Albums that grow on you...

[Demilich]

...LONG after you originally purchase them. I'd like to discuss albums like this, because they're often pretty unruly once they decide to unveil their true majesty.

I put on this old RC recommendation that I haven't listened to in a while, and was blown away!

Discuss. IF YOU DARE!

 

[Carbonized]

Man, HEart of the Ages is stupidly awesome. When i first bought it i only liked a few songs but having revisited it over time i came to know how truly fantastic this is.

The last album i remember buying, not listening for several years and hearing it once again then loving it (which wasn't too long ago actually) is Left Hand Solution - Shadowdance.

 

[Nate The Great]

I know Neurosis 'The Eye of Every Storm' took me over a year to get into, now I love the tits out of it. I could name a handful that took like a year to get into, but I can't think of any that took several years.

 

[dill_the_devil]

Moonsorrow 'Suden Uni' took me around three fuckin' years to get into, and I can't for the life of me imagine why.

 

[dorian gray]

this thread scares me

 

[Sadguru]

Humm, I would say The Sham Mirrors. Took me roughly 2 years to get into. As for now, it's one of my favorite metal album.

 

[JayKeeley]

A few I can think of...

I'd say it was anywhere from 6 months to 2 years, truly absorbing what was going on with these albums.

 

[EVERLOSTINDEADETERNITY]

Dreaming Neon Black by Nevermore, when i was younger and it first came out I didnt get it much. As I got older I realized how great it truly is.

 

[valerus]

Agalloch - The Mantle

 

[JayKeeley]

Dreaming Neon Black by Nevermore, when i was younger and it first came out I didnt get it much. As I got older I realized how great it truly is.

I don't think there is a band in history that I've given more of a chance to grow on me (since Dead Heart came out) and I still 'aint there yet.

 

[Evil?]

Burzum. Took me a bit to really appreciate these albums.


p.s. I just ordered Heart of The Ages a few days ago. Can't wait till it arrives.

 

[Krilons Resa]

I still cant get into HEart of Ages, after like 5 years of owning it.


I hated HoM - The August Engine for a long time until one day it just snapped into place. Now it's one of my all-time favorites. That was almost my last blind purchase from a raving JayKeeley review.

 

[Demilich]

A few I can think of...

I own these 3, and out of them, in order from left to right:

still needs to grow, growing, MOTHERFUCKING GROWN!


Almost all of the RC recommendations I've bought and not liked at first I've ended up appreciating more later, HoM and ItW... are just two stellar examples!

 

[J.]

Abigor - Nachthymnen
Abigor - Supreme Immortal Art
Samael - Ceremony of Opposites
Graveland - Following the Voice of Blood

lots of Neurosis albums

almost sold my Aeternus albums before i realized they rule

 

[Demilich]

i need to give "Beyond the Wandering Moon" another go, that one mostly went WAY over my head last time I tried it.

 

[Dazed and Brutal]

Demigod- SLUMBER OF SULLEN EYES

It took me awhile to really understand this album, but once it clicked it has become one my favorite albums ever. The riffs get stuck in my head all the time now and the atmosphere the album unleashes is incredible. It was the gateway for me into what is one of my favorite areas of metal: old school death metal.

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

Void of Silence - Human Antithesis

Read the review of this back on the old RC zine, downloaded a track from their website, it didn't do shit for me but it lived in my sample folder for about 8 months, I had no clue what it was by then, listened again and my tastes has evolved and I kinda liked it, another few listens and I was hooked.

Runemagick was much the same.

 

[Demonspell]

Isis - Oceanic
Hammers Of Misfortune - all three (I still don't think I completely get the Bastard)
Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element
Ulver - Themes From The Marriage (see above)
Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists...

 

[JayKeeley]

Add Neurosis to my list. "Times of Grace" took a while, but I knew it was worth it.

 

[Dick Sirloin]

Definitely agree with "In the Nightside Eclipse." I still think "Anthems" is better, though. ItNE is definitely an album to be listened to on headphones.

Also: anything by Neurosis, Kayo Dot and King Crimson