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angelmk

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Posted: May 09 2009 at 08:14

Ihsahn video above is just beautiful

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Posted: May 13 2009 at 16:42

Holy crap, anyone else here heard Kevin Hufnagel's (dysrhythmia) new acoustic project? The compositions remind me a bit of the amazingly complex polyrhythms that Robert Fripp forged with his "League of Crafty Guitarists".

http://www.myspace.com/kevinhufnagel

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Posted: May 13 2009 at 17:52

Dominic wrote:

Holy crap, anyone else here heard Kevin Hufnagel's (dysrhythmia) new acoustic project? The compositions remind me a bit of the amazingly complex polyrhythms that Robert Fripp forged with his "League of Crafty Guitarists".

http://www.myspace.com/kevinhufnagel

Thanks for this Dominic

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Posted: May 14 2009 at 00:10

Plankowner wrote:

Thanks for this Dominic

Great Stuff!
This makes me excited for a new Gorguts album (since Kevin is now a member)....

http://www.amazon.com/gp/shops/storefront/index.html?ie=UTF8&marketplaceID=ATVPDKIKX0DER&sellerID=AP

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Posted: May 14 2009 at 00:11

Songs for the Disappeared is excellent,and a pleasant surprise.It's a nice departure from his other music.

Can't wait to hear him in the newly reformed Gorguts myself.

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Posted: May 14 2009 at 11:29

a request : i want Obscura(Ger) for PA .. today i'am listening Cosmogenesis and it's very very good album, technical for sure, and i think it has all the elements necessary for inclusion in PA

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Posted: May 15 2009 at 00:52

Obscura is pretty sick, I just don't like the vocals. :\

I listen to a lot of the Faceless, Spawn of Possession, and the such.

Waiting on the new Born of Osiris album right now. :)

Technical death metal <3.

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Posted: May 16 2009 at 03:54

If I were to download a Wolves in the Throne Room album, which one should it be?

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Posted: May 16 2009 at 11:23

Henry Plainview wrote:

If I were to download a Wolves in the Throne Room album, which one should it be?

None. they suck. Thumbs Down

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Posted: May 16 2009 at 13:49

Henry Plainview wrote:

If I were to download a Wolves in the Throne Room album, which one should it be?

If you could get only one I would suggest their album Two Hunters.

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Posted: May 16 2009 at 14:42

Henry Plainview wrote:

If I were to download a Wolves in the Throne Room album, which one should it be?

two hunters i would suggest. most progessive to date , although other 2 albums are worth listening , Diadem Of 12 Stars is great Black metal album, surely not straight forward black, it has it's prog elements .

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Posted: May 22 2009 at 22:16

Well, I'm a rather avid fan of the tech/ extreme metal genre as well as experimental/ post metal. But since it seems like this thread is strictly about tech/ extreme metal thread, I'll go ahead and post rather amazing tech/ extreme album that I have been listening to lately.

Ved Buens Ende's Written in Waters: This is such an interesting forgotten masterpiece of avant-garde metal. They only released one album together like many other bands and it is their only masterpiece. Its dark, gloomy, rather sludgey and the crooning vocals aalong with the walls of interesting guitar sounds really make this album cohesive in my opinion. If I could, I would buy a copy of the physical album.

If you have never ever heard of them, I highly recommend this album and band to whoever likes the slower, gloomier and perhaps more abstract side of the tech/ extreme metal. >:{D
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Posted: May 22 2009 at 22:44

I listened to Fortress with a buddy yesterday, he loved it and I must say I enjoyed it even more than the first five or six times I listened, might even bump-up my rating from 3 to 4 stars

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Posted: May 23 2009 at 01:12

Fortress is a pretty detailed album, more so than the in face sound of it suggests. Having listened to it at least 100 times over the last 12 months, I have to say it's a spectacular album. You can hear how hungry the band members are, I love how inspired the album comes across as a result.

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Posted: May 23 2009 at 01:38

it's very impressive

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Posted: May 23 2009 at 02:09

angelmk wrote:

a request : i want Obscura(Ger) for PA .. today i'am listening Cosmogenesis and it's very very good album, technical for sure, and i think it has all the elements necessary for inclusion in PA

I suggested this already. It´s being evaluated at the moment.

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Posted: May 23 2009 at 02:12

faceofdoomness wrote:

Well, I'm a rather avid fan of the tech/ extreme metal genre as well as experimental/ post metal. But since it seems like this thread is strictly about tech/ extreme metal thread, I'll go ahead and post rather amazing tech/ extreme album that I have been listening to lately.

Ved Buens Ende's Written in Waters: This is such an interesting forgotten masterpiece of avant-garde metal. They only released one album together like many other bands and it is their only masterpiece. Its dark, gloomy, rather sludgey and the crooning vocals aalong with the walls of interesting guitar sounds really make this album cohesive in my opinion. If I could, I would buy a copy of the physical album.

If you have never ever heard of them, I highly recommend this album and band to whoever likes the slower, gloomier and perhaps more abstract side of the tech/ extreme metal. >:{D
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I love this album

http://www.progarchives.com/review.asp?id=158489. If you enjoy Written in Waters be sure to check out Virus, Void and Dødheimsgard. All related projects.

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Posted: May 23 2009 at 02:45

UMUR wrote:

I suggested this already. It´s being evaluated at the moment.

I just checked and there are already two no votes for Obscura so I find it highly unlikely they will be added.

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Posted: May 23 2009 at 02:49

I don't understand why. They're almost dead-on prog metal. The technical compositions, fretless bass noodling, acoustic parts, some clean vocals, etc.

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Posted: May 23 2009 at 03:00

The PMT distinguish between technical metal and technical progressive metal and I guess Planky and Harry which are the two no votes feel that Obscura belong to the first catagory. Personally I think they are borderline progressive and I suggested them because I felt I needed other opinions to decide if they would fit into PA. A difficult case this one but a highly recommendable album nevertheless.

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