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I see your point tbh. As I listened to the album more, though, the track grew on me and I quite like how its softer nature sort of refreshes the album. I'm assuming you've heard The Blackening?
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Re: What Are You Listening To?

I see your point tbh. As I listened to the album more' date=' though, the track grew on me and I quite like how its softer nature sort of refreshes the album. I'm assuming you've heard The Blackening?[/quote'] I'm not saying I don't like it, just seems a little displaced. Yes, I'm familiar with The Blackening. Sent from my LGMS500 using Tapatalk
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More Haken...this time 'The Mind's Eye'. I wish these guys would get to the point more often. This is becoming a sort of bugbear of mine, Communic has this problem too. A lot of these songs are really only about 30% metal, if that, and it gets tiring. I suspect these bands think acoustic passages sound good, but they almost never do. They either have to have good lyrics (Black Harvest), pleasant vocals and ambiance (Threshold) or nice melodies (Equilibrium, Kamelot, Agalloch, Forest Stream) to make them work, but this is almost never the case.

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More Haken...this time 'The Mind's Eye'. I wish these guys would get to the point more often. This is becoming a sort of bugbear of mine, Communic has this problem too. A lot of these songs are really only about 30% metal, if that, and it gets tiring. I suspect these bands think acoustic passages sound good, but they almost never do. They either have to have good lyrics (Black Harvest), pleasant vocals and ambiance (Threshold) or nice melodies (Equilibrium, Agalloch, Forest Stream) to make them work, but this is almost never the case.
I like acoustic passages a lot more than you do (Opeth comes to mind), but in any case I'm glad you enjoy them in my music. Thanks!
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I like acoustic passages a lot more than you do (Opeth comes to mind)' date=' but in any case I'm glad you enjoy them in my music. Thanks![/quote'] The thing is, acoustic passages seem to be the time for the band to tell you the serious and weighty stuff that the lyricist thinks you really need to hear, so they have the vocalist singing alongside soft accompaniment. However, most of the time it's some mind-bogglingly generic crap like 'life is tough', 'I feel bad' or 'stop the hate'. The passages you wrote seemed genuinely gloomy and depressed. I didn't exactly eat up the sound, but having read the lyrics beforehand I could at least tell that something relevant was being conveyed. I also forgot to mention that Katatonia's acoustic elements are also well-tailored.
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Iceni - I'm listening to a track from the first Lengsel album now. Seeing the cover art reminded me that I have heard this before, probably from my old drummer - the original Black Harvest drummer, Eric, is very religious and always felt some tension between his faith and the music he enjoyed. I suppose I can hear the Furia comparison, though this doesn't have the melodic inventiveness IMO. But, it's interesting, I like the vocals and the melodies, and the lyrics are actually really good, odd and poetic. I can disagree with some of the attitude behind them (while identifying with some parts, too), but they're well-written and personal, and not overtly Christian in any case. edit - I'm listening to a different track now, "Revival", and the guitars are a lot more interesting. Cool stuff.

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Iceni - I'm listening to a track from the first Lengsel album now. Seeing the cover art reminded me that I have heard this before, probably from my old drummer - the original Black Harvest drummer, Eric, is very religious and always felt some tension between his faith and the music he enjoyed. I suppose I can hear the Furia comparison, though this doesn't have the melodic inventiveness IMO. But, it's interesting, I like the vocals and the melodies, and the lyrics are actually really good, odd and poetic. I can disagree with some of the attitude behind them (while identifying with some parts, too), but they're well-written and personal, and not overtly Christian in any case.
You're right, I don't think they're quite on the same level - but I saw a small similarity. There was that meeting of dissonance and melody that was hard for me to pin down.
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'911' by Animations. Eastern European metal isn't always good, but when it's good it's very very good. This Polish band's material has been thoroughly engaging and very strong (with the exception of their latest album, which is mortally wounded by the awful harsh vocals and their inexplicable assumption of the heavy, overly ornate cross of djent stylings) even when it's instrumental, which is very rare for me. When they do just straight clean vocals and honest to goodness prog, these guys excel!

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