Requiem

On 7/28/2020 at 5:41 AM, blaaacdoommmmfan said:

If you like tolkein the silmarillion(think I'm close?) by Tolkien is worth a read. Not that long too which is a bonus. Lots of good  little stories. 

P.s hoping your liking the Abigail  album by king diamond. Is it a thumbs up.  

Excellent advice, and I've taken it already.

I read it really slowly and carefully a couple of years ago after ignoring it for so long, which is a real tragedy. Despite loving it, I wouldn't consider it an easy read - there are some extremely tangled sentences there. I think I recall one sentence having 17 different names in it. I was reading the Appendices as often as the main text in the end! But I got there eventually and it was joyous. 

On 7/27/2020 at 12:02 AM, Vampyrique said:

So it really was love at first sight then. For her, of course, it was love at second sight.

Thanks for putting the punchline in italics, as I never would have got it otherwise. ?

It's not as if I'm psychic and could figure out what you meant. (nod nod, wink wink). 

At this point I now have no idea what we were actually discussing, so hopefully some forum samaritan comes by and picks up my bloodied avatar and takes it to an inn... and the innkeeper's daughter... (Bible reference to Good Samaritan story - except for the Innkeeper's Daughter. That's pure Requiem). 

On 7/27/2020 at 1:41 AM, Valso said:

Finally! I was beginning to think I was their only fan. ? There's just no other band like them, especially this song is one of a kind!

 

Fantastic band, and that's their best album in my opinion. Such a great album. The booklet also contains some of the best 'band-in-forest' shots I've ever seen. 

Nice choice! 

On 7/25/2020 at 9:04 AM, Vampyrique said:

I never go to the gym for exercise. I much prefer the lab.

Way to bump a 5 year old thread Vampers. 

I never go to the gym either. When you look as good as me the whole concept is redundant. 

Powerwolf - 'Best of the Blessed'

Good times had by all. 

14 hours ago, Vampyrique said:

 Blavatsky may have been a celibate woman.

 

Not after I stumbled upon her after a dozen pints of cheap lager at the local. hohoho. Let me tell you. 

14 hours ago, Vampyrique said:

Even Plaguewielder? I think that one is unfairly maligned relative to the other mid-era albums.

I guess I need to give it a few more listens then. In all honesty, it's been ages since I've even heard it (as in 15 years ages), so maybe it's not as bad as I recall. After all, one vampire can't be wrong. 

I'll buy the cool re-release I think. The new album covers are better than all of the old ones from the mid era. 

13 hours ago, Vampyrique said:

In reference to making said Cinnamon Girl (it's an alright song of theirs) happy, I wrote about you writing how you could instead of how I thought you couldn't or could not (the 'not' being the bands initials reversed) make her happy. Meh, well past October-rusty, my efforts were dead again, it seems.

The 'not' being a reversal of TON is just too subtle for successful internet transmission, but the rest of your post: yes, I understood and enjoyed it enormously. You can rest easy knowing that your philological genius is appreciated worldwide. 

What the hell is this thread even about? 

Covid has put a slow-down on international album orders, and I currently have probably close to 8 or 10 CDs on their supposed way despite being ordered a couple of months ago. Tres frustrating, as they say in France. It's forced me to buy local though, which is good I guess. 

What has arrived recently is 'The Lord of the Rings - The Motion Picture Trilogy Soundtrack'. I saw it fairly cheap on ebay and as I'm deep into 'The Return of the King' (novel) and am currently in a Tolkien metal fervour (Summoning and the Northern Silence bands), I thought what the hell. It's a nice little package too, with the three originally released jewel case discs with original booklets, in a handsome box and 20 postcard style cards. The whole lot only cost about $20US, so I'm well pleased. 

The older I get, the more important Tolkien seems to me. 

Manowar - 'Kings or Metal'

What an amazing and fun album. To think it came out in 1988 is really incredible. Highly enjoyable slab of epic metal hits exclusively. 

2 hours ago, Vampyrique said:

If she is, then you're lucky because it's through no fault of your own that she's unhappy. 

That could be. Depression from rejection, yet too sad to be angry at men.

Don't tell me you missed my Type O Negative reference? That was specifically for you. Hopefully your subconscious mind got it. Or else my hypnotic hand is losing its touch. 

I really had no idea what your "typo... negative, req" statement meant. I guess I just made a typing mistake somewhere. Why, is there some significance to the phrase? I'll try to steel my observation skills forthwith.

2 hours ago, Vampyrique said:

Imagine old Crowley with a wig on, only a bit fatter. That's Mama Blavatsky.

I've been drunk enough to hit that. 

Powerwolf - 'Best of the Blessed'

One of the hugely successful melodic bands that I've a been a bit slow on the uptake with from on. Engaging melodic metal with gothic tones and anthemic choruses that appeals right into my wheelhouse and beyond like excellence exclusively. 

7 minutes ago, MacabreEternal said:

 

Thanks for linking that - I just saw Vampy's post and was dreading trying to find it. You're a legend. 

14 minutes ago, Vampyrique said:

All the albums you felt you were missing? You've probably discussed them somewhere else, but are you not a fan of the great Plaguewielder? Or albums like FOAD, Dark Thrones and Black Flags, Circle the Wagons?

I'm not a fan of those albums, no. There are only so many Darkthrone 'heavy metal' cover band albums you can listen to before you shout, "Enough Gylve"! 

Besides, I already own the Celtic Frost albums that they've ripped off. 

21 minutes ago, Vampyrique said:

Something must have been rotten in the state of Castle Requiem for this to have even occurred.

Thankfully you've already got the rest of King Diamond's catalogue to make up for this horrid blunder, right? 

Let's just say that I'm building the collection from 'Abigail' up...

1 hour ago, Vampyrique said:

There's a Gaelic football?

From that video it actually doesn't look too bad. A respectable sport.

 

You're a Gaelic football, you turnip.

Anyway, back to books... I read em occasionally. 

10 hours ago, Vampyrique said:

Speaking of foolish, I have Dacre's other book Dracul - a prequel exploiting the life of Bram Stoker - but, surprisingly, I've heard it is a lot better. Different co-writer. I'm not expecting much, not really at the top of my reading priority list. 

Aussie football? Is that rugby, American-style football or European-style football? I don't watch any of those. And I didn't get the joke, but I never trust anyone named Jr.

 

Australian football is more like Gaelic football, except infinitely more interesting. That you remain ignorant of the great sport is concerning yet not unexpected. I suggest immediate research. 

Reading about Gary Ablett senior and junior is mandatory. Think of the greatest ice hockey player ever (Gary senior), then he has a son (Gary junior), and he plays for the same ice hockey team and is the best player in the whole league and wins the mvp and the competition trophy twice. 

I only insist on this knowledge because the world needs to know. 

Watch this immediately and exclusively: 

8 hours ago, Vampyrique said:

Unless it's a typo on your part, that's a negative Req. You couldn't make a goth girl happy or she would cease to be goth - that's philosogothophy 101.   

 

My wife must be a goth then...

Aren't goth girls only goth girls because they can't get boyfriends from the football team and can't be bothered being feminist lesbians? 

8 hours ago, Vampyrique said:

Names of said demons, or it didn't happen. I can't get mine to work. Not even a pathetic homunculus.

Are you familiar with Mrs Blavatsky? She's like Crowley's female equivalent but decades earlier. 

 

The daemons' names are too evil and esoteric to type on modern devices, and must only be spoken when the moon is full and cleansing rituals have been performed across the threshold and hearth. 

Never heard of Mrs Blavatsky, but she sounds hot.  

On 7/21/2020 at 1:28 PM, Primal_Enigma said:

I prefer Metallica over Megadeth. I think Metallica has more legendary hits in their best albums. But I do have a question about the decline of both bands in the 90's. It is my perception that Megadeth fans are not as bothered by Megadeth's change in style in the 90's (starting with Countdown and all the way to Risk) as Metallica fans (and haters) are about Metallica's decline. Does anybody have any explanation? Is it something different in the audience for each band?

In my opinion, Megadeth's decline was slower but it was much worse, they went in a pop metal/pop rock direction, whereas Metallica went in a more blues rock direction, which I don't think is as bad. Even St Anger is heavy, the criticism there is due to snare sound, lack of solos, excessive repetition. Maybe the fact that Metallica reached a higher peak than Megadeth and people see a deeper decline? Why the extra hate for Metallica?

Great question.

I think it's largely to do with the fact that Metallica became a household name and became the pin-up band of what selling out looks like. They went from thrash band to stadium band. Remember when 'Load' came out and they had all cut their hair, put on eyeliner, topical shirts and were smoking cigars? It was just ridiculous, and so far away from the long haired dorks who pumped out some early thrash classics. Megadeth never went in that visual direction. 

Megadeth, on the other hand, were a little different. 'Countdown to Extinction' and 'Youthanasia' were metal albums, and really good ones. They kept the ball rolling a little longer. While a lot of people do seem to enjoy 'Cryptic Writings' if they grit their teeth (like me), there is a heap of shit shovelled on 'Risk'. And they struggled to recover, as even now the albums are met with the same degree of hot/cold responses.

So I think they both travelled a similar trajectory, although Megadeth's smaller fanbase seems to have come around to albums like 'Dystopia'. I haven't, and while I was a fan of both bands in the early 90s I now don't buy any of their albums. Megadeth's songwriting today, though, is so much better than Metallica's. It's strange that the apprentice has now become the master. 

Metallica suck so much these days. Damn, it's just incredible. No one can understand why a band who created 'Ride', 'Master', 'Justice', and 'Black' ended up doing what they're doing for the next 30 years. It's ridiculous. 

Thanks for ruining my weekend....

Powerwolf - 'Best of the Blessed' Best of. 

Can't believe I never gave these guys more time. One of those bands who sound dodgy on first listen, but by the third playing you're naming your firstborn Powerboy. Yet another melodic and fun band. Metal really is changing around this old man's island of tradition! 

On 7/20/2020 at 10:49 AM, Balor said:

More than Ordo Ad Chao?  Both were pretty forgettable, to be honest.

'Esoteric Warfare' is easier to listen to due to its more standard riff structures (sort of), but the tracks are just so strange and weak. Teloch, the new guitarist/songwriter was all at sea. At least 'Ordo ad Chao' has that gay abandon that is Blasphemer's last musical tantrum before he left the band. It has a degree of artistic thrust that 'Esoteric' just lacks.

But I don't enjoy listening to either album in I'm being honest and they don't get played at parties at Castle Requiem. 

On 7/19/2020 at 2:41 AM, FatherAlabaster said:

Years and years of practice. I loved trying to draw hands when I was a teenager but I really jumped into them as a subject in college. I spent a lot of time on nothing else, would just sit there drawing hands. Still not where I want to be with it!

You're continuing the tradition of the Florentine masters. Just amazing work. 

Mowed the lawns today. Listened to a little metal. Drank a little wine.