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  1. On 2/2/2018 at 8:54 AM, FatherAlabaster said:

    The first Vale Of Pnath album was surprisingly good, but the second one doesn't do anything for me. The guitar parts just aren't there. I dig IE, and I'm finally warming up to newer Gorod - I liked Neurotripsicks back when they were "the French Gorgasm" but the new stuff got to my ears at the wrong time.

    I'm a sucker for symphonic/dark melodies so I may well have skimmed guitar for them. That being said I remember thinking it was an improvement in every way.

    Nyn is hilarious. You'd absolutely hate them, they're basically Archspire with symphonic elements, but I enjoy them. You can't beat being able to capture a band's sound by humming Phantom of the Opera, making barking noises and blowing the occasional raspberry to imitate the kick drums.

  2. On 12/15/2017 at 3:59 PM, BlutAusNerd said:

    It hardly came down to overdraft fees. If nothing else, bank fees probably kept things afloat even longer, levying people's accounts as part of the ponzi scheme until the bubble finally burst. I'm sure glad we're headed right back to the same thing, I guess 10 years is long enough for amnesia to set it...

    Sent from my HTC6535LVW using Tapatalk
     

    Im curious to see what Trump would do in a bailout assuming he doesn't shit the bed. Technically his party should be all about letting the market run so he presumably wouldn't bail the banks out. That being said, I'd be a moron to think the Republicans aren't severely compromised.

  3. 14 hours ago, Ikard said:

    My dude you wanna see entitlement walk a mile in phone banker shoes. I can't tell you how many people demand overdraft fees back because they think they should be allowed to spend more than what's in their accounts. And if they scream loud enough a supervisor will just give it to them. So we reward them for behaving like beasts.

    That is definitely worse than anything I've experienced. Too bad you can't tell them that they're the kinda people who helped cause the 2008 financial crisis...

    7 hours ago, MacabreEternal said:

    generally did far more for society and vulnerable people in that 12 month period than I did in 3 years listening to Dicky Fatwallet moan about his first world problems.

    Dicky Fatwallet. God damn. Gotta remember that one, beautifully British.

  4. On 12/13/2017 at 1:41 AM, Ikard said:

    Oh dude you have no idea. The stupidity I deal with on a daily basis is fucking astounding. It requires copious amounts of thrash metal to get out of bed in the morning.

    You know I can almost handle the stupidity. It's the angry stupid people that get on my nerves, and more than that the angry entitled people. Honestly the customer base at my store wasn't that bad but boy howdy the bad people got pretty bad.

    The worst guy was someone who wanted to get a cash refund despite having no receipt and no card. It gets better: the item in question was a bottle of vitamin water. MSRP: $0.88. He kept saying "it's no big deal, so just gimme the cash refund." That's not how it works, dipshit. The correct line is "it's no big deal, so I will quit holding up the line to shake you down."

  5. On 12/13/2017 at 6:25 AM, Parker said:

    Yes! Thank the gods! I am so disgusted by Trump supporting that filthy animal. But, I'm sure'll he find a way to make me even more disgusted.

    He's good at that...he pulled the US out of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, which I have no choice but to assume was done specifically to piss me off just in case everything else (including his transparently cynical pandering to Christians) hadn't already soured me to him.

  6. 3 hours ago, Ikard said:

    Some of my favorite bands are Slayer, D.R.I , Iron Reagan, Municipal Waste, Toxic Holocaust, Death, Morbid Angel, Obituary, Possessed, Deicide, Venom, Dark Throne, 1349. And then of course Maiden, Priest and Sabbath.  As far as my taste in hardcore goes Black Flag and TSOL are pretty high on my list. Uhhh other than that I'm from Phoenix, Arizona. I work in a call center. 

    Well that certainly explains your music preferences. Godspeed you peerless altruist taking upon yourself the unrelenting negativity of the nation's aggregated dimwits, assclowns and shitheads. I worked retail part-time for the last year and from what light interaction I had with customers in that capacity I can't even begin to imagine how stark raving mad I would have gone if I were in your position.

  7. Alabama didn't vote for Moore, thank God.

    I'm excited about some of these applications. One school I didn't actually apply to until I was pleasantly surprised by a promo email from them. My professors had good impressions of the program and judging from how enthusiastically said program bombarded me with emails after my GRE results I would assume I could not only get in but also expect pretty good financial aid. There are more prestigious schools I'd choose over them if I had the option (three, to be exact), but I really do have to take cost into consideration and that being said I think I could have a really good time with these guys. Courses look damn good, and it'd be nice to get away from this stuffy East Coast atmosphere and live in a proper city with more than two metal gigs a year. Who knows, I might even interact romantically with a woman at some stage.

  8. I actually liked Robin Williams. Brian Regan is phenomenal, or at least he used to be. Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Godfrey, and Bill Burr are probably my favorite American comedians. There are any number of British comics I've enjoyed: Michael McIntyre, Simon Evans, Miles Juppe, David Mitchell, Lee Mack, Frankie Boyle, Jo Caulfield, Zoe Lyons, Romesh Ranganathan, Stephen K. Amos, Alun Cochrane, Rhod Gilbert, Sean Walsh, and of course Bill Bailey.

  9. On 12/10/2017 at 9:55 AM, Parker said:

    So, I saw something in the Now Playing thread that I wanted to discuss, and that thread isn't the right place. Maybe this should be it's own thread. Anyway, Iceni seemed to be saying that he won't give money to Ishan because Ishan is a satanist and Iceni is christian. Iceni, please let me know if I have misinterpreted your words or their meaning. I find this confusing. I could understand with Vikernes, or even Samoth (because he was involved in church burning), but I've never heard of Ishan being involved in that. It seems that Iceni won't pay for Ishan's music simply because their religions have opposing views. I find this confusing for two reasons: 1) Have you ever bought anything from a muslim? Did you know that muhamed raped a nine year old girl? Are you o.k. with that and not with Ishan just for disagreeing with you? Are you going to keep giving any muslims money with this in mind? 2) You enjoy Ishan's music, but won't pay for it, and that is stealing and stealing is a sin, and in chistianity sins make you go to hell and suffer eternal physical pain. Is the future of your immortal soul less important to you than making sure someone who believed something opposed to your view point doesn't get any of your money? Iceni, I'm not calling you out, I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just saying I don't understand your point of view.

    I'd recommend using the @ sign to tag me if you'd like a response and don't want to hunt down a quote - but to answer your question here:

    I'd not mind giving Ihsahn money just because he's opposed to my religion. I assume the vast majority of metal musicians are opposed to my religion, so if I went with the whole "think impact" route I probably couldn't listen to any of it. My decisions to purchase music are driven by the client-vendor relationship. Burzum killed a guy and people seem quite happy to give him money, because he didn't use his electric guitar to murder anybody. I just refuse to give people money for making music that attacks my religion. Hence, my refusal to buy from Akercocke, Amon Amarth, Deicide, Vital Remains. Question is whether Ihsahn makes music shitting on Christianity or whether he just spends his spare time doing that. If it's the latter I'm happy to pay for his guitar work, but I sure as hell won't pay to hear him prattle about religion.

    And yeah, I was streaming it over YouTube. Candlelight Records has a Bandcamp where I could listen for free as well.

  10. 31 minutes ago, MacabreEternal said:

    Cheers mucka, will check it out.

    Ay oop m8. Finishing up that NORSE album I conclude it's worth everyone's time.

    "Further Nowhere" by Cold Insight. Pretty good drawing music provided what you're drawing is kinda miserable. It's not phenomenal but it does suit the mood. Features some guy who's part of Enshine and used to be in Letheian Dreams, so there's some melodic cred for you.

  11. I think it's a subgenre of prog, in its purest form, that borrows a lot from hardcore. It's got its own tropes and approaches to other genre tropes. That said, it seems more a production technique than anything else. Evidence being that bands like Novallo, Shattered Skies, Voyager and even Orden Ogan have used said elements but incorporated them with their own style.

  12. Quo Vadis could probably get back to top of the heap if they issued a new album, but for now it's gotta be Gorod. If First Fragment follows up Dasein with one or two albums that are even remotely as awesome they'll blast right up the rankings too. Same goes for Dawn of Dementia, Deviant Process and Vale of Pnath, and their latest work. As for new bands, I'd say Inanimate Existence has shown the best combination of quality and consistency.

  13. 42 minutes ago, FatherAlabaster said:

    I'll check it out. I've enjoyed some other stuff along those lines - Fall Of Efrafa and Oroku. Lots of moody potential in a cello, I've always loved the sound.

    I recall their first album "A hunger rarely sated" being better, but I'm not sure.

    NP: "The Divine Light of a New Sun" by NORSE.

    Definitely something @MacabreEternal should look into, sounds kinda like a more industrial and blackened (albeit less crushingly heavy) Altarage. Imagine putting a diesel engine inside a washing machine, turning on both and plugging a MIDI cable into it, cranking the reverb and then kicking it down a really long flight of stairs.

  14. On 12/7/2017 at 7:29 PM, BlutAusNerd said:

    I don't read lyrics, as you know, but I know that's his stance.
     

    I've just noticed I used "That being said" twice in that paragraph. Good Lord, I really have gotten lazy with my writing...in any case, I might not buy from Ihsahn but I'm more than happy to throw him on when I'm on YouTube or something.

    "The Ache of Want" by Anopheli. The musicians describe this as "Cello-driven emo crust", which sounds a lot shittier than the actual music. It's more like a type of black/doom-death with entirely different approach and production, and the aforementioned cello. @FatherAlabaster don't think I tagged you on FB for this but I imagine you'd enjoy.

  15. 19 hours ago, BlutAusNerd said:

    Somehow I thought his lyrics would put you off.
     

    I hadn't looked at the lyrics...I've been doing that less and less because I largely can't be arsed. That being said, I did see he apparently supported Satanism so I doubt I'd care for what he has to say. That being said, the music is fairly unique and he also looks kinda like one of my professors.

    "Maximalism" by Amaranthe. Definitely their weakest output so far.

  16. "Burden of Truth" album by Circle II Circle.

    It's taken me a while to appreciate this one, but man this is a great album and man does it suck that the band isn't this good anymore. This band comes from the creative milieu revolving around Savatage that involves Jon Oliva's Pain and Trans-Siberian Orchestra and expertly combines the strongest elements of each band. The whole album has this wonderfully and distinctly American sound that synthesizes the saccharine with the technical and comes off as honest and unashamed.

  17. 3 hours ago, Requiem said:

    Firstly, Rex is apparently some sort of musical genius and can play everything.

    Even if that's true he sure doesn't seem play it very well or doesn't choose to given the option of full creative control. His solo album was such worthless dross that the marketing copy almost exclusively talked about the man himself and didn't occupy itself very much with praising the music. I heard someone say it was influenced by Tom Waits, which is a little bit like saying a 12-year-old's clumsy rendition of Chopsticks is "influenced" by Jordan Rudess. I wrote a couple reviews for Metal-Temple this year and that album probably got the worst score I ever issued.

    I realize this is somewhat off topic but I figured it was a relatively germane response pls don't exile me Mr. Abra Macabra Eterna

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