What are you listening to?

[NorthernChaosGod]

All Shall Perish - Prisoner of War

One of the few black metalheads that I know of
(Though I've never liked using the word "metalhead")

edit: I'm not sure what type of black metal you like though

Um, I just like black metal. Haha.
1349, Immortal, Carpathian Forest, Impaled Nazarene, Catamenia, King Diamond, Mercyful Fate, etc.

[The Man]

Sigh

No smurfing way. I didn't think anyone else here (except maybe Northernchaosgod) listened to stuff like this.

np: Mirrorthrone - Dismay

nah I've been listening to tons of extreme metal for about six years now, though I dabbled casually in the genre even before then. Link to my last.fm in my signature gives a pretty good indication of what I listen to since I do my best to keep it updated with everything I play on my iPod. Mirrorthrone rules btw, especially that song, which may be my favourite Mirrorthrone song (A Scream..., Ils Brandiront leurs Idoles, The Fecal Rebellion, and Une Existence... are contenders as well).

Gorguts - The Quest for Equilibrium

Gorguts is simply one of the most twisted and plain out-there death metal bands in existence. Obscura is more comparable to Captain Beefheart's completely off-the-wall Trout Mask Replica in terms of its compositional structure than it is to most traditional death metal albums (although it still sounds unmistakably like death metal), and while this album, From Wisdom to Hate, isn't quite as insane, it's still pretty adventurous. I think I've only fully absorbed the scope of this album fairly recently; before that I regarded it as a substantially inferior successor to Obscura, but now I'm pretty sure it's almost an equal. (Not a complete equal of course; Obscura has no peer). Definitely looking forward to new material later this year, and I really wish these two albums were still in print.

[Shlup]

Some FFXIII background music.

Like it's too quiet in here to I turn the game on and pause it. It's nice mm'kay.

[PuPu]

1349, Immortal, Carpathian Forest, Impaled Nazarene, Catamenia, King Diamond, Mercyful Fate, etc.

Bolded is good stuff. Not bolded is stuff I need to check out

Link to my last.fm in my signature gives a pretty good indication of what I listen to since I do my best to keep it updated with everything I play on my iPod.

Your musical compatibility with Cassandra-Leo is Super
Music you have in common includes Sigh, Mirrorthrone, Atheist, Gorguts and Cynic.

Mirrorthrone rules btw

hell yes

Gorguts is simply one of the most twisted and plain out-there death metal bands in existence. Obscura is more comparable to Captain Beefheart's completely off-the-wall Trout Mask Replica in terms of its compositional structure than it is to most traditional death metal albums (although it still sounds unmistakably like death metal), and while this album, From Wisdom to Hate, isn't quite as insane, it's still pretty adventurous.

Gorguts is insane, especially Obscura. When I first listened to it, I didn't think I liked it, but listening to it a year later and I love it.

np: Cormorant - Scavenger's Feast

It's hard to describe what Cormorant sounds like. I would say they are progressive death metal or progressive black metal, and they are my favorite band. They are genre bending and also melodic. They describe their sound as "Tiberian Ass Bastard Folk" music.

[DK]

Nujabes - Another Reflection

Such a quality tune, such a quality artist, so absolutely torn up that he died, so dire. Gonna miss him.

[I Took the Red Pill]

Nujabes - Modal Soul

[Edith Visitación]

Papa Roach - Hollywood *hore

* I don't want to trip the filter, if there is one.

[The Man]

Link to my last.fm in my signature gives a pretty good indication of what I listen to since I do my best to keep it updated with everything I play on my iPod.

Your musical compatibility with Cassandra-Leo is Super
Music you have in common includes Sigh, Mirrorthrone, Atheist, Gorguts and Cynic.

All awesome bands. Link to your profile?

Mirrorthrone rules btw

hell yes

Gorguts is simply one of the most twisted and plain out-there death metal bands in existence. Obscura is more comparable to Captain Beefheart's completely off-the-wall Trout Mask Replica in terms of its compositional structure than it is to most traditional death metal albums (although it still sounds unmistakably like death metal), and while this album, From Wisdom to Hate, isn't quite as insane, it's still pretty adventurous.

Gorguts is insane, especially Obscura. When I first listened to it, I didn't think I liked it, but listening to it a year later and I love it.

I liked it on first listen, although I didn't fully appreciate it until later. I hadn't even been listening to death metal particularly long when I checked it out, but the unusual composition convinced me it was definitely worth returning to. (Oddly, Trout Mask Replica was much more difficult for me to get into; as I said on the Gorguts shoutbox, I'm not sure what that says about me as a person).

np: Cormorant - Scavenger's Feast

It's hard to describe what Cormorant sounds like. I would say they are progressive death metal or progressive black metal, and they are my favorite band. They are genre bending and also melodic. They describe their sound as "Tiberian Ass Bastard Folk" music.

I listened to their stuff on MySpace before their album came out, liked it, then completely forgot about it. Thanks for reminding me it existed.

Fauna - Rain

This band has two recorded albums released thus far, both of which consist of a single song over sixty minutes in length (although the recent reissue of "The Hunt" is divided into seven tracks for ease of navigation). If's very folk-influenced black metal with a thoroughly epic scale; this album opens with five minutes of rain sounds, then about eighteen minutes of acoustic guitar, then builds to furious black metal. Wolves in the Throne Room apparently owe a large portion of their sound to this group; although Fauna didn't release their material until 2007, they had been performing it live long before then. They also apparently have at least two other cycles ready to be recorded, but have yet to do so. I have a copy of this album ordered; I'm hoping it gets here soon so I can replace my mp3 of it with a lossless rip.

[demondude]

Papa Roach - Hollywood *hore

* I don't want to trip the filter, if there is one.

I used to love that song.

[PuPu]

All awesome bands. Link to your profile?

Not much has been scrobbled down, since I didn't get a lastfm until like a week ago.

link

np: TETRA-FANG - Mind Garden (lol)

[The Man]

cool , added.

Negură Bunget - Dedesuptul

Ever since Măiestrit came out I've been spamming this band's tracks relentlessly. One of the most innovative and unique black metal bands in existence; it's a shame this line-up no longer exists.

[Cuchulainn]

YouTube - 12th Planet - 68

[The Man]

L'Acephale - Perdition

No idea how I managed to avoid hearing about Stahlhartes Gehäuse all last year. It's quickly become one of my favourite 2009 releases; I'd probably rank it at #4 or #5. Furious black metal mixed with some superb experimentation, not to mention one of the most conceptually unified releases of last year (second only to Collapse in that department I think).

[Zeldy]

System of a Down - Ego Brain.

There's no significance to me from the song, it's just simply a good song, in my opiniooooon.

[The Man]

Sorgsvart - Seierssang

I really wish I understood Norwegian so I could understand his lyrics This is a vinyl-only bonus track that most people who listen to this band, unfortunately, will probably never hear. I'm glad I spent the extra $5 or whatever it was for the vinyl edition; it was definitely worth it.