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I think what he meant was they brought 'more groove' to the genre. They're 'groovier' than their contemporary' date=' Machine Head, for example.[/quote'] Maybe but at the end of the day you're comparing two bands walking a path which has been trodden countless times before rather then explore newer territory.
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Maybe but at the end of the day you're comparing two bands walking a path which has been trodden countless times before rather then explore newer territory.
You could say the same about any band that loosely follows a particular style; including bands I'm sure you like. I still think dismissing them as a Pantera clone is unfair. There are similarities, yes, but I don't hear their songs and think 'oh, that riff's been taken straight off Far Beyond Driven there'. I would compare their sound to that of Meshuggah and Gojira nearly as much as I would to Pantera and, as I say, they embrace a lot more thrash and hardcore influences than Pantera and Randy's vocals are definitely distinct from Phil's.
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My favorite song of Meshuggah is Future Breed Machine. To me that's just an incredible song and I must say I never cared much for their other stuff. But I don't actually hear groove in that particular song and as far as I know also not really in their other stuff as well. It's just djent. Weird / odd timed riffs and measures with thrashy and hardcore influences.

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Re: Lamb of God The most fitting label I heard for Meshuggah before all of this "djent" nonsense started was technical groove metal. Evolving from thrash, they adopted a more groovy approach in the mid 90's (as did most thrash bands), and their sound since has merely been a progression from those ideas. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

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She's awesome' date=' thanks for asking. She is eating all the time and growing like crazy, and has been wonderfully life changing in the best way possible.[/quote'] That's good, I was difficult to feed as a baby and it caused my parents a lot of concern.
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It's because you have such discriminating tastes. :D
Funny you should say that, actually; they had trouble giving me baby food but later on I developed a love for stuff babies and toddlers usually don't eat, such as coffee beans and lemon wedges.
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That's good' date=' I was difficult to feed as a baby and it caused my parents a lot of concern.[/quote'] The had a hard time at first because she was tongue tied, but a simple procedure has freed her up to suck properly, and now she eats really quickly as opposed to going for an hour at a time. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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The had a hard time at first because she was tongue tied, but a simple procedure has freed her up to suck properly, and now she eats really quickly as opposed to going for an hour at a time. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
We initially had a hard time getting our son to latch on, but we got past that pretty quickly. Jenn was home for a few months and so she breastfed exclusively, but we wound up pumping, supplementing with formula, etc, and then he also started reaching for our food around four months, so we let him have whatever he was interested in. With the exception of some of those meal pouches, we didn't give him any "baby" food, and since we let him have what he wanted, we haven't had a problem with getting him to eat, and weaning happened very naturally and painlessly. Glad to hear your girl is eating well!
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We initially had a hard time getting our son to latch on' date=' but we got past that pretty quickly. Jenn was home for a few months and so she breastfed exclusively, but we wound up pumping, supplementing with formula, etc, and then he also started reaching for our food around four months, so we let him have whatever he was interested in. With the exception of some of those meal pouches, we didn't give him any "baby" food, and since we let him have what he wanted, we haven't had a problem with getting him to eat, and weaning happened very naturally and painlessly. Glad to hear your girl is eating well![/quote'] We have had to use formula when Brooke's milk couldn't initially meet spikes in her demand for more food, but otherwise breast milk is the way to go. A literal superfood perfectly engineered by your body for your baby, there's absolutely no reason not to go that route unless you're for some reason incapable of doing so. I'm also looking forward to avoiding processed baby foods, our friends gave us one of thoe baby Magic Bullet systems, so we'll be making her food fresh. My wife used to do this with our dog's food and she loves doing it, so we're looking forward to giving her a positive nutritional base to start her life, and use that as a time to clean up some of our bad habits as well. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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Sounds like you're loving the parenting gig' date=' that's fantastic to hear, hope things continue going well for you and your daughter.[/quote'] Thanks buddy. It is the best thing ever, eclipsing beer, metal, sex, or whatever else people usually rave about. She really completes our family, there's nothing quite like hanging out with your wife, baby, and dogs all together under one roof. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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