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Humperdinck - A Man Without Love Btw Gorbo, have you heard Through the Archdemon's Head by Anguish? You might dig it.
Dude, I ain't heard of shit, so I'll be glad to check that out, thanks. Right now I'm listening to the new Tesla from 2014 TESLA - SIMPLICITY Who knew that Tesla was an American band? Why have I assumed for decades they were Canadian. Correct me if I'm wrong folks, but is that not a Canadian sound? What a world. On top of that, guess what, I needed to got to Wikipedia to learn that little factoid because apparently they are not metal enough for the Encyclopaedia Metallum. No respect.
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Correct me if I'm wrong folks' date=' but is that not a Canadian sound?[/quote'] The only Canadian sound I can identify is the A) from a band I know, which Tesla is not or B) a moose, of which I find it hard to believe it's the vocalist. Neither of those seems to be true, so I'll have to disappoint you (that even rhymed). NP: Pidgeons to Fall
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Dude, I ain't heard of shit, so I'll be glad to check that out, thanks. Right now I'm listening to the new Tesla from 2014 TESLA - SIMPLICITY Who knew that Tesla was an American band? Why have I assumed for decades they were Canadian. Correct me if I'm wrong folks, but is that not a Canadian sound? What a world. On top of that, guess what, I needed to got to Wikipedia to learn that little factoid because apparently they are not metal enough for the Encyclopaedia Metallum. No respect.
I didnt't even know they were still alive, I mean around :D I never got into them. However I did listen to Whitesnake back in the 90's. Loved Coverdale's voice.
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With the help of the Metal Archives, who deem Anguish to be a metal band along with about 7 other band named Anguish who are also metal, I am attempting to reconstruct the album Through the Archdemon's Head cut by cut on youtube. I like them a lot, I agree with someone who said the vocalist sounds a lot like Oscar the Grouch (If you don't know him, he, like Bert who you may remember, comes from Sesame Street, an important American children's show with puppets). On a video of a live performance of "Book of Fox" I thought I heard an anvil being played by a percussionist, but there was no anvil in evidence. Cool lettering used for their name. Thanks again Midi, I like it. I'm hear an anvil again on "Dawn of Doom", I think they really do have an anvil player, no doubt it is in the drummers kit. That fucking rocks!

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I'm listening to a long youtube playlist of "traditional" doom cuts. Mostly bands I do not know, such as The Wounded Kings, now playing. And some I do, like Count Raven, who I dig. By the way, Iceni's post count is up to 9,944... We need to get cranking up preparations for the upcoming celebratory pageant!
I really enjoyed the last The Wounded Kings album, I think I posted a video of it in the doom thread.
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With the help of the Metal Archives' date=' who deem Anguish to be a metal band along with about 7 other band named Anguish who are also metal, I am attempting to reconstruct the album Through the Archdemon's Head cut by cut on youtube. I like them a lot, I agree with someone who said the vocalist sounds a lot like Oscar the Grouch (If you don't know him, he, like Bert who you may remember, comes from Sesame Street, an important American children's show with puppets). On a video of a live performance of "Book of Fox" I thought I heard an anvil being played by a percussionist, but there was no anvil in evidence. Cool lettering used for their name. Thanks again Midi, I like it. I'm hear an anvil again on "Dawn of Doom", I think they really do have an anvil player, no doubt it is in the drummers kit. That fucking rocks![/quote']I'm glad you like it! They are majorly influenced by Candlemass' material, so if you've never ehard Epicus Doomicus Metallicus, I highly recommend it. Not nly does it sound alike, it's also a monumental killer classic on its own.
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'Specs of Pictures Burnt Beyond' by Zero Hour. I think this band is very capable and talented but for some reason they really just love to be boring, be it through repetition or being too darn quiet. When they're doing Towers of Avarice or parts from A Fragile Mind it sounds great, but for one reason or another they just don't seem to want to take advantage of their abilities a lot of the time. They could really learn a thing or two from Futures End.

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