Recent content by stizzleomnibus

I'm all about peace, love, and understanding. I just hate Ohio that much.

Yeah, this was super frustrating but out of everyone's hands. I saw the band in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, and London, and they didn't get the shipments until the very next show in Cleveland. Which I didn't go to partly because I had to get back to my real life of not following DT on tour, and...

I think the jewel case was only released in Europe. The basic U.S. edition was a 2 CD set with the bonus tracks in place. Not sure about any of the actual packaging, though, since I only bought the vinyl.

During the WATV touring cycle, they came through the U.S. doing support for Killswitch Engage (actually Philswitch at the time, since Howard was taking some time off). That was around February. Then they were back in April/May for a headlining tour, which crisscrossed the U.S.-Canada border...

The single biggest problem with Haven, IMO, is the electronics. They were less present on Damage Done, and Character onward the software stuff that Martin B. does in the studio is absolutely incredible (probably the single biggest contribution to the DT "sound", if not composition, from that...

@Defiance: I just stumbled over it again today, here's the interview I was talking about: http://louderthanhell.net/bands/sweden/dark-tranquillity/interviews/1226/contructors-of-melancholy-melodies Note that that interview was from before Construct became DT's highest charting album to date...

This is me loving Immemorial: SOMETIMES YOU FORGET THAT SINGERS ARE MUSICIANS TOO, BUT THEN YOU HERE MIKAEL STANNE SINGING IN 5/8 IN A CHORUS LIKE THAT OF IMMEMORIAL. LIKE WHAT THE FUCK HOW DOES HE DO THAT. I MEAN, RAPPERS ARE GOOD AT DELIVERING WORDS ON TIME AND THEY DON'T EVEN FUCK AROUND...

Nearly everything I said there was based off of an interview with Niklas from a few weeks ago. American tours are break-even propositions unless you're filling venues like In Flames/Amon Amarth do. Smaller tours just don't make much money. Of course, all of that was before Construct broke the...

Ironically, this kind of mental self-deception (looking for something hard enough you'll find it one way or another) is a large part of the lyrical theme of Construct. I will say, however, that I think her preconceived notion was based on trust. I trust that the artists of DT are brilliant and...

This is not "the obvious", this is "the exceptionally dumb". It is not an established fact that material which is not immediately accessible will not be appealing to the listener. While you haven't established this fact, I think has neatly refuted this argument with Projector. Projector was a...

This thread just gave the whiners a chance to whine more while engaging in conspiracy theories. Conspiracy theories about a band which, by all appearances, is made up of guys who get along well and are enjoying the best album sales and touring opportunities of their careers. This thread is...

Oh man, I saw that they were #3 on Heatseekers, but I didn't realize they'd placed in the Billboard 200. That's incredible! Unfortunately, I think that means they're off the Heatseekers chart next week and they won't ever be eligible for it again, since Heatseekers is reserved for artists who...

reckoning87 could be American, and typing "Fall" where most of the rest of the world would say "Autumn", but I choose to believe that he means the seeing Muse and Amaranthe is his life collapsing, but it's okay because at least he gets to see DT.

Por que no los dos?

Muse has such an incredible potential to make good music, but it's so just horribly goofy sometimes. And the singing is terrible. I mean, I'm glad you enjoy it and all, because all I really want is for you to be happy. I just feel like every time I listen to a Muse song I'll hear a melody that...