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Norg 06-11-2016 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam (Post 1708370)

Anyway, here's my pick:




dang i usaully never give out 5/5 but this was dang near it so hell 5 stars man Who the hell is this it sounds Like Dir en grey is this KYO singing cus man sounds just like him

this song was just beautiful !!!!!

my songyyyy


MicShazam 06-12-2016 03:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Norg (Post 1708462)
dang i usaully never give out 5/5 but this was dang near it so hell 5 stars man Who the hell is this it sounds Like Dir en grey is this KYO singing cus man sounds just like him

Yes, that is indeed Kyo. It is a side project of his with a bunch of different musicians. They currently have an album (Immortalis) and an EP (Vitium) out - both well worth checking out.

The Batlord 06-12-2016 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Norg (Post 1708462)
dang i usaully never give out 5/5 but this was dang near it so hell 5 stars man Who the hell is this it sounds Like Dir en grey is this KYO singing cus man sounds just like him

this song was just beautiful !!!!!

my songyyyy


I had to listen to this twice cause it left pretty much no impression on me. Second time wasn't the charm. 5/10 just cause of the novelty of the... sample?



Black Francis 06-12-2016 11:20 AM

7/10

It dragged for a bit too long, i clocked out around the 5 minute mark but i liked the chaotic 80's new wave feeling in the song.


Jade_City 06-12-2016 05:08 PM

hahah this is such a classic, and I dig it a lot of course. 8/10



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp9QiY3EPzI

The Batlord 06-12-2016 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Jade_City (Post 1708743)
hahah this is such a classic, and I dig it a lot of course. 8/10



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp9QiY3EPzI

I'm still kinda new to funk, and to how funk can be monotonous for long periods, so it didn't connect with me for the whole track, but it's the dull vocals that killed me. 4/10



Blank. 06-12-2016 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1708764)

I like dying fetus. Though the i always felt like the drums are too loud so you can't really hear the guitar. 7/10


Aux-In 09-11-2016 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by 1blankmind (Post 1708813)
I like dying fetus. Though the i always felt like the drums are too loud so you can't really hear the guitar. 7/10


Schticky & cheesy. It gets a break because it's a novelty song, I suppose, but overall it's an annoying song. 2.5/10.


Tristan_Geoff 09-11-2016 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Aux-In (Post 1743134)

Schticky & cheesy. It gets a break because it's a novelty song, I suppose, but overall it's an annoying song. 2.5/10.


Aux-In 10-12-2016 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Tristan Geoff (Post 1743146)
Schticky & cheesy. It gets a break because it's a novelty song, I suppose, but overall it's an annoying song. 2.5/10.


I think that drummer was begging for more distortion from the guitars, but he had to contain himself within the song's structure and style. I liked the "garage band" approach, and it seemed like a solid effort, but I didn't like the vocals at all, so 5/10.


The Batlord 10-12-2016 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Aux-In (Post 1756807)
I think that drummer was begging for more distortion from the guitars, but he had to contain himself within the song's structure and style. I liked the "garage band" approach, and it seemed like a solid effort, but I didn't like the vocals at all, so 5/10.


I don't care enough to figure out just what generic **** this is. I feel like I could have heard this on Carson Daly's late night show almost a decade ago. It didn't even have the decency to be fun contrived ****.


Aux-In 10-13-2016 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1756951)
I don't care enough to figure out just what generic **** this is. I feel like I could have heard this on Carson Daly's late night show almost a decade ago. It didn't even have the decency to be fun contrived ****.

It's supposed to come across that way, unassuming in a sense, but it's not after you spend some time with its lyrics and the message.

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I like the pause and build @ the 2:00 mark, but a lot of it tended to sound like Metallica, except for the screaming, which sounded like you can get from any of those types of bands. Could mosh to it, though.


Frownland 10-13-2016 12:17 AM

Definitely good for what it is, I'd be cool with it in a party or club setting but it's not really my thing. 5/10


Aux-In 10-21-2016 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1757060)
Definitely good for what it is, I'd be cool with it in a party or club setting but it's not really my thing. 5/10


Some sort of free-form music; all over the place, yet stationary in its output. Overall, I didn't get the sense of what I was supposed to do or feel. Do I relax to it? Do I mosh to it? Do I dance to it? I didn't really have a problem with the vocals, even if they were just instruments here.


The Batlord 10-21-2016 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Aux-In (Post 1760633)
Some sort of free-form music; all over the place, yet stationary in its output. Overall, I didn't get the sense of what I was supposed to do or feel. Do I relax to it? Do I mosh to it? Do I dance to it? I didn't really have a problem with the vocals, even if they were just instruments here.


Is that... stoner blues? Neat. 7/10


The Batlord 10-23-2016 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 1761374)
wanted to contribute to this thread but I can't review a metal song without sounding like a dick

Go ahead. I don't care at all if you **** on it. And Kiss It Goodbye are at least as much of a punk band, so * blows raspberry*.

Aux-In 10-25-2016 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1760644)
Is that... stoner blues? Neat. 7/10


Not bad. Sludgy-type heavy metal w/screaming that isn't too annoying and doesn't have too much of a purposeful affect for that type of thing. Probably better, contextually, however, as part of a complete album listen. 5/10.


Blank. 10-30-2016 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Aux-In (Post 1761868)
Not bad. Sludgy-type heavy metal w/screaming that isn't too annoying and doesn't have too much of a purposeful affect for that type of thing. Probably better, contextually, however, as part of a complete album listen. 5/10.


Decent post-grunge / Alternative metal 6/10


The Batlord 10-30-2016 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by 1blankmind (Post 1763528)
Decent post-grunge / Alternative metal 6/10


So like, what kind of boring alternative rock is this that I'm supposed to care about?/10


Ol’ Qwerty Bastard 10-30-2016 12:38 PM

I'm not super into new wave stuff, but the song had a lot going on at all times and it made for a pretty interesting listen. 7/10


Mondo Bungle 10-30-2016 01:00 PM

That's one of the first harder bands I ever loved. They slay 100% every time. Also clearly some of punk's bet riffs all time up in here


Mondo Bungle 10-30-2016 01:28 PM

I think that's one of the charms for their vocalist tbh. It's all tinge in cheek, but delivered deliberately

Mondo Bungle 10-30-2016 01:36 PM

I bet you'd end up loving them

The Batlord 10-30-2016 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 1763649)
has a nice off kilter guitar sound in the quieter parts as it picks up to the stompier parts it gets a bit cheese to my ears lyrics are a bit hamfisted vocalist kind of taking them too seriously, just not too keen on the chorus as a whole

not bad though 6.5/10


I'd call that lounge music of the damned except it really just sounds like lounge music. I don't hate it or anything but what's to care about?


Frownland 11-01-2016 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1763745)
I'd call that lounge music of the damned except it really just sounds like lounge music. I don't hate it or anything but what's to care about?


The singer's mouth is singing faster than his tongue is (neither a good nor bad thing). Not exactly the most original thrash I've heard, but it's still raw as **** thrash. I'd to go to that show. 8/10


PhilosophicalCastanza 11-06-2016 01:38 PM

Not bad. Kinda funny when she tries to be spooky kooky. Music is ****. Vocals are ****. Lyrics? What I heard didn't impress me much. I don't know. Just being honest. BUT... at least it's different. 7/10.



The Batlord 11-06-2016 01:41 PM

Only GNR song I could give a **** about. Fun riff, but **** Axl Rose and it's overplayed. 6/10.


Blank. 11-06-2016 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by PhilosophicalCastanza (Post 1765910)
Not bad. Kinda funny when she tries to be spooky kooky. Music is ****. Vocals are ****. Lyrics? What I heard didn't impress me much. I don't know. Just being honest. BUT... at least it's different. 7/10.



Song is overplayed, overused. I could forgive all that if it wasn't for Axl roses vocals sound like a dying cat. 2/10


The Batlord 11-06-2016 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by 1blankmind (Post 1765914)
Song is overplayed, overused. I could forgive all that if it wasn't for Axl roses vocals sound like a dying cat. 2/10


You got ninja'd bro.

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1765913)
Only GNR song I could give a **** about. Fun riff, but **** Axl Rose and it's overplayed. 6/10.



Blank. 11-06-2016 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1765916)
You got ninja'd bro.

Goddamnit.

Aux-In 03-15-2017 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by 1blankmind (Post 1765914)
Song is overplayed, overused. I could forgive all that if it wasn't for Axl roses vocals sound like a dying cat. 2/10


I'm so familiar with it now that it's hard to review it from an outside perspective, as if they weren't Nirvana (quote/unquote), would I play it at all? Maybe, maybe not. Kind of one of those tunes that I can play when I don't want to be an "In Utero" kind of listener when going through my Nirvana catalogue.


The Batlord 03-15-2017 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Aux-In (Post 1814410)
I'm so familiar with it now that it's hard to review it from an outside perspective, as if they weren't Nirvana (quote/unquote), would I play it at all? Maybe, maybe not. Kind of one of those tunes that I can play when I don't want to be an "In Utero" kind of listener when going through my Nirvana catalogue.


Only got a couple of minutes into that before having to quit.

1. That cringey, whiny, wtf way that Kurt was singing? Disturbingly awful. I've heard him do it before, but never that terrible.

2. I know some people like that unplugged album, but not me. Nirvana are a band who need amplifiers to justify their existence.



Frownland 03-15-2017 09:34 PM

A lot of that was straight up Four Horseman. Solid track though, dug the singer's shrieks, not huge on his cleaner singing but I didn't dislike it enough for it to pull me out of the song. Really enjoyed the long instrumental interlude and the darker part where it gets a little blackened. 7.571/10


Electrophonic Tonic 03-18-2017 01:48 AM

That was pretty cool. The rapping reminded me a bit of Del the Funky Homosapien and made me wish he rapped over samples like this on the regular. 8/10


The Batlord 03-18-2017 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Electrophonic Tonic (Post 1814792)
That was pretty cool. The rapping reminded me a bit of Del the Funky Homosapien and made me wish he rapped over samples like this on the regular. 8/10


Not really sure about those riffs. They're serviceable, but they sound less like doom and more like chugging nu/alt metal riffs that concentrate more on being percussive. They're not even that heavy, so the song kind of limply lumbers along in an unmemorable fashion. The singer's alright though. 5/10



Trollheart 04-08-2017 07:43 AM

Mini-review the Metal song above you
 
When you can't come up with an idea of your own, steal someone else's, I always say! You know the drill I'm sure...

Aux-In 04-14-2017 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1821059)
When you can't come up with an idea of your own, steal someone else's, I always say! You know the drill I'm sure...

Heaviness is nice. Sounds newer, but not too new as it has the traditional metal feel, which is good or bad depending on how spruce one's taste in metal is on any given day. Although that type of singing has its place in music, and I can understand that, it's not for me, so it leaves me where this style always tend to lead me -- toward the Land of No Opinion.


Frownland 04-14-2017 09:48 AM

I'm not a huge fan of the song, but that doubled my respect for Layne as a singer. I had no idea he was that versatile. The song itself is give a 6.5/10. I dig the bass and percussion but the guitar is pretty cheesy.


Aux-In 04-16-2017 07:44 PM

I definitely like the opening spectrum-wave like sounds. However, the stop-gaps in the beat are jarring to the flow, and the vocals don't seem like they're necessary. Strip those elements out and leave me with the spectrum noises, and you'd have some decent background music. 4/10 overall.


Frownland 05-01-2017 11:50 AM

That was god-awful. The whole time I was thinking "what is this, 2002?" Just too much schlocky clean corporate radio rock with a little too much respect for Hoobastank. Absolutely not my cup of tea. One point because when I couldn't make out the singer's cracker accent in the outro the harmonies were okay I guess. 2/10



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