1. Rhapsody of Fire
2. Dream Evil
3. Symphony X
4. Flogging Molly
5. Le Vent Du Nord
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1. Rhapsody of Fire
2. Dream Evil
3. Symphony X
4. Flogging Molly
5. Le Vent Du Nord
Oh no. We have Saosin and Circa Survive on separate lists. This will end badly.
1. Bjork
2. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
3. Genesis
4. Gang Gang Dance
5. Animal Collective
I love circa survive too, Saosin just have more energy for me, although Cove got lazy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Matt
The drumming is so impressive, but there's Anthony Greens voice too.
I'm not gay, but if I did take that road, I'd stop the fuckin car there... (please someone know my reference here.)
I can't put them in a straight up direct order, but some of the great bands that have found residence on my HDD are
(Not in any order, but all top 5 at least)
1: Ne obliviscaris
2: Symphony X
3: Communic
4: Dream Theater
5: Dagoba
And bands that are just as good, but haven't listened to as much and thus not on the list: Rush, Prodigy, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Pyramaze and finally Tim Hecker.
Don't stop talking to me, I haven't been listening.Quote:
Originally Posted by JiJi
It's cool you bring up the drumming. Amid all the drama with Anthony Green and drug use allegations and all the albums, I still find the most interesting thing about all these dudes to be the session drummer for the first Saosin EP. It sorta blew my mind a bit when I found out he played with Slayer. (Heard conflicting stories about him being Slayer's drum tech as well, but his website said he played with them so idfk) But yeah, he was pretty fucking incredible.
He was! Who was he?Quote:
Originally Posted by Matt
I remember when I first heard I can tell, I just wanted to hear more of this band, drumming wasn't as amazing on that, then I got the EP it threw me away. As does greens vocal range, I can sing all but the chorus of I can tell, only on good days I'll hit all those highs without losing breath!
I don't think I'll ever be competent to play drums to a performable degree, but if I could I'd love to work at it until I could do drums like Saosin and Circa tunes. The drums are one of my favourite things of this genre.
The drummer is this guy, Pat Magrath. I am (was?) a drummer, and I agree completely with you that the drums are the best part of this kind of music. It's a little pedantic, but I find in some other genres, people's live playing seems so stiff and robotic, and I like there being some space to just rock the fuck out, so to speak. That being said, it's pretty cool how Magrath was able to kind of bring in some Slayer-type drumming without pulling the record completely into the metal genre.Quote:
Originally Posted by JiJi
Honestly, I could go on about the drums on that record for days. Seven Years is so much fun to play. But that's not what this topic is about. Which is unfortunate, really. Every topic should be about that. I'll bring this up to staff.
Bringing in other genres slightly can make great results though. Johnny Craigs vocals on Relativity were amazing, soul and energy worked well.
I agree completely, also guitars and vocals in this genre can be so more expressionist and unique (odd chord progressions you wouldn't think would fit etc.) And I've also just discovered new bands, thanks! Shame this isnt the topic I love these kinds of conversations. Bribe all the staff.
In no particular order:
1. Cinema Strange
2. Voltaire
3. Fields of the Nephilim
4. Siouxsie and the Banshees
5. Bauhaus