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24 minutes ago, navybsn said:

Understandable for sure. If you do decide to go, let me know. I owe you a beer or 3.

 

Of course I'll let you know man, why wouldn't I? Believe me, I wish I could go to all of these festivals and shows and things and meet up with all my metalhead friends monthly but being a single dad with a little kid just makes it more complicated to get away. I don't feel like I can leave the kid with just anyone for a whole weekend, (for his sake and for their sake) and my options up here are limited. I know I could leave him with my daughter and the grandkids and he'd be fine with that but they live in Florida so that doesn't really work. So I've generally used my sister for child care but as it is he's traditionally been pissed off at me when I get back from Baltimore every year on Memorial Day for leaving him. Some years he won't even look at me or talk to me for a few hours. I guess it's because we're basically together 24/7 just the two of us so it must feel weird for him when I'm not there with him. I'll feel her out next time we talk. She is kind of an empty nester now as her 25 year old daughter just moved up to Vermont in July to live with her boyfriend, and her 19 year old son just moved into the dorm at college last Saturday (even thougfh it's only 45 minutes away) so maybe she'll feel lonely without the kids around (she says she already misses them) and she'll be up for some extra babysitting duties in November. And then again in May of course, you'll be at MDF next year, right?

 

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2 hours ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

Coffins - Beyond the Circular Demise, 2019, so good maybe their best. 

 

Wow, I have Rattus Norvegicus from '77 but I never even realized they had 20 albums out including the forthcoming one Dark Matters. It'll be the first one since 2012.

....they haven't been the same since High Cornwell left the band, only one original member still in the band but I'm still a fan....looking forward to the new record....

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27 minutes ago, MarkhantonioYeatts said:

 

....they haven't been the same since Hugh Cornwell left the band, only one original member still in the band but I'm still a fan....looking forward to the new record....

Hugh split in 1990 so that's 3 decades of not being the same. They must have some redeeming qualities or you wouldn't still be a fan. Throw me a couple of titles. 20 albums is a pretty extensive discography, I already have Rattus, after that where should an old goat look to start?

The Strangle̲rs - Rattus Norvegicus

 

Before that:

Outre-Tombe - Nécrovortex

 

Earlier:

Alan Parson's Project - I Robot

 

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42 minutes ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

Hugh split in 1990 so that's 3 decades of not being the same. They must have some redeeming qualities or you wouldn't still be a fan. Throw me a couple of titles. 20 albums is a pretty extensive discography, I already have Rattus, after that where should an old goat look to start?

The Strangle̲rs - Rattus Norvegicus

 

Before that:

Outre-Tombe - Nécrovortex

 

Earlier:

Alan Parson's Project - I Robot

 

Alan Parsons Project is great, love "I Robot", would not have put you down as a fan. Super cool.

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31 minutes ago, Dead1 said:

And how is it?  I've only heard 3 tracks and am waiting to pick up my physical copy.

 

Warbringer - Waking Into Nightmares

 

 

I was at my local JB at 9am this morning, I was the first person there for click and collect so I wasn't waiting. :)

On first listen I don't mind it. It's long but flows okay. There is elements of old Maiden as well as some songs which sound like they could have been on The Book Of Souls. Bruce's voice sounds like he hasn't lost much and the playing does sound tight. I need a few more listens to make a thorough judgement though.

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54 minutes ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

Hugh split in 1990 so that's 3 decades of not being the same. They must have some redeeming qualities or you wouldn't still be a fan. Throw me a couple of titles. 20 albums is a pretty extensive discography, I already have Rattus, after that where should an old goat look to start?

The Strangle̲rs - Rattus Norvegicus

 

Before that:

Outre-Tombe - Nécrovortex

 

Earlier:

Alan Parson's Project - I Robot

 

....well you've definitely got one of the best ones with "Rattus Norvegicus"...I'd for sure recommend "La Folie" which has my favourite song by them, "Golden Brown"

.... "Aural Sculpture" is a later one with Hugh Cornwell that is excellent....

....my favorite by them is "No More Heroes", which came out the same year as "Rattus"....pretty amazing having two records that good in the same year....the title song is pretty recognizable.....

....classic post punk of the highest calibre....

...I'd also look into JJ BURNEL and HUGH CORNWELL solo stuff too....it's good listening too, unless you find that you don't like THE STRANGLERS....

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17 minutes ago, KillaKukumba said:

I was at my local JB at 9am this morning, I was the first person there for click and collect so I wasn't waiting. :)

On first listen I don't mind it. It's long but flows okay. There is elements of old Maiden as well as some songs which sound like they could have been on The Book Of Souls. Bruce's voice sounds like he hasn't lost much and the playing does sound tight. I need a few more listens to make a thorough judgement though.

Thanks.  So no surprises.   I am expecting a Book of Souls Pt II with a sound more like A Matter Of Life And Death or Final Frontier.

 

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I prefer their early meat n potatoes death metal than the later prog/tech death stuff.

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5 minutes ago, Dead1 said:

Thanks.  So no surprises.   I am expecting a Book of Souls Pt II with a sound more like A Matter Of Life And Death or Final Frontier.

 

 

I read an interview with Bruce the other day where he said there was going to be some surprises on the new album. I'm yet to find anything I'd call a surprise. And yeah probably more like AMOLAD rather than FF

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40 minutes ago, KillaKukumba said:

I read an interview with Bruce the other day where he said there was going to be some surprises on the new album. I'm yet to find anything I'd call a surprise. And yeah probably more like AMOLAD rather than FF

 

 

I'd read the same interview hence I am surprised there are no surprises.

 

Necrophagia - Seasons of the Dead.

Largely forgotten but one of first death metal albums having come out in 1987!

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39 minutes ago, FatherAlabaster said:

Alan Parsons Project is great, love "I Robot", would not have put you down as a fan. Super cool.

Listened to Eye in the Sky today too. Good buddy of mine out in Denver planted the seed when he mentioned he was doing an APP catalog run today because he's seeing them tonight at the Paramount Theater. They're probably on stage right now. Told him I was jealous and that I didn't even know they were still a thing anymore in 2021. He said he thought that apparently for a long time they weren't, but when he saw they were he grabbed the tix. I told him to get a pit going when they played I Wouldn't Wanna Be Like You.

Yeah, I suppose I've cultivated a forum image as this one dimesional aggro extreme kvlt black metal guy and I do genuinely love that stuff more than anything else. But no man lives on black metal alone, and being so damn old there are inevitably gonna be lots of older things that I've picked up along the way over the years, things that I have fond memories of that will still get their spins now in 2021 because they deliver that hard to beat nostalgia fix. I Robot, 1977 that's 11th grade for me man. Can't expect an old goat like me to turn my back on everything from the old days.

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1 hour ago, MarkhantonioYeatts said:

....well you've definitely got one of the best ones with "Rattus Norvegicus"...I'd for sure recommend "La Folie" which has my favourite song by them, "Golden Brown"

.... "Aural Sculpture" is a later one with Hugh Cornwell that is excellent....

....my favorite by them is "No More Heroes", which came out the same year as "Rattus"....pretty amazing having two records that good in the same year....the title song is pretty recognizable.....

....classic post punk of the highest calibre....

...I'd also look into JJ BURNEL and HUGH CORNWELL solo stuff too....it's good listening too, unless you find that you don't like THE STRANGLERS....

No, actually after I listened to Rattus I did a little poking around on youtube earlier and it seems I've really been missing out because almost every Stranglers song I've heard now has ranged from good to great. Been focused mostly on their older 70's and early 80's stuff and I'm really digigng it. Album #3 Black & White is running atm and I'm loving it. I only discovered them from a reco on M-Fi  maybe 5 years ago and I'm really not sure why such a fantastic album like Rattus Norvegicus wouldn't send me searching for more of their stuff but I guess better late than never, right? I think No More Heroes will have to be next. 

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3 hours ago, Dead1 said:

I'd read the same interview hence I am surprised there are no surprises.

 

 

Maybe the surprise is that I like the first single more as I listen to it with the whole album?

The long songs really don't feel like they are too long to me either. I do remember thinking after seeing the track listing that I hoped the end of the album didn't get boring with more than 30 minutes in 3 songs but for me it doesn't. The last three songs feel like really solid Maiden songs.

 

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9 hours ago, MarkhantonioYeatts said:

....fuck yeah, new STRANGLERS!!!.....

THE STRANGLERS - This Song

 

A little trivia…

The guy in the video is legendary, former England international footballer and lifelong fan of The Stangers, Stuart Pearce.

He had a distinguished career on the pitch but will always be remembered (by those of a certain age) for the penalty he took in the summer of ‘96.

 

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Hmm. Maiden. I recall visiting my local HMV when Book of Souls came out. Have listened to it half a dozen times maybe. So long, so boring. 

I can't do that to myself again. Why don't they just halve it and release as two albums six months apart?

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11 hours ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

 

Of course I'll let you know man, why wouldn't I? Believe me, I wish I could go to all of these festivals and shows and things and meet up with all my metalhead friends monthly but being a single dad with a little kid just makes it more complicated to get away. I don't feel like I can leave the kid with just anyone for a whole weekend, (for his sake and for their sake) and my options up here are limited. I know I could leave him with my daughter and the grandkids and he'd be fine with that but they live in Florida so that doesn't really work. So I've generally used my sister for child care but as it is he's traditionally been pissed off at me when I get back from Baltimore every year on Memorial Day for leaving him. Some years he won't even look at me or talk to me for a few hours. I guess it's because we're basically together 24/7 just the two of us so it must feel weird for him when I'm not there with him. I'll feel her out next time we talk. She is kind of an empty nester now as her 25 year old daughter just moved up to Vermont in July to live with her boyfriend, and her 19 year old son just moved into the dorm at college last Saturday (even thougfh it's only 45 minutes away) so maybe she'll feel lonely without the kids around (she says she already misses them) and she'll be up for some extra babysitting duties in November. And then again in May of course, you'll be at MDF next year, right?

 

Yeah man I get it. I didn't go to shows for years because of my daughter and work obligations. I never felt quite right leaving my wife alone with the kid for fun stuff since I was always gone on military stuff already. Now that she's out of the house, I take every opportunity. Even if it's a shitty show like the one I'm going to next weekend. Neither my wife or I traveled for fun very much during those years unless it was kid inclusive (Disney, camping, grandparents, etc). As mentioned in the other thread, life significantly changed once she got married and moved out.

I'll be at MDF for sure. If you don't get to Mass Destruction, I'll hook up with you there for sure. Maybe we can drag @markm up there again.

This morning, starting out with some recent good shit

Inquisition - Black Mass For A Mass Grave

LIFE - Ossification of Coral - absolute face melter

Nightbringer - Terra Damnata

 

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7 hours ago, JonoBlade said:

Hmm. Maiden. I recall visiting my local HMV when Book of Souls came out. Have listened to it half a dozen times maybe. So long, so boring. 

I can't do that to myself again. Why don't they just halve it and release as two albums six months apart?

No idea why you'd want to play it at all tbh but....Maybe you could play side 1 a few times now then play side 2 in six months? Problem solved!

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13 hours ago, Dead1 said:

 

 

I'd read the same interview hence I am surprised there are no surprises.

 

Necrophagia - Seasons of the Dead.

Largely forgotten but one of first death metal albums having come out in 1987!

...I definitely haven't forgotten about "Seasons Of The Dead"....great record....I consider it more of a thrash record though..." Painful Discharge" is my favourite from that record and is, for sure, heavily leaning toward the DM side and most assuredly influenced other DM bands....if I'm not mistaken, these tracks were recorded in '85 almost 2 years before the record was released...

...I think my favourite record by them is "Holocaust Of The Dead"....although their entire catalogue is solid with no bad records....

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13 hours ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

No, actually after I listened to Rattus I did a little poking around on youtube earlier and it seems I've really been missing out because almost every Stranglers song I've heard now has ranged from good to great. Been focused mostly on their older 70's and early 80's stuff and I'm really digigng it. Album #3 Black & White is running atm and I'm loving it. I only discovered them from a reco on M-Fi  maybe 5 years ago and I'm really not sure why such a fantastic album like Rattus Norvegicus wouldn't send me searching for more of their stuff but I guess better late than never, right? I think No More Heroes will have to be next. 

...it's always cool to find new music, no matter when you discover it...

....try out some of HUGH CORNWELL's and JJ BURNELL's solo work....I think you'll like it....

NECROPHAGIA - Black Blood Vomitorium

 

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