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Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Mon Sep 14, 2009 6:04 pm
Lashed_by_Storm wrote:
It seems not to click with a lot of people, but I can't really see why. Depending on the band, I think there are some of the most beautiful atmospheres and melodies to be found in that genre. It's a genre that really makes me "feel" more than any other genre can.
Because im not sure what its trying to accomplish. "Raw" atmosphere as it were seems better suited to Ambient music. Even Gothic and BM is pretty atmospheric, then theres symphonic as well that all combine atmosphere with a solid, rooted genre. Post-Rock doesn't have that 'base' as it were. Its almost like an ambient that tries to be rock at the same time, layering atmosphere with 'catchiness' (and I don't mean that in a bad way), I sort of waft in and out. It doesn't capture my attention as well as other bands, and neither does it present an atmosphere as well as my ambient likings. Its just kind of...there.
Lashed_by_Storm
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Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Mon Sep 14, 2009 6:24 pm
Hmm. I'm not quite on the same wavelength with you on what post-rock actually is. It doesn't have a solid root genre really. There are elements of rock, sure - but it has evolved into something that is barely rock related in recent history. Take something like Yndi Halda for example. One of my favorites as of late. You have this fairly normal instrumentation with light electric guitar, bass, and drums, etc. But other not-so-traditional instrumentation like violin and cello are added and...
Hell, I don't know what I'm saying. All I know is that I enjoy it. A lot. The way it makes me feel is the reason I listen to it. I find something like "So Long, Lonesome" by EITS, or "Illuminate My Heart, My Darling" & "A Song for Starlit Beaches" by Yndi Halda to just have the most magical sound, even if it is not rooted to any particular genre and sort of floating there.
Or "Dipole Experiment" by The Evpatoria Report. So many layers of sound that make this thick, epic atmosphere that I want to last forever. The song is 11 minutes long and I would be absolutely thrilled if there were some existent hour-long version.
What post-rock really is nowadays, I don't know. But I love it, for the most part.
Rosalind
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Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Mon Sep 14, 2009 6:43 pm
Lashed_by_Storm wrote:
Hmm. I'm not quite on the same wavelength with you on what post-rock actually is. It doesn't have a solid root genre really.
Precisely. Its not just atmospheric music, that would be ambient, and neither does it have roots tying to another genre like atmospheric black, or symphonic. Its kind of not really here nor there; an 'in between' or attempt at a combination of the two.
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Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Mon Sep 14, 2009 9:54 pm
Spasme - Deep Inside
Quickly becoming one of my favourite death metal albums (more top 50 than top 10 though.)
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Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Mon Sep 14, 2009 10:29 pm
Cage - Darker than Black
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Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:18 pm
Wombbath Internal Caustic Torments Genre:Death
Solid, but nothing that blows my mind.
Nautilus
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Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:19 pm
"Web of Lies" Ayreon 010111101010010101
<3 simone
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Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:24 pm
Dark Millennium Ashore the Celestial Burden Genre: Death/Doom
Someone introduced me to this band on the rate a song game on original lifer ( ) They kick ass IMO.
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Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:41 pm
Purtenance Member of Immortal Damnation Genre:Death
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Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:46 pm
God Dethroned Bloody Blasphemy Black/Death
Because Purtenance sucked in my opinion.
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Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:52 pm
Tired Eyes by Hieronymus Bosch I think its my favorite song I've heard by them so far.
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Posts : 2140 Join date : 2009-09-06 Age : 46 Location : Los Angeles WEST SIDE BITCHES
Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Tue Sep 15, 2009 10:24 am
Helmet - Meantime IRONHEADDDDDDDDD!!!!
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Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Tue Sep 15, 2009 11:46 am
Blood of my Enemies - Manowar
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Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Tue Sep 15, 2009 2:44 pm
Burst - Lazarus Bird
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Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Tue Sep 15, 2009 7:16 pm
The Wandering Midget - The Thing from the Black Reef
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Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Tue Sep 15, 2009 7:35 pm
Lashed_by_Storm
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Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Tue Sep 15, 2009 7:45 pm
Andrew, is that an Eisregen-related thing you have in your avatar?
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Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Tue Sep 15, 2009 8:18 pm
Lashed_by_Storm wrote:
Andrew, is that an Eisregen-related thing you have in your avatar?
Yes it is, you know them?
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Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Tue Sep 15, 2009 8:22 pm
Yeah I do. I recognized the logo, but not the rest of it. Is that an album cover of theirs?
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Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Tue Sep 15, 2009 8:25 pm
Lashed_by_Storm wrote:
Yeah I do. I recognized the logo, but not the rest of it. Is that an album cover of theirs?
It's not an album cover, and I'm not sure whether it's something a fan put together or what. The words 'Kraft durch Krebs' is a reference to this song:
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