New Enslaved
Pretty good!
Every Black Metal band that does not just constantly shout "SATAN!" gets some bonus points in my books.
New Enslaved
Ah, let's see. The Atrocity Exhibition: Exhibit A, probably.
The only thing that is better than the cover artwork is the music.
I'm stuck listening to my laptop through the headphone jack right now (away from home), so it's hard to tell. I bought The Epigenesis a few minutes ago and am listening to it on my ipod. It sounds pretty brickwalled, but not bad other than that. More dynamics would make it sound amazing. Hopefully Nuclear Blast learns.
On a side note, anyone have a Schiit Fulla? I'm planning on getting one for portable laptop use.
You should read what Metal-Fi says about the Fulla!
Was watching a news story about the death of the album as we know it. How digital technology, listening to playlists, the concept of "shuffle and purchasing songs rather than albums has dramatically changed consumption of music. Made me think audiophile communities whether it's typical jazz, Indie and classic rock fans or metal fans maybe one of the last demographics that still purchase albums in their entirety. Whether you are buying Kind of Blue, Steely Dan or any of the great metal talked about here, I think many of us are lovers of the "album". In fact, I've never bought a single song.
Was watching a news story about the death of the album as we know it. How digital technology, listening to playlists, the concept of "shuffle and purchasing songs rather than albums has dramatically changed consumption of music. Made me think audiophile communities whether it's typical jazz, Indie and classic rock fans or metal fans maybe one of the last demographics that still purchase albums in their entirety. Whether you are buying Kind of Blue, Steely Dan or any of the great metal talked about here, I think many of us are lovers of the "album". In fact, I've never bought a single song.
Decided to go prowling Bandcamp for some more tech-death to try and fill my fancy. found these guys
Dawn of Dementia. I can't get enough of this EP
I also ran into Ascariasis.
And Dying Humanity
It's a start
Aside from concept albums and albums with songs that are closely tied together, I can't honestly say that there's a point to the album format. Of course I like it because it's what I'm used to and all that, but without the limitations of physical media it makes more sense to release material song by song anyway. All of my favorite albums are concept albums, but that idea is rarely explored in any remotely popular music these days.