Mordy's Metal Listening Club - New Albums Every Monday

Or we could just have a conversation without a "winner".

No need to be rude, I was just putting a suggestion out there to see what people thought.

I'm with EZ, I'd rather just have a discussion about these albums without it turning into any sort of "competition".

yeah agreed

Listening to the Kyuss right now, I already knew I loved "50 Million Year Trip", but was not prepared for how much I would love the quiet/loud dynamic of "Thong Song". The trick is really overused, but this is one example of how perfectly it can work.

Okay "Apothecaries' Weight" is awesome too, but I've mentioned before that I am pretty much a sucker for this vibe. Promise I won't liveblog the whole album like this.

please do!

Heh, I don't want to be that annoying, but right now the guitar tone on "Freedom Run" is absolutely slaying me. I almost feel dirty for being such an obvious mark for this sound. Really wondering why I hadn't worked my way back to this album yet, considering I already had the final two albums and the comp.

It's great to see someone on this thread actually enjoying it!

Wrapping it up with "Mondo Generator" right now, which I'd probably like much much better without the vocals all over the place. Not surprised that I love this, I mean pretty much straight up my alley.

i never really listened to entombed before, but i'm here to say it's great work music. cranking it for a second time through.

I hate. Slow songsssssssssssss.

Mordy has no patience!

I'm just channeling Kyuss' impatience!

actually this kinda reminds me of a post i saw on a metal board once (may have been the Relapse board, I forget) where a whole bunch of people said the only real metal was if it was FAST (and probably non-clean vocals iirc)
If it wasn't extremely fast it wasn't metal or good. Which is just stupid obviously.

Not that mordy is saying any of that.

Mordy you know that thing you like to do sometimes at home? Try that then listen to Kyuss? (not that I have ever needed to smoke anything but I guess some do)

kerr, you're misunderstanding me. I love the Kyuss album. My slow songs comment was a quote from it.

oh, hahaha

I was so moved by the song that I was inspired to transcribe the lyrics that I was really digging to the message board. I wasn't complaining or anything.

I just got too used to people on this thread slagging Kyuss off for not being metal so I thought you were moaning! sorry!

I don't think they're metal tbh -- or metal in the same sense that last year's Eluviete album is metal, which is to say: you can hear the affinities and relationships to metal, but it's equally drawing on other stuff (in this case, hard rock, blues, etc).

"If it wasn't extremely fast it wasn't metal or good."

This is clearly one of the dumbest opinions ever expressed. The song "Black Sabbath" is one of the slowest things ever recorded, and if those losers dont think that's metal or good....

they were probably kids who had never heard any music before 1990,Bill. There's a lot of that around , not just in metal either.

If I'm really digging this Kyuss album (and obv love QotSA), what other Palm Desert stuff should I check out? Are the Desert Sessions worth listening to? Are there other classic albums that emerged from that group?

yes they are

All of them?

Also
Unida
Fatso Jetson
Yawning Man
Brant Bjork (esp Jalamanta)

1st 6 desert sessions are awesome, but the others are great too

There's no bad Kyuss spin-offs really

And you gotta listen to Saint Vitus and late period sludgy Black Flag as that is what influenced Kyuss

Kyuss/QOTSA/Unida/Hermano/Che/Desert Sessions/Brant Bjork (and any other Kyuss spin-off + Stoner Rock in general) Search & Destroy , Classic Or Dud?

Sweet.

I definitely prefer Kyuss to QOTSA, especially recent QOTSA stuff. Anybody curious about things like Kyuss should check out Trouble too.

Maybe Mordy will let you choose next weeks albums. I'm sure noone will want me to do it again :)

These were three really good albums.

I used to hear Fatso Jetson's 'Bored Stiff' a lot on Screw Radio back in the day. Finally got around to downloading it a couple of years ago!

Thanks Mordy, I tried to do 2 from the 90s and 1 from the 00s that weren't all of the same genre. Obviously I have shitloads of albums I'd like to mention. But i could easily have done a 80s 90s 00s or whatever.

Should i get another shot in the future, I can pick many from 70s - 00s in plenty of sub-genres. But if you want expert picks in death metal or folk metal or thrash (outside the obvious classics) or power metal (shudder) etc then its up to others to join in! before my time comes round again.

Once a month, I think it would be a great idea to perhaps do a sub-genre theme pick. 3 (or more?) BM or DM or Doom or whatever classics. If anyone's up for that but the rest of the time we do 1-per-genre so that there's always a chance of something that someone will like.

Anyone agree/disagree or have better suggestions?

i think someone should just volunteer for a week and pick whatever three albums they want

but wont ppl complain if they choose 3 albums of the same genre they dont like?

no

it's not really that hard to be like "hey this isn't my thing" and just wait for the next week

i just think people should have their say and get a chance to choose how it all works rather than just making a rule that suits 1 person but forces the others to like it or lump it but might put off others

i mean it'd probably be easier if ppl picked a variety most of the time but you know what makes stuff less fun, is lots of rules

You're getting your say now so why not others.

am i preventing ppl from posting here? i am just expressing my opinion iirc

Like the idea & revisited those 3 albums the last 2 days. Sadly I still dont like any of them. Although the guitar sound on the Entombed is still lovely.

HEY DUDES LETS JUST THROW HORNS AND BE COOL

i gotta figure out some way to listen to these w/o buying 3 albums a week. stupid no us spotify grrr

(ask a certain canadian how he uses spotify)