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Album Ratings 223
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Last Active 08-30-19 7:21 pm
Joined 10-19-18
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 | CalculatingInfinity If I ever get the desire to hear King again I'll jam Angel but idk when that will be.
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| CalculatingInfinity Hey...sorry I haven't been on Sput nor responding, been a stressful week so I've barely been on. And yes, I did listen to King for a Day and for me it's a mixed bag. That first half is rough for me, only really liking Evidence. Once Caralho Vodor hit, the album started to hit its stride a bit, with the t/t especially kicking ass.
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| CalculatingInfinity Jesus Christ how long was the war channel then? Sorry I haven't responded, haven't been on the last few days. I shall check out King for a Day this Saturday morning since if I don't allocate a time for it I'll never get around to it, so prod me then if I have or not.
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| CalculatingInfinity Na, I haven't. At this rate, I'll wait until it finishes and binge it out in a blur of regret.
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| CalculatingInfinity I didn't like IA's second album much but the new one blew me away, adore almost everything about it. Canadian Annihilator got some solid chops, especially the solo work.
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| CalculatingInfinity Well production wise it's a very low standard lol. If I check FNM I'd probably check King first since Just a Man is a great song, but at the moment I'm loving the new Infant Annihilator.
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| CalculatingInfinity I can 100% see why someone would hate Withering. It's a mixed bag but the more the years go by the more emotionally impactful it becomes for me at least. Goes from melancholic misery from possibly some of the most uplifting stuff they've made which have become anthems in their discography.
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| CalculatingInfinity Mode Vulgar is still in my top 4 things the band ever did, the more basic songs have so much energy in the live setting and more compositionally serious stuff delivers as well. But yeah, on the album with some songs it's truly banal. I don't really care for Storm of the Lights Bane much since Meloblack isn't my thing really.
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| CalculatingInfinity Their other albums have got a bunch of variety, of course but Gauze has aspects which never appeared in the band again which gives it a unique charm for me. Yeah, if it wasn't for the video Obscure wasn't be so beloved but I still think it's a great song. One of Kyo's best early vocal performances plus the mindless heavy chugging/classic 90's VK-ish soaring chorus/disturbed breaks in the verses all come together to make for a treat.
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| CalculatingInfinity Weird ain't it? Idk how exactly but even in the face of what to come later it has some of their best songwriting fo me, period. The rhythmic building tension in 304, the nausating guitar lick of mazohyst, the peppy bass line of Yurameki, the iconic evil laugh at the start of Zan...so many nice little touches. Also, it's refreshing to hear them not rely on overwhelmingly heavy passages or so many groove based songs on an album.
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| CalculatingInfinity On Gauze they were kinda ripping off Kuroyume and after that album Kyo made a conscious effort to sound like no one else and go for his own style. As you can tell, it took him a while for him to fully harness his own potential.
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 | AcmeApathyAmok Honestly, IDK why Yoshiki's waiting on the "proper time" to release it. Like when is it proper to release it lol? As for Tool...I still need to listen to the album first.
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| CalculatingInfinity His Gauze vocals are an...acquired taste I'll admit. His baritone is warm and vibrant on that and yelps and groans makes the album feel more uncomfortable, fits for the subject matter. Then...oh boi did he suck on Macabre, my lord.
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| CalculatingInfinity I heard DSS and I thought the riffs on it were bad...so yeah production wasn't a problem, it was on a fundamental level not vibing with what they were trying to do.
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| CalculatingInfinity Thought they couldn't riff to save their life, couldn't get fully into the clean vocals, heard Uroboros before it got remastered...thankfully Arche changed what I didn't like about them. The guitar interplay had so much more noticeable melody than other stuff (plus damn is it good), the grooves were accessible and slick, it helped me get into Kyo's vocals and I spiraled along from there.
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 | BigPleb Damn, I'm jealous of him hearing FNM for the first time!
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| CalculatingInfinity Yeah slam is a meme of a genre but damn that album is satisfying, mainly for it sounding as thicc as a slam out should be for once. DSO will probably be in a lot of end of the year lists.
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| CalculatingInfinity Na I haven't checked Angel Dust yet, been jamming the new Devourment. I like SOAD but I never got super into them, as a teenager I just jammed random songs I liked. The self-titled has the most bangers most likely.
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| BigPleb Seems interesting, I'll look into it.
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| BigPleb Haha sure does, I find that style the ?easiest? to imitate for whatever reason.
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| CalculatingInfinity Metal or not, it's in its own little box for finding and describes some characteristics, all you need on a practical level.
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| CalculatingInfinity "Yes, there isn't an academic definition, but there is one agreed on by a fair number of metal fans" Then I don't really care. I'm not letting the majority of people decide for me what music is for me when it isn't under strict academic resource without bias, or how I enjoy it in general. Sure I can go by suggested guidelines like places such as Metal Archives and Sput but I can mold those perceptions as I see fit since sites like that are just a viewpoint crafted by commission.
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| CalculatingInfinity Besides, if you want to define strictly what is metal and what is not based on the emphasis of guitar playing (i.e. what constitutes for a riff) that's a discussion for musical academia to give rigorous definitions as to what that is, which hasn't happened so it's different for every person. Either way, at least for me, I headbanged to Maximum the Hormone's Deka vs Deka (a Nu Metal live show) more than any Thrash album and that physical sensation is all I need.
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| CalculatingInfinity Especially with Pantera isn't that musically distinct from Nu Metal acts later on minus the rap influences.
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| CalculatingInfinity ...similar to Groove Metal like Pantera and later NWOAHM bands like Lamb of God. Guitar takes a back seat and plays more of the rhythm, just to pound you with distortion with accompaniment with other aspects of the band.
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| CalculatingInfinity No offense but I don't see why Nu Metal is such a drastic shift compared to Power/Black/Death other than you not liking it. Metal in the 70's was just the blues being played with distortion, hell Ozzy even sounds kinda like a blues singer. Black Metal completely changed vocal/drum/guitar playing style with an abundance of trems and blast beats, power metal bought more neoclassical stylings into the fold, Nu Metal chose a non-guttural yet screaming vocal style with guitar chugging...
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| CalculatingInfinity But yeah it's 100% radio-friendly 'heavy' music, sterilised and doesn't have the ethos of Metal before it.
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| CalculatingInfinity They...don't really fit with Metallica or Black Sabbath, at all, like lots of metal subgenres. Do you see Nu Metal as 'Metal'? If so, Hybrid Theory fits that description pretty stereotypically. Downtuned chuffy riffs, angsty lyrics and screaming. Despite that, it's radio-friendly structure, catchy choruses and focusing more on the rap influences on Nu Metal strips lots of the aggression from it.
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| CalculatingInfinity Oh damn it started again? Will have to catch up eventually but I'm pretty busy at the moment and got other things to watch so idk when I'll get on it.
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| CalculatingInfinity If it's dreadful I'd 1 it for the context of the album; not just the music: i.e. Yoshiki's fall into hubris. But it'll prob be a 2.5.
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| CalculatingInfinity If they do that; then sure I'd be happy as larry but by the songs they released that ain't happening.
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| BigPleb Yeah man! You from in and around Manchester,
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| CalculatingInfinity Makes me wanna watch Starsky and Hutch, loved that show as a kid due to the PS2 game.
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| CalculatingInfinity I like Slugdge, only heard a bunch of their first 2 albums though. As you can evidently see...I haven't been keeping up either heh. ? ? Corp's News at 11 is the main thing I've been listening to recently.
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 | DrGonzo1937 Aye, time will tell mate. Like you say, can?t be any worse than tiw
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 | EvoHavok Eh, I quite liked it, just obviously not as much as the previous three. It definitely soured many people on the band.
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| CalculatingInfinity Dillinger and Bungle are awesome so I don't disagree there. I like Carcass but I'm not crazy over them personally.
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| CalculatingInfinity From what I've heard for Faith I'm not the biggest fan minus Patton being vocal Jesus, but I've never fully listened to an album by them.
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| CalculatingInfinity Maximum the Hormone's Deka vs Deka is the all-time greatest example for me and is in my top 5 musical experiences I had. Other examples include Mudvayne's L.D. 50, Slipknot's Disasterpieces, Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory, Nothingface, Dir's best Nu Metal material but yeah 95% of the time it is ass.
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| CalculatingInfinity I've seen all the other docs out there but that one I only got to chapter 4, need to finish it someday.
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| AcmeApathyAmok When you put it like that, I probably WOULD like Pan.Thy.Monium! I'll check it out, soon!
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| CalculatingInfinity The fact he's playing a guitar hero controller on a song with no guitar kills me.
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| CalculatingInfinity The mods have the power to wipe ratings if they deem them to be troll ratings or massive discog 1's without listening to the artist. And yes I am well versed in the living train wreck of Chris Chan.
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| AcmeApathyAmok Moontower's great. Don't know why he never made a 2nd "solo" album. Pan.Thy.Monium, I haven't checked out yet. Nightingale's another Swanö band I like quite a bit, and he did produce the first Katatonia album and drummed on the 4th one.
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| CalculatingInfinity Get rid of that discog Brokencyde 1 else your ratings will be wiped, will happen if you do that for any band with a decently sized discog since 99% of people who did that haven't heard all of the albums.
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| CalculatingInfinity Here's a list of made of the best musical s***e: https://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?memberid=1040187
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| CalculatingInfinity Realm of Ecstasy is Deaththrash, combines the best elements of both into one incredible package. It's joint second fav Thrash album along with Rust in Piece. AJFA I either really like or incredibly meh on depending on the song. 5 bangers, 4 clunkers with meh production. Odd ball album.
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| AcmeApathyAmok I see you 5'd Crimson (Edge Of Sanity). I don't listen to it often as I usually save it for special occasions, but that's an unsung classic prog death metal album IMO. It's a bit too bad that it's the only Edge of Sanity album I bothered checking out.
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| CalculatingInfinity Metallica are my fav out that list, RTL and MOP are superb. I'm a Thrash guy myself, ever heard Thanatos' Realm of Ecstasy?
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| CalculatingInfinity Still Life are BWP are pretty similar but I find Still Life more melodramatic and morbid whilst BWP feels gigantic. Looks like you're building up your ratings, got any fav bands you haven't rated yet?
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| CalculatingInfinity Ye I like a bit of Agalloch, Ashes easily being my fav (mainly due to the superb 20 minute closer on the vinyl pressing).
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| CalculatingInfinity Only 2 or 3 though, and better for it since it makes them stick out more. Namamekashiki is a top 5 ballad for me so I'd disagree with that. It can be combined with nuanced songwriting, but it doesn't need to if the performance and production compliment it (which for Marrow, it doesn't much). I'm not a fan of Opeth pre-Blackwater Park minus MAYH due the clean vocals weren't to my taste back then.
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| CalculatingInfinity Oh, I'm not saying Uroboros isn't atmospheric, it's drenched in it. It's just that it's atmosphere and feel is so different from their albums beforehand that it is nice to have that other side of them (especially the manic crazed energy of the best Nu Metal performances they had). Marrow is just pissed from beginning to end, variety and nuanced songwriting aren't much of a priority there lol. My liking of that is mostly dependent on the context it's in and the production job its performed under
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| CalculatingInfinity I'll admit I was the same for a few months though, Gauze and their live material changed that for me.
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| CalculatingInfinity You can not like their other stuff but personally I'm kinda sick of fans who haven't watched their live DVD's dismay entire years of work when it has an tangible atmosphere which their 2008 onwards stuff does not have or see it as 'talentless glam rock/nu metal' with so many genuine ballads and flair which is exclusive to that period of work.
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| CalculatingInfinity The problem there is that for better or for worse, Dir has attracted fans from so many different backgrounds. The awful fans either tend to be zealous who love to gatekeep and defend them regardless or ignorant metalheads who worship their 2008-2014 output, declares the rest of their albums as s*** and forces their generalisations onto people. Both of these types of people exist on Reddit.
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| CalculatingInfinity Damn it's been a while since I used DEG Reddit, place is kinda lame. I didn't think you were an alt, just thought I'd ask. Welcome to the site btw :]
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| CalculatingInfinity Even if he has some s*** takes I love his doc series for being so well researched or made. You a new user here or an alt from an older user?
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| CalculatingInfinity Saw them live. I like their stuff but I wouldn't call myself a fan of them particularly, would recommend watching Metal Mythos: Iron Maiden if you haven't.
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| CalculatingInfinity It was so tight for the band that Kyo and Shinya said that it was very difficult to complete the project for release date.
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| CalculatingInfinity Dynamite Tommy being kind of a s***bag (he owns the band), the obscene deadline for TIW...I can go on really.
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| CalculatingInfinity VIP when they don't want to, the absolutely insane frequency they have to tour and record, the prices of their stuff at times,
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| CalculatingInfinity After that show, a disappointing VIP, not bringing back Tue and their s***ty management exploiting the band I'm not going out of principle.
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| CalculatingInfinity Withering replicates a very specific space of time and feeling, why I enjoy it so much. The soaring guitar melodies are heaven and it's one of their most emotional outing. I'll pay to see them in Japan, otherwise, I'll never give them any of my money again. At least Sukekiyo has plenty of quality material to deliver.
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| CalculatingInfinity In a studio context I only care about Withering and Gauze before Uroboros, live it's another matter.
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| CalculatingInfinity Their best stuff is in 2011-2016 easily but their stuff before that has gold too imo. 5 Ugly Kingdom and Blitz 5 Days are classic shows in the Dir cannon and I like Gauze as much as Dir's later output.
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