Topic: The Music Thread

Amazing 70s Prog that I'm sure many of you will appreciate more than some of my assorted jazz and hip hop recs.

Sharing this banger from my favourite band. Ayasa on that violin is such a queen! Making it my mission to see them live at some point.

@Metonymy Have you heard the new covers EP from alexisonfire? I can't say I know the originals as they're all Canadian 90s alt rock bands but it's good stuff!

01) Neighbourhood Villain (Doughboys)
02) Cuz (Shallow North Dakota)
03) Fully Completely (The Tragically Hip)
04) Misogyny (Rusty)

Puscifer - 'Grand Canyon' - Maynard James Keenan's solo project. He considered the project to be his 'creative subconscious', both audibly and visually moving.

I knew I had varied tastes, but I didn't even know there were that many genres 🙈

Did anyone else's Spotify ambush them with this recently?

@Ravix Soooo apprently to my wrapped I listened to 269 genres, I didn't think that many existed. I also got a listening age of 19 some how.....

@Oram77 ah, it must be broken then, because I can bet you a shiny dollar that my tastes are far more varied than yours 😛 either way it seems like they overestimated what a different genre actually is, because it seems like there can't be that many!?

You must listen to a lot of new releases? I guess? Mine sent me a zimmer frame for listening to 60's,70's,80's,90's, naughties, and none of that awful 2020's muck 🧙‍♂️ what's that laddie? I'll get me hearing aid.

@Ravix @Oram77 283 genres for me, which is a surprising amount. Less surprising is that "Gothic Metal" was the top genre... Listening age 27. 8119 songs, and having Lacuna Coil on all top 5 songs listened to was no big surprise, either. One of my absolute favourites, released a great new album this year, so it got a lot of play. 594 albums, Lacuna Coil's new album "Sleepless Empire" most listened to. 811 different artists, Amarok most listened to (surprised that wasn't also Lacuna Coil, but Amarok was a new discovery early in the year, so not very surprising).

I love stats and I love music, so Spotify Wrapped is always fun

@Thrillho Yeah, it’s really great! My favourite cover here is probably ‘Misogyny’, even though The Hip is one of my favourite bands. Admittedly, I’ve never heard of ‘Shallow North Dakota’ but the cover of ‘Cuz’ is good! It says Volume 1 so presumably there will be a sequel?

There’s a documentary about ‘The Tragically Hip’ called ‘No Dress Rehearsal’ that is well worth watching. The Hip are, for my money, the greatest musical representation of what it means to be Canadian and a clear window into what Canadian music is all about. Still can’t believe Gord’s gone but his legacy is set in stone.

Edit: You’ve mentioned enjoying guitars, this might be a better one 😄

@GirlVersusGame I quite like ‘Tool’ and ‘A Perfect Circle’ but have only dabbled in ‘Puscifer’ who apparently have a new album coming out in the new year. This was a really nice video 😄

@Ravix I'm still trying to access the listened to in 2025 option, does it work through the computer program or must it be the phone App version?

@Metonymy A Perfect Circle are hard not to like, I found Puscifer through the Underworld soundtrack, before that I'd never seen them/him around. It might be the name too, it wasn't exactly something I'd Google. I don't think I used Spotify this year but now I'm curious.

No sign of a 2025 wrap-up but it doesn't look like I used it for music this year. Last year was apparently Christian music at the top. I'm not religious but I was experimenting with genres and some of it wasn't bad. It's actually quite uplifting.

Vernon Reid was just recently on Billy Corgans "the magnificent others" podcast. That's what led me to dig this track up. Haven't heard it in ages. Still a classic, with crazy good guitar work in it.

i will join this canadian music theme going on her and raise you Unleash the Archers with their excellent power metal music. Their albums Apex and Abyss is ***** wicked and Brittany Slays. Buy it on their bandcamp page and support music, instead of the awful S page.

@Skarasny ahhhh, a fellow metal head. Have you ever heard of these guys? The first video is a little punkier and upbeat in rhythm then 98% of their other stuff. The second one is all out heavy and rep's the majority of their discography. Although their newer stuff they get pretty elaborate with the arrangements. This is German metal at its finest.

@StitchJones Never heard of these guys, but I like it! I fall primarily on the prog metal side so I was immediately curious when you said their newer stuff had elaborate arrangements. Been listening to "Heimat" and I really like it so far. These guys will absolutely join a few other new discoveries in my "New S#!t" playlist, which I use to familiarise myself with new music. Thanks for the share!

@FuriousMachine HSB is really great man. They are from Germany. I discovered them down a youtube rabbit hole session maybe 4 years ago and by then they were already well established with many LP's to dive into. After that happened, I was spinning all their stuff for months getting caught up. Nothing like a rabbit hole discovery that is amazing and has 6+ LPs already out for you. They actually just released a brand new LP this past summer. They have 10 LP's since 2000

I wouldn't go as far as classifying their newer stuff as Prog metal. They are far from the likes of dream theatre in that regards. But in terms of bigger productions, they had a few albums that were pretty "concept album" in form. Maybe not super straight forward in telling stories like 2112 was to Rush, but definitively a broader scope then what I posted above and a some songs with either intros, or bridges/interludes that can be a bit orchestral, but without straight up string sections. Its hard to explain. I'll post a few here.

This instrumental is great, almost sounds pink floyd like, until the end/outtro

@StitchJones No, I wouldn't call it prog metal either (though the scope for that term is very broad, in my mind), but their newest album (which, granted, I've only been listening to a little) has many of the elements I like about prog: interesting arrangements and variations.

By the same token, I wouldn't call Snakes of Byzantium - one of this years biggest discoveries on the metal side for me - prog either, but it does tickle me the same way as prog does (and I actually discovered them on a list of last years top 50 prog albums, so someone clearly think they qualify).
They sound a bit similar to Gojira's "Magma" album, which is one of my all time favourites (despite me not being that much of a Gojira fan). And I say "they", but I think Snakes of Byzantium is pretty much a one-man project from Australia, as far as I know.

The band Raintime, which Heaven Shall Burn now share a space with on my aforementioned playlist, is more prog oriented, sounding a lot like Dream Theater with some growly vocals. They are also very new to me, but I'm liking a lot of what I'm hearing.

EDIT: I get a "video is unavailable" on the "The Sorrows of Victory", but I'll seek it out on Spotify later on

@GirlVersusGame apologies I didn't get back to you. I don't know how to do the wrap up on PC, but it is in a tab uo top on the app, though.

(I'll add this here despite it being from the other thread) I never expected screamo or Underøath to be mentioned on the forums, so this might amuse you 🙈

I'm also shocked beyond belief that My Chemical Romance didn't make my list, as their debut 'I brought you my bullets...' is probably my most go to album of all time. You may be familiar with it, and it is literally what i'm internally referencing when I was just baiting @FuriousMachine to add some raw, grainy emo to their listening diet 🖤 (do it, Furious, join us)

You seem to have taste that I approve of, and it surprised me a little, to be honest as I felt i'd be quite niche on here, haha. It reminds me I need to listen to more Placebo, too. It's been quite a while