FatherAlabaster

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Hey Macabre, did you listen to that Grave Miasma album yet? Probably my favorite of the recent retro death stuff I've heard.

Re: What Are You Listening To?

Death - Scavenger of Human Sorrow I have started to listen to older death metal lately. It's great stuff.

I too found myself losing interest in Metal, so I began looking for more "rounded" genres. I live in the US, and there's not much intellectual capacity that really goes into listening to anything that comes out of the US. Metal to me can be exhausting because it's a constant exersion of energy, but it also depends on what kind of metal you're listening to. American Metal is a tad more mind-numbing than European Metal, and focuses more on their ability to insight a rage in their fans than European metal does. European Metal seems to have more of a theme or deeper meaning than anything that comes out of the US, which is why I've been branching out and getting into it lately.

Fecal Death Polka Gladiators

A Finn and a Scotsman together? You fool! They succumb to the power of drink one night, beat the Rhodesian to a pulp, and stumble off into the darkness arm-in-arm. The next evening, the Afrikaner is lured off the hill by a cardboard cutout of Nelson Mandela. Your sole remaining Afghan mercenary is happy to cede control of the hill in exchange for his very own sheep. You don't even notice until it's too late; you're busy with homework. My hill.

Beyond Dawn - Three Steps For The Chameleon

It's weird, that post looked like it was in English but when I read through it I realized it was in some completely different language.

It turns out the Mormons were right, and heavenly rapture sweeps them off the face of the earth. With no-one to watch over Utah's criminal element, violence spreads like wildfire; your insignificant death goes unnoticed amidst the horrific carnage. After the last two trailer park oafs have killed one another over the last can of Bud in the desert, I fly in from NYC with my team of morticians and architects, to build a paradise over the ashes. My hill.

While on assignment in a seamy foreign city, you take an ill-advised midnight stroll alone, and are recognized by some of my operatives, who rightly blame you for the deadly air assaults that have plagued our formerly peaceful nation. It is several months before the buried suitcases containing you are found in Cairo, Osaka, and Detroit. My hill.

Bladed Sphincter

Omegalodon

Beastly Red Deathwagon

I siphon the gas out of your chainsaw, spit it in your face, and light you on fire, laughing maniacally as I kick your flaming corpse down the slope to join the other bodies. My hill.

Finally checking out Vastum - Patricidal Lust It's cool, mid-paced doomy death metal with a retro vibe. I like the production. The vocals are nice and reverby without being unclear. Plenty of focus on old-school heaviness. I'm not hearing any inventiveness so far, or the kind of claustrophobically enveloping atmosphere that the Abyssal record has, but I'm enjoying this. The cover art is goofy. That ominous bat that's sitting on the corpse's shoulder looks too cute and fuzzy.

Kriegsmaschine - Altered States Of Divinity Definitely on a Polish black metal kick, ha. Kinda cool, but not exactly what I'm looking for; the melodies aren't very inspired. Good use of clean vocals.

The more you play out, the better you'll get at doing it. Experience is the best way to feel comfortable. You've got to have confidence in the other band members, too. If I remember right, you're the drummer... so it's your job to make the songs feel right. You're the one telling the audience what they need to hear to make sense of the rest of the music. Being solid and consistent is more important than anything else. I get really irritated when I see people butchering stuff that they obviously can't play, for the sake of showing off, rather than playing a simpler part that would have probably sounded better to begin with.

Currently involved in Australian circlejerk

Akercocke - Shelter From The Sand

Nope, but I will check them out. NP: Vassafor - Elegy of the Archeonaut Fucking badass kiwi black metal. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

Chocolate peanut butter cup and a good beer. Fuck propriety.

Eating: a slice of good parmesan Drinking: Sierra Nevada pale ale Listening: nothing Doing: reading a good detective novel, forum-ing Thinking: finally another snowstorm in NYC; it's not that harsh but I'm still hoping my wife gets to stay home tomorrow. A family day would be nice.

You're just jealous you didn't think of it. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

Looks yummy, I'll have mine with rice... Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

A salad with romaine, parmesan, croutons, ranch dressing, and shrimp. Homemade food tastes better. Yum.