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21 hours ago, salmonellapancake said:

Menschenfresser- "Menschenfresser"

I don't know what the fuck this is, but it's surely Metal, and I found it while exploring Adolf Wölfli and Musique Brut. Anyway, it's got a lot of ambient and industrial elements, reminding me of Sopor Aeturnus in its less hectic moments. @natassja7 I think you'll like this or at least find it interesting. 

Thanks man, I'll check it out :) 

np. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love

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Soundgarden - Superunknown

I grew up listening to these guys, and they're still a favorite band of mine. I have a hard time knowing what to say about Chris Cornell's suicide, and I guess it doesn't matter what I say, he'll be eulogized far more elegantly and meaningfully by people who actually knew him. I've been sad and angry all day. I don't recall being affected this strongly by any other "celebrity death". I hear echoes of an all-too-familiar depression in his lyrics; I guess maybe that was always there, for him, it seems to go back decades. I wonder - why now? Did something precipitate this choice? Or is it just a silent hole that's always waiting in some of us, the kind of thing that we do our best to avoid on good days? The kind of thing that could swallow us at any time if we're not careful? I'd hate to think life was just a fight he couldn't keep on fighting anymore. Damn it.

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3 hours ago, FatherAlabaster said:

Soundgarden - Superunknown

I grew up listening to these guys, and they're still a favorite band of mine. I have a hard time knowing what to say about Chris Cornell's suicide, and I guess it doesn't matter what I say, he'll be eulogized far more elegantly and meaningfully by people who actually knew him. I've been sad and angry all day. I don't recall being affected this strongly by any other "celebrity death". I hear echoes of an all-too-familiar depression in his lyrics; I guess maybe that was always there, for him, it seems to go back decades. I wonder - why now? Did something precipitate this choice? Or is it just a silent hole that's always waiting in some of us, the kind of thing that we do our best to avoid on good days? The kind of thing that could swallow us at any time if we're not careful? I'd hate to think life was just a fight he couldn't keep on fighting anymore. Damn it.

Alabaster as a friend  I went through this  in NASCAR I was a dale Earnhardt sr fan I was a huge fan of his the day he died I was upset sad I thought about giving up nascar  i grab his diecast car  I hug it crying  i was in depression wasn't severe now  I was going through  for some reason I decided to still watch nascar  I was enjoying  it again cause his son dale jr I was very happy when he won his race    Then when I lost  my grandparents I went through a very bad depression I had went through a nervous breakdown  my parents check me into the hospital I went to   Two hospitals  st barnbas   And carrier cynic turns out I had  bipolar disorder with psychic symptoms   Turns out in doing well that was what I think Chris Cornell suffer from  if you need to talk just pm I will help you through this 

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6 hours ago, FatherAlabaster said:

Pearl Jam - Ten

A bunch of my own stuff

Septic Flesh - Mystic Places Of Dawn

Going through a grunge rebirth, eh?

'Ten' is a great album. Obviously I don't need to express my adulation for 'Mystic Places of Dawn'. 

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11 hours ago, FatherAlabaster said:

Pearl Jam - Ten

A bunch of my own stuff

5 hours ago, Requiem said:

Going through a grunge rebirth, eh?

'Ten' is a great album.

Haven't listened to Ten in years, but yeah, definitely a goodun.

Your own stuff? I'd like to hear some of that. Is it metal? I could let you hear some of my attempts at (non-metal) music in return :D

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Wolfheart - 'Tyhjyys'.

No idea how to pronounce the album title. Tuomas Saukkonen's projects really all sound very similar despite their different names, and this seems no exception. I like his songwriting, but I don't love it. I'll give this a few spins and see if it takes. 

Insomnium - Winter's Gate

This is more like it. They're touring in a week or so. I've never seen them before so this is going to be really exciting. 

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5 hours ago, Requiem said:

Going through a grunge rebirth, eh?

'Ten' is a great album. Obviously I don't need to express my adulation for 'Mystic Places of Dawn'. 

Cornell's death came as a real shock to me. I was nostalgic and gloomy, couldn't bring myself to listen to more Soundgarden, read some dumb little thinkpiece about how "Vedder is the only one left", and before you know it, there I was, singing along to every note from "Ten" like I was in high school. It really is a phenomenal album, and the only reason I don't put it on much is because I have every note engraved on my brain.

"Dirt" may be making an appearance as well. But I guess all my favorite music is nostalgic and gloomy, so I'm well set.

36 minutes ago, Thrashman said:

Haven't listened to Ten in years, but yeah, definitely a goodun.

Your own stuff? I'd like to hear some of that. Is it metal? I could let you hear some of my attempts at (non-metal) music in return :D

It's been years for me as well. It was perfect, though, glad I put it back on.

My stuff is metal, yeah - I suppose it's "progressive blackened death metal"? :D I don't know what you'll think of it, but I have it up here: 

Most of what I've done is up on Bandcamp. Kind of took a trip down memory lane yesterday. I'd be happy to hear your non-metal music - got a link?

NP: Type O Negative - Life Is Killing Me

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