[QUOTE=Sonic_Immersion]**** im sorry.

I didnt see a dibs, and forgot to dibs.

You want me to delete my review?[/QUOTE]

Yes.

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I'll dibs on the Lykathea Aflame, may not be until tomorrow that I can review it but I'll do it. :)

Well dibs usually expire after two hours or so, to give others a chance to do it, and keep the game going, if someone disappears :-/

Could be that no one else will come along before you have a chance to do it, though.

Hmm okay.....I'll revoke on this one, but just to explain, the speakers on my pc don't work, so I need to upload onto my mp3 player before I can listen to anything.

On second thoughts, I probably could do it if Dancin' Man uploads before I have to go out in an hour and a half. If not, then I revoke my dibs. :)

[url]http://s47.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=01YJAPA1GMNBZ0NKUXLPLU4712[/url]
Chevelle - Take Thy Hand
[url]http://s47.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=11HM75D8EPFWB2OC0P65I5JYFC[/url]
Hollenthon - Vestige

dibsicles

Achem.

Dib of the week

[b]Hollenthon - Vestige (Non Omnis Moriar)[/b]

I've heard some Hollenthon before, and I like it.

Semi-fast tribal drumming, heavy on the toms, theres some other deep percussion's in there too, Taiko drums.. maybe more. Feedback and random slide distorted guitar.

It gallops along with a chunky melodic riff. A guy singing (or a sample of one) something I can't decipher, it's probably not English. Then there's a little lead guitar, sort of a mix of Viking Metal and Western.. interesting.

At 1:10, the snare drum is discovered, and the beat goes more standard like. The growly vocalist is here now, I can't understand him either. The music drifts in and out of the blues genre with various riffs, but for the most part here it's slightly thrashy viking-western metal.

At 3:30 it changes right back to the tribal drums and the bass is the only other thing playing. Guitar fades back in and riffs around, then does a slightly-solo bit. Some guitar harmonizing too, which has featured a couple of times already.


Basically it goes back to the same bits fairly often, the singing, the lead guitar line.. yeah.

After 6:00, there's some more tribal drumming, and the rhythm guitar gallops along on the one chord, some other random guitar slides hang around in the background, and then it stops.. It's over.


The combinations of music were interesting when you figured out what each influence was, and they fit together rather well. However at 7:18 long with not that many musical ideas, it got a bit tedious. It's mostly good, but I wouldn't rate this song as high as Homage.
This is about 8/10.

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[b]Anathema - Temporary Peace[/b] - ambient, soft rock, only up to about 5:50 is needed, but go up to 7:52 if you want some more waves

[b]Thyrfing - Dryckeskvade[/b] - viking metal, very piratey sounding!

[b]XTC - Greenman[/b] - ahead of its time (70's) pop-rock

[b]King Mungi - Foulbody[/b] - decent melodic nu-metal

[b]Alchemist - Worlds Within Worlds[/b] - really weird metal. close to 8 minutes

[b]Electric Light Orchestra - Yours Truly, 2095[/b] - 80's synth rock

Yay! Alchemist ++

/no dibs

buermp

yeah maybe you can request one of these in that ysi thread

not a dibs but for anyone who wants to do this i highly reccomend Thyrfing and Alchemist

/stealth bump

I'd highly recommend all of them, obviously.

uep, new page. Those songs were

[b]Anathema - Temporary Peace[/b] - ambient, soft rock, only up to about 5:50 is needed, but go up to 7:52 if you want some more waves

[b]Thyrfing - Dryckeskvade[/b] - viking metal, very piratey sounding!

[b]XTC - Greenman[/b] - ahead of its time (70's) pop-rock

[b]King Mungi - Foulbody[/b] - decent melodic nu-metal

[b]Alchemist - Worlds Within Worlds[/b] - really weird metal. close to 8 minutes

[b]Electric Light Orchestra - Yours Truly, 2095[/b] - 80's synth rock

can i get a YSI for Temporary Peace?

finally got it up, had to cut it down to 128kbps
oh well
[url]http://www.comcen.com.au/~caracarol/Anathema%20-%20Temporary%20Peace.mp3[/url]

well, dibbsicles i guess, since you all SUCK. just kidding.

Its been a while, but here it is. Temporary Peace. And this is anathema.

Starts with some ocean noise, with clean guitar playing a 6 note riff. Nice and slow, then a nice vocal begins. The track is a lil choppy, i dunno why, could by the song, or my comp or the reencoding. meh whatever.

At like 1:23 or so, drums and bass enter. The bass here is very cool, its not following anything, just playing its own part. The voice comes back, its very much like some of the APC songs i like. There is an acoustic (?) scrape in the background as well. Then a female voice enters, then do some overlaying. Its very tranquil.

Chorus begins, it makes me want to find the lyrics and understand them. But not now. the music is very ambient, very good rock.

And thats pretty much the whole song. ill give it an 8, out of 10.

[u]My Recs.[/u]
Katatonia - Wait Outside - 3:38 - They call it metal, its a fusion of Rock and Metal.
Katatonia - Sweet Nurse - 3:55 - Same as above, i really enjoy the song.
Katatonia - Black Sessions - 7:02 - Same.
Nuisance - Petrified - Chicago local Hard Rock band. My former bass teacher was their former lead singer.
My Dying bride - A Kiss To Remember - Metal
My Dying Bride - For My Fallen Angel - Operatic, with a string quartet.

Request YSI's at will.

dibs

My Dying Bride - A Kiss to Remember

Well, I have heard of this band, but I have never actually listened to them. I am not the biggest fan of Metal, but I will try to rate the song fairly.

The song opens up with a bass lines; effects are noticeable. Two guitars, and the drums enter very quickly. Distortion rules each of the notes, except for the lead lines, which do not seem to spectacular. The singer enters. He has a very deep voice, not very appealing to me. The drummer is working the pedal a little too much if you ask me. A bit over the top.

A violin (could be viola) enters, it is merely playing in the background (yet in a lead fashion), while the drummer whacks the toms and the rhythm guitarist plays chords. The singer enters once again, and the drummer has lightened up, but still doesn’t seem to fit that well. However, he does performs some nice fills.

The lyrics do not particularly stand out to me, but I haven’t been paying complete attention to the. The group now seems to be entering some kind of bridge. The tempo has slowed down, and the lead guitarist’s lead lines are much more interesting than they once were. A piano enters (or seems more noticeable) and seems to conclude the track, but then the band enters once again, finishes the song.

5.8/10
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Bob Marley & The Wailers - Concrete Jungle
Bob Marley & The Wailers - The Heathen
Bunny Wailer - Blackheart Man (Kind of long, but I’d say it’s worth it)
Blind Melon - Skinned
Jimmy Cliff - The Harder they Come
Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People
Minutemen - It’s Expected I’m Gone

bump (no time for a dibs)

[B]Bob Marley & The Wailers - Concrete Jungle[/B]

I've heard a bit of Marley and didn't like it.

Begins with a bass drum and some quiet guitars in the back. Oh and a hammond organ. The mix is strange. The bass side is too loud. Maybe that's just the compression on this file. The annoying reggae off beat thing starts. Then the singer (Marley I'm guessing) comes in. THe hammond organ is just sort of floating around. This stupid off beat crap is starting to really get to me.

I don't understand why this stuff is regarded so highly. It is getting very, very boring. There is a guitar solo that is alright I suppose. It sounds like it was recorded really ludly but that doesn't fit because everything else is so mellow. The chord progression is cool when I listen to it closely but the rhythm is just so annoying. And then a fade out. That is lame.

I don't like this song and still don't like reggae or Marley.
3/10

[url=http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0GCKCBM70VWQR2M4ZRNOMRXKEV]Slumber - Rapture[/url]

P.S. This thread requires more traffic.

bump

Listen you idiots, there is a Yousendit, you don't have to go looking. I highly doubt many of you have heard of let along heard Slumber so there is no reason not to review it. It is a melodic doom song that is very good.

Dibs. I might have to un-dibs though, I might be going out to dinner.

[U][B]Slumber - Rapture[/B][/U]

Opens with with some cool drum work (I want a tab for it ;) ), and then the vocals enter and I'm slightly put off. I don't like them too much, but they are kind of low key and don't over-shadow the rest of the song which makes up for it. It moves slowly until a bridge comes while a quiet guitar and a steady drum beat holds the song up until a guitar solo starts. After the solo you hear something like when the vocals entered. At around 3:20 the song is carried by a simple guitar riff and some nice symphonic sounds in the background. Everything starts to slowly gather and pick up towards the end as some nice singing joins the song.

I was a little put-off in the begining, but as I listened it got better and better. I liked the song, it was a good listen, but I don't find myself wanting to listen to more of it. It was just missing something that I kept wanting to hear that I can't point out, and without that something I'll give it a

[B]6/10[/B]

New songs:

[url=http://s27.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=34C0XVX7LWD9H10V80WT5YSREP ]Joe Satriani - Big Bad Moon[/url]
Kataklysm - In Shadows and Dust
Helloween - Mr. Torture

Sorry, those tracks aren't very rare or anything, but I don't have much "completely unheard of" bands in my library. As I get them uploaded I'll edit this.

Dibs.

My experience of Satch is limited, so I only have a vague idea what to expect.
[b]Joe Satriani - Big Bad Moon[/b] - 5:15

Starts off with some spacey-sounding guitar; nothing impressive, nothing meant to be. Reminds me very much of some Spastic Ink intros on Ink Compatible, actually. Anyway, it soon resolves itself, after a drum roll intro, into a pretty great rock riff. I like this so far.

Vocals come in; nothing special at the moment, but they're not bad. It's got something resembling character, which is a good thing. Satriani (I'd assume, anyway) goes off into a rather fast solo just before the minute. It seems similar in style to the kind of thing that would normally annoy me for being over the top, but it's handled really well, as in, it still seems part of the song.

We go back to that really nice riff, and those vocals, for another verse before there's another solo guitar section. It seems to be kind of building out of the riff, rather than just being created from nowhere, and since I like the riff anyway, that can only be a good thing.

And then we have the same thing again to finish off the song, except that the vocals carry on (kind of) over the top of the solo parts. So nothing much to add there.

9/10. I really enjoyed it.

[b]Songs;[/b]
[url=http://s45.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0SO4CLEDTKLR233D7Z1V6K901S]Gordian Knot - A Shaman's Whisper[/url] (instrumental progressive metal)
[url=http://s45.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3UMFJN1LFE3KE05R1JW58GN8CL]Bjork - Joga[/url] (symphonic/electronic)
[url=http://s45.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=35SZDH6SWWQMR2GU4V04MKH652]Farmakon - Loosely of Amoebas[/url] (melodic death metal)
[url=http://s45.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1C28BO26I8ZAS06LTI4TVAIDJC]Hot Cross - Finger Redux[/url] (hardcore/emo?)
[url=http://s45.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2HPTTG8V5TUAS267UQR8VACF83]Bernard Cribbins - Hole in the Ground[/url] (comedy?)
[url=http://s45.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2ZXJP8IUKMZRG2S9VCJNC7N1K6]Einsturzende Neubauten - Ende Neu (live)[/url] (experimental/industrial)

Dibs.

Farmakon - Loosely of Amoebas

K, here we go:
Starts with a fast, but fairly standard riff followed by a quick entry of the vocalist. Low in the mix, but decent overall. Stabbed power chords follow, but nothing special.

Here we go now, the clean vocals enter, and it reminds me of Opeth's Orchid album, he's a very good clean singer, which is surprising.

Now we have a weird, almost funk like section, with a bouncy bass line and a cool little guitar riff.

This is followed by another heavy section, very similar to the first. Catchy riff, but getting a little repetitive.

A fake out with a clean vocal, heavy power chords and a little strange interlude between the two of them.

Guitar solo, expertly done; not too flashy or too long to lose interest in it. More clean singing, all well done and a quick ending.

Overall, while the death metal sections weren't anything special, the combination of the different styles warrants a listen. 8.5/10

Songs:
Judas Priest - Painkiller (Classic/Thrash Metal)
Rush - The Spirit of Radio (Classic Rock)
Anthrax - Among the Living (Thrash Metal)
Sorry, but I can't upload at school.