So anyone in love with Shape Of Despair?
Awesome funeral doom band from Finland.
I love how they use a violin, they use female vocals too, but more to add atmospehere (in a chanting choir like style) it's very good.

on antoher note: I sent Swallow The Sun - Ghosts Of Loss to Metaloz, so you can be expecting the album in you rinboxes in a few days.

[QUOTE=the2stranger]
on antoher note: I sent Swallow The Sun - Ghosts Of Loss to Metaloz, so you can be expecting the album in you rinboxes in a few days.[/QUOTE]

Ah, thanks for that, man. I've been wanting to hear those guys for a while now.

Yeah i like Shape of Despair... i think it was you who recommended them to me! :thumb:

great funeral doom... its the kind of doom metal i love :D slow, growls, epic :D

Has anyone heard of YOB? I've been listening to The Unreal Never Lived lately, and it's f[size=2]u[/size]cking epic.

Here's a s[size=2]h[/size]itty quality mp3 from stonerrock if anyone wants to hear.
[url]http://www.stonerrock.com/jukebox/YOB-Quantum_Mystic.mp3[/url]

Sorry to be linking myspace accounts, but this band is actually really good.

[url]http://www.myspace.com/jecano[/url]

They are local from near me, and I've seen them a few times live, they were excellent each time. Check out the song '[I]Tyrewall'[/I] and let me knbow what you think.

[QUOTE=the2stranger]I've recently re discovered how much I love Let loose The Swans of My Dying Bride.
such an awesome album.

riding on my bike back home in the middle of the night with an icy wind and this cd on, what an experience.[/QUOTE]

That album's awesome wherever I listen to it. The guitar tones Calvin had on that record were chilling.

Are there any Sleep fans? If so I would like to hear some opinions/info.

I absolutely love Sleep. They're my favourite band in the whole spectrum of stoner/doom/sludge. I made a thread on them a little while ago.

Here's my fred: [url]http://www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=470126&highlight=dopesmoker[/url]

I see you posted in it though so that won't do you any good. I could send some stuff to you if you'd like. Or just upload it to the daily upload.

[QUOTE=Kyle]Sorry to be linking myspace accounts, but this band is actually really good.

[url]http://www.myspace.com/jecano[/url]

They are local from near me, and I've seen them a few times live, they were excellent each time. Check out the song '[I]Tyrewall'[/I] and let me knbow what you think.[/QUOTE]
Those are some powerful riffs...I like em.

[QUOTE=Tyler]I absolutely love Sleep. They're my favourite band in the whole spectrum of stoner/doom/sludge. I made a thread on them a little while ago.

Here's my fred: [url]http://www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=470126&highlight=dopesmoker[/url]

I see you posted in it though so that won't do you any good. I could send some stuff to you if you'd like. Or just upload it to the daily upload.[/QUOTE]

Yeah basically I wanted some samples :p It would be ideal to send some Sleep to the Daily Upload. Here's my address anyways: [email]AcquiredDisguise@yahoo.gr[/email]

Favorite Bands:

Bongzilla
Black Sabbath
Acid King
Buzzoven
Weedeater
Electric Wizard
Goatsnake
The Hidden Hand
High On Fire
Sleep
Crowbar

[QUOTE=The Locust]Favorite Bands:

Bongzilla
Black Sabbath
Acid King
Buzzoven
Weedeater
Electric Wizard
Goatsnake
The Hidden Hand
High On Fire
Sleep
Crowbar[/QUOTE]
this man has good taste

haha thanks :thumb:

Do you know any other good stoner metal bands? I've tried to get into Kyuss lately but they just aren't working for me.

Has anyone heard Witch? They're a pretty straightforward stoner rock band but still awesome.

Linkage:
[url]http://www.myspace.com/witchofficial[/url]
[url]http://www.teepeerecords.com/bands/witch/[/url]

edit: Locust, just check out these guys, you'll probably like em.

edit2: I recommend The Sword too.
[url]http://www.myspace.com/thesword[/url]

The Sword freakin' awesome, they supported Nebula here in the UK. And whilst talking of Nebula, check them and Fu Manchu out Locust, if you havn't already.

Edit: Tyler, Witch is pretty cool stuff. Have you heard Dead Meadow? they are in the Witch's top 8 friends, they supported Dinosaur Jr when I saw them, pretty cool. If you havn;t check them out, they're kinda stoner-ish in their jam style, but they don't really play riffs.

Nebula are great.

Yeah, the band that got me into stoner rock really. I did a review of [I]Dos EP's [/I]for this site :D

Check it, if you feel like a read - [url]http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=7169[/url]

Haha, I think you mean something different by 'South America' than it reads. I haven't heard that album, but it was a good review and you described their sound well.

Oops, yeah good point, fixed. Thanks for the compliment too.

Any of you guys into The Atomic Bitchwax? I'm into them more than any other band of this style right now.

They have basked in le spotlight d'Steerpike before.

[QUOTE=Tyler]Has anyone heard of YOB? I've been listening to The Unreal Never Lived lately, and it's f[size=2]u[/size]cking epic.

Here's a s[size=2]h[/size]itty quality mp3 from stonerrock if anyone wants to hear.
[url]http://www.stonerrock.com/jukebox/YOB-Quantum_Mystic.mp3[/url][/QUOTE]

They're okay. I have [i]The Illusion of Motion[/i]. It's okay, like I say, but they could with improving plenty.

[QUOTE=Tyler]
I recommend The Sword too.[/QUOTE]

I checked out [i]Age of Winters[/i] a while ago. It was pretty good but it just sounded like good old heavy metal, not stoner anything.

Anyway, I'm kind of surprised to see you bump this thread for a whole page of conversation and make no mention of Boris, given your avatar.

Then Boris we shall discuss. Thoughts on 'Pink'?

Unfortunately my thoughts on [i]Pink[/i] are currently restricted, mostly to things like "I love the fact that it's finally winging its way towards me". I just finally managed to get it for a half-decent price some time last week, so I don't have it yet, but I do have high hopes for it. Pretty much every reaction I've heard to it so far has been positive; by and large ridiculously positive. Hopefully this is a good thing. What do you think of it?

It's very diverse. There are mellow songs, ballsy rock songs, drone songs, slower bluesy songs...the first song is even a Mogwai-esque post-rock song. In short, I love it.

Wow, just listened to Boris, that's great stuff. What do you reccomend I listen to by them first? I only checked out the songs on their myspace; [I]Pink[/I], [I]Korosu [/I]and [I]Ibitsu.[/I]

I'd recommend Akuma No Uta or Pink if you liked those, since those are all more rock songs. Most of their other records are drone or really experimental stuff. Pink will give you a taste of everything though, so I'd go with that, then check out their back catalogue.

I think I'm kind of hoping [i]Pink[/i] will play like an extended [i]Akuma No Uta[/i] (showing off all the different styles they play in one release and whatnot). And be good whilst doing so, naturally.

Anyway, it didn't arrive this morning. Though [i]Dawn of Possession[/i] and a lighter with a picture of a carp on it did.

[QUOTE=Bartender]I think I'm kind of hoping [i]Pink[/i] will play like an extended [i]Akuma No Uta[/i] (showing off all the different styles they play in one release and whatnot). And be good whilst doing so, naturally.[/QUOTE]
That's essentially what it is. Only better.

So uh...Cathedral? Who's into them? Satanic robots and such.

I always liked the instrumentation for Cathedral, but the vocals are pretty irritating on some songs. I like their upbeat stuff more than their doom stuff, [I]The Garden of Unearthly Secrets[/I] is a good listen.

I like how this thread is going nicely again now, but I hope it doesn't turn into a 3 way discussion.

Cathedral's vocals/lyrics are all out cheese. That's why I love em.

There seems to be a few other dudes here into this stuff, I'm sure other people will get involved or whatever.

If it was cheesy lyrics which put me off, I would hardly like Nebula would I? :lol:

Hah, true. Cathederal are on a whole 'nother level of cheese though.

I recently checked out Candlemass because I was reading this thread and someone recommended them. Now THAT was the cheesiest thing I've ever heard. Right next to King Diamond.

I can see how someone who could really sing would put you off. Far better to hear some stupid hippie singing about drugs or some drone!

Anyone here like Goblin Co[COLOR="Black"]c[/COLOR]k? I bought Bagged and Boarded yesterday, and I love it.

[QUOTE=Wotan]Anyone here like Goblin Co[COLOR="Black"]c[/COLOR]k? I bought Bagged and Boarded yesterday, and I love it.[/QUOTE]I have never, but that's quite the amusing band name? What/who are they like?

I've been digging High On Fire today, not sure how relevant they are to this thread (I suck at genres), but it's good non-the-less.

They are actually really good. Here's a link to their myspace: [url]http://myspace.com/goblincock[/url]

[QUOTE=Jondur]I can see how someone who could really sing would put you off. Far better to hear some stupid hippie singing about drugs or some drone![/QUOTE]
I know you're the doom authority here so I'm not going to argue with you, I just wasn't into them.

Hahaha best cover art
[url]http://www.absolutelykosher.com/AK034_400px.jpg[/url]

Haha, it's so hard to take that band seriously. But in actual fact, the tunes on their website are pretty cool.

Yeah, haha. It was awkward buying the album.

It took me a while to notice the giant purple goblin-hammer peeking out the bottom of his robe.