What albums did you listen to today?

^ Too old for the mosh pit
I'm going with my sister, so rest assured, I'll be on my best behaviour dammit

^^ Never too old to enter the pit  Have fun 

Edited by Meltdowner - November 23 2015 at 04:14

Tom Ozric wrote: ^ Well, to say I 'can handle' Jens vocals is probably not quite correct - should be more like 'I can accept the nonsensical growling of Jens in this amazing music'. I love their grungey, crunching sound, they are all fantastic musicians on their instruments no doubt, and to be honest, no other vocal style would fit properly. The last track on the album I have is called Pitch Black. The vocals are more robotic, or zombie-like, and work much better. The music is amazing. The bass groove KILLS. I watched a live online thingy with Jens and the drummer Tomas, where they answered questions from fans - one question was 'have you ever thought of doing your albums as instrumentals ?' Jens was like " Then wtf am I gonna do ? ". I also admire the fact these guys don't come across as 'feral' dudes, like many other Extreme Metal acts. Rather 'clean' and focused, transformed into monsters on the stage though The complexity of their compositions are more than satisfying. Behold ! The Arctopus are a nuts Prog Extreme band too. And perhaps Gojira, but this is not my preferred genre by any stretch, more a novelty and something unique to me.

Great post here, Tom.
I really enjoy Meshuggha's Koloss and ObZen. 2 of the most fantastic tech/extreme albums I can really think of. :)
Love their crazy odd metering/rhythmic patterns. How they make it all work is beyond me.

Anyway. I got my maiden ticket last month to see them in freakin April! What a wait that will be.

progbethyname wrote: Tom Ozric wrote: ^ Well, to say I 'can handle' Jens vocals is probably not quite correct - should be more like 'I can accept the nonsensical growling of Jens in this amazing music'. I love their grungey, crunching sound, they are all fantastic musicians on their instruments no doubt, and to be honest, no other vocal style would fit properly. The last track on the album I have is called Pitch Black. The vocals are more robotic, or zombie-like, and work much better. The music is amazing. The bass groove KILLS. I watched a live online thingy with Jens and the drummer Tomas, where they answered questions from fans - one question was 'have you ever thought of doing your albums as instrumentals ?' Jens was like " Then wtf am I gonna do ? ". I also admire the fact these guys don't come across as 'feral' dudes, like many other Extreme Metal acts. Rather 'clean' and focused, transformed into monsters on the stage though The complexity of their compositions are more than satisfying. Behold ! The Arctopus are a nuts Prog Extreme band too. And perhaps Gojira, but this is not my preferred genre by any stretch, more a novelty and something unique to me. Great post here, Tom. I really enjoy Meshuggha's Koloss and ObZen. 2 of the most fantastic tech/extreme albums I can really think of. :) Love their crazy odd metering/rhythmic patterns. How they make it all work is beyond me. Anyway. I got my maiden ticket last month to see them in freakin April! What a wait that will be.

Yep - Maiden in May - SIX lonnnnnngggg months.
Oh, the last piece on Koloss is beyond amazing. And you're right - they almost play R.I.O. Really bizarre metres, odd cycles, almost playing against each other, but nailed a formula that works. Really fascinating. They sound almost scientific tbh. I'm not a fan of 'the growl', but I doubt any other style would match the music. Plus, I suppose Jens' growl is not downright 'evil' and dodgey as many others. I believe they've classed this Math-Metal as 'Djent' ??

Yesterday:

^ I had no problem with the howling winds
That's a lot of Ozric Great review by the way
Did you finally spin the White Eagle CD?
I never heard of Vian, but he's electronic enough to be under PE. I might do another with less accessible albums, since this one is not having the expected result

Today:
Neuronium - Digital Dream
Ubi Maior - Incanti Bio Meccanici
Klaus Schulze - Blackdance
Anekdoten - Until All The Ghosts Are Gone

Yep, I listened to `White Eagle' again, I find it perfectly decent without being too exciting. I'm going to give `Hyperborea' a new spin on the drive in tomorrow morning as well. Long neglected both of them.

Ha, I had an interesting drive home, I had the b-side/second track of `Timewind' playing loudly in the car, with the window down just a smidge, stuck in afternoon traffic crawling along, and the music causing this eerie intense soundtrack to everyone's sweaty impatience. More than a few people looking around in a daze no doubt thinking `What the f*ck is that?!'

Today's choices:

Tangerine Dream – Exit
Tangerine Dream – White Eagle
Klaus Schulze – Timewind
Steve Roach – Structures from Silence
Steve Hillage – Rainbow Dome Musick
Giron – Forest
The Tangent – A Spark in the Aether
Mantric Muse – s/t
PTF – What is Constant

Wednesday...

Steve Hillage – Rainbow Dome Musick
Steve Hillage – Green (do you have this one, Sam? Comes on an amazing lime-green vinyl! )
Klaus Schulze – Body Love
Klaus Schulze – Body Love 2
Klaus Schulze – Picture Music
Klaus Schulze - Mirage
Klaus Schulze - Timewind
Il Tempio delle Clessidre - Alienatura

Tangerine Dream – Hyperborea - Sam, I definitely think this is mostly superior to `White Eagle’, more detailed. The two longer pieces (second and forth tracks) are really impressive, and `Cinnamon Road’ is a cool but thankfully brief synth-pop piece. But for me the poorest track is the opener! It seems like a 4 minute idea stretched far too thin, very repetitive and quite tedious to my ears! Nick's a big fan of this one, he'll probably spring to it's defence!

^^ I don't have any album from Hillage. I have a cool green and black vinyl from Psicomagia, though... not as cool as that Il Tempio LP 

Edited by Meltdowner - November 26 2015 at 06:07