FatherAlabaster

It's not so bad, at least I'm not in constant pain or something like that. I wish I knew for sure what had happened. Oddly it doesn't hurt when I ride my bike most of the time, just on stairs. Meh.

It's the word youtube inside of the [] brackets, then the unique youtube number in the URL (the part after the "=" sign, like "Qz3Yi0l" or whatever), and then /youtube, also in the brackets. I fucking love that song but I'll let someone else rate it, cause you know what I'd say. I put up a bunch of songs in a Swans thread a while ago, don't know if you saw that.

Re: What's on your mind? That's good, man, but you still should be careful. That shit is no joke. My knees were great, but I was riding my bike to and from work and carrying a lot of stuff up a lot of stairs. One day I woke up with my left knee swollen up. It looked like there was a golf ball under my kneecap. I couldn't bend it or straighten it all the way. That was two and half years ago. I still don't have full range of motion, and my other knee is messed up from compensating. It literally happened overnight, and I can't be sure what caused it.

Really? Um. Pete Steele, no doubt. Tim Curry or Jack Nicholson?

I agree. I thought it was a horrible idea at the time. Names are weird, though, sometimes they're chosen so arbitrarily, and so many of them are taken (I imagine you guys are the only Nevertanezra, though...). I found out about a German death metal band called Black Harvest at some point after we'd done our first recording and set up a myspace page; now there are many of us! We're all pretty small fry, too. I'm of the opinion that there's plenty of room in the world for more than one. But the band isn't doing themselves any favors by picking such a well-known name, and who knows, they might even be open to a lawsuit.

That sucks, are you pushing yourself too hard? I have to be pretty careful with what I suspect are two torn menisci at this point. My good knee recently became my bad knee, somehow...

Not much so far, but I'm looking forward to releasing my own album, and I'm thrilled to see what topic you pick to start your next thread about.

Just you wait till your kid is born! I mean that in the best possible way. It was an extremely profound experience for me. I can't call it an accomplishment; an accomplishment will be doing my best as a father throughout his childhood. I'm betting you'll have a similarly meaningful experience.

Dead Congregation - Graves Of The Archangels

What do you expect from a bunch of young metal nerds who spend too much time on the computer?

Sweet choice. I've been listening to Nevermore again recently too... don't know what happened. NP: Abyssal - {insert long ass Latin title here}

Where on Earth have you been? Was worried...

I remember a guy I used to play with suggesting that we use At The Gates as a band name, and when I asked him why on earth we'd do that, he said, "well, they're not using it anymore". It does suck that so many bands seem like they're scraping the bottom of the barrel for names, but then I suppose it suits the music most of the time. From what little I've heard of these guys, they're no exception. They ripped off their entire approach to music; why not the name as well?

You didn't see the article?

A Göat-themed black metal cover of a Weird Al parody of a Coolio song written around Stevie Wonder's music? Sounds like an irresistible opportunity.

I get that a lot... I need a straw hat and some overalls. Amish-themed black metal about goats. This could work.

I gotta shave my neck, or it gets way too itchy. The rest of it doesn't bother me so much, though I usually don't have a mustache because it makes me feel old. I'll stick with what Iceni memorably referred to as a "cowcatcher":

You're both right. I agree with Iain, none of the parts really has enough character or textural variation, and they don't allow for any of the ebb and flow that might lend a narrative arc to a song like this. The repetitive structure robs it of whatever remaining interest it might have had. It's far too obviously an attempt to impress. It's worth saying that this kind of structure isn't necessarily a bad thing; if they'd slotted in some more meaningful riffs and payed attention to pacing, it could have worked. But in this case they spent eleven minutes doing what it only takes most tech death three minutes to do: bore me to tears.

I heard a couple of songs from the new Massemord (POL) on youtube and liked them, especially the guitar melodies in the fourth track from the album. I'll try and find the whole album to listen to. NP: Furia - W Melancholii I can't say I'm really enjoying this at the moment, far too drawn-out and spacey. Not black metal at all anymore, which is fine, it's just not what I want to hear. I'll have to listen to it when I'm in the mood.

FUCK yes, one of my favorite songs by one of my favorite bands.

To be fair, I think the glasses and the pinched facial expression might have had something to do with that...

Two of my friends sent me demos of songs they're working on today. It's nice to hear what other people are working on, hear their thoughts on songwriting, etc. No names, nothing finished... just song ideas, basically. I'm happy to hear them.