What are you currently listening to....

[darlowolf64]

I don't undertsand all these genres. Loads of bands my wife listens to are classed as hardcore or post-hardcore apparently which means bugger all to me. It's all rock music, it's just that her bands shout a lot more than my bands do!

Oh don't start me with "shouty bands" Dan. The 14 yr old also likes bands like Slipknot and Megadeath and his latest "love" is a band called Five Finger Death Punch. My only need in my music is that I can understand what they are singing! (Now I'm showing my age)

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

Oh don't start me with "shouty bands" Dan. The 14 yr old also likes bands like Slipknot and Megadeath and his latest "love" is a band called Five Finger Death Punch. My only need in my music is that I can understand what they are singing!

They are Marcus Hahnemann's favourite band!

I dont mind a bit of shouting as long as there is some melody in there too.

 

[b3h]

My 2 fav bands, and a showcase song for each (Dubbed good by others)



Fightstar - Mono

Atreyu - My Fork In The Road

 

[darlowolf64]

They are Marcus Hahnemann's favourite band!

I dont mind a bit of shouting as long as there is some melody in there too.

Ah, well in that case........
I have understood the words to two tracks on the album so it can't be THAT bad

 

[b3h]

Ah there's were we are different then Darlo.

I love heavy just as much as I love mellow.

 

[Jolemai]

I dont mind a bit of shouting as long as there is some melody in there too.

Whilst I don't refer to is as shouting, I do agree with this. They need to have something that catch (and preferably, hold) your attention and usually, that is the riffs that accompany the songs.

 

[b3h]

+ "The Crimson" for Atreyu (It's the song that made people "notice them")

And it is in fact my favourite song by them.

 

[darlowolf64]

Ah there's were we are different then Darlo.

I love heavy just as much as I love mellow.

I don't mind "heavy" either but I'm a singer...I like to sing along. I like to learn songs that I can get my mates to learn to play so that I can sing them in pubs when the opportunity arises. If all they do is growl, shout and swear it kinda buggers that for me! ldboy:

 

[b3h]

Totally picturing you screaming in a pub now.

 

[darlowolf64]

Totally picturing you screaming in a pub now.

:clap:

 

[b3h]

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Continuing the heavy theme...

I had wanted to check out some other work by a guitarist called Lee Altus who has appeared on the last couple of Exodus albums, as he SERIOUSLY shreds, and found out his "other" band is a group called Heathen. I bought their latest album "The Evolution of Chaos" about a year ago and it is tremendous, but I was faffing around on Amazon and came across an album from donkeys ago with a different line-up (bar Altus himself). I remembered having one track from a compilation called Speed Kills...But Who's Dying, so I thought I would take the plunge.

Holy shit, it is fucking incredible stuff. As good an eighties thrash album (bar the obvious tops of Puppets and Reign in Blood) as I have ever heard. Absolutely amazing riffery, brilliant composition, insanely good solos and (just for Darlo) lyrics you can understand. The production is shit-hot too. It is brilliant, and I am so chuffed I took a gamble on it.

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

A good cover of one of my favourite Whispertown 2000 songs. I discovered Whispertown 2000 through my love of Jenny Lewis, they made 2 awesome albums then the main singer/songwriter dropped the '2000' bit, got rid of all the other members and went all crap. I have no idea who these two are but I like the cover version!

 

[So Long Architect]

Worth watching just for the ridiculous antics of the band. Drumstick twirling - check. One-handed keyboard playing - check. Constipated bassist - check.

 

[b3h]

 

[b3h]

Just for you, Squeeze

 

[Nando]

That Seether album is cracking. He's got a superb voice.

 

[Langers]

Blur - 13

Good god, what a fabulous album that is. It's one of the only things I've listened to in over a month as I've had Amused to Death by Roger Waters on a constant repeat since I discovered it. Straight into my top 10 of all time. No mean feat.

 

[Jolemai]

Continuing the heavy theme...

I had wanted to check out some other work by a guitarist called Lee Altus who has appeared on the last couple of Exodus albums, as he SERIOUSLY shreds, and found out his "other" band is a group called Heathen. I bought their latest album "The Evolution of Chaos" about a year ago and it is tremendous, but I was faffing around on Amazon and came across an album from donkeys ago with a different line-up (bar Altus himself). I remembered having one track from a compilation called Speed Kills...But Who's Dying, so I thought I would take the plunge.

Holy $#@!, it is $#@!ing incredible stuff. As good an eighties thrash album (bar the obvious tops of Puppets and Reign in Blood) as I have ever heard. Absolutely amazing riffery, brilliant composition, insanely good solos and (just for Darlo) lyrics you can understand. The production is $#@!-hot too. It is brilliant, and I am so chuffed I took a gamble on it.

Link?

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

It is called Breaking the Silence and was on Under One Flag when originally released. Definitely available on Amazon and presumably iTunes as well.

Got my Sepultura - the Max Cavalera years collection a couple of days ago. Been listening to Schizophrenia in the car but tomorrow I think I will break out Roots or Arise.