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  5. What's on your mind?

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    8 minutes ago, AlSymerz said:

    Someone went overboard on Lamb Of God's metal cruise.

    Apparently they circled back and spent something like 9 hours looking for him but didn't find him and are returning to port. Someone reckons they saw a bloke being chased by security and he dived off the back of the boat, but that's unconfirmed.

    I don't think I've heard of anyone going overboard on these music cruise ships before. Hear about it occasionally on some cruise boats but this might be a first for a metal cruise.

    Stuck on a cruise ship with Lamb Of God? Yikes. I don't blame him at all.

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  11. What Are You Listening To?

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    5 minutes ago, AlSymerz said:

    What is it that appeals to people about this band? I'm not trying to piss on anyone's parade, we like what we like. But they seem to get posted here quite a bit and I've tried quite a few times to listen to what's posted but never seem to find anything appealing that I want to hear again. Sure everyone has different tastes, blah, blah, blah, not worried about that I'm just wondering what makes this band popular enough to be posted what seems like a few times a week. Maybe it's only you that posts this band, I honestly don't check names of posts in this thread too often, but it seems to be a common band most weeks.

    Well, I don't know about people in general, I can only speak to what I like about them. I like some oddball dissonant black metal, I like complicated melodic black metal, I like creepy industrial atmospheric stuff... Blut Aus Nord does all of it. I like their intuitive songwriting and the way they develop parts. I feel as though I'm being led through a maze sometimes. They're never boring to me; they never beat anything into the ground. I think their melodies are great; they have a particular melodic sensibility that goes through everything they do, which feels familiar to me now because I've been listening to them for a long time. I wake up or go through the day with some parts of their songs stuck in my head. Also, there's a meditative quality to their albums that always leaves me room to think, so I can enjoy their stuff and pay as much attention to it as I want, but frequently find myself using it as a soundtrack when I'm working, walking, doing dishes, etc etc. I can't think of another band that plays stuff this engrossing that also leaves me space for thought. 

    But, they didn't click immediately for me; it took me a few years. They play stuff you don't usually care for, and they're a bit dense and hard to appreciate right off the bat anyway, so it's no surprise that they wouldn't appeal to you with a few casual listens on the forum. I would not expect them to be your cup of tea. 

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  16. What Are You Listening To?

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    10 minutes ago, JonoBlade said:

    Next year my daughter is 14 which might be just old enough to drag to gigs. Which she will hate and disown me for. It'd be worth it!

    Totally worth it. Who knows, she might even like it once she sees a live show or two. 

    11 minutes ago, JonoBlade said:

    I've never heard it. My buddy back in NZ, who was an obsessive death/Schuldiner fan, said "it's weak Death riffs with shit vocals." Hardly a glowing endorsement.

    That's how I felt about it too for years, then one day it clicked (or maybe I just became numb to the stuff I didn't like through repetition), and now I really like it a lot. 

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  18. What Are You Listening To?

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    4 minutes ago, JonoBlade said:

    Actually, there should be a new Akercocke next year. They've been working on it for a long time. I would be excited for that because the last one is my favourite album of theirs.

    Psyched to hear that. The last one was great, I think it's second only to Words That Go Unspoken for me.

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  20. New Purchases/Acquisitions

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    28 minutes ago, navybsn said:

    Opeth - Damnation 20th anniversary vinyl reissue. Fills one of only 2 holes in my collection, Deliverance being the other and it should be along soon.

    Damnation is like what I wish they had done with their songs after they decided to drop the growling. Love Deliverance too.

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  22. What's on your mind?

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    8 minutes ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

    I see the Tasmanian sent his wife on my way, take it back please… 12°C with the wind chill factor is not what I signed up for. please…

    Did you say "weather" or something, or did Dead actually send his wife to you?

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  23. Upcoming Albums/New Releases, 2023 Edition

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    4 minutes ago, SurgicalBrute said:

    Worm seems to be having some kind of identity crisis since Foreverglade where they don't know what kind of band they want to be or what kind of music they want to make. Dude seems to just be kind of flailing around

    I agree. I think the same about Dream Unending too. I'm all for bands following their inspiration and changing their sound accordingly but both bands' last albums sounded like loose ends. 

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