Love or Hate?

Trollheart · 11-06-2015, 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pet_Sounds

That's not Rundgren's best album imo (Something/Anything is), but I was expecting a Meh from you. Glad to see you enjoyed it more than I thought.

Yeah, I didn't for a moment think it was his best. More an experiment, and as I said, a kind of odd way to introduce someone to the guy.

TechnicLePanther · 11-06-2015, 02:51 PM

See for me, it's Rundgren's best outing. You might like Utopia more, so I'd definitely recommend it if you haven't heard it already. Something/Anything always struck me as a bit bland, and I think you'd be Meh-ing a lot of those songs. A Wizard, A True Star is less proggy than Utopia, but less poppy than Something/Anything, so I wanted to see what you thought.

tl;dr You'd pry love Utopia, and meh Something/Anything, and AWATS is in the middle of those, so I threw it at you.

Plainview · 11-06-2015, 03:14 PM

Got the perfect album to Rec you when you open back up!

Trollheart · 11-06-2015, 03:27 PM

I hope it's not another one of yours. No offence, nothing wrong with your music but I'm going to start reinforcing that semi-rule about taking recs for people's personal music...

Plainview · 11-06-2015, 05:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trollheart

I hope it's not another one of yours. No offence, nothing wrong with your music but I'm going to start reinforcing that semi-rule about taking recs for people's personal music...

No, don't worry, it's not!

Trollheart · 11-07-2015, 10:55 AM

Title: The Hunter
Artiste: Mastodon
Genre: Progressive/Sludge Metal
Familiarity: I've heard Blood Mountain: did not like it.

1. Black tongue: Decent opener; lot of power and anger to it.
2. Curl of the burl: Kind of more of a progressive tilt to this, sort of reminds me in places of Balance of Power... Guitar is pretty sweet on this.
3. Blasteroid: Meh, it's okay. Doesn't do too much for me.
4. Stargasm: Love the opening guitar here though. This could be a good one. Eh, not quite. Started off well but didn't quite live up to the promise of the opening. Still, best yet so far.
5. Octopus has no friends: Again it's okay, but I guess the problem is nothing is really standing out to me. It's all good-ish, but just nothing special.
6. All the heavy lifting: This has a very Threshold vibe in the vocal and the melody
7. The Hunter: Again a really gripping, dramatic sort of progressive guitar to open, but will it blossom into anything? Being the title track you would hope there would be some chance that this might blow away the cobwebs that have enveloped me in a cloud of “don't-care” since the album began. Well this is the first (only?) ballad so natch I'm going to be a bit kinder and more ready to listen to it. And it does seem to be very good indeed. Yeah, it's miles ahead of everything else so far.
8. Dry bone valley: Back to the kind of mediocre-okay-but-nothing-great tracks.
9. Thickening: This one has a bit of a blues swing to it. Yeah but it's sort of boring too. Meh.
10. Creature lives: This is better. Like the warped guitar, the Floydesque laughter, then the song itself is different enough to make me sit up and take notice. Yeah, this is good. Finally. Sort of a psychedelic feel to it.
11. Spectrelight: Meh. Kind of a sub-Manowar battle chant thing. Maybe.
12. Bedazzled fingernails: This at least is interesting. Has a clever thing going vocally.
13. The sparrow: And this is far better too. Sort of again psych feeling to it, slower, kind of dreamy. Good closer. Somewhat unexpected.

End result: Better than BM, but again nothing that makes me go “Oh wow! I must now listen to all of Mastodon's albums!” My life, such as it is, will proceed just fine without their input.

So, Love or Hate? I can't really Meh it so I'll say I Like it. Though I kind of don't really.

bob. · 11-07-2015, 11:57 AM

i've got another gem from this year that i think you'll love....when you're ready

Trollheart · 11-07-2015, 12:29 PM

Recs will be opening soon. Very soon. Stay tuned.

The Batlord · 11-07-2015, 01:41 PM

Maybe you should just put a big, bold, font size 7 sign in the op...

NO MASTODON!!!

Cause so long as people think you like metal and prog, they'll keep assuming that you can be converted.

P.S. Ever listened to Hammerfall? Cause if not then I know my rec.

Trollheart · 11-07-2015, 01:43 PM

Not a full album no. Came across them in my journey through Jens Johansson's career in Metal Month III, so would be interested.

11-06-2015, 02:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
TechnicLePanther and the livin' is easy... Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: New York Posts: 1,997	See for me, it's Rundgren's best outing. You might like Utopia more, so I'd definitely recommend it if you haven't heard it already. Something/Anything always struck me as a bit bland, and I think you'd be Meh-ing a lot of those songs. A Wizard, A True Star is less proggy than Utopia, but less poppy than Something/Anything, so I wanted to see what you thought. tl;dr You'd pry love Utopia, and meh Something/Anything, and AWATS is in the middle of those, so I threw it at you. __________________ Many have tried to destroy it... but... true evil never dies. It is only... REBORN *SUGGEST ME AN ALBUM* - I'm probably not going to listen to it but I will if you bother me enough.

11-06-2015, 03:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	I hope it's not another one of yours. No offence, nothing wrong with your music but I'm going to start reinforcing that semi-rule about taking recs for people's personal music... __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

11-07-2015, 10:55 AM	#6 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Title: The Hunter Artiste: Mastodon Genre: Progressive/Sludge Metal Familiarity: I've heard Blood Mountain: did not like it. 1. Black tongue: Decent opener; lot of power and anger to it. 2. Curl of the burl: Kind of more of a progressive tilt to this, sort of reminds me in places of Balance of Power... Guitar is pretty sweet on this. 3. Blasteroid: Meh, it's okay. Doesn't do too much for me. 4. Stargasm: Love the opening guitar here though. This could be a good one. Eh, not quite. Started off well but didn't quite live up to the promise of the opening. Still, best yet so far. 5. Octopus has no friends: Again it's okay, but I guess the problem is nothing is really standing out to me. It's all good-ish, but just nothing special. 6. All the heavy lifting: This has a very Threshold vibe in the vocal and the melody 7. The Hunter: Again a really gripping, dramatic sort of progressive guitar to open, but will it blossom into anything? Being the title track you would hope there would be some chance that this might blow away the cobwebs that have enveloped me in a cloud of “don't-care” since the album began. Well this is the first (only?) ballad so natch I'm going to be a bit kinder and more ready to listen to it. And it does seem to be very good indeed. Yeah, it's miles ahead of everything else so far. 8. Dry bone valley: Back to the kind of mediocre-okay-but-nothing-great tracks. 9. Thickening: This one has a bit of a blues swing to it. Yeah but it's sort of boring too. Meh. 10. Creature lives: This is better. Like the warped guitar, the Floydesque laughter, then the song itself is different enough to make me sit up and take notice. Yeah, this is good. Finally. Sort of a psychedelic feel to it. 11. Spectrelight: Meh. Kind of a sub-Manowar battle chant thing. Maybe. 12. Bedazzled fingernails: This at least is interesting. Has a clever thing going vocally. 13. The sparrow: And this is far better too. Sort of again psych feeling to it, slower, kind of dreamy. Good closer. Somewhat unexpected. End result: Better than BM, but again nothing that makes me go “Oh wow! I must now listen to all of Mastodon's albums!” My life, such as it is, will proceed just fine without their input. So, Love or Hate? I can't really Meh it so I'll say I Like it. Though I kind of don't really. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

11-07-2015, 11:57 AM	#7 (permalink)
bob. Still sends his reguards. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trying to get out of the cat town.... Posts: 5,039	i've got another gem from this year that i think you'll love....when you're ready __________________ A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.

11-07-2015, 12:29 PM	#8 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Recs will be opening soon. Very soon. Stay tuned. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

11-07-2015, 01:43 PM	#10 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Not a full album no. Came across them in my journey through Jens Johansson's career in Metal Month III, so would be interested. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018