Atheist Reissues
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Papa Josh
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Erik
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Papa Josh
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IOfTheStorm said:
that is crazy ... The Key? that was considered krap even when it came out. I remember because I bought it probably on release day beacuase of the MA connection.
Nocturnus did not gain any respect until later ... and even then ... they SUUUUUCCKKKKKK!
PJ was dead on ... Mike Browning was a horrible drummer ...
As far as Cynic ... maybe they out masturbated Atheist in the complexity department ... but that does not a listenable album make ... their songs were forgetable at best.
Erik
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NAD
What A Horrible Night To Have A Curse
haha, more arguing.
anywho, from what little i heard these dudes are a lot closer to death than cynic. death is obviously a death metal band, but cynic were a prog-rock band with some death metal influence. i don't care about straight tech-death, i have one death album (individual thought patterns) and that's waaaaaay more than enough. should i even bother with atheist then? i guess i answered my own question.
i downloaded some nocturnas awhile back but never listened. i somehow doubt they are better than morbid angel, but hey if a comparison is being made then i'll definitely give that a listen tonight, finally.
ps: cynic fucking RULED.
anywho, from what little i heard these dudes are a lot closer to death than cynic. death is obviously a death metal band, but cynic were a prog-rock band with some death metal influence. i don't care about straight tech-death, i have one death album (individual thought patterns) and that's waaaaaay more than enough. should i even bother with atheist then? i guess i answered my own question.
i downloaded some nocturnas awhile back but never listened. i somehow doubt they are better than morbid angel, but hey if a comparison is being made then i'll definitely give that a listen tonight, finally.
ps: cynic fucking RULED.
Erik
New Metal Member
atheist (piece of time) are pretty much death/thrash. not too much tech fuckery, the songs are just fucken good.
jageorge72
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J. said:
Buy Unquestionable Presence...... The ONLY thing even that might take away from the greatness of this release are the vocals, But..... the music more than makes up for 'em.
Enough of the Bashing of Cynic or Athiest - They both were excellent in their own right. I seen them both in a club atmosphere in South Florida and they flat ripped. I was a little dissapointed with the Cynic CD release; versus the rawness of the vocals done by Paul on the demo's and live. I also thought that they (Cynic's Paul and Sean) brought Death to a new level of technical sound when they played on human; it was like listening to Cynic/Death mix.
Oh and I did see Noctunus back in the day on "The Key" Tour along with Godflesh and someone else - they were ahead of their time; but i'll agree they sucked!
IOfTheStorm
Gogol Bordello
BenMech
student of the d'eh
I got the Piece of Time remaster/reissue in 1999 expecting to find the other 2 albums.
I need a copy again.
Atheist was a great band. Roger Pattersen ruled.
Cynic ruled too, although Focus is still a tad sterile.
Death was good. Gorguts is good. Theory in Practice was good.
Odd not seing reference to Pestilence in this thread.
I need a copy again.
Atheist was a great band. Roger Pattersen ruled.
Cynic ruled too, although Focus is still a tad sterile.
Death was good. Gorguts is good. Theory in Practice was good.
Odd not seing reference to Pestilence in this thread.
Demonspell
cheating the polygraph
As for the eternal Atheist vs. Cynic question, they were both awesome and light years ahead of their time, but nothing beats Malone/Reinert.
Reign in Acai
Of Elephant and Man
I bought Elements years back, nothing really there to grab me. Flash forward to yesterday, I gave Piece of Time a couple rounds in the car and immediately broke in to violent iron upping spasms. In terms of a comparison to Cynic, PoT is better than Focus, on par with the demos. I'd recommend everyone give those a whirl if you want to hear bare bones Cynic technicality, sans the self splooge.
Reign in Acai
Of Elephant and Man
I revisited Elements at the gym, it made me want to rip the heart of the emo to my right out of his chest and present it to Cytherea as a Valentine. The bonus tracks on the re-issue are fucking intense! This is metal to vacuum to! Going to pick up Unquestionable Presence, Piece of Time, and perhaps Jupiter to boot. Btw - I didn't know Zod played in this band?
I still really love Unquestionable Presence, but Piece of Time is my most listened to album by Atheist. I need to check out Jupiter and see if manages to stand up to any of their original albums.
Honestly I think I never got into Elements because it was such a departure from the previous two. Just fell too deep into the progressive and lost all the aggression I loved from earlier Atheist.
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