[QUOTE=munky_magik]The [i]Angeldust[/i] Recommendation is a good call, but you have to use the songs recommended by the last reviewer. The thread usually dies for days at a time, so don't worry about it :)[/QUOTE]

Yeah, i looked at the rules, but it takes me forever to download songs and thought nobody was doing those other songs. Sorry bout the mistake. :thumb:

[QUOTE=PeEpHoLe_10]Yeah, i looked at the rules, but it takes me forever to download songs and thought nobody was doing those other songs. Sorry bout the mistake. :thumb:[/QUOTE]

Plus, I'm the most impatient Forced Listener in the land so I bump this thread as soon as it hits page 2.

/hit page 2

Yeah, very much not how this thread works. Kind of surprised you didn't jump on him more harshly.

Dibs.

I remember hearing you mention these guys in a positive comparison to Hollenthon, which can only be good.
[b]Dark Lunacy - My Dying Pathway[/b] - 6:01

Starts off in the middle of a riff, it feels like. Maybe it runs on straight from the last song. Anyway, it wastes little time on an intro of any kind, instead going more or less straight into the song. The vocalist is alright; nothing great, nothing awful, and the same could be said of the drumming, I think. The riff is pretty good, nicely melodic; nothing too technical, complex or adventurous, but pretty good. I'm kind of hoping that with a six minute running time it'll develop into something quite epic. Nice little change-up around thirty seconds in. It didn't change to anything remarkably different, but the little jump itself was pretty cool.

Vocals cut out around 1:00, and some slow, mournful sounding strings come in. Mostly higher strings, and I think the guitar mirrors what they're playing in the background, which is strange because the song more or less keeps going underneath. Anyway, the strings go away when the vocals come back in, and it carries on as before, until about 1:50, when a really nice melodic riff/lead appears in the background. A vocal fill leads this higher (epic-sounding) guitar back into the strings. And we have a slow, chunky part while the strings play over the top. The use of the strings is nice, but it seems to be getting a little overdone, as they're in it so much but aren't doing much in the way of variety.

Eep, spoke too soon. After a little instrumental break, which I thought was going to launch into another part of the song, the strings come back and do indeed play something different; a playful, higher-pitched melody, while the rest of the band maintains a more solid (and unremarkable) base to them. The vocals continue at seemingly irregular intervals, but they don't really intrude on the song, despite their harshness. The strings again begin to grate though, after a fairly long period of the same thing (nice though it is). Just before I get too bored, they switch it up again, with the strings playing some unsettling (in a good way) melody, and the drummer finally earning his keep. I've spent most of the song thinking that the drummer seemed their weakest member. He never seemed to be doing much, but now for a short while he's doing rather a lot and doing it rather well.

The whole song's slowing down now, and I think it's just going to fade out. Yep, it does.

8/10, I think. The use of strings occasionally got a bit tedious, but they never let it get tedious enough to just ruin the song. The drummer rescued himself from too much criticism towards the end, too.

[b]Songs;[/b]
[url=http://s43.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1SQ60BMAO21RJ178MEZ81TGF4Y]William Shatner (w/Joe Jackson and various others) - Common People[/url]
[url=http://s32.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1EXLY4UYJ9VAC0RXP7A9X7J564]North - Through Fire[/url] (relaxed, slightly funky alt/indie)
[url=http://s32.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3RN2V6Z5RZ4052IZKYXUQZH054]North - untitled bonus track[/url]
[url=http://s22.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3RYJ4843BOX0M3ARG2Q02QHJPE]Aereogramme - Post-Tour, Pre-Judgement[/url]
[url=http://s29.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3RWWDZP32I2H935WY8DGBNLLN4]Aereogramme - Hatred[/url]

dibs.

'Yeah, very much not how this thread works. Kind of surprised you didn't jump on him more harshly.'

heh, I am developing a reputation. I want new peopel to join this thread so I am nice to them.

[b]Aereogramme - Post-Tour, Pre-Judgement[/b]
I seem to recall hearing this name of a band before, but don't remember anything else.

Begins with a drum beat with a bit of cymbal and bass drum. Then a guitar comes in playing relaxed quiet chords. Nice, nothing special. The singer enters and has a nice voice.

Hahahahaha.... triumphant keys arpegiate upwards and then guitars come in with the triumphant synth chords underneath. I don't think it was supposed to be funny. It plays a few times then drops out leaving the same 'verse' section. It's still nice but feels a little too long. There are some quiet synth pulses before the triumphant section returns.

The singer's voice becomes annoying in the triumphant section. A second loud section follows triumph 2 and it is much better. less funny more cool. THe synths are gone is why. The into a bridge or seomthign. This seems to be the first time the bass has had a real part. It's a cool little section that sounds like the song is winding down. Strange because there are almost 2 minutes left. This section feels like it's going on a little too long but then we hear some cool modulation by the guitar and the vocals re-enter. I feel triumph 3 coming back before the end.

Oh! no something new and much better. The singer is screaming and it sounds alright. The guitar is becoming boring and then the song ends. That god for no more triumph.

6/10 triumph killed it.


[url=http://s40.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1SM12172HOV4420K8YEG1ZX153]Soli i Sombra - The Butcher[/url] (very good art rock) 8 minutes +
[url=http://s40.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1EV7EZYSF128R1LKFH94K0N1KR]Soli i Sombra - The Safest Place[/url] (very good art rock) 6 minutes +

Bumped in the trickiest of ways.

I like that review, I will get that song, and one other from your list to review, just give me one which you think is best :D

Edit: I'm not really interested by any of the genres so I can't pick, just give me one.

Ok, bids on 14th Street!

Rufus Wainwright - 14th Street (4:44)
Starts off with just the singer for about a second before an accoustic guitar and a piano come in, the song slowly builds up, and the drums come in very sneaky, it's kinda cool, a second vocalist (Female?) comes in, I've listenned to the song a few times, and it is catchy :p
At about 1:30 a saxophone(?) comes in, I like this.
At about the 2:50 mark every instrument starts slowing down, the vocalist soon stops and some guitar and piano play for a little bit with some nice bass backing them, the backing vocalists come back in, this time without the male singer, and just continue their own little chorus for a little while, until the male singer comes in too, and the song just fades out with the singer's repeating their line "Why'd you have to break all my heart, couldn't you have saved a little bit of it", wow I didn't expect the end, a little banjo jig finishes the song off, I like the jig! :p

It was a fairly good song, the vocalist didn't interest me that much, he just repeats the same line alot, with little variation, which could be seen as a little tedious, but the backing instruments I liked in parts, I'd say about 6/10.

Songs:
[url=http://s33.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1K85K1QFZLX072SQMLJBSM0OQX]The Chariot[/url] - The Cat Empire (Australian Rock)
[url=http://s34.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0JB8COM9H044H36TTDIOXK99E0]Target's Air Conditioning[/url] - Baterz (Australian [Comedy] Folk)
[url=http://s25.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0KFCMPDN3K61H16NJ4W0KIV7MI]Chainsaw Limberation[/url] - Rake Sodomy (Australian Death Metal)

Uploads coming shortly.

Bump.

[B]The Cat Empire - The Chariot[/B]
Never heard of this band before.

Begins with some noises and then a horn. Trumpet I think enters. There are other instruments there but really low in the mix. The electronic sounds are cool.

Woah! I didn't see this coming. A really ethnic vibe enters and the singer seems to have a latin accent. I like it. Reminds me of Manu Chao. Not what I expect from Australia. I like the combo of hammond organ and trumpet. It's a cool little song. The transitions are pretty bad. They don't flow, more like stop then start again. There is a bass solo of sorts but it sounds strange because of how bassy the mix is. More like a rumble.

Well, it's getting boring now. Not a whole lot has changed. There have been other sections but it keeps coming back to this long verse thing. I wish I could remember the name of this style of music. I want to say salsa but that doesn't seem right.

Ehhh.... I was bored and unimpressed by the end.
5/10

[url=http://s40.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1SM12172HOV4420K8YEG1ZX153]Soli i Sombra - The Butcher[/url] Art rock. Over 8 minutes but well worth it.
[url=http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0QR4KENH70ODW2BD2GNXBO2UX2]Gorguts - Das Martyrium Des[/url] Technical and very good death metal
[url=http://s48.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3HAIF415662O42X6XAC7N3L6AW]Dead Soul Tribe - Feed Part I: Stone by Stone[/url] Wank free prog metal

Wow, dancin man didnt even take dibs
/is a dibsicle

OK...
[B][I]Gorguts - Das Martyrium Des[/I][/B]
Wow, that started awefully quick. One BIG riff from guitar bass and drums starts the song off. The drums sound great, he is very creative. Lots of syncopation (sp). The guitars sound kind of opeth-like. Its good. The vocals come in, i dont like them one bit. Too raspy at first.
I quickyl get used to them though. Now they are awesome. Guitars are doing high end melodics. This song is really technical.

At a little over two minuets, the guitar riff changes slightly. Then it jumps into a big, face melting guitar solo. Which begins in a rage of speed, slowing through the entirty of the solo. After the solo, the melodic-ness comes back for a bit, almost like a breakdown, but it is realyl cool. The song is great, but it definatly need more variety. As in noticable chrous's and verses, it all sounded the same.

Overall, i give it a 8.5/20. I say, definatly check it out.

Narnia - back From hell (some form of metal or another) (watch for the exit on this song)
[url]http://s42.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0912OLE9GYK7B2TT0BYGGK7ZVR[/url]
Project 86 - Say Goodbye To the Bad Guy (Christian hard Rock)
[url]http://s42.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2K6H7FY3W5Z9H0S1QVROG226CY[/url]
Tool - Intermission (an overlooked organ piece)
DJ Shadow - Organ Donor (Techno, with Organs)
[url]http://s47.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3DGZJMUUIPV2C2USBFLQQUU0GP[/url]

dibs

I wouldn't call DJ Shadow techno. Trip-hop is a much better classification for his music.

[I][B]Back from Hell[/B][/I] - [B]Narnia[/B]: 7:31

Long song. Opens with a short section of strange static and an explosion, and straight into the first riff, which is very cool, nice crunchy over drive on it. Got some good tempo to it. Reminds me a bit of Queensrÿche, which is no bad thing.

After some strange vocal effect I think and some half time cymbal usage, the track goes into the first verse/singy section. It's fair, the vocals I do like though.

More riffage at the 1:30 mark and this carries on will 2:10, with pretty standard switches between riffs, each pretty decent. The second verse is more of the same, and the following section is again more of the same. It seems to be very standard metal, unless I'm missing something deeper to this song.

Here we go; 3:30 is where we hit a switch. It's been a wait, but the drum fill into the solo piece is really nice. I think it starts with a keyboard solo, and then harmonized keyboard/guitar stuff then some shreddy guitar bits; it's really nice stuff though. My favorite bit so far. I bet you can tell I'm a drummer. :upset:

There is a head bangy section after this to switch back to a verse, which feels like a really big step back for the song. After what the solo section achieved, to go back and do all what has been done before again so quickly is a bit annoying. There is a repetition of all that has gone before except we now get stop gap bits which come back into the slow riff.

A siren has begun to release its slow wail. The music begins to fade out underneath it. Some very airy and ethereal sounds are coming up now, all calm, save for the lingering siren. It finally disappears and the vocalist starts talking of his turmoil, and how he plans to resolve it. Concept album?

I enjoyed that last section a lot, and the riffs were pretty decent whilst they remained fresh within the song. With that I must say it seemed very dragged out and maybe overstuffed. Overall not bad though, a [B]7.5/10[/B].

[B]Forced Listening:[/B]

[URL=http://s18.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0M5D22FBG867O17LUF94ZB0N8V]Time is an Imploding Unit/Waiting for Green - Biffy Clyro[/URL] - Alt. Rock/Pop-Punk, 9:23 long.

[URL=http://s18.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0P5N9ZTH0HB42EO5BH0Q4WT3X]Tonight my Wife is your Wife - Reuben[/URL] - Pop-Punk/Rocky Tinges, 3:07 long.

[URL=http://s23.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0LGC3UCHXC26P2AYOFQSOK72EV]The Mission - Queensrÿche[/URL] - Prog (Power tinged) Metal, 5:47 long.

[URL=http://s22.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=27SMW0ASSHH1E2DF0W6HO0H8LA]I Swallowed Hard, like I Understood - 65daysofstatic[/URL] - Post-Rock, 5:27 long.

[URL=http://s22.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1V8M134QDYKHB0BM3ANAJN0SXG]What You Feel - Buffy the Vampire Slayer Cast Musical[/URL] - F[SIZE=2]u[/SIZE]ckin' Jazz-a-matazz, 3:01 long.

Dibs

[b]65daysofstatic - I Swallowed Hard Like I understood[/b]
Never heard of this band before but I like post-rock so I hope I like this.

Begins with piano and an electronic sound in beat. Sounds cool. Then some slightly chuggy, but quiet guitars enter with hi-hat. I like it. Brooding. There are lots of extra little noises. Guitars and drums come in fully. Very nice, especially with the piano. I like the mix of electronic sounds and.... natural sounds (not natural but not computer generated).

This song is good. I really like the sections and the weight that the melodiues carry. There is an almost stop and go feeling to the music. I really like it. The way the drums are programmed is very cool. The super electric biuts mixed in with authentic sounding drums. The strings are also a nice touch.

This is good. This doesn't sound like a Godspeed side project either (of which there seem to be an infinite number). I'll look into this further. It reminds me of almost Pelican but less heavy. The same emotive riffs are there though. I really like the way the mix shifts and gives different instuments priority.

9/10 I diggit.

[url=http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=24AXHA5GI64BO0YDV2JV1AH2RI]Dysrhythmia - And Just Go[/url] Instrumental Metal
[url=http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2ER86D8T5YAEN3MMT67O6ZIX8N]Dysrhythmia - Circulatory System Overhaul[/url] Instrumental Metal
[url=http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3L8K6D7G0YZI22I81Z66AICLZ0]Behold... The Arctopus - Estrogen-Pathogen Exchange Program[/url] Instrumental Metal
[url=http://s41.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0D83DA93380VO02NWBY3F5TE9G]Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - The Creature[/url] Avant-Garde metal
[url=http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1QPGXNBAYK0PX10W1RXD5A547V]Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Pthisis[/url] Avant-Garde metal
[url=http://s41.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0NKSQG64MO8J50EE5F6MHTEDS6]Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - A Hymn to the Morning Star[/url] Avant-Garde Metal
[url=http://s42.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2X2P1830PVLW935IGTJDOL2SIY]Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Cockroach[/url] Avant-Garde Metal

Your Sleepytime links are all dead, apart from Pthisis, which I've already heard :-/

WHAT!

Dammit! I'll redo them.

OK. I think The Donkey Head is still no good but the others are.

I lied. I think my email adress has exceeded it's alloted bandwidth. I need to go to bed. Just do The Cockroach.

[url=http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=24AXHA5GI64BO0YDV2JV1AH2RI]Dysrhythmia - And Just Go[/url] Instrumental Metal
[url=http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2ER86D8T5YAEN3MMT67O6ZIX8N]Dysrhythmia - Circulatory System Overhaul[/url] Instrumental Metal
[url=http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3L8K6D7G0YZI22I81Z66AICLZ0]Behold... The Arctopus - Estrogen-Pathogen Exchange Program[/url] Instrumental Metal
[url=http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1QPGXNBAYK0PX10W1RXD5A547V]Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Pthisis[/url] Avant-Garde metal
[url=http://s42.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2X2P1830PVLW935IGTJDOL2SIY]Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Cockroach[/url] Avant-Garde Metal
[url=http://s49.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2AEYL882RN1PE0V0R17AUTBSOC]Maudlin of the Well - The Ferryman[/url] Avant-Garde Metal
[url=http://s51.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3MWLJKQOLW0JL1Y6LK7LWIXADL]Maudlin of the Well - Heaven and Weak[/url]

OK, I think they're all working now.

Budumchap

\/ I apologize. I made up form my extra bump by pointing down.

You should really leave more time in between bumps.

Dibs.

Heard a few songs by these guys now.
[b]Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Cockroach[/b] - 2:11

Starts off with the sound of insects buzzing, which instantly reminds me of Sunna - Power Struggle, though I don't imagine the rest of the song will actually unfold like that at all. I rather want to listen to Power Struggle now though, and I don't think I have it on this computer.

An incredibly bright sounding flash of guitar about ten seconds in, and a vocalist sings - totally clear, loud, and free of effects, which seems unusual - about a cockroach. Ah, about him killing a cockroach. "I release you from your cares.. *psssht*". Nice.

Another voice has joined him, I think. Sounds female, though it may be just a very high male voice. Harmonica (I think) plays little bits in the background now. I'm enjoying the song, though I'm not anticipating being able to write much about it if it carries on like this. The focus is very much on the lyrics. He's singing the bit I've seen you type out before now, about being practically divine compared to the cockroach. Small, pathetic sounding coughs in the background. I assume that's the cockroach.

And it ends like that.

7/10, I think. I get the feeling if I'd listened to it in a different mood to whatever mood it is that I'm in now, I would have liked it a lot more, since it's one of those kind of songs. But it was not to be.

[b]Songs;[/b]
[url=http://s43.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1SQ60BMAO21RJ178MEZ81TGF4Y]William Shatner (w/Joe Jackson and various others) - Common People[/url]
[url=http://s28.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1X4HU6NHDMP6D2ZVV6R389L069]Spiritualised - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space[/url]
[url=http://s28.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0SVHLQBYSZMXE2PB7AH8D1B8W6]The Magic Numbers - I See You, You See Me[/url] (m4a file)

More to come if/when requested.

I can feel it dribbling down my chin. A dibs.

Forgot to mention that that Magic Numbers song is an m4a file. Eep.

GODAMMIT! I just wrote a good review then closed the window. Oh well.
[B]William Shatner (w/Joe Jackson and various others) - Common People[/B]
Never heard anything by Shatner because I've been purposely avoiding him. I assume it will be bad.

I refuse to rewrite the entire thing but here's a summary.

This song is awesome. The spoken word stuff only got cool as it progressively became more rythmic and even continued into places you wouldn't expect it to continue.

The song itself was alright but not the kind of stuff I usually look for. Then it became almost like a showtune. I could see this as part of a musical on broadway. The chorus and theme helped this especially.

I was opverall very impressed and shocked even that this pimp of a starship captain was able to produce such a marvelously good song.

I will go looking for the rest of this.

9.5/10

[url=http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=24AXHA5GI64BO0YDV2JV1AH2RI]Dysrhythmia - And Just Go[/url] Instrumental Metal
[url=http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2ER86D8T5YAEN3MMT67O6ZIX8N]Dysrhythmia - Circulatory System Overhaul[/url]
[url=http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3L8K6D7G0YZI22I81Z66AICLZ0]Behold... The Arctopus - Estrogen-Pathogen Exchange Program[/url] Instrumental Metal
[url=http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1QPGXNBAYK0PX10W1RXD5A547V]Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Pthisis[/url] Avant-Garde metal
[url=http://s42.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2X2P1830PVLW935IGTJDOL2SIY]Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Cockroach[/url]
[url=http://s49.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2AEYL882RN1PE0V0R17AUTBSOC]Maudlin of the Well - The Ferryman[/url] Avant-Garde Metal
[url=http://s51.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3MWLJKQOLW0JL1Y6LK7LWIXADL]Maudlin of the Well - Heaven and Weak[/url]
[url=http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2X6RVKVR9DE562MTLPJY9O48IR]Peccatum - Veils of Blue[/url] Avant-Garde Metal
[url=http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=06GXXQJ4OYQIO2B183CK9KARGO]Peccatum - Stillness[/url]

dibs

[b]Butch Walker - Mixtape[/b]
I don't think I've heard anything by Butch Walker before.

Begins with a piano quickly followed by an acoustic guitar. The voice comes in. This belongs on pop radio. It probably is on pop radio soemwhere. I like ti. Catchy and a bit moody with lovey lyrics and that ballady feel. My biggest complaint - The one beat of the chorus doesn't get enough accent.

I like the song, especially the layering of instruments. Nothing is particularly interesting but it's all nice. Nicely produced but I'd like a more rhtymic bass or bassier drums or soemthing. This style of music sits well with me. Easy to digest and easy to forget.

The ending section was a nice touch. The steel drum was cool. I liked the ending section best actually. Fade outs are lame.

7/10

[url=http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2ER86D8T5YAEN3MMT67O6ZIX8N]Dysrhythmia - Circulatory System Overhaul[/url] Instrumental Metal
[url=http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3L8K6D7G0YZI22I81Z66AICLZ0]Behold... The Arctopus - Estrogen-Pathogen Exchange Program[/url] Instrumental Metal
[url=http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1QPGXNBAYK0PX10W1RXD5A547V]Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Pthisis[/url] Avant-Garde metal
[url=http://s49.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2AEYL882RN1PE0V0R17AUTBSOC]Maudlin of the Well - The Ferryman[/url] Avant-Garde Metal
[url=http://s51.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3MWLJKQOLW0JL1Y6LK7LWIXADL]Maudlin of the Well - Heaven and Weak[/url]
[url=http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2X6RVKVR9DE562MTLPJY9O48IR]Peccatum - Veils of Blue[/url] Avant-Garde Metal
[url=http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=06GXXQJ4OYQIO2B183CK9KARGO]Peccatum - Stillness[/url]

i'll try in this section instead, hope my computer lives long enough