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3 hours ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

It's not his fault really. I like to go around wantonly overrating them all over the place so Our Father's just trying to clean up after my mess and balance things out a bit.

Now it's a competition!

Will Father A ever catch up?

Will Father A eventually claim the crown?

Or will the Goatmaster reign supreme?

1 hour ago, Thatguy said:

My budgie.

Father A is your budgie?

(I will not lower myself to make a joke about budgie smugglers.)

 

NP  Halford -Crucible.

 

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14 hours ago, navybsn said:

I like the latest Mastodon, but I agree that it could have been edited down and would benefit from better packaging.

In contradiction to everything I normally say, I reckon Hushed and Grim is good as it is, because its two proper 40 minute discs. An actual double album as opposed to 60 minutes which they now can't fit on one LP and it has to be spread out in a manner that interrupts the flow. Back in the day they managed to fit Hysteria and Operation Mindcrime on one disc. Even the original ...And Justice for All pressing was one LP. 

....perhaps the time is right for nanogroove technology. I'd reduce the size of the disc to 8 inches so it is more practical for posting, but otherwise capture the stereo analog image in a nanogroove and spin it considerably faster, as opposed to:

"Columbia Records released the first long-playing microgroove record, spinning at 33 1/3 revolutions per minute and holding about 23 minutes each side, in June, 1948. The 12-inch LP quickly became the standard format for commercial recordings, ushering in a new musical unit of consumption—the album."

An 8 inch (20cm) square is a better size for artwork than a CD, but more practical for post. 

This is merely to preserve the collectability aspect of music, something lost with digital. I'd still have digital as my main collection but I understand some people just like physical objects to feel special and this is an opportunity to improve analog playback quality.

I really must talk to Jimmy Page about this, because it gives him an excuse to re-release all the Led Zeppelin albums in a new format again.

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11 hours ago, JonoBlade said:

In contradiction to everything I normally say, I reckon Hushed and Grim is good as it is, because its two proper 40 minute discs. An actual double album as opposed to 60 minutes which they now can't fit on one LP and it has to be spread out in a manner that interrupts the flow. Back in the day they managed to fit Hysteria and Operation Mindcrime on one disc. Even the original ...And Justice for All pressing was one LP. 

....perhaps the time is right for nanogroove technology. I'd reduce the size of the disc to 8 inches so it is more practical for posting, but otherwise capture the stereo analog image in a nanogroove and spin it considerably faster, as opposed to:

"Columbia Records released the first long-playing microgroove record, spinning at 33 1/3 revolutions per minute and holding about 23 minutes each side, in June, 1948. The 12-inch LP quickly became the standard format for commercial recordings, ushering in a new musical unit of consumption—the album."

An 8 inch (20cm) square is a better size for artwork than a CD, but more practical for post. 

This is merely to preserve the collectability aspect of music, something lost with digital. I'd still have digital as my main collection but I understand some people just like physical objects to feel special and this is an opportunity to improve analog playback quality.

I really must talk to Jimmy Page about this, because it gives him an excuse to re-release all the Led Zeppelin albums in a new format again.

I don't know if you've heard, but they have digital music now Jon my lovely friend.  You download the files and then you can play all the songs right in a row without interruption. What a fantastic idea! Not really sure how it all works but it's quite the nifty little technological advancement I think. No skips, no pops, no crackles. Those 12" discs are just for show to seduce you collector fools into giving up your hard earned money. The fact they want to spread everything across two of those discs is so they can justify bilking you out of even more of your hard earned cash.

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7 minutes ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

I don't know if you've heard, but they have digital music now Jon my lovely friend.  You download the files and then you  can play all the songs right in a row without interruption. What a fantastic idea! Not really sure how it all works but it's quite the nifty little technological advancemnt I think. No skips, no pops, no crackles. Those 12" discs are just for show to seduce you collector fools into giving up your hard earned money. The fact they want to spread everything across two of those discs is so they can justify bilking you out of even more of your hard earned cash.

I draw your attention to this passage of my comment:

"This is merely to preserve the collectability aspect of music, something lost with digital. I'd still have digital as my main collection but I understand some people just like physical objects to feel special and this is an opportunity to improve analog playback quality."

I have observed that usually double LPs don't cost any different to single LPs, but yet do cost more to produce. Double LPs (unless it's an actual bona fide double album) exist because bands and producers are too arrogant or stupid or both to edit down to 40 minutes.

The logical solution for collectability is to have a book/tin/whatever that doesn't include the music at all, like a comic book to accompany a digital version. But music fans just can't get their head around that idea. Apparently, the physical version (artwork, lyric books, shiny photos) just has to also include a copy of the music itself....even though there's no logical reason why it has to.

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23 minutes ago, JonoBlade said:

I draw your attention to this passage of my comment:

"This is merely to preserve the collectability aspect of music, something lost with digital. I'd still have digital as my main collection but I understand some people just like physical objects to feel special and this is an opportunity to improve analog playback quality."

I have observed that usually double LPs don't cost any different to single LPs, but yet do cost more to produce. Double LPs (unless it's an actual bona fide double album) exist because bands and producers are too arrogant or stupid or both to edit down to 40 minutes.

The logical solution for collectability is to have a book/tin/whatever that doesn't include the music at all, like a comic book to accompany a digital version. But music fans just can't get their head around that idea. Apparently, the physical version (artwork, lyric books, shiny photos) just has to also include a copy of the music itself....even though there's no logical reason why it has to.

Why'd you have to step all over my collectibility rant Jon?

I've never understood this silly attachment people have for physical objects. I was so relieved to be over and done with the burden of physical media when I discovered digitial in the late 90's. Because obviously, I myself once had a physical media collection in decades past. But it was and still is just a bunch of shit in boxes no one's ever going to look at until I die and my survivors throw those boxes unceremoniously into the bin. Fortunately I was able to pawn off my vinyl collection to a friend in Denver so I wouldn't have to schlep it all back east when I moved. Now it's only the old CD's I have to schlep around every time I move. I should really just bin them all now save my family the effort later.

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1 hour ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

Why'd you have to step all over my collectibility rant Jon?

I've never understood this silly attachment people have for physical objects. I was so relieved to be over and done with the burden of physical media when I discovered digitial in the late 90's. Because obviously, I myself once had a physical media collection in decades past. But it was and still is just a bunch of shit in boxes no one's ever going to look at until I die and my survivors throw those boxes unceremoniously into the bin. Fortunately I was able to pawn off my vinyl collection to a friend in Denver so I wouldn't have to schlep it all back east when I moved. Now it's only the old CD's I have to schlep around every time I move. I should really just bin them all now save my family the effort later.

Pathetic earthlings, hurling your bodies (old records/CDs) into the void (bin).

 

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12 minutes ago, FatherAlabaster said:

SkyThala - Boreal Despair

Came for the artwork then stayed for the oboes? Based on the description I was expecting this to just be weird dissonant and unlistenable. But it's actually rather interesting. Not something I'd want to buy, but I don't think it'll be a problem to make it through the whole hour.

 

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22 minutes ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

Came for the artwork then stayed for the oboes? Based on the description I was expecting this to just be weird dissonant and unlistenable. But it's actually rather interesting. Not something I'd want to buy, but I don't think it'll be a problem to make it through the whole hour.

 

Oboes? You're going soft man. Oboes are not goat approved music delivery devices.

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STRANGULIATORIUS - Doctor's Orders: Do Not Touch!

GREENWITCH - Grid Walker

POISONOUS - Doomed Pillars

.....was going to listen to my monthly fix of OSSUARY....but picked these instead....

20 minutes ago, navybsn said:

Oboes? You're going soft man. Oboes are not goat approved music delivery devices.

...I'm pretty sure an oboe can hit a devil's interval.....

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43 minutes ago, navybsn said:

Oboes? You're going soft man. Oboes are not goat approved music delivery devices.

You should give this thing a listen man, you might change your mind. Might be the only time I've heard non-metal delivery devices such as these used in such a sucessfully integrated way. Ususally they're just used as more of a gimmick. This was a valiant attempt to merge extreme metal with classical music in a different way than I've ever heard before. Of course I don't normally seek out this sort of thing so it's not like I've heard that many different twists on classical/metal. Whatever those were in the section from about 14 minutes to 15:30, the bassoons possibly or maybe french horns or some shit were sublime. Album just finished and I fired her up again. I might even come back and have another listen later. We're expecting snow and ice to start about 1 - 2pm, they're letting the kids out early today. So after dinner I'm thinking 1/2 a Delta 9 and two fingers of Bulleit rye and I'll give this thing another go, see what she's really got under the hood.

But right now I think I'll pause the oboes and get back to the Vargsang. Just can't seem to get enough of this shit. I think In the Mist of Night (2014) is my favorite. This dude has found my black metal G-spot. (that's G for goat) 

 

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58 minutes ago, navybsn said:

Well that's about as strong an endorsement for weird shit I've seen out of you so I'll give it a go, but methinks it's a trick. Bassoons and french horns too. Christ.

....don't know if my endorsement will persuade you but SKYTHALA put out one of my favourite records this year....I got it a bit early, thanks to a friend, and I've been listening to it for about two months....it gets comparisons to PANEGYRIST....I don't see much similarity but I can understand the comparison being as they are both avant garde BM....

WEREWOLF JONES - Rot Away

....I would not categorize this as avant garde BM....

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