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Roygbiv · 03-29-2009, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

I hated Blood Mountain. Will their new one convince me that I'm missing out or is it more of the same?

Crack the Skye is much more progressive than Blood Mountain, which was incredibly heavy. If you don't want "more of the same" then avoid Remission, which is their heaviest album, I feel.

Crack the Skye is much, much lighter, with a greater emphasis on song structure. That said, I only listen to Crack the Skye for the two over-9minute tracks (they carry the entire weight of the album). I prefer Blood Mountain's complexity.

333 · 03-29-2009, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Roygbiv

Crack the Skye is much more progressive than Blood Mountain, which was incredibly heavy. If you don't want "more of the same" then avoid Remission, which is their heaviest album, I feel.

Crack the Skye is much, much lighter, with a greater emphasis on song structure. That said, I only listen to Crack the Skye for the two over-9minute tracks (they carry the entire weight of the album). I prefer Blood Mountain's complexity.

Well-said.

jackhammer · 03-29-2009, 03:19 PM

Well stone me. I'm liking this one immediately. 10x better than Blood Mountain. None of those annoying drum fills that were so prevalent on the album. Light and shade. Breakdowns, great guitar work. Jackhammer likes.

333 · 03-29-2009, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

Well stone me. I'm liking this one immediately. 10x better than Blood Mountain. None of those annoying drum fills that were so prevalent on the album. Light and shade. Breakdowns, great guitar work. Jackhammer likes.

That means you're giving us permission to talk about it again, right?

jackhammer · 03-29-2009, 03:35 PM

No. I am going to close it now and have the last word

Roygbiv · 03-29-2009, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

No. I am going to close it now and have the last word

333 · 03-29-2009, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

No. I am going to close it now and have the last word

Damn.

I am defeated.

Excuse me while I write more teen angst poetry and listen to Korn.

jackhammer · 03-29-2009, 03:47 PM

Korn? blech. On the strength of this album I may check out Leviathan as a fellow mod has recommended it a few times as I'm a huge Gojira fan and he says it's similar. There is quite a big stoner rock influence on this new album methinks.

333 · 03-29-2009, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

Korn? blech. On the strength of this album I may check out Leviathan as a fellow mod has recommended it a few times as I'm a huge Gojira fan and he says it's similar. There is quite a big stoner rock influence on this new album methinks.

Was being sarcastic about the teen angst and Korn. I'd hope with all that I've posted so far, you wouldn't really think I'm into Korn.

On Leviathan - Do it! I'm no mod, but that makes it two recommendations. I guess its a little similar, but I think Gojira might be a little ahead of them. Stoner rock on Crack the Skye? I'm not sure of that. I hear more of a classic prog rock, for sure.

jackhammer · 03-29-2009, 04:19 PM

I know you was. I forgot to put a wink there lol I can hear a little Masters Of Reality in the melody lines personally.

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Well stone me. I'm liking this one immediately. 10x better than Blood Mountain. None of those annoying drum fills that were so prevalent on the album. Light and shade. Breakdowns, great guitar work. Jackhammer likes. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	No. I am going to close it now and have the last word __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Korn? blech. On the strength of this album I may check out Leviathan as a fellow mod has recommended it a few times as I'm a huge Gojira fan and he says it's similar. There is quite a big stoner rock influence on this new album methinks. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	I know you was. I forgot to put a wink there lol I can hear a little Masters Of Reality in the melody lines personally. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”