Topic: The Music Thread

@TheBrandedSwordsman Not much metal in it. Gets noisy at times but it's more like trippy post rock with some interesting jazz trumpet.

@Voltan Where do you stand on Cynic and Atheist for the epitome of jazz metal? I think Cynic's Focus and Atheist's Unquestionable Presence are both on Youtube.

I like them but don’t listen to them much

@Voltan I see, fair enough. What music have you been listening to besides the track you just posted, recently?

I haven’t seen the video yet and can’t watch it right now but I’m in this

Friends of mine started this project last year to keep busy while in lockdown. The idea is to have guests from the Polish rock and metal scene. Some are close friends, some are scene veterans and big deals in the metal world.
Anyways, they did a few of these cover versions but this is the biggest one yet.
Lemme know what you think and I’ll check it out myself later 😉

Forgot to mention I’m also singing in the chorus (not sure if it’s in the video)

Spotify is outing me as a mid-00s sadboi and I’m not amused.

@nessisonett Spotify made a new “metal mix” “just for me” today and it was full of things most metalheads I know would absolutely hate 😅

@Voltan Isn’t that basically the Spotify algorithm though? They seem to not be able to tell the difference between metal and hyperpop which can be very confusing 😂

@nessisonett I mean - it’s stuff I like but I know people who would take serious offense from it being called “metal” lmao

@Voltan Metalheads can be very particular about that kinda thing. If Limp Bizkit can be considered ‘metal’ even if it’s of the ‘nu’ variety then basically anything goes as far as I’m concerned.

@nessisonett "Throw yo' hands up!". Apparently Eddie Van Halen rehearsed with Limp Bizkit once, but loads of people there were taking drugs so he apparently left and returned the next day in an assault vehicle, put a gun to Fred Durst's red-capped head and said "Get my sh*t, motherf*cker!!" and his guitars and amps were loaded into the vehicle by a Durst-underling whilst Van Halen kept the gun to Durst's red-capped head the whole time! Believe it?

@Voltan Some really good vocalists there in the Stars music video, saw you playing keyboards as well, great song too.

@TheBrandedSwordsman I don’t think I ever thought of Eddie Van Halen as the gun type!

@nessisonett Perhaps not.

@nessisonett What have you been listening to lately?

@Jimmer-jammer @Th3solution @Thrillho And how about you, my friends? What have you been listening to lately?

@TheBrandedSwordsman I’ve been on an Arthur Russell kick, someone whose music pretty much defies convention and I’ve been a fan of for years. It was weird hearing 30 Hours by Kanye the first time cause it heavily samples Answers Me by Russell.

@nessisonett That sound right up my street, which albums would you say were his best? (Arthur Russell)

@TheBrandedSwordsman The last couple of albums I picked up are Remember Sports (Like a Stone) and Oceanator (Things I Never Said).

The first is a bit twee for my liking but has some nice tracks. The latter is a bit samey but when they get it right, they have some great songs.