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Edenbridge : Dynamind


Very good, but not much dynamic variety. Very linear. I got bored after a while, and stopped it before the last few tracks.
 
Dan Terminus - The Wrath of Code

Likey. It's a pumping mix of Electronica, Synthwave and chiptune. Has excellent energy and good hooks for pure instrumental music.
 
The Eden House : Songs For The Broken Ones


Pretty good - glad to be "spinning" it. Not what you'd expect, given the lineup. Atmospheric...
 
Haulover said:
The Eden House : Songs For The Broken Ones


Pretty good - glad to be "spinning" it. Not what you'd expect, given the lineup. Atmospheric...
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Their releases before the hiatus are (IMHO) untouchable and I have them on rotation pretty often, especially during gothic-y moments in my cyberpunk or fantasy RPG sessions. "Songs For The Broken Ones" is pretty good, like you said, but I do miss the variety which the earlier "ensemble cast" setup provides. The main singer's voice has character, but is an acquired taste for me.

Yeah, why not?
The Eden House - Smoke & Mirrors
The Eden House - Timeflows
The Eden House - The Looking Glass

That should get me through the next two hours of writing. Thanks!

For something pretty cool, check out the band The Foreshadowing. Moody gothic/doom metal with a guy who sounds like Dave Gahan's second coming. Might be weird enough to hook you, Neil.
 
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Blind_Justice said:
Their releases before the hiatus are (IMHO) untouchable and I have them on rotation pretty often, especially during gothic-y moments in my cyberpunk or fantasy RPG sessions. "Songs For The Broken Ones" is pretty good, like you said, but I do miss the variety which the earlier "ensemble cast" setup provides. The main singer's voice has character, but is an acquired taste for me.

Yeah, why not?
The Eden House - Smoke & Mirrors
The Eden House - Timeflows
The Eden House - The Looking Glass

That should get me through the next two hours of writing. Thanks!

For something pretty cool, check out the band The Foreshadowing. Moody gothic/doom metal with a guy who sounds like Dave Gahan's second coming. Might be weird enough to hook you, Neil.
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Many thanks, C., I'll look them up! I don't have anything else by The Eden House. Ditto 'Foreshadowing'. I'll see if I can find time in my work day to research them in the morning.
 
Eternal Champion - Ravening Iron
https://youtu.be/8fQ1tLe1uQ8

I see naked fantasy ladies on a metal cover, I click. It's the same reflex which served me so well in many second-hand bookstores gathering up fantasy paperbacks and I can count on one finger how often I was disappointed.

Granted, the singer requires some getting used to, but this is the proper epic metal sound I like. No idea why they want this to sound like 1987 though. :)
 
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Wow, that's so fucking early '90s! I get huge My Dying Bride vibes from this, minus the violin of course.
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I'm surprised you see that comparison. IMO my Dying Bride is really slow, sludgy, and dark. I find that Agalloch has far more variety in their sound, ranging from light and musical to black-metal and back again.

Here's what I wrote about My Dying Bride's 2004 release:

My Dying Bride : Songs of Darkness Words of Light

If you don't know My Dying Bride's music, you'll need this primer:

This music redefines the word 'dark'. The British goth/doom rockers' songs are slow, depressive and very heavy. There are the occasional death grunts, but like many other 1990s death metal bands they have progressed to a cleaner style of vocals. The singing is in the low-registers, melodic, somber, and held back in the mix. These atonal sounds are surprisingly similar to their contemporaries Tiamat and Moonspell, which also graduated from pure death. But the difference between My Dying Bride and those bands is in the simplicity. You'll never confuse this music with progressive metal. MDB's music is incredibly simple, using standard death metal chord progressions and slow, sludgy riffs that are repeated in several tracks with minor modifications.

The darkness permeates every aspect of the album. The tortured angel in the cover-art, the band's very name, the emphatic minor key chords, and song titles like "The Wreckage Of My Flesh", "A Doomed Lover", and "And My Fury Stands Ready". This is not uplifting stuff, and will hardly inspire you to run out and do a batch of unprompted good deeds!

If you are familiar with MDB, you'll probably agree that this is not their strongest release. Songs Of Darkness Words Of Light is slower and more brooding than their prior 7 releases, but also mellower and more approachable than before. But don't worry -- they aren't selling out just yet. The most commercial track is "My Wine In Silence", and it won't see a lot of radio time. In fact the start of "My Wine In Silence" could have been a gothic version of Leonard Cohen -- that morbidly deep voice, pleasantly melodic in a dull sort of way, poignant lyrics. But the comparison disappears a few minutes into the song and we're back to classic MDB.

My Dying Bride is not for everyone, but if you can stand the excessive negativity in this genre of music, this one will pull you into the depths of gloom in an interesting, melodic way.
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I also interviewed Aaron Stainthorpe (singer, band leader) in 2004

I only have 5 of their albums, though, and don't have anything from them post-2004. Has their sound changed much?
 
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Haulover said:
I'm surprised you see that comparison. IMO my Dying Bride is really slow, sludgy, and dark. I find that Agalloch has far more variety in their sound, ranging from light and musical to black-metal and back again.

Here's what I wrote about My Dying Bride's 2004 release:



I also interviewed Aaron Stainthorpe (singer, band leader) in 2004

I only have 5 of their albums, though, and don't have anything from them post-2004. Has their sound changed much?
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Heh, I think I don't have anything post-1998 from them, so I can't really talk. But in their early days, they did like to spice up their songs with the occasional burst of speed. I did listen to one of their new singles on YouTube though and yeah, they did change, especially in the vocal department. Still really, really good. https://youtu.be/F1DI7447ia0

The Magoria album is pretty damn good. I would go as far as to say it easily outclasses "Transitus". Much more ambitious.
 
Part 0 Nitocris the Queen with the Golden Hair

Amon Sethis

Interesting new symphonic prog from France, kind of Nightwish meets Ayreon meets ancient Egypt
 
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