Non-gay bro thread a.k.a. Random offtopic stuff.

[ThePhobiac]

Heading to Sweden in a few weeks, hoping that I don't run into a crush of Americans trying to get in. "I'll only be here for a few days, I swear" I protest as immigration officers wrestle me to the ground.

 

[DE4life]

I mean, Sweden has also lurched heavily towards the right as of late, so they probably have plenty in common with MAGA these days .

 

[The Grayfox]

Donald Trump is a complete moron, there's no other way to say it. Even if I live in one of the most liberal parts of the entire country, during election season, you'll still see a few Trump signs here and there. You'll see them on cars, in front of houses, on people's hats. They're proud of their ignorance.

Anyway, fuck that idiot. Have you guys heard the Japanese bonus tracks from the Passenger album?

 

[DE4life]

Yeah I think they're both pretty good. Clowns is actually one of my favourite Passenger tracks in general.

 

[The Grayfox]

I don't know if I had heard them before. I'm also not sure if I knew they were demos. I assume there were working plans for a follow-up record, so maybe they were going to be on that, although these songs sound a lot better than any demos I've ever listened to.

 

[DE4life]

According to the timestamps on my external HDD files I got Clowns and Drowning City roughly a year after I acquired the normal album. No idea where from though. Possibly Everdying, if it was still up in early 2006? Otherwise it would have been a random website. I remember Metal Observer used to have links to songs that bands had available for free - could have been there that I found them. I can't imagine I would have randomly downloaded those songs from a P2P, but can't rule it out either.

 

[Xpyro125]

Love both of those songs— Especially Clowns. I know there used to be a download link I think if you emailed the guy who had them, but that was obviously back when he was active. At least that’s what I remember, which may not even be true. I’ve personally always wondered if the volume dip in Drowning City is intentional or not, but it’s fine either way.

 

[eochaid]

Try soulseek.

 

[Moonshield_]

Dark Tranquillity was absolutely wonderful tonight in Paris, Bataclan.

Big setlist as they were headlining.

Our Disconnect and Wayward Eyes sound amazing live

The other bands were good to, especially Wolfheart. I'm not very much into Moonspell but it was a nice moment though.

 

[drawntoblack]

Killswitch Engage with a new single after 5 years or so. Pretty nice song, I like it, but the chorus guitar melody makes me immediately think of My Sweet Shadow

 

[The Grayfox]

This is a strong single. That chorus is very nice. Jesse is an excellent vocalist and songwriter and he sounds reinvigorated here. It's nothing groundbreaking but Killswitch Engage is one of those bands I'm totally ok with not experimenting. It's comforting somehow.

 

[drawntoblack]

Jesse improved so much since he rejoined the band. I read an interview a while ago about the making of this new upcoming album and apparently it took a bunch of rewriting/rerecording and just a lot of effort in general.
I agree with you, I don't mind that they aren't changing the formula much and they always maintain a set level of quality, they will never put out something embarrassingly bad.

Not too crazy about the sterile razor-sharp sound, their mid-era wall of sound albums are sonically my favorite by far, As Daylight Dies in particular.

 

[The Grayfox]

Something about this song feels like old school Killswitch Engage, with Jesse sounding more modern. But the song itself has a nice old feel to it to me. It doesn't feel phoned in. While I do enjoy the Howard Jones era, Jesse will always be my guy. There's a rawness to his voice that can't be matched. For me, Alive or Just Breathing will go down as the quintessential metalcore album.