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General discussions : The Video/PC Game Discussion Thread

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Author:DippoMagoo
Subject: The Video/PC Game Discussion Thread
Posted: 23 Jun 2017 at 1:32pm

Yeah, I eventually realized those two characters would have been really tough for Telltale to work into the season, just based on how it's set up. One thing I will say, though: Within the actual season, there actually are some pretty interesting choices, and at least to me it seemed better in that area than season 2, and some of their other games (cough, Game of Thrones, cough.) Just be wary of technical problems: I'm not sure if it's the same on PC, or if patches have fixed it, but on PS4 I was averaging two crashes per episode for the last three episodes.

The Wolf Among Us is probably my favorite Telltale game to date, so I'd definitely recommend it. I keep hoping they'll give it a second season, but it does work great as a stand alone (plus, apparently it's a prequel to a comic book, so maybe a second season would be hard to pull off.) 

Edited by DippoMagoo - 13 hours 26 minutes ago at 1:34pm

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General Music Discussions : Now -- what are you listening to? V2

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Author:Psydye
Subject: Now -- what are you listening to? V2
Posted: 23 Jun 2017 at 4:01pm

General Music Discussions : Now -- what are you listening to? V2

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Author:Psydye
Subject: Now -- what are you listening to? V2
Posted: 23 Jun 2017 at 6:15pm

General Music Discussions : Now -- what are you listening to? V2

General Music Discussions : Now -- what are you listening to? V2

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Author:DippoMagoo
Subject: Now -- what are you listening to? V2
Posted: 23 Jun 2017 at 9:35pm


An album I checked out solely because of a negative review (I actually had a promo for it, but it never caught my attention) and well, it certainly has some issues, not the least of which are some slightly pitchy vocals, but I still find it somewhat enjoyable. Certainly not 0.5 worthy, but also not an album of the year contender or anything.

Metal Music Lounge : Extreme Metal

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Author:voila_la_scorie
Subject: Extreme Metal
Posted: 23 Jun 2017 at 10:01pm

I just want to share what's on my mind these days. No questions exactly. Just this:

My extreme metal enjoyment ended sometime in the late eighties or early nineties. I went out of the loop and missed out on the rise of death metal, death doom, black metal (second wave) and so on. When I heard these deep, growling, roaring vocals I was dismayed. Whatever happened to singing like Dio, Dickenson, Halford and so on? This is what they call heavy metal these days?

I took a big leap getting into Opeth. That was a few years ago. I accpeted the so-called death vocals and even recognized and admired the talent and skill required to execute them. Then this year I suddenly really got into death metal. I said initially that I liked only melodic death metal but this turned out to not be true. These days I really want to hear technical death metal, but also death doom and black metal.

Now here's the thing. First of all, there are just so many bands out there. Where does one begin? And many of those bands already have a dozen albums or so. It's overwhelming! I watch YouTube videos like Top Ten Death Metal Bands, Top 50 Old School Death Metal Albums, Top 100 Death Metal Songs, and of course similar compilations of black metal and even grindcore and the likes just to educate myself. I watch videos of people discussing albums and sub genres (the Banger TV Lock Horns series has been very helpful) and all these help me to find important bands and albums. But the journey into this new territory has more challenges.

I buy CDs. It's the best way for me to really give my attention to an album not only because I spent money on it but because I have made it "mine". A CD is "mine" once I have decided that I want it. But buying means I am limited to how much new music I can acquire at once. When I check out a band like Darkthrone, Enslaved, Obituary, Cryptopsy and so on, I am faced with the decision of what album or albums to get. Do I buy the debut to see how it all started? Do I buy the "genre-defining album" that makes all the video compilations and lists? Do I buy the highest rated on MMA? Do I buy the latest releases? What I have been doing recently is checking out all of the above by listening on YouTube and then choosing which albums sound good to me first. If I love the album, I want one or two more. If I don't think it's that awesome, I want to know which albums are better.

Ultimately, I hope to own two or three albums by a few dozen bands, so this is a long-term project to be sure. It is like a kind of disease, don't you think? An addiction.

That's all I wanted to express. Feel free to comment. Thanks to everybody who has been readng my reviews and especially to those who have left comments. I feel I have friends here! Cheers!

General Music Discussions : Now -- what are you listening to? V2

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Author:DippoMagoo
Subject: Now -- what are you listening to? V2
Posted: 23 Jun 2017 at 10:26pm


I remember their debut being fairly standard Euro power metal, but this is more of a hard hitting prog/power album. Seems like a step up, so I guess the style change was a good idea!


Edited by DippoMagoo - 4 hours 17 minutes ago at 10:43pm

Metal Music Lounge : Extreme Metal

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Author:Unitron
Subject: Extreme Metal
Posted: 23 Jun 2017 at 10:26pm

Youtube is really a godsend when it comes to discovering music, as there are so many awesome bands that I may not know if not for Youtube (Including probably my favorite band of all time, Helstar!). It gets overwhelming though when it comes to buying the albums, because a lot of metal and especially extreme metal isn't exactly easy to get cheap online or find at a thrift store. It's even harder if I find all of the bands albums great, like Obituary or Nile.

Metal Music Lounge : Extreme Metal

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Author:siLLy puPPy
Subject: Extreme Metal
Posted: 23 Jun 2017 at 10:51pm

I agree with Khaliq. YouTube is your best friend for sampling and listening to albums that aren't available any more or waaaaaaay behind your price range. As far as where to start, tough one. I start with bands i don't know well simply by picking out the most popular and seeing if i share that opinion. Often i do, but sometimes i find the LEAST popular album my favorite. For example i'm currently listening to Deep Purple's Who Do You Think You Are and i love it a lot more than most everyone seems to.

There is way too much music to be experienced, agreed. I often go to the used music stores and let whatever presents itself to me be the deciding factor but i also actively scout things out and order online. I don't really focus on any particular sub genre but i do find myself working extra hours to afford the luxury of buying as much music as i can stand. Currently i have hundreds of albums on the "to listen to" pile which means i have put the brakes on new purchasing for now because i've run out of room!

General Music Discussions : Now -- what are you listening to? V2

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Author:DippoMagoo
Subject: Now -- what are you listening to? V2
Posted: 23 Jun 2017 at 11:22pm

General Music Discussions : Now -- what are you listening to? V2

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Author:DippoMagoo
Subject: Now -- what are you listening to? V2
Posted: 24 Jun 2017 at 12:19am

General Music Discussions : Now -- what are you listening to? V2

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Author:DippoMagoo
Subject: Now -- what are you listening to? V2
Posted: 24 Jun 2017 at 1:02am

Originally posted by DippoMagooDippoMagoo wrote:

Giving it a third listen, after a bit of a break, to see if it holds up as well as it did on the first two listens. Needless to say, it went so well it's immediately getting a fourth listen! Right up there with the Aquilus debut as my favorite black metal album so far.

Metal Music Lounge : Your recent Metal purchases

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Author:adg211288
Subject: Your recent Metal purchases
Posted: 24 Jun 2017 at 1:31am

Well Amazon have royally let me down on getting a copy of the Panopticon - Kentucky reissue so I've re-ordered from All Your Music and cancelled Amazon. Fed up of that company's lies. 

Metal Music Lounge : Extreme Metal

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Author:adg211288
Subject: Extreme Metal
Posted: 24 Jun 2017 at 1:57am

Originally posted by voila_la_scorievoila_la_scorie wrote:

I buy CDs. It's the best way for me to really give my attention to an album not only because I spent money on it but because I have made it "mine". A CD is "mine" once I have decided that I want it. But buying means I am limited to how much new music I can acquire at once. When I check out a band like Darkthrone, Enslaved, Obituary, Cryptopsy and so on, I am faced with the decision of what album or albums to get. Do I buy the debut to see how it all started? Do I buy the "genre-defining album" that makes all the video compilations and lists? Do I buy the highest rated on MMA? Do I buy the latest releases? What I have been doing recently is checking out all of the above by listening on YouTube and then choosing which albums sound good to me first. If I love the album, I want one or two more. If I don't think it's that awesome, I want to know which albums are better.

Ultimately, I hope to own two or three albums by a few dozen bands, so this is a long-term project to be sure. It is like a kind of disease, don't you think? An addiction.

This sums up me pretty well too. I've purchased in excess of 100 CD's within the last 12 months. It's more than normal because I sold a bunch of stuff on ebay a few months ago and have had more money to finance my addiction. Music is my drug of choice. I too like to have a selection of albums from different bands rather than everyone's full discography. Though there are a few artists where I like to get every album. 

As for finding new stuff, I usually sample before I purchase anything, either in part or full. YouTube, Bandcamp and Spotify are my usual sources. Recently I've taken to buying black metal in bulk on ebay and it's more or less paid off well, with a few gems discovered that I may not have known about otherwise, with many bands that hadn't yet been added to MMA. And if you want black metal ebay does seem to be packed full of stuff Amazon doesn't carry or is expensive. 

I use the charts on RYM a lot to find new stuff as well. I can sort them by any sub-genre I want and see what's rated highly, or I just glance at the artwork and see what's eye-catching. I find that a lot of metal artwork reflects the style of music played and can often be an indication of how something is going to sound. For example, can anyone really look at this and not think 'that's a thrash metal album'?


This is my go-to RYM chart for MMA relevant releases of 2017. I do tend to check out more new release albums than not, unless I'm in an 80's phase or something.


I often further narrow this down to just black metal to make sure I've got the most rated albums of 2017 on MMA. Given my current black metal phase these are also the ones I'm more likely to check out. 

General Music Discussions : Now -- what are you listening to? V2

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Author:adg211288
Subject: Now -- what are you listening to? V2
Posted: 24 Jun 2017 at 4:02am

It's finally here:


http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/album/progenie-terrestre-pura/oltreluna

Metal Music Lounge : Extreme Metal

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Author:voila_la_scorie
Subject: Extreme Metal
Posted: 24 Jun 2017 at 5:07am

Originally posted by UnitronUnitron wrote:

Youtube is really a godsend when it comes to discovering music, as there are so many awesome bands that I may not know if not for Youtube (Including probably my favorite band of all time, Helstar!). It gets overwhelming though when it comes to buying the albums, because a lot of metal and especially extreme metal isn't exactly easy to get cheap online or find at a thrift store. It's even harder if I find all of the bands albums great, like Obituary or Nile.

It is a godsend for sure because I can just keep clicking on the next band and the next. I'm learning now to have a little more patience when previewing albums. I shouldn't just go, "Sounds good; buy it!" because later I might find it wasn't as good as I first thought. And if there are ten albums in the band's discography, it's nice to be able to listen and choose which one will be my best gateway album.

Yeah, they can often be expensive or hard to find. I decided on getting Obituary's Darkest Day and Amazon was expensive. Discogs had some reasonably priced options but one seller sold the album the day I placed my order and another said he can't find the CD. Then sometimes the classic album is a bit pricy but others are cheaper. Immolation's first two albums are over $20 but some others are under $10.

Nile. I like them!

General Music Discussions : Now -- what are you listening to? V2

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Author:adg211288
Subject: Now -- what are you listening to? V2
Posted: 24 Jun 2017 at 5:11am

http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/album/fathomless-misery/descent-of-slow-suffering

Metal Music Lounge : Extreme Metal

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Author:voila_la_scorie
Subject: Extreme Metal
Posted: 24 Jun 2017 at 5:16am

Originally posted by siLLy puPPysiLLy puPPy wrote:

I agree with Khaliq. YouTube is your best friend for sampling and listening to albums that aren't available any more or waaaaaaay behind your price range. As far as where to start, tough one. I start with bands i don't know well simply by picking out the most popular and seeing if i share that opinion. Often i do, but sometimes i find the LEAST popular album my favorite. For example i'm currently listening to Deep Purple's Who Do You Think You Are and i love it a lot more than most everyone seems to.

There is way too much music to be experienced, agreed. I often go to the used music stores and let whatever presents itself to me be the deciding factor but i also actively scout things out and order online. I don't really focus on any particular sub genre but i do find myself working extra hours to afford the luxury of buying as much music as i can stand. Currently i have hundreds of albums on the "to listen to" pile which means i have put the brakes on new purchasing for now because i've run out of room!

The least popular album, yeah, that's the thing. I sometimes think that an album with a rating here of 3.35 that's about $9 might be worth getting anyway when the 4.45 rated album is $25! Maybe I might just like it. Who Do We Think We Are, I never loved it but I like it. I know what you mean though. I love Heritage by Opeth and it's always the lowest ranked on any Opeth album ranking list I've never seen.

Yes, I keep counting my overtime hours and thinking, "If I can get this many hours this week I'll order a couple of more albums." I do tend to work in "types" of music. Last year it was mid-sixties hard garage rock, Quebec prog of the seventies, and 2016 prog releases. This year it's extreme metal. I think I just have a little devil on my shoulder telling me to keep finding new music to become interested in. I do manage to listen to everything because I commute three hours or more in total each day so there's lots of time to be plugged in. But that means I go through albums that much faster. I never can guess though, Mike, how you get through so many reviews. Just Buckethead keeps you busy. But you do so much more. Nice!

Metal Music Lounge : Extreme Metal

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Author:voila_la_scorie
Subject: Extreme Metal
Posted: 24 Jun 2017 at 5:27am

Originally posted by adg211288adg211288 wrote:

This sums up me pretty well too. I've purchased in excess of 100 CD's within the last 12 months. It's more than normal because I sold a bunch of stuff on ebay a few months ago and have had more money to finance my addiction. Music is my drug of choice. I too like to have a selection of albums from different bands rather than everyone's full discography. Though there are a few artists where I like to get every album. 

As for finding new stuff, I usually sample before I purchase anything, either in part or full. YouTube, Bandcamp and Spotify are my usual sources. Recently I've taken to buying black metal in bulk on ebay and it's more or less paid off well, with a few gems discovered that I may not have known about otherwise, with many bands that hadn't yet been added to MMA. And if you want black metal ebay does seem to be packed full of stuff Amazon doesn't carry or is expensive. 

I use the charts on RYM a lot to find new stuff as well. I can sort them by any sub-genre I want and see what's rated highly, or I just glance at the artwork and see what's eye-catching. I find that a lot of metal artwork reflects the style of music played and can often be an indication of how something is going to sound. 

In the last few years, I've exceeded 100 new CDs each year. My wife would kill me. But I never spend money on much else: drinks, eating out, movies, etc. CDs and the occasional book or article of clothing when necessary. At least Amazon marketplace usually has cheap options. Otherwise I search discogs for the stuff that's too expensive or unavailable from Amazon.

Finding new stuff is exciting like a hunt. I loved doing this back in my junior high school days. It's something that never left me. I have a coworker who knows a lot of European black metal and death metal bands. He also likes punk and grindcore. But technical extreme metal is "stress music" for him. He's good to bounce ideas off though.

Artwork is sometimes what makes me want an album. Heaven Shall Burn's Wanderer stayed in my cart for months because I wanted that mountain photo! Ha ha. But great artwork is part of the joy of having the CD. And prog and metal have the best artwork overall.

Yeah, I should start looking at RYM more. I don't think I use it to its full potential. Thanks for the tip!
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