MicShazam listens to your recs

~~MicShazam~~ · 03-30-2018, 01:12 PM

Holy crap I suck at this. I want to get back to it, but I've forgotten where I even got to, plus all of those Youtube videos are killing my PC when I try to leaf through the pages and catch up. I think I'll catch up by being selective like a dirty little cheater.

The Sane Psycho · 03-30-2018, 05:55 PM

Some recs I'd like to see your opinion on:

Weezer- The Blue Album
Weezer- Pinkerton
Hum- You'd Prefer An Astronaut
The Dwellers- Whatever Makes You Happy
Shai Hulud- My Heart Bleeds The Darkest Blood
Saves The Day- Through Being Cool
The Get Up Kids- Something To Write Home About
Alice In Chains- Dirt

Most of these are on YouTube, except for The Dwellers album

Anteater · 03-30-2018, 07:41 PM

Just a few random recommendations I thought you might like.

mythsofmetal · 03-31-2018, 02:53 PM

I have no idea if you'll like this, but try "Land of the Dead" by Summoning. It has synth/symphonic parts you might like, but idk if you'll like its harsh vocals or harsh black metal guitars. I also don't know what bm you already know, but this is a starting point.

The Batlord · 03-31-2018, 03:06 PM

He already knows BM. If he's turned off by anything considered "harsh" with Summoning then Mic is truly a vagina.

~~MicShazam~~ · 03-31-2018, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

He already knows BM. If he's turned off by anything considered "harsh" with Summoning then Mic is truly a vagina.

Harsh is fine. It's the being boring part that bothers me about most BM.

The Batlord · 03-31-2018, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

Harsh is fine. It's the being boring part that bothers me about most BM.

Summoning is more like D&D dungeon crawl soundtracks with black metal vocals than actual black metal.

mythsofmetal · 03-31-2018, 05:29 PM

Summoning's synths certainly mellows their sound by a lot, it's just the production and layering of the tremolo riffs on Land of the Dead are particularly harsh for them as a band, not so much compared to other black metal. All I knew about Mic's taste was he liked some symphonic metal, so something like LotD could come across as relatively harsh if his perspective hadn't been tempered with black metal or something harsher before.

I personally find this song I'm about to rec less harsh than LotD, but it is more energetic for bm.

"The Wealth of Darkness" by Keep of Kalessin

~~MicShazam~~ · 03-31-2018, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by mythsofmetal

All I knew about Mic's taste was he liked some symphonic metal, so something like LotD could come across as relatively harsh if his perspective hadn't been tempered with black metal or something harsher before.

My favorite band since 2011 is Dir En Grey though.

The symphonic metal I like is limited to barely a handful albums by now.
It's mostly a few tunes from Nightwish's year with Anette Olzon, a single After Forever album and two bands that I'm not even sure should be classified as symphonic metal (Arven and The Dark Element).
I got rid of all my NW albums with Tarja months ago. Her voice makes my skin crawl.

I see your rec btw. Just shortening things down.

mythsofmetal · 03-31-2018, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

My favorite band since 2011 is Dir En Grey though.

The symphonic metal I like is limited to barely a handful albums by now.
It's mostly a few tunes from Nightwish's year with Anette Olzon, a single After Forever album and two bands that I'm not even sure should be classified as symphonic metal (Arven and The Dark Element).
I got rid of all my NW albums with Tarja months ago. Her voice makes my skin crawl.

I see your rec btw. Just shortening things down.

That's cool. Do you like Sigh or Unhuman? That Dir En Grey song made me think of both bands.

A couple recs for reference if you don't already know them.

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03-30-2018, 01:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	Holy crap I suck at this. I want to get back to it, but I've forgotten where I even got to, plus all of those Youtube videos are killing my PC when I try to leaf through the pages and catch up. I think I'll catch up by being selective like a dirty little cheater.

03-30-2018, 05:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
The Sane Psycho Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 299	Some recs I'd like to see your opinion on: Weezer- The Blue Album Weezer- Pinkerton Hum- You'd Prefer An Astronaut The Dwellers- Whatever Makes You Happy Shai Hulud- My Heart Bleeds The Darkest Blood Saves The Day- Through Being Cool The Get Up Kids- Something To Write Home About Alice In Chains- Dirt Most of these are on YouTube, except for The Dwellers album

03-31-2018, 02:53 PM	#4 (permalink)
mythsofmetal Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 207	I have no idea if you'll like this, but try "Land of the Dead" by Summoning. It has synth/symphonic parts you might like, but idk if you'll like its harsh vocals or harsh black metal guitars. I also don't know what bm you already know, but this is a starting point.

03-31-2018, 05:29 PM	#8 (permalink)
mythsofmetal Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 207	Summoning's synths certainly mellows their sound by a lot, it's just the production and layering of the tremolo riffs on Land of the Dead are particularly harsh for them as a band, not so much compared to other black metal. All I knew about Mic's taste was he liked some symphonic metal, so something like LotD could come across as relatively harsh if his perspective hadn't been tempered with black metal or something harsher before. I personally find this song I'm about to rec less harsh than LotD, but it is more energetic for bm. "The Wealth of Darkness" by Keep of Kalessin