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    navybsn given a Damn from Thatguy in is electric callboy a metal band   
    Double dog dare you 
    I made it 10 seconds. I would say however that if I had hair, I would be compelled to get that dope hairdo.
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    navybsn given a Damn from AlSymerz in New Purchases/Acquisitions   
    I'm totally down for vintage gear. Matter of fact I would prefer it. My favorite piece of gear is my '75 Marantz 2240b. Just can't imagine an amp I would prefer over it. My streamers are of course new gear, speakers are too. CD player and dac would need to be for reliability reasons. Speakers and amps though, 59 year old stuff is generally better or at least as good as anything made today and generally looks better. Prices are unfortunately equivalent though.
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    navybsn gave a Damn to MarkhantonioYeatts in What Are You Listening To?   
    RIOTOR - Recrudescence Of Darkness
    CELTIC FROST - Cold Lake
    LOU REED WITH METALLICA - LuLu
     
  4. Haha
    navybsn gave a Damn to GoatmasterGeneral in What Are You Listening To?   
    I've still never heard this band The Gathering you guys sometimes talk about. So I just dialed them up. Imagine my surprise when I heard a dude growling at me. 8 minutes in now and where the hell are the lovely female vox?
    The Gathering - Always
     
    OK I gave up on that one from '92 when I saw on M-A that she only joined the band in '94. So let's try another one: 
    The Gathering - How to Measure a Planet? 1998...Oh. This is not good at all. Guess that explains why I never heard of them. But how did this get a 91 on M-A?!? Those scores have gotta be rigged I tell ya.
     
  5. Horns
    navybsn given a Damn from FatherAlabaster in Random metal thoughts   
    Another band I'd throw into that DT category that I mentioned in another thread. Tom G can do no wrong. I like Cold Lake too. Wish he hadn't disavowed it but just been like "fuck yeah we did that, so what". Probably wasn't his idea in the first place though so it was easier to discard. I did see scuttlebutt somewhere that there's the possibility of another Triptykon album in the next few years. Don't remember where I saw that, but I'm completely down for it.
    Never got to see CF, but I did catch Triumph of Death at MDF this year (and have them on the agenda for Hell's Heroes next year) and they played a few of the classics. Just fucking crushing live. Course, it didn't hurt that Jamie Lee Cussigh (aka Slaughterwytch) is one of the hottest bass players I've been lucky enough to see live. She's smoking and of course was playing a Rick which of course is consistent with Navy Commandment #1 & 2. 1) Chick bass players rule. 2) Any band with a bass player on a Rick is going to slap.
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    navybsn given a Damn from GoatmasterGeneral in Random metal thoughts   
    Another band I'd throw into that DT category that I mentioned in another thread. Tom G can do no wrong. I like Cold Lake too. Wish he hadn't disavowed it but just been like "fuck yeah we did that, so what". Probably wasn't his idea in the first place though so it was easier to discard. I did see scuttlebutt somewhere that there's the possibility of another Triptykon album in the next few years. Don't remember where I saw that, but I'm completely down for it.
    Never got to see CF, but I did catch Triumph of Death at MDF this year (and have them on the agenda for Hell's Heroes next year) and they played a few of the classics. Just fucking crushing live. Course, it didn't hurt that Jamie Lee Cussigh (aka Slaughterwytch) is one of the hottest bass players I've been lucky enough to see live. She's smoking and of course was playing a Rick which of course is consistent with Navy Commandment #1 & 2. 1) Chick bass players rule. 2) Any band with a bass player on a Rick is going to slap.
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    navybsn given a Damn from MarkhantonioYeatts in What Are You Listening To?   
    Agreed.
    This morning:
    Paco De Lucia, Al Di Meola, & John McLaughlin - The Guitar Trio
    Rush - Snakes & Arrows
    The Cure - Paris (Live)
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    navybsn given a Damn from markm in New Purchases/Acquisitions   
    I've got the serious itch to build a new hi-fi rig or add a piece/upgrade a piece. Absolutely no reason to since all of my rigs meet my needs perfectly. I should just leave well enough alone, but that just never seems to be what happens. I do need to take my Marantz out of circulation to do some upkeep/servicing, so another amp to take its place while I get that done would be nice. Shame that I'm so picky when it comes to gear and availability/pricing is what it is these days. Also considered adding a CD player, but since I digitize my CD onto a server, I've really no need for one. So, it'll be a few weeks of fighting the urge.
    Also fighting the urge to upgrade my home desktop setup. New monitor or something. Again, no real need. Consumerist culture is a hard mindset to shake even when you recognize it and take measures to resist.
    So, I guess I'll just buy more music. Off to Discogs to see what trouble I can get into.
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    navybsn gave a Damn to Dead1 in Random metal thoughts   
    I am surprised some band and especially KISS hasn't already released band themed floor tiles.
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    navybsn gave a Damn to markm in What Are You Listening To?   
    Paradise Lost-The Plague Within
    Krieg-Transient 
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    navybsn gave a Damn to FatherAlabaster in What Are You Listening To?   
    I missed Dead Congregation too - still annoyed about that - but I saw a bunch of cool shows there, tours and local stuff. I used to live about a 45 minute walk away, and usually just did that instead of the guaranteed 30+ minutes on the subway. I think my favorite thing about the place was how it always felt like a chill local spot no matter who was playing. 
    I'm totally binging on KJ right now. Addictive melodies, stuff gets stuck in my head for days at a time. I only knew them from Night Time and Pandemonium before this. I'm really impressed by the variety in their other stuff so far. Outside The Gate was an instant winner. And my daughter seems to like them, she does her happy music dance when she hears the drums kick in. 
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    navybsn gave a Damn to MacabreEternal in What Are You Listening To?   
    Horna/Behexen -  Split (2004)
     
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    navybsn gave a Damn to GoatmasterGeneral in What Are You Listening To?   
    I thought you were nestled somewhere in the London suburbs?  Blackheath or Brixton or Finchley or Cricklewood or somewhere like that. Or are you farther out than that?
    I used to have a stop on Manhattan Ave, a Polish meat market just a few blocks down from St Vitus. I remember driving by to scope the place out one time because Dead Congregation were coming to town. I had it in my head they were playing in November, but when it got close to November and I went online to see about tickets I realized the gig had already taken place October 20th just a few days prior. So I've still never been inside the place. I've seen a ton of live videos of bands playing there though. They've certainly had a shitload of great bands on their stage.
    Love your Killing Joke deep dive, they've become one of my favorite bands in just a few short months. Don't think I can go 3 days without playing one of their albums or another.
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    navybsn gave a Damn to JonoBlade in What Are You Listening To?   
    Will be a good night out and thankful that the lads could fit in a visit to Nowhereshire, UK. Gotta support the initiative. Mind you, according to Nergal there are a billion bands all touring at once and no one can afford to go to everything/anything due to cost of living crisis. 
    Yet, this is not my observation. There are fuck all gigs I can find close to home or in London for the next few months. Brexit fucked touring a bit for bands that are passing through Europe and want to hop to the UK. More red tape and expenses. Bands get held up at customs now. Thanks again David. Dick.
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    navybsn given a Damn from GoatmasterGeneral in What Are You Listening To?   
    Just gonna put out there that DT has yet to make an album I haven't liked. Honestly wish more legacy bands took there approach of switching things up while maintaining your musical integrity than just trying to rehash the good old days in search of another magic album like the one that gave them their status. As much as I dislike modern Metallica, I've more respect for them than many of their contemporaries because they took a chance on a new sound and stuck with it. They're not trend hopping like many did when grunge hit or after the Black album when everyone tried to duplicate the success but quickly abandoned it when it didn't work out. For DT, if they had continued to make stuff in the vein of the trilogy, or the period immediately after, I think they would be a parody at this point. They haven't become that and stay relevant/interesting because they change it up. Bathory is another good example of a band (artist) that wasn't afraid to make a drastic change. I'd put Enslaved and Opeth in that category too.
    DT exists in their own world outside of our silly mortal dimension. The rules just don't apply to them the way they do to other bands, and that's just unheard of for a band 30 years old. They have full license from me to do whatever the fuck floats their boat short of an Illud-level debacle for the rest of time. May not be an AOTY situation, but they won't fail to get my money.
  16. Horns
    navybsn given a Damn from GoatmasterGeneral in What Are You Listening To?   
    Yeah they probably had little say after Black struck gold, at least for a few years. But they obviously got it back after a while or else we wouldn't have masterpieces like LuLu. No label or management on the planet could have ever directed that "artistic direction".
    Bands get less heavy because people mellow with age generally. It's hard to maintain that edge when you get a little older, a little money, and get off the heroin. There are exceptions of course. Plus, I think that younger bands don't have the ability to act on some of their ideas until they get older and improve their skills. You could also argue that more time equals exposure to more influences that generate more possible directions.
    Saw them in August. Decent live but nothing special. Fairly indistinguishable from Frozen Soul, 200 Stab Wounds, Squishabug, and that lot of new death metal bands.
     
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    navybsn given a Damn from FatherAlabaster in What Are You Listening To?   
    Agreed.
    This morning:
    Paco De Lucia, Al Di Meola, & John McLaughlin - The Guitar Trio
    Rush - Snakes & Arrows
    The Cure - Paris (Live)
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    navybsn gave a Damn to FatherAlabaster in What Are You Listening To?   
    I haven't gotten into anything Darkthrone has done since Sardonic Wrath, but I feel the same... much more respect for the bands who follow their own path than the ones who sound like they're doing what they think they're supposed to be doing. 
    NP: Dream Unending - Tide Turns Eternal   ...jury's still out on the new one, but this one hasn't lost any of its charm.
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    navybsn given a Damn from Parker in Random metal thoughts   
    The amount of music released/available today is overwhelming. Trying to keep up with all of the new releases each year leaves no room to truly evaluate new music or return to old favorites if you actually try to have a life in there somewhere. When I was on the hamster wheel, I found the vast majority of new metal being released in C grade or worse. Even if it caught my attention and my dollars at the time, I've never returned to it. I blame myself for buying too much crap, but I also think that most bands could/would benefit from working with a label that would help them filter the chaff from the wheat and edit their "masterpiece" to something digestible.
    Also, there are only a handful of bands that have been around more than 20 years that I would want to hear new music from. Most of those would never release another album.
  20. Haha
    navybsn gave a Damn to FatherAlabaster in is electric callboy a metal band   
    Fingers crossed for a full recovery. It's a long road back.
  21. Haha
    navybsn gave a Damn to Thatguy in is electric callboy a metal band   
    I can't turn that first one off. But I still have the strength of will not to listen to any others, I think...
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    navybsn gave a Damn to Dead1 in What Are You Listening To?   
    I agree if it's done well and not with overt commercial intent.  It's funny how often bands "evolution" somehow is always more mainstream, softer and more commercial than their previous material.
    It's rare for a band to get more extreme - Pantera and Skid Row come to mind but that's it.  Dan Liker's another one - from speed/thrash to crossover to death/grind but he did it through different bands (Anthrax, SOD, Nuclear Assault, Brutal Truth).
    Metallica are an interesting case - somehow I don't think they had as much input into their creative direction as we might think due to them being a serious heavyweight.  The label and management went into overdrive promoting Black album before it was released.  Indeed Load and Reload didn't see them just change sound but also image.  It all seemed extremely manufactured.  James even mentioned how much he hated that whole period.
    Obituary - Slowly We Rot
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    navybsn gave a Damn to MarkhantonioYeatts in What Are You Listening To?   
    BLACK BEAST - Arctic Darkness
    CANDLEMASS - Sweet Evil Sun
    LEMEGETON - Demons I To X
     
  24. Horns
    navybsn given a Damn from Dead1 in What Are You Listening To?   
    Just gonna put out there that DT has yet to make an album I haven't liked. Honestly wish more legacy bands took there approach of switching things up while maintaining your musical integrity than just trying to rehash the good old days in search of another magic album like the one that gave them their status. As much as I dislike modern Metallica, I've more respect for them than many of their contemporaries because they took a chance on a new sound and stuck with it. They're not trend hopping like many did when grunge hit or after the Black album when everyone tried to duplicate the success but quickly abandoned it when it didn't work out. For DT, if they had continued to make stuff in the vein of the trilogy, or the period immediately after, I think they would be a parody at this point. They haven't become that and stay relevant/interesting because they change it up. Bathory is another good example of a band (artist) that wasn't afraid to make a drastic change. I'd put Enslaved and Opeth in that category too.
    DT exists in their own world outside of our silly mortal dimension. The rules just don't apply to them the way they do to other bands, and that's just unheard of for a band 30 years old. They have full license from me to do whatever the fuck floats their boat short of an Illud-level debacle for the rest of time. May not be an AOTY situation, but they won't fail to get my money.
  25. Horns
    navybsn given a Damn from markm in What Are You Listening To?   
    Just gonna put out there that DT has yet to make an album I haven't liked. Honestly wish more legacy bands took there approach of switching things up while maintaining your musical integrity than just trying to rehash the good old days in search of another magic album like the one that gave them their status. As much as I dislike modern Metallica, I've more respect for them than many of their contemporaries because they took a chance on a new sound and stuck with it. They're not trend hopping like many did when grunge hit or after the Black album when everyone tried to duplicate the success but quickly abandoned it when it didn't work out. For DT, if they had continued to make stuff in the vein of the trilogy, or the period immediately after, I think they would be a parody at this point. They haven't become that and stay relevant/interesting because they change it up. Bathory is another good example of a band (artist) that wasn't afraid to make a drastic change. I'd put Enslaved and Opeth in that category too.
    DT exists in their own world outside of our silly mortal dimension. The rules just don't apply to them the way they do to other bands, and that's just unheard of for a band 30 years old. They have full license from me to do whatever the fuck floats their boat short of an Illud-level debacle for the rest of time. May not be an AOTY situation, but they won't fail to get my money.
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