The Initial Impressions Thread

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Magellan - Symphony for a Misanthrope

This is very Genesis/Yes-esque prog rock in the neo-prog rock tradition, and obviously by Trent Gardner since he has such a Collins-esque voice that it's hard not to notice that it just sounds like Genesis turned their amps up and got way keyboardy. It actually was goddamn good. I even liked the super pretentious long song that every prog album for some reason just is required to have, in this case, Cranium Reef Suite. I had my doubts about this (mainly because Explorers Club, Trent's other project, is FUCKING BAD) but this was pretty damn good, I must say.

 

[Belligerent]

So, I tried REALLY hard to listen to The Faceless-'Planetary Duality'....fucking awful. Just terrible. Useless, utterly boring wankery, and the clean vocals that popped out of nowhere pissed me off so badly that I stopped. I couldn't do it. It wasn't due to me being biased, I just flat out couldn't stand them. Ugh. What a waste of time.

I feel the same way about Necrophagist.

Magellan - Symphony for a Misanthrope

Sounds like something i'd be interested in.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Check out for yourself here:

 

[Belligerent]

tbh the vocals are pretty cringeworthy, music is cool.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Really? I dig them. Very Phil Collins, tbh.

 

[waif]

Strapping Young Lad - City
I only got through two songs. This is just awful...fucking awful lyrics, too.

 

[divine_torture]

I've only heard half of one SYL song, and it was terrible. I've never bothered with any more.

 

[Lateralus14]

Excoriate - On Pestilent Winds...

I like this, bit more death/thrash than death metal it seems, but tbh I'm finding that I don't have a desire to come back to death metal that's not in the vein of Incantation/Immolation so who knows if I'll come back to this.

 

[Mentok]

Gorelord - NCM

Not what I expected but its cool none the less. Seemed more core than I initialy thought it would be.

 

[Lateralus14]

Necrovation - Breed Deadness Blood

Ok I could see coming back to this one multiple times for sure.

 

[AchrisK]

Coram Lethe - The Gates of Oblivion

2005

After almost one full spin, I am pretty impressed with this. I would describe it as progressive death metal. There are odd time signatures and time changes and killer passages/moments pretty consistently worked into musical songs. The vocals are fine, and vary to some degree.

Recommended to fans of stuff like Gory Blister, Sceptic, Gorod and the like.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Necrovation - Breed Deadness Blood

Ok I could see coming back to this one multiple times for sure.

Yes, you should, it's awesome.

 

[Eligos]

Black Lotus - Harvest of Seasons

I checked this band out because Einherjar mentions them a lot, and he and I have similar taste. I was expecting folky black metal with a good balance of epicness and emotional impact, and it delivers. However, the guitar and bass tones are far too muddy and allow the vocals and keyboard to dominate the mix.

 

[Krow]

Gorelord - NCM

Not what I expected but its cool none the less. Seemed more core than I initialy thought it would be.

Either way, it's pretty bad ass.

 

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I feel the same way about Necrophagist.

Noooooooooooo

Just when I thought you had one of the best tastes on the boards ...well I guess one band off isn't that bad

 

[SweptbackFlame]

Noooooooooooo

Just when I thought you had one of the best tastes on the boards ...well I guess one band off isn't that bad

I don't think he likes them, according to what he quoted. Seems to be he doesn't like them much, I might have misunderstood though.

 

[Eligos]

Cyanide Christ is big on Necrophagist.

 

[Mentok]

Either way, it's pretty bad ass.

Agreed, I just stated it wasn't what I had expected.

 

[waif]

Just when I thought you had one of the best tastes on the boards

Really? Belligerent has some of the worst taste on this board, to be honest. I mean, obviously looking at his sig he gets a few things right, but if I had to nominate someone for overall worst taste, he would make the short list.

 

[Mentok]

I was un-aware we were being judged on tastes and being put into lists n' such.