Albums You're Digging II

lucifer_sam · 12-09-2009, 05:27 PM

one of the best albums i've heard this year, Aaron Turner just keeps getting better and better. probably the best thing they've done since Oceanic, and i'm not entirely convinced that was any better than this.

Mojo · 12-09-2009, 05:36 PM

SUNN O))) - Monoliths and Dimensions (2009)

Just wonderfully gloomy drone.

BORIS - FEEDBACKER (2003)

Boris' one track drone/stoner rock masterpiece with ambient passages. Split into 5 parts, each bleeding effortlessly into the next. It really is such a perfect record.

lucifer_sam · 12-09-2009, 05:47 PM

hmmm...for some reason i've always overlooked Feedbacker for Akuma No Uta (the closing track is fucking enormous!). both are rather excellent records & this is coming from someone who finds most drone metal inescapably boring.

Mojo · 12-09-2009, 05:49 PM

I can see why you'd like Feedbacker, even if you dont like much drone. Theres drums, vocals and a guitar solo for a start. I just think its a masterpiece. Every time i listen to it i realise how just how fantastically crafted it is, and even though it is very easily seperated into 5 different parts, each different from one another its all organised in such a way that it is most definitely one single track.

I'll have to give Akuma No Uta another go. I do have it but i havent listened to it much.

jackhammer · 12-09-2009, 05:51 PM

Is this the best all girl metal album ever? Even ignoring the fact that there is a terrible lack of such albums, this is a fantastic slice of U.K 80's metal.

Mojo · 12-09-2009, 05:52 PM

They were supporting Motorhead again on this tour. I would have loved to have gone.

Sneer · 12-09-2009, 05:53 PM

sounds ghastly

music_phantom13 · 12-09-2009, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Stu

Give it time and it'll bloom into one of your favourite releases this year. Genuinely deserves all the hype it gets.

For me, I had to get over wanting them to be like they were on their previous records and just appreciate the poppier more accessible sound. I've given it a lot of time though and I still don't know that it's one of my favorites of the year... but it's a solid album regardless. And of course, a couple of the songs rival anything in their catalog.

Engine · 12-09-2009, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam

one of the best albums i've heard this year, Aaron Turner just keeps getting better and better. probably the best thing they've done since Oceanic, and i'm not entirely convinced that was any better than this.

I was just recently thinking that it may actually be my favorite album of this year. I agree with everything else you said as well. For some reason, I thought it was all gonna go downhill for ISIS after In The Absence Of Truth. But Wavering Radiant may be the band at their best - combining the old heaviness with the newer lightness and with maybe the best production they've ever had..maybe.

As for me: Lie Down In The Light by Bonnie Prince Billy - I'm digging the last 5 BPB albums a lot lately

jackhammer · 12-09-2009, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by mojopinuk

They were supporting Motorhead again on this tour. I would have loved to have gone.

Yeah I would have loved to see that for sure. Hit and Run is genuinely a great album.

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12-09-2009, 05:27 PM	#2661 (permalink)
lucifer_sam Unrepentant Ass-Mod Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 3,921	one of the best albums i've heard this year, Aaron Turner just keeps getting better and better. probably the best thing they've done since Oceanic, and i'm not entirely convinced that was any better than this. __________________ first.am

12-09-2009, 05:36 PM	#2662 (permalink)
Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	SUNN O))) - Monoliths and Dimensions (2009) Just wonderfully gloomy drone. BORIS - FEEDBACKER (2003) Boris' one track drone/stoner rock masterpiece with ambient passages. Split into 5 parts, each bleeding effortlessly into the next. It really is such a perfect record. __________________ Last.FM \| Echoes and Dust

12-09-2009, 05:47 PM	#2663 (permalink)
lucifer_sam Unrepentant Ass-Mod Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 3,921	hmmm...for some reason i've always overlooked Feedbacker for Akuma No Uta (the closing track is fucking enormous!). both are rather excellent records & this is coming from someone who finds most drone metal inescapably boring. __________________ first.am

12-09-2009, 05:49 PM	#2664 (permalink)
Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	I can see why you'd like Feedbacker, even if you dont like much drone. Theres drums, vocals and a guitar solo for a start. I just think its a masterpiece. Every time i listen to it i realise how just how fantastically crafted it is, and even though it is very easily seperated into 5 different parts, each different from one another its all organised in such a way that it is most definitely one single track. I'll have to give Akuma No Uta another go. I do have it but i havent listened to it much. __________________ Last.FM \| Echoes and Dust

12-09-2009, 05:51 PM	#2665 (permalink)
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12-09-2009, 05:52 PM	#2666 (permalink)
Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	They were supporting Motorhead again on this tour. I would have loved to have gone. __________________ Last.FM \| Echoes and Dust

12-09-2009, 05:53 PM	#2667 (permalink)
Sneer Let it drip Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,430	sounds ghastly __________________ LastFM Sneer's Emporium of Sound Fright Team radio show