[QUOTE=Burdcheese]Hey thread :wave:

23 minutes on my first taste of Dark Tranquility - what can I expect?[/QUOTE]

I'm not sure. I'm four tracks in and nothing has particularly struck me yet. It's not bad, just not world-slaying.

Having said that, this fourth one seems pretty good so far.

[QUOTE=Bartender]Ah okay.

Anyway, more CDs can't be bad :) Can it?

My Amazon order finally arrived yesterday. I'm so poor now.[/QUOTE]

More CDs are always good :)
Probably going to try and get myself another one courtesy of ebay tonight.


What did you get again?

Just a lot of CDs. Nothing tr00, though. Not even any metal really, with the exception of Watchtower.

Anything I like?

I don't know. Give me a little while, I'll write out a list.

You might like Watchtower. Really technical progressive metal. The only problem I can find with them is the vocalist; I love Bruce Dickinson, Rob Halford (what I know, anyway), and I really enjoy 3 Inches of Blood's ridiculously high vocals, but Watchtower are rather like Spiral Architect in that they've managed to find a breed of vocalist who annoys the living hell out of me. Great music though, I'll upload a track or two in a bit if you like (once I'm finished with this Frank Klepacki).

Sure, I don't usually like high vocals though, but there are a few exceptions.

Like Rhapsody, I borrowed Symphony of Enchanted lands the other day.

Nice. Whose copy is it?

The Mrs.

And do you like it (beyond the cover art :))?

List;

Post-list writing addition - most of these don't even really belong in R&M :-/

Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin'
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I See a Darkness
Clara Rockmore - The Art of the Theremin
Einstürzende Neubauten - Strategies Against Architecture
Gang of Four - Entertainment!
Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius
Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison
Magazine - The Correct Use of Soap
The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy and the Lash
Rob Dougan - Furious Angels
Saetia - A Retrospective
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire De Melody Nelson
Solomon Burke - Don't Give Up On Me
U.N.K.L.E - Psyence Fiction
Watchtower - Control and Resistance
Yusef Lateef - The Blue Yusef Lateef

Yes, it's pretty good. Emerald Sword is awesome, of course, and some other songs are very catchy as well. Sometimes the music is a bit overpowered by Keyboards and Symphony, though. There are a lot of moments you can't even hear the guitar.

It is also very nerdy, but it's fun to listen to, it's a faerie tale that they tell. Enjoyable, but not all songs are as good as Emerald Sword.

More Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, I see. Einstürzende Neubauten should be interesting as well, can't say I know a lot about the rest, though. :)

[QUOTE=Suprapeer]
Yes, it's pretty good. Emerald Sword is awesome, of course, and some other songs are very catchy as well. Sometimes the music is a bit overpowered by Keyboards and Symphony, though. There are a lot of moments you can't even hear the guitar.

It is also very nerdy, but it's fun to listen to, it's a faerie tale that they tell. Enjoyable, but not all songs are as good as Emerald Sword.[/QUOTE]

Well it'd be difficult to make a whole album full of Emerald Swords, I think.

Here's a Watchtower song, if you're interested;
[url=http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3RYF8U23XQDEM19SLDU3ZDO6VG]Watchtower - Random Instruments of Murder[/url]

And Joe (I think he's still here), here's that Klepacki album.

[url]http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0ORTXW402JW71317BXOYUL30VF[/url]

I hope I got those links the right way around.

[QUOTE=Bartender]And do you like it (beyond the cover art :))?

List;

Post-list writing addition - most of these don't even really belong in R&M :-/

Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin'
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I See a Darkness
Clara Rockmore - The Art of the Theremin
Einstürzende Neubauten - Strategies Against Architecture
Gang of Four - Entertainment!
Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius
Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison
Magazine - The Correct Use of Soap
The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy and the Lash
Rob Dougan - Furious Angels
Saetia - A Retrospective
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire De Melody Nelson
Solomon Burke - Don't Give Up On Me
U.N.K.L.E - Psyence Fiction
Watchtower - Control and Resistance
Yusef Lateef - The Blue Yusef Lateef[/QUOTE]

Only one I've got is Furious Angels - great CD.

How I envy you being able to buy that many CDs at a time :(

Well Amazon had a sale on. Bob Dylan, Neubauten, Gang of Four, Jaco Pastorius, Johnny Cash, Magazine and Rob Dougan were all £5.97 or less, I think. Magazine was actually only £3.33. Most of the others were £7.99, and the most expensive was £11.99, I think.

Anyway, that was 50% or so of January's food budget. And 50% of February's went on that Wildhearts vinyl I won, and now I'm debating bidding on this rare boxed set thing.. Stupid eBay.

But how can you blame ebay when it's so good to you?

[QUOTE=Bartender]Well it'd be difficult to make a whole album full of Emerald Swords, I think.

Here's a Watchtower song, if you're interested;
[url=http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3RYF8U23XQDEM19SLDU3ZDO6VG]Watchtower - Random Instruments of Murder[/url]

And Joe (I think he's still here), here's that Klepacki album.

[url]http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0ORTXW402JW71317BXOYUL30VF[/url]

I hope I got those links the right way around.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, but it would have been great if they did.


Thanks, I'll download it now, listen later, first listen to my cd's.

I need to get Symphony X - The Oddysey. Im obsses with Symphony X at the minute.

Who wants to hear an Aborted song? :)

[QUOTE=Superpeer]More Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, I see. Einstürzende Neubauten should be interesting as well, can't say I know a lot about the rest, though. :)[/QUOTE]

Since I'm bored, and it may be of some obscure use, some genre-ing;

[SIZE=1]Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin'[/SIZE] - Folk
[SIZE=1]Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I See a Darkness[/SIZE] - folk-ish
[SIZE=1]Clara Rockmore - The Art of the Theremin[/SIZE] - classical, all played on theremin and piano
[SIZE=1]Einstürzende Neuabauten - Strategies Against Architecture [/SIZE] - industrial/experimental
[SIZE=1]Gang of Four - Entertainment![/SIZE] - post-punk
[SIZE=1]Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius[/SIZE] - jazz fusion
[SIZE=1]Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison[/SIZE] - Johnny Cash
[SIZE=1]Magazine - The Correct Use of Soap[/SIZE] - post-punk
[SIZE=1]The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy and the Lash[/SIZE] - Irish folk/rock and roll
[SIZE=1]Rob Dougan - Furious Angels[/SIZE] - electronica
[SIZE=1]Saetia - A Retrospective[/SIZE] - emo
[SIZE=1]Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire De Melody Nelson[/SIZE] - sex
[SIZE=1]Solomon Burke - Don't Give Up On Me[/SIZE] - soul
[SIZE=1]U.N.K.L.E - Psyence Fiction[/SIZE] - DJ Shadow with guest vocalists
[SIZE=1]Watchtower - Control and Resistance[/SIZE] - progressive metal
[SIZE=1]Yusef Lateef - The Blue Yusef Lateef[/SIZE] - jazz/blues

[QUOTE=Superpeer]Who wants to hear an Aborted song? :)[/QUOTE]

Well I already have one from you, but I'm more than happy to hear another.

I'm liking this Dark Tranquility :smoke:

[QUOTE=munky_magik]But how can you blame ebay when it's so good to you?[/QUOTE]

Because it steals all my money :(

Do you buy things from eBay?

Hehe, 'sex' and 'Johnny Cash' are cool genres. :)

I'll upload some then.

[QUOTE=Burdcheese]I'm liking this Dark Tranquility :smoke:[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I just finished listening to it for the first time (the whole album I mean). It's good, but it didn't really strike me as anything really special. Some nice use of piano though, and there were a few tracks (mostly later on in the album) which I really liked.

[QUOTE=Bartender]Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius - jazz fusion[/QUOTE]

wow you've got style man. Jaco is one of the most influential players i know. :thumb:

[QUOTE=Bartender]Yeah, I just finished listening to it for the first time (the whole album I mean). It's good, but it didn't really strike me as anything really special. Some nice use of piano though, and there were a few tracks (mostly later on in the album) which I really liked.[/QUOTE]

I don't have especially discriminating tastes since I'm a Death Metal newb. Been getting into it the last few days.

I quite like Death (the band), but they're a bitch to look up :p

[QUOTE=Burdcheese]
I quite like Death (the band), but they're a bitch to look up :p[/QUOTE]

What do you mean?

Imagine typing the word into a p2p program or google :)

You could always search for albums. Or Songs. When I'm on metal-archives, I type in their former name; Mantas.

Yeah - but I'm too stupid to think of that :(


edit - I'm actually using your ratemymusic list as my guide