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Hey, guys! My name is Sean and I'm a musician from the Indianapolis-area. I love most types of metal and extreme music. Everything from Gorguts to Burzum to Vektor to Inter Arma. I especially love Converge and Neurosis. I'm looking forward to some awesome discussion and discovering some incredible bands.  
Several great bands there. Welcome, I hope to see you in discussions here soon.

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1 hour ago, FatherAlabaster said:

Hey neat, I enjoy some music from all of the bands you mentioned. "When Forever Comes Crashing" and "Times Of Grace" are two of my favorite albums, although I haven't put either of them on in a minute. Welcome to the forum.

Whenever comes crashing... is bonkers. Love Converge's old stuff. It's much more dissonant and technical. "You Fail Me" is probably my favorite, though (which is probably because it was the first record of theirs I ever bought). But second side of that record, staring with "In Her Shadow," is just flawless. I'd consider it the posthardcore equivalent to side two of Abbey Road. 

Times of Grace is incredible. One of the best intros to any album I've ever heard. 

What did you think of "The Dusk in Us"? 

37 minutes ago, BlutAusNerd said:

Several great bands there. Welcome, I hope to see you in discussions here soon.

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Thanks! What bands do you have in mind? 

Hilarious username, by the way. As a dad, I love myself a good pun. 

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Thanks! What bands do you have in mind? 
Hilarious username, by the way. As a dad, I love myself a good pun. 
I'm all about Gorguts, Burzum, Vektor, and Neurosis. I'm not familiar with Inter Arma, and while I can remember liking some of what I've heard from Converge, I don't have any of their albums and haven't ever heard more than a song or two from any of them. Mainly I'm into black, death, doom, and thrash metal, especially the weirder and/or more riff heavy varieties, but I like at least something from most genres. I've had an especially hearty craving for old style power metal lately (mostly US stuff), I can't get enough of it. I've gotten a lot of mileage out of this username, I like it when people can appreciate the joke.

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2 hours ago, BlutAusNerd said:

I'm all about Gorguts, Burzum, Vektor, and Neurosis. I'm not familiar with Inter Arma, and while I can remember liking some of what I've heard from Converge, I don't have any of their albums and haven't ever heard more than a song or two from any of them. Mainly I'm into black, death, doom, and thrash metal, especially the weirder and/or more riff heavy varieties, but I like at least something from most genres. I've had an especially hearty craving for old style power metal lately (mostly US stuff), I can't get enough of it. I've gotten a lot of mileage out of this username, I like it when people can appreciate the joke.

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I'm not deeply into Inter Arma's recordings, but they were excellent live. The vocalist has a ton of charisma and the drummer is a powerhouse. I keep meaning to listen to them more.

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1 hour ago, FatherAlabaster said:

I'm not deeply into Inter Arma's recordings, but they were excellent live. The vocalist has a ton of charisma and the drummer is a powerhouse. I keep meaning to listen to them more.

Their first two records were pretty good, but they really came into their own with Paradise Gallows. That album is just sonically enormous. From an audio engineering standpoint, it's a marvel they're able to have that much reverb and retain so much power and clarity. The first time I heard "Primordial Wound," I felt like I got stomped on the chest by an elephant. I hadn't felt like that after hearing a record since I was a teenager. In other words, highly recommend it!

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2 minutes ago, Eulogy_music said:

Their first two records were pretty good, but they really came into their own with Paradise Gallows. That album is just sonically enormous. From an audio engineering standpoint, it's a marvel they're able to have that much reverb and retain so much power and clarity. The first time I heard "Primordial Wound," I felt like I got stomped on the chest by an elephant. I hadn't felt like that after hearing a record since I was a teenager. In other words, highly recommend it!

I'll make a point of listening to it in the next couple of days. Thanks!

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