked.

4/10
Not Alt Rock.

Arcturus - Ad Astra
In Flames - Only for the Weak
Opeth - The Funeral Portrait

[Badmoon]

El dib

[Badmoon]

In Flames - Only for the Weak

The song starts off with some super heavy guitar playing. It also incldues some synth and background lead guitar playing, aswell as various other instruments. The vocals come in, and they're pretty low. They soon mix with some effects, which is pretty annoying. The singer then starts singing some notes in a very raspy manner. And they're sometimes combined with the effects and regular sang vocals. Interesting sound. The drumming fillsd used are okay, they do fit the music good, and do have okay timing.

A guitar solo then enters, but is kind of overshadowed by the heavy riffs. The solo isn't extroadinary, but I guess it gets the job done. The lyrics are next to impossile to understand.

Not my kind of music at all, and I just thought it was mediocre.

6/10
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Rusted Root - Rain
Jesus Christ Superstar - Heaven on their Minds (if it says "disc one - 02, pick it)
The Grateful Dead - Cumberland Blues
The Grateful Dead - Ripple
Widespread Panic - Coconuts
The Grateful Dead - Brokedown Palace
Phish - Scent of a Mule
The String Cheese Incident - Black Clouds

Don't download live ones!!

[Riva]

dibs

[Dancin' Man]

Don't download live ones!!


Because they will be hours long? Stupid jam bands. The JCSS song is awesome.

[Bartender]

I hope he's not doing Cumberland Blues. Got that all downloaded and ready for future badmoon picks.

(I'm not actually bothered :))

[Riva]

Haha... Soulseek was being difficult, but I overcame it with my Iron Fist!!! :thumb:

Anyways, onto the review, lads!

Brokedown Palace by The Grateful Dead...

Songs starts out very nicely, a sort of laid back intro before the singing. Very country rock; very '70s. I can picture hippies lighting up to this. The singer comes in at 0:08 sec, a smooth, clear voice. (Think '60s/'70s pop-rock). The soft strumming in the background (Acoustic) is pleasant, and I believe there is a piano as well. A second singer comes in to sing the chorus, his voice blends very well.

A soft bend on the guitar preludes the next verse. Now the back singer is whoo-ing in the background, complementing the entire song. The song continues in this same manner for most of it's length, with nothing new being added. However, the song is quite well written, and the lyrics have enough meaning to make them the focus of the song, rather than the music.

The song comes to a close with the singer and the back-up vocals combining to doo doo dooo as the music winds up. All in all a very pleasing song.

I give it 8/10. I was actually listening to In Flames before this song, so I wasn't in the right mood to recieve it. If I was just relaxing at home, I would have given it a 9/10.
I recommend it if you're in a laid back mood and just wanna chill. I think I would like to get some more The Grateful Dead, if all their songs are as soothing and well written as this one.

My suggestions: (I'm in a patriotic mood, so I'm gonna stick as much Australian bands in as possible.

The Mark Of Cain - The Hammer (Heavy Metal)

Australian Crawl - Beautiful People or The Boys Light Up (New Wave Rock)

Skyhooks - Smut ('70s Rock)

Silverchair - Steam Will Rise or Suicidal Dreams (Grunge)

AC/DC - Whole Lotta Rosie or Big Balls (Hard Rock)

Jet - Come Around Again (Rock) Try it- It's different from the other **** on the radio

[Riva]

I hope he's not doing Cumberland Blues. Got that all downloaded and ready for future badmoon picks.

(I'm not actually bothered :))


Pfft... trying to stay ahead of the competition, hey Bartender? :lol:

[Riva]

Just a bump in the road

[Badmoon]

Because they will be hours long? Stupid jam bands. The JCSS song is awesome.

No, because they don't feature the same sound.

[Bartender]

Dibs.

[Bartender]

Never heard of them before.
Mark of Cain - The Hammer - 4:24

Starts with some pretty cool, reasonably fast, picking. It's a good start. Other instruments soon join in, after a prolonged chord in the background.

So far (1:05) this sounds a lot less serious than I was expecting for the band and title, and the description of heavy metal. Not at all bad though. Maybe it's Australian heavy metal; I'm loving the big, rolling rhythm it has.

Vocals come in at 1:13..I don't like them much. I think music like this needs a stronger voice. He kinda gets lost in the music, which is still good.

Good instrumental section now (around 2:30 onwards), heavy on the bass. I like bass. Vocals are back around 3:10. And the song just clatters along with that pretty cool instrumental work to end at 4:24, after the vocals finish once more.

That was pretty good. Not much variation though, and the vocals I thought were kind of weak. Not bad though.

7/10

Would I listen to more of the same band? If the opportunity arose.

Hollenthon - Reprisal (Malus Avibus) (ethnic/tribal/folky death metal)
Iron Maiden - Paschendaele or Paschendale, depending on spelling (heavy metal)
Silverginger 5 - Divine Imperfection (rock'n'roll/pop metal)
Judas Priest - Lost and Found (Ripper-era ballad, great acoustic intro)
Morbid Angel - Invocation of the Continual One (death metal, long)
Olivia Tremor Control - A Sunshine Fix (lo-fi Beatles-y rock)
Morphine - Honey White (jazz-rock)
Aereogramme - Sunday 3:52 (post-rock)
Clutch - Careful With That Mic.. (stoner rock/rock'n'roll)
Jesus Chrysler Supercar - Swampfoot (rock'n'roll)
King Crimson - Heartbeat (progressive rock)
Porcupine Tree - Piano Lessons (mellow/progressive rock)
The Flaming Lips - Race for the Prize (psychedelic rock)
Blue Oyster Cult - The Golden Age of Leather (classic rock)
Loudermilk - 97 Ways to Kill a Superhero (indie rock, with piano)
Blues Traveler - Optimistic Thought (blues rock/jam)
Lovin' Spoonful - Nashville Cats (er..hillbilly rock?)
Beck - Hot Wax (easy listening/country/hip-hop/folk/blues/rock/Beck)
Jeff Beck - So What (techno/dance influenced rock instrumental)
**** Sparrer - Watch Your Back (classic British punk)
The Kinks - Lazy Sunday Afternoon (classic rock)
Young Heart Attack - Sick of Doing Time (high-energy classic rock)

[Godmic]

dibs

[Godmic]

bump

I don't have time right now...

[Wolf-]

Yay, let's promote illegal mp3s.

[Bartender]

Yay, let's promote illegal mp3s.

Don't spam the thread.

[Dancin' Man]

Batender just likes having the longest list of suggestions.


Dibs.

[Dancin' Man]

Beck - Hotwax

It took me a long time to get this. I've heard beck before and liked it, but I know that beck is a lot like Radiohead in that he changes his sound a lot from album to album. This is off of Odelay!, the album I've only heard one song from.

Starts with a really southern steel guitar riff. The timing is wierd, but interesting. Drums come in and accentuate the oddness of the timing, cooler now. THe drums sound almost programmed. Drum fill, new guitar part. Now it sounds more like overdriven palm mute. Bass is really loud in the mix. Hip hop bass line.
Vocals. The lyrics reflect the sound of the song. The riff in the backround is pretty cool, but quiet. Feedback sound from time to time. Another southern riff. More feedback.
A chorus I think. It has a lot of feedbacky sounds, especially on vocals.
It ends, afterchorus is an envelope filter and harmonica. Super awesome.
Verse is back. Basically the same but because it has so many little things it's ok. A different verse here. More hip hop sounding. Very cool. and the chorus. This is the king of repitition.
Harmonica/feedback solo after it. Hip hop drumming. Turntables. Electronic sounds. Beastie boy yells in the backround.
Verse again. Still cool. Piano this time! Ragtime sample in there. THe southern riff is back when the piano leaves.
Chorus again.
Outro is jazz trumpet, sonor sounds, bongos and a movie dialouge sample. Very awesome. I can feel the fade out.
Excellent song. Beck = Masterful
10/10 Already heard other but am looking for more off Odelay!

U2 - Beautiful Day (U2.....)
Tool - Stinkfist (Tool.....)
Butterfly Effect - Beautiful Mine (Almost numetal but something else is in there)
System of a Down - Chop Suey (anyone who hasn't heard this should, nice drumming too)
Pigmy Love Circus - Bone Orchard (Not amazing, but worth hearing)
Opeth - The Funeral Portrait (Great song, nice riffs. Suffers from 2 chords for 2 minutes disease)
Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams (normal or Nightmare Remix)
Deftones - Change (Nu-Metal, Very good for what it is. Catchy)

[Bartender]

Batender just likes having the longest list of suggestions.


Dibs.

Well I typed them all out for Jude's sake. I'll be damned if I'm gonna let them just disappear.

Not a dibs, yet.

[Bartender]

Okay, dibs.

[Bartender]

****. Revoked; my user went offline with 7% to go.