Re: Metal Thread VII: The Mosh Pit Don't Start 'Til We Walk In
^Seems metal enough =]
Also, it's difficult for me to decide which Death album was better. I just pile all the discography up and choose "random" on the player =]
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Hard to pick favourites with Death, but I'd have to go with The Sound of Perseverance, just because it was the album that really got me into extreme metal way back when.
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Moonspell - Alpha Noir SLASH Omega White. Alpha Noir sounds a lot like their last album, Night Eternal, but without the benefit of a cohesive theme that Night Eternal had. While the songs are good, it feels more like a collection of songs than an album. Omega White sounds more like their Darkness & Hope album, and is in my opinion definitely the stronger of the two.
Sonata Arctica - Stones Grow Her Name. For the record, I wanted to post Somewhere Close To You instead of I Have A Right, but there are currently no available videos of that. This is definitely no Reckoning Night, that's for sure. I'm still conflicted on it; I want to like it, and there are good songs on this (Somewhere Close, Cinderblox, and the Wildfire tracks stand out), but a lot of it is so...meh. But then, Unia was pretty "meh" on my first listen, and it's now one of my favorite albums, so we'll see.
What I am kicking myself for forgetting to order:
Arjen Anthony Lucassen - Lost In The New Real. It's the same deliciously cheesy type of sci-fi story that we've come to expect from Ayreon, but with Mr. Lucassen taking lead vocals. Yes please.
Ihsahn - Eremita, aka Black Metal Saxophone 2: The Saxophoning. All of my YES.
And speaking of Death, I just ordered The Sound of Perseverance. Definitely looking forward to that.
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Went to see Destruction and Vital Remains last night.
My neck hurts.
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I feel like I should show Individual Thought Patterns some love, since no one else has mentioned it specifically yet. I think that The Sound of Perseverance does edge it out by a bit, but I'd consider it about on par with Symbolic and a big step up from Human (which is a great album in its own right).
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Collapse is one of the best albums of the past decade, seriously. Up there with Fas by Deathspell Omega. I own Collapse and On the Subject of Mortality... on vinyl and they're beautiful. Was my introduction to anarchist black metal too. Did you like the Skagos songs?
Yus. Ást has now topped my to-get album list. Thanks for the recommendation. Also I'm with you on Collapse. It's one of my prized possessions.
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Since one of my two jobs went on summer break, I had myself a little splurge on CDs. This is what I bought, and my thoughts on them:
Iced Earth - Dystopia. Why did I wait so long to get this! It's amazing!
Tiamat - Judas Christ. Not my favorite album by them, and apparently it wasn't critically well-received, but I rather like it.
Moonspell - Alpha Noir SLASH Omega White. Alpha Noir sounds a lot like their last album, Night Eternal, but without the benefit of a cohesive theme that Night Eternal had. While the songs are good, it feels more like a collection of songs than an album. Omega White sounds more like their Darkness & Hope album, and is in my opinion definitely the stronger of the two.
Dystopia is good, yes. I was pleasantly surprised by Stu Block.
Judas Christ is a sadly underrated album. It's one of my favourites. Also, you like Amanethes? Really? The best I can say about it is "Meh, alright, but it's no Clouds".
I also like Omega White more. I thought I was the only one, heh. But Alpha Noir has a few nice tracks. Alpha Noir the song, Lickanthrope, They're pretty okay. But Night Eternal was better.
I'm still debating whether I should get Stones Grow Her Name. I can't really get myself to care about anything Sonata Arctica did after Winterheart's Guild.
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*dies of jealousy*
care to give a review of the show?
Oho, my first show review, hope I don't mess it up.
Well, sadly, due to a mix up of the time, I didn't get to see the first act, which was Pathology, and only a couple songs by Warbringer, which was the second. So I can't really comment on Pathology, though I can say that what I heard from Warbringer was pretty much just meh. Did not impress.
Vital Remains was pretty awesome, though. Went into it having not heard much from them, though since I got back I've been looking up various songs I heard at the show. The vocals were what really got my attention though. The contrast between the guttural roars and high-pitched shrieks totally reminded me of Deicide.
Destruction, of course, was just straight up unadulterated thrash, it was ****ing awesome. Though the mosh pit was kinda pathetic. Something like 95% of those present in the concert never stepped foot in there (a fact which did not escape Schmier's attention ). I don't see how. The music was just...impossible not to get caught up in. And then towards the end, in the midst of their last song of the night, some derp crawled up on stage and slammed Schmier's microphone into his face, resulting in him pausing to lob the microphone across the stage before continuing the song to its end.
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also is any one else psyched for the new periphery? first song out today :D
Oh, cool! Didn't know about this. It does sound really good.
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Oho, my first show review, hope I don't mess it up.
Well, sadly, due to a mix up of the time, I didn't get to see the first act, which was Pathology, and only a couple songs by Warbringer, which was the second. So I can't really comment on Pathology, though I can say that what I heard from Warbringer was pretty much just meh. Did not impress.
Vital Remains was pretty awesome, though. Went into it having not heard much from them, though since I got back I've been looking up various songs I heard at the show. The vocals were what really got my attention though. The contrast between the guttural roars and high-pitched shrieks totally reminded me of Deicide.
Destruction, of course, was just straight up unadulterated thrash, it was ****ing awesome. Though the mosh pit was kinda pathetic. Something like 95% of those present in the concert never stepped foot in there (a fact which did not escape Schmier's attention ). I don't see how. The music was just...impossible not to get caught up in. And then towards the end, in the midst of their last song of the night, some derp crawled up on stage and slammed Schmier's microphone into his face, resulting in him pausing to lob the microphone across the stage before continuing the song to its end.
I actually was sort of considering going to see that show when it came to Michigan, since a friend of mine is a big fan of Warbringer and Destruction, and it seemed like it'd be a good time moshing. I ultimately decided against it, as I have a bunch of other concerts already lined up for the Summer (three in the span of a week later this month).
I find it really surprising that the audience at a Destruction show was unfamiliar with moshing. Thrashers are supposed to be all about that sort of thing, and you'd think that a circle pit would be kind of hard to screw up to begin with. The only one I've been in that really disappointed me was during the set of a punk band that was on the bill with Holy Grail last summer. The punks in the audience spent a lot of the time doing some derpy little dance around the perimeter of the circle, which I found annoying.
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Oho, my first show review, hope I don't mess it up.
Well, sadly, due to a mix up of the time, I didn't get to see the first act, which was Pathology, and only a couple songs by Warbringer, which was the second. So I can't really comment on Pathology, though I can say that what I heard from Warbringer was pretty much just meh. Did not impress.
Even though I am not a huge Warbringer fan, I had a much different experience when I saw them. They were loads of fun, and really got the crowd going.
Also it sucks that you missed Pathology. I love that band and have been dying to see them.
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Even though I am not a huge Warbringer fan, I had a much different experience when I saw them. They were loads of fun, and really got the crowd going.
Same. I'm not in any great rush to add any of their albums to my collection, but they're great live. I saw them when they opened for Iced Earth a few months ago, and it was a solid thrashin' time with what was probably the best mosh pit I've ever been in.
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I have just heard Castevet's 'Mounds of Ash'.
...I do not know what to think.
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Judas Christ is a sadly underrated album. It's one of my favourites. Also, you like Amanethes? Really? The best I can say about it is "Meh, alright, but it's no Clouds".
Really. Songs like Meliae, Amanitis, and Misantropolis kind of sucked me in. My favorite Tiamat album is A Deeper Kind Of Slumber, if that helps you understand any.
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... I get ta go home...
). I don't see how. The music was just...impossible not to get caught up in. And then towards the end, in the midst of their last song of the night, some derp crawled up on stage and slammed Schmier's microphone into his face, resulting in him pausing to lob the microphone across the stage before continuing the song to its end. 
