Now Playing Thread

[maddox]

Now I only played it once. It didnt invite to a second playing. Hm, most of all it reminded me of Vanden Plas (not so surprising), but not at all in league with Christ 0 

Actually, that is surprising.

When I listen to one of their albums, Vanden Plas is not a name that springs to mind.

DT, SG, SW, maybe CM* maybe but other than that...





*subtitles; Dream Theater, Shadow Gallery, Seventh Wonder, Circus Maximus.

[Teunis]

If you lot have problems using earplugs then I'd say that your using the wrong ones.

Mine are industrial quality and it costs top dollar (actually, euro but what the heck...) but it's worth it.
I use it at work, and during concerts and there is no loss in quality of the music I can tell you.

For those 1 or 2 gigs a year I attend, it's not worth the investment . And I'm always far away from the speakers!

np: Star One - Victims Of The Modern Age 

Alone at home, so now I can play an album my wife doesn't appreciate that much .

[PH]

If you lot have problems using earplugs then I'd say that your using the wrong ones.

Mine are industrial quality and it costs top dollar (actually, euro but what the heck...) but it's worth it.
I use it at work, and during concerts and there is no loss in quality of the music I can tell you.

Yeah, I remember hearing a crackling sound at a concert. It turns out, that's your eardrum. Nicky, earplugs aren't taking away the feel of a concert. It's much better for your ears! Take this from one who studied biology...

[funkster]

Bruce Dickinson - accident of birth

Better than anything Maiden have done post 7th son i reckon

[Nicky007]

If you lot have problems using earplugs then I'd say that your using the wrong ones.

Nicky, earplugs aren't taking away the feel of a concert.

You guys miss the point 

OK, let me try another comparison: It's like with c*nd*ms. It's not a question of using the right c*nd*m, it's the whole concept.

Or like takin a shower with a raincoat on. Tell me, Mad and Paxi, what's the best raincoat to wear when I take a shower ?

Or like warm beer:  Tell me guys, which is the best beer to warm up to 60° and drink ?

Man, I could continue ... but I think ya get the point 


I need some good music now:

NP  Ulver:  Wars Of The Roses 

Nicky.

[PH]

You guys miss the point 

OK, let me try another comparison: It's like with c*nd*ms. It's not a question of using the right c*nd*m, it's the whole concept.

Or like takin a shower with a raincoat on. Tell me, Mad and Paxi, what's the best raincoat to wear when I take a shower ?

Or like warm beer:  Tell me guys, which is the best beer to warm up to 60° and drink ?

Man, I could continue ... but I think ya get the point 

I think those are the wrong comparisons.

Better compare this with seat belts. Do you drive without them Nicky? Would you wear gloves if you'd be working with hazardous chemicals?

[Nicky007]

I think those are the wrong comparisons.

Let me put it plain to you, Paxi:  The reality is that when you go to metal concerts, apart from a few guests who have serious hearing problems, only pussies are wearing earplugs, you see it on'm, they'r not real metalheads 

Here's some real metal for real metalheads:

NP  Gojira:  A Sight To Behold    www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL-WMczrt1w&feature=related   

I'm looking forward to seeing'm at Copenhell 

Interesting:  Frontman, guitarist and songwriter Joe Duplantier talks about the meaning of the upcoming album by saying, "When you become a musician, you don't have a boss telling you what to do so you have to be very responsible."

He goes on to say "With freedom comes responsibility, so I'm asking myself, 'What is freedom? What does it mean to me?' L'Enfant Sauvage reflects on that. There's no answer though. There's just life and questions."

- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Enfant_Sauvage_(album)

Nicky.

[Nicky007]

NP  Storm Corrosion:  Drag Ropes

www.youtube.com/watch?v=manW5v-AR7U

Very atmospheric 

Wikipedia:  Storm Corrosion is a musical collaboration between Mikael Åkerfeldt, of Swedish heavy metal band Opeth and Steven Wilson, an English musician and frontman of band Porcupine Tree. The project's self-titled first studio album Storm Corrosion was released on May 7, 2012 through Roadrunner Records.

The album has been described by Wilson as being "the final part in the odd trilogy of records completed by (Opeth's) Heritage and Steven Wilson's brand new solo album Grace for Drowning."

- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_Corrosion

Kinda interestin 

Nicky.

[Iggy]

NP  Storm Corrosion:  Drag Ropes

www.youtube.com/watch?v=manW5v-AR7U

Very atmospheric 

Wikipedia:  Storm Corrosion is a musical collaboration between Mikael Åkerfeldt, of Swedish heavy metal band Opeth and Steven Wilson, an English musician and frontman of band Porcupine Tree. The project's self-titled first studio album Storm Corrosion was released on May 7, 2012 through Roadrunner Records.

The album has been described by Wilson as being "the final part in the odd trilogy of records completed by (Opeth's) Heritage and Steven Wilson's brand new solo album Grace for Drowning."

- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_Corrosion

Kinda interestin 

Nicky.

Yes it is.

A bit different from what I was expecting. Steven Wilson never ceases to surprise.

NP Lost in the New Real - AAL

[PH]

It is indeed a very interesting project.
I've listened to this cd four times now, and it is indeed very different from Porcupine Tree and Opeth. But it wasn't entirely unexpected. Knowing both artists, I knew that it would sound a bit like this.
Like it very much.

[Teunis]

Gazpacho - March Of Ghosts
Galahad - Battle Scars
North Atlantic Oscillation - Fog Electric

The latter two on progstreaming.com. Those albums definitely won't make it to my cd collection .

[Manatee]

NP: Opeth - Heritage

It seems this album needs to be turned up to 11 to listen to it properly.

Gazpacho - March Of Ghosts
Galahad - Battle Scars
North Atlantic Oscillation - Fog Electric

The latter two on progstreaming.com. Those albums definitely won't make it to my cd collection .

Progstreaming does seem to be experiencing a dry spell lately.  A few months ago, I found several albums there that I liked very much.  Lately, there hasn't been much there that excites me.  Oh, well.  I've got a backlog of recently acquired albums that need some attention anyway. 

[Nicky007]

It seems this album needs to be turned up to 11 to listen to it properly.

Just don't start using earplugs 


NP  Orphaned Land:  ORwarriOR

Second run. A bit of a disappoinment. More interesting philosophically than it rocks 

OL made it to my prog pantheon on the basis of Mabool, a stellar album 

Well, I'l give ORwarriOR some more runs. This group definitely merits it ..... 

Nicky.

[Manatee]

Just don't start using earplugs 

I'm using the kind that make the music louder.   

NP: Devin Townsend - Terria

A brilliant album by a very disturbed individual, just the way I like it.

And, no, I haven't slept.  I'll sleep when I'm dead.  Or when this album ends, whichever comes first.   

[Bupie]

Seventh Wonder - Mercy Falls

It took me a while to click with SW but now I am totally addicted to their last three albums 

[maddox]

Let me put it plain to you, Paxi:  The reality is that when you go to metal concerts, apart from a few guests who have serious hearing problems, only pussies are wearing earplugs, you see it on'm, they'r not real metalheads 

Let me put it this way;

Would you like to hear something during a concert, or just noise?

When I go to concerts I can hear the music a lot better with earplugs than without.
Compare it with looking under water.
Without goggles your view is quite blurry but with goggles you can see a lot better.

[maddox]

NP: Opeth - Heritage

It seems this album needs to be turned up to 11 to listen to it properly.

I like that album, a lot!
I had to get used to it, because obviously the music is not what you would expect but rewards will come to those who endure.
Especially the drums are outstanding! 

Progstreaming does seem to be experiencing a dry spell lately.  A few months ago, I found several albums there that I liked very much.  Lately, there hasn't been much there that excites me.  Oh, well.  I've got a backlog of recently acquired albums that need some attention anyway.

Must admit, I hardly ever listen to progstreaming, not as much as I used to do but I know that last week they've had a downtime.
Some technical problems, sort of.

[Teunis]

Seventh Wonder - Mercy Falls

It took me a while to click with SW but now I am totally addicted to their last three albums 

Only know 'Mercy Falls' and 'The Great Escape', they are indeed.

Progstreaming does seem to be experiencing a dry spell lately.  A few months ago, I found several albums there that I liked very much.  Lately, there hasn't been much there that excites me.

Agreed. The last band I discovered was DeeExpus. Their album 'The King Of Number 33' is really . Recommended for people who like e.g. Seventh Wonder, Darkwater, Wolverine.

Just played this album, followed by the Jadis album 'More Than Meets The Eye'.

[PH]

Compare it with looking under water.
Without goggles your view is quite blurry but with goggles you can see a lot better.

C'mon Maddox, don't be such a pussy. When I go to the sea, I'm not using goggles! You only get the real sea-feeling when you look under water with bare eyes. With goggles you're taking away a lot of the pleasure of looking under water.
It's like going to a concert with earplugs! Totally ridiculous man!

[maddox]

[Iggy]

Sean Filkins - War and Peace.

A superb debut. 

[Iggy]

I'm using the kind that make the music louder.   

NP: Devin Townsend - Terria

A brilliant album by a very disturbed individual, just the way I like it.

And, no, I haven't slept.  I'll sleep when I'm dead.  Or when this album ends, whichever comes first.   

Hopefully you are feeling refreshed after a peaceful sleep.

[Manatee]

Hopefully you are feeling refreshed after a peaceful sleep.

Well, I did get some sleep, although I ended up listening to half of Ziltoid too before I went to bed.  Spent the afternoon in and out of traffic, so I'm not quite refreshed, but that did give me the opportunity to listen to:

Discipline. - Unfolded Like Staircase
Discipline. - To Shatter All Accord

Unfolded is really clicking for me now.  I've come to think they're probably influenced by both very old Genesis (Foxtrot era) and Van der Graaf Generator.  Definitely music that reveals itself to you slowly over repeated plays.  This might be the greatest band that nobody's ever heard of.   

Agreed. The last band I discovered was DeeExpus. Their album 'The King Of Number 33' is really . Recommended for people who like e.g. Seventh Wonder, Darkwater, Wolverine.

I also got and enjoy that DeeExpus album.  Somehow I got the idea that Seventh Wonder and Wolverine were metal bands, and I don't think I've even heard of Darkwater before.  Guess my list of bands to check out just got longer.

C'mon Maddox, don't be such a pussy. When I go to the sea, I'm not using goggles! You only get the real sea-feeling when you look under water with bare eyes. With goggles you're taking away a lot of the pleasure of looking under water.
It's like going to a concert with earplugs! Totally ridiculous man!

Perhaps one could compromise and put condoms in one's ears?  (far as I know, that's not a dirty word, so I'll dispense with the *s)   

I like that album, a lot!
I had to get used to it, because obviously the music is not what you would expect but rewards will come to those who endure.
Especially the drums are outstanding! 

re: Heritage, It's sounding good now, but it is soooo quiet!  If it turns out to be about bunny rabbits and butterflies, I'm gonna be annoyed.   




NP: nothing, but when I head back out in a few minutes, I continue with

Gazpacho - March of Ghosts, which I think is beginning to click for me also.

[Nicky007]

When I go to concerts I can hear the music a lot better with earplugs than without.

Well, Mad, guess I'd put you in the category of "guests who have serious hearing problems", as you don't seem like a pussy to me 

You only get the real sea-feeling when you look under water with bare eyes. With goggles you're taking away a lot of the pleasure of looking under water.

Actually I like both experiences 

You guys are straining yer metaphors bigtime 

It's like going to a concert with earplugs! Totally ridiculous man!

At last ya got it right, Paxi. A man would be totally ridiculous wearing earplugs at a metal concert 

Perhaps one could compromise and put condoms in one's ears?

You'd just look silly if the music is mindblowing 

Why not use bananas, if it's a metal concert ?  Then you can be the living representation of the ü and you don't need condoms at all 

far as I know, that's not a dirty word, so I'll dispense with the *s

They'r only dirty after use

If it turns out to be about bunny rabbits and butterflies, I'm gonna be annoyed.

What puzzles me is that the piece Slither is supposed to be a tribute to Dio. The lyrics of Slither don't strike me as being particularly complimentary, to say the least. What's the deal here ?

It took me a while to click with SW but now I am totally addicted to their last three albums 

Only know 'Mercy Falls' and 'The Great Escape', they are indeed.

Yup, they are great, pantheon indeed, and I'm happy that they'v now become staples in the Room 

You guys can easily get all their studio albums 


So now the're only thirty to go, like:


NP  Orphaned Land:  Mabool 

Nicky.

[funkster]

Heritage by Opeth and actually enjoying it after some rubbish reviews

Nicky, i think Slither is more a tribute in the music to RJD than the lyrics but i could be wrong as per usual