I tried to listen to The Electric Lady record because I like everything mentioned by Glenn in that post but I didn't make it very far. Listened to three songs -- not a big sample, I know -- but nothing grabbed me. A nice voice, okay riffs, decent mix, but none of it was strong enough to hook me.
Glenn - is there a song or two you recommend highly? I'd be willing to give them a bit more time but not an album's worth, at least based on my sampling.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 29 September 2012 12:46 (eleven years ago) link
I thought Vitus killed when I saw them this spring, so I second 誤訳侮辱's recommendation. See them if you can, for they are better live than on record. Which is definitely saying something when you consider what they've put on wax.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 29 September 2012 12:48 (eleven years ago) link
My favorite Electric Lady song is "Who Cares", but I also like "Secret Love" quite a bit, so if you made it through the first 3, I'd guess it's just not your thing.
I'm liking the new 69 Eyes better than I've liked them before. And the new Eïs might make up for my disappointment with the new Khors in the pagan black metal realm.
And Enslaved and Therion await!
― glenn mcdonald, Sunday, 30 September 2012 00:14 (eleven years ago) link
No, wait, I hate Therion. I always forget that. But: new Dalriada!
― glenn mcdonald, Sunday, 30 September 2012 01:54 (eleven years ago) link
i loved gothic kabbalah, glenn!
― Mordy, Sunday, 30 September 2012 02:04 (eleven years ago) link
I've lost tack of how many times I've decided that I really must like Therion, and given some new or old album a new listen, only to rediscover that I just don't.
― glenn mcdonald, Sunday, 30 September 2012 02:48 (eleven years ago) link
But I'm playing the new Enslaved now, and it's immense and awesome.
― glenn mcdonald, Sunday, 30 September 2012 02:49 (eleven years ago) link
Not even Beyond Sanctorum?
― Siegbran, Sunday, 30 September 2012 19:12 (eleven years ago) link
No, I've listened to all the Therion albums already. No and no.
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 1 October 2012 01:20 (eleven years ago) link
Ha ha, that's dedication to wanting to like a band – I usually only make it through a song or two of stuff I don't like.
― Hamster of Legend (J3ff T.), Monday, 1 October 2012 01:30 (eleven years ago) link
Oh, I didn't mean that I'd listened to them all all the way through. But at least half, and some of them more than once.
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 1 October 2012 02:03 (eleven years ago) link
"I Love the Darkness in You" on that new 69 Eyes is great – one of their more Sisters of Mercy songs, which obviously I like, and super catchy. That's a band where I can find at least two or three songs on each album that I love, even though I don't think they're necessarily a great band.
― Hamster of Legend (J3ff T.), Monday, 1 October 2012 03:02 (eleven years ago) link
got a free guest list spot to see Saint Vitus tonight! should be fun!
― farte blanche (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 1 October 2012 16:12 (eleven years ago) link
GUYS NIGHTWISH FIRED THEIR SINGER!
― Hamster of Legend (J3ff T.), Monday, 1 October 2012 17:59 (eleven years ago) link
Ah, hell, not again.
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 1 October 2012 19:50 (eleven years ago) link
can only mean one thing.... the big cash in
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 1 October 2012 19:51 (eleven years ago) link
Explain how it means that?
― Hamster of Legend (J3ff T.), Monday, 1 October 2012 20:11 (eleven years ago) link
Actually, it can mean that she's a raging bitch nobody else in the band likes, and the keyboardist and bassist, who run the show, were tired of her.
― 誤訳侮辱, Monday, 1 October 2012 20:11 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, I mean, that's what I figured.
― Hamster of Legend (J3ff T.), Monday, 1 October 2012 20:21 (eleven years ago) link
I dunno, this one seems quite a bit less rancorous than the last devocalizing. A less dramatic guess would be that Anette and her two kids now have different priorities than when she first joined.
Also, it's only in reading about this that I realized that one of the two excellent guest vocalists touring with Kamelot was Elize Ryd of the excellent Amaranthe. Hmm. Amaranth, Amaranthe. No, no, nothing to see here.
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 1 October 2012 21:46 (eleven years ago) link
IT'S A CONSPIRACY
― Hamster of Legend (J3ff T.), Monday, 1 October 2012 21:51 (eleven years ago) link
oh let's be honest Nightwish without Tarja was not really Nightwish
― Inconceivable (to the entire world) (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 1 October 2012 23:50 (eleven years ago) link
Speaking as someone who works for Nightwish's label, there was definitely rancor on both sides. Anette became super diva-ish with surprising speed, and Tuomas kept her on a very short leash - she was rarely allowed to do interviews, for example, which was one of the main reasons she had her own blog, and I think when she posted about her anger at being replaced the night she was sick, Tuomas decided to boot her. He's a nice guy, but he's a major control freak.
― 誤訳侮辱, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 00:30 (eleven years ago) link
thx to ilx i will never be able to take anyone named tuomas seriously again.
so im pretty sure that aaron turner is somewhere on a beach right now lighting cigars with my cd lot buy in money.
― Therion - Beyond Santorum (jjjusten), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 01:45 (eleven years ago) link
Didn't you know that that was his plan all along?
― Hamster of Legend (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 01:57 (eleven years ago) link
maybe he is traveling the country hand delivering cd lots.
― Therion - Beyond Santorum (jjjusten), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 01:59 (eleven years ago) link
"hey whats up, aaron here, got some stuff for you, do you have a couch i can crash on?"
― Therion - Beyond Santorum (jjjusten), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 02:00 (eleven years ago) link
Never got into Nightwish...ever never ever.
― SeanWayne, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 05:28 (eleven years ago) link
That's okay, we like you anyway.
― Hamster of Legend (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 15:36 (eleven years ago) link
They were no Stryper
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 15:37 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah reading Phil's thought my first thought was "wait Tuomas was involved, okay well now I know whose fault it really was."
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 15:53 (eleven years ago) link
New ILE board description.
― passive-aggressive display name (aldo), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 15:54 (eleven years ago) link
One thing about Anette, she was a perfect fit for the musical direction Tuomas wanted to go in. Love Tarja with Nightwish, but she's so devoid of charisma, and could never pull off something like the last record. It will be nice to hear Floor bring back the operatic singing on the older material, that's for sure...Anette butchered "Wishmaster", there's no denying that.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 16:20 (eleven years ago) link
Normally we see eye to eye, man, but you are so far wrong here in this case that I don't even know where to start (except for the "Wishmaster" butchering, that's on point).
― Hamster of Legend (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 16:24 (eleven years ago) link
Tarja could never, ever pull off "Storytime" like Anette did. Or most of that album for that matter. Anette brought personality and versatility to a record that demanded it from a singer. Tarja can barely pronounce English words properly, that would totally derail a concept album.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 16:36 (eleven years ago) link
I'll admit, I never heard the last record. Dark Passion Play turned me off something fierce.
― Hamster of Legend (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 16:44 (eleven years ago) link
Man, Imaginaerum is the best power metal album I've heard in the last five years, at least.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 16:45 (eleven years ago) link
Tarja can barely pronounce English words properly, that would totally derail a concept album.
man if I let accents get in the way of my metal concept enjoyment I don't know where I'd be
― Inconceivable (to the entire world) (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 16:51 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, versatility is one thing, having the operatic equivalent of Corpsegrinder's vocals is another – and with Nightwish, I want the latter. For the former, I have The Gathering.
― Hamster of Legend (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 16:54 (eleven years ago) link
Jeff, you really should listen to Imaginaerum. I was never a Nightwish fan at all, but it's really good.
― 誤訳侮辱, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 16:55 (eleven years ago) link
I find Tarja distracting at times, especially on Nightwish's more pop-oriented songs. In full-on opera mode, that's not an issue.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 16:56 (eleven years ago) link
if you guys have a chance to see saint vitus on this tour you totally should. amazing night.
― farte blanche (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 16:57 (eleven years ago) link
They ruled, right? Where did you see them? They destroyed it when I saw them!
― Clarke B., Tuesday, 2 October 2012 17:30 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.caravanmagazine.in/arts/bombay-death-city?page=0,1
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 17:30 (eleven years ago) link
Holy shit at John Baizley's statement up on Adrien's blog. I'm metal enough to admit I'm sitting here in my hotel room with damp eyes.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 18:04 (eleven years ago) link
I wrote about 14 of these 15 new albums myself.
http://www.rhapsody.com/blog/2012/10/top-15-metal-albums-october-2012
― xhuxk, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 19:54 (eleven years ago) link
Glad to see you liked the Abrahma record. It's a nice deviation from the Stoner norm.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 20:00 (eleven years ago) link
The last Tweak Bird got a little chat in the end of year poll in 2010, so I figured I'd mention their next record, Under Cover Crops, is out next week. I've only heard one song ("People") but it's great and I have my hopes up for the record as a whole.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 20:16 (eleven years ago) link
― Clarke B., Tuesday, October 2, 2012 12:30 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
the triple rock social club in minneapolis. sourvein (who i missed) and weedeater (super loud redneck doom (is that a thing?) that were somehow less than the sum of their parts).
dave chandler is nuts and still wears a sabbath type headband......wino has this sort of amazing 1000 yard stare...they played great....
the hearing stuff off the SST early records live was amazing cuz it was so HEAVY compared to the recordings...
dudes were partying....wino passed out a bottle of jack daniels and i had a slug out of it....
― farte blanche (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 20:57 (eleven years ago) link
I hadn't mentioned it here, but I spent the past weekend at the Noctis Metal Fest & Conference in Calgary, had a phenomenal time seeing bands (Venom, Pig Destroyer, Agalloch, Manilla Road, Midnight, Black Witchery, Nunslaughter, way more), talking shop, and meeting so many nice musicians, writers, industry types, and fans. Incredible.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 21:11 (eleven years ago) link