These days, the only thing I'll "pirate" music for is if I absolutely cannot find it on Youtube, Last.fm or anywhere else to sample it, and once I've decided I like something, I'll buy it. Or if, like in the case of Within Temptation's [i]Black Symphony[/i] or Opeth's [i]Watershed[/i], the bonus tracks which I've already paid for are locked into some stupid format on a DVD. I have no qualms about torrenting that stuff as proper .mp3s.

I've literally put more money into music than I have into my car and its stereo put together.

[QUOTE=TzarChasm;17912563]What if I'm looking for something comparable to Alcest's (phenomenal) [i]Ecailles de Lune[/i]? I'm not at all familiar with this "shoegaze" genre.[/QUOTE]

also check out Lantlôs - Lantlôs

who pays for music??

I would buy music if they had online lossless distribution

BUT, they don't so **** it

the day music will only be distributed in a digital format will be the saddest day

i still buy a lot of music, mostly vinyls

[QUOTE=Stormrider;17912871]the day music will only be distributed in a digital format will be the saddest day[/QUOTE]

they should drop the price of CD's, then I would buy them more often

30 dollars for less than an hour of music is a bit much

[QUOTE=P13;17912901]they should drop the price of CD's, then I would buy them more often

30 dollars for less than an hour of music is a bit much[/QUOTE]

I own over 250 CD's (not secondhand, either) and I have payed 30$ for a CD maybe twice. You should maybe look a little harder for your music.

[QUOTE]i still buy a lot of music, mostly vinyls[/QUOTE]

CD is generally the format I'll go for first, but I have a handful of vinyls as well and I will definitely buy more in the future.

[QUOTE=P13;17912869]I would buy music if they had online lossless distribution

BUT, they don't so **** it[/QUOTE]

i've seen FLAC sold in plenty of places

[QUOTE]CD is generally the format I'll go for first, but I have a handful of vinyls as well and I will definitely buy more in the future.[/QUOTE]

I don't buy CD's anymore but it's mainly because I have two excellent stores near my place and they mostly sell pure quality vinyl releases.

[QUOTE=P13;17912901]they should drop the price of CD's, then I would buy them more often

30 dollars for less than an hour of music is a bit much[/QUOTE]

god ur a ****in nerd

[QUOTE=Txus;17912937]I don't buy CD's anymore but it's mainly because I have two excellent stores near my place and they mostly sell pure quality vinyl releases.[/QUOTE]

Hospital Productions store?

I really want to go to that one day hehe

I own approximately 320 legitimate CDs, and still prefer to own hard copies of things, mostly for album art and silly stuff like that. But I've recently bought about 100 albums through Amazon and iTunes (I strip out your DRM, you bastards) simply because a 50% savings per album is a very hard deal to contend with.

FLAC would be ideal, absolutely, but 320 kbps .mp3s sound great in both my Klipsch Image S4 earbuds or my after-market car stereo. I can live with this.

@meatplow
not that many, what I meant was something on the scale of the itunes store

@elim

YEAH WELL SO WHAT I LIKE BEING ONE :angry:

i own a little over half of my actual music collection, used to buy cds still do but i used to too. now i only buy used or cds under 8 dollars.

the only bad part of downloading is i own duplicates of a bunch of cds that i bought thinking i dont have then i'm like wtf am i going to do now go and sell it back for three dollars. so i just keep them and give them to ppl

hey guys

this is the suggestion thread, not the talk about buying cds thread. but yeah, P13, you're retarded. feel free to reply in the community thread.

What are some bands in the vein of Trespassers William?

Lotte Kestner from Trespassers William has solo stuff thats worth checking out


you would also prolly like The Battle of Land and Sea

I need some more ambient BM, stuff that isn't particularly aggressive and would sit nicely in the background.

Forest might be a good example.

you need some uhh Emit - [I]The Dark Bleeding[/I] it's so soothing and relaxing

its like sleeping in a coffin

Velvet Cacoon - Genevieve
Procer Veneficus - Deathwanderings
Paysage d'Hiver - Paysage d'Hiver
Vinterriket - Landschaften ewiger Einsamkeit

Those are all ambient black metal essentials, the Vinterriket release is more ambient than anything else. And they don't have much in common with Forest tbh which is not Ambient Black Metal imo but if you want things that sound like Forest get also:

Raven Dark - Berustet av Kriegsdronnet
Branikald - Rdjandalir
M8L8TH - By the Wing of Black
Hate Forest - Battlefields

and you might enjoy Drudkh - Blood in Our Wells quite a lot.

Altar of Plagues - White Tomb

not very ambient but so good.

[QUOTE=Txus;17920052]Paysage d'Hiver - Paysage d'Hiver[/QUOTE]

Of all he mentioned, this is the only one I'm familiar with so far, but it's quite excellent. I love me some Darkspace and Paysage d'Hiver!

sounds good, this should do for now thanks

Haz, if you want stuff that sounds like Forest I would also suggest Forgot, Old Wainds, and Nav'. Almost forgot, get Branikald's [I]Frost Vision[/I]. Pretty awesome.

And if you want something kinda like Paysage and all that get Nordlicht - [I]Nebelmeer[/I]

k man, cheers

Yeah I love that kind of ****. Minimalistic and trance-inducing. :3

i've been listening to a lot of slough feg so i checked out hammers of misfortune, manilla road, mercyful fate and fates warning. what else should i check out?

Legend - [I]From The Fjords[/I]

thin lizzy - black rose