The Thread Where You Talk About Music You Like

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

Brutality-fueled brutality. There isn't a second of let-up on this disc. Nonstop ball-smashing slams 100% of the time, perfectly encapsulates the barbarity and primitive nature of slam without being a self-parody. Just awesome.

 

[The Ozzman]

I normally couldn't give a shit about cover art but that is terrible

 

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

I wish there was more to it; more chaos, more horrifying shit going on; would definitely match the tone of the album perfectly.

 

[MasterOLightning]

Wrest's main project is Leviathan. I heard that the only reason that he used the name Lurker of Chalice was due to a licensing issue or something.

The first LoC album is definitely a side project. There were four or so albums worth of original material that were never released. Massive Conspiracy Against All Life was originally being pitched as LoC, but Moribund won out and got it published by Leviathan, as that material quite clearly did not sound like LoC.

Great album though. Too bad it appears like the days of Wrest releasing new music are over. I suppose that it's possible someone will dig up some old demos to release. There are certainly enough of them.

 

[Eligos]

I like all of those qualities, plus tone. Some bassists use a completely warm and bland tone, I hate that, it makes what he/she is playing less interesting to listen to. I like bright/cold/clear bass tones, but almost everyone uses that these days so it's kind of getting stale.

I used to have a similar mindset, until bands like Krallice and Watain changed my mind. Now I like both the aformentioned tone and a warm, crisp, slightly overdriven tone created by tube amplifiers.

 

[Einherjar86]

I wish there was more to it; more chaos, more horrifying shit going on; would definitely match the tone of the album perfectly.

Yeah... the naked chick with a gash in her forehead gutting the corpses while further dismembered torsos and limbs hang from the rafters really isn't enough.

 

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

Needs more fucking horrifying shit.

 

[Eligos]

I think it looks a little too open. Usually the gore encompasses the majority of, if not the entire, album cover.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

Jesus guys, is it that important? It's not like there aren't a million album covers packed with dismembered body parts already.

 

[Valerie]

I used to have a similar mindset, until bands like Krallice and Watain changed my mind. Now I like both the aformentioned tone and a warm, crisp, slightly overdriven tone created by tube amplifiers.

A little growl usually sounds good on bass, but full-on distortion sounds pretty bad.

 

[waif]

Unless it's Motorhead.

 

[Chanakya]

^

You ninja-ed me.

 

[sevag00]

If anyone has heard Katatonia's For Funerals to Come EP, i just wanna point out that Jonas' vocals is fuckin awesome and perfect.

 

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

I think it looks a little too open. Usually the gore encompasses the majority of, if not the entire, album cover.

Exactly. There's too much space.

Grant, this discussion is mildly tongue-in-cheek.

 

[Evil?]

It is annoying how the Black Mark Bathory albums combine tracks when it comes to ripping them/LastFm scrobling them properly.

 

[waif]

Twilight of the Gods combines the first 3 songs into a half-hour track. Sucks, because I'd love to skip past the title track...those reissues could have been done much better, overall. Like printing the lyrics in a legible font size...

 

[Evil?]

I don't understand the point.

"Hey lets combine these tracks!"
"Why"
"I dunno"
"Ok, lets do it!"

 

[Eligos]

A little growl usually sounds good on bass, but full-on distortion sounds pretty bad.

IIRC you love Zyklon? They have some of the fuzziest bass I've ever heard.

But yeah growl can be awesome, doubtlessly. I also like the warm, smooth, growly tone employed by Cygnus of Ne Obliviscaris.

 

[TheInsane]

Alot of the time in metal the bass can have some distortion but in the mix you dont hear it as much it just gives clarity to certain frequencies that makes it cut through. Cliff Burtons bass sound was for example alot more distorted than people realize. Its just that in the mix it doesnt sound like it all that much.

Full blown distortion on bass most often doesnt work in metal but a nice little growl is, not always but often, almost required. But then again we have excellent stuff like Obscura where the music is brutal but the bass cuts through nicely even if it is totally clean (sounds like it anyway). But then again it also has to do with not just pumping root notes.

 

[MasterOLightning]

Am I the only person who likes Caina? Temporary Antennae is all over the place, but it's a really neat album. Every song sounds like something different. I like the vocal effects and synth use. Recalls Agalloch's Ashes Against the Grain, Opeth's Damnation, Porcupine Tree's Signify, and others. I don't know where to go next with them, but I look forward to hearing more.

I'm just about at the point where I'll buy everything Profound Lore puts out now. Almost all hits for me.