Hai guise, I been recently obsessing with Ghost so damn much my girlfriend is making me a Papa Emeritus Halloween costume. :3 I now have 42 albums and still growing I'm looking to preorder the next Enslaved album. Thought I'd never coming here again Im just so bored I decided to come see whats going on of late in here.

Currently listening to....

psycryptik on facebookAt 8/31/12 03:14 PM, Blackdoom13 wrote:

Yo Goul. I finally got a chance to listen to your demo. I have to say the way Sensey put it nailed it right on the head.
It was fucking sick! It was not what I expected, I was thinking Id hear some raw dirty black metal.
But that's not excatly what I heard, I heard an amazing mixture of grinding black metal and crazy synths and pounding bass.
I didn't know wtf I was listening to but I didn't care it was great. I just droned out and got lost in this dark techno metal maddness. Great job dude I love hearing new bizzare awesomeness.

Sorry it took so long, I don't have much time to listen to music anymore and I had to type all this shit out on my phone.

Eh, I understand. I hate typing on the phone.

Well, if you like it enough, like psycryptik on facebook. I should be recording the performed (i.e. not programmed) tracks for Infected Nuclear Bioromance soon, and when that's done I'll host it on Psycryptik's fb page as well.

Fuck, this is probably the third time I've posted an intro here in like, years. Long absences be damned.

Tasmanan metalhead reporting in, wuddup NG?

Hey Ghoul Bro.
Liked your FB page.
Whoring you out to friends and some labels i know if you don't mind.

At 9/1/12 02:55 AM, ElGhoulio wrote: Eh, I understand. I hate typing on the phone.

Well, if you like it enough, like psycryptik on facebook. I should be recording the performed (i.e. not programmed) tracks for Infected Nuclear Bioromance soon, and when that's done I'll host it on Psycryptik's fb page as well.

Done. I'll keep up on it.
I like that picture btw lol

I know I'm not a member of this club and this may come off as blatant advertising to some, but trust me I really think some of you would find this an enlightening or interesting read. Interview with Back-From-Purgatory.

At 8/31/12 11:23 AM, Viper50 wrote:

At 8/31/12 10:07 AM, Bahamut wrote: Take it from me here. I've ordered plenty of things online and only two things have ever been lost in the post. One of that I was able to get a refund for, though. The odds of having something lost in the post is 0.1% and this has been with the Royal Mail who are known to be incompetent shits. I'd say ordering from Amazon is a safe bet. Third party sellers from there have always been iffy, unlike eBay sellers. I do find a lot of cheap stuff on eBay but I can realise that the money doesn't really go towards the artists so getting it from Amazon is as genuine as you'll get. Well, that or the record labels/band websites but they generally come with a heavy postage cost so it's best to get them from Amazon if you can't find it in-stores. eBay is a plan B if the album is either unavailable on Amazon or it's far too expensive (my limit on any CD is Ãf'Ã'£10-15 depending on rarity).

Well the reason id be worried about it getting lost or me not getting what I ordered is because sometimes the post office here has a habit of losing some stuff or not giving it to you sometimes. For example they had my copy of Dopesmoker there for about a week or so and wouldn't give it to me.

Ahhh. If it's a true fault with your local post office then I understand the problems. Well, make a stand against their poor services?

Whenever I see music thats horribly out of place like that (pop-punk in with metal) I do what any normal person would. I take the CDs out of there and hide them all over the store xD

You know what, I wouldn't even want to touch such crap so I leave it where it is.

Now that I think of it I don't think that store had any Helloween CDs there either....I should look around more next time I'm there to see everything they have....

Your store is horribly slacking.

At 8/31/12 10:07 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: Ludicra is okay so far. It didn't hook me up, but it's good. Agalloch's drummer and Hammers Of Misfortune's guitarist used both worked on that record, if that's of any interest to you guys.

Perhaps it pales in comparison to the bigger projects from them but it's still a good change to hear from the both of them.

At 8/30/12 09:57 AM, Bahamut wrote: It's funny, what they do that establish themselves as cheesy is what makes me really enjoy them. To be honest, it's hard to find many power metal bands that stick out as well as Falconer do. I'm really disappointed I only have three of their albums. But yes, the debut album is brilliant and is hard to top for them. Chapters From a Vale Forlorn is also good but really pales in comparison to self-titled unless we're talking about a certain track or two.

Even if cheesy power metal can be good, I have an hard time believing that a band like Sabaton could end up writting a cheesy power metal masterpiece.

Well, there goes my argument. I was all "Hey Rhapsody and Falconer are cool for their cheesiness" and then you mention Sabaton. I really, REALLY cannot get into them no matter what. They should have been up my alley but they've missed the spot for everything.

Just think about Helloween. Their magnum opus is one of the rare albums they released that were not corny/cheesy as fuck. It was epic, yes. But epic doesn't automaticaly means cheesy.

The Keeper albums were no doubt spectacular for heavy metal. It was something metal had never heard before and it opened up a lot of doors, even if back then metal fans feared what they were doing.

Falconer never reaches the cheesyness level of Pink Bubbles Go Ape, at least on what material I've heard from them, but it's cheesy, nonetheless.

Did I mention I enjoy Pink Bubbles Go Ape?

Reasons above are actually why I enjoy Rhapsody. They're a band that have been able to stand out from the crowd and did their own thing. However, I can't say the same thing about the latest album. Feels rather plain.

I don't know much about Rhapsody. But aren't they more like... a very epic orchestral form of power metal, rather than cheesy power metal ? Maybe they are both, I don't know.

One may see them as both so.... yeah.

At 9/1/12 02:41 AM, smeagol1 wrote: Hai guise, I been recently obsessing with Ghost so damn much

Now that's the kind of words I want to hear from a returning member. ;)

At 9/2/12 09:17 AM, Bahamut wrote: Ahhh. If it's a true fault with your local post office then I understand the problems. Well, make a stand against their poor services?

I have considered doing that. I just hope they give me my EW single when it comes in...

You know what, I wouldn't even want to touch such crap so I leave it where it is.

Normally I'd do that but it irritates me if its sitting in front of bands I like and whatnot.

Your store is horribly slacking.

I am aware of this ._.

At 9/1/12 02:30 PM, WorldOutkast wrote: Fuck, this is probably the third time I've posted an intro here in like, years. Long absences be damned.

Tasmanan metalhead reporting in, wuddup NG?

I remember you from like '07. welcome back.

Thought I'd ask just for the hell of it...

haha get it hell. because its the metal...ah nevermind ._.

Did someone here recommend Belzebong to me?
Because for some reason I could have sworn someone did but I can't remember who....

At 9/2/12 09:17 AM, Bahamut wrote: Perhaps it pales in comparison to the bigger projects from them but it's still a good change to hear from the both of them.

That's also what I think. I've only been through the whole album once so far, and while I know I need to give more than one listen to fully understand the album, it didn't hook me instantly like Agalloch or Hammers Of Misfortune did. These two projects are totally outstanding. They are really kind of shadowing Ludicra.

Well, there goes my argument. I was all "Hey Rhapsody and Falconer are cool for their cheesiness" and then you mention Sabaton. I really, REALLY cannot get into them no matter what. They should have been up my alley but they've missed the spot for everything.

A band can be cool for cheesiness. I'm a hundred percent with you on this. But can a cheesy band ever release a masterpiece ?

The Keeper albums were no doubt spectacular for heavy metal. It was something metal had never heard before and it opened up a lot of doors, even if back then metal fans feared what they were doing.

Would they have been masterpieces if they were named Keeper Of The Seven Bacon Chips ?

At 9/2/12 02:00 PM, Viper50 wrote: Belzebong

Great name.

At 9/2/12 10:52 AM, Sense-Offender wrote:

At 9/1/12 02:30 PM, WorldOutkast wrote: Fuck, this is probably the third time I've posted an intro here in like, years. Long absences be damned.

Tasmanan metalhead reporting in, wuddup NG?

I remember you from like '07. welcome back.

Holy shit, someone remembers me? Please, stop, you're making me blush.

At 9/2/12 06:19 PM, WorldOutkast wrote: Holy shit, someone remembers me? Please, stop, you're making me blush.

I remember most of you guys, as long as you were active from the point I joined here or later.

At 9/2/12 04:09 PM, HeavenDuff wrote:

At 9/2/12 02:00 PM, Viper50 wrote: Belzebong

Great name.

I know right? Its an awesome name.

At 9/2/12 08:23 PM, Sense-Offender wrote: I remember most of you guys, as long as you were active from the point I joined here or later.

Yeah, makes sense. I haven't been active in a fair while, but spare time is maximum right now, so why not.

What's everyone been listening to lately? I've been finding myself pretty hooked on slam as of late, if anyone could suggest bands like Amputated, Engorgement, Devourment, Abnormity, etc, that'd be sweet!

At 9/2/12 09:29 AM, Viper50 wrote:

At 9/2/12 09:17 AM, Bahamut wrote: Ahhh. If it's a true fault with your local post office then I understand the problems. Well, make a stand against their poor services?

I have considered doing that. I just hope they give me my EW single when it comes in...

They better. We shouldn't have to be penalized for having crappy postal service.

You know what, I wouldn't even want to touch such crap so I leave it where it is.

Normally I'd do that but it irritates me if its sitting in front of bands I like and whatnot.

It's not like those better bands would get better sales just by doing that. Then again, I could care less how many sales a certain album/band gets since it's clearly of no relation to musical quality whatsoever.

Captain Obvious statement of the day. :P

At 9/2/12 04:09 PM, HeavenDuff wrote:

At 9/2/12 09:17 AM, Bahamut wrote: Perhaps it pales in comparison to the bigger projects from them but it's still a good change to hear from the both of them.

That's also what I think. I've only been through the whole album once so far, and while I know I need to give more than one listen to fully understand the album, it didn't hook me instantly like Agalloch or Hammers Of Misfortune did. These two projects are totally outstanding. They are really kind of shadowing Ludicra.

Yeah, you could say it's one reason why Ludicra disbanded last year. While it wasn't bad, there was bigger and better projects to focus on and Hammers of Misfortune as well as Agalloch have quite a future ahead of them.

The Keeper albums were no doubt spectacular for heavy metal. It was something metal had never heard before and it opened up a lot of doors, even if back then metal fans feared what they were doing.

Would they have been masterpieces if they were named Keeper Of The Seven Bacon Chips ?

It's just a name, isn't it? But seriously, I think that would have kept them underground forever with a name like that. It's bad enough Andi Deris came from a band called Pink Cream 69 before joining Helloween.

At 9/3/12 11:53 AM, Bahamut wrote: They better. We shouldn't have to be penalized for having crappy postal service.

Actually its not just if im getting music stuff in the mail that they have a habit of not giving the stuff to me when it gets there either. Like I bought this hat and I didn't get it for a LOOOOOOOOOOONG time after it arrived there.
Also a bit off the subject of that. I'm seriously wishing I had Paypal because I want to get a copy of Sleep Vol. 1, but whenever I find it on eBay they'll either ONLY accept paypal or when they're willing to accept other payment options for it I get outbid at literally the last minute

It has happened more than once.

It's not like those better bands would get better sales just by doing that. Then again, I could care less how many sales a certain album/band gets since it's clearly of no relation to musical quality whatsoever.

Captain Obvious statement of the day. :P

Yeah. But it still irritates me when I see shitty bands have their cds covering bands I enjoy listening to.
For example someone took it upon themselves to cover a good sized amount of the metal section at a store i went to with Nickleback and bands like Nickleback.

good friend of mine made me a logo for my project, same girl i will be recording with later this year.
I like it...has kinda a Lovecraft vibe to it which seems fitting.
What you guys think?

At 9/3/12 03:25 AM, WorldOutkast wrote: What's everyone been listening to lately? I've been finding myself pretty hooked on slam as of late, if anyone could suggest bands like Amputated, Engorgement, Devourment, Abnormity, etc, that'd be sweet!

Here you go.
Visceral Disgorge

At 9/3/12 11:53 AM, Bahamut wrote: Yeah, you could say it's one reason why Ludicra disbanded last year. While it wasn't bad, there was bigger and better projects to focus on and Hammers of Misfortune as well as Agalloch have quite a future ahead of them.

Definitely :)

It's just a name, isn't it? But seriously, I think that would have kept them underground forever with a name like that. It's bad enough Andi Deris came from a band called Pink Cream 69 before joining Helloween.

My statement implied more than just the name of the album though. What I meant is that the album couldn't have been a masterpiece in my opinion if the band's song-writting would have been similar to what they did with their cheesier records. Are there goofy masterpieces ? I think there are. I was listening to Sailing The Seas Of Cheese by Primus earlier today, and this is definitely an album that manages to be goofy and great. But is it possibly to be cheesy and great ? Well, in don't know :P

At 9/3/12 12:33 PM, Viper50 wrote:

At 9/3/12 11:53 AM, Bahamut wrote: They better. We shouldn't have to be penalized for having crappy postal service.

Actually its not just if im getting music stuff in the mail that they have a habit of not giving the stuff to me when it gets there either. Like I bought this hat and I didn't get it for a LOOOOOOOOOOONG time after it arrived there.

For either case, not good for the post office to do that and they better change that.

Also a bit off the subject of that. I'm seriously wishing I had Paypal because I want to get a copy of Sleep Vol. 1, but whenever I find it on eBay they'll either ONLY accept paypal or when they're willing to accept other payment options for it I get outbid at literally the last minute

I really don't know why some people can't get Paypal. They make it accessible for everyone so what's stopping some of you?

It's not like those better bands would get better sales just by doing that. Then again, I could care less how many sales a certain album/band gets since it's clearly of no relation to musical quality whatsoever.

Yeah. But it still irritates me when I see shitty bands have their cds covering bands I enjoy listening to.
For example someone took it upon themselves to cover a good sized amount of the metal section at a store i went to with Nickleback and bands like Nickleback.

Whoever did that deserves to be punched repeatedly.

At 9/4/12 03:16 AM, HeavenDuff wrote: I was listening to Sailing The Seas Of Cheese by Primus earlier today, and this is definitely an album that manages to be goofy and great. But is it possibly to be cheesy and great ? Well, in don't know :P

Now that's a prime example of something a bit silly but the music itself works great. I do like the samples of The Young Ones on the last track.

At 9/4/12 09:22 AM, Bahamut wrote: For either case, not good for the post office to do that and they better change that.

Well im somewhat happier with them now. I actually got something when it came in this time.
So I have my EW single now :3

I really don't know why some people can't get Paypal. They make it accessible for everyone so what's stopping some of you?

To tell you the truth I dont know exactly whats "stopping me" from getting Paypal.
Its mostly that I haven't gotten around to getting one and stuff.....

Whoever did that deserves to be punched repeatedly.

Exactly.

Has anybody heard of these guys? A friend of mine told me about them, they're a local (Texas local that is) black metal band.
They are fucking sick. I recommend everyone give them a shot.
http://www.aversesefira.com/

At 9/4/12 04:37 PM, Blackdoom13 wrote: Has anybody heard of these guys? A friend of mine told me about them, they're a local (Texas local that is) black metal band.
They are fucking sick. I recommend everyone give them a shot.
http://www.aversesefira.com/

dude they kick insane amounts of ass, I've known about them for some time now

At 9/4/12 04:53 PM, ElGhoulio wrote:

At 9/4/12 04:37 PM, Blackdoom13 wrote: Has anybody heard of these guys? A friend of mine told me about them, they're a local (Texas local that is) black metal band.
They are fucking sick. I recommend everyone give them a shot.
http://www.aversesefira.com/

dude they kick insane amounts of ass, I've known about them for some time now

I haven't listened to much yet but everything I've heard is golden. My friend told me a review of theirs said they sounded like "if Hell had an orchestra it would be Averse Sefira" and that made have to hear them.

Hmm I wanted to see what everyones opinion on this list is.
http://loudwire.com/top-metal-songs-21st-century/

At 9/4/12 11:50 AM, Viper50 wrote:

At 9/4/12 09:22 AM, Bahamut wrote: For either case, not good for the post office to do that and they better change that.

Well im somewhat happier with them now. I actually got something when it came in this time.
So I have my EW single now :3

That's good to hear. Heh, if you had the chance you should have complimented them on giving you that parcel in time.

I really don't know why some people can't get Paypal. They make it accessible for everyone so what's stopping some of you?

To tell you the truth I dont know exactly whats "stopping me" from getting Paypal.
Its mostly that I haven't gotten around to getting one and stuff.....

Paypal is the main payment method for eBay and how does one on the internet avoid the use of that site? This is what has helped me with getting loads of hard to get metal albums.

At 9/5/12 03:06 AM, Viper50 wrote: Hmm I wanted to see what everyones opinion on this list is.
http://loudwire.com/top-metal-songs-21st-century/

Well, it could have been a whole lot worse. They really started to lose it in the top 10 and I was willing to blank out Trivium for a moment. There is a huge lack of folk metal and traditional metal here. I could probably make a more balanced list covering 21st century metal songs.

At 9/5/12 05:53 AM, Bahamut wrote: That's good to hear. Heh, if you had the chance you should have complimented them on giving you that parcel in time.

I'll see if I can the next time im there.

Paypal is the main payment method for eBay and how does one on the internet avoid the use of that site? This is what has helped me with getting loads of hard to get metal albums.

Yeah you do make a point....I guess I'll see if I can get a Paypal thing set up at some point.

At 9/5/12 03:06 AM, Viper50 wrote: Hmm I wanted to see what everyones opinion on this list is.
http://loudwire.com/top-metal-songs-21st-century/

Well, it could have been a whole lot worse. They really started to lose it in the top 10 and I was willing to blank out Trivium for a moment. There is a huge lack of folk metal and traditional metal here. I could probably make a more balanced list covering 21st century metal songs.

I was mildly okay with some of the list, and was glad they included High On Fire and Baroness. I didn't really expect to see either of them on there going off of what I was seeing before them.
And you should totally do that dude :P

At 9/5/12 03:06 AM, Viper50 wrote: Hmm I wanted to see what everyones opinion on this list is.
http://loudwire.com/top-metal-songs-21st-century/

Those, I firmly disagree with :

Trivium
Behemoth
Amon Amarth
Obscura
As I Lay Dying
Rammstein
Lamb Of God
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Dimmu Borgir
Pantera
Slipknot
Killswitch Engage
Converge

Those I kind of agree with :

High On Fire
Nachtmystium

Those I firmly agree with :

Fleshgod Apocalypse
Sigh
Suffocation
ISIS
Between The Buried And Me

-_-_-_-_-_-

Mastodon's track was also a bad choice...

All in all, this list sucks balls. "It could have been worst" is not a reason to like this list, really :P

Hammers Of Misfortune - A Room and a Riddle

At 9/5/12 05:53 AM, Bahamut wrote: Well, it could have been a whole lot worse. They really started to lose it in the top 10 and I was willing to blank out Trivium for a moment. There is a huge lack of folk metal and traditional metal here. I could probably make a more balanced list covering 21st century metal songs.

Way too much fake metal. Too much Death Metal. Not enough Black, Doom, Prog, Folk, etc.