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Metal!!!
rostheferret:
--- Quote from: chem.x on March 16, 2012, 03:03:47 AM ---^ well metal is an extremely broad expression, so I guess its more up to you to decide what kind of metal it is I more or less hate categorizing music its dam near impossible.
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Some of it can be, but an awful lot fits under quite neat genre terms. So long as you know the genres - Death, Doom, Trad, Sludge, Stoner, Black and so on - a cursory listen is usually enough to figure out where to place them. If you can do this the worst you can be accused of is being inaccurate rather than wrong. It does get more confusing when you consider descriptors - symphonic, VKei, Technical and so on - and the more intricate details of genre classification (was that Bestial Black Metal or Raw Blackened Thrash?) but by this stage you're getting pedantic and both would work fine. So long as it describes what they sound like, it's a winner. Example, Children of Bodom: Extreme Power Metal or Neo-classical Melodic Death Metal? Well, both fit, so pick one :P
froody1911:
Not sure how much you guys will like this, but
maudlin of the Well
I just found out about them a few days ago. Rather jazzy prog metal (Wikipedia calls it avant-garde metal, but that's quite broad).
Sample: Birth Pains of Astral Projection (first 3 mins are intro)
They work better if you listen to the whole album in one go. I recommend their albums Bath, and Leaving Your Body Map. Particularly Bath.
Also they have a more recent album called Part the Second, which isn't metal but post-rock. It's available for free from their site here.
Promwolf:
--- Quote from: froody1911 on March 16, 2012, 10:59:32 AM ---Not sure how much you guys will like this, but
maudlin of the Well
I just found out about them a few days ago. Rather jazzy prog metal (Wikipedia calls it avant-garde metal, but that's quite broad).
Sample: Birth Pains of Astral Projection (first 3 mins are intro)
They work better if you listen to the whole album in one go. I recommend their albums Bath, and Leaving Your Body Map. Particularly Bath.
Also they have a more recent album called Part the Second, which isn't metal but post-rock. It's available for free from their site here.
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Oh shit I love Maudlin. I didn't think anyone else on here would be into them :3 I didn't really get into Kayodot though haha.
Uhh basically what this guy said ^ listen to them. It's awesome.
rostheferret:
Thanks for updating this, my final verdict isn't done but this is looking likely to be my album of the year. Especially if you like Ayreon, DT, Haken or Factory of Dreams (and you should).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD2uzpZDLJE
froody1911:
--- Quote from: rostheferret on March 23, 2012, 04:03:40 AM ---http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD2uzpZDLJE
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Not my cup of tea, specially the female vocals.
As for metal album of the year, my favorite is Alcest - Les Voyages de L'Ame. It's shoegaze with BM influences. It's got this really profound beauty and emotion even if you don't understand French.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCwGMLncumM, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8g9QncPOk0
--- Quote from: Promwolf on March 23, 2012, 03:39:11 AM ---I didn't really get into Kayodot though haha.
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That's completely different so it's not surprising. I don't like Kayodot either.
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