Originally Posted by jacklovezhimself (Post 762322)

That Senser album you sent me was absolutely mind blowing.
Do you recomend anything else by them?

Originally Posted by Schizotypic (Post 763164)

Great thread JH. Never really listened to much metal but I'm sure by the end of this thread I'll have plenty. I checked out some Green Carnation, I really liked the riff you posted but some of their other stuff was a bit mellow. Electric Wizard I'd say is my favorite so far, followed by Akercocke.

As far as what I didn't like, Obituary kind of bored me. In their defense I only listened to that one song. I didn't give Senser much of a chance, and DFD feels like something I wouldn't come back to after the first spin. In any case, I've already gotten a few good names to d/l and am excited to see what you throw out next.

I'm really looking forward to this being finished. =)

Originally Posted by jackhammer (Post 757472)

It rips off Black Sabbath! Who cares! It's bloody brilliant. Unlike many so called 'stoner' bands (who I won't include in this list), EW's sound is certainly not the groove blues based sound that it so indicative of that genre. Instead EW go for the huge sludgy riffs that we all want to hear but lose the polished sound of similar bands that smacks of an easy cop out to me.

The production sounds like a guy has just stuck a mic on all the amps and recorded it ad hoc and didn't bother mixing the album, thus giving us a warts and all 'live' feel to the album.

It is certainly one of the heaviest albums I have ever heard and that raw quality is to be commended in this day and age of over-production. Once again I won't comment on every single track and instead advise you to just download the damn thing and have your head blown off!

Sure there are negatives. Many tracks are nothing more than a collection of riffs and song structure is not a forte but when all you want is riffs, riffs and more riffs then it fit's the bill admirably.

Think that the desert scene captures a raw sludgy sound in all it's glory? Pah! You haven't heard anything yet!

Originally Posted by jackhammer (Post 757472)

It rips off Black Sabbath! Who cares! It's bloody brilliant. Unlike many so called 'stoner' bands (who I won't include in this list), EW's sound is certainly not the groove blues based sound that it so indicative of that genre. Instead EW go for the huge sludgy riffs that we all want to hear but lose the polished sound of similar bands that smacks of an easy cop out to me.

The production sounds like a guy has just stuck a mic on all the amps and recorded it ad hoc and didn't bother mixing the album, thus giving us a warts and all 'live' feel to the album.

It is certainly one of the heaviest albums I have ever heard and that raw quality is to be commended in this day and age of over-production. Once again I won't comment on every single track and instead advise you to just download the damn thing and have your head blown off!

Sure there are negatives. Many tracks are nothing more than a collection of riffs and song structure is not a forte but when all you want is riffs, riffs and more riffs then it fit's the bill admirably.

Think that the desert scene captures a raw sludgy sound in all it's glory? Pah! You haven't heard anything yet!

Originally Posted by jacklovezhimself (Post 768238)

Could I possibly get a PM for the Electric Wizard album?