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3 hours ago, JonoBlade said:

Trouble - Psalm 9

Deafheaven - Infinite Granite

Does anyone else know what to make of this? I really liked Deafheaven's genre blend but they seem to have gone full indie rock. They were always headed to this destination but the magic is gone. Yet, it sounds ok as background music while I work.

Saw a few minutes of their set over the weekend. Thoroughly unimpressed. They seem uninterested in playing anything heavy at all. I was very surprised at the number of filthy metal heads who were enjoying them.

This morning:

Fetid Zombie - Transmutations

UADA - Djinn

Mastodon - Once More Around the Sun & Leviathan

Mastodon is a band I haven't thought much of in several years. I have to say that they put on a hell of a show. Their newer albums don't work for me, but the songs work well live.

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10 minutes ago, navybsn said:

Saw a few minutes of their set over the weekend. Thoroughly unimpressed. They seem uninterested in playing anything heavy at all. I was very surprised at the number of filthy metal heads who were enjoying them.

Mastodon is a band I haven't thought much of in several years. I have to say that they put on a hell of a show. Their newer albums don't work for me, but the songs work well live.

I saw Deafheaven with Inter Arma opening and it was one of my favourite gigs of recent years. I went for Inter Arma but came away a fan of both. However, that was long before this new album reared its indie head.

Agree, re: Mastodon. I've never owned a Mastodon album but they are very fun live and the short, sweet, pop songs go over well.

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2 hours ago, salmonellapancake said:

Blasphemy- "Fallen Angel of Doom" 

It has come to my attention that this is now my favorite Blasphemy output. Blood upon the Altar is but a hair behind. That hair is the development of black wind's vocals, as well as caller of the storm's songwriting.

Blasphemy fucking rules man. I'd have to agree that Fallen Angel is my favorite of theirs. Ever listen to Proclamation? Very similar output of mostly similar quality.

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44 minutes ago, FatherAlabaster said:

It was such a good lineup. "Red" is probably still my favorite Crimson album, but the early 80s four piece lineup was fucking magical. Live videos from this era blow me away.

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Larry Coryell & The Brubeck Brothers - Better Than Live

I always liked Starless and Bible Black and Thrak. Red is probably in 3rd place for me. Those videos of Trey Gunn playing the Warr guitar are amazing. Not to mention the Chapman stick...

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OFF! - OFF!

ANNIHILATION TIME - Incomplete Discography

A.N.S. - The Pool

FINAL CONFLICT - Ashes To Ashes

 

21 minutes ago, navybsn said:

I always liked Starless and Bible Black and Thrak. Red is probably in 3rd place for me. Those videos of Trey Gunn playing the Warr guitar are amazing. Not to mention the Chapman stick...

...... "THRAK" is terrific....one of my favourites, as well.....

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55 minutes ago, navybsn said:

I always liked Starless and Bible Black and Thrak. Red is probably in 3rd place for me. Those videos of Trey Gunn playing the Warr guitar are amazing. Not to mention the Chapman stick...

Starless And Bible Black is really good... I guess I'd say it comes in just behind Red as far as their 70s stuff goes. But if I'm not listening to Red, I'm almost always reaching for Discipline, Beat, or Three Of A Perfect Pair. Thrak is always fun when I put it on, but for whatever reason I don't connect with it as much as I do the mid 70s and early 80s stuff. Monster lineup in that era of Crimson too, though.

NP: Gentle Giant - Free Hand

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