Bands that really should still be around

[Slothy]

I forgot ATDI were back together. Why won't they make new stuff. Omar

Nah, Omar and Cedric don't like each other anymore. No more ATDI or tMV.

Honestly though, the last two Mars Volta albums were sub par.

They weren't up to the standard of the first four, but I'm sure they'll still be better than anything either of them does on their own

I'd say both were far better than Amputecture, but then, Amputecture was so mind numbingly bad that I didn't listen to a new Mars Volta album until finally giving Bedlam in Goliath a shot maybe two or three months ago. Then I realized that Amputecture was probably an anomaly and grabbed the rest. Now sure, not everything on Octahedron and Noctourniquet is great, and none of it is really like the style they set out in the beginning, but most of those aldums are good to really smurfing great.

[Sephex]

I am glad that Trent Reznor is bringing Nine Inch Nails back.

[The Man]

There are a lot of good songs on Octahedron and Noctourniquet, but Amputechture is not a bad album and Octa and Noct are not better than it If nothing else "Day of the Baphomets" is one of the best songs TMV ever recorded, and alone makes the album almost worth the price of admission

[Laddy]

Jeff Buckley needed more time to show him awesomeness.

[The Man]

How the smurf did I forget Jeff Buckley? I'm ashamed of myself.

[Slothy]

There are a lot of good songs on Octahedron and Noctourniquet, but Amputechture is not a bad album and Octa and Noct are not better than it If nothing else "Day of the Baphomets" is one of the best songs TMV ever recorded, and alone makes the album almost worth the price of admission

I haven't had any desire to listen to Amputecture in the last 6 years or whatever since it was released, but I distinctly remember there being two songs I thought were good, two that were mediocre at best, and the rest being border line unlistenable piles of trout. That album had absolutely nothing on Deloused or Frances, or even anything that came after if you ask me. Now to your credit, I'm listening to Day of the Baphomets again now and it's probably one of the songs I thought were good (only three minutes in so there's always time for that to change), but I'm not going to lie, until this thread I never met anyone who actually liked that album with the exception of one or two songs.

[The Man]

To be honest I've only met a few people who dislike that album. The only song I don't particularly like on it is "Vermicide", although if you're really picky about vocals I can see why the album might not go over too well. There are some really annoying vocal effects on certain parts of it, but I don't care about vocals too much

[Slothy]

I can't remember it well enough to speak with any authority as to what I didn't like about the whole thing. I no it wasn't just vocals though. Most of the songs just did not sit well with me. In particular though I remember not feeling that John Theodore was in top form on that album. The drumming seemed quite bland compared to what he did on the previous two albums.

[Citizen Bleys]

Arlibido
Thrush Hermit
Brother Cane

I can understand why nobody's mentioned the first 2 since they're Maritime bands, but surely other people have heard of Brother Cane?

[chionos]

Arlibido
Thrush Hermit
Brother Cane

I can understand why nobody's mentioned the first 2 since they're Maritime bands, but surely other people have heard of Brother Cane?

A dead friend was into Brother Cane. To be honest, I never liked them, but if them coming back would bring him back, I'd take it. =)

Don't know the other two, as you anticipated, but listening to Arlibido now.

[Forsaken Lover]

Pantera

This.

Also Malice Mizer.

[Shoden]

Bathory
Dio

The only reason they're not is because of death. :/

Would love to hear how Quorthon could have developed on the Nordland sound, there's been a rise in bands getting in touch with their cultural roots, heritage and history in the same way he did with his own.