thread to dis hyped releases that you don't get/don't like/wanna complain about

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Glimpses into an existential vacuum > vacuous maximalism.

They’ve made it on ILM, that’s for sure.

when i want to gaze into the void, i want to be kicking ass while i do it

dril tweet or metal motto, you decide

I’m cool with either butt kicking or not butt kicking as I contemplate nihil but Liturgy fails on both counts. An eloquent illustration of faux metal as the nigh worst of several worlds.

contemplate nihil? Liturgy's entire philosophy/life/music is geared around the idea that there is no void, that there is meaning and divine presence and substance. it is all terribly optimistic and i can see why its jubilant promises of God might lie at odds with a voidgazer's perspective

me, i vacillate between the positions of void and divine, so i require both sorts of metal, innit

when i spoke of kicking ass while gazing into the void I was thinking more Darkspace or our darling Ruins Of Beverast lol

Ah, that makes more sense.

I have no bone to pick with the irruption of the theological into black metal, as long as it’s conceived as kenosis.

there he is with his deathspell omega

That’s not where I picked it up (had to google the connection just now) and as far as I’m concerned Paracletus is the only album of theirs I fully endorse.

Liturgy's entire philosophy/life/music is geared around the idea that there is no void, that there is meaning and divine presence and substance.

he's just some dude

'he'? check yr receipts dude

or are you referring to god the divine, lol

sorry

boognish

Theos is both masculine and feminine in Ancient Greek iirc.

Theos Huxtable

The Liturgy album is good but it is not in any sense a metal record.

I mean, in some sense it is clearly a metal record. So far it feels more like a metal sensibility subsuming other influences than some other genre toying with metal signifiers.

So far it feels more like a metal sensibility subsuming other influences than some other genre toying with metal signifiers.

Once you've heard it all the way through — I'm reviewing it for The Wire — I think you'll have the opposite impression. To me it feels like an attempt at modern composition, with the occasional blast beat and/or metal riff (a little BM here, a little doom there) popping up and lots of glitching and high-pitched sine-wave tones.

Contemporary classical music for people who hate/ignore contemporary classical music (I’m looking at you, (redacted)).

B-)

couldn't sell that Liturgy/Oval split LP fast enough, glad it's gone

wontgetfooledagain.flv

Wait, so I can catch up, are we talking about HAQQ or the even newer one? I lost track.

The new one. I’ve only streamed the two tracks that are currently available on BC ahead of the album’s official release on Friday.

Thx, haven't played those ones yet.

Thinking about the void of subjectivity

— Liturgy (@LITVRGY) November 18, 2020

That's fair unperson, curious to hear the rest. So far I've been happy to enjoy them as black metal for people who hate/ignore black metal. :)

Feeling very vindicated rn.

xp

lol!

Not one to hold back but we're still only talking about the two tracks that are up, no? I thought HAQQ was a magnificent achievement and can't wait for the new one, but I do not enjoy hearing her tracks in isolation, so I'll hold out (did hear the first one released, which I liked) judgement.

I haven't listened to Liturgy since Aesthethica and I like the new one quite a bit (while recognizing its flaws) so...it definitely bears hearing in full, I'll say that much.

It was the same w/ HAQQ, where one track really did not tell the whole story imo, so I'll await impatiently.

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I shall vomit forever

I mean I've not even heard the album maybe it's good lol

It's ok, very SoCal posh.

it's really good!!!!

i feel like i rarely dis hyped releases in this thread so:

thundercat: he's always on year-end lists and i have yet to hear any music from him that i actually like

otmfm

excellent shout

I feel that, but Andy Kellman adores thundercat so I automatically put his stuff in the "maybe it's just me" basket.

Are any of you Zappa fans.

No

Just checking. Neither am I and Thundercat likewise elicits a polite 'interesting' from me.

i made myself a zappa fan this summer but i would consider myself a reluctant one

I feel that, but Andy Kellman adores thundercat so I automatically put his stuff in the "maybe it's just me" basket.

― Tim F, Wednesday, December 2, 2020 5:14 PM (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

hmmm have to take this into consideration

I like Thundercat in small doses, but it all gets very samey to me quite quickly.

Thundercat's music is...fine, but you're better off just listening to George Duke.

I am a Zappa fan ftr, I own half a dozen Mothers LPs and maybe 4 Zappas

he sucks though

Someone just gave me a $100 credit for the Universal Music webstore and I spent about five minutes seriously considering buying the 6CD Hot Rats box, but...no.

Zappa = classic