Which ONE album do you wish you could hear again for the first time?
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Several comes to my mind :
Anthems to The Welkin at Dusk for obvious reasons : I know every second of it so much that I'm quite bored (yes I said it) when I listen to it sometimes (pretty rare these days though)
For more or less the same reasons :
(Later) Opeth
50% , at least , of my black-metal collection
And last but not least my favorite song ever :
Svefn-g-englar by Sigur rós (live version ONLY though)
Anthems to The Welkin at Dusk for obvious reasons : I know every second of it so much that I'm quite bored (yes I said it) when I listen to it sometimes (pretty rare these days though)
For more or less the same reasons :
(Later) Opeth
50% , at least , of my black-metal collection
And last but not least my favorite song ever :
Svefn-g-englar by Sigur rós (live version ONLY though)
dill_the_devil
OneMetal.com Music Editor
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Calculating Infinity.
It was the first time I'd even dabbled in math/noise/tech/whatever-the-fuck it is they play, and it completely rewired my synapses for weeks on end afterwards. I love albums that make me go all goggle-eyed just trying to contemplate how four or five people can possibly get together in a room and come up with these sounds, and Calculating Infinity is definitely one of those records.
It was the first time I'd even dabbled in math/noise/tech/whatever-the-fuck it is they play, and it completely rewired my synapses for weeks on end afterwards. I love albums that make me go all goggle-eyed just trying to contemplate how four or five people can possibly get together in a room and come up with these sounds, and Calculating Infinity is definitely one of those records.
ProgMetalFan
In the attic
unhinged
R.i.P. Lizard
reign in blood
don't reckon my jaw would drop quite so far after 20 years or whatever it is but that would be the one...or master of puppets
don't reckon my jaw would drop quite so far after 20 years or whatever it is but that would be the one...or master of puppets
Will Bozarth
Everlasting Godstopper
Reign in Acai
Of Elephant and Man
Most of the albums I truly love didn't sink in on the first listen. So to go revisit that feeling would be all in naught. So in that case...my pick is.
Madonna - Like a Virgin.
Madonna - Like a Virgin.
Ellestin
one-click buy
In The Woods... - Omnio
Discovered shortly after its release, in August 1997. I can recall the context to the smallest details, where I was (my bedroom at my parents'), what I was doing (ironing my pants). And as the first sequences of "299.796 km/s" kicked in, I knew right away that this was going to be a huge turning point in my perception of music. Which it became. I've never experienced such a full-scale revelation again ever since. "Panopticon" begs to differ, but it's too young still, I couldn't say I wish o so dearly to discover it anew.
Discovered shortly after its release, in August 1997. I can recall the context to the smallest details, where I was (my bedroom at my parents'), what I was doing (ironing my pants). And as the first sequences of "299.796 km/s" kicked in, I knew right away that this was going to be a huge turning point in my perception of music. Which it became. I've never experienced such a full-scale revelation again ever since. "Panopticon" begs to differ, but it's too young still, I couldn't say I wish o so dearly to discover it anew.
SonOfNun
Bill Ward's Red Pants
Today is a day of nostalgia for Opeth's Deliverance turns 18.
This is the album that got me into metal as a 16 year old kid. The heaviest band I'd been into was Nirvana. Somehow I ran across this and sampled that opening riff of "Master's Apprentices" on Amazon. I was blown away and everything changed. I bought this album along with Blackwater Park and Damnation on May 4th, 2003. My best friend and I saw Opeth on the Lamentations Over America tour in 2004 and met Mikael on the street right outside the venue in Denver, CO.
I may not listen to it that much these days, but I'll never forget the feeling of being floored by uber heavy riffage for the first time. I wish I had this album on vinyl.
NAD
What A Horrible Night To Have A Curse
^^^ The first time I heard Nirvana was the first time I heard a CD and saw it spinning in one of those clear disc window thingies. Both experiences changed my life forever. I sold my soul to rock and roll that night, beforehand I was a music person, but that night got Serious® about worshipping the electric guitar.
first half of Anthems > first half of Nightside
second half of Nightside > second half of Anthems
Anyhow. My answer today is Danzig 4p. That has been my #1 album for a long, long time, it rarely leaves rotation, and I still remember the first time I heard it. Christmas morning at Grammaw's house. Later that night I played Cantspeak on repeat for hours. I still do that sometimes, 26 years later, but not 50 times in a row like that first evening.
Also if this counts, a mixtape I had with Slayer's Dead Skin Mask on it. I am pretty sure I wore out that part of said tape that first evening, it was the first time I heard Slayer, and I don't even know what other songs were on said cassette that my friend made me. I wonder if he used high speed dubbing?
Ha! I remember that, I was driving and lost my vision turning left on a yellow light, so even extra danger/awesome. That remains a unique experience, hasn't happened before nor since. I don't listen to this album much anymore, and it's definitely secondary to ÆNIMA, but still outstanding.
This album just keeps getting better with time, I spun it last night and love it more than ever. It took me awhile to "get" Emperor but I can say that the intro to Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk has always been amazing to me... took several years for the rest of the album (and all of In the Nightside Eclipse) to catch up to that first minute for me. I'm not sure which album I like better between the two, so this is how I rank them:
first half of Anthems > first half of Nightside
second half of Nightside > second half of Anthems
The first time I heard this I was pretty ehh on it. Flash forward 15 years later and Every. Fucking. Time. I put this album on (approximately 10 times per month, every month, for 3 years now), it absolutely levels me. When the first vocal line hits..............amazing. The hairs on my neck stand up just thinking about it, and the entire album doesn't let go until the end. If I could go back to that first listen again, I'd slap some sense into me.
Anyhow. My answer today is Danzig 4p. That has been my #1 album for a long, long time, it rarely leaves rotation, and I still remember the first time I heard it. Christmas morning at Grammaw's house. Later that night I played Cantspeak on repeat for hours. I still do that sometimes, 26 years later, but not 50 times in a row like that first evening.
Also if this counts, a mixtape I had with Slayer's Dead Skin Mask on it. I am pretty sure I wore out that part of said tape that first evening, it was the first time I heard Slayer, and I don't even know what other songs were on said cassette that my friend made me. I wonder if he used high speed dubbing?
SonOfNun
Bill Ward's Red Pants
Now that your heart/anus has been repaired, do you still listen to Vintersorg?
SonOfNun
Bill Ward's Red Pants
Nice. The last one I had for years was The Focusing Blur. I used to jam everything up through that album all through high school. When I got back into metal a couple years ago I picked up the rest of his releases. I haven't been in the mood for them much, but maybe I should focus on that this winter because I used to be a huge Vintersorg fanboy.
Krilons Resa
Jerry's married?!
J.
Old Fart
Me neither, but I did enjoy Cosmic Genesis when it came out to an extent
I like his work with Borknagar though
I like his work with Borknagar though
einride
your best friend
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i like vintersorg kind of-ish but if you're swedish the cheese factor gets really unbearable quick
"hedniskhjärtad" is about all i ever need
"hedniskhjärtad" is about all i ever need
SonOfNun
Bill Ward's Red Pants
There's nothing vanilla about Vintersorg. He always sounds like Vintersorg whether he's doing folk or progressive. I can see why people either like him or don't. The spectrum of music he created from Till Fjalls through The Focusing Blur has always been impressive to me. I liked Cosmic Genesis the most because it balances what came before and after it, but I can just as easily jam the others with great satisfaction.
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