I really got into Jar of Flies by alice in chains recently (and way too late too!).
Opeth - Watershed
Before I heard this album I couldn't stand Opeth and this CD opened the door for me. Roll on April and Opeth at the Royal Albert Hall !!!
Funny you say that. Before this album I loved Opeth but this CD closed the door for me.
yep.
that combined with me seeing cynic supporting them at bristol. cynic got like 20 minutes and opeth got like 90 and cynic shat all over them in every way shape and form
Honestly, it really kinda irks me that it's not subdivided into tracks like Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, that would have made it much more accessible to me I gotta say :/ I did buy it though!
I've been listening to a ton of Cave In recently, stuff from around 2003 and up. Some amazinggg songs, really vast talent, and probably something for everyone if you listen through their discography. Really cool history behind the band and everything, super rad band all around =] Should have gotten into them wayyy sooner then now =/
Back to my musical re-discovery of 2009 for a second. As I mentioned before it was getting back into Richie Kotzen but not for his shredding capabilities but for his talent as a multi-instrumentalist and his song writing skills. Well I finally watched his latest video from his newest release "Peace Sign" - the video for "Paying Dues" is simply an awesome display of this mans talents. He played all the instruments on his latest release - not programmed them, played them. With all the current discussion about talentless bands and over edited albums to make up for it - this truly is a breath of fresh air for me.
Love it, love it, love it.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhCqEfkKa5s
This album is pure gold. Songwriting is top notch. I didn't like Gloria at all though
Jeff Buckley - Grace : of course i've heard of it in the past years but never really checked it out... well better late than never... i think that album is a MASTERPIECE and understand why so many people are raving (and mourning) over it
Duuuuude. "Grace" is probably my favorite album ever. I'm a huge Buckley fan.
-Joe
One of my personal favourite albums too, but I can't really listen to it anymore. Bad memories attached so it's one I only bust out on rare occaisions, but pretty much everyone I know who likes that album is the same way.