The Shred Room or The In-Betweeners Club

NaturalScience wrote: C'mon Robert, where are you?  13 more beers and I'll be caught up to you.

Oh, I'm here!  Just bouncing around the threads.

And I got a real late start...I think I've had....9 so far.

NaturalScience wrote: All you guys should check user "Moatilliatta" signature.

I saw that pic in google images funnily enough a few days ago.
Died laughing too

HughesJB4 wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: HughesJB4 wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: Bah, I love Opeth and Meshuggah growling, but BTBAM's can get on my nerves. Fail. Meshuggah's main vocal style is hardcore screams. But yes, Akerfeldt has arguably one of the best growls in death metal ever. He's definitely one top of the best vocalists in metal IMO. How is that fail? I tried listening to the album TWICE today but I simply couldn't stand it. I even said I was going to try it again more. I meant fail regarding Meshuggah vocals. It's not subjective, it's fact they are hardcore screams. But whether you like BtBaM, I don't mind, that's your call.

I can clearly hear a difference in the vocals though, even if it the fact that the singers have different vocals. I love Meshuggah's vocals and they fit the music perfectly, but the singer for BTBAM strikes me way differently. His pitch is different or something; I'm not entirely sure what's irritating me about it.

NaturalScience wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: Man, what the hell? I simply can't stand this anymore. Again, I love Meshuggah, Opeth, and others, but this is simply not working for me. I'll try it another day I suppose. That hardly ever happens where I have to stop an album like that. I can't even get into them.  Oh well.

I couldn't get into Meshuggah for about 3 years if I must be honest.
The first time I heard them, it was horrible.
But obviously as you can see now, I'm really big on extreme metal, and 3 years later, I really began liking Meshuggah.
So it may come to you later down the track, but don't force on yourself.

NaturalScience wrote: Epignosis wrote: NaturalScience wrote: C'mon Robert, where are you?  13 more beers and I'll be caught up to you.   Oh, I'm here!  Just bouncing around the threads. And I got a real late start...I think I've had....9 so far. I read about how good things went for you the other day - put a smile on my face.

Thanks buddy.  My heart has been lifted.  If I don't get one of these jobs, I'll be depressed again- but until then, hope is alive! 

By the way:  www.epignosismusic.com

Bookmark it.    Nothing there now, but there will be in a week or two. 

MovingPictures07 wrote: Well, on a much better note, I also tried another CD today: First Utterance. To say the least, it was AMAZING.

I'm surprised you like that...

I mean... the vocals!

Hymen hunter...

That's not very Alexian.

James wrote: Could someone describe Batboom's sound to me? I like Opeth. I don't like Power Metal. I don't like the growls of screamo bands like Funeral for a Friend. Most metal does little for me. Most metal doesn't sound heavy to my ears. Pat may agree with me but I feel Guapo's Black Oni is heavier than many so-called metal bands.

It's definitely heavy in a way that connects perfectly with me.  I need to listen more often to Guapo's other releases.

Five Suns is heavy too and Iove that album.  Elixirs I really haven't listened to as much as I'd like to have though.

James wrote: Rob, I've sent you yet another e-mail; sorry!

No need to be sorry.  As I am unemployed I don't mind keeping my mind sharp.

James wrote: Could someone describe Batboom's sound to me? I like Opeth. I don't like Power Metal. I don't like the growls of screamo bands like Funeral for a Friend. Most metal does little for me. Most metal doesn't sound heavy to my ears. Pat may agree with me but I feel Guapo's Black Oni is heavier than many so-called metal bands.

Umm James, screamo bands don't use growls though dude, it's called screams.
Opeth is 'less metal' than BtBaM.
BtBaM is more death metal, it also falls into the Tech Death category (and James, you have this pre conceived notion tech bands are about guitar solos, Tech Metal refers to all parts of the music being tech, and BtBaM's techncality comes from the drum work and rhythm guitars, they had a lot less guitar solos than Dream Theater, and even some Opeth songs have more soloing than BtBaM).
You're not really into extreme metal though, so your mileage may vary, but BtBaM released the best album in metal in 2007 for me personally.