What are you listening to right now?

[Skinypupy]

Proving yet again that the usual rules of music simply don't apply to them, Blood Incantation is releasing a strong album of the year contender tomorrow with "Absolute Elsewhere" . A truly unique concept album made up of two tracks ("The Stargate" and "The Message") each broken up into three segments ("tablets"), each of which flow into a crazy 20-minute musical journey that seemingly goes everywhere but never overstays it's welcome. It's fascinating to listen to the shifts from Gorguts style brutal death, into a dubstep break, into David Gilmour-esque soaring guitar solo, then to a thrashy Morbid Angel riff, straight into an Opeth style folk bit. Nearly every review is calling it "Pink Floyd meets death metal" which feels like a very apt description. It's quite remarkable.

[disarm]

It's amazing to me that even 20+ years later, every album is different.

Not only are they all different, but they never disappoint. In my opinion, Claudio Sanchez is a musical genius who can do no wrong. The guitar playing is always amazing, and that voice...

Have you listened to his other project The Prize Fighter Inferno? It's more electronic music and less guitar, but it's still pretty great and exists within the Amory Wars universe of the Coheed. More good stuff!

[Smoove_B]

Have you listened to his other project The Prize Fighter Inferno? It's more electronic music and less guitar, but it's still pretty great and exists within the Amory Wars universe of the Coheed. More good stuff!

He really is insanely talented. I'm not as-into his side projects, but all the acoustic stuff that I found on Youtube pretty much saved me during the earliest days of the pandemic. There's so many unplugged songs / shows they did for radio stations or promos and I'm amazed at how great it all sounds.

For example

[disarm]

Yeah, Claudio's voice in live acoustic performances is just insanely good...sometimes better than the album version.

And the egg shaker in this one may be an all time great demonstration of that instrument...

[Smoove_B]

And the egg shaker in this one may be an all time great demonstration of that instrument...

I respectfully disagree. Josh is legitimately and awesome drummer and one of my favorite people to watch on these performances.

[Hrdina]

[Daehawk]

Never been a Lynyrd Skynyrd fan but I have always loved their brother band 39 Special

[hitbyambulance]

haven't listened to this album in three decades, but i am listening to this version:

https://www.dookiedemastered.com/

Green Day - _Dookie Demastered_

tracklist:
Burnout (played on Player Piano Roll)
Having a Blast (played on 3.5" Floppy Disk)
Chump (played on Teddy Ruxpin)
Longview (played on Doorbell)
Welcome to Paradise (played on Nintendo Game Boy Cartridge)
Pulling Teeth (played on ToothTunes Toothbrush)
Basket Case (played on Big Mouth Billie Bass)
She (played on Tiger Electronics Hitclip)
Sassafras Roots (played on 8-Track)
When I Come Around (played on Edison Wax Cylinder)
Coming Clean (played on X-Ray Record)
Emenius Sleepus (played on Answering Machine)
In The End (played on Sony Minidisc)
F.O.D. (played on Fisher Price Record)
All By Myself (played on Hand-cranked Music Box)

can't believe the Teddy Ruxpin one works so well

[Daehawk]

Shit man give us some links to this green day goodness.

edit nm I see the link now doh

jeebus they want $50 a song?

[hitbyambulance]

Shit man give us some links to this green day goodness.

edit nm I see the link now doh

jeebus they want $50 a song?

you have to enter the drawing to get it, and winners get the actual physical artifact (limited quantity of each, sometimes very limited)

i admit i entered the drawing for the X-Ray record. i was reading about these a while back. mid-century Soviet pirating ingenuity!

UPDATE: also entered the drawings for Billy Big Mouth Bass, the Game Boy cartridge and Teddy Ruxpin

[AWS260]

My better half needs the desktop, so I am spending the night listening to music. Right now I'm in the middle of a Sinead O'Connor and Amy Winehouse stretch, and it's pretty depressing to be reminded of what we lost.

[hitbyambulance]

Charli XCX feat. Billie Eilish - "Guess"

[Daehawk]

[Xmann]

Proving yet again that the usual rules of music simply don't apply to them, Blood Incantation is releasing a strong album of the year contender tomorrow with "Absolute Elsewhere" . A truly unique concept album made up of two tracks ("The Stargate" and "The Message") each broken up into three segments ("tablets"), each of which flow into a crazy 20-minute musical journey that seemingly goes everywhere but never overstays it's welcome. It's fascinating to listen to the shifts from Gorguts style brutal death, into a dubstep break, into David Gilmour-esque soaring guitar solo, then to a thrashy Morbid Angel riff, straight into an Opeth style folk bit. Nearly every review is calling it "Pink Floyd meets death metal" which feels like a very apt description. It's quite remarkable.

This is an absolute perfect album if I've ever heard one. It's going to take something very very special to beat this album for the 2024 album of the year for me.

I swear i can close my eyes and hear David Gilmore.

Just an absolutely amazing album.

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[Xmann]

Proving yet again that the usual rules of music simply don't apply to them, Blood Incantation is releasing a strong album of the year contender tomorrow with "Absolute Elsewhere" . A truly unique concept album made up of two tracks ("The Stargate" and "The Message") each broken up into three segments ("tablets"), each of which flow into a crazy 20-minute musical journey that seemingly goes everywhere but never overstays it's welcome. It's fascinating to listen to the shifts from Gorguts style brutal death, into a dubstep break, into David Gilmour-esque soaring guitar solo, then to a thrashy Morbid Angel riff, straight into an Opeth style folk bit. Nearly every review is calling it "Pink Floyd meets death metal" which feels like a very apt description. It's quite remarkable.

This is an absolute perfect album if I've ever heard one. It's going to take something very very special to beat this album for the 2024 album of the year for me.

I swear i can close my eyes and hear David Gilmore.

Just an absolutely amazing album.

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I forgot, somehow, Opeth has a new album out before the years up. My goodness if it's better than this i might not have to listen to anything else.

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[Skinypupy]

Proving yet again that the usual rules of music simply don't apply to them, Blood Incantation is releasing a strong album of the year contender tomorrow with "Absolute Elsewhere" . A truly unique concept album made up of two tracks ("The Stargate" and "The Message") each broken up into three segments ("tablets"), each of which flow into a crazy 20-minute musical journey that seemingly goes everywhere but never overstays it's welcome. It's fascinating to listen to the shifts from Gorguts style brutal death, into a dubstep break, into David Gilmour-esque soaring guitar solo, then to a thrashy Morbid Angel riff, straight into an Opeth style folk bit. Nearly every review is calling it "Pink Floyd meets death metal" which feels like a very apt description. It's quite remarkable.

This is an absolute perfect album if I've ever heard one. It's going to take something very very special to beat this album for the 2024 album of the year for me.

I swear i can close my eyes and hear David Gilmore.

Just an absolutely amazing album.

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I forgot, somehow, Opeth has a new album out before the years up. My goodness if it's better than this i might not have to listen to anything else.

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Same on both counts. I wasn’t sure what to expect from Blood Incantation (their last album of ambient noise was meh) but this one is brilliant.

[Daehawk]

[AWS260]

[Skinypupy]

They're always incredibly silly, but I've had a soft spot for Cradle of Filth for 20+ years now. Their new track is great for spooky season. And I'm happy to see Zoe (the blond singer) get a more prominent role, as she's a truly lovely person (met her on the 70K cruise a few times in her pre-CoF days).

[Isgrimnur]

Pete & Bas

Two elderly British men have become genuine hip hop stars in their 70s

[Skinypupy]

Generally not into rap, but that’s excellent stuff.

[hitbyambulance]

underworld - strawberry hotel



just released...

[Daehawk]

[YellowKing]

Jerry Cantrell's new solo album. If you squint you can pretend it's a long lost Alice in Chains album.

[hentzau]

This. It's the sound of my childhood.



(Discovered it when I was looking for some white noise while trying to sleep with Covid. I now have it on in the background all of the time while working and reading.)

[Isgrimnur]

That’s a core memory.

[hepcat]

I'm on this weird kick of listening to Plastic Bertrand (famous for Ça plane pour moi, or Jet Boy Jet Girl for us here in the English speaking world) this weekend.

[Skinypupy]

Wind Rose's new album "Trollslayer" is pretty fun. Nothing revolutionary, just some very catchy, very silly folk metal.



Also, this video from last week's Sanguisugabogg show in Maryland is hilarious. Might need to spin them this morning (yes, she's ok).

[Jaymann]

My nephew plays guitar for a popular band in San Diego. This is their first studio recording and there are some live cuts on the site.



I remember exposing him to Hendrix and blues way back in the day. Impressive stuff.

[Skinypupy]

Listened to the new Cure album this morning. I’ve never been a huge fan of theirs, but I do enjoy most of their big radio hits.

This album struck me as similar to all their others. Half a dozen slight variations of the same song, with one or two standout tracks peppered in. My favorite was probably “Drone:Nodrone” (which reminded me a lot of “Burn” from The Crow soundtrack). “All I Ever Am” was catchy as well, but I have no particular desire to revisit the rest of it.

[hepcat]

The new The Old Ceremony album Earthbound came out recently. So good.



Also, why am I only just now learning of Fat Earthers? The name alone is worth the price of admission. The hilarious videos just seal the deal.

[RM2]

[Zarathud]

I blame Skinny Puppy for getting me hooked on Wind Rose. Diggy Diggy Hole drives my kids crazy.

[Skinypupy]

I blame Skinny Puppy for getting me hooked on Wind Rose. Diggy Diggy Hole drives my kids crazy.

[hepcat]

Another band I'm just now discovering. Reverend Beat-Man and Izobel Garcia

[Skinypupy]

Tribulation's new album dropped earlier this month, and I completely missed it. I absolutely LOVED their first two albums, but thought the last one was mostly meh.

This new album is a very, very different beast. It leans far more into darkwave/goth rock than metal, with about a 50/50 split on harsh vocals and Sisters of Mercy-ish cleans. I think it mostly works, but I'm still on the fence a bit. I feel like the songwriting hasn't been nearly as strong since Jonathan Hulten left and while the clean vocals are an interesting change, they're not nearly as powerful as they need to be to carry the music.

I've only spun it a couple times, so hopefully it grows on me.

[Sudy]

I'm absolutely in love with Tribulation's new album, top to bottom. It's fucking anthemic. Time & the Vivid Ore is a sleeper hit. I can't stop listening to it.

On a related note, I'm not familiar with ex-member Hultén's solo work, but he's touring with Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats this winter and I'm IN. Uncle Acid's latest, Nell' ora blu, is also incredible. I was meaning to post about it when I do a round-up of the several amazing albums I've heard lately, it's been a great autumn for new music for me.

[Skinypupy]

I'm absolutely in love with Tribulation's new album, top to bottom. It's fucking anthemic. Time & the Vivid Ore is a sleeper hit. I can't stop listening to it.

Agreed that's the best song. It's also the song that sticks with the harsh vocals.

After a few more listens today, I've landed on "it's just OK". I can appreciate what they're trying to do and I actually like the direction change, but his voice simply can't carry it. Andrew Eldritch, he is definitely not.

[Skinypupy]

Boy George and Peter Murphy is the collaboration I didn’t know I needed.

[Daehawk]