[SomeGuyDude]

  Anyone take a listen to Isis's new remaster? I'm waiting to hear some opinions on it. I'll probably end up buying it because I'm a huge fan boy, but I wanted some other's take on it.
 
http://www.amazon.com/Panopticon-Remastered-Isis/dp/B00JJCP6WC

 
I'm always worried about remasters. The original sounded amazing, and a lot of the time "remaster" just means "dynamic range removed so it's louder". 

 

[krtzer]

 
 
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I'm always worried about remasters. The original sounded amazing, and a lot of the time "remaster" just means "dynamic range removed so it's louder". 

That's why I thought was going to happen but it didn't sound that way on my remaster of Celestial. Here's what they did for Backlit:
 
https://soundcloud.com/ipecacrecordings/iisis-backlit

   
I'm pretty happy with the Japanese releases of their albums, I'll check this out though. 

Hank_Venture, let us know what you think!

 

[campj]

I just bought my first Immortal album, At the Heart of Winter, and I'm listening to it right now. This band is fantastic! The opening riff on Solarfall is top notch. I also got Battles in the North, but I haven't listened to it yet.

I've been listening to metal since the mid '90s, but for some reason I never really got into any of the older black metal bands. I'm almost glad I saved them until now because albums that are over a decade old sound really fresh.

 

[Hank_Venture]

Something to start your day 
 

 

[Tom Yum Goong]

I just bought my first Immortal album, At the Heart of Winter, and I'm listening to it right now. This band is fantastic! The opening riff on Solarfall is top notch. I also got Battles in the North, but I haven't listened to it yet.

I've been listening to metal since the mid '90s, but for some reason I never really got into any of the older black metal bands. I'm almost glad I saved them until now because albums that are over a decade old sound really fresh.

Possibly the cutest Black Metal band ever.
Saw them live two times and they really don't fail to entertain the crowd!
Also: Best BM video ever ♥

 

[campj]

'Cute Black Metal', a new sub-sub-genre. I'm starting a band called 'Goodbye Kitty'.

 

[Tom Yum Goong]

'Cute Black Metal', a new sub-sub-genre. I'm starting a band called 'Goodbye Kitty'.

Please do.
Another great example of this genre:

 

[vipervick]

'Cute Black Metal', a new sub-sub-genre. I'm starting a band called 'Goodbye Kitty'.

Too late...
 

 

[Tom Yum Goong]

  Too late...
 

That's a different kind of cute!

 

[Tom Yum Goong]

The new Candelight sampler has some pretty cool stuff on it (including a track from the upcoming Falloch album ♥)
https://candlelightrecordsusa.bandcamp.com/album/legion-iii

 

[markm1]

I just bought my first Immortal album, At the Heart of Winter, and I'm listening to it right now. This band is fantastic! The opening riff on Solarfall is top notch. I also got Battles in the North, but I haven't listened to it yet.

I've been listening to metal since the mid '90s, but for some reason I never really got into any of the older black metal bands. I'm almost glad I saved them until now because albums that are over a decade old sound really fresh.

That's a great album. My favorite of theirs. They evolved into a different style at that point...

 

[vipervick]

  The new Candelight sampler has some pretty cool stuff on it (including a track from the upcoming Falloch album ♥)
https://candlelightrecordsusa.bandcamp.com/album/legion-iii

New Sigh rocks!!!

 

[markheadphonium]

I'm setting up demo music on my laptop for the next meet. I am mainly a classical guy and know very little about other genres. I would be interested in knowing what THE essential metal album is. Note that I am saying I want to "demo" my headphones but that doesn't mean I want a "well-recorded" album that's crap music---I want good music above all. It would also help if it were well-known music so I maximize my chances of someone stopping by and being familiar with the album.

 

[BLACKENEDPLAGUE]

I just bought my first Immortal album, At the Heart of Winter, and I'm listening to it right now. This band is fantastic! The opening riff on Solarfall is top notch. I also got Battles in the North, but I haven't listened to it yet.

I've been listening to metal since the mid '90s, but for some reason I never really got into any of the older black metal bands. I'm almost glad I saved them until now because albums that are over a decade old sound really fresh.

 
People write off Immortal as a joke and never give them a listen, but their music is really solid. And they have been in the scene since the beginning of the 2nd Wave/generation

 

[keepitsimple]

  Please do.
Another great example of this genre:

yeah cf are gr8