What Are You Listening To?

[MarkhantonioYeatts]

OMEGA GLORY - Offerings

 

[Nasty_Cabbage]

1 hour ago, FatherAlabaster said:

If you're in a position to really appreciate all the detail and spatial definition in the mix, it hits hard. The riffs aren't telling the story, it's all about interlocking rhythms and textures. Certainly my favorite of theirs, not something I need to listen to a lot, but it's an experience when I do put it on. Most stuff I listen to for detail I prefer on headphones, but this one is speakers all the way.

 Oh man. See that gets me excited to listen to it properly. I'm not in a position where I can listen to anything with speakers, and my headphones are... reasonable. That's usually the thing that gets the first cut when it comes to non-essential expenditures, as I just don't find myself listening to lossless or non-computer standard compressed music as often as I should. Gotta make due. It's a shame since I own so much physical media. That's more out of a paranoia that something I like might end up getting sanitized in the not too distant future. Hear me out okay. I know it's paranoid, and it has nothing to do with a political position, but if you'd have told my younger self that they'd be altering reprints of Roald Dahl and James Bond novels from their originally published text I'd have called you a liar. It's about preservation above posturing.

[AlSymerz]

I don't have any lossless music, never felt the need. I don't even have a set of headphones, just a set of $2 earbuds that I used to use when I listened to music in bed.

NP: Taramis - Queen Of Thieves

 

 

[AlSymerz]

Overkill - Horrorscope

 

[RelentlessOblivion]

Thergothon - Stream From the Heavens

[Thatguy]

FACS - Maggot Brain 020324

[AlSymerz]

Obituary - Slowly We Rot

[AlSymerz]

Sacred Reich - Independent

 

[Yannis]

 

[AlSymerz]

Strapping Young Lad - Heavy As A Real Heavy Thing

[Yannis]

 

[Yannis]

41 minutes ago, AlSymerz said:

Strapping Young Lad - Heavy As A Real Heavy Thing

gonna check this out just because of the sexy title 😳

[AlSymerz]

Check it out because Devin Townsend is a sexy beast with his skullet!!

 

NP: Catbreath - Slice 'Em All

[Yannis]

 

[Yannis]

 

[GoatmasterGeneral]

Kalimera Yannis, if you're going to be posting daily with us here and since you never properly introduced yourself I guess it's time someone asked who you are and what's your story? I see you're in Greece, and you look fairly young (compared to some of us old geezers) how'd you become a metalhead? And welcome to the Metalforum btw it's always good to get new people. Are you a Greek who's fluent in English, or maybe using a translator or maybe a Brit or an American living in Greece? I need to know these things, your English is very good.

[AlSymerz]

Hexecutor - Poison, Lust And Damnation

 

[Yannis]

12 minutes ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

Kalimera Yannis, if you're going to be posting daily with us here and since you never properly introduced yourself I guess it's time someone asked who you are and what's your story? I see you're in Greece, and you look fairly young (compared to some of us old geezers) how'd you become a metalhead? And welcome to the Metalforum btw it's always good to get new people. Are you a Greek who's fluent in English, or maybe using a translator or maybe a Brit or an American living in Greece? I need to know these things, your English is very good.

Heyy καλημέρα! I never expected to be asked something like this, panic attack INCOMING!!! No its fine hehe, i mean its only fair to share some things about me since i'll be joining you guys along your everyday musical journeys. To put it simply i posted almost everyday in another metal group through steam but it pretty much died down and there werent many people to engage with. So i just googled "metal forum" and found this site! I've been a metalhead ever since my school years. Fun story one of my classmates kept sticking his phone to my eardrum blasting Disturbed haha im glad he did that xD Ahh please my english isnt that good i'm glad at least am able to communicate and get my point across, well most of the time 😂 Yeah i love to meet new people also and staring at them creepily until they run away, uhm scratch that last part..thanks for having me! 🥳

(27 isnt even remotely young but thanks for making me feel better 😥)

 

ORKBLUT!!!

[AlSymerz]

6 minutes ago, Yannis said:

Ahh please my english isnt that good i'm glad at least am able to communicate and get my point across, well most of the time.

You communicate better than I do and English is my main language 😂

[Arioch]

Control Denied - The Fragile Art of Existence (1999)

 

29 minutes ago, Yannis said:

(27 isnt even remotely young but thanks for making me feel better 😥)

Don't say that: I'm 27 too... * 2 😭

[MacabreEternal]

13 hours ago, Nasty_Cabbage said:

Man, people were all over this album when it came out; I mean really hyping this thing to the moon and back. I went through the whole thing once and came away enjoying it, but it didn't level me the way it had so many others. Might give it a second chance here soon.

I am about ten or so listens in over a number of years and still sit on the fence.  The industrial and "post" elements work the best for me but I am not massive fans of either as individual genres.  The bm parts I can leave easily enough.  Somehow there is some sense of coherence in what on paper at least should be a very chaotic sounding record.

[Yannis]

 

[AlSymerz]

Insanity Alert - Moshburger

[GoatmasterGeneral]

25 minutes ago, Yannis said:

Heyy καλημέρα! I never expected to be asked something like this, panic attack INCOMING!!! No its fine hehe, I mean it's only fair to share some things about me since i'll be joining you guys along your everyday musical journeys. To put it simply I posted almost everyday in another metal group through steam, but it pretty much died down and there weren't many people to engage with. So I just googled "metal forum" and found this site! I've been a metalhead ever since my school years. Fun story one of my classmates kept sticking his phone to my eardrum blasting Disturbed haha I'm glad he did that xD Ahh please my English isn't that good, I'm glad at least I'm able to communicate and get my point across, well most of the time 😂 Yeah I love to meet new people also and staring at them creepily until they run away, uhm scratch that last part..thanks for having me! 🥳

(27 isn't even remotely young, but thanks for making me feel better 😥)

ORKBLUT!!!

Haha no dude you're fine, don't panic! I'm not trying to interrogate you or put you on the spot or anything, just extending a friendly hello from the group since I see you here every day now, and inquiring about what your deal is since you hadn't offered any information other than your location. I like meeting new people too, we're a very welcoming bunch over here, and I think I can speak for everyone when I say we're glad to have you.

I understand at 27 you must feel like you're getting older now, rapidly approaching 30 which sounds very adult-like. I remember 27 was the age when I realized there was no going back I was going to be an adult soon whether I liked it or not. Just realized 27 was also the age when I got married for the first time in '88. But trust me aderfé, you're still quite young to someone 62 who was already 35 when you were born.

I'm actually quite fascinated when I meet younger people like you who are into real metal. I've gotten it into my head that young folks under 35 or 40 aren't generally interested in real metal anymore these days. And as someone who has a ten year old son who has yet to really dive head first into music, I spend a fair amount of time wondering what kind of music he could be listening to in a few years when he does (hopefully) become interested in music. So meeting young dudes like you in their 20's who are metalheads gives me some hope that maybe metal could be something that he and I could bond over one day. My dad never cared for any of my music as a teen in the 70's, so we had to bond over sports.

My one big question that I have for you though Yannis, is why do you always seem to post individual songs instead of full albums? Not that there's anything wrong with that, you do you, but most metalheads post the whole album because we tend to listen to albums in their entirety most of the time, not just random songs on shuffle. Except for Mark and his infamous playlists of course.

Also maybe you could start labeling your posts with at least the band name and album/song title? That way when I get one that says "video unavailable" like the one you posted 3 hours ago, I'll still know what it was. Also I'm pretty old and I have a lot of trouble deciphering most of these crazy intricate band logos. ευχαριστώ

And no, if you're wondering I don't speak Greek, but I was married to a Greek and then I worked for Greeks for 20 years so I might've picked up just a few words. 

[GoatmasterGeneral]

Warning - Watching From a Distance, UK doom 2006. Vocals were a bit off-putting at first, but then I realized they fall into the so bad they're good category, and now I'm rather enjoying this.