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Who else is gonna be at the Rabbit Saturday night?

add another vote for Oceans Rise

Lotsa great drummers already mentioned - I would add: David Haley - Psycroptic Conny Pettersson - Anata Alex Arellano formerly of Power of Omens Brian Harvey - Pig Destroyer Historically speaking: Tony Williams, Billy Cobham, Ziggy Modeliste

Johnson doesn't actually make the j-station anymore, but there are usually a few for sale on ebay. I bought one there for $100 and i love it. IMHO, it has a much better low end sound than the pod or v-amp. I think that the pod and v-amp sound really thin if you play them in a live set up...

Great to hear from you Dave! I look forward to hearing what you've been working on. Personally, I feel like the whole concept of a "new year" is kind of silly and arbitrary - to me the sun just keeps on rising and setting. However, symbols can have a positive power in their own way -...

I'm having a discussion with this guy who keeps talking about Opeth's blast beats, and I'm trying to straighten the guy out in a nice way. I remember reading an interview with Mikael where he's talking about how they aren't a typical death metal band, and one of the examples he gives is that...

I think it's a great idea. I would love to hear a song or 2 in Swedish on the next album.

Thanks for the advice Erik - sounds like you know exactly what I'm talking about. After I pick up an old HM-2 for cheap and give it a try I'll let you know if that's all I needed. It sounds to me like there is also some harmonizing or pitch shift in that old school sound...

Can someone please explain to me how to get the guitar sound that can be found on the classic death metal albums by bands such as Entombed and Carnage. I have put a sample of the sound I am talking about here. Please tell me anything you can about this sound - rig, effects, eq, etc...

Since I'm responsible for starting this thread, I guess I feel a little responsible for the direction it has taken. One of the things I like most about Borknagar is the thoughtfulness in the lyrics. I would suggest that Borknagar's lyrics are more pagan in nature, and certainly have...

So I'm bumping around on the ol' internet, looking for things to divert my attention while I await the new album and I find myself reading the reviews of the king james version of the bible on amazon.com: da bible Some of them are absolutely classic! My favorites are: "Trite and...