What albums did you listen to today?

Agalloch-- Ashes Against The Grain( this is still their best album they've ever done. Unbelievably beautiful experimental metal.
Miles Davis--A Kind of Blue ( The trumpet speaks to my soul.)
End of Days-- movie soundtrack. ( absolutely love it. Brings back good memories.)
Dead Can Dance-- with in the realm of a dying sun. ( if you ever want an album that can give ya a spiritual wake up call or ass kicking this is your ticket. ;)
The Nephilim-- Zoon ( this album is too heavy for me. Just kidding! )
Fields Of The Nephilim--Fallen ( gothic rock with an industrial edge. My cup of tea.)

Yesterday...

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: Today: Reale Academia di Musica - s/t

Secret oyster - Furitive Pearl.
That't the first for today.


Edited by LizardsExist - January 04 2015 at 07:36

The Who by Numbers
White Stripes - White Blood Cells
Yes - Tales side 2

I have had a jazz-free day today; partially because my most recent thrift store loot was classical and folk :)

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: Today: Iron Maiden - The Final frontier

Yo senõr downunder! How so you fair with this one my friend?

Today(Sunday laziness)

Moonspell--Irreligious
Fields of the Nephilim-- live at the Roskilde festival (Denmark,2000)
Fields of the Nephilim--Dawnrazor
Threshold--The Ravages of time (disc 2)
Dream Theater--Images And Words
Knifeworld--The Unraveling (it's a grower)
NIN-- The Fragile (halo 14) side one (left) only.
Comedy of errors--Disobey
Twelfth Night--Live and let live (both discs) :)

Meltdowner wrote: and

Heh, just yesterday a prog friend and I on my Facebook were discussing this album, Sam! It started with him asking `If I could choose just one Crimson album to keep, which would it be?', I instantly replied `Islands', he came back with `Red'....and the discussions started from there!

I think my thoughts are on it are well known? At least I remember talking about it with Sagi on here at one point too.

What's your take on it, Sam?

OK, I'm copying and pasted from my comments for that conversation, Sam! Also, there's a story I mentioned in it that I'm pretty sure Nick and Sagi have read before, so sorry for the repetition, fellas!

Now don't get me wrong, I really like `Red', but I don't think there is a lot of depth of it. It's clanging and noisy and cool on a surface level to me, but not much more than that. Most of their other albums take endless plays to discover their secrets, but to me `Red' was instantly good but never one to go back to much except for an adrenaline blast.

I was going through a vendors items at the Camberwell Record Fair a year or two back, and a guy standing next to me asked could he look over my shoulder as I flipped through the prog vinyl. We started chatting and commenting on all the albums as we went thought them, and when we got to `Red', he said "sigh...f**king `Red'...it's the youngies and metalheads that like that one so much....". Now, I don't agree with his instant dismissal of it, but I kind of know what he was getting at."

*****

Anyway, do go back and get `Islands', I love the dark jazz sound to much of it, lots of quiet sedate subtle moments and then noisy outbursts!

Edited by Aussie-Byrd-Brother - January 04 2015 at 18:43

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: I dig `Final Frontier', Nick! Stuff like `Isles of Avalon', `Mother of Mercy' etc are terrific. There's all these really cool proggy moments scattered throughout the album too. Look, it probably doesn't do too much they haven't done before, but it's very reliable and full of everything you could love about Maiden. If it proves to be their last studio album (don't know if that's what the title was getting at?), then they went out with a perfectly good release! Hope you had a good merry Progness, My friend!

Michael my good friend, I did have quite the merry proggery this year, and you are right about Maiden. Same formula since 2000's Brave New World but man can they still excite! So much so, that I am very happy to tell you that Iron Maiden will be touring in 2015 and are in the studio finishing up a new album material!
How about that? .
Also, one of our mutual Neo favourites Arena, are releasing a new album "the unquiet Sky' in the middle of this year (2015) as well. That's not all, even my beloved Nephilim are back in the studio finishing up new works for the first time in 10 yrs!!! . No concrete release date for the new album, but
I think 2015 is shaping up to give me a sheer, sonic heart attack.
I can't take all this pleasure at once.

Anyhow. More listening for today. Prog on my good man!

Fates Warning--The Specter With in ( the guitar work in this album is furious. )
Fields Of The Nephilim--Ceremonies box set (disc 2 only) I can't get enough of this live performance set. Just amazing.
How to destroy Angels-- S/T EP ( sonically this album is the tops. Tom baker is an amazing master engineer. Reznor only works with the best. )