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45 minutes ago, H34VYM3T4LD4V3 said:

 

Just looked the meaning up:

"This song is a direst comment on the court case in the late 80's where Priest was accused of including subliminal messages in the song better by you better than me. A case which they won, and, according the band themselves, this song was written about the case and how they felt about it. They always felt that they were not at fault, and we confident throughout that they would win."

 

"The burning sermons purge their evil words
Between the Hammer and the Anvil"

So... who is between the hammer and the anvil? Not the band, as they were confident throughout that they would win. The people who launched the legal action? That sounds like a threat of violence. They should launch legal action...

28 minutes ago, FatherAlabaster said:

I tend to agree on both counts, though I've always wished there were growls on "Angel" aside from the phenomenal "Sexuality Of Bereavement" re-recording. I was so happy when they brought the death metal back on "The Light At The End Of The Inordinately Long And Overwrought Album Title". Aaron remains one of my favorite vocalists.

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Phrenelith - Desolate Endscape  ...this is fucking great, Macabre, thanks for the heads up. Reminds me of a drier and more Incantation-y Grave Miasma.

My Dying Bride - Trinity

I'm glad there are no growls on either 'The Angel and the Dark River' and 'Like Gods of the Sun', and these are my two favourite MDB albums - probably due in part to this being the era of their discovery by me. Nevertheless, I was so happy and remain happy at the release of 'The Light at the End of the World' which to this day stands up as one of their best. That section in 'Edenbeast', "It's my fear that tears me down" is one of my all time favourite moments of music. That riff with the little keyboard sound in it. Magic. 

I have to admit though that Aaron's voice is starting to become a little trying. It feels particularly whiney and ineffective on 'Feel the Misery'. I sometimes find that he sings against the rhythm and key of the music sometimes (such as in the chorus of the track 'Feel the Misery' which really sounds forced). Overall though, I'm (obviously) a fan! 

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47 minutes ago, Requiem said:

 

I'm glad there are no growls on either 'The Angel and the Dark River' and 'Like Gods of the Sun', and these are my two favourite MDB albums - probably due in part to this being the era of their discovery by me. Nevertheless, I was so happy and remain happy at the release of 'The Light at the End of the World' which to this day stands up as one of their best. That section in 'Edenbeast', "It's my fear that tears me down" is one of my all time favourite moments of music. That riff with the little keyboard sound in it. Magic. 

I have to admit though that Aaron's voice is starting to become a little trying. It feels particularly whiney and ineffective on 'Feel the Misery'. I sometimes find that he sings against the rhythm and key of the music sometimes (such as in the chorus of the track 'Feel the Misery' which really sounds forced). Overall though, I'm (obviously) a fan! 

Different strokes for different folks. Much like Opeth's recent rejection of harsh vocals, I missed the textural and dynamic shifts between the two vocal styles. Their songwriting has always been awkward to me, because of their frequent shifts between unrelated themes, and the style makes more sense to my ears with the vocals being equally diverse. "Like Gods Of The Sun" struck me as a less inspired version of "Angel", and it wore thin very quickly for me. I like "Feel The Misery" and "A Map Etc Etc" best of their later stuff; Aaron's lost a little of the edge on his growl, but I like that he's experimenting with his cleans.

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47 minutes ago, Requiem said:  

I'm glad there are no growls on either 'The Angel and the Dark River' and 'Like Gods of the Sun', and these are my two favourite MDB albums - probably due in part to this being the era of their discovery by me. Nevertheless, I was so happy and remain happy at the release of 'The Light at the End of the World' which to this day stands up as one of their best. That section in 'Edenbeast', "It's my fear that tears me down" is one of my all time favourite moments of music. That riff with the little keyboard sound in it. Magic. 

I have to admit though that Aaron's voice is starting to become a little trying. It feels particularly whiney and ineffective on 'Feel the Misery'. I sometimes find that he sings against the rhythm and key of the music sometimes (such as in the chorus of the track 'Feel the Misery' which really sounds forced). Overall though, I'm (obviously) a fan! 

Different strokes for different folks. Much like Opeth's recent rejection of harsh vocals, I missed the textural and dynamic shifts between the two vocal styles. Their songwriting has always been awkward to me, because of their frequent shifts between unrelated themes, and the style makes more sense to my ears with the vocals being equally diverse. "Like Gods Of The Sun" struck me as a less inspired version of "Angel", and it wore thin very quickly for me. I like "Feel The Misery" and "A Map Etc Etc" best of their later stuff; Aaron's lost a little of the edge on his growl, but I like that he's experimenting with his cleans.

 

The missing growls are tough for me in both cases. Aaron wasn't ever a particularly skilled growler, but he was extremely charismatic and emotive at it from the get go. What he lacked in skill was made up for in passion, same goes for his clean singing. I love hearing both, but The Angel and the Dark River feels a bit limp without them. Different strokes I guess.

 

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12 hours ago, FatherAlabaster said:

Different strokes for different folks. Much like Opeth's recent rejection of harsh vocals, I missed the textural and dynamic shifts between the two vocal styles. Their songwriting has always been awkward to me, because of their frequent shifts between unrelated themes, and the style makes more sense to my ears with the vocals being equally diverse. "Like Gods Of The Sun" struck me as a less inspired version of "Angel", and it wore thin very quickly for me. I like "Feel The Misery" and "A Map Etc Etc" best of their later stuff; Aaron's lost a little of the edge on his growl, but I like that he's experimenting with his cleans.

I tend to think that all of the albums from 'As the Flower Withers' to 'Like Gods of the Sun' are the band's best work in part because Rick Miah is one hell of an underrated drummer, Martin Powell is one hell of a tasteful and creative violinist/keyboardist, and that version of the band just gels so perfectly for me in general.

I can't get past the notion that on several later albums there are too many random people doing their best to create a MDB album without actually being MDB. I don't usually go in for this type of band member criticism, but I really think My Dying Bride's struggle to find a regular quality drummer, second guitar player (who isn't Hamish), bass player and keyboard/violinist has really damaged the core of what they're doing. They have people come in with the best of intentions, but the magic just isn't there. I think that's why albums from 'A Line of Deathless Kings' through to 'Feel the Misery' are all ok but not great. 

My exception to this rule is 'Songs of Darkness, Words of Light' which I think is an absolutely phenomenal album. 

I should add that I discovered the band on 'Like Gods' in 1996, so my first taste of MDB was with clean vocals. So it wasn't like I was a 'Turn Loose...' fan and said, "Hey where are the growls?" I ended up hearing 'Turn Loose...' in late 1996 and said, "Oh, they do growls as well?" So that obviously shaped my perception. 

Anyway, that's my humble opinion for what it's worth. They were my favourite band back in the mid-90s and I've always kept a close eye on them for the next 22 years :)

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On ‎4‎/‎5‎/‎2017 at 11:31 PM, Requiem said:

I think my favourite Shining album would be either II, III or V. That was sort of the era that I got into the band. 

I did see them live, at Hellfest in 2008. They were awesome. Shining and Watain played in the tent and the atmosphere was brilliant. I can't remember much in the way of specifics but I really enjoyed it. Have you seen them?

Kvarforth, what a character. 

He's great :) I wanna go Hellfest, yeh I seen Shining.  Who else played at that Hellfest?

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He's great :) I wanna go Hellfest, yeh I seen Shining.  Who else played at that Hellfest?

Gee it's going back a bit now, so I'll post the actual line-up. It was so good and before the era where Guns N Roses and Motley Crue etc played and it turned into a popular thing. Check out the bands below. It was amazing and something I'll never forget. I missed most of the last day because I had to get my flights back to Blighty. 

 

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NP: Septicflesh - Revolution DNA re-release (artwork extravaganza that now actually reflects the music properly for the first). 

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Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell.

The Hyandai ad with Dio was on tv again last night. I'm trying to explain to Mrs Requiem that he was the guy who invented the horns in metal and that he's since died. Yeah, she just loves spending time with me to learn metal lore. 

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Kypck - Cherno

I finally decided to get around to listening to this band made up of two ex-Sentenced members. This is just amazing, I had no idea. All the lyrics are in Russian and the songs are about Stalin era Russia. The lyrics are readily translated into English (and apparently are printed in the CD booklets in both Russian and English), and they're amazing. Sami Loppaka was the chief lyricist in Sentenced and I presume he has some hand in this; whoever it is, they're great. 

I'm going to be buying the albums for sure. 

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