Monsieur Kalisia..
Gnarly, Rad.. etc.. they mean "good"
Or.. in many cases VERY GOOD.
Venturia blew me away musically.. but vocal wise/vocal melody wise I was turned off... for the most part.
I have 2 tracks from Venturia, "medley" and "the new kingdom" and I got them from Usenet. I will more than likely buy the album.
There are spots in there that are just SICK.. stuff that makes me drool and slobber because its so fucking cool. Like at the 2:50 spot of New Kingdom. It's this blurby/flurby keyboard lick.
But as a whole, give me Soilwork cuz I can listen to them all day long... It's very tough for a band or a producer to make a 100% solid effort where the entire thing just kills.
I dont think I have ever heard a single disc that is 100% solid all the way through... if you know of one, let me know... I've not heard one.
BTW - The leads on both Ventuira tracks are sick to the T.... just REALLY amazing lead work.
Viva La France...