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Metal!!!
rostheferret:
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--- Quote from: rostheferret on March 02, 2011, 09:26:49 AM ---EDIT: And don't forget Hizaki's solo project, particularly "Curse of Virgo." I still prefer that EP to anything Versailles have done to the point I once knew how to play the entirety of Race Wish on guitar. I've forgotten most of it now though :(
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Is the sound on the vid distorted or does he really sport such an horrendous guitar tone ? On a second thought, the whole mix is a terrible mess. Drumming sounds flat and lifeless, almost mechanic -programmed ?-, bass drum is too loud and out of sync, snare sounds hollow and keys move in and out of focus, sometimes disappearing then getting obnoxious.
Decent skills, but nothing in the playing or the music that hasn't been done to death by every single shredder since the early 80s.
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You could say that about every neo-classical guitarist. The vid quality is a bit dodgy (there seems to be some weird delay on it) but the key is in the melodies produced. Eh, I'm a fan of neo-classical playing, I just hate it when people learn the scales and think that's a license to masturbate and forget that they were meant to be making something musical at some point. I think the drums are done by machine. Hizaki doesn't exactly play the drums (though the keys/bass is probably him).
Twiggyay:
I think Hizaki Grace project is okay but Versailles is much more professional and creative than HGP ever was, (But HGP was independant hurr durr, i don't care, it's those small things that makes the difference. you can actually hear the pick scraping against the string in the solo in Mizerable which makes it sound cheap).
Hizaki's solo's in HGP are pretty standard and boring, i think Teru did a better job than him when it comes to solos.
(i'm not sure about the spelling on this one) Dokusaisha to Katsubou is a great example of Teru's skills.
Race wish is overrated.
That said, Hizaki's solos in Versailles are divine.
KMKZkitten:
not sure if this was mentioned yet, BUT: Last Days Of Humanity - In Advanced Haemorrhaging Conditions
probably the sickest goregrind band+ep ever
its way out of print, though you could find it for download off an audioblog somewhere
SpeedKills:
I haven't listened to much metal lately, but I have a long history with it (and I helped start off this post by arguing about the true definition of "Metal", in true intellectually elitist form).
I've noticed more and more that new metal bands are very formulaic, and it reminded me of the late 90s, early 2000s, when there were a lot of "music schools" opening around the country and advertised constantly on the radio. I put it in quotes because it wasn't like a real college or anything, it was a fast-track program for learning how to play mainstream rock/metal. Now, 5-6 years later, the music scene is awash with these kinds of bands, and they all sound the same to me. I'm over-generalizing, I know, but I think someone here has to know what I mean by all this.
Does anyone else notice that trend?
mgz:
--- Quote from: SpeedKills on March 18, 2011, 07:59:58 PM ---I haven't listened to much metal lately, but I have a long history with it (and I helped start off this post by arguing about the true definition of "Metal", in true intellectually elitist form).
I've noticed more and more that new metal bands are very formulaic, and it reminded me of the late 90s, early 2000s, when there were a lot of "music schools" opening around the country and advertised constantly on the radio. I put it in quotes because it wasn't like a real college or anything, it was a fast-track program for learning how to play mainstream rock/metal. Now, 5-6 years later, the music scene is awash with these kinds of bands, and they all sound the same to me. I'm over-generalizing, I know, but I think someone here has to know what I mean by all this.
Does anyone else notice that trend?
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i was listening to ron and fez on xm the other day and ron was interviewing bob geldof, and i think he summed it up pretty good.
Everyone has the means to say anything they want to say, but nobody has anything to say. So how do we get to the filtered excellence?…If you can get something for free, you attach no value for it… most people are shit. If you have nothing to say, shut the fuck up instead of boring us with the drivel. Where is the point of view, the original take on things?”
Thats the quote from the interview
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