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    Non-gay bro thread a.k.a. Random offtopic stuff.

    Either a truly ultimate show of dominance or a total career killer. Not sure I could come back from that so if he does then fair play 🤣 our laptops have a slider that can go over the camera, and I've literally always got it set in position just in case. With that said I doubt I'd ever take the...
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    The Halo Effect - New Album 2023/2024

    I'll judge purely based on what I hear. Typically I'm not really into gothic/doomy stuff, but I do have some exceptions - Tristania, On Thorns I Lay, Anubis, Poisonblack -so we'll see. In terms of the band mixture involved, I obviously like DT a lot. Dimmu Borgir I don't mind - although I...
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    Non-gay bro thread a.k.a. Random offtopic stuff.

    Random fifteen for today, my first actual chill day in weeks... Tristania - Ab Initio (Gothic Metal, 2007) Arch Enemy - The Watcher (Melodic Death Metal, 2022) Nobou Uematsu/FF7 Advent Children - Cloud Smiles (OST, 2005) Nobou Uematsu/FF7 - Ahead On Our Way (OST, 1997) The Dark Element - Get...
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    Non-gay bro thread a.k.a. Random offtopic stuff.

    The albums seem to get pretty poor reviews on Encyclopaedia Metallum until the most recent one, which is a bit higher. With that said... the reviewers on that site aren't really a barometer for quality. New Amaranthe album - meh/10 New Dragonfoce album - meh/10 Feels like both bands are just...
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    Non-gay bro thread a.k.a. Random offtopic stuff.

    Some decent Finnish MDM - haven't listened to their earlier albums, but will probably give this album a spin. Very COB-influenced, which shouldn't be a surprise as the band was founded by the COB keyboard player. You can certainly hear that sound.
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    The Halo Effect - New Album 2023/2024

    Still waiting on that Winter 2022 EP.
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    The Halo Effect - New Album 2023/2024

    Jeez, he certainly isn't slowing down. DT, THE and now another new band. His voice must be doing well. I guess that switch to a different style in the early 2000s really did have big benefits for him. Wondering if he'll be growling in this new band or going with cleans? His cleans would...
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    New album Foregone out February 2023

    Damn Anders sounds like shit on there. Not sure why I'm surprised. Those people in the audience having no fucking idea what is going on... just a wall of noise and crazy bearded weirdos in front of them. Speaking of, full In Flames set from Feb 17th 2024 in Sydney: Mostly unremarkable...
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    Dark Tranquillity - New Album "Endtime Signals" out 2024-08-16

    I get what they were doing with WATV, I just don't understand why they were doing it. It feels like they decided to become extremely technical at the expense of the music actually being enjoyable to listen to. That was never what DT were about in the past, so why such a drastic pivot and what...
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    Dark Tranquillity - New Album "Endtime Signals" out 2024-08-16

    I like how, even though there's praise for Projector and Construct, there is general agreement that WATV and Haven kinda suck 🤣 come on, there's gotta be someone out there willing to give an impassioned defence of those albums. I would say Slave but I don't think he's a fan of DT or Stanne's...
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    Dark Tranquillity - New Album "Endtime Signals" out 2024-08-16

    Whilst I do think the production is more reminicent of DD, I don't find TLI to be particularly in the style of that album. Damage Done had keys on it, but they weren't a major part of the album in terms of setting the tone of a song. That gothic tinge that is associated with a lot of DT stuff is...
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    Dark Tranquillity - New Album "Endtime Signals" out 2024-08-16

    Yeah, I don't really know what to say about that album cover other than... OK. You do you. If the music is good then it doesn't really matter.
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    Non-gay bro thread a.k.a. Random offtopic stuff.

    I started high school in 1998, so I think the popular alternative bands had shifted a little. I don't know if Smashing Pumpkins or Bush were popular here, but Creed definitely were. Weathered in particular. Otherwise it was the nu-metal bands of the time - Korn, Slipknot, Limp Bizkit, Disturbed...
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    Dark Tranquillity - New Album "Endtime Signals" out 2024-08-16

    I don't know what it is about Projector, but there's just a lot of stuff on there that doesn't vibe with me at all. I like ThereIn and Nether Novas. FreeCard is good. Auctioned is a nice track too. The rest, though... I wouldn't classify any of it as bad, just not for me. On the other hand...
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    Non-gay bro thread a.k.a. Random offtopic stuff.

    I think I would have heard this song maybe mid-2000s tbh, so some time after school... so no bad memories associated with it, I legit don't even remember this song at all from when I was a kid despite being released in 1995 and fairly popular at the time. Maybe more in the US than the UK, idk. I...