Recent content by aXvXiA

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    Looking for modern thrash!

    Vektor's 'Black Future' is epic!
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    Instrumental metal

    Jeff Loomis' 'Zero Order Phase' is pretty badass. Also, check out Planet X and Liquid Tension Experiment!
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    Iconoclast spoiler thread

    Has anyone else noticed the typo on the back of the CD booklet/poster thingy? "Intergation" in the artsy text thing is not a word :( edit: This is on the deluxe version. I don't know about the other version.
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    Iconoclast: News/Info Thread

    I haven't seen this posted here yet: The End of Innocence Single (and instrumental version) are available on Amazon on May 3! Edit: There's a 30ish second audio preview, as well... Check it out!
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    Iconoclast: News/Info Thread

    Technically, this is an example of polyMETER. PolyRHYTHM is when, for example, a 7/4 measure and a 5/4 measure take the same amount of TIME. This is in contrast to a polyMETER, where the beats take the same amount of time but the measure lasts a different time. The most common polyrhythm is...
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    books

    I just finished God's Demon, recommended by shadowmac a while ago on here and by many others throughout my web travels, and I was blown away. If you're at all into the Paradise Lost / Dante's Inferno "mythos," you should definitely check it out. Now I'm reading A. C. Clarke's Childhood's...
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    MJR birthday wish thread

    In the same style as the big, fat mouse from "Cinderella".... HAAAABPTYYY BIRFDAAYYY
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    Iconoclast: News/Info Thread

    OK... Which one of you is this?
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    Your Top 25 Favorite Albums Thread

    Never done this before...It's much harder than I would have thought. Let's see how it goes! I found 29 albums that stand out because they have at least multiple (4+) songs on them that I listen to most often. Towards the bottom, it gets pretty eclectic! 29. Satan and Adam - Mother Mojo 28...
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    The Best Progressive Metal Bands

    Are you being sarcastic? Pagan's Mind, SW, and Kamelot in particular sound extremely different to me!
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    The Best Progressive Metal Bands

    I've looked long and hard for another band like S-X to fill in these 3 or 4 year gaps between releases, but I feel like I have been largely unsuccessful. Nevertheless, I've found some other stuff that I like. Since most of these haven't been explicitly mentioned in this thread yet, here's...
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    "What do you do for a living?" Thread

    I'm an electrical engineering PhD student who works on phased array radar :muahaha:
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    Symphony X tours Europe in early 2011!!!

    For real... Nevermore is the best thing to happen to (insert whatever their exact genre of metal is) in a while. 'Born' from This Godless Endeavor is what all metalcore SHOULD sound like, but doesn't; 'River Dragon' from their earlier album is perfect power thrash; etc.
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    Your last purchase??

    Recently picked up: Nevermore -- This Godless Endeavor High on Fire -- Communion of the Dead King's X -- Gretchen Goes to Nebraska Can't decide what to get next: Nevermore's 'Dead Heart' or Redemptions 'Fullness of Time' :confused:
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    Allen/Lande's Newest: Dates, Tracks, and a Video!

    In case you guys missed it in the main wire, here's the link: http://www.bravewords.com/news/146825