[QUOTE=Riva]Power/Viking/Folk/Black all tend to get blurry. There's the very genre specific bands that are easy to tell apart, then you have acts like Falkenbach, Mithotyn, Galloglass and Melechesh.
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I've never really confused Black Metal with Power Metal...Darkthrone and DragonForce sound pretty different to me. But I see where you're coming from.

Well, as I said there are the genre specific bands. Dragonforce and Darkthrone are both the archetypes of their genres.

[QUOTE=Spat Out Plath]Enya's new age celtic mysticism or something. She doesn't count. :angry:[/QUOTE]

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Can anyone Reccommend me some blues of all types? Thanks.

[QUOTE=FuryInArt]They are.[/QUOTE]
No, they're not.

[QUOTE=Txus]No, they're not.[/QUOTE]

How are they not power metal?

[QUOTE=FuryInArt]How are they not power metal?[/QUOTE]
They have some PM touches in there, but they aren't entirely PM at all. They have more Irish/Folk resemblance than anything else. Which album do you have? Gaia?

[QUOTE=Txus]They have some PM touches in there, but they aren't entirely PM at all. They have more Irish/Folk resemblance than anything else. Which album do you have? Gaia?[/QUOTE]

Gaia and Jesu. I see a lot more power metal in them than folk, and I see little to no Irish folk in it, considering they're Spanish...

[QUOTE=FuryInArt]Gaia and Jesu. I see a lot more power metal in them than folk, and I see little to no Irish folk in it, considering they're Spanish...[/QUOTE]
Oh, I need to send you some more then. You need Blefast and Finisterra to really see what I'm talking about. :p

[QUOTE=The Cynic]Can anyone Reccommend me some blues of all types? Thanks.[/QUOTE]

Look back about two pages. Tons of recommendations.

[QUOTE=Txus]Oh, I need to send you some more then. You need Blefast and Finisterra to really see what I'm talking about. :p[/QUOTE]

Alright, thanks! Although you really won't be able to send me anything until the end of May. :( I'm at school and they block YSI, AIM, megaupload, etc.

I don't have nearly enough happy/hopeful music in my collection. Would someone recommend me something in any genre (besides power or progressive metal)? I normally listen to post/prog rock and singer/songwriter with random bits of other stuff.

[url]http://www.last.fm/user/pizzatini/[/url] for more accuarate interests.

Or any general things that I should listen to, but don't.
Thank you :)

[QUOTE=bucket]I don't have nearly enough happy/hopeful music in my collection. Would someone recommend me something in any genre (besides power or progressive metal)? I normally listen to post/prog rock and singer/songwriter with random bits of other stuff.

[url]http://www.last.fm/user/pizzatini/[/url] for more accuarate interests.

Or any general things that I should listen to, but don't.
Thank you :)[/QUOTE]

Happy-ish post rock: We Followed Tigers, I'll edit in a link to my thread on them in a sec.

[URL="http://www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=459563&highlight=tigers"]http://www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=459563&highlight=tigers[/URL]
There ya go.

Could somebody recommend me a Mike Oldfield album. I need a place to start. Thanks.

Start at the start; [i]Tubular Bells[/i].

What Boris album is the best?

[QUOTE=3rdplanet]I've currently been digging Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Kayo Dot, Gong and in a similar vein, though off at a bit of a tangent, Screaming Headless Torsos. Does anyone have some more recommendations for cool Avant Garde groups?[/QUOTE]

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Arcturus. And Solefald.

I named some bands for that at first, but then realised it was you with a different avatar, and my mind went blank.

[QUOTE=Coma Divine]What Boris album is the best?[/QUOTE]

Depends what you're looking for. They change about quite a bit. [i]Akuma No Uta[/i] is an EP which has bits and pieces from most of their major styles, which is nice.

[QUOTE=G_Mac07]Could somebody recommend me a Mike Oldfield album. I need a place to start. Thanks.[/QUOTE]

Greg, my boy, let's start with what you like.

I know you're not a stranger to electronica, so let's go for his newest album: [I]Light + Shade[/I], which is a very fine album.

For rock: [I]Tubular Bells[/I] or [I]Five Miles Out[/I]. For folk: [I]Ommadawn[/I] or [I]Hergest Ridge[/I]. For a rock/electronica blend: most of his other albums will suffice, but I recommend [I]Tubular Bells III[/I].

Well, I took Barkeep's recommendation last night and I dug it, so I'll pursue with what you've mentioned when I get the chance. Thanks. :)

You should have just emailed me. I'm hurt, really I am.

I was wondering when you would find his post :p

[QUOTE=IAmTheBlackWizard]Arcturus. And Solefald.[/QUOTE]

And Fantomas, Lux Occulta (check out their album the Mother and the Enemy), Peccatum and Age of Silence.

Yeah, Lux Occulta make great avant garde.

[QUOTE=Apocalyptic Raids]I was wondering when you would find his post :p[/QUOTE]

Heh, so was I. :p

Hey, I don't know why you guys think I'm a fanboy. It's not like I've listened to a 25 minute song by him 28 times...

[QUOTE]Hey, I don't know why you guys think I'm a fanboy. It's not like I've listened to a 25 minute song by him 28 times...[/QUOTE]
Sure you haven't.

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dose anyone here but me LOVE skinny puppy? and im a total metalhead but i love them i recomend RABIES!!!!

Read the first post ffs.

Sorry