Metal Month II is coming...

The Batlord · 05-13-2014, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

I'll certainly review the albums you suggest, but I'd prefer you didn't just throw out the most extreme, disgusting, fleshcrawling bands you can think of just to send a shiver up my skirt. I don't want to avoid anything; I'll review anything I'm asked to. But don't expect my opinions to change. I think I gave MA a fair review, and you never got back to me on what you thought about the one for "Heartwork"? )

Trollheart if I didn't have you to torment and abuse then this site would not be nearly as much fun. But only the Cryptopsy album was meant as torture. I am dubious that you would like Dissection, but I see it as the last ditch effort for a gateway band. If you don't like Dissection then it's pretty much over. So I was serious.

Not that you have to keep taking on my suggestions, but I'll just throw out another that I would seriously be interested in your opinion on. Arcturus' La Masquerade Infernale. It kind of reminds me of metallized seventies prog, complete with ridiculous, pretentious singing that I find laughable, but if you can take that whole "Hey nonny" goofiness then it might be right up your alley.

Trollheart · 05-13-2014, 12:12 PM

Yeah, I know. Gotta take your fun where you can get it, right?

I'll add that Arcturus one to the list. Hey, only three days into my post and with four months still to go this could end up being one long list!

Keep 'em comin'!

Carpe Mortem · 05-13-2014, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Trollheart if I didn't have you to torment and abuse then this site would not be nearly as much fun. But only the Cryptopsy album was meant as torture. I am dubious that you would like Dissection, but I see it as the last ditch effort for a gateway band. If you don't like Dissection then it's pretty much over. So I was serious.

Not that you have to keep taking on my suggestions, but I'll just throw out another that I would seriously be interested in your opinion on. Arcturus' La Masquerade Infernale. It kind of reminds me of metallized seventies prog, complete with ridiculous, pretentious singing that I find laughable, but if you can take that whole "Hey nonny" goofiness then it might be right up your alley.

Dude.... Arcturus is awesome.

mythsofmetal · 05-13-2014, 01:11 PM

I also highly recommend what Loathsome Pete recommended. Sigh is my favourite band and Imaginary Sonicscape is one of my favourite albums by them along with In Somniphobia, Hail Horror Hail, and Scenes From Hell. But Imaginary Sonicscape is still probably the best place to start with them. There's something almost anyone could appreciate in some of their more Avant-garde leaning work.

Now for a new recommendation. Check out Mondstille's album Seelenwund. It's become one of my favourite Black Metal albums, and I think it would be quite accessible for someone who doesn't listen to Black Metal often. Here's the link to the album, though one of the songs is cut short, so you may have to find another video for that song if you choose to accept to review the album.

Mondstille - Seelenwund (2012) [Full Album] - YouTube

Trollheart · 05-13-2014, 02:12 PM

There's no album I won't accept for Metal Month II.
No, I mean it.
Yes, even Slipknot.
Slipknot, yes.

Mind you, I take no responsibility for trashing your favourite album if I hate it, though those who know me will surely agree I do my best to write as unbiased a review as possible in all cases. Except for 19ADD's "Dead river". That was just human garbage.

Ninetales · 05-13-2014, 02:19 PM

Geist ist Teufel by Urfaust

You trashing this album would absolutely be worth it. It's probably my favorite album to recommend people just for their reactions. Everyone's is different. Looking forward to yours, TH

mythsofmetal · 05-13-2014, 03:22 PM

Also try Gallowbraid's EP called Ashen Eidolon. For some reason the most popular upload of the full album seems to have some issues, so I'd recommend listening to the uploaded versions of the separate songs uploaded by Northern Silence Productions, since that's the actual youtube account for the record label which released the album. You may see there's four songs on the original album, but I'd like you to listen to the fifth song called Stone of Remembrance as well which is a bonus song from the 2012 re-issue of the album.

The Batlord · 05-13-2014, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Carpe Mortem

Dude.... Arcturus is awesome.

Blech. I'm just gonna post the review I did for that album in my journal cause I'm too lazy to talk about it again.

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Arcturus: La Masquerade Infernale

I've listened to Arcturus' first album and loved it. Probably the only symphonic black metal album I do anything more than tolerate. This, their second album is a different kettle of fish. It completely dropped the black metal and went "avant garde". Which usually means a bunch of weirdos who don't really know what avant garde is making something goofy. Just look at that album cover. It says it all. Well, I've never given it more than five or ten minutes of my time, so I'm giving it another chance...

Alright, those vocals are just as ludicrous as I remember. That dude needs to realize that this is the real world, and real people are going to laugh at you if you sing that way. It's clean singing, but with this self consciously "gothy" thing to it that sounds like he's doing the world's worst impression of opera, but without actually singing opera. He doesn't always sound that goofy, but sometimes it's just laughable.

The music is symphonic progressive metal apparently, and doesn't really seem that avant garde to me. It just sounds like the metal version of ludicrously over-the-top, hey nonny nonny 70's prog rock, and I don't know that anyone who wasn't a fan of that kind of music could take this seriously. It's not so much terrible as I'm just not a prog fan and couldn't give less of a shit about this. There are parts that I like, even a song or two, but in general it's just overblown weirdness that flies by while I just tune out until something that I like actually comes on. Maybe Trollheart or Unknown Soldier would get more out of this, but not me.

Spoiler for Insert "Click Joke".:

Carpe Mortem · 05-13-2014, 04:38 PM

Fair enough. I personally am a huge fan of ICS Vortex's unusual vocal style, he seems to take from middle eastern or Indian arrangements with it, but I know it's one of those love or hate things. Not to mention that is one of the gayest album covers I've ever seen.

I will leave you with my favorite song off the album.

Mojo · 05-14-2014, 12:41 PM

CONAN- MONNOS

EDIT: Very much looking forward to your thoughts on Sigh

05-13-2014, 12:12 PM	#12 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	Yeah, I know. Gotta take your fun where you can get it, right? I'll add that Arcturus one to the list. Hey, only three days into my post and with four months still to go this could end up being one long list! Keep 'em comin'! __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

05-13-2014, 01:11 PM	#14 (permalink)
mythsofmetal Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 207	I also highly recommend what Loathsome Pete recommended. Sigh is my favourite band and Imaginary Sonicscape is one of my favourite albums by them along with In Somniphobia, Hail Horror Hail, and Scenes From Hell. But Imaginary Sonicscape is still probably the best place to start with them. There's something almost anyone could appreciate in some of their more Avant-garde leaning work. Now for a new recommendation. Check out Mondstille's album Seelenwund. It's become one of my favourite Black Metal albums, and I think it would be quite accessible for someone who doesn't listen to Black Metal often. Here's the link to the album, though one of the songs is cut short, so you may have to find another video for that song if you choose to accept to review the album. Mondstille - Seelenwund (2012) [Full Album] - YouTube Last edited by mythsofmetal; 05-13-2014 at 01:28 PM.

05-13-2014, 02:12 PM	#15 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	There's no album I won't accept for Metal Month II. No, I mean it. Yes, even Slipknot. Slipknot, yes. Mind you, I take no responsibility for trashing your favourite album if I hate it, though those who know me will surely agree I do my best to write as unbiased a review as possible in all cases. Except for 19ADD's "Dead river". That was just human garbage. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

05-13-2014, 04:38 PM	#19 (permalink)
Carpe Mortem Crusher of tiny Nords Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Ugly Bag of Mostly Water Posts: 1,363	Fair enough. I personally am a huge fan of ICS Vortex's unusual vocal style, he seems to take from middle eastern or Indian arrangements with it, but I know it's one of those love or hate things. Not to mention that is one of the gayest album covers I've ever seen. I will leave you with my favorite song off the album. __________________ [SIG][/SIG] Mirth is King Be Loving & Open With My Emotions

05-14-2014, 12:41 PM	#20 (permalink)
Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	CONAN- MONNOS EDIT: Very much looking forward to your thoughts on Sigh __________________ Last.FM \| Echoes and Dust

05-13-2014, 02:19 PM	#16 (permalink)
Ninetales Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: livin wild Posts: 2,179	Geist ist Teufel by Urfaust You trashing this album would absolutely be worth it. It's probably my favorite album to recommend people just for their reactions. Everyone's is different. Looking forward to yours, TH

05-13-2014, 03:22 PM	#17 (permalink)
mythsofmetal Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 207	Also try Gallowbraid's EP called Ashen Eidolon. For some reason the most popular upload of the full album seems to have some issues, so I'd recommend listening to the uploaded versions of the separate songs uploaded by Northern Silence Productions, since that's the actual youtube account for the record label which released the album. You may see there's four songs on the original album, but I'd like you to listen to the fifth song called Stone of Remembrance as well which is a bonus song from the 2012 re-issue of the album.