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

Dibs. Sorry.

it's quite alright :thumb:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I'll make a note of it.

*makes a note of it*

/bump.

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

i'll see it tommorow

bye :wave:

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

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

Fastball are a good band.

dibs.

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

uhh... thats all i can think of.

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

undibs

dibs

Led zeppelin - Black Dog

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


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

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

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

8/10


songs:

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


cheers

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

uhh... thats all i can think of.[/QUOTE]

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

^^^^
true

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

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

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

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

dibs

[QUOTE=psychoticreflex]well... but if i'm home and it's undibbed, i Will review it, (hopefully!!!)[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Black Ibanez]dibs[/QUOTE]

:lol: Oh well.

Symphony X - In The Dragon's Den

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

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

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

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

Song fades out with a calm synth effect.

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

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

[QUOTE=manuscriptreplica]:lol: Oh well.[/QUOTE]

Sorry, couldn't wait:).

good review :)

Thank you, I try my best;).

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

Dibs.

That review of Fastball..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12/10

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

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

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

dibs

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

[I]Gandalf- One More for the Dead[/I]

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

[I]Song Specs:[/I]

CD: Rock H[B]e[/B]ll
Length: 4:42
Band's Origin: Finland
Disbanded in 2002
Genre: Death Metal vocals, with Hard Rock-ish guitars

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

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

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

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

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

Bump past all the locked threads.

Dibs !!!!!!!!

[i]A Perfect Circle - The Hollow[/i]

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

6/10.

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

Have fun.

dibs

none will download :upset:

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

Dibs.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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