Still Life - album of the year?
Zhantamorium
the year! It is a bit regressed, yet an absolute classic. *I* would give it
10/10, but I cannot be objective since I am a HARDCORE fan of the band..
Getting REALLY into MYAH took 6 months, I can only wonder how long it's going
to take this time... phew!
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Xhorder
I can't wait to get it!!
Capt.Capone
wrote:
>After two days worth of repeated listening... probably yeah it's my album of
>the year! It is a bit regressed, yet an absolute classic. *I* would give it
>10/10, but I cannot be objective since I am a HARDCORE fan of the band..
>
>Getting REALLY into MYAH took 6 months, I can only wonder how long it's going
>to take this time... phew!
It took me a long time too to get into MAYH, but it was worth it... Is
the new album some kind of concept album?
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Teresa Murray
>
> After two days worth of repeated listening... probably yeah it's my album of
> the year! It is a bit regressed, yet an absolute classic. *I* would give it
> 10/10, but I cannot be objective since I am a HARDCORE fan of the band..
>
> Getting REALLY into MYAH took 6 months, I can only wonder how long it's going
> to take this time... phew!
Capt.Capone
<teresa...@bc.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>Zhantamorium wrote:
>> Getting REALLY into MYAH took 6 months, I can only wonder how long it's going
>> to take this time... phew!
>
>Really? I got into My Yarms Aour Hearse right away!
Me too, but it have grown on me more than the others.. At first I was
liking Morningrise much more than MAYH, but now I think they're
different but about as good.
Erlend Steinsvik
>liking Morningrise much more than MAYH, but now I think they're
>different but about as good.
I haven't gotten into Still Life yet, but it sounds good... The best album
is Orchid, I loved this the first time I heard it!
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Xhorder
>liking Morningrise much more than MAYH, but now I think they're
>different but about as good.
I think MAYH is much better then Orhid which I also own..
I don't know.. but ii is more balanced then the other albums..
I heard a track from Still Life on the radio yesterday.. It souned a lot
like
the MAYH material... So it's good!
Despise the Sun
Xhorder wrote:
> >Me too, but it have grown on me more than the others.. At first I was
> >liking Morningrise much more than MAYH, but now I think they're
> >different but about as good.
>
> I think MAYH is much better then Orhid which I also own..
Is this based on compositional merit, or is it the heavy, lush, and warm
sounding production of MAYH that draws you in more than Orchid.
Lord ASH
Despise the Sun wrote:
Personally I think taht with Still life Opeth are a lot more mature in
composing the MAYH style....
Zhantamorium
> After two days worth of repeated listening... probably yeah it's my
album of
> the year! It is a bit regressed, yet an absolute classic. *I* would
give it
> 10/10, but I cannot be objective since I am a HARDCORE fan of the
band..
Over the last days, I've been able to straight it up a bit.
The thing is that at first listens it sounded more like a cross between
_Orchid_ and My Arms, Your Hearse but I guess it was only because the
first track (The Moor) has some really Forest Of Octoberian parts,
which kind of tricked me. The album is way more simplier than the
previous ones. There is one fact I can not get over. The cleans singing
is truly regressed, sounding at parts just like the chants on Orchid.
Compositions are, as said, simple, and there flicks chorus-type parts
here and there. I myself don't see this as abad thing, it's just that a
part of the biggest mystery in the bands sound were the awesome quirky
arrangements.
The crux of the album is however GROOVINESS. Take a song like Serenity
Painted Death, which is just pure heaviness, and then Face Of Melinda
which is so delicate, yet also grimacing of jazz&groove. Acoustic
guitars seem to be EVERYWHERE, the crushing attack parts are backed up
by acoustic chording, and there is a good load of acoustic picking
also. Six out of the seven songs really rise on you after a couple of
listens, but the last one is much to handle. I've given the album over
30 listens, and it truly is a great piece!
Bad points lay on the layout. The cover art, for one, sucks mightily.
Also, atleast the promo-cd has GREY print, in stead of GREEN. Mistake!
About the lyrics then; I just got them some 40 minutes ago and haven't
really had time to check them, but I will. I am sure the album will
feel even better after few listens with the lyrics. Headphones are must
again when listening to the album! It seems to be a concept album, yet
I am not 100% sure..
It is above the standards of modern music - yet, I am afraid, it is the
"worst" album up to date..
>
> Getting REALLY into MYAH took 6 months,
Argh, you should never typo your favourite albums, I am sorry...
MAYH felt instantly like a good 9/10 album, but it was only after six
months I realized that it was a quality continuation to Morningrise.
Then again, Still Life feels like a quality continuation to MAYH.
Damn, people, buy the album! I know I will (sure I have the promo, but
that's just LAME).
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Zhantamorium wrote:
> Headphones are must
> again when listening to the album!
Headphones blow! Besides, it is your duty as an extreme metal fan to
always make your neighbors cognizant of what you are listening to at any
given moment.
goden
Hell yes! Fuck neighbors. Turn it up to "10" and let it fucking rip.
Growling in the shower is always fun, too.
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Jani Halinen
: On Wed, 06 Oct 1999 13:05:14 -0500, Despise the Sun
: <Mark-B...@uiowa.edu> ate a vegan and wrote:
: >Zhantamorium wrote:
: >
: >> Headphones are must
: >> again when listening to the album!
: >
: >Headphones blow! Besides, it is your duty as an extreme metal fan to
: >always make your neighbors cognizant of what you are listening to at any
: >given moment.
: Hell yes! Fuck neighbors. Turn it up to "10" and let it fucking rip.
But these go to eleven!
There are albums of which you can certainly get a better idea by
listening them through headphones (at least at some stage), like
Transilvanian Hunger, Pure Holocaust, Malice (if anyone ever wants
to hear this),... Well, all the low-fi stuff.
Jani
goden
I'm not against headphones, only neighbors. . .and whoever else gets
in the way of my battle-axe, spattered with the blood of poseurs.
Sybren
>There are albums of which you can certainly get a better idea by
>listening them through headphones (at least at some stage), like
>Transilvanian Hunger, Pure Holocaust, Malice (if anyone ever wants
>to hear this),... Well, all the low-fi stuff.
Agreed. Still, there's nothing like blasting Ildjarn at your
neighbors...
Sybren
Teresa Murray
>
> On Wed, 06 Oct 1999 13:05:14 -0500, Despise the Sun
> <Mark-B...@uiowa.edu> ate a vegan and wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >Zhantamorium wrote:
> >
> >> Headphones are must
> >> again when listening to the album!
> >
> >Headphones blow! Besides, it is your duty as an extreme metal fan to
> >always make your neighbors cognizant of what you are listening to at any
> >given moment.
>
> Hell yes! Fuck neighbors. Turn it up to "10" and let it fucking rip.
>
>
Yeah you get great harmonics in the shower!!!
Matt Tulini
> Headphones blow!
Not Grado (TM) headphones. ;-)
> Besides, it is your duty as an extreme metal fan to
> always make your neighbors cognizant of what you are listening to at any
> given moment.
To this I can agree....
-Matt
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goden wrote:
> On Wed, 06 Oct 1999 13:05:14 -0500, Despise the Sun
> <Mark-B...@uiowa.edu> ate a vegan and wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >Zhantamorium wrote:
> >
> >> Headphones are must
> >> again when listening to the album!
> >
> >always make your neighbors cognizant of what you are listening to at
any
> >given moment.
Part of "keeping kosher".
>
> Hell yes! Fuck neighbors. Turn it up to "10" and let it fucking rip.
>
> Growling in the shower is always fun, too.
You have showers?
YOU WEAKLING!!!!11!1!!1
>
> _ . . _ .
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> spreading the despair
> depression. . .fills the air"
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> >There are albums of which you can certainly get a better idea by
> >listening them through headphones (at least at some stage), like
> >Transilvanian Hunger, Pure Holocaust, Malice (if anyone ever wants
> >to hear this),... Well, all the low-fi stuff.
> Agreed. Still, there's nothing like blasting Ildjarn at your
> neighbors...
Fuck yeah. During my uni exams period a couple of years ago, my next door neighbours
were partying hard at 4am. The host (and my neighbour) had fallen asleep, and nobody
was in any mood to listen to polite requests to "shut the fuck up". I had that place cleared
in 8 minutes after sneaking over and putting "Forest Poetry" on the CD player. True story.
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Despise the Sun
Matt Tulini wrote:
> Despise the Sun wrote:
>
> > Headphones blow!
>
> Not Grado (TM) headphones. ;-)
nor Sennheiser
Despise the Sun
Jani Halinen wrote:
> goden (?@?.?) wrote:
> : On Wed, 06 Oct 1999 13:05:14 -0500, Despise the Sun
> : <Mark-B...@uiowa.edu> ate a vegan and wrote:
> : >Zhantamorium wrote:
> : >
> : >> Headphones are must
> : >> again when listening to the album!
> : >
> : >Headphones blow! Besides, it is your duty as an extreme metal fan to
> : >always make your neighbors cognizant of what you are listening to at any
> : >given moment.
>
> : Hell yes! Fuck neighbors. Turn it up to "10" and let it fucking rip.
>
> But these go to eleven!
Why don't you just make ten the loudest and then turn it up to ten? (i love
that movie)
ck1
>On Wed, 06 Oct 1999 13:05:14 -0500, Despise the Sun
><Mark-B...@uiowa.edu> ate a vegan and wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>Zhantamorium wrote:
>>
>>> Headphones are must
>>> again when listening to the album!
>>
>>Headphones blow! Besides, it is your duty as an extreme metal fan to
>>always make your neighbors cognizant of what you are listening to at any
>>given moment.
>
>Hell yes! Fuck neighbors. Turn it up to "10" and let it fucking rip.
>
or "9" when one lives near several old people and can get evicted from
their apartment.
>Growling in the shower is always fun, too.
>
>
>_ . . _ .
>"holding high the casket
>spreading the despair
>depression. . .fills the air"
> -Decomposed {Hope Finally Died}
>
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