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Re: Listening to lately

Posted: 21/01/20, 15:23:32
by TC
i don't think rammstein is on that tour, i think that was just a comparison.

Re: Listening to lately

Posted: 21/01/20, 18:01:18
by Draesk
haha nah, fortunately it was just Behemoth and Slipknot. I was just cosmically late in noticing big d's post about Godsmack up the page here, and Rammstein are the default comparison for over-the-top on-stage pyrotechnics. If you want a bad line-up though, I'd seen Stone Sour there before, and they were supported by... the Pretty Reckless. :snore:

Behemoth were fucking great tbh, totally flawless. Slipknot themselves put on a solid show (it was mostly older songs, which was great), but the mix and EQ was absolutely fucking dire. Never heard anything so bad at a gig in my life. Snare alone was overpowering absolutely everything on-stage, but you couldn't hear the cymbals at all. Guitars were a mush (bass was non-existent), with the only LF representation coming from the kick (which was also wildly overpowering). The repeater stacks were all only putting out HF too (I'd guestimate >2kHz). I've seen Slipknot at that venue without issue before, so they can't even claim unfamiliarity. It was mental.

Re: Listening to lately

Posted: 21/01/20, 23:45:14
by darkness
Draesk wrote: If you want a bad line-up though, I'd seen Stone Sour there before, and they were supported by... the Pretty Reckless. :snore:
Those are fighting words.

Re: Listening to lately

Posted: 22/01/20, 06:25:28
by TC
a good FOH engineer makes all the difference. some bands don't want to pay for one, and that's what happens.

Re: Listening to lately

Posted: 07/08/20, 16:24:14
by _Marcus_
The new Anaal Nathrakh single is AMAZING:

Re: Listening to lately

Posted: 01/02/21, 11:38:11
by big d note
Not me, but my son in this case. We got him an mp3 player for Christmas (how retro!). He's 13 and we don't want to get him a phone yet, but he likes listening to music on his headphones. I loaded a bunch of albums on it (PG-13 stuff - no Slayer yet) and handed it over to him without introducing any of the bands.

The other day he said, "I found a band on here that's really cool!" "Oh yeah, which one?" (I have no idea because I put a wide mix of stuff on there) "Mastery. They really rock." :thrash:

Personally I've been listening to a ton of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard lately. I also discovered the UK funk band Speedometer thanks to Pandora.

Re: Listening to lately

Posted: 23/02/22, 09:51:53
by big d note
The Earthless album Night Parade of One Hundred Demons is really good. I preordered it in November, and it came out on 1/28. I finally got a shipping notice today that they shipped my order with the CD. Luckily it's available on streaming, so I've already been able to listen to it a bunch. I still like having the physical CDs though. Still can't commit to buying everything digitally only.

Re: Listening to lately

Posted: 23/02/22, 13:24:28
by TC
Check these guys out:

Re: Listening to lately

Posted: 24/02/22, 12:10:55
by darkness
I can't recomend this album enough, especially if you like darkwave/synth music:

https://strdlm.bandcamp.com/album/sooth ... -escapism/

Re: Listening to lately

Posted: 24/02/22, 14:51:46
by TC
The Dune Sketchbook may be the greatest soundtrack released in 40 years. It's unreal. Sounds like Lustmord remixed the theatrical score, in the best possible way.

Re: Listening to lately

Posted: 25/02/22, 07:22:31
by TC
darkness wrote: 24/02/22, 12:10:55 I can't recomend this album enough, especially if you like darkwave/synth music:

this is great. some light siouxsie vibes too.

Re: Listening to lately

Posted: 08/03/22, 17:29:52
by big d note
I got the Immortal Wacken 2007 DVD the other day and was listening to it. I decided to show my kids the music video for Blashyrkh for fun. I told my kids that they might like black metal because my daughter (11) only likes to wear black right now and my son (14) likes metal. About a minute into the video she asked "is this video a joke?" Followed by "why are we watching this?" :roflmao: And we cut it short. But my son liked the drumming (he plays percussion in MS band and has been taking lessons at School of Rock). So, a small success there.

I love the beginning of Sons of Northern Darkness at Wacken when Abbath asks the crowd "HOWTHEFUCKAREYOUDOINGSOFARMOTHERFUCKERRRRSSSS!"

Re: Listening to lately

Posted: 08/03/22, 19:20:04
by darkness
If she's wearing black get her into goth music. We need to replenish the scene before we all die off.

Re: Listening to lately

Posted: 09/03/22, 07:47:25
by TC
big d note wrote: 08/03/22, 17:29:52 I got the Immortal Wacken 2007 DVD the other day and was listening to it. I decided to show my kids the music video for Blashyrkh for fun. I told my kids that they might like black metal because my daughter (11) only likes to wear black right now and my son (14) likes metal. About a minute into the video she asked "is this video a joke?" Followed by "why are we watching this?" :roflmao: And we cut it short. But my son liked the drumming (he plays percussion in MS band and has been taking lessons at School of Rock). So, a small success there.

I love the beginning of Sons of Northern Darkness at Wacken when Abbath asks the crowd "HOWTHEFUCKAREYOUDOINGSOFARMOTHERFUCKERRRRSSSS!"
haha, that's great. and yes, immortal absolutely started as a joke. they were very tongue in cheek with that first album. then just said fuck it and went with it.

Re: Listening to lately

Posted: 05/04/22, 12:15:05
by TC
well this was fun:

Re: Listening to lately

Posted: 08/04/22, 08:55:57
by big d note
I'm really liking the new Earthless album Night Parade of One Hundred Demons. Can't wait to see them tomorrow night! Plus Cloud Catcher is opening for them again.

Re: Listening to lately

Posted: 11/04/22, 09:48:58
by big d note
Wow, Earthless did not disappoint. I don't know how their drummer survives a single show, much less a tour. Cloud Catcher sounded great too. They kicked it off with 2 or 3 new songs I'd never heard before. Hopefully a new album is in the works then.

Re: Listening to lately

Posted: 19/04/22, 09:24:24
by big d note
Sleep show was great last night. Al has a new double neck Rickenbacker bass that is ridiculous and super cool. Same design as his signature Rick but with a 5-string neck added. The band was tight and played a solid 90 minute show. Did an abbreviated 15-minute version of Dopesmoker, closed with Dragonaut.

The opener was Superwolves with Matt Sweeney and Bonny Prince Billy. This was utter crap. I have no idea why they're on tour with Sleep.

Re: Listening to lately

Posted: 05/08/22, 11:51:58
by big d note
I just downloaded the new version of Winamp and I'm taking it for a spin! So retro.

Re: Listening to lately

Posted: 05/08/22, 12:52:23
by TC
yeah i heard it's back. maybe they'll make a mac version in five more years.