Recent content by Vathek

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    Your prefered metal sub-genres...

    Math Metal, cause I'm a gook. Prog, Post-Hardcore, Avant, Death, Black, Alternative and I listen to the sounds your mother makes as I slam her face into the bedroom wall repeatedly. Oh wait I already said Black...
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    DARKER HALF Sunday afternoon St. Mary's show Oct 24th.

    Yes, seeing as I am a Westie now, I might just pop on down... :Smokin:
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    Bands Like Katatonia

    try BLATHERSKITE - "Where the Wasteland Ends" lots of moments of light and darkness, similar to Katatonia but more upbeat. http://www.myspace.com/blatherskite
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    Soothing music...

    Portishead... And just discovered Daudi Baldrs by Burzum, all "orchestral" (synths) very dark, but very transporting as well. Feel like you're a ghost in a dead castle...
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    Lesser known band recognition

    Hey y'all, Vathek here... Blatherskite have released "Where the Wasteland Ends", an hour long journey through disgust into the infinite. Accompanying this is a 16 page comic book composed by Tim Lim, Brendan Davie and Timothy Lamont. A heavy, soulful and challenging album, with touches of...
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    Bands that sound like tool?

    try Blatherskite "Where the Wasteland Ends" Pretty Tool influenced, but definately with their own slant, encompassing more genres. Think Tool but with some industrial elements. And they're from Australia. The land of brutal burning death... :) http://www.myspace.com/blatherskite
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    Tech Death

    Tell me you've heard ARSIS... "We Are the Nightmare" and "Starve for the Devil" are fucking insane, but all of their stuff is good, the earlier ones are a bit more death.
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    Bands like SWANS?

    Cult of Luna have the slow doomy grungeness and building chaos that Swans do, but the vocals aren't really the same. It is huge though. And you can get their whole catalogue on Emusic. I think it ticks all the boxes though...
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    BLATHERSKITE - "Where the Wasteland Ends" - Dark/Alt/Prog/Metal

    Hey y'all, Vathek here... Blatherskite have released "Where the Wasteland Ends", an hour long journey through disgust into the infinite. Accompanying this is a 16 page comic book composed by Tim Lim, Brendan Davie and Timothy Lamont. A heavy, soulful and challenging album, with touches of...