Hey there, never been here before...
 

Hi, my names Russ and I'm from Australia.

Some of my favourite bands are Tool, Dream Theater and Porcupine Tree but I change what I listen to all the time. Right now I've been really into Opeth and Paradise Lost...

My album collection is massive but I like finding new stuff all the time. The only music I'm not into is Rap and very little RnB. So yeah...

Hope to get to know a few like-minded people and have fun talking about my favourite obsession - MUSIC hahaha :beer:

Right on, son. Welcome to the not-so-magical, or mystical world of MB. Tool, Opeth and Porcupine Tree are some of my favorites as well. I think you'll do just fine here.

hey, i just commented on your poem in the lyrics section and BRAVO... i think im going to like you. :)

Thanks, I don't know much about Opeth but I was blown away when I first started listening to them. It would be great to know where to go from now from the albums that I own... I've only got Watershed and Deliverance? (I like Deliverance more right now)

Wow thankyou so much :) I'm gonna check it out now... :wave:

Deliverance is the shit. I would suggest Blackwater Park and Still Life for the next exploratory glances. If you still want to go further back into their discography, there's plenty more.

I'm guessing you haven't checked out their mellow album, Damnation? Very different, but really good song writing.

A lot of people in the states got really into Ghost Reveries, which has some really good songs, but personally, I think they hit a kind of crescendo with Blackwater Park and Deliverance. Not to say that Watershed isn't a great album.

Welcome to Music Banter. ^^

Thanks

Thanks for the info, I'll definitely check out the Blackwater Park album. I found them hard to get into but once I really sat down and listened I was amazed by how good it is (Deliverance) ...just wow. I'd like to hear the mellow Damnation album, that would be interesting.

Welcome distantoblivian :)

You're from Australia and you like Tool and Porcupine Tree and Cog. Welcome! :thumb:

Welcome, I'm sure you'll come across many bands you'll learn to love in your time here.
I'm also a Porcupine Tree fan, what do you like about them? If it's the time signatures like me, you might be interested in listening to some math rock.

Hey, thanks for the welcome... :D

My taste in music is all over the place, but one thing that I'm constant in is my dislike for rap and very little rnb. I like anything besides that really and sometimes just get hooked on one band at a time for ages. I don't think I've ever heard of Math Rock? I might know some bands and didn't realise they were of that genre? :-S

With Porcupine Tree you're right about the time signatures... I really love the fact that they can pull out an intricate complex song but aren't afraid to play a more simple song at the same time. With a few Prog. bands I sometimes find they try and over-complicate to really drive home that they're different. Porcupine Tree are different but they don't get lost in the ways these other bands do, they have the ability to produce a straight forward minimalist piece that still sounds amazing.

Welcome XD

Welcome, welcome. I see ElephantSack already gave you the run-around on Opeth. Forget everything he told you. Do you really want to trust a man with one arm?

If you were any sort of smarts, you'd check out Still Life first. ;) But hey, that's just me.

I'm looking for it tomorrow :thumb:
...and Blackwater Park lol
(ElephantSack has one arm? For real?)

I normally go out of my way to collect every album by an artist I like. So yeah, I've got St. Anger when it comes to Metallica unfortunately. I just like collecting I guess.