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I'm curious about how most people obtain their music. Do you: a) Buy CD's or LP's in store or online b) Download on itunes or in some other way by paying $$ c) Download in another way d) some other method I have a big collection of cd's, but have been considering starting to buy on...

AFter Bitencourt None So Vile/Close to a World Below/With Oden 1. Aeternus - Beyond the Wandering Moon: 17 2. Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side: 20 3. Angel Witch - Angel Witch: 30 4. Arcturus - Aspera Heims Symphonia: 6 5. At the Gates - Slaughter of the Soul: 4 6. Candlemass -...

Hmm interesting idea for a thread! I think I'll have to do some searching through my collection to see what I should post.

Agreed! I especially enjoy the third movement. Hopefully I will be able to play this work half-assed some day haha.

Well, of course, to each his own. I'd sooner take most classical music than a guy or girl with a guitar and voice. The details worked out so wonderfully in this music are a means of expressing a variety of deep emotions, wit, and thought. I listen to a variety of music, but classical music is...

None of it can touch what this song reaches? Well, I, for one, do like primordial. But, for me, Primordial does not reach the depths of such emotions which many classical composers touch.

Awesome selections here. Good to see some lovin' for Franck and his violin sonata.

I think what has been posted here does explain the modes pretty well. I'm self-taught on theory for the most part, however, although I do take it seriously as an area of study! One thing I will note is something I have read in a few different books, and that is that often you can analyze a...

Tvangeste are a pretty sweet band. One of the best "symphonic" metal bands I've heard.

JS Bach's Double Violin Concerto in D Minor - Vivace. With Hilary Hahn obviously performing it at the upper end of the tempo range!

4/10. It's good, but absolutely not extraordinary. It's reliance on riff convention is very heavy. Although, it is written with a consistency of style and well performed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdx1oLZurkc&feature=rec-LGOUT-exp_stronger_r2-2r-6-HM

I'd say they're more on the metalcore side of things.

Lady Gaga is not as bad an artist as many people view her. The Beatles are not as great of artists as many people view them. Taylor Swift is not that great an artist. Modern country music, in general, is terribly banal. Much of the electronic dance music made today is also terribly banal.