What album are you listening to? v.5

[jjrock88]

Black Sabbath- Heaven and Hell

[jjrock88]

Black Sabbath- The Mob Rules

[Prog Snob]

[Art]

Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist

Palms - Palms

[Big Hath]

[ChuckSteak]

[robin5749]

allan holdsworth metal fatigue fantastic record, going through all of allans albums, paying my respects.

[jjrock88]

Black Sabbath- Live Evil

[jjrock88]

Black Sabbath- Dehumanizer

[BlobVanDam]

Black Sabbath- Dehumanizer

Crazy Lixx - Ruff Justice

[Big Hath]

[Lowdz]

First impressions are that this is a cracker. 

[V_R11]

The new Ayreon album. Pre-order copy. It's honestly really good

[Sacul]

2/10 but the 2 is actually a 10

Actually it wasn't bad, but I got a bit bored after a couple songs - too paramacore for my tastes But will give it more spins just in case.

Who Bit the Moon: Basically the songwriting of his first two EPs but with ECO's style, and less djent. It's... not bad actually, just feels pretty safe for him.
Pig Inside the Gentleman: Ohboi, some really amazing cinematic jazz. Doesn't really feel meandering and relies more in structure rather than improvisation. Me likey.
Blood Inside: Definitely their most complex, experimental album imo - there's so many genres I dunno how to describe it lel. Good stuff tho.

[Crow]

tbh you'd hate it anyways so don't 

i need to give the new DMM more spins but i haven't "bought" it yet so

[jjrock88]

Iron Maiden- The X Factor

[jjrock88]

Judas Priest- Demolition

[Zydar]

Mastodon - Crack The Skye

[bundy]

Symphony X - The Divine Wings of Tragedy
Allen/Lande- The Showdown
Star One - Space Metal

[Crow]

after giving these guys a few listens i think i've both identified why they don't work for me as strongly as el drugstore and why exactly el drugstore does work so well where so many other bands fail.

1. there's not really any reprieve moments, they go full throttle 95%+ of the time and it can get overwhelming
2. there's clearly a focus on the guitar here & there's outright no actual bass guitar apparently, it's lacking the instrumental synergy el drugstore (and even dysrhythmia) has
3. it's missing the hooks and memorable melodies that stick in your head. waltz of the swedish meatballs has one at the start but beyond that there's not much here i can really recall. plague ship is just. utterly bloated with all these kinds of hooks
4. lack of structure really. the songs just flow and flow without ever feeling cohesive, a mesh of ideas jammed together. this is a problem with a lot of prog really but it's pretty evident here.

and despite all that i still do think this is one of the better examples of the style & i am probably interested in picking this one up especially 'cause it's cheapo as heck everywhere, but i am gonna give their other album another spin too & see if i dig it more. i do like this, it's just lacking the qualities that make for a really great album.

also great album cover tbh

[jjrock88]

Stryper- To Hell with the Devil

[Crow]

there are moments of this where i *think* i get it but then i lose it.
and it's just too bloated and incohesive as a whole. not bad really but not for me

[Prog Snob]

A must for anyone getting into old prog rock

[Crow]

i like this, a lot

[ozzy554]

[NoseofNicko]

[twosuitsluke]

also great album cover tbh

The album cover alone makes me want to give this a spin 

Are they called Electro Quarterstaff? Might give them a try 

[bundy]

Sieges Even - Paramount

I really need to get some more Sieges Even. This is the only album of theirs that I have and I play it once or twice every few months. Each time I'm reminded of just how good an album this is.
Any recommendations as to what I should get next?

[Crow]

also great album cover tbh

The album cover alone makes me want to give this a spin 

Are they called Electro Quarterstaff? Might give them a try 

yeah that's their name

basically instrumental metal with a focus on weird technical stuff (rym has them labelled as tech death? i don't know if i agree with that but)

i'm trying to find bands like el drugstore because plague ship is friggin' incredible actually.

[twosuitsluke]

also great album cover tbh

The album cover alone makes me want to give this a spin 

Are they called Electro Quarterstaff? Might give them a try 

yeah that's their name

basically instrumental metal with a focus on weird technical stuff (rym has them labelled as tech death? i don't know if i agree with that but)

i'm trying to find bands like el drugstore because plague ship is friggin' incredible actually.

Well I did listen to Plague Ship, I thought it was ok but definitely didn't love it as much as you, I'll give this a shot though 

[Crow]

this isn't really that comparable anyways. plague ship is dissonant and sludgy and while there are moments of dissonance here it's def way more melodic



this isn't bad or anything but it isn't great either and doesn't really stand out to me in like, any way at all. i've listened through it twice and there's just nothing special about it. it's not like soen where they were doing nothing fresh but just doing it so well that the end result was engaging. this just isn't engaging at all. it feels really by-the-numbers. and again it's not bad or anything just, not good enough

[jjrock88]

Iron Maiden- Virtual X1

[Cyclopssss]

Ayreon - The Source.   

[jjrock88]

Judas Priest- Jugulator

[jingle.boy]