MB Metal Classics: "Dopesmoker" by Sleep

~~MicShazam~~ · 05-16-2018, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Do you have drone of any kind in your repertoire? I get that a taste thing, but I feel like this is a preference like being turned off by DM vocals: it's something you can "unlearn" pretty quickly.

I don't have any outright drone. I was looking through my collection for some albums that arguably work a little more on that sort of level, than what I mostly listen to - but it's still music with a lot of "movement" when compared to drone.

The albums I have that come closest (but not very close):

mary jane leach - ariadne's lament

Jenny Hval - Mehses of Voice

I was gonna say Holy Herndon's album, Platform, but I'm listening to it right now and there are far more shifts and much more melody than I remembered. It's very sound and texture centric, but in no way droning.

**Janszoon** · 05-16-2018, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

Since it's just one big track, I don't think there's any choice but to listen to it as one piece. I find it hard to believe many people would be confused about that once they realize what's going on.

Well, the original release, as Jerusalem, was split up into six tracks so theoretically you could listen to the different parts as different pieces of music.

~~MicShazam~~ · 05-16-2018, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Well, the original release, as Jerusalem, was split up into six tracks so theoretically you could listen to the different parts as different pieces of music.

I didn't know that. Listening through the album, I didn't notice it ever having good places to place a cut - so the six track version must still be pretty seamless.

**Janszoon** · 05-16-2018, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

I didn't know that. Listening through the album, I didn't notice it ever having good places to place a cut - so the six track version must still be pretty seamless.

It is. Still, there are different movements within the song so there are places it could be broken up. If I remember correctly, the way the record company did it was kind of arbitrary though.

Trollheart · 05-17-2018, 06:53 PM

Okay. Okay. I didn't get it before. I do now. Fuck.

Mondo Bungle · 05-17-2018, 06:58 PM

definitely one of my favorite overrated albums 7/10

**Janszoon** · 05-17-2018, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Okay. Okay. I didn't get it before. I do now. Fuck.

You mean you get Dopesmoker?

**Frownland** · 05-17-2018, 07:40 PM

Trollheart is high as ****.

Trollheart · 05-17-2018, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

You mean you get Dopesmoker?

Yep

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Trollheart is high as ****.

Nope

Blank. · 05-17-2018, 11:02 PM

Dopesmoker? Holy Mountain? Which one's better? They're both legendary albums that defined the genre. 10.

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Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Okay. Okay. I didn't get it before. I do now. Fuck. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Trollheart is high as ***. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth.* d e a f b o x

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Mondo Bungle Prepare 4 the Fight Scene Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 7,675	definitely one of my favorite overrated albums 7/10

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Blank. Jacob Sartorius Join Date: May 2016 Location: Dank memes Posts: 4,033	Dopesmoker? Holy Mountain? Which one's better? They're both legendary albums that defined the genre. 10.