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Craven Idol/Shackles of Mammon

Judas Priest/Sad Wings of Destiny-definitely in my top 10 metal A'sOAT

no school today-working on an IEP report and hitting the classical pretty hard

Krystian Zimerman-Liszt: Piano Sonata in B Minor

Yo Yo Ma/Brahms Cello sonatas

Bernstein/Liszt: Faust Symphony and other orchestral works

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New Carcass is on bandcamp so I am giving a listen. 

First impression is that I like it more than Surgical Steel. Hate the drum sound though. It starts with a drum solo that sounds awful. Can't find who produced or mixed it but it sounds like standard Andy Sneap sterility.

Would have considered getting this on vinyl because the artwork is great but I can't be bothered to listen to a 49 minute album spread over 2 LPs. That breaks the continuity too much, and shows that no one gives a thought to these kinds of details these days. Should have dropped one track and made a single LP.

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2 hours ago, JonoBlade said:

New Carcass is on bandcamp so I am giving a listen. 

First impression is that I like it more than Surgical Steel. Hate the drum sound though. It starts with a drum solo that sounds awful. Can't find who produced or mixed it but it sounds like standard Andy Sneap sterility.

Would have considered getting this on vinyl because the artwork is great but I can't be bothered to listen to a 49 minute album spread over 2 LPs. That breaks the continuity too much, and shows that no one gives a thought to these kinds of details these days. Should have dropped one track and made a single LP.

I can see a couple of reasons for making that argument - I even kind of feel the same way you do about shorter albums being preferable in general, although the pendulum is starting to swing the other way for me again - but on the other hand, why let the limits of one format dictate what you release? Or what if you just don't have anything you want to cut?

 

NP:

Opeth - Blackwater Park

Coroner - No More Color

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Australis - Spaces Of Hope

1 hour ago, MarkhantonioYeatts said:

LAMP OF MURMUUR - Submission And Slavery

......sounds like what SISTERS OF MERCY would sound like if they tried out BM.....this guy always does something interesting every time he releases a record....

Ha, that's even a black metal-ish version of the Floodland cover art!

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2 hours ago, Fraser said:

Evoken - Hypnagogia

 

I could and on occasion have listened to The Fear After on repeat 

How is it possible that I have not yet heard Evoken's latest slab of crushing doom that has apparently been out for nearly three years now?!? Not generally a huge funeral doom guy but Evoken is the exception. I flew cross country to Denver in Oct 2013 to see them at the Denver Doomfest which is kinda funny if I stop and think about it because they're from right here in Lyndhurst New Jersey roughly an hour's drive from me (depending on NYC traffic of course, it could be 45 minutes or it could take 2.5 hours). I had been wanting to see them for some time and for various reasons I just kept missing them and they don't seem to play a ton of shows so when my buddy in Denver said they were playing out there by him I decided it was time for a Rocky Mountain visit. Another friend of mine (BAN formerly a member of this forum) was in a band at the time who were also playing DDF that year so I was really looking forward to a meetup. He introduced me to John Paradiso (really cool guy) who when informed I had flown out especially to see them told me he felt like he owed me money. But it turned out he was wrong because they totally fucking crushed it that night in that packed little club. Worth every penny. It was also the night I discovered In the Company of Serpents who have since become a favorite of mine, so that trip was probably worth double the money. Guess I'll be firing up the "new" Evoken just as soon as this fantastic Angelic Process that Marko posted ends.

 

Evoken, John and Dave

Evoken, Indesinence, Ophis & Evadne – London Boston Arms 23/6/13 ⋆ Ave  Noctum

Hypnagogia

 

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