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02-22-2012, 07:51 AM
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SOPHIE FOREVER
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This one is going to be hard. I need to sleep on it.
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02-22-2012, 07:51 AM
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Prepare 4 the Fight Scene
Join Date: Jun 2011
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Goddammit I love both these bands.
Naked City - 1 Maudlin of the well - 0 It comes down to chaos vs atmosphere for me, and I choose chaos. I also just can't vote against John Zorn. MotW still rules, but I'm voting in an erratic mood. If I wasn't, I'd vote them, that album flows so well.
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02-22-2012, 01:33 PM
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Zum Henker Defätist!!
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Beating GNR at DDR and keying Axl's new car
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SO, I haven't listened to the Naked City album yet, but I'm listening to Maudlin of the Well, and I just wanted to say something. I've been getting more into Opeth recently, but after listening to this band Opeth almost sound like underachievers. Maudlin of the Well just do so much without it ever sounding awkward. Brilliant.
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02-23-2012, 02:55 AM
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Live by the Sword
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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got that maudlin of the well, but haven't heard it yet
heard it, feel it's a grower and i need a second ingest ok i made a decision one is mostly jazz with a few metal trax one is mostly shoegazer/post-rock with a few metal trax i would award a score each to one but what's the point of me voting, then? so if you point a gun to my head, and ask which one I enjoy more, it's Maudlin of the Well Maudlin of the Well - 1 Naked City - 1
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02-23-2012, 06:07 PM
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Ba and Be.
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Anyone liking Maudlin are well advised to listen to Kayo Dot a band that Maudlin mainman Toby Driver was in when Maudlin were on hiatus. Even more chilled but still has heavy elements.
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02-23-2012, 06:13 PM
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SOPHIE FOREVER
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After much consideration, I've decided that both are phenomenal albums. But maudin of the Well has less replay value. I could listen to Naked City for hours on end, but Maudlin's piece is more of a one shot deal with repeats in the future. Plus it's going to take way more than Leaving Your Body Map to make me vote against Zorn.
Maudlin of the Well - 1 Naked City - 2
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02-24-2012, 03:18 AM
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Stoned and Jammin' Out
Join Date: Dec 2010
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Maudlin of the Well Tough vote, I do really enjoy Maudlin of the Well's work. But Naked City will be hard to dethrone. |
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02-24-2012, 09:55 AM
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Do good.
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Naked City - 3
Maudlin of the Well - 3 Going with Maudlin on this one, for the same reason as last time... it's actually metal. It's also quite good, but more importantly, it is metal. And that's all I have to say about that.
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