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Dark Tranquillity: Hours Passed in Exile

I brought you fires
That you put out
I brought you fires
For I cannot be without
I came with sadness
But this my shattered heart can't bear

So what if healing takes forever
So what if time is meant for others
So what is left is but a shatter
And what is broken can't be whole


= Defiance for the last months; I really love these lyrics.
 
God Is An Astronaut - All Is Violent, All Is Bright

Damn, this band is good. Thanks for the tip Daniel!

Good? That's an understatement, it's excellent, marvelous, brilliant! I love it, definitely my favourite Post-Rock band. Really glad you like it! Lucky Dutch can legally get weed to smoke with these brilliant songs. Me? I've got to get it illegaly :p .
 
I gave this band a listen. I am definitely going to have a listen to a whole bunch more. However, so far I am not quite as blown away as I am by Godspeed You Black Emperor or Set Fire to Flames. If you're not familiar with those, you should check them out.

Godspeed You Black Emperor - The Dead Flag Blues

Set Fire to Flames - Steal Compass/Drive North/Disappear

Both tracks take a while to build into something, but they're both incredible experiences.

Yeah, I love Godspeed (pure Canadian quality ;) ), but I haven't heard SFtF. I think I prefer GIaA over GS (lots of gods! :p ), but I haven't heard GS for a while, so maybe I'm wrong.

I will soon, busy now studying for the upcoming exams (with which God Is An Astronaut or Long Distance Calling definitely works as well).

And Daniel, I cannot get weed legally, I'm only 17 :lol: But I guess I could get it if I wanted...

Well you can just ask someone to get it for you har har. Is the age limit 18 or 21?
 
The age limit is 18. I cannot think of anything for which the age limit is 21 here. This means I'd be able to get it myself in about six months.

Alcohol (below 20% or so) is 16, weed is 18, porn is 18, alcohol above 20% is 18, driving is 18 etc... :lol:

Awwwww you'll be a grown man! Nah, still a fucking kid, but one that can smoke weed hahahahahahaha.
 
Both of these bands are really into non-music tracks. You know, five or six minutes of random ambiance or whatever.

The first Set Fire to Flames album, Sings Reign Rebuilder, is the the good one. It was actually recorded in a condemned building, so there's a lot of creaking in the recording, along with band members shuffling papers. Also, the police car after the crescendo in "Love song for 15 Ontario" is the most well timed recording interruption/sound effect in the history of music.

All of Godspeed is awesome. @Defiance: if you like vinyl, the album F(sharp)A(sharp)(infinity symbol) is actually named for the vinyl: the first side is in F-sharp, the second in A-sharp, and the third side ends on a locked groove that cycles the closings strings infinitely.

Also, while I'm digging bands out of my adolescence, I have to give a massive recommendation for Mira, on the Project label.

Mira