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3 hours ago, Natassja said:

That is cool! Seems like a great atmosphere at that show, wish I'd been there bet it was awesome. I heard you haha! :) Thanks for the vid too ! Which is your fave Melvins ?

Np - Descendents - Milo Goes to College 

They've been great each time and ever since they've been playing The Ready Room over the last few years, the vibe has been awesome. Especially with Steven on bass. Those guys are having fun and the circle of energy it makes with the very happy to be there fans just makes it sweeter. Seeing them with Pinkus on second bass was unreal!

Favorite album is impossible to say. However, I will call out three I particularly champion.

Eggnog

Honky

and for those needing something fast and Heavy after those two tunes...

The Maggot

 

Nice to see The Descendents getting mentioned!

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1 hour ago, Corrosive said:

They've been great each time and ever since they've been playing The Ready Room over the last few years, the vibe has been awesome. Especially with Steven on bass. Those guys are having fun and the circle of energy it makes with the very happy to be there fans just makes it sweeter. Seeing them with Pinkus on second bass was unreal!

Favorite album is impossible to say. However, I will call out three I particularly champion.

Eggnog

Honky

and for those needing something fast and Heavy after those two tunes...

The Maggot

 

Nice to see The Descendents getting mentioned!

Awesome :) thanks for these I will listen to them tomorrow when I am chilling, I should really try and sleep now!

Descendents are awesome. Glad you dig them!

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2 hours ago, ChainsawAkimbo said:

Sort of. It's on my evergrowing to-do list. I have listened few tracks, but haven't done the full album experience yet. Seems to be as solid as you would expect from them.

More so. It’s a black metal classic and far beyond my wildest hopes and expectations. 

NP: Mgla - ‘Exercises in Futility’

soon: Mayhem - ‘Daemon’

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Aldo Nova- just random songs on youtube, some of it is great cheesy 80s hard rock, other songs are ballads, so I ignore them

I found this completely on accident on youtube, the cheesiest 80s videos ever. This is pure 80s guido rock. Think in between the Eye of the Tiger song and Scorpions. They must have spent a fortune on the music videos. 1 has a helicopter, another has a panther and an eye patch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4PNN8KNfgE

this 1 has a real panther and an eye patch, 1 of the guitarists kind of looks like Eddie Van Halen in the face and another guy in the video kind of looks like Udo

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPQgfaB3S1c

so cheesy, a helicopter and a lazer beam shooting out of a guitar

 

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37 minutes ago, the_thrashing said:

Aldo Nova- just random songs on youtube, some of it is great cheesy 80s hard rock, other songs are ballads, so I ignore them

I found this completely on accident on youtube, the cheesiest 80s videos ever. This is pure 80s guido rock. Think in between the Eye of the Tiger song and Scorpions. They must have spent a fortune on the music videos. 1 has a helicopter, another has a panther and an eye patch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4PNN8KNfgE

this 1 has a real panther and an eye patch, 1 of the guitarists kind of looks like Eddie Van Halen in the face and another guy in the video kind of looks like Udo

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPQgfaB3S1c

so cheesy, a helicopter and a lazer beam shooting out of a guitar

 

Aldo Nova was the next big thing for a while. 

Nothing cheesy about leopard skin jump suits and lasers in guitars. That’s what rock should be! ;)

NP: Rotting Christ select tracks.

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Katatonia - ‘Lacquer’

The first track released from the new album ‘City Burials’.

It’s a very modern electronic song in the vein of ‘Unfurl’. No guitars or real drums. Interesting choice for first single, considering they’ve stated that there are some real rockers on the album. 

I think this is a soft track to get us ready for the big metal second single.

It grows after several listenings. I’ll share my full thoughts in the Katatonia forum when I grab a computer....

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6 hours ago, Requiem said:

More so. It’s a black metal classic and far beyond my wildest hopes and expectations. 

NP: Mgla - ‘Exercises in Futility’

soon: Mayhem - ‘Daemon’

Damn, that´s what happens when you don´t follow the happenings of the musical world at all! Definitely need to go through the whole album asap! :) 

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9 hours ago, Requiem said:

Aldo Nova was the next big thing for a while. 

Nothing cheesy about leopard skin jump suits and lasers in guitars. That’s what rock should be! ;)

NP: Rotting Christ select tracks.

I never heard of him until accidentally finding him on youtube the other day. I love the rocking songs, not a fan of the ballads. To me its cheesy but I still like it. There's lots of cheesy things I like.

Did you see the other video with the panther? I really miss this kind of music and want more of it. I love the videos too. Can you recommend me some more obscure stuff like this? I definitely need a playlist of this kind of stuff. If you remember 80s songs about how hard they will rock you, born to rock, right to rock, I'm a sucker for those kind of songs. Aldo Nova doesn't have those exact kind of lyrics but it reminds me of that too.

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3 hours ago, Corrosive said:

I played it yesterday during a particularly frustrating afternoon in traffic.

I think it fair to say we await your reaction!

To be honest i'm a lazy critic, not to mention i hate ripping albums or songs apart. Music to me is a feeling thing and analyzing it too much sometimes almost ruins the experience for me. I've had it playing while doing cooking and other tasks today, i really really enjoy it, which is as far as i will go with my analysis. ?

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38 minutes ago, ChainsawAkimbo said:

To be honest i'm a lazy critic, not to mention i hate ripping albums or songs apart. Music to me is a feeling thing and analyzing it too much sometimes almost ruins the experience for me. I've had it playing while doing cooking and other tasks today, i really really enjoy it, which is as far as i will go with my analysis. ?

Good enough for me!

The ripping Art apart thing just because one dislikes it is boring and old. It also reflects insecurity, to an extent.

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