X-Git-Url: http://git.hcoop.net/clinton/website/site/unknownlamer.org.git/blobdiff_plain/8a7c1bf77acdb57c101736e69fadffc17bc2f329..refs/heads/master:/Music%20I%20Enjoy.muse diff --git a/Music I Enjoy.muse b/Music I Enjoy.muse index b95fd73..dd25045 100644 --- a/Music I Enjoy.muse +++ b/Music I Enjoy.muse @@ -1,14 +1,15 @@ I have a [[http://www.last.fm/user/unknown_lamer/][last.fm]] account. * The Bands I Like the Most + ** Skyclad Skyclad is incredible folk metal. The first two albums (*Wayward Sons of Mother Earth* and *Burnt Offerings for the Bone Idol*) are Testament -style thrash with a bit of fiddle and keys. The third album, *Jonah's -Ark*, blunts the edge of the guitars and adds a lot more fiddle and is -really where the band goes from making good to incredible -music. +style thrash with a bit of fiddle and keys and a heavy dose of +NWOBHM. The third album, *Jonah's Ark*, blunts the edge of the guitars +and adds a lot more fiddle and is really where the band goes from +making good to incredible music. *Prince of the Poverty Line* is about as 'heavy' as the first two albums, but the the song structures are far more worked out and there @@ -35,31 +36,33 @@ version of a song from the previous album. The new material ends with the slow and intense *Badtime Story*. A couple of covers and an instrumental version of a song follow to pad the EP to album length. -*The Answer Machine?* is my favorite album in my entire collection. Most -of the songs have a fuzzy electric guitar and an acoustic guitar going -at the same time, and the album is music that I have found is -listenable to people who don't like metal. The fiddle, violin, and -piano dominate and are backed by interesting bass and just the right -amount of guitar. The album is a pseudo-concept album; each song is -about a different quest for the answer to life. +*The Answer Machine?* was once my favorite album in my entire +collection. Most of the songs have a fuzzy electric guitar and an +acoustic guitar going at the same time, and the album is music that I +have found is listenable to people who don't like metal. The fiddle, +violin, and piano dominate and are backed by interesting bass and just +the right amount of guitar. The album is a pseudo-concept album; each +song is about a different quest for the answer to life. Unfortunately, +here is also where the influence of their producer can start to be +felt--a lot of things seem to be done for the sake of *sensibility*. -The last two Skyclad album with Martin Walkyier (the original singer) +The last two Skyclad albums with Martin Walkyier (the original singer) see a two step return to a more metal style, but this time something resembling *Powerslave* era Maiden with heavy folk overtones rather than -Testament. Both albums lack any weak songs, and have a few that are -among the best Skyclad has ever done: "Cancer of the Heart," "A Well -Beside the River," and "Vintage Whine" on *Vintage Whine*, and "The -Antibody Politic," "The Disenchanted Forest," and "Think Back and Lie -of England" on *Folkemon*. +Testament. Both albums are fairly strong, and have a few songs that +are among the best Skyclad has ever done: "Cancer of the Heart" and +"Vintage Whine" on *Vintage Whine*, and "The Antibody Politic," "The +Disenchanted Forest," and "Think Back and Lie of England" on *Folkémon*. -Alas, after *Folkemon* Martin left, and the band seems to have lost its +Alas, after *Folkémon* Martin left, and the band seems to have lost its magic. It is much like At the Gates; the core members meshed quite well together and lost some magical chemistry upon a major component -leaving. Skyclad's first album with the new singer was ok, and perhaps -the next one will be better. Sadly Martin Walkyier decided to abandon -music forever. +leaving. Skyclad's first album with the new singer was ok, and the +followup was a bit better. Unfortunately Kevin Ridley appears unable +to sing aggressively. ** Kevin Moore + Kevin Moore is the first keyboardist of Dream Theater who left after *Awake*. His work since then has surpassed the quality of everything Dream Theater has produced since then for he posesses a unique @@ -67,8 +70,9 @@ songwriting style and wonderful artistic ability. *** Chroma Key -Chroma Key is Kevin Moore's primary project. It is mostly electronic -and fairly mellow. +Chroma Key is (was?) Kevin Moore's primary project. It is mostly +electronic and fairly mellow. Secretly I like it (don't tell anyone I +listen to anything not metal). *** OSI @@ -85,3 +89,5 @@ alone, and it finds a much nicer balance between keyboard and guitar. The first OSI sounded too much like Fates Warning with more ambient keyboarding; this one has a sound of its own. My ears have heard this album many times, and will listen again many more. + +I'm not really digging *Blood* that much, but it's not bad.