well dibs on invictis if i can get it.

undibs, its not happenin

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

Dibs on BTBM.

[I][B]Backwards Marathon[/B][/I]
[B]Between The Buried And Me[/B]

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
[url]http://s5.ultrashare.net/hosting/fs/120ed624049527fb/[/url]
(Cyber metal)

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:
[url=http://s2.ultrashare.net/hosting/fs/b15388648879b079/]Baterz - Zombie Girl[/url] (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:

Dibosaurus.

[B]Zombie Girl
[I]Baterz[/B][/I]

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.

[B]From First To Last - Note To Self[/B]
[SIZE=1]http://s5.ultrashare.net/hosting/fs/34c7ea28732fa46f/[/SIZE]

[B]Taking Back Sunday - Cute Without the E[/B]
[SIZE=1]http://s1.ultrashare.net/hosting/fs/aebf98afea331fc5/[/SIZE]

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

[B]Love Lost But Not Forgotten - Drown[/B]
[SIZE=1]http://s5.ultrashare.net/hosting/fs/16b4e9f243648663/[/SIZE]

okk

[QUOTE=tycoon531]i am the law- anthrax (light 80s thrash)[/QUOTE]
Read the thread rules on page 1 please.

[b]From First To Last - Note To Self[/b]

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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[b][url=http://www.comcen.com.au/~caracarol/Rumors%20Of%20The%20Big%20Wave%20-%20Burning%20Times.mp3]Rumors Of The Big Wave - Burning Times[/url][/b] - pagan

Mr Bumpalina

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

[B]Rumours Of The Big Wave - Burning Times[/B]

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. [B]4/10[/B]


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

[B]Dillinger Escape Plan - Highway Robbery[/B]

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.

[B]8.5/10[/B]
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[I]Recommendations[/I]

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

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

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

dibs

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

[b]Hellhammer - Revelations Of Doom[/b]

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 s[b][i][/b][/i]hitty... 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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[b][url=http://www.comcen.com.au/~caracarol/Brace%20-%20Break%20From%20Fear.mp3]Brace - Break From Fear[/url][/b] - power nu-metal... ?

[b][url=http://www.comcen.com.au/~caracarol/Goldie%20Lookin'%20Chain%20-%20Monkey%20Love.mp3]Goldie Lookin' Chain - Monkey Love[/url][/b] - R&B/pop parody

Is it only Rock songs?

Jason Mraz - Geek In The Pink (3:55)
 

[b]Jason Mraz - Geek In The Pink (3:55)[/b]

[i]I chose this because this guy has the same first name as me. Jason Ist Krieg![/i]

Well, this song starts out with your standard sampling sequence, with some "studio chat", i.e. "Yo, you ready man?" etc. Then we launch into a groovy drum'n'bass tune, with some inventive sampling and a vocal harmony thrown in for good measure. Almost immediately, the singing begins in earnest. I'm liking this guy's voice, it's fairly standard pop fare, but it's very sharp and clear.

The lyrics make this song good, and the timing of the vocals, combined with the afore mentioned beat make for a rather pleasant song. The structure doesn't really change, and the verses and choruses are actually suprisingly similar in sound.

Around 2:20, the song turns to a bridge, which is actually my favourite part of this song. Very poppy, but it's a nice change. Then we launch into the familar verse/chorus sound we've had for the rest of the song. Ending on a similar melody to the intro, with the addition of some repeated lines "Geek in the Pink, yo".

Overall, I give this a solid 6/10. It was a pleasant song, fairly standard pop fare, but still enjoyable. If it was slightly less repetitive, I'd have given it higher.

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My picks are:

The Cat Empire - Hello {HipHop/Rock band with a jazzy sound}
[i]hxxp://s31.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=036Z7ST32JGL20NFN160NHKU44[/i]

Bifrost - You Fear My Kind (The Truth Divine) {Epic Thrash}
[i]hxxp://s31.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2T4WRL15BKQ0G0MSBFA4M33SY2[/i]

Lux Occulta - Architecture {Avant Garde Black Metal with Jazz influences}
[i]hxxp://s31.yousendit.com/[d.aspx?id=01TLASR9H65BQ1X07YBQ483ACS[/i]

very off topic:

Riva, is Lux Occulta any good?
reviews on metal archives concerning there 2 laterst albums are 34% and 60% :confused:

so I'm wondering are they worth checking out?
and which album would you suggest?

Yeah, you'll get mixed reviews on Lux Occulta. Some do not like their music at all, like Pesttanz in the BM thread. Basically, the vocals are sometimes weak, but the music, to me, is brilliant. Their first two albums were Folk/Black metal, but they moved onto a very Avant Garde style on their latest two albums. The Mother And The Enemy, their latest effort, is fantastic, so go download that now. It features thrash, jazz and trip-hop inspired songs, all mixed into a very atmospheric feel.

ooh, and thats the one I'm downloading, the description sounds good to me

[QUOTE=HeavyRiva]Yeah, you'll get mixed reviews on Lux Occulta. Some do not like their music at all, like Pesttanz in the BM thread. Basically, the vocals are sometimes weak, but the music, to me, is brilliant. Their first two albums were Folk/Black metal, but they moved onto a very Avant Garde style on their latest two albums. The Mother And The Enemy, their latest effort, is fantastic, so go download that now. It features thrash, jazz and trip-hop inspired songs, all mixed into a very atmospheric feel.[/QUOTE]


thier latest seems like my thing, thank you for the recommemdation :D

[b]Lux Occulta - Architecture[/b]

Strange bouncing midi sounds open it, but it goes heavy with a thin guitar pretty quickly. It's medium paced, steady beat, and it has got those grim, barked vocals that you find in Black Metal songs.

A minute in it goes spaz with some strange but cool lead guitar runs, sounds a bit like Ephel Duath just not as jazzy, different vocals and harder drums. I think there is a fiddle there as well?

Well what the fack... there is now a quiet fully jazzy break with a sax solo. It seems a bit random. I kind of expected that the heaviness would cut it off abruptly. It's interesting music, but it sounds too disconnected to be enjoyed much by me.

Some weird time signatures, which is a cool thing, except it doesn't seem to mix well with the black metal sound. After a while, the music regains a beat that is easy to follow. The ending is done well, the riffage gets powerful and leads to a forceful climax, done well there. Yeah, it ended there too.


Hmm, I can't say I liked it that much. Much like Ephel Duath for me: I like some bits, but the contrasting musical ideas and seemingly random flow is what let it down for me. I could listen in the future and try to let it grow on me... but if I was going to like the band, I'd go for some of their newer stuff instead, going by the small review.
6.5/10


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

bamp

Dibs, I need to try to get into metal.

well that song is not metal as people here would know it.. but a bump all the same

edit, missed a word

[QUOTE=Spat Out Plath]Bumpawizzle?[/QUOTE]

Aye yi yi...good triple post

So, maybe music recommendations thread? I'll try there too. I'm lookin for a band that plays good heavy metal that's kind of similar to old Metallica (I already know Megadeth, Slayer, DT, etc.). Any ideas?

dibs

[B]Manic Street Preachers - ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayit'sworldwouldfallapart[/B]

Heard of, not by.

Begins with an audio sample of a news program talking about Reagan. Then the song starts. It's pretty cool. It switches quickly into a slightly unusual riff. The singer I'm not really fond of. He uses the same old punk delivery. On the brightside the way the riffs are written is very cool.

It reminds me of how Greenday would be if they could write decent parts. I dislike the way the song doesn't progress but just revolve and recycle. I suppose it was a good song but it was easy to tune it out.

I liked it. It wasn't amazing or something I'm really going to go looking for, but I enjoyed it. I also really dislike politically based lyrics. The ammount that this band reminds me of Greenday is bizarre.

6/10

[url=http://s1.ultrashare.net/hosting/fs/545d50872bbdd9f8/]Between the Buried and Me - Selkies: The Endless Obsession[/url] Prog metal/metalcore off of new album.
[b][url=http://s2.ultrashare.net/hosting/fs/ece175b19c8fe205/]Botch - Framce[/url][/b] Really excellent non-cliched metalcore
[b][url=http://s5.ultrashare.net/hosting/fs/8a5136186e634c39/]Psyopus - Death, I...[/url][/b] Jazz/tech metal/core
[url=http://s5.ultrashare.net/hosting/fs/313004318fc1811a/]Arcturus - The Chaos Path[/url] Avant-Garde Metal

[QUOTE=Spat Out Plath]I'd never have made a connection :confused:[/QUOTE]

I don;t think anyone else would either. It's just the singer and the concepts I think.

Now, dibs one of my songs.

and I bump this thread with great might!

Might dibs Arcturus - The Chaos Path (I wanted to hear that BTBAM song but it's fricken huge :p)

Do you have dibs or not?

I'm not ready to go right now, but if you don't have dibs I might take them in a bit.

he dibsed yesterday, and still hasn't reviewed the song
so it's open for dibs Bartender

Nah, I'll do it. Sorry, I had to run today (Had to take the dog to the vet), it's 11:27am here, so I probably won't do it until tomorrow, about to go to sleep.

If you can't wait that long, sure go ahead, but if you are willing to wait, I'm still dibs.

[b][size=10]BUMP[/size][/b]

I'll assume you could hear that.

I can;tdibs now but I an dibs. And I can say that yes Grateful Dead (SOP) I think that is the highest you've ever given any song I've recommended. Probably because that is the band the came before the other therefore making it as close as metalcore can get to classic.

[b]Manic Street Preachers - You Love Us[/b]

Rock music with a basic driving rhythm, it establishes that fact right away. A little lead guitar, then the singer starts. His voice is very suitable, it's strong, but not overpowering.. goes well with the music.

The music itself is pretty simple, with the root note bass playing and 2 or 3 chord passages. I guess I can try to focus on the lyrics.. but I'm just not sure what he is saying, and I'm too tired to try too hard. I think I heard something about burning a uniform.

Between the verses and choruses, there is a lead guitar doing some fast rock lead guitar, spices it up a bit, not that it was bad without it. I'm noticing a stadium type vibe around this song now.

uh.. at 3:15 it totally changes, theres a new riff, or a new song. Music is harder here, the soloing is getting rather intense, though not technical, just like solos that you hear in rock music. I didn't see the connection. I guess I can consider that to not be part of the song.


I guess I noticed the basic chord progressions etc because I'm analyzing the song to review it. If I was listening normally it probably wouldn't be a big deal, and I'd notice the lead guitar more than anything.

It's rock music, not trying to be too fancy or anything, and that's ok. I usually like something a bit different in music, Not saying I don't like any simple songs.. I'm not sure why I like those certain songs, but I know this wasn't one of them.
7/10


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[b]The Red Paintings - Dead Adults[/b] - art rock, 7 mins
It can be found in this 30mb zip file uploaded by G_mac [url]http://www.megaupload.com/?d=38LO9KIX[/url] (wma format)

[b][url=http://www.comcen.com.au/~caracarol/Gerling%20-%20Birdbath.mp3]Gerling - Birdbath[/url][/b] - experimental/indie/electronic

a bump in your night