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by elendil
Thu May 28, 2020 5:17 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: The Forgotten Heroes of Power Metal Thread
Replies: 27
Views: 6894

Re: The Forgotten Heroes of Power Metal Thread

Not a huge fan of this genre, but I'll play... Swedish female-fronted crunch metallers Amaran should fit here. Both of their albums, _A World Depraved_ and _Pristine in Bondage_, are worthy, but I slightly prefer the former. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQdZL8Iknvk This might count more as speed ...
by elendil
Sat Apr 25, 2020 1:08 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: New Katatonia
Replies: 17
Views: 3535

Re: New Katatonia

Maybe I should listen to this. I kinda burned out on Katatonia when the first couple albums after _LFDGD_ seemed subpar, and then I saw them open for Opeth in '08 and they kinda sucked. If they're doing something different now it may relight the fire.
by elendil
Sat Apr 25, 2020 1:06 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Archive of PM past?
Replies: 3
Views: 989

Re: Archive of PM past?

I found the old board on archive.org a while back, but somehow I forgot the URL now. What was it?
by elendil
Tue Mar 31, 2020 4:27 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: COVID 19 boredom top 20 post
Replies: 12
Views: 1902

Re: COVID 19 boredom top 20 post

Death - Symbolic Mekong Delta - Dances of Death (and other walking shadows) Queensryche - Operation : Mindcrime Artillery - By Inheritance Metallica - Kill 'Em All Rush - Power Windows Judas Priest - Painkiller Beyond Twilight - The Devil's Hall of Fame Manticora - Hyperion Fallujah - The Flesh Pre...
by elendil
Mon Mar 30, 2020 1:40 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: COVID 19 boredom top 20 post
Replies: 12
Views: 1902

Re: COVID 19 boredom top 20 post

Some of those I've never heard of! Here's a list - hard to keep it at 20, though! Anathema, WHBWH Angra, Angels Cry ", Holy Land Candlemass, Epicus Doomicus Metallicus Carcass, Heartwork Dream Theater, Images & Words ", Awake In Flames, The Jester Race Iron Maiden, Killers Lake of Tears, Forever Aut...
by elendil
Mon Mar 16, 2020 9:52 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: The Night Flight Orchestra - Aeromantic
Replies: 3
Views: 1065

Re: The Night Flight Orchestra - Aeromantic

What a fun album. Might this be their best one yet?
by elendil
Mon Mar 16, 2020 9:51 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: My Dying Bride - The Ghost Of Orion
Replies: 5
Views: 1045

Re: My Dying Bride - The Ghost Of Orion

I haven't listened to MDB since _Light at the End of the World_. Tried a few of their more recent albums, but too generic and samey. Will give this a listen. I made the same mistake after that exact album as well for a good while (I found the following albums to be generic just like you mentioned) ...
by elendil
Mon Mar 16, 2020 9:49 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Isole - Dystopia
Replies: 2
Views: 701

Re: Isole - Dystopia

Their debut album will always be my favorite, it seems...
by elendil
Sun Mar 15, 2020 2:48 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Psychotic Waltz...I get it now
Replies: 33
Views: 6637

Re: Psychotic Waltz...I get it now

For the new one, I can't really find it is "The most" what because the album don't really have its own identity. Like Claus said, we hear a little bit of each previous albums. It seems that was the approach when they made the album instead of going for a new sound like they did for each previous al...
by elendil
Sun Mar 15, 2020 1:45 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: My Dying Bride - The Ghost Of Orion
Replies: 5
Views: 1045

Re: My Dying Bride - The Ghost Of Orion

I haven't listened to MDB since _Light at the End of the World_. Tried a few of their more recent albums, but too generic and samey. Will give this a listen.
by elendil
Wed Feb 19, 2020 6:46 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Madder Mortem, _Marrow_
Replies: 0
Views: 1702

Madder Mortem, _Marrow_

I didn't see any discussion of this album on the forum, so I thought I'd post something. It came out in 2018 but it's a fairly recent discovery for me. It's a fantastic album and definitely retroactively belongs in my top five of that year. The band is known as "avant-garde metal," but that descript...
by elendil
Thu Jan 16, 2020 8:45 am
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Anyone remember their top CD 2010-2019?
Replies: 9
Views: 1607

Re: Anyone remember their top CD 2010-2019?

Heh. This list definitely shows the evolution of my tastes over time. I should definitely dig up more albums from the past that I've missed in styles I now enjoy... 2010 1. Sigh - Scenes from Hell 2. Mekong Delta - Wanderer at the Edge of Time 2011 1. Korekyojinn - Tundra 2. Anathema - We're Here Be...
by elendil
Tue Dec 17, 2019 8:51 am
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: My Top 10 of 2019
Replies: 10
Views: 1649

Re: My Top 10 of 2019

For me the Darkwater just is not that original. It's not where my head is at these days. It's not bad and I understand why people like it. Expertly executed and with some appealingly familiar figures, no doubt, but this kind of stuff just gets crowded out by everything else. Same feeling about Vande...
by elendil
Sat Dec 07, 2019 5:48 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Nos' Year-End Recap (Bests & Worsts)
Replies: 15
Views: 2346

Re: Nos' Year-End Recap (Bests & Worsts)

Have you guys heard the last Flight of Sleipnir album, _Skadi_? They got pigeonholed as stoner, which I don't generally like, but it's retro 70s prog rock meets doom metal with some unique elements. One of my top 10 of whatever year it came out ('17? '18?). I've spent a day with "Skadi" now, and wh...
by elendil
Fri Dec 06, 2019 10:15 am
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Psychotic Waltz...I get it now
Replies: 33
Views: 6637

Re: Psychotic Waltz...I get it now

Unbelievably stoked for this.
by elendil
Wed Dec 04, 2019 6:54 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Top 50 albums of 2019 (aka...the anti-Claus list)
Replies: 12
Views: 2775

Re: Top 50 albums of 2019 (aka...the anti-Claus list)

Some nice picks and some things I had missed. I'm still working my way through the year and probably won't have a best-of list this time until January. Soen, Devin, Artificial Language, Thank You Scientist, Myrath, Insomnium, and The Dark Element will all definitely be high for me. If you like avant...
by elendil
Wed Dec 04, 2019 6:38 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Nos' Year-End Recap (Bests & Worsts)
Replies: 15
Views: 2346

Re: Nos' Year-End Recap (Bests & Worsts)

Arch/Matheos - Winter Ethereal (Arch is a shitty singer. Slurring is failure) Slurring? Shitty? Oh well ... I can barely make out a quarter of the lyrics. That completely ruins the work of writing them, and I don't think I should have to read a lyric sheet to understand what the song is trying to s...
by elendil
Thu Nov 21, 2019 7:05 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Theodore - Anathema ripoffs for the hipster NPR set
Replies: 3
Views: 577

Re: Theodore - Anathema ripoffs for the hipster NPR set

Interesting ... I hear no Anathema in it at all, but instead a lot of Radiohead, Sigur Ros, Muse, Woodkid and other indie / alt rock stylings. While I like some of this style it also has a tendency to get boring fast. This year the best in that style to me comes from Paul Masvidal (yeah the Cynic d...
by elendil
Wed Nov 20, 2019 8:48 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Theodore - Anathema ripoffs for the hipster NPR set
Replies: 3
Views: 577

Re: Theodore - Anathema ripoffs for the hipster NPR set

But let me just say that despite my grousing, this is still pretty good stuff for those of you who like atmosphere & are not allergic to post-rock. Greek band apparently. https://www.theodore-music.com/work/#ni ... efault]/1/
by elendil
Wed Nov 20, 2019 8:46 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Theodore - Anathema ripoffs for the hipster NPR set
Replies: 3
Views: 577

Theodore - Anathema ripoffs for the hipster NPR set

Anyone else heard these guys? https://www.npr.org/2019/04/16/714014928/theodore-tiny-desk-concert OK, "Anathema ripoffs" might be uncharitable - they both draw on Pink Floyd, so it's certainly possible Theodore have no inspiration from Anathema at all, but Anathema did this kind of thing way earlier.
by elendil
Mon Sep 23, 2019 6:43 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Amorphis/Delain/Anneke
Replies: 2
Views: 632

Re: Amorphis/Delain/Anneke

I'm ashamed to admit it, but it was my first time seeing Anneke live. I've lived in a lot of places that didn't get many shows, and when I was much younger, I didn't really want to give The Gathering a chance when they switched to a softer sound. Needless to say, my views on their post-_Nighttime Bi...
by elendil
Mon Sep 23, 2019 1:37 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Amorphis/Delain/Anneke
Replies: 2
Views: 632

Amorphis/Delain/Anneke

Saw this show at the good ol' Palladium on Saturday. Smaller crowd than I would have liked to see, but all concerned put up a bang-up show. Anneke played a set of covers, just her voice and a steel-string. She has a certain charisma on stage that the crowd responded well to. I enjoyed hearing her pe...
by elendil
Fri Sep 13, 2019 3:03 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Thought on some recent DVD / Bluray shows......
Replies: 11
Views: 1676

Re: Thought on some recent DVD / Bluray shows......

That Plovdiv venue is also where Anathema filmed _Universal_, another great DVD show.
by elendil
Thu Sep 12, 2019 11:57 am
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Shattered Skies - Muted Neon
Replies: 12
Views: 4888

Re: Shattered Skies - Muted Neon

I SO need to grow up and join the 21st century already..... Nah, CDs are more convenient. Seriously. I couldn't fit more than a small fraction of my CD collection as FLAC rips on any portable device currently made, so I'd have to periodically delete and reload different parts of the collection. And...
by elendil
Sat Aug 17, 2019 10:57 am
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Epitaph cover
Replies: 15
Views: 2470

Re: Epitaph cover

Well done!
by elendil
Wed Aug 07, 2019 8:53 am
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: New Tool Song
Replies: 8
Views: 1517

Re: New Tool Song

Hasn't Tool always been boring? *ducks*
by elendil
Tue Aug 06, 2019 2:38 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Stuff I'm enjoying this year!
Replies: 7
Views: 1584

Re: Stuff I'm enjoying this year!

That Dream Troll track has gotten my attention.
by elendil
Sun Aug 04, 2019 9:02 am
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Edenbridge set to release Dynamind in October.....
Replies: 9
Views: 1462

Re: Edenbridge set to release Dynamind in October.....

I'll give it a listen at least. Edenbridge is one of those few bands that have never matched their debut album, but some of their later stuff is not bad. _Aphelion_ is the last album of theirs I actually own.
by elendil
Sun Jul 28, 2019 11:18 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Brave - the calm | the storm
Replies: 3
Views: 1447

Re: Brave - the calm | the storm

Just wanted to say this remains one of my favorite releases of the year still. I think it may be the best thing they've done to date. Mature, highly accessible songwriting with eclectic influences: folky, a bit proggy, occasionally atmospheric, and a pleasing mix of metal and lighter rock.
by elendil
Fri Jul 26, 2019 10:44 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: A Beginner's Guide to Brutal Prog
Replies: 0
Views: 1430

A Beginner's Guide to Brutal Prog

On Bandcamp: https://daily.bandcamp.com/2019/07/26/b ... tification

The only bands of these I've actually listened to before are Koenji Hyakkei and Orthrelm.
by elendil
Mon Jul 08, 2019 4:59 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Artificial Language- Now We Sleep
Replies: 8
Views: 1327

Re: Artificial Language- Now We Sleep

Finally got around to listening to this. It *is* a bit hipsterish, but not too much for my tastes. The djent is sparing, and there are enjoyable neoclassical and jazz fusion flourishes all over the place. It reminded me a bit of Animals as Leaders. It will definitely be somewhere in my top albums of...
by elendil
Tue Jul 02, 2019 1:52 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: It has slowed down - halfway thru the year.....
Replies: 19
Views: 3688

Re: It has slowed down - halfway thru the year.....

AllMediaReviews wrote:
Tue Jul 02, 2019 1:05 pm
Dirt Poor Robins released a new EP last week, but they also are planning to release 2 EPs more later this year.

All of them with the "Dead Horse" title.
Interesting. I'll definitely check them out.
by elendil
Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:25 am
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: It has slowed down - halfway thru the year.....
Replies: 19
Views: 3688

Re: It has slowed down - halfway thru the year.....

Oh, there's a new Dirt Poor Robins album? I am intrigued by them, though I've never put down money for one of their releases. Not sure they've put it all together yet. Here's another one I'm enjoying a lot, although I'm not sure whether anyone here will like it. It's electronic/jazz/prog with a bass...
by elendil
Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:18 am
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: The Forgotten Heroes of Prog Metal Thread
Replies: 195
Views: 63842

Re: The Forgotten Heroes of Prog Metal Thread

I don't know if Athena counts as "forgotten," but they certainly never got the attention that Labyrinth did. But A New Religion? has to be one of the best Italian prog metal albums ever. "Soul Sailor" is my favorite track, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AulBEoIGpi8 . Of course, the best Italian pro...
by elendil
Wed Jun 26, 2019 8:29 am
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Andre Matos is dead
Replies: 22
Views: 3972

Re: Andre Matos is dead

I guess I should qualify "huge." Not outdoor stadiums that seat tens of thousands, but indoor arenas that seat thousands. See for instance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8uH2kmun60 . That’s from a festival though - it wasn’t just Angra. It was also Dimmu Borgir, Gamma Ray, Edguy, Vanden Plas, Roy...