Forced Listening: R&M

[Dancin' Man]

Aim?

[Iron Man]

Aim?

AIM username = Kataikishi...but I have a ton of homework to do before tomorrow so I don't think I'll be able to do one, maybe I can give the song to someone else if needed

[Permanent Solution]

Meh, I said Arena Rock...what'd you expect :p

If I am not busy later I might do this one...

[Dancin' Man]

I'll be doing them all night so long as I can find other people to do it too. I'll probably be whoring this thread for a few hours.

[Permanent Solution]

Alabama Thunder Pussy - Bear Baiting

I guess the Southern influences are in there a little bit vocally, but I barely noticed it, what I did notice was all the other aspects of the music. Bass, guitar, drums, all very good. The vocals were definitely the worst part of the music to me, but they weren't bad, except by comparison. Intro starts with a neat riff and starts the song off fun before going into the verse.

A rather long song, not quite enough in there to break it up and keep it fresh all the time. I have a short attention span, so it seemed to drag a bit in places. Overall though, had it been a little shorter it would have been solid throughout imo. Lead guitar had some fun parts, and some parts where it was pretty non-existent, as would be expected, but I still wish there had been more lead work. Outro was very draggy...30 seconds of feedback...gets boring. Would have been neat to go from the slow breakdown back into a speedy section before ending, but oh well.

8/10 I will probably look into some more stuff by them.

Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe - Themes (Progressive Rock)
The Refreshments - Mekong (Alt./Classic Rock)
38th Parallel - Higher Ground (Hard Rock)
Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution - Here's to Life (3rd wave ska)
MeWithoutYou - Torches Together (Post-Hardcore)

[Dancin' Man]

Dibs

[Dancin' Man]

The Refreshments - Mekong

Never heard of these guys before.

This song begins with a cool ska sounding guitar riff but the chord progression is better than what I expected.

Then there are the drums which also sound good and a cool lead guitar part. The singer comes in with that slightly punk sneer, nasal voice but it's really thin in that aspect and he hits all the right notes. I like the voice much better than the average punk voice.

The lyrics sound good too. Nothing too deep but good. The guitar solo thing comes back but later there is a very very cool solo that sounds very classic rock-ish. Only problem - It's too short.

This band is tight. No little mishaps or poor choices musically, just straight up goodness. It's also very easy to listen to.

9/10


Rwake - Forge (prog doom)
Lykathea Aflame - To Give (Super melodic Brutal Death)
Naglfar - Brimstone Gate (Melodic Black/Death)
Dillinger Escape Plan - Highway Robbery (Progressive Hardcore)

[Permanent Solution]

Rwake - Forge

Starts with a neat sound byte, and quickly rushes into the song proper. I loved the sound byte, very comical, and flows nicely into the song. Simple chord riff to begin, but guitars add in harmony. Vocals I found to be a little comical. They work well though, the guy screaming in the background was distracting at first, but added layers once I was used to it.

I will admit, I had no idea what to expect coming into it, having never heard any doom before. I was not disappointed by it, good lead guitar work in the song, nice riffs. Not necessarily solos, but it all fit well in context, and harmonizes well with the band as a whole. Drums were relatively simple for metal, but, it fit well enough, so no complaints. Interesting outro with work on intervals, sounds very neat, and then completes the sound clip in ending, very cool. It had to grow on me, but once it did I liked it. I was originally thinking 7, but by the end, this would be either an 8 or 9 most definitely, but I'll go with 8, because it still could improve vocally at the least, but no problems with variety for sure.

8/10

Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe - Themes (Progressive Rock)
38th Parallel - Higher Ground (Hard Rock)
Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution - Here's to Life (3rd wave ska)
MeWithoutYou - Torches Together (Post-Hardcore)
Project 86 - Pipe Dream (Metal of some type, maybe Nu?)

[Dancin' Man]

Dibs

[Dancin' Man]

MeWithoutYou - Torches Together

Never heard them

Begins with some feedback and what sounds like a radio in the back. The drums and another guitar with a real riff. Pretty cool.

There's a drum beat that you think is going to lead into a heavier section but goes back and the vocals join. They're kind of funny sounding. He's sort of yelling sort of singing. Preaching I suppose. This same thing goes on with thebeat that you think is going to make the song explode but doesn't All the parts are very cool I must say.

Then the beat comes back and it does explode. It's very melodic. The lyrics seem kind of pseudo intelligent. These guys remind me of ATD-I but are definitely different.

The song just sort of ends. It seems to have two very distinct sections. It was good but not amazing.

8/10

Lykathea Aflame - To Give (Super melodic Brutal Death)
Naglfar - Brimstone Gate (Melodic Black/Death)
Dillinger Escape Plan - Highway Robbery (Progressive Hardcore)
Borknagar - The Dawn of the End (Progressive Black Metal)

[Permanent Solution]

Naglfar - Brimstone Gate

This, I like. Catchy and grabby intro. Fantastic musically, and vocals that I have become adapted to. Strikes me as similar to Dimmu Borgir, as I expected. Driving double bass and nice guitar riffs, this song has it all for me. I like the vocals a lot actually as far as their style goes. Never stuck on any one note instrumentally either, seems to change roots every quarter note, very impressive. Could definitely be longer. Nice little instrumental breaks are my favorite part. Fade out endings are a little anti-climactic for me, but otherwise a solid piece, I wish there had been a better ending so I could give it a 10.

9/10

Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe - Themes (Progressive Rock)
38th Parallel - Higher Ground (Hard Rock)
Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution - Here's to Life (3rd wave ska)
Project 86 - Pipe Dream (Metal of some type, maybe Nu?)
Mod Flanders Conspiracy - Such is the Wrath of the Thrice Angered Manatee (Hardcore ish)

[i am the robots]

dibsssssssssssssssssss

I'll get to doing the review when I get home from school.

[Permanent Solution]

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[Dancin' Man]

Banits of the Acoustic Revolution - Here's to Life
I have no idea what 3rd wave ska is opposed to ska ska.

Begins with an acoustic guitar and maybe a bass back there somewhere. Pretty cool riff. Then we get the drums and horns. It sounds like a polka. The singer has that voice. I really like these punk singer voices lately. There is a better horn section when the vocals drop out. I really like these ones.

I think there's a cello in there too. The drummer...are there two maybe? The song doesn't seem to match the title. It isn't as happy go-lucky as I'd hoped.

It really does sound like a polka. There are a bunch of little breaks for horns and that cello. I think it's a cello. Maybe it's some horn I didn't know existed. There's also a piano part in the middle. I like that this song is long but has tons of variation.

8/10
I liked it but it seemed to be lacking something.

Furia - Un Lac De Larmes Et De Sang
Vanden Plas - The Sun
Dead Soul Tribe - Sirens
Therion - Cold Seed
Iniquity - Tides of Vengance
Age of Silence - A Song for D Incorporated

slsk-Fast Fingers
AIM - Viking Vs Pirate

[Devil Inferno]

dibs

[Dancin' Man]

Well he downloaded the song off of me on slsk so says my uploads (I assume. Most people don't download just one Age of Silence song if they do at all) but he has waited 5:30 to do it. This is a bump.

[i am the robots]

sorry bout not doing the fl, im grounded fromthe internet for a month

[Bartender]

Bump, unless you can email me a song?

[Dancin' Man]

What's your Email. I know we both have Gmail so that isn't a problem. Maybe I should give mine in case you don't want yours out there. Peter.mchugh@gmail.com

[Bartender]

Mine's eruantien@gmail.com. It's in my profile, so I'm not that bothered about handing it out :)

[Dancin' Man]

Scent.

[Bartender]

Okay, it's downloading, dibs. Thanks.

[Bartender]

Never heard, or heard of, these guys before.
Furia - Un Lac De Larmes Et De Sang - 4:47

Starts off with some church organs playing what seems like it's supposed to be a haunting tone. Soon joined by (slightly buried) church bells, and (male, I think) choral non-lyrical vocals. Around 0:26, the 'normal' instruments come in, the drums doing some very dramatic sounding pounding, which is pretty cool. I like this so far, it's reminding me a little of some Hollenthon (on Domus Mundi) stuff, except that so far, there isn't much of a hint, and certainly no guarantee, that it'll contain metal.

Oh, now this is weird. Guitars playing a reasonably simple metal riff, and there's some weird, pulsing electronic noises going on (vocals, maybe?). More conventional harsh vocals come in now. Sounds like two vocalists, though it could just be the one guy with two styles. The guitar and drums are both pretty good, so far, and various effects and stuff are still going on in the background.

This bit I like a lot. Around 2:00, there's all kinds of good stuff going on. The song's tune is now excellent, and the guitar is doing some very cool things.

It's basically carrying on in this 'awesome' vein for now. Around 2:40, I think, some kind of annoying synths or keyboards or something some in for a short while, but they're not awful, so I don't mind.

Slower bit now, more chugging, still liking it.

Hurrah, the awesome melody bit happens again just before 4:00. Song finishes on a prolonged vocal yell.

9/10 That was excellent, apart from a few occasionally annoying electronic noises or synths.

Songs;
Mastodon - Blood And Thunder (metal - unsure further than that)
Refused - New Noise (hardcore)
Olivia Tremor Control - A Sunshine Fix (lo-fi)
Hollenthon - Lure [Palladia Mors] ('world-music metal')
Nonpoint - Double Stakked (nu metal)
boyhitscar (or Boy Hits Car) - As I Watch the Sun Fuuk the Ocean (Jane's Addiction-worshipping rock)

[suicidal dreams]

Dibs

[suicidal dreams]

I had never heard the Refused but always wanted to get around to it so I thought I would use this opportunity to listen to a song.

0:00 to 0:09 - Very nice first guitar riff, that riff got me digging this song almost straight away.

0:10 to 0:19 - The guitar riff keeps going with some help from a hi-hat (I think), really builds up and then delivers.

0:20 to 0:37 - The drums really come into play in this section and they are playing really nicely too.

0:38 to 0:46 - All instruments kick in and they start to make some noise.

0:47 to 1:08 - Some weird synthesizer thing hits in, only bad part of the song.

1:09 to 3:04 - The vocals hit and are aided by some pretty heavy banging and crashing. I'm liking the who's and there's even bits of the first g-tar riff with some talking over the top.

3:05 to 3:25 - I'd almost call this a breakdown. Good stuff this.

3:26 to 3:32 - Goes to silence and then some weird track :confused:

3:33 - 5:08 - Bass drum hits and it goes back to normal for a big closing. Some bass solo's and stuff are nice before the volume gets turned way up and goes back to the formula for the ending of the song.

All in all, I loved this song, apart from the two synthesized bits it was brilliant. Great screaming, great g-tar, great bass, great drums. I'm loving this!
Does anyone know if there's anyways this weird synthesizer parts in Refused songs or just sometimes because I think I'll download some more of this band!

Rating 8/10 :thumb:

Songs To Review:

Nirvana - Radio Friendly Unit Shifter (Grunge/Nirvana style, lol)
or
Poison The Well - Ghost Chant (Hardcore)
or
Killswitch Engage - A Bid Farewell (Hardcore/Metal)

If these songs have already been done that's my bad but I'm too lazy to read through all the pages :p

[Silenius]

You didn't rate the song you reviewed.

[CaptainWaits]

I'm gonna dibs and do Killswitch and see if their any good to as people say.

I doubt it, but it's worth a try

[Dancin' Man]

Hurry and revoke this, I want to do the Nirvana song (hasn't heard any Nirvana in at least a year, maybe more)

[CaptainWaits]

Killswith Engage - A Bid Farwell


0:00 - 0:46... Good beginning, don't appeal to the singers scream at the beggining though, and I have a feeling he'll do more of it in this song

0:47 - 1:28... The Verse and Chorus are here, singer isn't bad when he does his usually voice, but he his scream isn't all that great, and he's brutal at singing soft, it just ruins the song. There's a pretty cool Melodic Part at the chorus too.

1:29 - 2:28... Same thing happens here as in the 0:47 - 1:28 mark, just a bit longer.

2:29 - 3:11... The bridge of the song. I like the guitar here.

3:12 - 3:55 (end)... The song stops for about 2 seconds, then goes back into the chorus.


Overall, decent for a Hardcore band, I keep on tryin, but I still haven't found a Hardcore band I enjoy a lot, and I don't know if I will. I also just realized that this is the band who does "Rose of Sharyn", which isn't all that bad of a song itself.

7/10


Recommendations:

Amorphis - Into Hiding (Death/Doom metal, slow and very creative and artsy)
Rage - Solitary Man (No, not RATM, it's the band Rage from Germany. Power/Speed Metal, very very cool babd that I'd like to see get recognized more)
Dimmu Borgir - In Death's Embrace (Older Dimmu from '97. Symphonic Death Metal, more keyboard influenced than their newer stuff, and probably not as heavy)
Anata - Under the Debris (Swedish Death Metal. Great band all around, great singer, bassist, guitarists and drummer)

[Dancin' Man]

Dibs.

[blueyxd]

I'll dib that Age of Silence one if you recommend it this time FF

[Dancin' Man]

Dimmu Borgir - In Death's Embrace
I've heard some single of their's and remember it being pretty good, especially for an MTV band.

Begins very well with some great drums and a blended guitar and then the keyboard. The keyboard is killer. They don't sound cheesy, they sound like a real piano. The intro repeats many times but it's fast and good so I don't mind. The vocals come in when the keyboards go out. I like the voice.

There is a slower section with a very classical piano sounding part with a guitar solo too. Shame the guitarist isn't really tearing away. I wish more blackmetal were more guitar heavy in the mix.

Then there is a synth part with no drums and a badly mastered bass.

Every part in this song is very enjoyable. There also isn't a lot of repetition in terms of hearing the same part many times. The song ends really well too, no fade-out crap.

Basically, this song is awesome. I am definitely looking into the guys some more. I have no complaints. The synths were used well and weren't cheesy, the vocals were good, the drummer was always doing his thing well, there was a guitar solo, not a great guitar solo, but it was there, and the song wasn't boring.

9/10

Porcupine Tree - Baby Dream in Cellophane
Amorphis - Veil of Sin
Watch Me Fall - Silent Aeons
And the Age of Silence one for Blue.

Slsk: Fast Fingers
AIM: Viking Vs Pirate

[blueyxd]

Age Of Silence - A Song For D. Incorporated

I've heard one song before, Auditorium Of Modern Movements, and it's grown on me quite a bit. Time to hear some more.

It opens with some bass and electronic drums, but thats not important. The melodic singing and music that sounds like Arcturus, there is some melodic synth stuff in music to fill up the silence. The singer isnt harmonizing very much like in the other song I heard. That is a good thing.

I dont know what its about but the singer sings a phone number and the music changes to a more stampy beat, theres flutes and other wind instruments in the background, but none of the synth that filled in every single gap before. It seems to be about some company that is annoying the singer. The normal band instruemnts are simple compared to Arcturus, but the others, like flutes and horns etc are rather complex. It's very melodic

It goes back to the first "verse" and there are some vocal interplays

The phone number is said again, and it goes in to a new bit with piano and some polyrhythms. Singing has the harmonizations again, they sound good as they are used more sparingly.

Theres a short fast keyboard solo. Then a strange bit with singing again. After that theres a piano section, and it sounds like real piano. Vocals come back again for 2 lines and it ends.

It's strange, not because of the music, that is unusual, but it's got heaviness all the way through and it doesnt seem very heavy at all.
I guess the orchestral instruemnts and vocals add so much melody that it is softened, and the flowing nature of the music seems could help too somehow.

The music is progressive, moreso than the other song I heard, and more interesting, but it seemed harder to listen to, I'm sure it will grow on me soon enough. It's good to see music appearing in such strange forms and combinations. Even if theres so much crap out there, I'm still all for the future of music after I hear something like this.

9/10

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Listed by priority (high-low)

Weddings Parties Anything - A Tale They Won't Believe - punkish sea-shanty about cannibalism. 7 mins

Darren Hanlon - Falling Aeroplanes - acoustic.. folk?

TISM - The Last Australian Guitar Hero - comedy irony alt-pop? - language warning if anyone cares

Atheist - Water - technical, jazzy, death metal

Wumpscut - Black Death - heavy industrial/ambient techno

Nokturnl - Haterz - well-riffed nu metal

[Devil Inferno]

very sorry for the last dib thing. i had something on and could not post, even though i dlded the song. dibs.

Atheist - Elements - "Water" (4:28)

wastes no time in the intro, starts imediately, with a very "chaotic" mix of guitar bass and drums. a really complicated intro, at 0:27, a lead guitar part comes in, it fits in quite well. The vocalist isn't that strong, not impactful enough. At 0:54, a "spanish like guitar solo" comes in. a great one. then it returns to the "chaos".

indeed very technical song, with lead guitars littered all over, different stlyes (jazz, a little touch of spanish, chaotic death metal type) the guitarists are great, the bass is really pumping. i personally don't like the vocals, it needs to be more impactful.

Sonata arctica - full moon (super melodic power metal)
avenged sevenfold - unholy confessions (punk+melodeath+metalcore/whatever)

[LordDargon]

I "love" the random quotes "this" guy uses.

[Dancin' Man]

I "love" the random quotes "this" guy uses.

Heh, me too. "Dibs"

[Dancin' Man]

Avenged Sevenfold - Unholy Confessions

I think I heard a single by them once and wasn't impressed.

Song begins with a very metal core riff and it is good. Then drums come in and the guitars double. I like this but it has that sound of a song that might not get any better. It basically sounds identical to the KsE I've heard which isn't bad but does not bode well for me becoming a fan of the genre.

Then vocals. He's singing and has a decent voice. The lyrics seem kind of emo. Then he does the ugliest harsh vocals. Like gollum. They suck. Fortunately he goes back to cleaner vocals but his voice sounds less good this time. He sounds like the singer of Saliva. Then the chorus. I like this. It's one of those great metalcore super melodic choruses. I wish the guitars did something cool here though. It's just power chords. After the chrorus though, the guitars play an awesome riff. Jazz influenced. It's not fast but musically it is awesome.

The guitarists sound like they are better than what they do with this band. The drummer does nothing truly impressive. Some double bass but other than that he plays really easy sounding stuff.

I hate the prechorus with the Saliva vocals. The guitars are killer there but the vocals just screw it all up. There should be truly harsh vocals there. The chorus I really like as far as vocals go but the guitars are too simple.

This band seems afraid to show what they are capable of. I think I'll check more out in hope of hearing them play good stuff the whole way through a song without trying to balance it out with crap or mediocrity.

7/10

Watch Me Fall - Silent Aeons
Katatonia - Will I Arrive
Between the Buried and Me - Arsonist
Vader - Choices
Borknagar - Ad Noctum

Slsk: Fast Fingers
AIM: Viking Vs Pirate

[Locks]

I call

i mean dibs

give me a rough idea as to what each song is like

[Dancin' Man]

Melodic Death metal
Progressive Metal/rock
Technical death/emo
Death metal
Progressive black metal

In order of songs listed.

[LordDargon]

Ya should've went with Insomniac... or The Sea Came in at Last... or Out From the Deep for Vader.

And you gotta start adding genre tags BEFORE people ask!

[Dancin' Man]

Meh, I just shuffled my entire playlist and those were thee first 5 to come up (excluding Watch Me Fall because people should hear that song)

[Locks]

not much luck finding any of the tracks listed, where can i get them?

[Dancin' Man]

From me on IM or Slsk.

[Locks]

sweet, sorry didnt notice in the original post

[Locks]

Sorry guys, Pcs being a cunt and for sum reason eveythin is goin all screwy on me so I'll have to pass this one on - and I had really good ****in song to suggest as well....................**** this cruel machine world!!!!!

[Dancin' Man]

tr3h b00mp

[bowlingforpoop]

Dimmu Borgir - In Death's Embrace

Begins very well with some great drums and a blended guitar and then the keyboard. The keyboard is killer. They don't sound cheesy, they sound like a real piano.



thats because it is a real piano

[LeperAffinity]

Dibs.

[Dancin' Man]

thats because it is a real piano

I kind of doubt it. It's much easier to record a high quality keyboard than a real piano.

[AEDICULA]

what is going on here?
good song by twenty inch burial...
http://www.twentyinchburial.com/twentyinchburial%20mp3/20ib_octopus.mp3
metal gore emo

[LeperAffinity]

For ****'s sake, read the thread before you post.

[LeperAffinity]

Sigh...I had this all completed when the power flashed off. Stupid ****ing thing.

Between the Buried and Me - Arsonist

I was expecting an Atreyu ripoff like most of the other metalcore bands, but they caught me off guard. Not saying they're completely different, but at least they aren't just another clone. It starts off with some melodeath-ish riffing before the vocals come in. This is my biggest problem with the band. The singer uses two types of vocals...screams and growls. For the screaming, it sounds like he's doing his best to impersonate Tomas Lindberg, but fails miserably on all counts. Every word sounds forced and unnatural. The growling is worse...he's trying to get that guttural incoherent growl that Lord Worm does so well, but it ultimately comes off sounding like a burp with no energy at all behind it. The guitar work is average, and there's an okay solo thrown in there, nothing special. And of course, there are two obligatory breakdowns that do nothing to further the song.

5/10 I give them credit for not sounding like all the other metalcore bands out there, and for not having whiny emo-ish lyrics, but the vocals annoy me to no end. The rest of the band is average at best.


Deeds of Flesh - Infested Beneath the Earth(brutal death metal)
Leviathan - Sardoniscorn(raw black metal)
Behexen - Black Metal Baptism(raw black metal)
Karl Sanders - Luring the Doom Serpent(Egyptian instrumental)

AIM - BlkMetalDeviant

[Dancin' Man]

dibs

[Dancin' Man]

Karl Sanders - Luring the Doom Serpent

No idea what to expect since I can't hear the notes in Nile.

Begins with some sort of drum thing. Then other more normal sounding drums join. Then an acoustic guitar playing a very cool very melodic riff with a cool pick rake going on. The next riff is less cool but still cool. A gong in there too.

Then we go back to Riff #1 with a guitar solo like thing above. I like how it's all acoustic. The guitarist is good. His part is even better. The drums add a lot of atmoshpere. THen the two guitars do a sort of duel. It is awesome. Everything is so well intertwined. I like the scale being used a lot too. There is a weird hiss in there.

I would love to hear this man find a happy medium between this and Nile. Less brutal than Nile but still metal and with long instrumental and atmospheric stuff like this. It is awesome.

10/10

Watch Me Fall - Silent Aeons (melodic death metal)
Katatonia - Will I Arrive (progressive metal)
Between the Buried and Me - Mordecai (technical death/emo/metalcore)
Vader - Choices (death metal)
Borknagar - Ad Noctum (Progressive Black metal)
Mastodon - Iron Tusk (unclassifiable Metal)
Novembre - Tales From a Winter to Come (Progressive death metal) <If you haven't heard this, try to get it first.

Slsk: Fast Fingers
AIM: Viking Vs Pirate

[i am the robots]

Mastadon - Iron Tusk

It starts off with a nice drum roll, then goes into a nice heavy guitar intro, that reminds me of Adema's Unstable, the singer joins in with a shoating technique that is also similar to Chavez' but deeper, and less whiney. The verse continues with a nice heavy powerchord production and nice shoated vocals. There is then another verse within the same pattern, and then it goes off into a similar yet much heavier and darker progression. At about 2:50 there is a solo, that leads into a nice heavy bridge and then the chorus again. The most stand out part of the song would probably be the drumming.

Over all I'd give this a 7/10, the vocals in most Mastadon songs are pretty good, but the voice is kinda lacking.

My choices:

Dark Tranquility - Punish My Heaven (gothenburg)
In Flames - Jotun (gothenburg)
Opeth - Bleak (progressive death metal)
Kalmah - Using The Word (power death metal)
Taproot - Justice Is Blindfolded (nu-metal)
Slipknot - Gently (MFKR Version) (nu-metal-ish)
Linkin Park - Carousel (nu-metal)

[Dancin' Man]

Are you serious? This is the worst review I've seen in a long time. Redo it. Look at how other people do them and try to go a bit more in depth. Also, add more recommendations because I own both of those albums.

[i am the robots]

I didn't have time, sorry i mean to edit it.

[Dancin' Man]

Still heard them all.

[CaptainWaits]

I guess I'll dibs elevnteens

[CaptainWaits]

In Flames - Jotun

0:00 - 0:34... Great beggining to the song. I love the melodies the guitarists play, and the drummer puts in a well fit double-bass here.

0:35 - 1:25... This is where the verse, pre-chorus, and chorus is. The vocals start out with the dude talking (kind of lame), then he starts to do his singing (or so it is called) which is overall alright. Good chorus.

1:26 - 2:03... There's a boring part here that lasts for about 20 seconds, then it leads back into the intro part where the good guitar melodies are.

2:04 - 2:56... Bascially the same thing is here as was in the 0:35 - 1:25 mark.

2:57 - 3:56(End)... The song ends of with dfifferent sequences that were previously played at places in the song. The last about 12 seconds are just the guitars fading to end the song.

Overall, it's a good In Flames song. Similar to stuff off of "The Jester Race", which is when In Flames were actually good. I enjoy the Melodies, as I always do in In Flames' work. I've only ever heard "Gyroscope" off of this album, and this song is just as good, so maybe I'll look into it.

8/10


Recommendations

Amorphis - Into Hiding (Death/Doom Metal. Very creative and artsy)
Dimmu Borgir - Mourning Palace (Symphonic Death Metal. A lot of variety in this song)
Kataklysm - Ill Diavolo In Me (Flat out Technical Death Metal. Fast Drumming)
Symphony X - Of Sins and Shadows (Progressive Power Metal)

[evil ernie]

dibs

[evil ernie]

Amorphis - Into Hiding

I have heard a few Amorphis songs before, and I really like their later stuff best (Alone, The Way, Morningstar, etc.). I have already heard the song Black Winter Day, which I enjoyed a little, but not that much, so I have never tried any other song from their death metal era, until today.

The song starts with a really good chord progression and a great melody, along with a slow paced drum beat. A lot of emotion in that intro, starts really good. Only 16 seconds of this riff and they shift to a more intriguing part, I presume things are gonna get heavier soon. At 0:32 the voice comes in with a not so convincing first growl, should be more frightening. The riff is really killer though, reminds me of some Testament riffage, a little slower though. They keep doing this riff a little longer, adding double kick and some arabic sounding synth, very interesting part. The first verse starts after a very good 1:16 introduction. I don't like the growls, I think they lack attack and clarity. They sound way too far in the mix. Wish Akerfeldt or Swano would sing that part. The riff is good and I really like the guitar melody, but I don't like it's sound. The rythm guitar sound heavy and thick, but the lead guitar sound is flat and thin. At 2:00 there's a clean sung part, pretty nice, but I would have prefered a higher pitched and more powerful voice, maybe a female voice would sound great there. Short instrumental passage at about 2:30, same remarks concerning the guitar sound. At 2:42 begins the last vocal bit. At 2:58 there's a nice new slow paced headbanging riff leading into some kind of a bass solo, very interesting but really really short. The end.

All in all I really enjoyed the song, more then I anticipated. I like the guitar work a lot and the overall feeling of the song. The sound and the production of the song isn't doing justice to the great songwriting. I also don't like the vocals that much. The song is very dense and rich, but under developped. 3:45 is a rather short duration for a song containing that much musical ideas.

I'll give it a 7/10, but it could easily have been a ten with better production quality and vox.

Up for grabs :

Ayreon - Day 20 : confrontation (massive prog project featuring a lot of singers such as James Labrie, Mikeal Akerfeldt, Irene Jansen, Magnus Elkwall, etc.)
After Forever - Beautiful Emptiness (kinda goth and power, with a male grunter and a female soprano)
Symphony X - Of Sins and Shadows (progressive power metal)
Lost Horizon - Cry of a Restless Soul (kick *** power metal)
Adagio - Next Profundis (progressive neo-classical metal)

[Permanent Solution]

Do you have a source for the files?

[evil ernie]

I have em all, can send them through msn or hotmail.

[Devil Inferno]

dibs

Lost Horizon - Cry Of a restless soul 8:22

Horrible intro. Its too abrupt, but after a few seconds, the introduction forms well.

The narrating at 0:24 gives a break to the sudden intro, and the song picks up from here. The band does well with the main riff, and the symphonic background is abosolutely gorgeous. at 1:05, the guitarist does some crazy power metal palm muting, sending energy into the listener's ears. Shortly after vocals do your power metal scream (read : balls in vice).

Verse kicks in, the verse lacks energy, the vocals need more energy, but technically, everything is co-ordinated well. This part here has everything, but lacks emotion.

The entire song is pretty much the same, i expected more from Lost horizon. its not bad, very good infact, but something is lacking, that power metal energy, the emotion. otherwise, everything else is great.

6.5/10

Suggestions

Sonata Arctica - Wolf And Raven (super melodic power metal)
Dark Lunacy - Frozen Memory (Symphonic Death Metal)
Heavenly - Kingdom Come (power metal)
Dragonforce - Dawn Of a New world (supersonic power metal, this is a ballad however)

[evil ernie]

Shortly after vocals do your power metal scream (read : balls in vice).


Balls. That really is what Daniel's singing is all about.

[psychoticreflex]

dibs

[psychoticreflex]

DragonForce - Dawn Of A New World
After the piano starts with a melodic intro, the voice enters and add a nice and warm tone to this ballad. The chords on the piano ring as the louder of the instruments of the band as ZP Theart starts singing with the DragonForce characteristic voice. The rest flows, as the guitars enter with distortion, making the song sound epic, and even warmer. But it's short, and very well applied, and now the guitars fade away, for another remarkable piano pad/voice duet, now with the drums adding some rhythm marking to the music.
The overdriven guitars enter again, and the song reaches a nice climax, and as ZP sings the chorus, the guitars confer a nice rhythm to it. The bridge, which is almost as long as a chorus, has a continuous lyric as well as continuous warm guitar sound, which will most probably warm up your heart, according to the well-known DragonForce' sound style. Then it comes the Li solo part, which will most probably cause the listener to have a shiver down the spine. The exclusively Li's part ends, because Vadim, soloing, enters, and follows Herman on a beautiful epic-style conclusion to the short solo section of the music. The solo is short, but fits just PERFECTLY into Dawn Of a New World. Probably one of the best solos i've heard. Every ending brings another beginning, and as the solos end, the voice enters again, with a marvelling background vocal section.
Then, it all stops, not too suddenly, because the piano goes on, and Theart's voice with effects, sounds pretty well. Well it's a short break, but then it starts again with the nice tone, and they augment the tune, so, now, the whole song is probably lifted up one or two steps, that reminds me of something similar happening on the end of Hollow Years (Dream Theater). It gives an even nicer tone to the song to finish.
And it's the end of a beautiful epic song. The lyrics fit perfectly as it's an use of DragonForce music style.

And once again, they made a beautiful song, without being too repetitive, like other bands, or in other way, being way over technician.

So, I guess it's a pretty good result, and a well spent effort from their part.

My ratings for this song would be (to make it easier for me, i'll put it list-like):

- Vocals - 9.5/10
- Instrumental - 10/10
- Lyrics -10/10

So, the whole, i guess, deserves pretty well a 10/10.

-

Suggestions:

Dream Theater - Take The Time (Progressive Rock/Metal);
Liquid Tension Experiment - Kindred Spirits (Prog. Fusion);
Porcupine Tree - Signify (Prog. Rock);
Rudess/Morgenstein Project - Over The Edge (Keyboard & Drum Project);
Children Of Bodom - Touch Like Angel Of Death (Speed/Power Metal);
Audioslave - We Got The Whip (Rock);

[Devil Inferno]

glad you like that song, its one of my favorites.

dibs.

[Devil Inferno]

Children of Bodom - touch like an angel of death (4:05)

intro : lead guitar riff, with then rythmn entering with powerchords and drums. after vocals scream a little, the song builds up, and verse kicks in, an ordinary, standard metal song structure. but at 0:44, theres a mini keyboard solo, and the synths make it sound different. at 0:59, the way the distortion kicks in is great, and it builds back up to the the intensity again, this time making you headbang. the vocals fit quite, even though i don't know why people don't like alexi's vocals at 1:59, it starts going a little crazy and everything speeds up, obviously, the lead and drums. the double bass are quite sloppy compared to nicholas barker, and mithras's drummer., but solid enough for me. random pinch harmonics here and there are great, but needs more piercing attack. then the solo comes in. a great solo, sometimes rock sounding, then goes into crazy scaling, i think i heard an apreggio too. then it slows down to the keyboard part, and distortion comes in again. well, i expected more from bodom, this song lacks energy from the rythmn guitars. especially the palm muting of bass strings. the guitars are too "sythnesized", they need to be more like metallicas', sharp and screaming.

Suggestions

Alice Cooper - Poison (supposedly, glam rock/metal)
Nightwish - Know why the nightingale sings (opera symphonic power metal)
Judas Priest - Rock hard ride free (heavy metal)
Blind Guardian - Into The Storm (Power metal)

[Bartender]

Forced Listening threads always seem to survive independent of stickies - if not, then there's not point them existing, so no, I don't think it should be.



Got to give 56Kers a chance.

I think it'd also be good for people to at least look at a couple of reviews in the original thread (http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92332), to see how they should be done.

And please, it'd be nice to keep this thread as clear of non-reviews/dibs/bumps as possible as possible.

I just got neg repped for this post. Random.

DI - if you can gmail me one of those songs, or host it somewhere for me to download, I'll be able to take dibs. Otherwise, bump.

EDIT: Never mind, he just went offline.

[Devil Inferno]

instant messagers? i don't do gmail.

[munky_magik]

instant messagers? i don't do gmail.

Upload it to: http://s21.yousendit.com/

[Bartender]

Yeah, IM programs are also not working for me at the moment.

[Devil Inferno]

which song?

[Bartender]

Well, thanks, I could any other than the Alice Cooper one, but I don't think I'll have time right now. I have a lecture in a relatively short time. I could do it later tonight, if you upload one and no one else does it in the meantime (which I wouldn't mind; magik, go for it if you have the time spare :)).

[munky_magik]

I'll leave it to you. I have more important things to do.

/Lie :upset:

[LordDargon]

Why is it that every time I want to do an FL, the only songs available are power metal?

Bump.

Here are the choices btw (save you the trouble of looking back)
Alice Cooper - Poison (supposedly, glam rock/metal)
Nightwish - Know why the nightingale sings (opera symphonic power metal)
Judas Priest - Rock hard ride free (heavy metal)
Blind Guardian - Into The Storm (Power metal)

[Arucard]

Alice Cooper - Poision

This song starts off with some nice sythns and a cool little riff, then goes into the main verse. Good singing here, the only song id heard by these guys was on Waynes World, which was 'Frankesntein.' I like his voice alot, very eerie.

The chorus is one of the most memorable and catchy tunes ive heard in a while, with 'I wanna hold you but i bet not touch (Dont Touch!)' still in my head after listening to the song ten minutes ago. Some nice guitar in here as well, but it is mostly synth dominated, as with alot of 80's glam metal. Guitar chords are very exagerated, with single strums with all the chords in the chorus.

The drums and bass in this song are very boring, with the drums being a straight 4/4 beat all the way through, and the bass seemingly rooting through most of the song, and they even throw in a predictable chorus key change to top off the proceedings.

Nice solo in the back of the last chorus though, very glam.

Overall : 8/10

Streetlight Manifesto : A Better Place, A Better Time (ska/punk)
Dark Throne : Soulside Journey (Death Metal)
Avenged Sevenfold : Second Heartbeat (Metal)
Common Rider - Classic Of Love (Rock)

[LordDargon]

Sorry, the Darkthrone is death metal (they became black on the next album) and A7X is metalcore.

[Arucard]

Not that A7X song, nothing off Waking The Fallen was metalcore.
Apart from possibly I Wont See You Tonight Part 2.

[Huber]

Sorry, no more dibs. My limewire crapped out on me all of the sudden.

[evil ernie]

Bumb

[Bartender]

Bump. I'm still gmail/yousendit only.

[3rdplanet]

If no one else is up for it, I will do it.

[LordDargon]

Do it. And recommend something decent so I can do one.

[Bartender]

Do both of you have decent connections?

[LordDargon]

Mine is meh/middlin'. I can upload at 7/8 kps. Why?

[Bartender]

Because I want to do a Forced Listening :(

I'm having withdrawal symptoms. I used to do 3-4 a day (Pit, R&M, Alt/Indie, Other), but then I was without internet for six weeks, and now IM services and p2p programs are ****ing me over excellently, so I rarely get to do any.

[Dancin' Man]

They are a good time. I recommend you make your computer stop sucking so you can get back in the game.



/useless advice

[3rdplanet]

Avenged Sevenfold - Second Heartbeat

First one of these, so sorry if it is terribly done.

Starts with a little bit of guitar and a standard punkish roll on the snare. This all stops to allow for a classical (metal) lead guitar piece with drums being thumped to fit.

After this section is finished with, it goes into a poor tempo change bit, where the bass really starts to be noticeable, too noticeable, rancid tone to it. Aswell as all of this, it all sounds pretty bog standard, with the screamy vocals and the sung vocal style meshed which seems all the rage nowadays.

From the 2 minute mark up to about the 2:40 mark you have to suffer some horrible vocals. 'ohOhOhoh' harmonies and whatever. Nice drum fill at 2:50 though. The riff after is much better, nicely composed with some stop starts and nice chugging double bass.

At 3:40 a bland snare drum section comes in, pretty boring, not half as uplifting as you would want it to be. The bass is sticking out like a sore thumb again. More God awful singing. It's getting a little repetative, what the slower section did in making this song good is just lost now. Worst vocals ever at 5:10.

Oh the outro is far better. The solo I quite like, but it's still not enough to make thing song good.

4/10.

(sorry for the wrong terminology)

Dream Evil - Chasing the Dragon (Power Metal)
My Dying Bride - The Raven and The Rose (Doom Metal)
Orange Goblin - Hard Luck (Stoner Rock)

[3rdplanet]

Do both of you have decent connections?

I do. Broadband.

[munky_magik]

If you can be bothered uploading the My Dying Bride Song to http://s26.yousendit.com , I'll take it

[3rdplanet]

I'm trying, but it's taking a very long time.

It is quite a big song, but this is going on for too long really. The IE bar has been reading 100% for quite some time now.

[munky_magik]

Ehh...I'll see If I can find it somewhere else.
I therefore call Theoretical Didbbles.

EDIT: dids revoked. Can't find My Dying Bride and the only Orange Goblin File I can find is corrupted :(

[3rdplanet]

bump!

I can email songs to people, asides from the My Dying Bride. It would be too large a file.

[blueyxd]

ok, I'm 14th in que for the MDB song.. which is 11.5 mb, and which I would rather do..
and 7th in que for Dream Evil, which is 5.5 mb.. which will probalby arrive first.

also with me being on dialup, this could take a while, so no dib just yet, but I do have sources

[Devil Inferno]

Sorry, but i've got it first.

MDB - The raven and the rose 8:12

Intro - Very irritating distorted trebles on the guitar, but when the downtuned distortion comes in, the song starts off well, and the synths add well to the doomish atmosphere. Nice dobule bass/snare/tom fills by the drummer over here. The growled vocals, are quite ok, nothing very suprising, but a great song so far.

at 2:25, the song kind of slows down a little, i'm hoping for some mdb cleans here. Yes! at 2:38, the clean vocals come in. It starts to get depressing. always mdb has its cleans being the depression factor.

at 3:13, very nice palm muting over here, and a pick slide.

at 4:02, the song speeds up, with choirs at the back, and it gets intense over here.

at 5:15, it turns back to slow again.

at 5:51, it really slows, to piano only. a good break from the distortion.
a part where it allows tears to flow (if applicable), and end, from the intense part just now.

at 6:55, the guitars come back in again, and fade away. this part is kind of redundant, should have ended at the pianos.

anyway, a great song, just had to do away with the swearing, and it'd be great.

7.5/10

Suggestions :
Alice in chains : Them bones (grunge metal)
Carcass : Black star (melo death)
Tourniquet : Melting the golden calf (melo thrash)
Dark Lunacy : Devoid (symphonic death)

[Kurtz]

dibs

[Kurtz]

Alice in Chains - Them Bones

Starts with a palm muted riff and Layne doing his signature little yelp. Singing starts, nice riff in the background, I'm really liking the verse. Layne's voice is pretty good here, really good actually. Short chorus, but good. Again with the yelping. I like the way Layne sings the verses, it goes perfect with the guitar. Jerry starts off with a solo, it doesn't dissapoint so far with the verse riff in the background. So far not really fast, more melodic. Now it gets a little quick, nothing godspeed though. Wah at the end, great solo in general. Another verse, another chorus, Layne repeating the line, "I feel so alone, gonna end up on big ole pile o' them" till the end, a few seconds later.

In overall, a great song by Seattle's finest; guitar was excellent, vocals were top notch [in Layne's case], but the drums were pretty basic, and I didn't really notice any bass.

8.5/10

Recommendations

My Dying Bride - The Crown of Sympathy [doom metal]
Cryptopsy - Phobophile [technical death metal]
Stormtroopers of Death - Milk [crossover]
1349 - Evil Oath [Norwegian black metal]
Brutal Truth - Bite the Hand [grind]

[Dancin' Man]

Dibs (where can I get the Stormtroopers od Death song?)

[Bartender]

I can host it for you.

EDIT: Here you go;

http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3EZGXPK65MBC212VG1G9FAIW4B

[Dancin' Man]

Please do (PS I'm hosting a song in the Pit FL. Go listen)

[Bartender]

Just a post to indicate that I edited it in above, in case you hadn't noticed. I'll go check out the Pit one.

[Dancin' Man]

Stormtroopers of Death - Milk

Never heard of them.

Begins with some bass. Then loud guitars and a sort of growl. Then the real drums come in with a ton of snare that is way too loud and keeps going. Then the vocals which are punk sort of chants. The song is alright when the drums go away but then they come back and it just sucks. Too much snare that is not cool. Mastodon has cool snare work, this band does not. Song is repetitive.

At least it's short. Nice and short.

2/10

I won't look for anymore.

Kadenzza - Monohoke - God of Worm (Awesome Japanese prog metal)

If anyone has heard this, I'll set up another song.
http://s12.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0288OGN46MZDB0QHWCK6BMOWNP

[Dancin' Man]

Hey all you out there, do my FL. Now.

[Huber]

I'll take dibs

[Huber]

Kadenzza - Monohoke - God of Worm

For about the first 1:30 seconds of the song it kind of alternates between two parts. One part being slower with a riff, basic drum beat, and some kind of keyboard effect in the background. The other part is far faster, with a heavy growl.

at about 1:30 it goes into a nice riff and a neat double-bass beat and then you hear a very nice guitar solo all up until about 2:30.

Then you get a dose of acoustic guitar work, with some percussion and keyboard work in the background. At about 3:40 some dialog is added to the slow acoustic guitar part.

At 3:23 your smacked out of the acoustic guitar and fall right into a huge guitar riff and it stays mellow with a bell ringing in the background until about 4:53 where you hear the same alternating of slow/fast part from the begining.

Then it all ends with some bells ringing and a choir note.

I enjoyed the listen, but it wasn't all that great of a song. I'll give it a...

7/10

Primus - Harold of the Rocks
Iced Earth - The Reckoning
Marilyn Manson - The Fight Song

[Permanent Solution]

I have stuff by all three of those bands, so I would prefer something new, but if not I can d/l one of the songs I don't have...

[evil ernie]

Dibs on that Primus song.

[evil ernie]

Primus - Harold of the Rocks

First ever Primus song I listen to, but I know them for having a supposely very talented bassist called Les Claypool. I'm eager to hear how good he actually is.

Song starts off and I immediatly dislike the singer's voice. He's got a thin and nasal voice. He is backed up by a nice funky wahwah riff and some cool closed hi-hat drumming. Very cool sounding introduction (except for the vocals), not the kind of stuff I am used to, but I like it, I somehow like the funky groove of that thing. Interesting shift at 0:33, a more chaotic riff, the guitar sound is very raw, the bass very important in the mix. Then returns to the funky verse, then the chaotic riff again, adding a few not so melodic variations. Aaaaahhhh, a bass solo, as expected :) All right he has the skills. Next is a slow paced guitar solo. The solo isn't my cup of tea neither. It is not melodic at all, sounds like a first take, the shredding part at 3:20 is awful in my opinion. The solo is very long, a little over 90 seconds. They then come back to the verse, and what finally seems to be the chorus, which I described as the chaotic riff earlier. Then there's a weird narrative thing in the end, and then an unexpected, weird finish.

I like the funky part of the song and the rythm section of this band seems really strong. I'm more into melodic and emotive music so that's not my thing really much. They are very creative and original, and I guess they are pretty entertaining live, that they enjoy a lot playing that kind of not so serious music.

I'll give it a 5/10, I won't be listening to this song for long, guess I'll delete it in about a week. I don't think I'll look for some more from them neither. I liked some parts, but that is just not my kind of music.

I recommend :

Ayreon - Day 20 : confrontation (massive prog project featuring a lot of singers such as James Labrie, Mikeal Akerfeldt, Irene Jansen, Magnus Elkwall, etc.)
After Forever - Beautiful Emptiness (kinda goth and power, with a male grunter and a female soprano)
Symphony X - Of Sins and Shadows (progressive power metal)
Adagio - Next Profundis (progressive neo-classical metal)
Bozzio/Levin/Stevens - Tragic (prog rock supergroup)

[Bartender]

Bump.

[LordDargon]

Too many people in here do not appreciate the greatness of classic crossover thrash. 1986 and the guy was blasting like that!

[fastfingers]

:angry:

[Bartender]

1985, I thought. Some of the earliest blast beats in that there song. Great lyrics, too.

[XyleM]

You guys should use the site 'yousendit' it would make it much easier for situations like this, I have been trying to find Ayreon - Day 20 but I can't. However if we were using yousendit, the file would be accessible immediately,

Just a thought.

[munky_magik]

You send it has been used.
Proof:
I can host it for you.

EDIT: Here you go;

http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3EZGXPK65MBC212VG1G9FAIW4B

[Dancin' Man]

I am much more upset that someone did not hear the genius of Kadenzza than the fact that crossover thrash has bad production.

[XyleM]

You send it has been used.

Thats all well and good, but it isn't being used now when people need it, is it?

[munky_magik]

Thats all well and good, but it isn't being used now when people need it, is it?
No, I was just informing you that this idea has been suggested annd used before.

[XyleM]

But it wasn't made mandatory or strongly recommended like the idea behind my post.

[munky_magik]

It can't be made mandatory because not everyone can use/will want to use it.
And your post hardly came across as a strong recommendation.

[XyleM]

Well re-reading it, it really doesn't lol :thumb:

Oh well. It was an idea to make things easier, but hey if you say it isn't gonna work I guess it won't.

[munky_magik]

It'll work for some people, but others don't have the time or connection speed to be able to upload the songs. Others prefer that their music is difficult to find.
Well, I say others. I mean Dargon.

[Dancin' Man]

I'm putting Ayreon on Yousendit right now so stay tuned for your dibs.

[3rdplanet]

I am much more upset that someone did not hear the genius of Kadenzza than the fact that crossover thrash has bad production.

I leeched that track, rather good I must say.

And yousentit just won't work for me.

[Dancin' Man]

http://s3.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1MQVU850S0DQZ1HZ6Q503F0011

day 20

[XyleM]

Ayreon - Day Twenty: Confrontation

Never heard of these guys before, nor have I heard much like it before. I suppose this is what this thread was intended for though eh?

It begins with a very soft, effect laden guitar riff, very very simple. Two vocalist contrast well at the beginning. Very abruptly into a heavy part of the song, all instuments seem very simple yet effective.

Again back to the opening riff, with the vocalists contrasting and using the 'call and answer' technique. Similarly as to the intro it progressed abruptly into the heavier part, this time their is a female singer and it complements this part perfectly.

This part progresses into a new riff. The song has a very space age sound to it, like when Homer goes into the 3-D land :thumb: All the vocalists are extremly talented, and have a great range. There is a new riff again softer... This continues for a bit and then it is distorted and a more powerful male voice is used, singing the same words as the singer before.

Again back to the beginning riff. Again the call and answer effect is used. Again into the heavier part, this song is starting to get very repeditive.

Whoa, nice little vocal display/solo from the female vocalist, her voice is really full and defined.

The tempo picks up although it is the same chord progression it still is keeping me intersted due to a male vocalist screaming and the female vocalist still utilising her voice. Whoa double kick? Wasn't expecting that. Snare hits increasing, to a very once again abrupt stop where the song is basically completed.

The song reminded me very much of Queen, although the style is different, the vocals harmonising with each other and contrasting just seem make me think of them. The instruments although very simplistic did their job, the guitarist must have used many effects to achieve the sound that he had going.

As expected the thing that carried this song were the vocals. I was, as you all probably can tell, blown away by the female vocalist, her voice was literally awesome to me.

Rating: 7/10

There was two things that this song lacked, a guitar solo and versatility. The song was too long to have the same structure, and little change in feel and lyrics until the last minute of the song.

Having said that I still really enjoyed the song, thanks fast fingers for uploading it.

My recommendations:

Audioslave - Getaway Car (Very relaxed song, Soft Rock) (http://s3.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2QCS9AH9CAX490PANVZRK46D67)
Deftones - Passenger (ft. Maynard) (Rock) (http://s28.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=129GY5MBU47ER2J75HRVKYV24W)
Incubus - Sick Sad Little World (Incubus Rock) http://s26.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0NZADS8KEHGPL0M9OR9CHLT0YA
Mudvayne - Internal Primates Forever (Metal)http://s26.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2MOQ8QVWJ04912JYHNW3D18H90

[XyleM]

Done and Done :thumb:

[Bartender]

Thanks. Dibs.

[evil ernie]

By the way there are three different female voices in this song, but I guess you're talking about Irene Jansen, the power female vocalist.

[Bartender]

Okay, this won't be my first experience with Mudvayne, but I wasn't particularly impressed with what I heard before, so this will be my first time really paying attention to them.
Mudvayne - Internal Primates Forever - 4:25

Starts off with pretty slow, odd riffing. Drums and (noticeably) bass come in around 0:10, along with vocals. Sounds like he's saying "jump". Verse starts, and I can see how they've gotten their reputation as 'weird'. The whole thing sounds "bitty". The vocals are mostly relatively clean (little growling or anything), but I can't really understand what he's saying. At least, not while typing. The guitar and drums both sound a bit too all-over-the-place for their own good, and it's kind of annoying. I like the bass though, it's fairly prominent and has a good sound.

Sorry, this is going to be a really bad review. There just doesn't seem to be much I can say. The guitars, despite the jerkiness, definitely sound like nu metal, but they're offset by that bass, which is really quite good.

This bit I like more; about 1:41 it's like the gaps between those riffs have been filled in, and there's a more flowing riff, which I like a whole lot more.

Total change of pace from about 2:30 onwards, but I can't keep my mind focused enough to figure out in what way. There's less of the stop-start jerkiness which I disliked before, though it's still present. The song ends with the vocalist (and backing vocals) repeating the title of the song (almost chanting it, but not quietly).

Well, that was weird. I didn't like the jerky, too-stop-start-for-it's-own-good part that the guitar and drums took for most of the song. The bass however, was really good. The vocalist kind of veered between good and bad.

Not sure what to give it. I think a cautious 7/10, and I'l probably have to listen to this more and check them out further.

Songs;
North - untitled (http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3DO6KCVJ14UXZ13OEEEN7KJW4Ul=) (relaxed, slightly funky Alt/Indie fodder by a ridiculously good, unsigned college-age band)

Nonpoint - Double Stakked (http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=367HOOI9JEQVE1QNCE1MOFY0TN) (nu metal)

Mr Bungle - Girls of **** (http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1ATR27HZU9ORW28AC2R1IGQB3B) (funky experimental stuff. Will probably be an advantage to have some knowledge of porn)

Anternicy - Holder of the Eye (http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3FGVQJZZQJ6OX0OTRX7R8SEFDM) (self-financed heavy metal)

Mr Lunt - Cheeseburger (http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=05V44QN5L8RTV3ATQKHVS7304M) (a touching love song, about cheeseburgers)

Einsturzende Neubauten - Ende Neu (http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0AJ424C49M1DK20VPO68P8D47V) (industrial/experimental)

Copy-pasted from Forced Listening;
That Neubauten track is a live version, with an air compressor solo at the beginning. It's a great piece of music, but unfortunately a lot of it's appeal also lies in it's lyrics, which are in German, and other aspects. The song is very carefully written, both in lyrics and structure, and becomes much greater than it already is if you know it's circumstances and such...not much can be done about that though, so this is just my futile attempt at explaining the inexplicable.

^There were originally only going to be three to choose from, but then MX froze, so I uploaded some more while waiting.

[Permanent Solution]

dibs

[Permanent Solution]

Aternicy - Holder of the Eye

Starts off with some snare work, then adds in guitar, then bass. I like the way it builds up like that, then it comes into the main riff in the song. Double bass and lots of tom work drives the song well coming into the verse, and amazingly, vocals don't come in until 2 and a half minutes in. You never get bored the whole time though. Lots of change ups, more so than you see in many instrumental pieces in fact. This has tons of riffs which is great because there are enough repeated ones to establish structure, but at the same time there is a lot to discover whilst listening.

Production is not fantastic, and the most noticeable issue is that during the guitar solo, the rhythm guitar is louder than the lead and I had trouble hearing it. It sounded fairly good, very Thrash influenced I think, but it was really tough to pick it out, which is a shame.

Musically, this piece is pretty complex, there is a lot to it and it takes several listens to absorb it all which is very nice, because so many bands are easy to give one listen and discard. All the musicians seem good at what they do, the vocals are perhaps less talented than the rest of the group imo. Sort of reminds me of Megadeth's vocals, which I am not very into either. Chorus was weird first listen because I thought it was being said in a different language, their pronunciation of the title is very interesting and made me think Middle Eastern. No doubt hard to find, but I'll definitely see if I can't find some more.

9/10 due to subpar production and not liking the vocalist a ton, though he fit with the band pretty well.

Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe - Themes (Progressive Rock)
38th Parallel - Higher Ground (Hard Rock)
Project 86 - Pipe Dream (Metal of some type, maybe Nu?)
Mod Flanders Conspiracy - Such is the Wrath of the Thrice Angered Manatee (Hardcore ish)
Blindside - Teddy Bear (Hardcore)

[Bartender]

^their vocalist used to post here on MX, which is how I found out about them. If you go to the Audio Arena and search, there should be a thread linking to several of their songs up for download; there used to be, anyway. Their website used to be www.anternicy1.com, I think, but I don't think it's there any more. The vocalist left a while ago, and they may have split up.

Also, could you upload one, or more, of your suggestions (if you have time and connection speed to spare)? :)

[Permanent Solution]

I've never used yousendit before...how do I use it (it's asking for an email?)...I'll definitely look into that though...

[Bartender]

It's actually pretty easy to use. The basic idea is that you upload whatever file you like temporarily to their bit of free webspace. The email it's asking for is the email of whoever you're wanting to give the file to; it sends an email to that address saying "Hello, someone's sent you this file, hosted at *link*".

I always just put my own email address in, though, because once the file's uploaded, you (the person uploading it) are given a link anyway, for convenience's sake. Which you can then hand out to friends/post on MX/etc until it gets taken down again.

[Permanent Solution]

ABWH - Themes (http://s28.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0TMIE46DSNTCN36U85ULX9C27A)
38th Parallel - Higher Ground (http://s28.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1M4D3M8PCDWPZ2R5NIH6ZOIREN)
Project 86 - Pipe Dream (http://s28.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1KGK5J07IYW5O34LE7I01YCAOP)
Mod Flanders Conspiracy - Such is... (http://s28.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0XLOSIUNCHQRF3N1OGCQIXAIMQ)
Blindside - Teddy Bear (http://s28.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=13DRMHROV6B3228BZRET4A7DJH)

Note: Most of these are m4a, not mp3.

[Bartender]

Okay, dibs. We'll see if I can play m4as.

EDIT: It appears I can't, so I've started downloading the only mp3 file there.

[Bartender]

Not heard or heard of these guys before.
38th Parallel - Higher Ground - 3:47

Starts off with a really cool rock riff. I mean, I really like this riff. I'm not sure if I'll like it after a few dozen times hearing it, but for now, I like it. It's got some acoustic guitar, I think, enhancing it by flitting around the edges of the main heavier riff.

Vocals come in, and I immediately somewhat like the song less. The guy, whoever he is, doesn't have a particularly bad voice, but I just think hard rock either needs someone with a really good voice (talented singer, I mean) or a gruff male voice. Not to say that's exclusive (Young Heart Attack, for example, fall into neither category, and their vocals are one of my favourite things about them), but I just want to get the point of why I don't like them so much across.

Still, it's not faltered the song too badly. The music I still quite like. The chorus is good, and has that opening riff backing it, even if, as a whole, it does feel a little safe, if you know what I mean. There's nothing to challenge you going on here, but for all that it's done well enough.

The structure of the song is impeccably normal. Intro-verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-chorus. It ends by fading out.

A solid 7/10 It's a reasonably respectable and perfectly enjoyable piece of easy-to-listen-to rock. Plus it had that riff.

Songs;
North - untitled (http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3DO6KCVJ14UXZ13OEEEN7KJW4Ul=) (relaxed, slightly funky Alt/Indie fodder by a ridiculously good, unsigned college-age band)

Nonpoint - Double Stakked (http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=367HOOI9JEQVE1QNCE1MOFY0TN) (nu metal)

Mr Bungle - Girls of P*rn (http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1ATR27HZU9ORW28AC2R1IGQB3B) (funky experimental stuff. Will probably be a slight advantage to have some knowledge of porn)

Mr Lunt - Cheeseburger (http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=05V44QN5L8RTV3ATQKHVS7304M) (a touching love song, about cheeseburgers)

Einsturzende Neubauten - Ende Neu (http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0AJ424C49M1DK20VPO68P8D47V) (industrial/experimental)

Copy-pasted from Forced Listening;
That Neubauten track is a live version, with an air compressor solo at the beginning. It's a great piece of music, but unfortunately a lot of it's appeal also lies in it's lyrics, which are in German, and other aspects. The song is very carefully written, both in lyrics and structure, and becomes much greater than it already is if you know it's circumstances and such...not much can be done about that though, so this is just my futile attempt at explaining the inexplicable.

[Arucard]

I cant belive you didnt like second heartbeat...
Oh well.

[Cocaine]

I wonder which version he heard. They had a version on a hopelessly devoted to you compilation first and then they re-recorded it for waking the fallen. They were surprisingly different.

[3rdplanet]

I had the Hopelessly Devoted to You one :S

So my review is kinda defunct I guess...

Well it says its the Hopelessly Devoted to You one in WinAMP.

[Arucard]

Oh right, i have the 'Waking The Fallen' one.

[Katana]

Second Heartbeat is awesome. If you like A7X, try All That Remains - The Deepest Grey, or Unearth - The Great Dividers.

[blueyxd]

Diib

gar, the North song link has expired.. not to worry, got another in que

[Bartender]

Sorry man, didn't see your edit until just now. Here's another upload of the North song, unless you're too far into doing another already;

http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1HMOTQIRIS32F20H0NF44HCV3N

[blueyxd]

Thanks.. but its nearly done .. I'll try and get the North song now while I can.

eh, may as well use this post for the review as well.. saving one for a sick kid in Antarctica or something

Nonpoint - Double Stakked

Seems a little surprising for Bartender to recommend nu-metal... so I'm investigating.

A simple guitar riff opens proceedings, and some fairly straightforward drumming follows quickly. There is other percussion too, its a bit like the slap bass sound of Korn, but it sounds better here as actual percussion.

It drops off to just bass and drums, semi-rapped vocals, some screamy one-worders.
Some prominent slap bass, then a heavy chorus about "I got that funky feeling".. nothing really imressive so far.

Same again. But the second chorus slows right down at the end of it, and it goes to an almost reggae feel. This reminds me of an Ochre song, the very same thing happens in the middle. The drums, bass and percussion, carries the rhythm while the guitars are sparse and somewhat atmospheric. I'm liking this bit.

The vocalist is back and he manages to sound a bit like Maynard here, whereas before he wasn't really anything standout (in either good or bad ways).

It gets heavier after a bit, but keeps the slow feel. Then it stops but for a few drum fills. I thought it would have ended up going faster, but it's gone back to the soft reggae bit again. Lots of guitar harmonics, a little guitar solo too, cool.

It fades out on this slow part, which isn't what I expected. I thought it would go heavy, and faster again.. but I don't mind when music goes against what's expected.

For nu-metal.. the first half was typical I guess, and I didn't really think much of it. The second half was good for me, I like that stuff, even when it went heavy for a bit, it was still better than the first half. However, the 2 parts didn't seem to match well and may as well have been 2 different songs. The instrument playing was above average, and it was fairly decent, nothing super though.

7.9/10

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Weddings Parties Anything - A Tale They Won't Believe - punkish sea-shanty about cannibalism. 7 mins

Broken Social Scene - Looks Just Like The Sun - laid back, lo-fi indie (up to 3:40 is all you need/should review)

Down - Landing On The Mountains Of Meggido - haunting acoustic southern rock

Alarum - Reconditioned - technical jazz/death metal

Anathema - Shroud Of Frost - melodic doom/death. 7.5 minutes

Darren Hanlon - Falling Aeroplanes - acoustic.. folk?

Marcy Playground - Rebel Sodville - renaissance themed rock

Delays - Wanderlust - feel-good britpop

Wumpscut - Black Death (French Concept) - heavy industrial/ambient techno

Hot Rubber Glove - Mud Elephant - trancey dub

If you can find Blueser on IRC - Undernet.. I am able to send, though I proably can't resume. Maybe I won't be on if this big grey cloud turns to a storm...
So at least one of the 10 songs should be easy to find

[Dancin' Man]

dubs

[Dancin' Man]

Broken Social Scene - Looks Just Like the Sun

So I've heard of but never heard of Broken Social Scene. Don't know what to expect.

Begins with a jazzy sounding classical guitar part and drums. Pretty chilled out. Then vocals which are nice and some bass guitar which is simple but soothing. Some noises are twittering around in the back and add to the song.

Then there is a sample saying "Keep going" and leads into a slightly different part but everything is the same for the most part. This song slowly builds up but more by adding more parts, not increasing intensity. There is even a little guitar solo which is pretty cool. One of those ones you should learn for just fooling around with some freinds who don't play instruments. This song is really cool. The vocalist reminds me of someone but I don't know who. There is a choir in the background now.

I like the little spoken commands as though it were a jam whcih it well may be based on the repetition. It's good repetition though because of the layering.

Post 3:40 - I still like this part. I think it is really cool and chilled out but it is sad sounding. Then some loud noise interrupts and then a clicking. Then the song is over.

I'll find more.
8.5/10

Kadenzza - Monohoke - God of Worm
http://s24.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=186K440I5DGUL13B8N8D3LDD69

If you need another song to review, just ask, I'll post some Old Man Gloom.

[blueyxd]

the clicking is the intro to the next track, I just lump those sounds after 3:40 in with that... yep. I think those spoken commands were actually recorded while playing, its just so lo-fi that they didnt bother to take them out of the final mix.

[blueyxd]

ok, I'll do this one too.. soon

[blueyxd]

Kadenzza - Mononoke - God Of Worm

A creepy march riff with synth strings and industrial guts opens the proceedings.
They stop for some half speed blast with some black metalish vocals, sounds somewhat mechanical. Sometimes the blasting is fast.. sometimes not. It seems random as to what they choose to play To get it out... I don't like when it's just blasting away with little to no melody, it bothers me.

There are many slight variations of each of the 2 musical ideas, and they are changing rather rapidly.

At 1:30, it goes more melodic, there's a wild keyboard solo, doubled by guitar?
At 2:30 fingerpicked guitar comes in, very soft here, after a while of this.. soft strings, and the sound of birds... some vocal samples.. how very contrasting to what came first in this song. I'm liking it, but dreading what I thinks going to happen when this bit's finished...

After about 2 mins it slows down... yep.. heres heavy industrial sounding marchy riff, a new one. but theres synth strings, even if dissonant, it's good to hear something with a distinct Hz reading, some bell sounds too and some seething bass hissing.. and back to halfspeed blasts and black metal vocal mechanisms. Goes between the fast and slow blasts often, there is much more keyboard use here too.

A short pause, "I am _____, god of worm" dunno what it says, but it's not Mononoke.
Then probably the heaviest and fastest bit yet comes in, but its not that long, it ends soon after with a few sparse, creepy keyboarded sounds taking it out.


Hmm.. no, its not the type of thing I go for, weirdly interesting though. The second time in FL today I don't see how the contrasting part fits, but it was a good breather from the intense bits. Those heavy bits weren't so bad by the end, maybe I got used to them, maybe it's because there were those keyboard sounds along with them at that point.

Drums like that will probably always annoy me, but melodies, even dissonant stuff, smooths them right out.. I cant really decide, its kind of a musical shock to me.. but it wasn't all that bad after all...
6.4/10?


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Weddings Parties Anything - A Tale They Won't Believe - punkish sea-shanty about cannibalism. 7 mins
Down - Landing On The Mountains Of Meggido - haunting acoustic southern rock
Alarum - Reconditioned - technical jazz/death metal
Anathema - Shroud Of Frost - melodic doom/death. 7.5 minutes
Darren Hanlon - Falling Aeroplanes - acoustic.. folk?
Marcy Playground - Rebel Sodville - renaissance themed rock
Delays - Wanderlust - feel-good britpop
Wumpscut - Black Death (French Concept) - heavy industrial/ambient techno
Hot Rubber Glove - Mud Elephant - trancey dub, instrumental

If you can find Blueser on IRC - Undernet.. I am able to send, though I proably can't resume.

[Dancin' Man]

Dibs

[Dancin' Man]

Alarum - Reconditioned

Begins with some nice chorused guitar. Then the drums and other guitar come in in a rhythmic chug but with the first riff still going. I like it. Then the chuggy guitars pick up and a guitar solo soon follows. I like the opening bit better, it was more original. In any case, this is still very, very good. The vocals. The singer is not my cup of tea. He has that same sort of crappy vocal like the Vader singer. At least the rest of what is going on is really good. Then clean vocals which are awesome. Reminds me of Winds there.

The drummer just keeps going with that double bass. It's not a blazing fast double bass, but it moves at fair speed. Overall this song is really good. Only the vocals are lacking.

8/10

Winds - Realization
Suidakra - Rest in Silence
Ulver - Crack Bug

Sorry it's short, I have to run. I'll post yousend it links later if no one can find it.

[Dancin' Man]

http://s7.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=19MB3I0U0UIRU1565RRIVA3HYI

Winds - Realization

[Bartender]

Dibs.

[Bartender]

I own and like The Imaginary Direction of Time, but not Reflections of the I, so I can review this. I know more or less what to expect though, I think.
Winds - Realization - 4:54

Starts with a relatively simple beat, and a nice wash of piano and strings. I think I was right in what I was expecting. Vocals come in, and it sounds like the same guy, though his voice sounds slightly different. He's got a really good voice, though; not too high pitched, but he really can sing, which fits the music excellently. I'm rather looking forward to some guitar pyrotechnics, I'll admit, since on The Imaginary Direction.., the guitarist is a bit of a nut.

So far I'm just getting little bits of guitar, nothing too good or bad. Ah, wait; a solo. Long (1:26-2:06 approximately), reasonably slow, and nicely widdly. Good stuff. After the solo, a non-singing, almost spoken-word voice comes in. This is the kind of voice you'd associate with Thriller; low, overly dramatic. Like that at the beginning of What is Beauty? It seems to be something Winds use quite a bit.

After he stops speaking, the "conventional" instruments fade away and we get just a string section playing.

Swift drum intro brings us back into the song some time later, and we're straight back in, with guitar more prominent than before and the guy singing over the top. Strings still playing in the background. This bit I like; after the guy stops singing, the drums are double-bassing away in the background, and the guitars play a pretty good riff.. on which the song leads out.

7.5/10 Just more good stuff from Winds. Ended a little abruptly, I think.

Songs;
North - untitled (http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1HMOTQIRIS32F20H0NF44HCV3N) (relaxed, slightly funky Alt/Indie fodder by a ridiculously good, unsigned college-age band)

Mr Bungle - Girls of P*rn (http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1ATR27HZU9ORW28AC2R1IGQB3B) (funky experimental stuff. Will probably be a slight advantage to have some knowledge of porn)

Mr Lunt - Cheeseburger (http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=05V44QN5L8RTV3ATQKHVS7304M) (a touching love song, about cheeseburgers)

Einsturzende Neubauten - Ende Neu (http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0AJ424C49M1DK20VPO68P8D47V) (industrial/experimental)

Copy-pasted from Forced Listening;
That Neubauten track is a live version, with an air compressor solo at the beginning. It's a great piece of music, but unfortunately a lot of it's appeal also lies in it's lyrics, which are in German, and other aspects. The song is very carefully written, both in lyrics and structure, and becomes much greater than it already is if you know it's circumstances and such...not much can be done about that though, so this is just my futile attempt at explaining the inexplicable.

[XyleM]

Dibs

[XyleM]

North - Untitled

Song starts with a a nice funky bassline. The whole band then joins in. Sounds like drums, keys and a guitar. The sound they create is a very chilled one. Now the vocals come in... Not too sure if I like his voice.

The same bassline from the beginning continues, with a guitar repeating a fairly simple man riff. The drummer keeps a simple beat going. The keys sound like they are just repeating the same chords, to keep the chord progression 'in tact' or even noticeable, this technique probably helps the bass and guitar mesh together, without them, it may sound just random.

Into the chorus there is a change in bassline, and guitar lead simple yet very effective keeps the same feel from the beginning of the song and sounds really relaxed. Still not sure whether I enjoy the vocals or not...

Back into the verse with the same format as the previous verse... Guitar dropped out and keys played the melody nice...

Into the chorus again, this time with back up vocals, very nice stuff. The atmosphere is still very relaxed.

Guitar solo - Simplistic however it fits the music. [3:26] - [3:30] that part of the solo really didn't fit the song. But the rest of it seemed to be really nice. He loves his mutes :thumb:

Into the bridge with a new guitar riff and the vocalist and the back up vocalist really just singing 'ohhhh' perfect for the atmosphere they had set. Then they had the keys play a relatively high part to finish, very nice way to end the song.

Rating - 9/10

I loved the song itself and the structure, however I'm just not sure about the vocalist, I can't quite place it, I don't dislike his voice, I think after a few more listens it would be alright :thumb:

Recommendations

Michael Angelo - No Boundaries (Instrumental - basically a guitar solo)http://s30.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1EBZAC7UK9RH50UF9LV4YDLUAN

Dream Theater - Hollow Years (Accoustic)
http://s30.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=273AOMIII4HMT3FY61EYQ62Q9L

Incubus - Sick Sad Little World (Incubus - Rock)http://s26.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0NZADS8KEHGPL0M9OR9CHLT0YA

Deftones - Passenger (Featuring Maynard of Tool)http://s28.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=129GY5MBU47ER2J75HRVKYV24W

Mudvayne - Death Blooms (Metal)
http://s30.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=22TVVRRE62IK60FYG87XIOEZA8

[enim]

im a first timer, but dibs on Dream theater...
edit: Not doing any others from that list

[Bartender]

You can do two if you like, a double review, but common practice is just to do one, and recommend a few songs for the next person. You're only supposed to take about 2 hours after you call dibs, though.

[enim]

Dream Theater - Hollow Years
now from what i know of dream theater, this song will be awesome. It is. starting with a simple time-keeping beat, it then brings in acoustic/classical guitar, drums, and a bass. Very easing sound, the kind you can fall asleep to. When the vocals come in, the song sounds complete. A very good guitar riff, easy (meaning soothing, its actually somewhat complex) bass, and drums. The chorus sounds like a worship song, but is very good. Great structure to the lyrics. They match the music perfectly. After the first chorus, a piano comes in for a short while, and then fades and the verse starts. Nearer to the end of the song, teh chorus (I think) Is repeated again, only a little harder, the vocalist is more prodominate with another singer. They repeat a line with the piano in the background, it sounds very worship-like. The song ends like that, with the piano guitar and drums doing their own outro.
Overall, a 8/10. Not what i expected from D.T. but good none-the-less.

My Recommendations
Zao - Hidden (Acoustic) (Dl'd off Kazaa, name may not be accurate, definatly Zao thou)
http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=37DQ3B89KA13L2OK8XQQJNA8DL (3.9 Meg. will resize upon requst)

Coldplay - Dont Panic (acoustic/soft rock)
http://s14.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3K58CBSOTAHHN0IUVBDIMSQXLN (798 KB, 44kbps WMA)

Skillet - Forsaken (Christian Metal/Rock, with a girl drummer.)
http://s15.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=16NKWSZ325HEM1XIY5IWR9I77S (1.44Meg. 64Kbps, MP3)

[blueyxd]

aye, I'll have another go. might get back into the Other music fl some time too..

[Bartender]

Yeah, we seem to have abandoned that really badly :(

[blueyxd]

yeh, I got discouraged after trying about 4 times to send a song to PAAA, without success, and I'm sure he got the sh'ts with me about that...

Well, I got borked by the Zao download restarting, from zero, twice! Already know the Coldplay song, so here's ..

Skillet - Forsaken

Distorted guitar intro, very nu-metal in style. Other instruments (bass/drums) then vocals come in. He sounds like the Nickelback singer... and there's also digital vocal corrections... :(

Very typical sounding, Evanescence level, nu-metal verse, it's not very heavy. Christian lyrics I guess, thats fine, he can sing about what ever he wants to.
There's a softer pre-chorus with some synth strings/keyboards in there too., and then a typical heavy (on the nu-metal scale) chorus.

The song goes through melodic passages of heavy-not so heavy-heavy, with an even heavier bridge in there, it's a predictable pattern of rises and falls, it seems longer than it should... I guess its not following the simple verse-chorus-verse thing exactly.

At least the intstruents sound gutsy when played, the girl on drums sounds powerful.

I'm sure it's popular with the younger teen crowd, just a Christian take on what's popular in pop/rock music. Fairly melodic, easy on the ears, though theres a few screams in it.

Sadly this type of thing offers very little inspiration to me musically, I like my music interesting, defiant, and unafraid to do something different. This was just to simple, too common

I can't say I hated it, but I'll take a whole point off for that vocal correction.
It ends up about 4.5/10

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Now I have to back myself up with some interesting music...

any of the songs listed in my previous FL's on this page, bar Alarum and Broken Social Scene

plus some linkages

The Grand Silent System - Champion - experimental ethnic rock
http://www.thegrandsilentsystem.com/av/

Hot Rubber Glove - Mud Elephant - trancy dub, instrumental
http://www.hotrubberglove.com/_dl/mp3/hot_rubber_glove_mud_elephant.zip

Breakeven - En Vogue - ska hardcore
http://files.mp3.com.au/MP3/Breakeven/Breakeven-None-En%20Vogue.mp3

[enim]

yeah those digitals get me.....blah. thats the only song with them there.

dibs

[enim]

Hot Rubber Glove - Mud Elephant
First things first, oooo techno. This should be tough.

Starts with a beep-like thing, brings in very electronic sounding drums, doing a lil bit of randomness to the beat. Then piano and vocals, reminds me of DDR.

The vocals drop out, so we are left with a beat from the beep, the drums, and piano. Then a xylaphone/metalaphone comes in, and a synth. Its got me into it now, its trance, and i love trance. The xylaphone is an awesome addition to the song.

About 4 min or so into the song, vocals come in, in a foreign language. theres a little bass in the back that is getting repetitive, as are the drums.

Then a saxaphone. Its really getting boring, i must say. Thank god its over.

overall: no more then a 4. It really was not that great for trance/techno at all.

Both my rec.'s are techno in some sort of sense.
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DJ Shadow - Organ Donor (Organ Techno....) (4.5 Meg)
http://s31.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0EPV5I4DHYJ0A0WQ1BGK6UVDOZ

The Dust Brothers - Psycho Boy Jack (Rock/Techno) (4ish meg)
http://s18.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0IH0ADT4C2ARF016NYKHX6C9L5

[blueyxd]

yeah, what I heard of the Zao song sounded alright, I wish it had worked fully.. but whats done is done now.

also I noticed some hypocrisy on my part. that Grand Silent System song has some vocal corretion too :s

[Dancin' Man]

Mebbbe I'll start doing Other FLs. Pit and R&M are good but a 3rd would be great

[Bartender]

Dibs.

[Bartender]

I own Endtroducing, so it has to be the Dust Brothers. I get the feeling I'll already have heard this in passing though, on Fight Club.
The Dust Brothers - Psycho Boy Jack - 2:57

Okay, I've listened through this a few times now, and have discovered a couple of things; firstly, it does sound familiar. Secondly.. as far as Forced Listening goes, it's an awful song. I actually quite like it overall, it's pretty good, but for Forced Listening, it sucks a lot, simply because not much happens.

Most of it is almost impossible to describe without sounding like you have the vocabulary of a child, e.g. I could say "well it starts off with this weird pulsing sound, which carries on for a while, and then this funny weedle-eedle-eedle sounds comes in. That goes on for a while, and then we get some "real" instrumentation (i.e. some drums and guitar playing), over which this noise continues weedle-eedle-eedling." etc.

I just don't know what to say, since it seems to be based a lot on repetition and practically indescribable sounds. It's good though, none of the noises get annoying (except perhaps this very deep bass sound that repeats itself for a while). Only real complaint is that it's short, and it makes bad Forced Listening fodder.

7/10 Sorry for the short review.

Songs;
Mr Bungle - Girls of P*rn (http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1ATR27HZU9ORW28AC2R1IGQB3B) (funky experimental stuff. Will probably be a slight advantage to have some knowledge of porn)

Mr Lunt - Cheeseburger (http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=05V44QN5L8RTV3ATQKHVS7304M) (a touching love song, about cheeseburgers)

Einsturzende Neubauten - Ende Neu (http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0AJ424C49M1DK20VPO68P8D47V) (industrial/experimental)

Copy-pasted from Forced Listening;
That Neubauten track is a live version, with an air compressor solo at the beginning. It's a great piece of music, but unfortunately a lot of it's appeal also lies in it's lyrics, which are in German, and other aspects. The song is very carefully written, both in lyrics and structure, and becomes much greater than it already is if you know it's circumstances and such...not much can be done about that though, so this is just my futile attempt at explaining the inexplicable.

[Bartender]

Bump.

[3rdplanet]

dibs

[3rdplanet]

Mr.Bungle - The Girls of Porn

Been meaning to try and find some music by this band, so had to do the FL on them.

Also, I'm glad I did this review before a youngster decided to.

The track opens with some fitting sound effects, I'm guessing from one of Patton's favourite videos, shortly accompanied by what I guess is a marraca and a funky, but quiet, guitar diddle. After the brief speech telling us about the competion, and a scream of '666!' we get some overdrive and what is essential a rockin' riff. Not uber heavy, but very bang your headish.

A nice drum bridge brings you into the verse and the first sounds from what I guess is a Sax. The guitar, bass and sax mix wonderfully, with the sax dropping out when Patton begins to sing. This song reminds me of Vice City, even though it wasn't on the soundtrack I believe. Patton's vocals are great, funny/good lyrics aswell.

The interlude allows for a bit more of the audio from the video, with the name Mr Bungle appearing in it too. The part which I would call the chorus is not a let down, the 'whomping' bass line is excellent. Patton's voice is brilliant and it all sound funky as together. The intro piece is repeated again, with a little extra percussion to bring you out of the chorus part.

The verse is repeated again, this time with different lyrics, and at the end we get a brief solo on the guitar, which is over powered by the audio sample, which isn't too good. Patton has a vocal solo after this, using lots of different styles to describe all the various styles of **** he knows.

4:00 brings back the 'whomping' bass, and it's brilliant. The song plays again until a break where you here a female voice say "Mr Bungle" and it comes back with the intro riff, this time with far more going on, a guy saying 'I'd buy that for a dollar!'. The song carries on in this vein until the end, with some frantic sax to finish, and a few shouts of 'yeah!'.

Brilliant song. Maybe a bit offensive, so I will give it a 9/10.

Ephel Duath - The Embossed (Eperimental/Industrial Metal?!)(http://www.elitistrecords.co.uk/audio/ephelduath2.mp3

Novembre - Distances (Doom Metal)

Porcupine Tree - Sleep of no Dreaming (Prog Rock)

I can email the other two songs, but I can't upload to www.yousentit.com for some reason.

[munky_magik]

Dibbums

[munky_magik]

Porcupine tree - Sleep of No Dreaming
Prog Rock - Approx. Running time = 5:24.

The song kicks off with some broken chords on an organ, is joined by windchimes and is promptly followed by drums and bass. A very Chilled and relaxed start to the song. Clean vocals join around the 20 sec mark and add to the relaxed, laid back feeling.
A short drum fill leads us in to an epic chorus which picks up the pace a 'lil. Clean guitar w/reverb enters, imitating the organ intro. Emtional vocals soar over the top of this.
1:30 mark and we move back into the intro section, this time with a nice guitar solo, also laid back. The vocals join back in around the 2 min mark, and this section is essentially the same, bar the odd organ variation.
Another drum fill takes us back into the chorus section, which then repeats it's self with slight overdubs and no vocals. The momentum of the song has really built up by the end of the second repeat before being cut back again by entering a drum and bass section. Which is also, I hasten to add, laid back. Vocals also come in on top of this. Eerie overdubs barely audible in the background create a nice sense of ambience.
The Chorus is again revisted after this at the 3:46 mark, and it also does the repeat with overdubs. This time the overdubs ascend towards the end of the section and give a great sense of climax.
At 4:31 the chrous is altered by throwing in some atonal notes, which dispel the sense of Climax. However this sense is then continued with an ascending feel which draws the song to a dramatic close.

I've liked everything I've heard by Porcupine Tree, and this song is no exception. It's very laid back and is great for relaxing to.
8/10

Recommendations:

Arcturus - Ad Astra(Avante Garde metal, I think):http://s26.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1BRGH0LGLK1DN2T9JFT2FYO8AF

Badly Drawn Boy - Disillusion(Alt/Indie):http://s28.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=22YMPOVLVX02E0N35040B3AYC6

Dark Tranquility - White Noise/Black silence(Melodic Death): http://s24.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0KXEV4P9MES153B6OM78J1UJKU

Extreme - He-man Woman Hater(Funk Rock):http://s11.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2N9W1ART3J8C70CIHC2AXWVWMX

Gilby Clarke - Tijuana Jail(Rock n Roll): http://s18.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=07PA9ITF59ZC01FLJN95MA2R7H

[Permanent Solution]

tenative dibs (how long do I have to write it once I dibs? I can do it in about 3 hours)

[munky_magik]

Unless someone is absolutely desperate to do it take your time :)

[Permanent Solution]

Arcturus - Ad Astra

Wow, eight minutes to review, hope this is awesome.

Yeah...actually, it's really good. I'm going to need several more listens to even give this a decnt review heh...

The strings make this song. I love them. I love classical music, and this has all the trappings of a classical composition piece and...well, I never knew I would be able to call a metal piece truly beautiful, but it really is. Starts out with some strings (I think Cellos) and a beat being held contant on the bass drum. Some more strings are added (violins?) and snare comes in as well, finally a real drum beat starts, and there is some brass work faintly in the background, the strings still dominant. The guitar comes in backed by the strings and it is phenomenal. Then it drops back to the intro again, which might be my favorite part of the song, it is magnificent.

Much as I usually like drums to be mixed a little higher, they fit very well as is, and are well suited to the song. The strings finally fade out near the middle and a (harpsichord I think?) comes in with the strings soon accompanying. I love the emotion the strings manage to convey. Vocals come in around 5:30 in. A little distorted and very background, not so much a fan of them the way they are done, but still interesting. Then comes the fantastic guitar solo, absolutely amazing. Nice and long too :)

More distorted vocals, off beat drums, and some heavy guitar chords backed by strings follow the solo, and very harmonic guitar riffs back the second solo-type thing, that really, unfortunately has a brief climax.

I would love to mark it down for the vocals and (imo) poor ending, but I really can't take off much because there is so much good so...
9.5/10

Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe - Themes (http://s30.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2ZSAWOYXMIP4P02VTS4AE7YSFQ) (Progressive Rock)
Project 86 - Pipe Dream (http://s30.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1WIPXQ50WH2IS2F6IUL4A0FF81) (Metal of some type, maybe Nu?)
Mod Flanders Conspiracy - Such is the Wrath of the Thrice Angered Manatee (http://s30.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1N407W4NMASLS1X77J76O36CYQ) (Hardcore ish)
Blindside - Teddy Bear (http://s30.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0999KAQRRTW21372C24B1JF7GA) (Hardcore)

All mp3s this time :)

[Bartender]

Dibs. Thanks for changing them to mp3s :)

[Bartender]

I know some of the music of each of these guys (most notably One of a Kind by Bill Bruford), so I'm kinda looking forward to hearing this.
Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe - Themes - 5:58

Starts off with what I assume are keyboards playing a repetitive melody, with the occasional deeper, more resonant note, alternated with a noise that could be any number of things; different work on the keys, a synth, maybe even a very high note on a guitar. Whatever it is, I like it.

A really cool drum intro brings us into the song proper just after the minute mark, and it's really upbeat. High pitched vocals, but not in a bad way, I like it. The bass is kicking it all over the place too, along with the drums, and the whole thing is surprisingly catchy. This is really good so far, I was expecting something a lot less energetic, but this works.

Some lyrics about demons and devils (unfortunately his not believing in them, but still), and the vocals stop for a while for an instrumental break. It's getting perhaps a little too cheesy with the keys, but not for long, everything else I still like. Actually, now that I think about it, this whole section seems to be one big keyboard solo, bookended by less spastic and very cool guitar (I think) solos.

The drums again mark a change of pace, and the song slows down slightly.

And in fact the rest of the song is all instrumental, which was a little unexpected, I thought the vocalist would come back in at some point. Not much I can say about the rest of the song really, as it was basically just more or less repetitions of what previously went on in the song, I think. It was all good, though, especially the drums and bass (and keys, I suppose, but I don't have that much of a taste for this style of keyboards).

8/10 Would have been higher if the vocals came back in, I think. Sorry again for the relatively short review.

Songs;
The Levellers - Just the One (http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2GSQNO9UZRNKW24676GWS28ONY) (Irish folk/rock)

The Levellers - Celebrate (http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1L5Y07IWMRXIT2HLUIGNFO0GOD)
The Levellers - Rain and Snow (http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1D8JJNJUELACJ0UMOO52OPNZZW) (Irish folk/rock)

If you do Celebrate or Rain and Snow, please do both of them together (i.e. add them both to your media player and play Celebrate, letting it just run into Rain and Snow). Rain and Snow is a 1:30 folkier piece which is just led right into from the end of Celebrate.

Einsturzende Neubauten - Ende Neu (http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2V7FUMEZ3JTFJ1ZBCBOIIIXIEZ) (industrial/experimental)

[enim]

dibs: and my review for Ende Neu.

First off, wow. an air compressor solo. Thats seriously the oddest intro to a song (live or not) i have ever heard. Yet in a way, it was very cool. Not to many people would be able to pull it off.

The air compressor solo ends to either bongs played with sticks, or some other intrument i dont know. It has an awesome sounding riff, then a vocalist (with a slightly eary voice) comes in. Then drums, and the part he plays is amazing. The vocals keep going in the verse, then go into the chorus without any additional instruments. The German lyrics are amazing, the way they rhyme and fit the music. I speak some german so i know that hes is almost using perfect grammar, very awesome.
At smoe parts through the song, there is a synth, just adding to the eire effect of the vocals. The song at parts sounds very complex, but after hearing it a few times, you realize that is the same thing over an over again, but the way it is played with so much passion is great.

Overall, this song is an 11/10.

Songs:
Nonexhist - Ebony Towers (4.2 Meg) (http://s22.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2JM8I9R8P58QI2XTH0RFTXPHJR)
Slipknot - Confessions (1.75 Meg) (http://s24.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1PUBR0LSM9J9P3K8HD1MPQVB43)

[Devil Inferno]

dibs.

NonExist - Ebony Towers] 4:58

Intro riff, quite a good riff, but the guitar tone is not very good.

4:45, song kicks in with leads and rolling toms. again, the leads need to be more smooth, and less disodant.

the main riff is quite good at 4:27 ,the lead parts are quite nice. this helps you forget the not so good intro before.

4:12, vocals come in, the guitars remind me a little of in flames. From this part, it sounds quite ok.

for around 1 minute, the some remains the same, without any dynamics, just the same atmosphere. it gets a little boring. the leads come in at 3:05, which entertains, from the almost boring verse now.

2:40, wow! They slowed down the song, to chorused guitars. very nice atmosphere here. 1:58, solo, nice solo here. 1:34, starts to speed up.


The song gets better, after the solo, its just the same as the verse before (but it sounds better suprisingly), and it ends.

The first minute of the song was not too good, but it got better towards the end.

7.5/10

Recommendations :
Judas Priest : Rock Hard Ride Free (heavy metal)
Sonata Arctica - Full Moon (super melodic power metal)
Kamelot - The Spell (symphonic power metal)
Testament : Disciples of the watch (thrash metal)

[Godmic]

dibs

[Godmic]

Sonata Arctica - Full Moon 5:08

The song starts off with a very light melody on the keyboard. (Probly my favorite part of the song)

Then comes the power metal in all its clory with the singer (that can actually sing) and melodic guitar riffs. It gets somewhat predictable as it moves between the verse and chorus with the background vocals echoing the lead singer like other 80's power ballads. The melody of the song hardly changes until the solo.

As for the lyrics, they are somewhat decent containing the sad and lonely story of a girl who should have locked the door when her man sees the full moon. Werewolf maybe?

The solo is almost as predictable with the lighter, more upbeat riffs with lots of reverb.

This song was refreshing to hear after hearing all of the static filling the airways these days.

Overall I give it an 7 out of ten because of it's predictability. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys serious power metal.

Songs:

Soilwork - Soilwork's Song of the ****ed
Joe Satriani - Attack
In Flames - Moonshield
Alterbridge - One Day remains

[LordDargon]

dibs

[LordDargon]

In Flames - Moonshield

Before I did this, I checked what album it was from. It's off Jester Race, a gothenburg album. So far things are not looking good; Gothenburg is what ****ed up the new Kreator.

Starts off acoustic with the bass drum in the background. The riff is nothing special. It changes around 0:30. Still sounds kinda folky, nothing great. Goes distorted just before 1:00. What I would expect gothenburg riffing to sound like.

The vocals are alright, similar to most melodic death I've heard.

So it just goes on, mid-paced like this, until 2:50, where we get a random and sudden acoustic break. One minute later, I'm sleeping happily away, when the distortion cuts in and wakes me up. Same riff that was used earlier. It keeps going on with the same or vaguely similar riffs until the end.

So: Acoustic wank, no aggression or headbanging value, ruining the new Kreator: I'll chalk this one up for a 4/10.

My ****:
Darkthrone - Natassja in Eternal Sleep (raw black metal)
Sauron - Thrash Assault (unholy thrash metal)
Protector - Delirium Tremens (thrash metal)
Holy Terror - Christian Resistance (thrash metal with NWOBHM influences)
Insision - Imminent Vision (brutal death metal)

The Insision can be accessed at the band's site, if you can't find the others.

[LordDargon]

Bump.

I have them all on slsk, Lord Dargon, but that Darkthrone should be easy to find.

[blueyxd]

definitley not a bump

[Huber]

Dibs

Darkthrone - Natassja In Eternal Sleep

The song starts with constant repeating guitars backed by a just as repetitive drum beat. Shortly you hear the vocals come in. There kind of echoey. They stay that way through the whole track, and I kinda like the effect. THe drums and guitar does the same thing thoughout the whole song, but the vocals kinda fit it. The only change I heard was around 2:35, the guitars and drums were still playing the same thing voer and over, but this time the guitars played a differen't repetitive riff, and the drummer moved his hand to the ride cymbal.

That's pretty much it. Very, very simple song. I like the growl, but incredibly repetitive and short. I can't give this more than a

4/10

songs:
Meshuggah - New Millenium Cyanide Christ
Primus - John the Fisherman
Rammstein - Feuer Frei!

[Devil Inferno]

dibs

Rammstein - F.F. 3:12

An electronic intro, prob keys

then distortion SUDDENLY comes in. and i mean suddenly. if you're about to sleep during the intro, this will definately wake you up.

The some electronic stuff is done during the distortion fade.

Vocals come in. The guitars are very soft on the background, but the riff can be heard. from the intensity of vocals and drums, you can tell its building up straight from the first verse. esp at 2:42

at 2:32, finally the guitars come in, although industrial metal, its a good riff to headbang too. Much engery here too.

2:11, the song tunes down again, and builds up again.

Chorus comes in again, and the rocking starts once again. The much electronics throughout the song is really unnecessary, but well.

1:33, turntable solo i think.

1:18,a weird song can be heard, sounds like overbent guitars.

1:08, sounds like building up, but it suddenly stops.

1:01, everything goes silent, but if you hear carefully, you can hear some singing.

0:43, A great build up again, esp the drums. back to chorus! bang bang!\

Sorry about my timing, its the timing "left" and not the "real timing"

which means

0:43's timing is equal to 3:12 - 0:43.

A great song overall, nice buildups, energetic.

Recommendations
Sonata Arctica - My Selene (super melodic power metal)
Gamma Ray - Lake Of Tears (power metal)
Scorpions - You And I (classic hard rock/heavy metal)
Arcturus - Radical Cut (Avant-Garde, Atmospheric, electronic black metal)

[XyleM]

Does anyone have a copy of htat Sonata Arctica song? I can't find it. I checked out their homepage and what not, but I don't have kazza or anything like that, so if someone can please yousendit, or host it somewhere it would be greatly appreciated :thumb:

[Devil Inferno]

i have it. do you have any IMs?

[Arucard]

Dargon, unholy trash metal is NOT a genre.

[XyleM]

i have it. do you have any IMs?

No :upset:

[munky_magik]

Give me 15 mins and I'll have it uploaded for you.

[LordDargon]

SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP

I WILL NOT TOLERATE PEOPLE WHO CANNOT SPELL THRASH PROPERLY

[munky_magik]

http://s18.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=06JUG9BFV5ZXL38JFD7PSM23DW - Sonata Arctica - My Selene

Sorry it took so long

[munky_magik]

I may as well bump this as I think I took too long in uploading the song.
http://s18.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=06JUG9BFV5ZXL38JFD7PSM23DW - Sonata Arctica - My Selene

[enim]

fine ill freaking do it. gimme like 5 minuets

[enim]

uh that file doesnt work, like at all, on my computer.
so just to start it back up. ill throw down some songs and try that one some more:
Something Corporate - Me and the Moon (Piano/Alt Rock)
Thousand Foot Krutch - All the Way (Funk/Rock/Rap (only a lil rap))
Across Five Aprils - Blue-eyed Suicide (Metal i guess)

ill haev yousendit links up shortly

[enim]

That file wont work for me. So here are some otehrs if someone wants to do them whilst i try My Selene again.

Across Five Aprils - Blue-eyed Suicide (Metal?)
Thousand Foot Krutch - All The Way (Funk-Rock)
Something Corporate - Me and the Moon (Piano-alt-rock)

ill have yousendit links up shortly

[Bartender]

No, we have to do DI's first.

[munky_magik]

File still works for me. I thought it would have timed out by now.

[superpeer]

I'll do it.

[superpeer]

That file doesn't work. It's true.

[munky_magik]

I can re-upload it if you want/can't find any of the others. Just say the word.

[superpeer]

Yeah, re-upload it, if you can.

[munky_magik]

http://s3.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3N3FZ4G02G0NA3BCTVBJ5WGXIO should work. Hopefully.

[superpeer]

Sorry, doesn't seem to work. :(

[munky_magik]

Oh well :( I'll see if I can sort it tomorrow, I'll probably just end up doing it.

[evil ernie]

I'll do it. Dowloaded the song from Lime Wire, took about 15 min.

[evil ernie]

Sonata Arctica - My Selene

I have already heard a bunch of their songs, such as Full Moon, Wolf and Raven and Land of the Free, but I have somehow never been impressed by this band, and I'm a power metal fan. Their last album, Reckoning Night, received very good reviews and I wanted to check it out, so here are my thoughts about the 7th track of this album, the only one not written by the singer Tony Kakko.

The song starts pretty quickly, well...not as much as Wolf and Raven does. Fast paced power metal drums with a somewhat slow keyboard melody, definetly a power metal sounding intro. After about 25 seconds comes in a short rythmic riff, nice and heavy. The first verse comes in and, as usual it seems, the entire vocal line is harmonized. I really like vocal harmonies, but I prefer when it is timed right rather than juste always present. Good melody, grows into some pre-chorus anouncing a faster riff to come, which is the chorus. The vocal harmony persists through the chorus as well. Nice melody again, power metalish to the bones, but I think that the vocals lack some energy. I prefer when power metal vocalists are pushing their voice with power and conviction (read Tobias Sammet or Daniel Heinman if you can't figure out what I mean). Another verse-chorus, pretty much the same, still good, not great. At the end of the second chorus there some kind of a bridge (not sure it is the right term), very interesting, best part so far. A guitar solo is up next. It sounds like the dude is going to throw some cheesy melody, but it quickly shifts down to a darker lead part, I like it. They then go back to the heavy palm muted riff they played at the begining and after the first chorus, this time along with the singer. No vocal harmony this time....oh wait...it's back again. Then comes the keyboard solo, very nice, shifting back to where the guitar solo started in terms of tonality, well done. The end of the solo is played by both the guitar and the keys, sounds good. They go back to the pre-chorus/chorus. They repeat the chorus one last time, one third higher, so the vocalist finaly pushes is voice a little, he sounds way better like this in my opinion. The harmonies are very rich in the last chorus, great work there. The last riff is very dark compared to the chorus, gives a nice change of feel in the end.

I liked the song, some parts were very cool, promising for the rest of the album. I'll need to listen to at least one more song though to see if it is worth buying it. This is by no mean a power metal classic, not a great song I will listen to all day long, but it is worth staying in my random playlist. It is a lot more creative and original then the songs I had heard from them. The only thing that keeps me unattracted to this band is the singer. The perpetual vocal harmony gets a little boring and I think he lacks the balls power metal singer usually have. He's got a lot of potential and a very nice vocal tone.

7.5/10


This time I will suggest only two songs from a single band. It is an usigned band, friends of mine. They are currently recording their first pro quality demo.
They play melodic rock, their most notable influences (maybe not on these particular songs) are Cold Play, Red Hot Chili Peppers and a bunch of Brit Pop bands.

The first song was recorded live, but the sound quality is very good.
From their official website (french website, english lyrics) :
Blue Funk Disease - Le Poisson
http://bluefunkdisease.com/demo/Poisson.mp3

The second one is a little heavier (not metal though) and emotive.
Blue Funk Disease - Chorus
http://s27.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=34NNWOOQI5PGD1MI7E4UUHH0AD

Would be great if someone could review both ;)

[evil ernie]

shbump

[the2stranger]

dibs

[the2stranger]

Blue Funk Disease - Chorus

I hand't really read you description of the band above.
so I was excoecting some funk, of which I'm not too big a fan.
but i got pleasantly surprised :)

the song:

starts of with some nice emotive guitaring.
at 0:19 another guitar starts palying underneath.
nice, this band is unsigned?
weird, what I hear so far sound s really good.
at 0:50 drums and vocals come in, do I hear any bass?
I don't like the vocals, they remind me of
/thinks
meeh, can't remember, but they sound familair
at 1:23 the instrumental part gets a bit more intersting.
1:55 this sounds great with the backing vocals.
2:25 a great interlude, wow, this is intense, reminds me of katatonia.
2:41 vocals back, it' sounds quite intense now, I really like it.
this reminds me a bit of Creed and the Offspring.

3:12 another interlude, reminds me even more of katatonia and that effect is.
a short vocal part, and once more I swear I'm listening to Katatonia.

the vocals sound better than in the beginning, but are still a bit of a letdown for me.
a little turning more towards screaming at the end.
and
the end :p


wow.
this sounded great
except for the vocals, just not my thing.
although there's nothing wrong technical-wise.
but the rest soubds great, although I couldn't really recognize their influences as you stated.

overal:

4/5

the vocals are the letdown, otherwise it would have scored higher.

my picks:

canvas Solaris - when solar winds collide (instrume(n)tal.
no-man - together we're stranger (ambient soundscapes)
pain of salvation - ending theme ( prog metal)

enjoy

[munky_magik]

If you can, try to upload the songs to http://www.yousendit.com so that they're easily avaliable to others.

[the2stranger]

alright
I'll try to sign up and all, haven't used that program before

give me a sec

[munky_magik]

You don't need to sign up, just enter your own e-mail address where it asks for one, copy the link provided and paste it here.

[the2stranger]

canvas solaris - shen solar winds collide
http://s22.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=37EW0A4LCOPEQ0D2P42I8NRQKN

no-man - together we're stranger
http://s24.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2EALDGBFL6S0N02VTIH1I56DJJ

sorry, can't be arsed to upload the last one, cause it taking too long

[evil ernie]

the song:

starts of with some nice emotive guitaring.


Actually, it's bass. That should answer to your "do I hear any bass" question.

Thanks for the review, the guys will hear about it. Oh and, they have no idea who Katatonia is, but I agree it is similar in some points.

[blueyxd]

ok, I'm doing this one

aw man, 11 mb... it'll take a while to get. still going to do it though, be patient

[blueyxd]

I'm going to change my fl style. For too long I've done play by play reviews, without having as much focus on how I feel about the music. I will still keep both elements, but switch emphasis towards what I think of it, not what's actually happening.

Canvas Solaris is one band I've wanted to hear for a while now.. but I feel like softer music today

No-Man - Together We're Stranger

Ambient soundscapes sounds like something I might like, as long as it isn't too minimalist, random, or noise based.


The 20 seconds of electronic buzz at the start made me wonder about the possibility of this being a noise based piece, but some very calm synth takes over by playing light melodies. Hammond organ sound takes over after a while playing some simple chords.

It's very calm, and I really like it so far. It reminds me of the ambient parts in Anathema songs, in fact it could easily be them just stripped of the guitar, bass, drums and vocals.

I got a surprise at 2:40, there actually are vocals in here, it's a guy singing sparsely, his voice sounds a bit breathy, with a little bit of a whine. 3:45 brings out some guitar too, softly strummed and sparse again. All is still so calm, and it sounds so much like the intro of Anathema - Emotional Winter.

If you can imagine some really calm music to go with these photos, you've probably got something like this song.
http://www.cenotes.com/fotos/cavediving.jpg
http://blue-abyss-divers.com/cave1.jpeg
http://www.diving.lv/public/userimages/Inland%20sea.jpg

Vocals have long since stopped. Up until 7:20 there's some "lead" guitar - very, very nice, it fits the mood perfectly. The hammond organ chords sound more like high strings now. After that, it's a synth comedown, with some bubbly sounds, and a horn? Just before the track ends there's a power-up, I presume that goes into the next track.

I know plenty of R+M people wouldn't like it because of the lack of activity... but I absolutely love it. It's so nice.. even if the vocals were a little bit whiny, and even if it sounded so much like Anathema, I'd still give it 11/10, or maybe even 11/9.

__________________________
Anathema - Temporary Peace - soft ambient rock. music goes to about 5:40, waves to to 7:52, after that is bonus track territory

Tension - Fantastic - nu metal/Mastodon-ish sound - http://www.tensionmusic.com/audio/fantastic.mp3

TISM (or maybe T.I.S.M.) - The Last Australian Guitar Hero - alt-pop-comedy, language warning
Weddings Parties Anything - A Tale They Won't Believe - punkish sea-shanty about cannibalism. 7 mins
Soundgarden - The Day I Tried To Live - slow hard rock with strange time sigs
Down - Landing On The Mountains Of Meggido - haunting acoustic southern rock

ATTN Bartender: (and anyone else interested)
{Miocene} - The Fall - experimental electronic/technical heavy rock/_______ ____
http://www.xtaster.co.uk/mioscene.mp3

[enim]

could i pretty please have a yousendit link to the Anathema piece. I dig the ambiance.

[blueyxd]

no, I don't use/won't be using yousendit, it's way too hard to upload stuff properly from my connection...
should be easy enough to find on the file sharing things.. maybe even google if you're lucky

[Dancin' Man]

dibs.

[Dancin' Man]

{Miocene} - The Fall

I have had the pleasure of hearing about half of Cellular Memory and crave more.

Begins with what sounds like it could be a rap beat. Then the cool guitar comes in. Doesn't seem to be quite following the time signature. Sounds cool though. And a synth is swelling. Then vocals with a new, simpler but cool guitar part. Too much delay on the vocals for my taste. Then the song picks up but because of the mixing doesn't really. I know it's supposed to but it doesn't. Then a quiet bit with light drums and mostly vocals. I really like the vocals here. This song reminds me a bit of Gordian Knot... but with vocals. I'm liking the vocals more. A little overly distorted.

There's a cool sort of guitar solo that is just two long held notes. Sounds good though. The vocal production pisses me off. A cooler guitar solo follows a Maynard-esque scream that's mixed too low. Then some cool drum work and some more very Tool sounding stuff. This is all very Tool like but more technical guitar work and too many vocal effects. I really like the dynamic changes.

I have to go but In the end it leaves a much better impression.
8.5/10

Borknagar - The WInterway
DEP - Sugar coated sour

[Devil Inferno]

dibs

Borknagar - The Winterway 7:51

Intro, a fade in synth, or is it guitars tremelo picked?

at 0:12, acoustic guitars come in with strumming, and most probrably a second guitar doing some scaling. The background "synths" continue.

0:42, strummings get louder,

0:44, tom rolls (drums come in).

After that, the song picks up, with distortion, vocals, bass coming in at one time. A background lead can be heard. The clean vocals are quite nice, 1:08, he starts screeching. Much tremelo picking can be heard at the background, while the drums do some tom rolls,

1:33, you can hear the song building up, more bassy trem picking, some licks
1:51, apparently the song did not build up, but the intensity dropped a little to make way for melody. The synths, pianos and guitars really fit together well here, esp 2:12-2:27. The additional tom rolls make it more interesting.

2:27, the clean vocals are back again, and then it starts to screech again.

3:30, the song slows down..

3:38, "rythmn guitar solo", nice riff, before building up to blastbeats and the modern black metal sound.

4:29, acoustic guitars return.

4:42, vocals do the "ooooahh" thing. heh.

riffs and some musical part continues.

5:54, the song changes, and harmonized clean vocals enter. These are better than the previous mentioned. Then it screeches again.

it builds up and at the end, there are various solos and lead parts by the piano/guitar.

the song ends with a clean vocal singing "??? winterway....." and the distortion fading away, and you can hear a heavily chorused feedback.

Don't talk about leads in this song ,they are all over the place, guitar leads, acoustic leads, synth leads, piano leads, random drum rolls.

Only thing the build up can be more drastic and falling more drastic, but borknagar did a good job on this one.

7.5/10

Recommendations
Eternal Tears Of Sorrow - Bride Of The Crimson Sea (symphonic black with elements of power, or you could say a way better CoF)strongly recommended
Dark Lunacy - Fragile Carress (Symphonic Death Metal)
Angel Dust - Bleed (Thrash/power)

[Dancin' Man]

Oohhh. Eternal Tears of Sorrow is really good. /not dibs

[NJMetalMeister]

I would also like to add, for anyone who is interested in doing this, kalmah is ex memebrs of Eternal Tears of Sorrow.

also not dibs

[the2stranger]

alrighty I'll dibs on the recommended song ;)

[the2stranger]

Eternal Tears Of Sorrow - Bride Of The Crimson Sea

Starts of with some amazing piano work.
At 0:14 bass and a bit of guitar comes in.
At 0:25 the sound becomes a bit more wild.
But this sounds more like a rock song than as BM song.
Till the vocals come in at 0:55.
I like them, and a 1:20 clean vox ,nice!!!
The piano is still playing underneath.
The overaal sound of the song isn’t very BMlike, just very intense rock.
I love how the guitar plays very emotive (solo-worthy parts) but still vocals on top of that.
2:43 a short interlude.
Very emotive once more.
3:10, a solo, nice, very nice.
4:04 solo ends, and vocals come in, but this sounds very Rammstein like.
4:32 the more growling like vocals, this sounds better IMO.
4:56 keys come back in, and the sog slows down.

At the end, there is some weird fast drumbeats, of which I think is a transition into the next song.

Wow, this was great.
Not the cliché wound I was excpecting, this was… just great

5/5

I see why you were especially recommending this one :)


My picks:

Canvas solaris – when solar winds collide (instrume(n)tal.
I have this song in a yousendit file, somewhere on page 59

Sleepy time gorilla museum – sleep is wrong (avant garde black metal like) (don’t really know)

I’ll upload this one up too if I remember

enjoy

EDIT:

sleepy time gorilla museum:

http://s31.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2MI7H0H80Z1D00Y57MPNCHOSOT

[Permanent Solution]

Sleepy Time Gorilla Museum - Sleep is Wrong

Six and a half minutes, looks to be average length metal song, nothing epic nor too short. Not what I expected though...which was more or less similar to Arcturus. I was wrong.

Comes in with more or less ambient effects, sounds like wood creaking, some light guitar work in the background and some indecipherable vocals. Everything crescendos in volume, and the vocals are...strange to say the least. Then comes in the guitar line while the bass plays the line the vocals had just been playing. Another shift, more background noises build up over this new bass/drum line. Guitars shift back in shortly after, and then vocals come in to make what I assume is the verse. Then the chorus, assuming the repetition of the title is the chorus.

Shifts out to a sound-byte type clip. Much better vocalist in this section. The key of the music is odd...sounds like some sort of mode, but which I could not say. The music gives sort of a carnival feeling, it's...really really weird. I don't really like the primary vocalist, he seems lacking in a good singing voice and his harsh style of vocals are bleh to me.

Syncopation is a big part of this song, but as much as I think it can be used well in many songs, I think they abuse it here. It makes the whole song choppy and kills any flow it tries to extablish.

Cut out is very sudden, so that I had to replay it several time to make sure I hadn't gotten a bad file, but it seems to be the ending...It's just sudden and abrupt.

Overall, bleh I didn't find much to like about this song, it seemed poorly thought out to me the whole time, just not my style I guess.

Yes - I am Waiting (Soft Progressive Rock, think Division Bell era Floyd)
Project 86 - Pipe Dream (Metal of some type, maybe Nu?)
Mod Flanders Conspiracy - Such is the Wrath of the Thrice Angered Manatee (Hardcore ish)
Blindside - Teddy Bear (Hardcore)
Anatomy of a Ghost - On to Morning stars (Indie/Pop-Punk)

Make a choice and I'll yousendit, I don't feel like doing them all.

[Bartender]

Dibs.

You can choose what you like, I don't think I've heard any of them. Except maybe Project 86, so anything but that, please.

[Permanent Solution]

Mod Flanders Conspiracy:
http://s32.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3CEH2YJUEVF671WHWUJMMFCOQ9

[Bartender]

Never heard of these guys before. I'm kind of expecting something like melodic hardcore, but that may only be because the word "thrice" is in the title.
The Mod Flanders Conspiracy - Such is the Wrath of the Thrice Angered Manatee - 5:24

Starts off with what I assume is every band member joining in with a faux-harmonised call of "intro", and then someone (the last guy) yelling something indecipherable in the background. Odd start.

All of that goes away pretty quickly though, and there's just a nice acoustic intro for now. Percussion and bass comes in to back the guitar, along with clean vocals. He's got an odd style of singing, reminds me a little of the one song I know by 36 Crazyfists. Hard to describe exactly how it's weird, but I think you'd understand what I mean if you heard it.

Everything goes more chaotic and distorted for what I assume is the chorus. The vocals are switching back and forth between harsh hardcore yells and clean singing similar to before, with a bit of an echo effect on it. After the chorus, we get another verse I think, but it seems to have retained some of the energy of the chorus, so that it sounds a little pop-punky now. Nice jangly guitar in the background.

Just after the two minute mark we get what I think is a breakdown (I'm notoriously bad at identifying breakdowns, as Subtle can attest). It sounds more just like a bass solo with some percussion in the background, but that's a good thing; I like bass.

"Okay now, here we go" and the vocalist starts scatting, I love it. Extended messing around with the instruments, and then we're back into the song proper, I think. A hardcore chorus, and now a bridge, I think, around the four minute mark. Focus very much now on the clean vocals with that echoing effect, though there are some hardcore vocals buried deep in the background.

Another catchy little bass/drums/vocal freestyling session starts up about 4:45, and then the song finishes on similar "messing around" to before, and a yell from the vocalist.

8/10 That was good, lots of bits I definitely didn't expect.

Pattons;
Faith No More - Star AD (http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2HM48CYVUPULQ0J8U9IZIJRYOG)
Faith No More - Edge of the World (http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3FLEEM9MCMWJ30DGFYMAUZ0VX7)
Mr Bungle - Desert Search For Techno Allah (http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1017JT7D03EB51APC6CIU69WTA)
John Kaada and Mike Patton - Pitié Pour Mes Larmes (http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3OHSZEZA12YYQ2IS7PQ35JBTDB)

And;
Between the Buried and Me - Mordecai (http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1HCR6XLON8AS42FUQE4S1ZUVDS) (death metal/metalcore/emo)

[NJMetalMeister]

ill do a patton on the only one i didnt hear from that list, the john kaada one.

so dibs for me

[Bartender]

Don't expect anything too heavy :) It's really quite experimental. He actually sings though, for close to the first time in a fair few years, and as we know he has a great voice.

[NJMetalMeister]

John Kaada and Mike Patton - Pitié Pour Mes Larmes

Starts out quite mellow, but i cant say that i unexpect anything when it comes to patton. Pattons soothing voice quickly follows, with a faltsetto coming in by like the third line. After the verse there is like an ambient bridge which is quite awesome. Some percussion comes in shotrly thereafter, and i get the feeling this song will be quite mellow the whole way through, but no problem at all. The percussion stops and verse 2 begins. It is sung very quietly with some whispering mixed in.

After that comes some good old "ooo oooo oooo" parts, which once they end more percussion comes in, and it starts to sound like video game music, at least to me. Not something too far out from zelda in my opinion. The following verse seems similar to the first verse.

There comes an appearance of a tamborine and a shaker to keep the rhythm during the next verse. This is followed by a "lalala" kinda part, mixed in with a verse, during the la laaas, there is a bass drum and hand cymbal it sounds like, with some windchimes being involved. The song ends after this

overall i give it a 6/10, pattons voice is beyond excellent, as per usual, but the song did not do much for me itself, and bored me a bit. I guarantee if it didnt have awesome patton related vocals, it would have gotten a much lower rating.

For the next group of suggestions:
Subterranean Masquerade - "Temporary Psychodic State" (http://s4.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=28I3609751EHE0JVHMTGQBNJ8J) (Avant garde ish, doom ish kinda stuff, side project of Paul from Novembers Doom)
Peccatum - "in the bodiless heart" (http://s6.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1RNRJ47WFNSXJ2OBB3TYQGP52S) (Avante garde metal, Ihsahn of Emperors current project)
Shaman - "jalla" (http://s32.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2H0CNRVSDZ8E20WHIGJGVU1EZJ) (Folk Metal)

Ill start uploading them to yousendit right now, and edit later with links, unless someone has already done one, or said i dont need to bother anymore.

Edit: Added yousendits.

[NJMetalMeister]

since this is probably my last time checking the boards for tonight, biggity biggity bump.

[Devil Inferno]

dibs

Subterranean Masquerade - Temporary Psychotic State 7:22

Intro : Sounds like a piece of sound or music inverted backwords.

It keeps playing,and acoustic intro plays.
Clean electric plays lead parts.

A vocalist speaks, and it sounds like circus music at the moment.

0:45, the real song starts. its quite complicated, i can hear piano, violin, acoustic guitar, clean guitar with some gain doing some leads, drums bass and vocals.

1:12, the song progresses to some acoustic strumming. with an acoustic solo.

1:56, returns to sounding like 0:45.

2:44 - weird sounds start playing. like that of a commander keen video game. With some synths or violins doing some stuff at the background.

3:17 - song changes to MDB type slow, with MDB type depressing vocals, with a violin/harmonica/synth? lead parts.

3:48 - finally the distortion comes in. the song is lifted up from here.

4:17, the song builds down again. With acoustic strumming, and whispered vocals

5:11 - song building up, can hear the intensity

5:16, the vocal growls here, and then the distortion and loud symphony comes back, with a tremelo picked lead guitar, and violin most probraby. this is the best part of the song so far. then vocals growl in again,

6:52, the song slows down gradually, and ends with feedback, and the drummer spoils the ending with some double bass rolls, which was pretty creative, opposed to the normal cymbal splashing.

Well,

7/10.

It was a good song, i didn't mind the acoustic, a little jazzy experiments, but definately had to do away with the weird sound effects.

Recommendations
The Ramones - Pet Cemetary (Old Punk)
Virgin Steele - Love is pain (heavy/power metal)
Ephel Duath - Praha (jazz black metal)
Amon Amarth - Releasing Sutur's Fire (Melodic death)

[XyleM]

Dibs

[XyleM]

Amon Amarth - Releasing Sutur's Fire

Could only find the stream version of this song, its of very very poor quality but I will try and critique as best I can.

Never really have been a fan of the death metal vocals but figured it was as better time as every to try and get used to them, but as usual I was not impressed.

The song starts very abruptly with very electronic sounding guitars (I’m unsure whether this is due to the poor sound quality or not) It all sounds like a blur. The Singer is screaming not growling so I appreciate it more than the low gutteral scream but still am not a huge fan as I can’t make out his words.

The gutters just seem to blend together throughout the verses and I’m not a huge fan, the riff changes at 2:00 and this is actually a pretty nice riff. The drums sintensify and the beat is continued on the snare. The guitar keeps the same structure of the riff but goes much deeper… I really like this interlude.

There are now pauses just before the guitar solo. The guitarist seems to be very technically accomplished but the beginning is not pleasing to the ear, however this becomes much better as it graduates and it gains structure and melody. It ends on the root note and the singer continues his barrage of screaming All in all a very nice solo.

Back into the verse where the riff seems just to be a blur. Still cannot make out what he is saying. Little change in drum fill at 4:00 minutes and the pace slows and it again sounds good, however the singer does ruin it. The drummer has quite a quick double pedal as well :thumb: It keeps this same riff fading out.

All in all I absolutely adored the instruments in this band, (accept in the verses) both the guitarist and the drummer sounded really good however once again as previously mentioned the vocals turned me off the genre again.

All in al 6/10

(I also must reiterate that poor quality mp3 could be the cause for the verses sounding so poor)

My Recommendations (as usual will edit with links)

Tool – The Patient (Progressive Rock/Metal)
http://s31.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1XQEBKYMLL8U0171ILAAYVIWSQ

Dream Theater – Honor Thy Father (Metal)
http://s31.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0PVP9RS5I7FIX0CQGZC6EPJZ5

Mudvayne – Pharmaecopia
http://s31.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1VB366YN860Z21RZU5DZG16OL3


A Perfect Circle – The Noose
http://s31.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=28D43X6V77UK50NIJNK7GO5I8P

[the2stranger]

dibs

on mudvayne, cause I'm a big fan of all the others, and have heard them many times.


my download program isn't working, s be patient, or if you want to , someone else can take dibs.
I'm not really a mudvayne person anyways

[XyleM]

its uploaded now bro.

[the2stranger]

thanks :)

[Dancin' Man]

Does stranger have dibs or not?

[the2stranger]

Mudvayne - Pharmaecopia.

I would classify mudvayne as nu-metal, and full of pred-judices as I am.
I don’t like nu-metal, although these guys get some respect on the boards.
I’ve only heard two mudvayne songs before.

Well first of, for a nu-metal song it’s quite long: 5:34

It starts of with a guitar effect that meshuggah uses too.
After that some heavy bassing and drumming.
It’s quite nice.
At 0:25 the dude starts screaming, a lot of aggression in his voice, I don’t like his voice too much.
And all of the sudden he starts doing clean vocals, they sound a bit whiney IMO.
After that a lot of aggressive screaming again, his vocals become better now, I guess.
2:33 a soft part, with an effect on the vocals.
3:26 I love the bass work, sometimes it sounds as there are two basslines :confused:
And some weird vocal effect again.
After that some screaming.
I do like his singing in the end ‘we’re already dead to this world’
End after that is fades out.

Hhm
Not too bad, I didn’t like the over aggressive vocals, but the instrument parts were great.

4/5

My picks:

Isis – so did we ( atmospheric doom metal?)
http://s14.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2XHC3XAXMDPO00YDXCTP9J3NYP
Finntroll - Den Hornkrönte Konungen (Rivfaders Tron) (folk metal)
http://s26.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3IBJ9WZ37VFQE1SO14ROVB51FC
I’ll have a yousendit up in a bit



yup I had dibs, sorry it took me a while :p

[the2stranger]

bumb-orama

[Dancin' Man]

dibs.