Forced Listening: R&M

[Britney Diva]

Buimp

[Bartender]

I do love that song. Also, I can't believe you stole both the 2,000th post and 2,000th reply :)

Dibs.

[Bartender]

I like Oasis, but I don't think I've heard this song.
Oasis - Acquiesce - 4:24

Starts off with some faint background strumming and someone singing a note; swiftly interrupted by a much louder, distorted riff. A nice start for the song, though it just as soon goes back to what it started on. This happens a few times, before a downwards spiralling guitar from the right speaker signals the entry of the whole band, and the development of that distorted riff into a proper verse riff. Vocals come in, sounding like typical Oasis, with the line "I don't know what it is that makes me feel alive". Not sure why I've noted that, I just quite liked it.

The riff is a good one. Pretty simple, but catchy, and supports the song well, basically. Bit of extra percussion around 1:10, just before what I assume will be the chorus. The Other Brother (Noel? I can never remember which is which) comes in to sing on the chorus, which is a bit of a surprise, as I'm rather used to just one of the two singing throughout a song. It's probably a good thing that he's come in for the chorus though, since he has the better technical voice and it's a sung line. Rather predictable rhyming of "each other" and "one another", but since I'm enjoying the song, it just seems to add to its charm, rather than being annoying.

Chorus ends, and we're straight back into the rougher vocals of the verse. I think I prefer the verse to the chorus; seems to be a repeating pattern with Oasis, as there verses have great flow. Another chorus, shortly after. Nice swell of music before it starts.

Lots of repetitions of bits of the chorus now, and it sounds like the song is winding down. And it is; it all kind of slowly comes apart and stops.

8/10. I enjoyed it for the most part, but I think the end was a bit disappointing. With a full minute left to go I was expecting something more.

Songs;
William Shatner (w/Joe Jackson and various others) - Common People (http://s43.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1SQ60BMAO21RJ178MEZ81TGF4Y)
Johnny Cash - The Wall (live) (http://s43.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3P6C68LJSGT5I0VTWGYSZ8F8XB)
The Polyphonic Spree - A Long Day Continues (http://s18.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=28YMDZ4FYNX001LOZWTZ0OHGW6) (the happiest band in the universe)*
The Polyphonic Spree - Hold Me Now (http://s18.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1QNNXB88X97LA3PW4EEI5JI7KM) (the happiest band in the universe)
North - Through Fire (http://s32.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1EXLY4UYJ9VAC0RXP7A9X7J564) (relaxed, slightly funky alt/indie)
North - untitled bonus track (http://s32.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3RN2V6Z5RZ4052IZKYXUQZH054)
Thirst - State of High Piss Off (http://s29.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2H8H5N1OB9IY233EIZFCC5S98G) (alt/hard rock?)

[Britney Diva]

Dibsbsbsbbsbsbs

[Chu]

Bartender, could you possibly put up a different William Shatner song?
I have that one, and as you have said, I can't review it, but I actually like that song, so wouldn't mind hearing/reviewing a different song by him.

[Britney Diva]

Thirst - State Of High Piss Off (4:41)

Never heard of this band before, so I have no idea what to expect. Based on your description, I'm expecting to hear a Pearl Jam song.

Song begins with an echoed shout, and then some clean guitar chords. The description seems rather misleading, the chord sequence has quite a bright feel to it. Hmm, now there's the a well-distorted electric guitar beginning to make its way in, before what I assume is the main riff begins. It's an quickly-picked riff played high. The piece so far reminds me of the Exies a bit, with the fusion of classic rock and technology.

The riff stops and resumes again with heavy drums and powerchords behind it. As it fades away, the bass becomes very apparent. It has a spacey-feel to it, reminiscent of the breakdown before the solo in AFI's Dancing Through Sunday, I like it alot.

The verse is bass and drum driven, with various guitar melodies played as accompaniment, while the singer's voice is quite relaxed. He, again, reminds me of the Exies' singer. The lyrics mean little to me, they seem pretty random. The drumming throughout the verses is impressive, the drummer takes his opportunities for fills well. The chorus is a big one, it explodes in after the verse, with big guitars to contrast the quiet verse. Nirvana101, is it?

There's a very catchy solo after the second chorus, which reminds me of the solo in the Goo Goo Dolls' Bullet Proof, which is a very positive point. Repeat of the chorus now and fade-out with feedback. It's a decent enough song, repeated listens show it's a good song from a musician's point of view, but it didn't give me much reason for repeat listens.

Rufus Wainwright - Oh What A World (http://s4.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3FKDDWIR0SOVN229A3RQ0TLX7L)

Rufus Wainwright - 14th Street (http://s4.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=233XDMLNOY6RV2F35H8T8DKZ8R) (Amazing)

Guns N' Roses - Rocket Queen (http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1O19021CNBKVN2V346NRXLQD1O) (Hard rock)

Motley Crue - Too Young To Fall In Love (http://s7.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=143OYHJAJTNU20SX4LQZ2AJLKK) (Glam rock)

Marvelous 3 - Little Head (http://s5.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3FFBDRIX4LNYN3CJOVU1ZCXM0W) (Silly power-pop)

[Britney Diva]

Bump

[Rothmans]

Dibs.

[Rothmans]

Rufus Wainwright-14th street.

Well it starts with some clean chords on guitar and piano and then the guys voice kicks in. Rufus' voice aint the greatest I have heard but still sounds good.

The chorus I love a lot very great with the girls voice adding alot to it imo. With a nice line "why did you have to brake my heart" (I think). I like his voice alot more on the chorus
The brass bit is nice aswell in the 2nd verse.

The chorus hits in again and it gets extended and even better each time I listen to this song it gets alot better and now when I listen to it the track quiets down and now back up again with jus tthe gilrs voice which is very nice in my humble opinion.

Now the song ends with a few notes on the banjo which I thought was clever all in all a

7/10.

Sorry if this was really bad but it was my first time and now I will upload some songs.

Steve Von Till - Breathe (http://s40.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1DMFS3FW5BCG43LAXM9M085MOD) (Acoustic)

Blood & Time - Remember Me. (http://s49.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3MQ1TAYSTUQ9B0CRY9LJMIC9KI) (Another beautiful acoustic song)

Neurosis - Raze the Stray. (http://s45.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=109E4KL2HNFJF143QH058BEDTQ) (???)

Wait and try and download all three song imo opinion all are beautiful songs.

[Dude3]

Dibs on the Neurosis

[enim]

um im pretty sure he dont have dibs anymore, so im takin them, on Neurosis

[enim]

Neurosis - Raze the Stray
Begining with an operatic female voice, and synth, and some (being a little bit) of piano. I dont like it so far. The voice doesnt match the piano and synth very well.

At about 1:01, guitars, bass and drums come in, with a guy screaming in the background. Plays the same not so great riff a few times, then stops. Slow struming on a clean electric, with bells and a violin with it. Then drums come in, and the synth does the cheesy major-minor key switch on the drum hits. Actual vocals come in now, and i like the vocals, but the rest of the song isnt doing it for me.

At somewhere near 3:30, it starts into solid music, as in actual guitar riffs, and drums that stay solid. I like this section, its got something to it that the rest of the song doesnt have. very smooth too. But, sadly enough, this only lasts about 30 seconds. Then comes back again at 5:05 or so. From there, it sounds as if it will end the song like this, but we still have a good 2 minuets to go. Which scares me, cuz i dont want to suffer through the rest of this.

The smoother part ends again, now its a slower guitar riff, drums, and an obnoxious sound coming from the "left" guitar. kinda sounds like if you pluck a piano string. Its almost like the song cannot decide what it wants to do

At 700, a total new part of the song starts. Its a little bit more like the smoother part, just this time its got an eire "groove" if you will. The bass is much more predominant. Guitars are doing a 7 chord up up down down down down down kinda progression, its overused a lil but the bass makes it really cool. That section ends at 8:15 or so, and the song ends at 842.

6/10, and thats being generous. i can see why he put the genre as (???)

My Rec's
Narnia - back From hell (some form of metal or another) (watch for the exit on this song)
http://s42.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0912OLE9GYK7B2TT0BYGGK7ZVR
Demon Hunter - I have Seen Where it grows (Metal)
http://s42.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1IPUNRTKHEYEF20PHC3Y4WKP92
Project 86 - Say Goodbye To the Bad Guy (Christian hard Rock)
http://s42.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2K6H7FY3W5Z9H0S1QVROG226CY
Tool - Intermission (an overlooked organ piece)

DJ Shadow - Organ Donor (Techno, with Organs)
http://s47.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3DGZJMUUIPV2C2USBFLQQUU0GP

[Rothmans]

Neurosis - Raze the Stray
6/10, and thats being generous. i can see why he put the genre as (???)


I love that song :upset:

[Neurotoxin]

Dibs!

[Neurotoxin]

Demon Hunter - I Have Seen Where It Grows

I've heard about these guys, but never actually gave them a listen.

The intro is pretty cool... kind of sounds like it skips at one part, which adds a pretty cool effect. In comes the rest of the band (except the vocalist) and the same riff is played. Sounds pretty good, but nothing to write home about. In come the vocals and the song slows down a little. The vocals are understandable, which is a plus. After the verse comes the chorus. The introduction to the chorus is neat. The cleaner vocals in the chorus sound pretty good, a nice switch from the screaming. Next comes that intro riff again, and then the verse. At this point I'm thinking the song structure is pretty simple (intro, verse, chorus, verse, chorus). This isn't a good thing, but it doesn't bring the song down a lot. The part a little after 2:00 is pretty cool, with the drums and guitar only. Then the vocals come in, talking. Then a little breakdown comes, and the song suddenly fades out.

7/10 - Not a bad song, but nothing too great. I'm glad they didn't make it much longer though, because the song structure was quite simple.

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Asterius - On Black Tusk (self proclaimed "cosmometal")
http://s48.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0ARDA1JKGCVOJ2POI25PGVMI15

Andromeda - The Words Unspoken (prog metal - great new guitarist in the world of metal)
http://s48.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0FEJ9PGAJNS6Y07NY99J702C1W

If you choose the first due to the genre, still give the second a listen.

[Dancin' Man]

dibs

[Dancin' Man]

Asterius - On Black Tusk
The name was more interesting and I generally dislike wanky prog metal which is what Andromeda sounded like to me. Maybe not though.

Begins with a riff with long rests and an annoying synth sound. Whispers. Atmospheric yet very heavy. THen the song breaks loose. I like it. The riffs get a little boring and the techno sounding noises are annoyin because this is good metal in itself. THe singer's voice is decent but I prefer either a straight growl or straight singing, layered or not. THis is that annoying gring or sgowl half way in between. THe rifs are chuggy and get a little old, but it is all very tight.

I like the transitions between almost black metal riffing and the stop start chord chugs. It is a cool contrast. I also really like the background singing. It fits well and is where it belongs, in the background. It is sung and pretty well done. The drummer has a few cool fills sprinkled around. I love the outro. That annoying synth ends the song.

Decent but nothing that really amazed me. Self proclaiming your own band as a new genre is lame. Really, really lame.

7/10

My recommendations are all symphonic and/or folk metal, mostly stemming from death metal. A cool turn from the traditional black metal influences on symphonic and/or folk metal. Most are around 5-6 minutes long.

Dark Lunacy - My Dying Pathway (http://s37.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1SBYZ7QP6DP943PUUD9TRCW5AK)
Haggard - Eppur Si Muove (http://s37.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=25DMP02EUS0ZY04MYHVKIVA17K)
Hollenthon - Lure - Pallida Mors (http://s48.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=13Z86PTHPYN2F3UZIJ2VTYQOXL)

[Neurotoxin]

That Andromeda song isn't really wanky prog. They do have a few parts in other songs that I could see as being "wanky" though.

[Neurotoxin]

That Diabolical Masquerade song doesn't work.

[Dancin' Man]

Don't know why so I killed it. Sorry if you were really hoping to do some Diabolical Masquerade.

[Dancin' Man]

bump, I'm going to bed.

[Dancin' Man]

bump

[PeEpHoLe_10]

Because this has been bumped and no-one has dibs on anything annnd i have **** internet so downloading those sofngs is not an option i want to recomend a few songs.

http://www.avengedsevenfold.com/cityofevil/- I dont have any P2P programs so this was the best i cant do. You can listen to all the new songs. Im sure everyone has heard these guys, but the new material is a hell of alot different to their other stuff so i think alot of these people that have written them off should have a listen to the new stuff.
Recommended songs- Sidewinder (end of the song is really cool), The wicked End and Strength of the world.

And because they dont get talked about enough i also rec. any songs off Angeldust by Faith No More. Sorry no link, but any P2P will have them.

[munky_magik]

The Angeldust Recommendation is a good call, but you have to use the songs recommended by the last reviewer. The thread usually dies for days at a time, so don't worry about it :)

[PeEpHoLe_10]

The Angeldust Recommendation is a good call, but you have to use the songs recommended by the last reviewer. The thread usually dies for days at a time, so don't worry about it :)

Yeah, i looked at the rules, but it takes me forever to download songs and thought nobody was doing those other songs. Sorry bout the mistake. :thumb:

[Dancin' Man]

Yeah, i looked at the rules, but it takes me forever to download songs and thought nobody was doing those other songs. Sorry bout the mistake. :thumb:

Plus, I'm the most impatient Forced Listener in the land so I bump this thread as soon as it hits page 2.

/hit page 2

[Bartender]

Yeah, very much not how this thread works. Kind of surprised you didn't jump on him more harshly.

Dibs.

[Bartender]

I remember hearing you mention these guys in a positive comparison to Hollenthon, which can only be good.
Dark Lunacy - My Dying Pathway - 6:01

Starts off in the middle of a riff, it feels like. Maybe it runs on straight from the last song. Anyway, it wastes little time on an intro of any kind, instead going more or less straight into the song. The vocalist is alright; nothing great, nothing awful, and the same could be said of the drumming, I think. The riff is pretty good, nicely melodic; nothing too technical, complex or adventurous, but pretty good. I'm kind of hoping that with a six minute running time it'll develop into something quite epic. Nice little change-up around thirty seconds in. It didn't change to anything remarkably different, but the little jump itself was pretty cool.

Vocals cut out around 1:00, and some slow, mournful sounding strings come in. Mostly higher strings, and I think the guitar mirrors what they're playing in the background, which is strange because the song more or less keeps going underneath. Anyway, the strings go away when the vocals come back in, and it carries on as before, until about 1:50, when a really nice melodic riff/lead appears in the background. A vocal fill leads this higher (epic-sounding) guitar back into the strings. And we have a slow, chunky part while the strings play over the top. The use of the strings is nice, but it seems to be getting a little overdone, as they're in it so much but aren't doing much in the way of variety.

Eep, spoke too soon. After a little instrumental break, which I thought was going to launch into another part of the song, the strings come back and do indeed play something different; a playful, higher-pitched melody, while the rest of the band maintains a more solid (and unremarkable) base to them. The vocals continue at seemingly irregular intervals, but they don't really intrude on the song, despite their harshness. The strings again begin to grate though, after a fairly long period of the same thing (nice though it is). Just before I get too bored, they switch it up again, with the strings playing some unsettling (in a good way) melody, and the drummer finally earning his keep. I've spent most of the song thinking that the drummer seemed their weakest member. He never seemed to be doing much, but now for a short while he's doing rather a lot and doing it rather well.

The whole song's slowing down now, and I think it's just going to fade out. Yep, it does.

8/10, I think. The use of strings occasionally got a bit tedious, but they never let it get tedious enough to just ruin the song. The drummer rescued himself from too much criticism towards the end, too.

Songs;
William Shatner (w/Joe Jackson and various others) - Common People (http://s43.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1SQ60BMAO21RJ178MEZ81TGF4Y)
North - Through Fire (http://s32.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1EXLY4UYJ9VAC0RXP7A9X7J564) (relaxed, slightly funky alt/indie)
North - untitled bonus track (http://s32.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3RN2V6Z5RZ4052IZKYXUQZH054)
Aereogramme - Post-Tour, Pre-Judgement (http://s22.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3RYJ4843BOX0M3ARG2Q02QHJPE)
Aereogramme - Hatred (http://s29.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3RWWDZP32I2H935WY8DGBNLLN4)

[Dancin' Man]

dibs.

'Yeah, very much not how this thread works. Kind of surprised you didn't jump on him more harshly.'

heh, I am developing a reputation. I want new peopel to join this thread so I am nice to them.

[Dancin' Man]

Aereogramme - Post-Tour, Pre-Judgement
I seem to recall hearing this name of a band before, but don't remember anything else.

Begins with a drum beat with a bit of cymbal and bass drum. Then a guitar comes in playing relaxed quiet chords. Nice, nothing special. The singer enters and has a nice voice.

Hahahahaha.... triumphant keys arpegiate upwards and then guitars come in with the triumphant synth chords underneath. I don't think it was supposed to be funny. It plays a few times then drops out leaving the same 'verse' section. It's still nice but feels a little too long. There are some quiet synth pulses before the triumphant section returns.

The singer's voice becomes annoying in the triumphant section. A second loud section follows triumph 2 and it is much better. less funny more cool. THe synths are gone is why. The into a bridge or seomthign. This seems to be the first time the bass has had a real part. It's a cool little section that sounds like the song is winding down. Strange because there are almost 2 minutes left. This section feels like it's going on a little too long but then we hear some cool modulation by the guitar and the vocals re-enter. I feel triumph 3 coming back before the end.

Oh! no something new and much better. The singer is screaming and it sounds alright. The guitar is becoming boring and then the song ends. That god for no more triumph.

6/10 triumph killed it.


Soli i Sombra - The Butcher (http://s40.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1SM12172HOV4420K8YEG1ZX153) (very good art rock) 8 minutes +
Soli i Sombra - The Safest Place (http://s40.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1EV7EZYSF128R1LKFH94K0N1KR) (very good art rock) 6 minutes +

Bumped in the trickiest of ways.

[Britney Diva]

Dibssbbsb

[Britney Diva]

Soli i Sombra - The Safest Place (6:14)

I've no idea who this is, so I'll just jump right in.

Piece begins with some sharp piano chord stabs and some soft drumming. Some clean tremelo picked Spanish guitar eases in(it's an electric Spanish, I think.) This is very nice, they've got a different sound. Drumming is very good, if a little synthetic, I like how the rhythm builds. The piano playing is annoyingly sparse, I find myself wishing it to become more involved.

Around 0:45, a second guitar joins in, an acoustic played in an eastern style. Long, slow detuned chord strums are scattered throughout - is it a 12-string. This guitar slips into straightforward strumming when the singer - female - enters. The drums perk up when she begins to sing, and the piano playing becomes a little jumpier. She has a great voice, very controlled, but not showy. American Idol this is not, she knows how to use her voice to good effect.

The vocal melodies are lovely, often doubled. The "November kisses" part is great. A breakdown around 3:20 brings back the Spanish feel, mainly through the lead guitar. This part leads into a guitar solo, though it is not a typical guitar solo, merely a repetition of a melody through the chord changes.

The singer returns and another verse is sung. There's more urgency in her voice now, and it is in this vein that the piece finishes in a flurry. Good finish - 7/10. I'm noticing a trend in your art-rock recommendations, they're technically superb but not showy. Good song.

Butch Walker - Mixtape (http://s4.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0QBXQP2LZA4XT23N2T28BPLUK1) (Pop)
Butch Walker - Alicia Amnesia (http://s5.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2TL61688FDNLP3CRWZ3Y1JIZYZ) (Pop-punk++)
Rufus Wainwright - Oh What A World (http://s4.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3FKDDWIR0SOVN229A3RQ0TLX7L)
Rufus Wainwright - 14th Street (http://s4.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=233XDMLNOY6RV2F35H8T8DKZ8R) (Amazing)
Guns N' Roses - Rocket Queen (http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1O19021CNBKVN2V346NRXLQD1O) (Hard rock)
Motley Crue - Too Young To Fall In Love (http://s7.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=143OYHJAJTNU20SX4LQZ2AJLKK) (Glam rock)
Marvelous 3 - Little Head (http://s5.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3FFBDRIX4LNYN3CJOVU1ZCXM0W) (Silly power-pop)

[Chu]

I like that review, I will get that song, and one other from your list to review, just give me one which you think is best :D

Edit: I'm not really interested by any of the genres so I can't pick, just give me one.

[Britney Diva]

Try 14th Street, or Mixtape. And thanks :)

[Chu]

Ok, bids on 14th Street!

Rufus Wainwright - 14th Street (4:44)
Starts off with just the singer for about a second before an accoustic guitar and a piano come in, the song slowly builds up, and the drums come in very sneaky, it's kinda cool, a second vocalist (Female?) comes in, I've listenned to the song a few times, and it is catchy :p
At about 1:30 a saxophone(?) comes in, I like this.
At about the 2:50 mark every instrument starts slowing down, the vocalist soon stops and some guitar and piano play for a little bit with some nice bass backing them, the backing vocalists come back in, this time without the male singer, and just continue their own little chorus for a little while, until the male singer comes in too, and the song just fades out with the singer's repeating their line "Why'd you have to break all my heart, couldn't you have saved a little bit of it", wow I didn't expect the end, a little banjo jig finishes the song off, I like the jig! :p

It was a fairly good song, the vocalist didn't interest me that much, he just repeats the same line alot, with little variation, which could be seen as a little tedious, but the backing instruments I liked in parts, I'd say about 6/10.

Songs:
The Chariot (http://s33.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1K85K1QFZLX072SQMLJBSM0OQX) - The Cat Empire (Australian Rock)
Target's Air Conditioning (http://s34.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0JB8COM9H044H36TTDIOXK99E0) - Baterz (Australian [Comedy] Folk)
Chainsaw Limberation (http://s25.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0KFCMPDN3K61H16NJ4W0KIV7MI) - Rake Sodomy (Australian Death Metal)

Uploads coming shortly.

[Chu]

Bump.

[Dancin' Man]

The Cat Empire - The Chariot
Never heard of this band before.

Begins with some noises and then a horn. Trumpet I think enters. There are other instruments there but really low in the mix. The electronic sounds are cool.

Woah! I didn't see this coming. A really ethnic vibe enters and the singer seems to have a latin accent. I like it. Reminds me of Manu Chao. Not what I expect from Australia. I like the combo of hammond organ and trumpet. It's a cool little song. The transitions are pretty bad. They don't flow, more like stop then start again. There is a bass solo of sorts but it sounds strange because of how bassy the mix is. More like a rumble.

Well, it's getting boring now. Not a whole lot has changed. There have been other sections but it keeps coming back to this long verse thing. I wish I could remember the name of this style of music. I want to say salsa but that doesn't seem right.

Ehhh.... I was bored and unimpressed by the end.
5/10

Soli i Sombra - The Butcher (http://s40.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1SM12172HOV4420K8YEG1ZX153) Art rock. Over 8 minutes but well worth it.
Gorguts - Das Martyrium Des (http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0QR4KENH70ODW2BD2GNXBO2UX2) Technical and very good death metal
Dead Soul Tribe - Feed Part I: Stone by Stone (http://s48.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3HAIF415662O42X6XAC7N3L6AW) Wank free prog metal

[enim]

Wow, dancin man didnt even take dibs
/is a dibsicle

[enim]

OK...
Gorguts - Das Martyrium Des
Wow, that started awefully quick. One BIG riff from guitar bass and drums starts the song off. The drums sound great, he is very creative. Lots of syncopation (sp). The guitars sound kind of opeth-like. Its good. The vocals come in, i dont like them one bit. Too raspy at first.
I quickyl get used to them though. Now they are awesome. Guitars are doing high end melodics. This song is really technical.

At a little over two minuets, the guitar riff changes slightly. Then it jumps into a big, face melting guitar solo. Which begins in a rage of speed, slowing through the entirty of the solo. After the solo, the melodic-ness comes back for a bit, almost like a breakdown, but it is realyl cool. The song is great, but it definatly need more variety. As in noticable chrous's and verses, it all sounded the same.

Overall, i give it a 8.5/20. I say, definatly check it out.

Narnia - back From hell (some form of metal or another) (watch for the exit on this song)
http://s42.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0912OLE9GYK7B2TT0BYGGK7ZVR
Project 86 - Say Goodbye To the Bad Guy (Christian hard Rock)
http://s42.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2K6H7FY3W5Z9H0S1QVROG226CY
Tool - Intermission (an overlooked organ piece)
DJ Shadow - Organ Donor (Techno, with Organs)
http://s47.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3DGZJMUUIPV2C2USBFLQQUU0GP

[3rdplanet]

dibs

[3rdplanet]

I wouldn't call DJ Shadow techno. Trip-hop is a much better classification for his music.

Back from Hell - Narnia: 7:31

Long song. Opens with a short section of strange static and an explosion, and straight into the first riff, which is very cool, nice crunchy over drive on it. Got some good tempo to it. Reminds me a bit of Queensrÿche, which is no bad thing.

After some strange vocal effect I think and some half time cymbal usage, the track goes into the first verse/singy section. It's fair, the vocals I do like though.

More riffage at the 1:30 mark and this carries on will 2:10, with pretty standard switches between riffs, each pretty decent. The second verse is more of the same, and the following section is again more of the same. It seems to be very standard metal, unless I'm missing something deeper to this song.

Here we go; 3:30 is where we hit a switch. It's been a wait, but the drum fill into the solo piece is really nice. I think it starts with a keyboard solo, and then harmonized keyboard/guitar stuff then some shreddy guitar bits; it's really nice stuff though. My favorite bit so far. I bet you can tell I'm a drummer. :upset:

There is a head bangy section after this to switch back to a verse, which feels like a really big step back for the song. After what the solo section achieved, to go back and do all what has been done before again so quickly is a bit annoying. There is a repetition of all that has gone before except we now get stop gap bits which come back into the slow riff.

A siren has begun to release its slow wail. The music begins to fade out underneath it. Some very airy and ethereal sounds are coming up now, all calm, save for the lingering siren. It finally disappears and the vocalist starts talking of his turmoil, and how he plans to resolve it. Concept album?

I enjoyed that last section a lot, and the riffs were pretty decent whilst they remained fresh within the song. With that I must say it seemed very dragged out and maybe overstuffed. Overall not bad though, a 7.5/10.

Forced Listening:

Time is an Imploding Unit/Waiting for Green - Biffy Clyro (http://s18.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0M5D22FBG867O17LUF94ZB0N8V) - Alt. Rock/Pop-Punk, 9:23 long.

Tonight my Wife is your Wife - Reuben (http://s18.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0P5N9ZTH0HB42EO5BH0Q4WT3X) - Pop-Punk/Rocky Tinges, 3:07 long.

The Mission - Queensrÿche (http://s23.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0LGC3UCHXC26P2AYOFQSOK72EV) - Prog (Power tinged) Metal, 5:47 long.

I Swallowed Hard, like I Understood - 65daysofstatic (http://s22.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=27SMW0ASSHH1E2DF0W6HO0H8LA) - Post-Rock, 5:27 long.

What You Feel - Buffy the Vampire Slayer Cast Musical (http://s22.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1V8M134QDYKHB0BM3ANAJN0SXG) - ****in' Jazz-a-matazz, 3:01 long.

[Dancin' Man]

Dibs

[Dancin' Man]

65daysofstatic - I Swallowed Hard Like I understood
Never heard of this band before but I like post-rock so I hope I like this.

Begins with piano and an electronic sound in beat. Sounds cool. Then some slightly chuggy, but quiet guitars enter with hi-hat. I like it. Brooding. There are lots of extra little noises. Guitars and drums come in fully. Very nice, especially with the piano. I like the mix of electronic sounds and.... natural sounds (not natural but not computer generated).

This song is good. I really like the sections and the weight that the melodiues carry. There is an almost stop and go feeling to the music. I really like it. The way the drums are programmed is very cool. The super electric biuts mixed in with authentic sounding drums. The strings are also a nice touch.

This is good. This doesn't sound like a Godspeed side project either (of which there seem to be an infinite number). I'll look into this further. It reminds me of almost Pelican but less heavy. The same emotive riffs are there though. I really like the way the mix shifts and gives different instuments priority.

9/10 I diggit.

Dysrhythmia - And Just Go (http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=24AXHA5GI64BO0YDV2JV1AH2RI) Instrumental Metal
Dysrhythmia - Circulatory System Overhaul (http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2ER86D8T5YAEN3MMT67O6ZIX8N) Instrumental Metal
Behold... The Arctopus - Estrogen-Pathogen Exchange Program (http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3L8K6D7G0YZI22I81Z66AICLZ0) Instrumental Metal
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - The Creature (http://s41.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0D83DA93380VO02NWBY3F5TE9G) Avant-Garde metal
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Pthisis (http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1QPGXNBAYK0PX10W1RXD5A547V) Avant-Garde metal
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - A Hymn to the Morning Star (http://s41.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0NKSQG64MO8J50EE5F6MHTEDS6) Avant-Garde Metal
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Cockroach (http://s42.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2X2P1830PVLW935IGTJDOL2SIY) Avant-Garde Metal

[Bartender]

Your Sleepytime links are all dead, apart from Pthisis, which I've already heard :-/

[Dancin' Man]

WHAT!

Dammit! I'll redo them.

[Dancin' Man]

OK. I think The Donkey Head is still no good but the others are.

[Dancin' Man]

I lied. I think my email adress has exceeded it's alloted bandwidth. I need to go to bed. Just do The Cockroach.

[Dancin' Man]

Dysrhythmia - And Just Go (http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=24AXHA5GI64BO0YDV2JV1AH2RI) Instrumental Metal
Dysrhythmia - Circulatory System Overhaul (http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2ER86D8T5YAEN3MMT67O6ZIX8N) Instrumental Metal
Behold... The Arctopus - Estrogen-Pathogen Exchange Program (http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3L8K6D7G0YZI22I81Z66AICLZ0) Instrumental Metal
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Pthisis (http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1QPGXNBAYK0PX10W1RXD5A547V) Avant-Garde metal
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Cockroach (http://s42.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2X2P1830PVLW935IGTJDOL2SIY) Avant-Garde Metal
Maudlin of the Well - The Ferryman (http://s49.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2AEYL882RN1PE0V0R17AUTBSOC) Avant-Garde Metal
Maudlin of the Well - Heaven and Weak (http://s51.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3MWLJKQOLW0JL1Y6LK7LWIXADL)

OK, I think they're all working now.

[Dancin' Man]

Budumchap

\/ I apologize. I made up form my extra bump by pointing down.

[Bartender]

You should really leave more time in between bumps.

Dibs.

[Bartender]

Heard a few songs by these guys now.
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Cockroach - 2:11

Starts off with the sound of insects buzzing, which instantly reminds me of Sunna - Power Struggle, though I don't imagine the rest of the song will actually unfold like that at all. I rather want to listen to Power Struggle now though, and I don't think I have it on this computer.

An incredibly bright sounding flash of guitar about ten seconds in, and a vocalist sings - totally clear, loud, and free of effects, which seems unusual - about a cockroach. Ah, about him killing a cockroach. "I release you from your cares.. *psssht*". Nice.

Another voice has joined him, I think. Sounds female, though it may be just a very high male voice. Harmonica (I think) plays little bits in the background now. I'm enjoying the song, though I'm not anticipating being able to write much about it if it carries on like this. The focus is very much on the lyrics. He's singing the bit I've seen you type out before now, about being practically divine compared to the cockroach. Small, pathetic sounding coughs in the background. I assume that's the cockroach.

And it ends like that.

7/10, I think. I get the feeling if I'd listened to it in a different mood to whatever mood it is that I'm in now, I would have liked it a lot more, since it's one of those kind of songs. But it was not to be.

Songs;
William Shatner (w/Joe Jackson and various others) - Common People (http://s43.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1SQ60BMAO21RJ178MEZ81TGF4Y)
Spiritualised - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (http://s28.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1X4HU6NHDMP6D2ZVV6R389L069)
The Magic Numbers - I See You, You See Me (http://s28.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0SVHLQBYSZMXE2PB7AH8D1B8W6) (m4a file)

More to come if/when requested.

[Dancin' Man]

I can feel it dribbling down my chin. A dibs.

[Bartender]

Forgot to mention that that Magic Numbers song is an m4a file. Eep.

[Dancin' Man]

GODAMMIT! I just wrote a good review then closed the window. Oh well.
William Shatner (w/Joe Jackson and various others) - Common People
Never heard anything by Shatner because I've been purposely avoiding him. I assume it will be bad.

I refuse to rewrite the entire thing but here's a summary.

This song is awesome. The spoken word stuff only got cool as it progressively became more rythmic and even continued into places you wouldn't expect it to continue.

The song itself was alright but not the kind of stuff I usually look for. Then it became almost like a showtune. I could see this as part of a musical on broadway. The chorus and theme helped this especially.

I was opverall very impressed and shocked even that this pimp of a starship captain was able to produce such a marvelously good song.

I will go looking for the rest of this.

9.5/10

Dysrhythmia - And Just Go (http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=24AXHA5GI64BO0YDV2JV1AH2RI) Instrumental Metal
Dysrhythmia - Circulatory System Overhaul (http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2ER86D8T5YAEN3MMT67O6ZIX8N)
Behold... The Arctopus - Estrogen-Pathogen Exchange Program (http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3L8K6D7G0YZI22I81Z66AICLZ0) Instrumental Metal
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Pthisis (http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1QPGXNBAYK0PX10W1RXD5A547V) Avant-Garde metal
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Cockroach (http://s42.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2X2P1830PVLW935IGTJDOL2SIY)
Maudlin of the Well - The Ferryman (http://s49.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2AEYL882RN1PE0V0R17AUTBSOC) Avant-Garde Metal
Maudlin of the Well - Heaven and Weak (http://s51.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3MWLJKQOLW0JL1Y6LK7LWIXADL)
Peccatum - Veils of Blue (http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2X6RVKVR9DE562MTLPJY9O48IR) Avant-Garde Metal
Peccatum - Stillness (http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=06GXXQJ4OYQIO2B183CK9KARGO)

[Britney Diva]

Dibsssbbsbsbsbsbs

[Britney Diva]

Dysrhythmia - And Just Go (6:16)

Song begins with some clean. ambient guitar, plenty of delay. Bass and drums enter around 0:30. Bass plays a repetitive riff, high in the mix, while the drums slowly build up, increasing in volume as the guitar moves back to the front of the mix. So far, so good.

The guitar riff is similar to the beginning, it has a funky style which is compliment by the similarly funky bass. The drums become louder again as the piece progresses, tho this seems clumsy to me, while the bass slips to the back though is still clearly audible. Plus points for not mixing the bass out, but I'm not liking the mix as regards the drums.

The guitar becomes more distorted as the piece moves on, the sporadic chords ring out, as do the harmonics played. I still think the drums are too high, though the guitar isn't particularly interesting. The drumming is good, though, the best aspect of the song.

Around 3:14, the guitar begins to play a distorted, single-string riff, before embarking on a high chord pattern. This is alot better, as is the arpeggio section which follows. There's some very nice muted patterns, before the heavier riff returns. It has a metallic flavour to it, but the piece itself is quite light. Metal-lite if you will.

Bass becomes dominant again, and there's some slower, moodier picking. The drums take a backseat again, which results in a better sounding mix. Piece fades out on this theme.

The first three minutes were, to my ears, dull as can be.

The second half was alot better, from the metal riff onwards I was very pleased with.

On the whole, I'll give it a 4/10, for the second half alone, I'd give it 7/10.

Butch Walker - Mixtape (http://s4.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0QBXQP2LZA4XT23N2T28BPLUK1) (Pop)
Butch Walker - Alicia Amnesia (http://s5.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2TL61688FDNLP3CRWZ3Y1JIZYZ) (Pop-punk++)
Rufus Wainwright - Oh What A World (http://s4.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3FKDDWIR0SOVN229A3RQ0TLX7L)
Rufus Wainwright - 14th Street (http://s4.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=233XDMLNOY6RV2F35H8T8DKZ8R) (Amazing)
AFI - Death Of Seasons (http://s37.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1JEFW3TIITYY620OID43IGCMMH) (Goth/Punk)
Motley Crue - Too Young To Fall In Love (http://s7.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=143OYHJAJTNU20SX4LQZ2AJLKK) (Glam rock)
Marvelous 3 - Little Head (http://s5.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3FFBDRIX4LNYN3CJOVU1ZCXM0W) (Silly power-pop)

[Dancin' Man]

dibs

[Dancin' Man]

Butch Walker - Mixtape
I don't think I've heard anything by Butch Walker before.

Begins with a piano quickly followed by an acoustic guitar. The voice comes in. This belongs on pop radio. It probably is on pop radio soemwhere. I like ti. Catchy and a bit moody with lovey lyrics and that ballady feel. My biggest complaint - The one beat of the chorus doesn't get enough accent.

I like the song, especially the layering of instruments. Nothing is particularly interesting but it's all nice. Nicely produced but I'd like a more rhtymic bass or bassier drums or soemthing. This style of music sits well with me. Easy to digest and easy to forget.

The ending section was a nice touch. The steel drum was cool. I liked the ending section best actually. Fade outs are lame.

7/10

Dysrhythmia - Circulatory System Overhaul (http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2ER86D8T5YAEN3MMT67O6ZIX8N) Instrumental Metal
Behold... The Arctopus - Estrogen-Pathogen Exchange Program (http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3L8K6D7G0YZI22I81Z66AICLZ0) Instrumental Metal
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Pthisis (http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1QPGXNBAYK0PX10W1RXD5A547V) Avant-Garde metal
Maudlin of the Well - The Ferryman (http://s49.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2AEYL882RN1PE0V0R17AUTBSOC) Avant-Garde Metal
Maudlin of the Well - Heaven and Weak (http://s51.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3MWLJKQOLW0JL1Y6LK7LWIXADL)
Peccatum - Veils of Blue (http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2X6RVKVR9DE562MTLPJY9O48IR) Avant-Garde Metal
Peccatum - Stillness (http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=06GXXQJ4OYQIO2B183CK9KARGO)

[blueyxd]

i'll try in this section instead, hope my computer lives long enough

[blueyxd]

Peccatum - Stillness

I've wanted to hear Peccatum for a while now. Then I forgot about it until seeing the chance now.

A guitar playing some... cold mechanical theme starts, some gratey industrial noises join.
A variety of voices, male and female, start the singing, one of which sounds like Jon from Korn. It's very mechanical and grating, but slow and somehow calm.

The chorus (I guess) loses the basically the whole harsh edge that first part has. Some nice female vocals are singing here, some arabic sounding harmonies. The drums are doing a trip-hop beat, it's pretty interesting. A piano starts, and it feels to be building to something big.

Yep, here come the dense walls of harsh industrial noise. There's a horn section that goes along with it, I'm surprised I can hear it. The walls come and go, interspersed by noises. Flies.

It goes back to the original guitar line, verse and chorus, just slightly different percussion. Then a bridge, a slow chugging single bass note, and a male and female vocalist doubling the lyrics.

It goes back to the walls of noise/horns, then ends with the sound of flies as before.


Woeo.. that was very cold, one of the more creepy songs I've heard in quite a while. I liked the guitar work, it was quite minimalist but it did so much, also it was there almost the whole time, yet it didn't get in the way, or be annoying.
It would go well on a Quake-type game. I liked it for the most part, a bit noisy at times, but that was purely intentional. I thought it was going to be more aggressive, but I'm pleasantly surprised. I will get more. 8.9/10


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Down To Size - Hoax (http://www.comcen.com.au/~caracarol/Down To Size - Hoax.mp3) - medium-hardcore/emo.. I think
hopefully that url is fixed now.

XTC - Greenman (http://www.comcen.com.au/~caracarol/XTC - Apple Venus - 06 - Greenman.mp3) - 70s pagan pop-rock

[Dancin' Man]

Down to Size - Hoax
Never heard of or by.

Begins with some hi-hat and bass. Then explodes. Kinda funky. This sounds like nu-metal to me. Chuggy guitar chords and simple sounding drums. Not too bad. The vocals are kind of rap/yelled. Then we get a melodic section. I like this much better. Still nu-metal. The lyrics are very nu-metal as well.

It's a decently done song, just not my style. I like the section where both vocal styles are going.

The drums have some interesting, though not exactly impressive, fills here and there.

Not a lot to say. A cool mix of the spectrums of nu-metal. Get's the funky rap version in there and the really melodic type. I probably won't look for any more.

7/10

Chevelle - Grab They Hand (http://s51.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=08B4GJJON6HP2HR1IS9NUQWPF) Nu-metal
Dysrhythmia - Circulatory System Overhaul (http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2ER86D8T5YAEN3MMT67O6ZIX8N) Instrumental Metal
Behold... The Arctopus - Estrogen-Pathogen Exchange Program (http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3L8K6D7G0YZI22I81Z66AICLZ0) Instrumental Metal
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Pthisis (http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1QPGXNBAYK0PX10W1RXD5A547V) Avant-Garde metal
Maudlin of the Well - The Ferryman (http://s49.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2AEYL882RN1PE0V0R17AUTBSOC) Avant-Garde Metal
Maudlin of the Well - Heaven and Weak (http://s51.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3MWLJKQOLW0JL1Y6LK7LWIXADL)
Peccatum - Veils of Blue (http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2X6RVKVR9DE562MTLPJY9O48IR) Avant-Garde Metal

[Dancin' Man]

A bump every 7 hours seems acceptable.

[blueyxd]

Behold... The Arctopus - Estrogen-Pathogen Exchange Program

Another band I've heard whispers about and wanted to hear.

Ah, you knows I like ambience, the opening is this. Dark synth strings playing single notes... it sounds a bit cheesy and wrong. After about a year, guitar comes in it's really low and the music is really dull, misty, but this mist is made of glue and vomit. It's really thick and not nice at all.

About half way through is the first drum/cymbal hit and a smash of notes. Then it just goes spastic. Very technical instrumentation, slap bass and guitar, but it sounds rather random. I don't like random sounding music. These guys can sure play their instruments... I just wish they would do it in a way that I'd want to hear, like Atheist does.

At 4:15 they finally get something together, it sounds constructed. It's not random anymore, and that's a good thing. With only a minute left, not much can save this for me.. Everything but the drums have stopped. The drums go on a solo rampage with lots of toms and bass, it's cool. Then they slow down while keeping the pattern going (!) until the thing ends.


Well, at least I heard it. Disgusting music, I really didn't like the first bit, second bit, third bit, and fourth bit, but the last minute was alright. Far too random for my tastes.
2/10.


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XTC - Greenman (http://www.comcen.com.au/~caracarol/XTC - Apple Venus - 06 - Greenman.mp3) - 70s pagan pop-rock

Sepultura - The Waste - heavy tribal/jungle metal, with Mike Patton.

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

Modest Mouse - Trailer Trash - indie

Fagan - Beautiful Mundane - trip hop - http://www.fagan.com.au/mp3/beautiful%20mundane.mp3

Goldie Lookin' Chain - Soap Bar - rap/comedy

[Dancin' Man]

I am here to do your dibbing master.

[Dancin' Man]

Fagan - Beautiful Mundane
Never heard of or by. I am near a virgin to trip-hop as well.

Begins with some ambience and then a beat comes in. The ambience is pulsing. I like the tone of this so far, the atmosphere is nice. Then the drum beat really comes in with a singer. I like his voice. It's soothing. It's all very soothing. A female voice replaces his in a little bit. Not a lot is going on, but that's the way it should be. It feels like movie sountrack music.

He come back singing and it's more rhythmic but also more sung.... it's cool. The bvass is becoming increasingly noticeable. Then we get a section with more stuff going on. A really fuzzy guitar or something and the drum beat picks up. I like it. Still soothign but faster. There are also faux-strings. I like them. There is a swell and some mechanical sounds then it all clears up (it was all slightly distorted) and comes back in. I like this. The strings are a ncie touch. The voices come back in, but distantly now. I like it. All very well done. Move music, or at least fodder for an excellent music video.

The ending is nicely sparse.

9/10 I liked it. I'll look further into trip-hop.

Chevelle - Grab They Hand (http://s51.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=08B4GJJON6HP2HR1IS9NUQWPF) Nu-metal
Dysrhythmia - Circulatory System Overhaul (http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2ER86D8T5YAEN3MMT67O6ZIX8N) Instrumental Metal
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Pthisis (http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1QPGXNBAYK0PX10W1RXD5A547V) Avant-Garde metal
Maudlin of the Well - The Ferryman (http://s49.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2AEYL882RN1PE0V0R17AUTBSOC) Avant-Garde Metal
Maudlin of the Well - Heaven and Weak (http://s51.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3MWLJKQOLW0JL1Y6LK7LWIXADL)
Peccatum - Veils of Blue (http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2X6RVKVR9DE562MTLPJY9O48IR) Avant-Garde Metal
Ephel Duath - The Other's Touch (Amaranth) (http://s47.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2HQ4QZ6B1TTWM2UB7QG8UYK576) Prog/Jazz/Metal

[Dancin' Man]

B-Hump

[Dancin' Man]

Most of mine are spame dibs and bumps. I think I'll start editing my reviews into my dibs because that will cut down on my spam.

/most thought out and informative spam post this thread has seen yet

[munky_magik]

I still have dibs, incase anyone tries to steal it.
Also, expect themed suggestions.

[Chu]

Bump

[Riva]

Screw you Ali, your dibs can't possibly cover 12 hour time slots.

*makes triumphant return to Forced Listening!*

*trumpet fanfare*

[Riva]

I'm still new to the wonderful world of innovation that we find in Avant Garde, but I'm sure such a name denotes a wonderful band sound.

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Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Phthisis 3 minutes, 44 seconds.

The song starts out well enough. Low noises of soothing ambience begin to be punctured by industrial drum beats. No sign of guitar yet, but some synth work. At around 30secs in, the drum beat changes, we hear a bit of a chord from the guitar(s), and we hear the first vocals. Female, whining vocals. They are actually very uncomfortable. The basic beat is very repetitive, and the vocals are making me want to stop the song. The music changes a few times, and I am finding it very interesting, enough to keep my listening. The song changes mood at around 2:35, which is when I start to actually like it a lot. A male voice comes in, and blends well with the feminine vocals. The music is very industrial, and the song comes together rather well. It's sort of like this is what I have been listening to the song for, and they finally got their act together. From this point on the song is great.

Impressions: I'm not sure if the song is intentionally uncomfortable before the point when I started to like it, but I wouldn't put anything past avant garde. As such, I can respect the song artistically, but not really musically.

Score: 5/10 - This score is high mostly for the last part of the song, which I quite enjoyed.

My picks
Australian Crawl - Oh No Not You Again (New Wave Rock)
St Vitus - Born Too Late (Doom Metal)
Demilich - And The Slimy Creatures Reproduce In Your Brain (Ambient Death Metal, I guess)
Judas Priest - The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown) (Classic Metal)


Will edit in YSI links later

[Dancin' Man]

Judas Priest - The Green Manalishi
I've heard some (as everyone has) and don't like it. Try try again.

Begins with a classic riff and simple drums. This does not bode well. There is some nice harmonizing going on between the two guitars. Then we get a chuggy palm muted chord. The singer comes in, meh.

There are some little fills in the guitar and they are unimpressive and kind of boring sounding. I feel like I can't call any of this cliche though because this is what made it cliche. The singer sounds too relaxed. No energy.

A solo. It's a fairly stock classic rock/metal sounding solo. THen is speeds up and tosses in some pinch harmonics. Kinda cool but boring. I wish they would do something exciting like a time change or this works. This really thick sounding harmonized section at around 3:00 with whip sounds in the background. THe ending riff is also pretty cool.

The classics are not my thing. 4/10

Chevelle - Grab They Hand (http://s51.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=08B4GJJON6HP2HR1IS9NUQWPF) Nu-metal
Dysrhythmia - Circulatory System Overhaul (http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2ER86D8T5YAEN3MMT67O6ZIX8N) Instrumental Metal
Maudlin of the Well - The Ferryman (http://s49.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2AEYL882RN1PE0V0R17AUTBSOC) Avant-Garde Metal
Maudlin of the Well - Heaven and Weak (http://s51.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3MWLJKQOLW0JL1Y6LK7LWIXADL)
Peccatum - Veils of Blue (http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2X6RVKVR9DE562MTLPJY9O48IR) Avant-Garde Metal
Ephel Duath - The Other's Touch (Amaranth) (http://s47.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2HQ4QZ6B1TTWM2UB7QG8UYK576) Prog/Jazz/Metal
Ephel Duath - Praha (Ancient Gold) (http://s48.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1WCYDRDR7OYDD02TFHKW4TI6CR)

[enim]

dib, yes, just one dib.

[enim]

Dysrhythmia - Circulatory System Overhaul

The song begins with one of the cooler, old school ish riffs i haev ever heard. It super catchy, with awesome bass work. The guitars distortion is very cool. The drums are just in the back, doin their own thing like drummers do. The song gains some strength for a while, the bassist is doing some real good stuff, including chords and arpeggios (probobly). The riff changes, but the bass contiues doing what its doing. The guitar now is playing a lot of single notes, likes its doing a slow motion solo.

at 2:05 or so, the bass and guitar come back together. Playing the same notes, in a very cool chord progression. Then, the bass and drums switch it up a lil, stoping after the first hit of each note. Then they continue. The guitar again breaks off, and does another solo.

at 3 minuets, the song changes again completly. the drums are playing a more catchy, complex rythm, with ride and a tight snare sonund. The bass is doing the same thing, the guitar is just going off on its own thing, which fits very well. The next portion of the song sounds much the same, only with a little more jazz influence.

at 3:55, it switches for a few seconds to a very jazzy section, then to a harder metal section, and back. When it comes back to the metal section again, it stays like that and fades. Now we are in another section in which, for the bass, there is a little more jazz influence. The drums are very catchy again. The guitar is playing the same riff from the beginning, as are drums and bass. This is very catchy portion of the song again. Something i would totally blast in the car while sitting in traffic. The guitars are doing some harmonics work, as are the bass i believe. its an earie feel when they do it together. And thus concludes the song.

Great piece, overall a 8/10

My Recs:

roject 86 - Say Goodbye To the Bad Guy (Christian hard Rock)
http://s42.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2K6H7FY3W5Z9H0S1QVROG226CY
Tool - Intermission (an overlooked organ piece)
DJ Shadow - Organ Donor (Techno, with Organs)
http://s47.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3DGZJMUUIPV2C2USBFLQQUU0GP
Alien Ant Farm - Summer (older Cd)

[munky_magik]

Screw you Ali, your dibs can't possibly cover 12 hour time slots.

*makes triumphant return to Forced Listening!*

*trumpet fanfare*
I had it all done and dusted, but MX timed out when I tried to post my review :-/

[Dancin' Man]

Dibs

[Dancin' Man]

Revoked Heard all the ones I can find

[enim]

would you like a YSI for one of them?

[Kwash2]

Somebody hurry up and suggest me one.

[enim]

Bump

[Dancin' Man]

Jesus christ. Dibs.

[Dancin' Man]

Alien Ant Farm - Summer
Heard the singles.

begins with a chord progression quickly joined by some very nice basswork and drums. I dig this. The singer enters and his voice passes the test. It keeps going and sounds good. We get the chorus and it is great although the bass part isno't nearly as good here. The melodies are great. I really like this stuff. The singer is doing an excellent job and has a very unique voice. It's nearly nu-metal but not quite and funky and just good. I really like this.

my biggest complaint is the smaeness of the song. The bass however, saves this. There are basically 2 main bass fills that are both excellent.

I wish there was more to sya but there despite being a good song, there;s not a lot going on that really took me except for the bass. The singer was good and I'm sure the drummer and guitarist are both fine.

8/10

Maudlin of the Well - The Ferryman (http://s49.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2AEYL882RN1PE0V0R17AUTBSOC) Avant-Garde Metal
Maudlin of the Well - Heaven and Weak (http://s51.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3MWLJKQOLW0JL1Y6LK7LWIXADL)
Peccatum - Veils of Blue (http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2X6RVKVR9DE562MTLPJY9O48IR) Avant-Garde Metal
Ephel Duath - The Other's Touch (Amaranth) (http://s47.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2HQ4QZ6B1TTWM2UB7QG8UYK576) Prog/Jazz/Metal
Ephel Duath - Praha (Ancient Gold) (http://s48.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1WCYDRDR7OYDD02TFHKW4TI6CR)

The Maudlin of the Well's songs yousendits will be dying in a day or two so do them if you haven't heard already.

[blueyxd]

12 mb file in .dib format

[blueyxd]

**** **** *** turd ***** tit **** cunt **** **** apricot **** dick **** *****

1 hour / 10 mb into the 12 mb, the net disconnects, and it wont resume. :angry: :angry: :angry:
I'm going out soon, so I'm not starting again, un-de-re-voked

[Dancin' Man]

12 hour bump

[Britney Diva]

Dibsbsb

[Britney Diva]

Ephel Duath - The Other's Touch (Amaranth) (6:42)

Begins with a crash of heavy guitars, before devolving into a 3-piece jazz setup. There's steady, metally drums, some clean jazzy guitar and jumpy bass. The guitar has a latin feel to it, I like it. Distorted guitar enters and the band defaults to a heavy metal type sound, driven by the lead guitar.

Singer enters for the verse around 1:00. Again, he sounds like he's influenced by latin music, he may be trained. Distorted guitar arpeggios of arying speeds during the verse, while drums and bass taken a backseat. Chorus now, which reminds me of Refused, there seems to be a hardcore influence anyway. Singer begins to screech and the music becomes heavier and faster. That was great.

After the second chorus there's an extended break led by the bass, quite jazzy, before the guitar again takes the lead with distorted arpeggios. As in the beginning, lead guitar enters and eases the singer's entrance. Piece continues as before, the band recycling various themes before returning to the screaming chorus. Cool.

All the instruments have their place, it's well recorded, but I find the general sound to be lacking. The slower parts drag, having little to hold my attention for too long. The outro section does improve however, with the horn taking a lead to take the piece out on a mellow note.

Decent tune, but a it overlong for me. 7/10.

Neurotic Outsiders - Nasty Ho (http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0PZ7KOKRO2QPD289YD9ZX9JVGU) (Punk/Rock)

Butch Walker - Into The Black (http://s37.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3FJWG0YS33YW20HL8VN9NT6HFL) (Rock)

Motley Crue - Live Wire (http://s37.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=02905328PCOKX3NVPSHP1GJFAR) (Punk/Metal)

Motley Crue - Primal Scream (http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1GJQPX25WT7QR3FNO2L5TVPGNM) (Rock)

[Dancin' Man]

Epehel Duath are an Italian band. Basically the guitarist and songwriter rebuilt his band from black metal to jazz metal. I find them to be consistently more jazzy and Athiest even.

Dibs.

[Dancin' Man]

Neurotic Outsiders - Nasty Ho
Never hear of or by

bwgins with the standard punk durm intro and then a guitar plays a chord prog with the hi-hat. Hmmm... ooohh I like this. The bass enters and does a cool little fill. Maybe this is another good bassist I should know about. The chord progression loudens up and the drums come all the way in. The singer enters. He's nothing special but not bad. There isn't nuch going on that's interesting. The bass isn't playing any more cool stuff and this guitar riff just keeps going. Kinda dull. The chorus is alright but not different enough and nothing cool is going on.

THe lyrics are inappropriate. I guess that fits the title. There is a littl bridge at about 3 minutes that is a slight change and then we get something much different. A different drum beat and lots of effects on the bass with the guitar playing little arpeggios. I oike it. Then the punk starts fading back in while the singer does a Bono trick and hum sings over top with a ton of reverb. Then it stops and the sogn restarts. There is a little guitar solo of 2 notes and the singer is kind of talking over top.

5/10

Maudlin of the Well - That Curve That To An Angle Turn'd (http://s46.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=21GFE1VDZ9NA62ESOJ36BCZ1TK) Avant-Garde Metal
Maudlin of the Well - Heaven and Weak (http://s46.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3RDLVEOF75PKR2T9IFIW3HQ2UA)
Ephel Duath - Praha (Ancient Gold) (http://s48.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1WCYDRDR7OYDD02TFHKW4TI6CR) Prog/Jazz/Metal

All set.

[Dancin' Man]

bumpizzle

[Dancin' Man]

Many Many hour bump. 'Tender - notice my consideration of keeping this thread clean.

[Chu]

Bump.

[enim]

can we resend that first song please. this thread is going nowhere fast and im getting it movin again

[Volumnius Flush]

Bump

In fact, I think I'll just take this over. If anyone would so kindly go to www.myspace.com/premonition1 and listen to the song Profane, review it, and give me a song, I will be glad to repay the favor.

Or ignore me because I have no authority whatsoever. I am just trying to save this thread.

[Volumnius Flush]

try this again…

[blueyxd]

DIBS
IDSB
BSID
SBDI



maudlin Of The Well - The Curve That To An Angle Turn'd

Some clean, non-trebly guitar full of reverb and echoes is at the start of it. Seems like a typical mOTW sound in quite a few of their songs that I've heard. The bass and some keyboard join in this ghostly moodsetting intro. Some lead guitar snakes around.

After about 1:20 it threatens.. and delivers. It goes into a slow sludgy passage, with deep Opeth-like growls. Rarely interrupted by quick guitar squeals, harmonics and notes that have an audible frequency. This goes on for 2 minutes, with little change.

A quick break with a trumpet or whatever that is, and soft guitar strums. Plays a bit of Green Day - When I Come Around for 0.5 seconds, then goes back to heavy for 10 seconds.

Calm again, a woman is singing, sounds emotional.. I wouldn't have expected it here. It's very calm in fact, the drums patter on in the background, barely noticeable. This carries on for more minutes than the heavy bit did.

The ending is a bit faster, and a bit unfocused and rushed it seems to me, some of the drum bits just sound stupid. I guess everything until now has fitted in its own strange way.


After all that, I listened the song and hardly had an opinion at all. Very cold to my heart. I know in time it will grow on me, all their other songs did. For my first listens, it's so hard to say what I feel because their songs are so weird. It took the poor ending to make me realize that everything before that sounded relatively good. I felt too much like an observer.. Bah ask me in 3 months time. 7.5/10 for now

__________________

Decoder Ring - Collapse Coming On (http://www.comcen.com.au/~caracarol/Decoder Ring - Spooky Action At A Distance - 01 - Collapse Coming On.mp3) - instrumental, post-pop. Like a fast version of Mogwai


Don't disappoint me people.

[munky_magik]

Dibsicles.

[munky_magik]

Decoder Ring - Collapse Coming On

I have not a single clue about this, so here we go:

The song starts with some strange computer type noises which fade in. Then something like a triangle is hit, and a rhythm is maintained on that. Various other atonal noises fade in, and out, before a pretty little piano melody, synth accompaniment and clean guitar take centre stage. This all builds up for a while before being joined by a steady bass drum beat, and various other instruments - which sound like glokenspiels or something akin to that, which add to the pretty paino melody.

At 2:20 a full drum beat develops and drives the song forward. This is extremely well written. The melody started off so simple, but has gotten so complex now and still manages to sound wonderful. The drums drop out for a while whilst something like the begginning melody is repeated, but variances are added by new instruments.

This really is a very pretty song.

The drums kick back into something approaching the earlier section, but this time with added slightly distorted guitar on top.
The layering is this song is brilliant, there is so much happening but it all works together to make a great song.

The song ends with your usual guitar chord ringing out + feedback.

So yeah, this song was cool. Extremely well writte in that there was so much happening at one time yet it all worked together to give the sense of simplness. Also very pretty. I liked the fact that it was instrumental as well, it was just one of those songs that I think would've been spoiled by having specific meaning tied to it.
8/10

Recommendations

hxxp://s52.yousendit.com/d.php?id=R9FSADJOJZ4GBDHJFJANQ7CO
Enthroned - Seven Plauges, Seven Wraths (Xes Revelation) - Black Metal

hxxp://s56.yousendit.com/d.php?id=1RTFE9QC4IU8C1GU0T92D6IF44
The Offspring - Blackball - Punk

hxxp://s55.yousendit.com/d.php?id=9Y2D8I1UFYG43ELSFSYACXWKS
Spiritual Beggars - Salt In Your Wound - Rock

hxxp://s54.yousendit.com/d.php?id=245IBZGJ1OCGS1X4U0RS4WPK0C
The Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces - Soul/Funk

hxxp://s52.yousendit.com/d.php?id=3L2RKEOUAPK44F5IJIACWRRC
Carnial In Coal - ****ing Hostile (Pantera Cover) - Lounge/Jazz


EDIT: Sorted

[Six Foot Revolver]

Dibs

Your links have been blocked Ali, next time hxxp them

[munky_magik]

I'm way ahead of ya.

[Six Foot Revolver]

It still says its blocked, get on MSN and send me it via that please :-*

[munky_magik]

It still says its blocked, get on MSN and send me it via that please :-*
You had to pick the one link that was broken, didn't you? :p

Try this instead: Enthroned - Seven Plauges, Seven Wraths (Xes Revelation) ( http://www.megaupload.com/?d=39D9T5QJ)

I'm sorry but I can't be having with MSN at my time of life.

[Six Foot Revolver]

Spiritual Beggars - Salt In Your Wound

I have never heard these guys before so I went into this not knowing what to expect.

The song goes straight into it and it has a very interesting riff with the bass following the guitar. The drums are great on this track in my opinion. It goes into the verse playing what it was playing before but with vocals. Due to weird mixing it is quite hard to hear the singer but the vocals are great. It then goes into a new, basic riff for the chorus and the singers voice becomes more clear. The song then breaksdown and then goes back into the chorus riff. The breakdown in this song is fantastic but I have always had a thing for breakdowns :p. After continuing the cycle a bit more there is one crazy solo, I <3 this solo. It then breaksdown again and then that is the song.

The vocals on this track are great and the guitar has some fantastic riffs all the way through. I also thought the drums were great and the song had a fantastic layout. My only complaint really is the fact that the bass just seems to follow the guitar all the way through but that might just be my crappy speakers. A great band that I will certainley look out for :)

8.5/10

Recommendations:

At The Drive-In - One Armed Scissor (Post Rock/Emo)
hxxp://s59.yousendit.com/d.php?id=2X6OZ4HWFMSKK1BRZMG4FAJVO0

Cryptopsy - Slit Your Guts (Death Metal)
hxxp://s46.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1YDZOGVQCGDOU04F9C20VPTAFG

King Crimson - Elephant Talk (Progressive Rock)
hxxp://s56.yousendit.com/d.php?id=2Y2HSZTUJBI8K30YB6A0F0XA88

[munky_magik]

DIb s

[munky_magik]

King Crimson - Elephant Talk

I'm slightly familiar with King Crimson, so I have a vauge idea of what to expect.

The song starts off with a trill on what sound like a some kind of synth, but is most likely Robert Fripp's guitar. Phase and delay effects come in to make this a crazy trill.
A jazzy tune then starts up on the guitar, which is accompanied by bass.
The vocals enter with an aggressive "shh" and are immediatly followed by the drums which give a steady beat and mold the song together. This repeats a few times before the vocals stop hiding backstage and make a proper entrance.

The vocals seem to be very free verse, and stray away from the usual rhyme schemes and rhythms that most lyrics anchor themselves to. The subject matter also appears to be very wierd. The jazzy bass and guitar continue underneath this with overdubs from another guitar, which is actually recognisable as a guitar this time. The whole song so far gives of a very physcadelic jazz feel.

A change occurs at about 1:30 and a new part is introduced. It puts me in mind of some of Buckethead's playing, though several million Bpm slower. It appears to be this song's explanation for a chorus. This repeats a few time before going back to the, already well established, earlier jazzy section with the crazy vocals.

The only real difference this time round is strange overdubs which replace the vocals.

Another jazzy section enters, lead my clean guitar. Fripp's solo over the top sounds very much like a violinist is in the process of being strangled. Intersting? Most certainly. Pleasing to the ear? Not entirely.

A brief reconnaissance mission back to the first section before we head off to an entirely new section. It appears to be a breakdown section accompanied by a more conventional solo by Mr. Fripp. After this brief interlude we repeat one of the earlier sections. And encounter a very brief ending.

This song didn't really go anywhere, it was just extremely repetitive and no where near as progressive as I was expecting. The writing for this song just doesn't approach the level of that on In The Court Of The Crimson King.
It was an interesting piece, but not very easy to listen to. And Not one I'll be listening again to in a hurry again.

5/10

Recommendations:
hxxp://s56.yousendit.com/d.php?id=1RTFE9QC4IU8C1GU0T92D6IF44
The Offspring - Blackball - Punk

hxxp://s54.yousendit.com/d.php?id=245IBZGJ1OCGS1X4U0RS4WPK0C
The Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces - Soul/Funk

hxxp://s52.yousendit.com/d.php?id=3L2RKEOUAPK44F5IJIACWRRC
Carnial In Coal - ****ing Hostile (Pantera Cover) - Lounge/Jazz

Enthroned - Seven Plauges, Seven Wraths (Xes Revelation) (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=39D9T5QJ) - Black Metal

The Black Mages - Those Who Fight Further (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=41C9G930) - Metal adpation of a FFVII song

[blueyxd]

I got this one

[blueyxd]

I've never really liked any black metal that I've heard so far, just giving it another try.

Enthroned - Seven Plauges, Seven Wraths (Xes Revelation)

A surprising intro. A timpani, clarinet and some maybe ethnic instruments play some calm stuff. This doesn't last long. Distorted guitar and fast double kick drums, AND I CAN HEAR BOTH CLEARLY!!!! :O Doesn't sound too bad actually, and it sounds more like death metal to me. A simple riff is playing, then the singer comes in. Sounds a bit raspy like the Atheist singer, but midgetized, and I can't understand what he's s.... singing. There's a deeper growl every now and then alongside midgetguts.

I guess its the chorus here. It's quite melodic, both musically and the vocals, but the midget is still grinding away as well. The drums slow down for a bit, some simple guitar chords chug along, then speed up as a guitar solo starts... then they really fast mid-solo, but it seems the drummer can't get it quite right.

Yeeh, quiet middle section, some middle eastern scale is used, sounds like Alchemist. The song title is half said/half growled. Then the same riffs are taken to the heavy level. Some cool riffs follow, still fairly melodic.

More progressions, could be the first verse/chorus repeating. The chorus music follows on and theres a not-too-difficult sounding guitar solo. It goes almost as melodic as Gothenburgh Death Metal at the end. Then fades out.


Yeah, not bad at all. It was easy to listen to with all the melodies, so it would be a good stepping stone to more extreme music. It stays interesting over the 7 minutes with all the changes. It was also good to be able to hear the instruments clearly. I'll keep this one.
8/10

________________________

Karnivool - C.O.T.E. (http://www.comcen.com.au/~caracarol/Karnivool - C.O.T.E..mp3) - prog/technical nu-metal

[blueyxd]

_________/\___________

looks like a bump

[blueyxd]

well it is

[whatduffhuck7]

hxxp://s52.yousendit.com/d.php?id=3L2RKEOUAPK44F5IJIACWRRC
Carnial In Coal - ****ing Hostile (Pantera Cover) - Lounge/Jazz
dude, wtf is this. dl this exptecting a descent song. but it sucks. never herd that band

[blueyxd]

the system is down

[blueyxd]

yo ho diablolo

[the2stranger]

dibs, I have decided it's a terrible shame that I haven't donme forced listenings for months, because I can discover loads of music via these threads :)

don't be worried, I'm a bit busy now, but I''ll post my review, somewhere later in the afternoon, so no one else take dibs :p (although I wonder if people ever wil dibbs agin, seeing you bumbs Blueyxd)

so once more, dibs, my review will be on in the late afternoon

[the2stranger]

Starts of with some weird sounds.
At 0:10 drumming and guitars come in, I like it.
Not typical nu-metal :p
Everything is well audible.
:eek: at 0:50 vocals come in, way too whiney for my tastes, it ruins the song a bit.
The guitaring underneath is cool though, reminds me a bit of Tool at times.
The music has a very electronic feel to it, a lot of synth effects.
The mainriff is a powerfull one, the bass going on under that is very nice, but once more, the vocals aren’t my thing.
Especially on the softer parts of the song the vocals get annoying.
At 3:30 there is some acoustic strumming and some strings going on, after this we get a solo of sort, which is cool, the vocals now remind me of Cedric from the Mars Volta, I like it better.
At: 4:30 the song is synth driven and bass driven, after that going back for one time the main-riff.
The song ends with the weird sounds it started with.

Overall:
Vocals aren’t my cup of thee, I might get used to it, they aren’t bad, just not my thing.
The rest is awesome, only the synths are a bit too much at times.

4/5

My picks:

Mr Bungle - Golem II (uhh, weird patton fusion stuff?)
xttp://s64.yousendit.com/d.php?id=10HUGZGKVOIOKHLGE8YZC4O0G

Winds – What Is Beauty? ( neo classical/ progressive metal)
xttp://s43.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=050MDPFINF1853ECCZDTSSXPFM

[Six Foot Revolver]

El Dibs for when the YSIs are up

[Six Foot Revolver]

Mr. Bungle - Golem II

Right so is there a Golem I? To your shock and horror I am yet to here Mr. Bungle (:eek: I hear you cry) so I have no idea what to expect. You took your time uploading this one :p.

This song starts with some interesting noises with some weird jack-in-a-box music, kinda creepy. The attitude changes and it is a kind of happy change but still quite creepy.Holy crap! So many thing happening at once. The drums in this are fantastic and I love the whole structure of it. It then breaksdown and has a perculiar voice. It then has some singing but still perculiar voices and then the effects go off the voice. It then breaksdown then but just the tune really slow and then goes back into it. It then comes back with some more perculiar vocals and the back to usual vocals. It then continues this kind of structure for the rest of the song until the end when it turns into some classical creepy piano (or so it sounds like). This is real one of those songs that you need to hear to believe. There is so much going on at once that there is no chance of me explaining it all. This was a very hard one to review and I did a poor job of it :upset:. You're either gonna hate or love this song. I loved it :) 9/10



Judas Priest - Touch Of Evil (Old School Metal)
hxxp://s53.yousendit.com/d.php?id=GJFS6H8JJAOSYN0FD15UUC08


Black Label Society - Blood In The Wall (Live) (Acoustic Rock)
hxxp://s53.yousendit.com/d.php?id=74P9I0F3RHOO2XQLJIF7WFWG8

Symphony X - Evolution (The Grand Design) (Symphonic Metal)
hxxp://s58.yousendit.com/d.php?id=MGE0VHBWFUOW1ZCA8CCD1IQS0

[Dancin' Man]

Dibs

[the2stranger]

To Six Foot Revolver:
Glad you liked it.,


and good to see 3 dibs in such a short amount of time :D

[Dancin' Man]

Judas Priest - Touch of Evil
I have consistently not liked Judas Priest. Here goes another try. As a side-note, Touch of Evil the movie has the best opening shot ever. Nearly 5 minutes long and it ranges from a closeup to full building shots.

Begins with some wind and bells which strings join. Atmosphere! Then a guitar. This could be good. The drums join and they're the same old lame drums every song ever could have. A nasty keyboard joins, really terrible sound to it. The singer comes in, he sounds better than I remember. This is getting boring. The singer is really good.

Then we get another section. The synths sound good here. Very epic sound to everything. I like this the way I like power metal. I don't actually enjoy it but it gives you the feeling of being a knight in shining armor battling a dragon. Anyway... back to the first riff. I wish the guitarist would play something more exciting. everythign but the singer has gotten old by now.

The little solo thing is good. the winds and bells in the background have a nice effect. Then the solo gets into itself and I want shredding but there is none to be found. It is a very awesome solo though. Like, really, really good. It does interesting things musically. Then there is shredding. I wish there was a little more of that, like the solos Winds does, a nice mix of musicality and shredding. Anyway, I like the song, it is good but at the same time, not really my thing. I can see how the live show must be amazing though. The drummer just did a little bit of double bass but for the most part, he is really boring.

8/10

All my songs are over 7 minutes because I wanted a post-metal/rock theme to mine. Sorry about the size. If you have a bad internet connection, just post in here that you need something shorter and I will comply, but don't just be lazy and ask for a shorter song because you can't commint all 8 minutes to listening.

Pelican - Australasia (10:48)
xhttp://s40.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=29A6MP0SWRTOQ1CHJ4YIE1OUZW

Isis - In Fiction (8:58)
xhttp://s40.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=111YYFXRGGJT41F5V4JN75880Y

Red Sparrowes - Buildings Began To Stretch Wide Across The Sky, And The Air Filled With A Reddish Glow (7:23)
xhttp://s40.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1M3BCCXJ9FM520KJ1N0I4K0P57

Sigur Ros - [Untitled 4] (7:33)
xhttp://s40.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3AGCIOFNFI4R03SAF67ZHAMCN3

[the2stranger]

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[the2stranger]

Pelican - Australasia

Starts of very Isis like, dense low guitaring.
This riffs carries on till: 1:20, there is some change now, and it sounds better.
The song starts to flow better now, with some more alive sounding drums.
At 1:55 there is some intesting guitar played over the mainriff.
At 2:20 the music slows down a bit, very drone like
At 3:50 there is some relaxing strumming on acoustic guitar, I like the sliding sounds on the strings.
After this there isn’t much going on, the typical dense post rock sound that I know from Isis.
At 6:40 the soundscape sounds very empty, some strumming without distortion or anything.
This is very nice, you can feel the emotion going on.
Towards the 9 minutes things get denser again, very melodic though.
The playing at the 10 minute mark is very cool.
But you can feel it building towards and end..

Well, I’m not really impressed by my first Pelican experience, but it was good.
Sometimes the dense riffs started to bore me, and the more melodic stuff in between was very welcome,
I would be more interested if they had vocals though :(
7/10

My picks:

Solefald – Death Of Father (post black metal)
hxxp://s59.yousendit.com/d.php?id=2XFNMOTZDJ8K81CNX6MU0G1Q84

Pineapple Thief – resident Alert (prog rock)

just a YSI for one, the other YSI has been running for 2 hours already, and still not done, although it's only a 4 minute song :confused:
so If you are interested in the Pineapple thief one, you will have to look for it yourself or contact me via MSn or AIM, it's in my profile

[NEVRMORE2]

this is first time on this thread so sry if i get wrong but

Backmask - Pride

go to
www.backmask.com then click on the CD on in the top right you can dowload them there.

[CaptainWaits]

this is first time on this thread so sry if i get wrong but

Backmask - Pride

go to
www.backmask.com then click on the CD on in the top right you can dowload them there.

There's rules for this thread on the first page, it'll tell you everything you need to know ;)

The Forced Listening is where someone will dibs songs, and review them, then they will post their recommendations for other members to dibs (meaning the one who places dibs is the one who reviews the next song). After you review one of the songs posted before, then you can continue on and post your recommendations :thumb:

Get it??

[NEVRMORE2]

There's rules for this thread on the first page, it'll tell you everything you need to know ;)

The Forced Listening is where someone will dibs songs, and review them, then they will post their recommendations for other members to dibs (meaning the one who places dibs is the one who reviews the next song). After you review one of the songs posted before, then you can continue on and post your recommendations :thumb:

Get it??
darn......yeha i get it though

[the2stranger]

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:eek: a bumb in the road

[Dancin' Man]

!sbid!

[Dancin' Man]

Solefald - The Death of Father
I have all the Solefald album on my computer and own In Harmonia Universali but I don't listen to Pills Against the Ageless Ills very often so I figure this is OK.

Begins with those distinct Solefald vocals and a cool chord progression. Shaping up to be another ace Solefald song. Then way the riff is broken in half by those staccato notes is really cool. Then the same riff plays but with harsh vocals and heavier drums. A cool way to use the same melody twice. Then we get into the palm muted chords and vocals. Solefald is one of the only bands to really use palm muted chords well because there is always something else going on and they use discretion. Somebands just do palm muted power chords through half of every song they right and it sounds like crap, but Solefald has it down.

This song gets to the halfway point then changes it's sound with organs and a very methodical sounding rhythm. I like it. It contrasts nicely with the first half. Eww... there is a drum stick click to get back into the first theme. That is ugly and annoying and should have been left out. This is a fairly boring Solefald song. I've always thought this album was generally more boring than In Harmonia Universali but this is just not cool. The song never really does anything spectacular at all. Oh well.

6.5/10

hxxp://s60.yousendit.com/d.php?id=1RT5898QERB44UVP7DLAVH9W8 - Between the Buried and Me - Backwards Marathon (from the new album Alaska. This song will blow you away. 8:27)
hxxp://s60.yousendit.com/d.php?id=3GCZXHLNX88WK3D89A0930FC4S - Sol Invictus - December Song (a weird sort of avant garde acoustic type band. Very distinct sound. Only do this if you've already heard the new BTBAM)

Replace the x's with t's

[Dancin' Man]

rebumop

[Larry LaLonde]

pretty cool thread here, i just found it. can you get these songs on SoulSeek...with dial-up?

[Dancin' Man]

They're on yousendit that's what the links are for.

[Larry LaLonde]

They're on yousendit that's what the links are for.


i see...im such a dumbass. lol :upset:

[Larry LaLonde]

well dibs on invictis if i can get it.

undibs, its not happenin

[Chu]

Ok, please post if you can't :)
I wouldn't mind doing some Forced Listening again, very good idea :thumb:

[Neurotoxin]

Dibs on BTBM.

[Neurotoxin]

Backwards Marathon
Between The Buried And Me

The song starts off immediately with the vocalist growling and the guitar playing a sweet technical riff. It catches me off guard. After this comes a kick-*** fast part. The vocals speed up as well. I'm diggin' this. Next is slower part, with the guitarists still shredding like whoa. The next little bit interchanges between fast parts and slow parts, with hardly any breaks for the vocalist. At about 2:00 they switch to this really smoooooth riff. I'm soooo diggin' this. The next part is my favourite part in the whole song. It slows down (a lot). Everything is clam. The bassist plays a simple bassline. The drummer comes in, with soft distorted guitar (awesome touch). The vocalist sings calmly "it's raining" over and over. In the background you can hear some rain and thunder. This is mezmerising. Two minutes later it's still raining, but I'm not complaining. Soon the lyrics deviate. The vocalist's voice is still calm. The guitar in the background is still setting an awesome atmosphere. The drummer is hitting the high hat more often now. The vocals are overlapping. The guitar takes the foreground now, and soon they break into a calm but faster part. The drummer is "double-bassing". The vocalist is calm. He cries out three more "it's raining", the third time going quite high on the "raining". Back to the intro again. It variates from the intro, eventually ending with nothing but rain.

9.5/10 - Amazing song. I loved the middle. A 10 would've been achieved if more there were a little more fast paced parts (similar to the prat after 0:30) at the end.

Cynicon - Momentary
http://s5.ultrashare.net/hosting/fs/120ed624049527fb/
(Cyber metal)

[Chu]

Dibs :)
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Cynicon: Momentary

Starts off slow, with some atmosphere, then everything stops, the drums roll, and it kicks in, after the guitar goes through some riffing the vocalist kicks in, sounds to me like a Power Metal vocalist growling, kinda cool, he does some high scream (Or maybe that's a back-up vocalist), the guitar's doing some sick riffing here, sounds similar to Meshuggah imo, but I don't know much about either band, I like it.
There's a cool echo sound to the vocalist, I guess it's a back-up singer, but to me it does sound like it could be some delayed layering, either way it is very cool. It comes in with the drums doing a repetative dum-dum-dum-dum, which I think is boring, but since he only does it for a short while, I can forgive him :p, the drummer stops for a little bit, but then starts again going off on his snare(?), it's a cool rhythm, and it slowly builds, then the singer breaks into it, and the guitar starts going strong again, all the time this atmospheric 'mist' is playing, I don't know what creates the sound, maybe a keyboard... Everything just kinda builds up and then stops...

It's pretty cool, I would have liked the guitar to keep going the whole way through, but we don't always get what we want...
Pretty sloppy review from me.. I'd say probably a 6/10...

Songs:
Baterz - Zombie Girl (http://s2.ultrashare.net/hosting/fs/b15388648879b079/) (Australian Folk Music, I guess..)

That's all I have really, I can upload more, so if this song doesn't interest anyone, just say so and I will upload something else :thumb:

[Neurotoxin]

Dibosaurus.

[Neurotoxin]

Zombie Girl
Baterz

Starts off with some accoustic strumming. The bass comes in. I'm dancing in my chair. In comes the vocals. Can't say I'm a big fan of the singer. A second guitar comes in with an accoustic lead. After that a bongo comes in. The song, minus the vocals, has a really cool vibe. There isn't much more to say about this song because it's fairly short and there isn't much variation.

5/10 - It just lacked something, and the vocals brought it down.

Time to crank up the poppy screamo! I actually love these songs quite a lot... strange, because I strongly dislike TBS.

From First To Last - Note To Self
http://s5.ultrashare.net/hosting/fs/34c7ea28732fa46f/

Taking Back Sunday - Cute Without the E
http://s1.ultrashare.net/hosting/fs/aebf98afea331fc5/

And if you're feeling brave, some real screamo!

Love Lost But Not Forgotten - Drown
http://s5.ultrashare.net/hosting/fs/16b4e9f243648663/

[tycoon531]

okk

[Six Foot Revolver]

i am the law- anthrax (light 80s thrash)
Read the thread rules on page 1 please.

[blueyxd]

From First To Last - Note To Self

A melodic intro in 6/4, sounds a bit emo/punk... yes it is, the vocals more than confirm that. I don't go for this type of music, but that's beside the point. These vocals are harmonized, quite strained, some bits slightly screamed, a bit like power-metal vocals. The drums are going through bursts of double kick every now and then.

The music playing is decent, nothing too special, but the melodic structuring is done well. But these vocalists are the main focus, and their voices are quickly getting on my nerves.

A quieter middle section with lots of tom drums, the singers now sound more like Blink 182. "I miss you terribly... Come back to me"... Is this really the most common lyrical theme in this type of music?

It progresses a bit, I'm sure I havent heard these parts before, but they are incredibly melodic and sound pretty similar. There is one bit that just sounds chunky-heavy, playing on one chord, it's a good break, except the singers are being as melodic as ever..

Then it just changes to the outro - a reversed guitar bit, sounds decent, but it doesnt really feel like an ending.


Hm, it's just not to my taste, the ever-melodic sound reminds me of that time I ate a heap of these lollies, then I just felt so sick I coudln't eat anymore, even many months after that... yeah. The music was alright though, not something I could listen to for very long, the vocalists should have taken more breaks.
Ok, but this hasn't inspired me want to look for similar stuff. 6.5/10

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Rumors Of The Big Wave - Burning Times (http://www.comcen.com.au/~caracarol/Rumors%20Of%20The%20Big%20Wave%20-%20Burning%20Times.mp3) - pagan

[blueyxd]

Mr Bumpalina

[Six Foot Revolver]

Mr. Bumpalina's wife is Mrs. Dibs :)

[Six Foot Revolver]

Rumours Of The Big Wave - Burning Times

I had never even heard of these guys before doing this to be honest so I had no idea what to expect. The song starts out with some soothing yet mysterious synth. The synth changes to a noise similar sort of to a guitar and then the singing starts. Oh dear lord this singing annoys me, its got emotion it it but it he is trying to be back quiet and calme and it just annoys me. The synth stops at about 2 minutes and just a very slow drum and bass beat. The drums then speed up and the bass plays a different melody. Then everything stops at about 3:15 and all there is is the singer, an occasional bass note and some odd noises in the background here and there. The is then a strum of a guitar and the bass and drums come in again with some perculiar jungle like music in the background. The singer then comes back in at 5:20 and then it stops.

I really didn't like this song, everything in it was bland and the singing annoyed the hell out of me. The noises in the background on the synth were quite interesting at times. The bass wasn't that bad either and had some interesting riff changes, except for that it was a bland and boring song. 4/10


Recommendations:
Dillinger Escape Plan - Highway Robbery (http://rapidshare.de/files/4105046/03_-_Dillinger_Escape_Plan_-_Highway_Robbery.mp3.html) (Technical Grindcore)
Necrophagist - Advanced Corpse Tumour (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=29LO64HG) (Death Metal)
Pink Floyd - Set The Control for the Heart of the Sun (Live) ( http://rapidshare.de/files/4105398/03_-_Set_the_Controls_for_the_Heart_of_the_Sun.mp3.htm l) (Classic Rock)

[Stoic]

Dillinger Escape Plan - Highway Robbery

I've only listened to DEP's album "Calculating Infinity" so I picked this song to get an idea of their newer material. It was a pleasant surprise to immediately find out that they got a new vocalist since my biggest objection were the irritating and dull screamo vocals. Sure the new vocalist has a screamo-ish edge but his vocals are far more strong flexible and listenable and his passages from one style to another far more interesting and memorable.

After getting used to the new and imrpoved vocal style I focused onto the music. It is typical DEP, mixing a wide variety of genres on a harcore formula, often incorporating both meticulous yet forced sounding at times (like the quiet break in the middle which at least is not too mellow) technical parts (that can be heard in a typical technical metal band) and odd crisp rhythm-ed (start/stop riffage) that meets with their -core influences.

This song, compared to their earlier material, sounds way less technical to me and it seems that it has and intense alternative and commercial touch, meaning that its composers mostly wanted to make a catchy and solid song rather an incredibly technical and difficult to grasp one.

An interesting listen in overall, although nothing extremely mind blowing or totally fresh sounding compared to what I'm already familiar with.

8.5/10
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Recommendations

Slough Feg - High Passage/Low Passage hxxp://rapidshare.de/files/4109387/highlow.mp3.html
epic heavy/power with doom and folk influences

Gory Blister - Art Bleeds
hxxp://rapidshare.de/files/4109625/Gory_Blister_-_Art_Bleeds.mp3.html
technical death metal ala death

Origin - Reciprocal
hxxp://rapidshare.de/files/4109816/OriginReciprocal.mp3.html
brutal technical death/grind

[94_Hours]

dibs

[94_Hours]

Gory Blister - Art Bleeds 4/5
As much as i listen to death metal, I have never heard of Gory Blister. But, I looked into them so i could put a good description.

Gory Blister hail from Italy and were originally formed in 1991. They recorded a few demos and did a few shows here and there but they wanted more. But due to their roster troubles, this was going to be hard. They eventually released their first album, 'Cognitive Synergy' which quickly became a cult classic. After yet another lineup change, Gory Blister was back in the studio to record their newest release, 'Art Bleeds'. Which brings me to the song review of the title track off 'Art Bleeds.'


The song has sort of a progressive feel to it with palm-muted power chords and short bursts of double bass. You can tell this is talented band. This track really doesn't have a very heavy feel to it, which I don't mind. The screaming is fairly original sounding and doesn't growl like a lot of death metal vocalists do. In fact, I would probably call them Technical black metal. A great song though.

My Reccomendations:
The Haunted - Who Will Decide
Darkthrone - Sin Origin
Six Feet Under - Deathklaat
Akercocke - Nadja
Hellhammer - Revelations Of Doom

[blueyxd]

Hellhammer - Revelations Of Doom

I think I got a demo version, it was the only one available. the Id3 tag says it's from 1983

Theres a funny echoing "OW!!" at the start reminds me of strongbad/limozeen.

It sounds very raw and simple, not what I was expecting going by the recent Hellhammer projects. The drums are so simple, and shitty... its the same pattern almost the whole way through the song, and that pattern consists of 2 beats. 1 is the bass drum, 2 is the snare and a cymbal.

Imagine this :
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The guitar is very simple too.. man this is pretty bad. I surely hope this is the demo version, it sounds like it. I don't really mind the raw sound, but I hope they changed the music and drum pattern for later versions.

The "vocalist" is speaking more than anything, but with force, a slight growl, and lots of echo. Very hard to hear what is being said, but with better production, I'm sure I would be able to figure the lyrics out. He is doing the best bit of this song.

It's 3 minutes of mostly the same thing.
If I can find another version, I will review it and replace the current review. This one is just plain bad.

1/10

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Brace - Break From Fear (http://www.comcen.com.au/~caracarol/Brace%20-%20Break%20From%20Fear.mp3) - power nu-metal... ?

Goldie Lookin' Chain - Monkey Love (http://www.comcen.com.au/~caracarol/Goldie%20Lookin'%20Chain%20-%20Monkey%20Love.mp3) - R&B/pop parody

[BrianLim]

Is it only Rock songs?

[Britney Diva]

I love your reviews, bluey. :)

Dibs.

[Britney Diva]

Goldie Lookin' Chain - Monkey Love

I considered doing the nu-metal track, since I knew I'd have little to say about this track, but in the end I just couldn't help myself. This reminds me of a hidden track on Butch Walker's first album, which is a 5-minute parody of R. Kelly. Listening to this, it seems to be more Michael Jackson-related.

The song begins with a "sexy" funk guitar motif and a sleazy, breathy, soul voice starts to talk. Yes, it's an ad for a gay chatline. His name is Rene La Roux...

He starts to sing. His voice is overloaded with way to much of that electronic vocal effect that I hate. Sounds like Daft Punk, but camper. Tongue is heavily in cheek throughout the song, possibly as a preventative measure in case it should enter a monkey's taboo orifice. Eww..

Lyrics are typical R&B stuff. Guy's eyes meet monkey's across a crowded zoo, it's love at first sight. Soon they're enjoying feeding time together and a whole lot more. "I love the monkeeeeeeyy" Our hero and his love interest make love til 2, go for walks in the park, all the usual beastial relationship stuff.

The beat sounds like it comes from the drum machine on a crappy 80's keyboard, so that's probably where it comes from. Of course, it fits the song perfectly, so it's awesome. Finishes with a typical no-music, spoken word section - he misses his monk