The Poseur Cave

Wpnfire · 10-10-2014, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Briks

I found my old last.fm account. I've edited the details for anonymity's sake, but the stats are there if you want to see what crap I listened to around the time I registered here.

I see the Offspring, Ramones, Blink-182, Sum 41, NOFx, Dropkick Murphy's, and the Academy is...

None of those are crap bands, though I'm not really a fan of NOFx, but whatever.

Isbjørn · 10-10-2014, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Wpnfire

I see the Offspring, Ramones, Blink-182, Sum 41, NOFx, Dropkick Murphy's, and the Academy is...

None of those are crap bands, though I'm not really a fan of NOFx, but whatever.

Well, I hope I don't offend you now: The Offspring are fun, Ramones are okay, Blink-182 and Sum 41 are slightly embarrassing, Dropkick Murphys kick ass, and The Academy Is... are also slightly embarrassing. I put on their acoustic version of "About a Girl" from time to time, but don't tell anyone.

Isbjørn · 10-10-2014, 12:45 PM

...and now for something completely different:

Artist: My Chemical Romance
Album: I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love
Year: 2002
Genre: Post-hardcore/pop punk

Alright, so I just found my old Last.fm profile. I looked at the stats, and man, I listened to a lot of MCR. Then my tastes started changing, and I gradually stopped listening to them until they were merely a somewhat embarrassing memory. But I didn't familiarize myself all that much with this album, so I decided to listen to it now and form an opinion on it, y'know? It starts off with "Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough for the Two of Us", which sets the theme and introduces us to the general sound of the album, which can be described with such assorted adjectives as "energetic", "raw", "campy", "overblown", "cheesy" and "sappy".

All the songs up until track 8 pretty much sound like that, then we are suddenly introduced to... twinkly guitars? The hell? "Early Sunsets Over Monroeville" is legit Midwest-inspired emo, guys. Well, that was unexpected, but certainly not unappreciated. I dig it.

Now I'm just wondering why the hell this has a 2.72/5 on RYM while The Black Parade has 3/5. Screw that album. This stuff is genuinely enjoyable if you can get past the fact that it's campy, whiny, weepy and all that. I get the feeling that the people who rate this lowly are either punk elitists who didn't even bother listening to it, or scene kids who dig The Black Parade but are put off by the rawness of this album.

3.5/5

Isbjørn · 10-11-2014, 07:11 AM

Some stuff I've listened to during the past few days

4 Non Blondes - Bigger, Better, Faster, More!

I thought it was going to be fun and stuff, but then it was just composed of annoying fillers. "What's Up" is cool though.

2.5/5

Meghan Trainor - Title

Someone played "I'm All About That Bass" in Plug.dj, and I thought "holy shizz, I actually like this". Not amazing or anything, but pretty fun EP.

3/5

The Black Sweden - Gold

Hard rock meets ABBA. It's fun at first, but then you just grow tired of it. Good in small doses.

3/5

Morrissey - Your Arsenal

Just as good as a Smiths album, in my opinion.

4.5/5

Isbjørn · 10-11-2014, 01:28 PM

...and now for something completely different, part 2:

Artist: My Chemical Romance
Album: Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
Year: 2004
Genre: Pop punk

Why do I feel like writing a disclaimer at the start of this? "I'm only listening to this for my journal" or something? Because this band is universally ridiculed, and if you listen to them, people will assume that you have greasy, black bangs and mutiple facial piercings, which I don't. I don't really have a lot to say about this, other than that this album gets more hate than it actually deserves. These guys are just a campy pop group whose members dig horror movies and comic books. I'm 99% sure that "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" is not meant to be sad or depressing, but tongue-in-cheek. C'mon, that title can't be taken seriously. There's also a song named "You Know What They Do to Guys Like Us in Prison", so it's obvious that they know irony.

This is an okay album. It's catchy, it has energy, but it feels a little too theatrical at times, and the slick production makes it sound less genuine and more commercial than the debut. Therefore I give it:

2.5/5

Isbjørn · 10-12-2014, 12:58 PM

Huh. This is Metal Month, but there hasn't been a single metal album in here since September. That's ironic.

Wpnfire · 10-12-2014, 05:17 PM

That Xysma demo maybe?

The Batlord · 10-12-2014, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Wpnfire

That Xysma demo maybe?

Nah. Just go listen to one of Carcass' first two albums. They're's generally no need to listen to 95% of goregrind when you can just listen to them.

Isbjørn · 10-13-2014, 01:01 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Nah. Just go listen to one of Carcass' first two albums. They're's generally no need to listen to 95% of goregrind when you can just listen to them.

Too late, I've already tried Xysma now. Might write something about them later.

The Batlord · 10-13-2014, 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Briks

Too late, I've already tried Xysma now. Might write something about them later.

I forget how you feel about death metal in general, but Carcass is pretty much required listening if you're exploring extreme metal. Honestly though, if you're still somewhat new then it might make sense to go backwards with their catalog, as they grew more accessible as time went on, though the quality always remained high. I'd steer clear of their last pre-reunion album though, Swan Song, as it's pretty dull.

But Heartwork would be a brilliant place to start. Along with At the Gates' Slaughter of the Soul (another piece of required listening), it pretty much invented melodic death metal, while being one of, if not the most brutal albums of the genre. Very few melodic death metal albums actually qualify as extreme metal, but that one most certainly does.

The one before that, Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious, was a pretty straight-up death metal album, though a lot of the lead guitar shows where they would go with Heartwork, and is probably the album that I hear praised as their best the most often, although all four of their first albums get called that by various camps. Definitely one of the best death metal albums you'll ever hear, while still being fairly accessible.

I haven't listened to as much of their two earlier albums, which were their grindcore ones (Though the second, Symphonies of Sickness, shows signs of moving towards death metal.) Those are some really brutal albums. That was before they got Michael Amott on lead guitar (the guy behind Arch Enemy these days), and he was the one who really seemed to be pushing them in a more melodic direction. I'd say if you're still getting used to extreme metal then you'd be better off listening to Symphonies first, as the production on their first, Reek of Putrefaction, has absolutely abysmal production. The band weren't even going for bad production, it just sort of happened. I think the recordings somehow got ****ed up somewhere in between recording and releasing the album and there just wasn't enough time and money to do anything about it. Still, if you can dig that kind of early, primitive grindcore, like early Napalm Death, it's a pretty great album.

10-10-2014, 12:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
Isbjørn cooler commie than elph Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: In a hole, help Posts: 2,811	...and now for something completely different: Artist: My Chemical Romance Album: I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love Year: 2002 Genre: Post-hardcore/pop punk Alright, so I just found my old Last.fm profile. I looked at the stats, and man, I listened to a lot of MCR. Then my tastes started changing, and I gradually stopped listening to them until they were merely a somewhat embarrassing memory. But I didn't familiarize myself all that much with this album, so I decided to listen to it now and form an opinion on it, y'know? It starts off with "Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough for the Two of Us", which sets the theme and introduces us to the general sound of the album, which can be described with such assorted adjectives as "energetic", "raw", "campy", "overblown", "cheesy" and "sappy". All the songs up until track 8 pretty much sound like that, then we are suddenly introduced to... twinkly guitars? The hell? "Early Sunsets Over Monroeville" is legit Midwest-inspired emo, guys. Well, that was unexpected, but certainly not unappreciated. I dig it. Now I'm just wondering why the hell this has a 2.72/5 on RYM while The Black Parade has 3/5. Screw that album. This stuff is genuinely enjoyable if you can get past the fact that it's campy, whiny, weepy and all that. I get the feeling that the people who rate this lowly are either punk elitists who didn't even bother listening to it, or scene kids who dig The Black Parade but are put off by the rawness of this album. 3.5/5 __________________ fast(ml) Hear me play the guitar Look, mom! I got a journal

10-11-2014, 07:11 AM	#4 (permalink)
Isbjørn cooler commie than elph Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: In a hole, help Posts: 2,811	Some stuff I've listened to during the past few days 4 Non Blondes - *Bigger, Better, Faster, More!* I thought it was going to be fun and stuff, but then it was just composed of annoying fillers. "What's Up" is cool though. 2.5/5 Meghan Trainor - Title Someone played "I'm All About That Bass" in Plug.dj, and I thought "holy shizz, I actually like this". Not amazing or anything, but pretty fun EP. 3/5 The Black Sweden - Gold Hard rock meets ABBA. It's fun at first, but then you just grow tired of it. Good in small doses. 3/5 Morrissey - Your Arsenal Just as good as a Smiths album, in my opinion. 4.5/5 __________________ fast(ml) Hear me play the guitar Look, mom! I got a journal Last edited by Isbjørn; 10-11-2014 at 07:30 AM.

10-11-2014, 01:28 PM	#5 (permalink)
Isbjørn cooler commie than elph Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: In a hole, help Posts: 2,811	...and now for something completely different, part 2: Artist: My Chemical Romance Album: Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge Year: 2004 Genre: Pop punk Why do I feel like writing a disclaimer at the start of this? "I'm only listening to this for my journal" or something? Because this band is universally ridiculed, and if you listen to them, people will assume that you have greasy, black bangs and mutiple facial piercings, which I don't. I don't really have a lot to say about this, other than that this album gets more hate than it actually deserves. These guys are just a campy pop group whose members dig horror movies and comic books. I'm 99% sure that "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" is not meant to be sad or depressing, but tongue-in-cheek. C'mon, that title can't be taken seriously. There's also a song named "You Know What They Do to Guys Like Us in Prison", so it's obvious that they know irony. This is an okay album. It's catchy, it has energy, but it feels a little too theatrical at times, and the slick production makes it sound less genuine and more commercial than the debut. Therefore I give it: 2.5/5 __________________ fast(ml) Hear me play the guitar Look, mom! I got a journal

10-12-2014, 12:58 PM	#6 (permalink)
Isbjørn cooler commie than elph Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: In a hole, help Posts: 2,811	Huh. This is Metal Month, but there hasn't been a single metal album in here since September. That's ironic. __________________ fast(ml) Hear me play the guitar Look, mom! I got a journal

10-12-2014, 05:17 PM	#7 (permalink)
Wpnfire Dragon Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Kansas, United States Posts: 2,744	That Xysma demo maybe? __________________ Last.FM My RYM Ratings *My Glitchwave Beta Profile*