The Identity Matrix Presents: Listening Log 2017

The Identity Matrix · 05-10-2017, 10:38 PM

Artist: Primordial

Country of Origin: Ireland

Album Title: To The Nameless Dead

Genre: Black Metal (Celtic Folk)

Year of Release: 2007

Track Listing:

Empire Falls: 8/10
Gallows Hymn: 8/10
As Rome Burns: 8/10
Failures Burden: 8/10
Heathen Tribes: 9/10
The Rising Tide: 8/10
Traitor's Gate: 9/10
No Nation On This Earth: 9/10

Final Score: 8.4/10

Pros:
Great pacing, dig the melodies, a solid mix of minimalism within the tracks

Cons:
Vocals can lose me in a few sections

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/5u0yFJtLyGyqh3NO68qr8n

**Frownland** · 05-10-2017, 10:39 PM

I've only heard Pallbearer's Foundations of Burden and it was sort of like Baroness where nothing was wrong with the music really, it just failed to make any kind of impression on me. I might return to Pallbearer though, it's been a while.

The Identity Matrix · 05-10-2017, 10:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frownland

I've only heard Pallbearer's Foundations of Burden and it was sort of like Baroness where nothing was wrong with the music really, it just failed to make any kind of impression on me. I might return to Pallbearer though, it's been a while.

Funny, I love Baroness and Pallbearer. I can see where you are coming from though.

The Identity Matrix · 05-10-2017, 10:48 PM

Artist: Protest the Hero

Country of Origin: Canada

Album Title: Kezia

Genre: Progressive Rock (Mathcore)

Year of Release: 2005

Track Listing:

No Stars Over Bethlehem: 8/10
Heretics & Killers: 8/10
Divinity Within: 9/10
Bury the Hatchet: 8/10
Nautical: 8/10
Blindfolds Aside: 9/10
She Who Mars the Skin of Gods: 8/10
Turn Soonest to the Sea: 9/10
The Divine Suicide of K.: 9/10
A Plateful of Our Dead: 9/10

Final Score: 8.5/10

Pros:
Nearly perfect execution instrumentally, lyrically engaging

Cons:
Vocals are okay at best. Some sections put me off a little.

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/1nquRHL1WHrwkX9EuPx9Ck

The Identity Matrix · 05-10-2017, 10:51 PM

Artist: Protest the Hero

Country of Origin: Canada

Album Title: Fortress

Genre: Progressive Rock (Mathcore)

Year of Release: 2008

Track Listing:

Bloodmeat: 9/10
The Dissentience: 8/10
Bone Marrow: 9/10
Sequoia Throne: 9/10
Palms Read: 9/10
Limb From Limb: 8/10
Spoils: 9/10
Wretch: 9/10
Goddess Bound: 9/10
Goddess Gagged: 9/10

Final Score: 8.8/10

Pros:
Nearly perfect execution instrumentally, Vocals much improved

Cons:
Some tracks don't resonate as well, some lack memorable moments

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/6MeoKQa4Y7x6CrZ3yS0dGt

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 05-11-2017, 04:40 AM

yesss PtH yesss

The Identity Matrix · 05-11-2017, 06:33 PM

Artist: Queens of the Stone Age

Country of Origin: United States

Album Title: Rated R

Genre: Alternative Rock (Stoner)

Year of Release: 2000

Track Listing:

Feel Good Hit of the Summer: 10/10
The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret: 9/10
Leg of Lamb: 9/10
Auto Pilot: 9/10
Better Living through Chemistry: 9/10
Monsters in the Parasol: 9/10
Quick and to the Pointless: 8/10
In the Fade/Feel Good Hit of the Summer (Reprise): 10/10
Tension Head: 9/10
Lightning Song: 9/10
I Think I Lost My Headache: 10/10

Final Score: 9.2/10

Pros:
Fantastic atmosphere, fantastic vocals, dig a lot of the guitars

Cons:
Some tracks don't resonate as much as others

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/05tJhGl52X4zGe0ySlcBk6

The Identity Matrix · 05-11-2017, 06:34 PM

Artist: Queens of the Stone Age

Country of Origin: United States

Album Title: Songs For the Deaf

Genre: Alternative Rock (Stoner)

Year of Release: 2002

Track Listing:

You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like A Millionaire: 9/10
No One Knows: 10/10
First it Giveth: 10/10
Song for the Dead: 9/10
The Sky is Fallin': 10/10
Six Shooter: 8/10
Hanging Tree: 10/10
Go With the Flow: 10/10
Gonna Leave You: 9/10
Do it Again: 9/10
God Is On The Radio: 8/10
Another Love Song: 8/10
Song for the Deaf: 9/10
Mosquito Song: 8/10

Final Score: 9.1/10

Pros:
Fantastic atmosphere, concept works well, great composition, tight songwriting

Cons:
Some tracks don't resonate as much as others

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/7twfmpN1hLIELM96TBe3P2

The Identity Matrix · 05-11-2017, 06:36 PM

Artist: Queens of the Stone Age

Country of Origin: United States

Album Title: Lullabies to Paralyze

Genre: Alternative Rock (Stoner)

Year of Release: 2005

Track Listing:

This Lullaby: 9/10
Medication: 9/10
Everybody Knows That You're Insane: 10/10
Tanlged Up In Plaid: 10/10
Burn the Witch: 9/10
In My Head: 10/10
Little Sister: 9/10
I Never Came: 9/10
Someone's In the Wolf: 9/10
The Blood is Love: 9/10
Skin On Skin: 9/10
Broken Box: 8/10
"You Got a Killer Scene There, Man…": 9/10
Long Slow Goodbye: 9/10

Final Score: 9.1/10

Pros:
Fantastic atmosphere, great composition, tight songwriting, love the vocals

Cons:
Some tracks don't resonate as much as others

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/460EWtezo0HqvJ70ASJe3M

The Identity Matrix · 05-11-2017, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elphenor

Such an overrated band

What have you listened to by them?

05-10-2017, 10:39 PM	#252 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	I've only heard Pallbearer's Foundations of Burden and it was sort of like Baroness where nothing was wrong with the music really, it just failed to make any kind of impression on me. I might return to Pallbearer though, it's been a while. __________________ 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