Metal: Currently Spinning

[jkn]

Hi guys nice to see some fans of Metal here

Recently I have been listening those bands:

EVERON – North

Awesome music more Neo progressive style

http://www.everon.de/

Pain Of Salvation – Remedy lane

Awesome stuff Progressive metal

http://www.painofsalvation.com/enter.htm

Symphony X – V

Awesome symphonic metal

http://www.symphonyx.com/

[Iano]

Tis a great album. I think I'll put that on now, in fact :o

Apparently, apparently, the album is something different again if you listen to the songs in a different order! The order being:

6,7,5,8,4,9,13,1,12,2,11,3,10

by song number. I'm yet to do it, but hell - to begin an album with the Parabol/Parabola combo must some at least SOME merit

Also my favourite TOOL album. The fact it's HDCD is icing on the cake. The production glistens compared to 10,000 days

[mrporcelain]

Great Japanese Doom...

I never thought I'd see someone posting about coffins on this board, that's for sure...

Lately I've been spinning the new Arghoslent 'hornets of the pogrom', first skitsystem 'gra varld...' and martyrdod 'in extremis'.

[PWilson]

Oh my... to think I just discovered this thread

Currently been getting into some black metal

Dimmu Borgir

In both it's orignal and rerecorded forms.

A good listen, with a great tempo on the rerecorded version.

Dissection

as well as their earlier The Somberlain.

Both have been great albums. Probably more on the melodic side than black metal would tend to be though. But finds I've been very happy with.

And then spending more time with

Dream Theater - Images & Words and Awake (I've really focussed on their later, more metal work till recently, but quite enjoying these as well).

Metallica - Master of Puppets has been getting airply again

In Flames - Lunar Strain, which has a distinctly folky feel to it

[patjoy]

my fave prog rock album:

currently spinning:

[jkn]

Hi Patjoy

I have both these albums they are good like the Transatlantic more than Vanden ….

You could check these albums from

Riverside - Second Life Syndrome

Riverside - Rapid Eye Movement

http://www.riverside.art.pl/eng/main.html

Link for Riverside video your tube

[patjoy]

Hi Patjoy

I have both these albums they are good like the Transatlantic more than Vanden ….

You could check these albums from

Riverside - Second Life Syndrome

Riverside - Rapid Eye Movement

http://www.riverside.art.pl/eng/main.html

Link for Riverside video your tube

Hi JiriAU

I have all the Riverside cds but I think Second Life Syndrome is their best. Great band. Great guitar work. Can't wait for a concert dvd. Prefer them to Vanden Plas as well.

Have a listen to Signal to Noise Ratio by Dead Air Radio.

http://deadairradio.musiccitynetworks.com/

[PWilson]

If they are the 24bit/96kHz versions, they're well worth getting - I've only ever seen one vinyl rip of each album at that quality, and I believe that's all there is circulating. Aenima especially, because ... well, the vinyl itself is as rare as hens teeth - and very pricey to boot if you were to ever come across one being sold.

Once I heard about these, I ran off to grab a copy...

I have to say... there's definitely a difference in the master. The vinyl rip is certainly less bright, and the bass sounds a little better perhaps. But argh!! The surface noise. Surely this is not representative of vinyl in general. It's horribly intrusive. Why would someone go the effort of 24/96 FLAC rips if the actual transfer is so shite?

The copy I got was a discography, but only Undertow/Aenima/Lateralus are vinyl rips. I stopped it after I got H and The Grudge downloaded, so I could have a listen. H is more affected by noise than The Grudge. Didn't get any Undertow songs through, but not sure I'm going to if these other two are representative...

[Soultone]

Hi Patjoy

I have both these albums they are good like the Transatlantic more than Vanden ….

You could check these albums from

Riverside - Second Life Syndrome

Riverside - Rapid Eye Movement

http://www.riverside.art.pl/eng/main.html

Link for Riverside video your tube

Great stuff right there. Next to PT on of the best prog rock bands around.

[patjoy]

Great stuff right there. Next to PT on of the best prog rock bands around.

Absolutely, Riverside are a gem! PT are in a league of their own and Steven Wilson is a genius. The remastered Lightbulb Sun is great. However, I still long for a Transatlantic reunion and another of their 30min epics

[waricle]

There seems to be a common theme in the label art.......

[jkn]

Just sending few links of mine favourites bands some of you know them already and if you don’t they are bands to look for

Everon

Song writing and music of this band is somehow exceptional must have

If you like neo-progressive metal. Have all the CD’s favourites

Would be

Everon – North

Everon – Bridge

http://www.everon.de/

Ayreon

I like this band a lot again have all their albums .Favourite would be

Ayreon - The Human Equation (recording 3/5)

http://www.ayreon.com/

Enchant

I have been listen this band for a almost 2 decades since their first album

Different music some people (friends) have found too hard to get in to it

But I personally think that they are real musicians. I do have all the albums also DVD

Favourite albums

Enchant – Wounded (Recording 3/5)

Enchant – Time Lost (Recording 3/5)

Enchant – A Blueprint of the World (Recording 3/5)

http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=96

Pain of Salvation

I have all their albums mine favourites would be

Pain of Salvation – 12:5 (Recording 4/5)

This is a life recording Unplug version

Pain of Salvation – Remedy Lane (Recording3/5)

http://www.painofsalvation.com/enter.htm

Ice Edge

Very good band they haven’t release much albums but music is awesome

They apparently never played life (I don’t know it that is true) have 2 albums

And the favour would be

Ice Edge – The Great Divide (Recording 2/5)

http://www.ice-age.com/index.shtml

[jkn]

Shadow Gallery

One of mine favourite’s band would be also Shadow Gallery I have been listen to them for a long time since they brought the first CD.I do have all their albums and have to say that those first albums like the most (musicianly)

Favour albums:

Shadow Gallery –Tyranny (Recording 2/5)

Shadow Gallery - Carved In Stone (Recording 2/5)

http://www.shadowgallery.com/

[Dr X]

This thing blows thunder. Moral of the story...Don't %@#$*! with germans

[metal beat]

Been playing garage days over the past week. What is the new album like??

[Dr X]

I am enjoying Death Magnetic. It's very long at 74 mins? Music is good, lyrics not so good. I downloaded the Guitar Hero 3 version which is much better than the compressed CD version. There is another thread on it. I did actually buy the album so I don't feel bad about torrenting it. I think Metallica are rich enough anyway. I think it's at least the best album since Black. Actually the song arrangements and guitars are much more interesting than Black IMO.

Cheers.

[hired goon]

G'day,

Been playing garage days over the past week. What is the new album like??

I've listened to "Death Magnetic" a few times now ... it kinda sits stylistically between "Master of Puppets" and "... And Justice For All", and gets one thumb up from me, but strewth is it a crappy experience with all the volume compression and clipping. I would have bought it otherwise.

--Geoff

[PWilson]

This thing blows thunder. Moral of the story...Don't %@#$*! with germans

Have been listening to the same album! Along with some Dark Angel and Sadus (all of which can be recommended for old school thrash).

Re Death Magnetic - I find it to sit more between AJFA and Load, personally. It's definitely got some bluesier moments a la Load, and personally, I don't think the quality of the metal on offer comes close to touching MoP. It's not a bad listen though.

Regarding the quality - there are people that have uploaded rips from the Xbox/Playstation game Guitar Hero. The versions released for the game apparently have real dynamic range, and far less clipping/distortion. I still remember streaming the first single... and the first thing I did was reach over and turn the volume down. And it still clipped like buggery.

Edited September 30, 2008 by PWilson
Oops. Glossed over Dr. X's post - GH3 version already mentioned!

[unclemack]

I think Metallica are rich enough anyway.

Cheers.

Oh? How rich are they?

I'm sure they will feel much better having you there to decide how much they should earn... well done.

Best we look at every other artist whose product we enjoy and let them know that whilst we want them to keep making music for OUR enjoyment, we would prefer that they don't profit from it, or, at the very least, not profit too much.

Cheers

M

[Dr X]

Oh? How rich are they?

They are rich unclemack, stinking rich.

I'm sure they will feel much better having you there to decide how much they should earn... well done.

Thanks, but they are so rich I doubt they care what you and I think.

Best we look at every other artist whose product we enjoy and let them know that whilst we want them to keep making music for OUR enjoyment, we would prefer that they don't profit from it, or, at the very least, not profit too much.

I'm all for supporting artists and for them to make a profit.

[unclemack]

They are rich unclemack, stinking rich.

Thanks, but they are so rich I doubt they care what you and I think.

I'm all for supporting artists and for them to make a profit.

So what do you mean by "rich enough"?

[Dr X]

James H is reported to have anywhere from a few hundred million to 1.4billion. What I meant was, they can afford to have me download their new album and still make a killing. Remember I did buy Death Magnetic and then downloaded the superior GH3 version from a torrent which is not even readily available for purchase unless you have the game I believe? I'll be buggered if I'm going to purchase an expensive PS3 game just so I can have a properly mastered version of the album.

[unclemack]

James H is reported to have anywhere from a few hundred million to 1.4billion. What I meant was, they can afford to have me download their new album and still make a killing. Remember I did buy Death Magnetic and then downloaded the superior GH3 version from a torrent which is not even readily available for purchase unless you have the game I believe? I'll be buggered if I'm going to purchase an expensive PS3 game just so I can have a properly mastered version of the album.

I know they're filthy rich and my point is that a comment like that is what I hear from download dickheads who, unlike your self, don;t buy the music justifying it by saying exactly that. It grates with me 'cause these arseholes don't support the artists, just leech off them.

Just having a go at the use of the term, not your practices.

Cheers

M

[Dr X]

No worries UM.

[patjoy]

Full steam ahead prog fusion.

classic live Rush.