Whaddya want?!

The Batlord · 01-17-2016, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

It's not a journal, batface. It's a thread. You lose. Go directly to jail.

How the **** can I be expected to know there's a difference considering you have seventeen of the damned things?

Trollheart · 01-17-2016, 11:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Batlord

How the **** can I be expected to know there's a difference considering you have seventeen of the damned things?

Eighteen.

The Batlord · 01-17-2016, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Eighteen.

Seriously? I just threw out seventeen as an arbitrarily outrageous number since I couldn't imagine you could have that many journals. You're ****ing insane.

**Frownland** · 01-17-2016, 12:26 PM

Thantifaxath - Sacred White Noise

Trollheart · 01-17-2016, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Seriously? I just threw out seventeen as an arbitrarily outrageous number since I couldn't imagine you could have that many journals. You're ****ing insane.

No, I don't. I was just being facetious. Though I think it's about eleven or twelve at this point. Let's see....

The Playlist of Life
The Couch Potato
Bitesize
Trollheart's Futureshock
Classic Albums I have never heard
I know what I like
Trollheart's Psychic Album Reviews
Of Gods and Men
Trollheart's Theme Park
Trollheart Does 1001 Metal Albums

that's ten, then. I think that's the lot.
Yeah, you're right: I'm insane.

mythsofmetal · 01-17-2016, 01:50 PM

Yeah, I was expecting you to like that Thy Catafalque album a lot. It's great to see that you liked it enough to give all of the songs a blue rating and the full album an overall 10/10, I wasn't quite sure if it would get that, though I considered that as a likely possibility.

and yeah, I think that the album would probably be really up your alley too, Trollheart. I look forward to seeing what you think of it as well.

As for my next rec for TLP, here's the album by the band which was a kind of side-project for the keyboardist/programmer/harsh-vocalist of Thy Catafalque, although I saw that he expressed how he considered it his main band actually until they went on a kind of hiatus in the mid-late 00's. The band's name is Gire, the album's self titled and was released in 2007. Here's the bandcamp page -- Gire | Blood Music -- The most apparent difference is that there's much more death metal in the mix than black metal. This album compared to RHR also has more metal in general, but other Thy Catafalque albums have comparable amounts of metal, while RHR kinda went into predominantly electronic/ambient/folk etc. territory by the middle of the album. The bonus song at the twelfth track was added on to the album for the 2015 re-release, so if you're against doing stuff which was later added on, then you should skip it. I think it's a good track, so if you don't have a rule which you would want to abide by for its situation, then I would say go for it and include it in your review/rating.

Mr. Charlie · 01-21-2016, 06:23 PM

I wanna zigazig ah. Good one, wasn't it? Liar. It was bloody excellent!

TechnicLePanther · 02-04-2016, 02:56 PM

Album: Perfect Symmetry
Artist: Fates Warning
Genre: Progressive Metal
Suggested by: TechnicLePanther
Familiarity: I've heard several of their other albums, and from what I've heard, this should be really good.

1. Part of the Machine - Great vocals on this first track, and an overall great early prog metal track.

2. Through Different Eyes - An almost ballad-like opening, sort of reminiscent of Porcupine Tree (even though they came later of course). Then it launches into the main riff. This has a lot in common with Iron Maiden I feel. A great ballad here, and of course, another great song.

3. Static Acts - Very similar in structure to the last track, but perhaps a bit more atmospheric. There's some guitar bits which are quite nice during the verses. Again, the vocals are really incredible.

4. A World Apart - The drums on this one have that classic late 80s metal drum sound, which is cool to hear on a Fates Warning album. Really dark, gloomy, and excellent track. Still no complaints really.

5. At Fates Hands - Really soft, beautiful track this time. Starts to feel a bit like a march halfway through. The atmosphere provided by all of the instruments combining their strength is really awesome. Towards the end, an instrumental section with guitars and synth picks up the pace of the song, and I guess in this case defines a prog metal trope. Absolutely epic song though.

6. The Arena - A much shorter track here, pretty much the same power metal fare as much of the album. Not any worse though, so I'm not complaining.

7. Chasing Time - Another really atmospheric track. Starts out pretty similar to the others, but a violin (or maybe fiddle) arrangement comes in during the second verse, which is really good. Then it enters a brief, but beautiful second segment before returning to the main bit. More great stuff.

8. Nothing Left to Say - Final track, and the longest on the album. Again, just really, really excellent prog metal, not much else I can say. Sort of an abrupt ending, but the rest of the song more than makes up for it.

Really, really good prog metal here. The vocals are excellent, the arrangement is excellent, the guitars are excellent, the drums are great... everything. Absolutely everything about this album is great. Despite the similarity between a couple of the songs, it would be a totally perfect album. However, despite my perfect rating of the tracks individually, I think as a whole, it would do better. Not by much though.

OVERALL RATING: 9.5/10

Plainview · 02-05-2016, 04:11 AM

Yay! You're back! Wonder what you'll make of Remain in Light. Exciting.

grindy · 02-05-2016, 04:16 AM

^Yay! You're back!

01-17-2016, 12:26 PM	#424 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	Thantifaxath - Sacred White Noise __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

02-04-2016, 02:56 PM	#428 (permalink)
TechnicLePanther and the livin' is easy... Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: New York Posts: 1,997	Album: Perfect Symmetry Artist: Fates Warning Genre: Progressive Metal Suggested by: TechnicLePanther Familiarity: I've heard several of their other albums, and from what I've heard, this should be really good. 1. Part of the Machine - Great vocals on this first track, and an overall great early prog metal track. 2. Through Different Eyes - An almost ballad-like opening, sort of reminiscent of Porcupine Tree (even though they came later of course). Then it launches into the main riff. This has a lot in common with Iron Maiden I feel. A great ballad here, and of course, another great song. 3. Static Acts - Very similar in structure to the last track, but perhaps a bit more atmospheric. There's some guitar bits which are quite nice during the verses. Again, the vocals are really incredible. 4. A World Apart - The drums on this one have that classic late 80s metal drum sound, which is cool to hear on a Fates Warning album. Really dark, gloomy, and excellent track. Still no complaints really. 5. At Fates Hands - Really soft, beautiful track this time. Starts to feel a bit like a march halfway through. The atmosphere provided by all of the instruments combining their strength is really awesome. Towards the end, an instrumental section with guitars and synth picks up the pace of the song, and I guess in this case defines a prog metal trope. Absolutely epic song though. 6. The Arena - A much shorter track here, pretty much the same power metal fare as much of the album. Not any worse though, so I'm not complaining. 7. Chasing Time - Another really atmospheric track. Starts out pretty similar to the others, but a violin (or maybe fiddle) arrangement comes in during the second verse, which is really good. Then it enters a brief, but beautiful second segment before returning to the main bit. More great stuff. 8. Nothing Left to Say - Final track, and the longest on the album. Again, just really, really excellent prog metal, not much else I can say. Sort of an abrupt ending, but the rest of the song more than makes up for it. Really, really good prog metal here. The vocals are excellent, the arrangement is excellent, the guitars are excellent, the drums are great... everything. Absolutely everything about this album is great. Despite the similarity between a couple of the songs, it would be a totally perfect album. However, despite my perfect rating of the tracks individually, I think as a whole, it would do better. Not by much though. OVERALL RATING: 9.5/10 __________________ Many have tried to destroy it... but... true evil never dies. It is only... REBORN *SUGGEST ME AN ALBUM* - I'm probably not going to listen to it but I will if you bother me enough.

02-05-2016, 04:16 AM	#430 (permalink)
grindy . Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: . Posts: 7,201	^Yay! You're back! __________________ *A smell of petroleum prevails throughout.*

01-17-2016, 01:50 PM	#426 (permalink)
mythsofmetal Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 207	Yeah, I was expecting you to like that Thy Catafalque album a lot. It's great to see that you liked it enough to give all of the songs a blue rating and the full album an overall 10/10, I wasn't quite sure if it would get that, though I considered that as a likely possibility. and yeah, I think that the album would probably be really up your alley too, Trollheart. I look forward to seeing what you think of it as well. As for my next rec for TLP, here's the album by the band which was a kind of side-project for the keyboardist/programmer/harsh-vocalist of Thy Catafalque, although I saw that he expressed how he considered it his main band actually until they went on a kind of hiatus in the mid-late 00's. The band's name is Gire, the album's self titled and was released in 2007. Here's the bandcamp page -- Gire \| Blood Music -- The most apparent difference is that there's much more death metal in the mix than black metal. This album compared to RHR also has more metal in general, but other Thy Catafalque albums have comparable amounts of metal, while RHR kinda went into predominantly electronic/ambient/folk etc. territory by the middle of the album. The bonus song at the twelfth track was added on to the album for the 2015 re-release, so if you're against doing stuff which was later added on, then you should skip it. I think it's a good track, so if you don't have a rule which you would want to abide by for its situation, then I would say go for it and include it in your review/rating.

01-21-2016, 06:23 PM	#427 (permalink)
Mr. Charlie Shoo Thoughts Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: These Mountains Posts: 2,308	I wanna zigazig ah. Good one, wasn't it? Liar. It was bloody excellent!