Topic: The Music Thread

@FuriousMachine here's another Metal to Piano conversion channel you may enjoy. A bit of a different flavor since this girl plays live. But she is absolutely fantastic. She covers a lot of different genres, so you have to dig in her channel for the metal ones. But there's plenty like this vid i left here.

@StitchJones Nice! Will definitely explore her channel later on

@StitchJones It's been used in movies, games, football and half the time it was never credited. So people were hearing it and not knowing what it even was. They had the same producer who worked on everything from Alkaline Trio to Slayer, Dope, Weezer, Static-X, Coal Chamber, Danzig and many more, he also did some of the mixing. The band were set to be big then went out of sight for almost ten years.

@Ravix @GirlVersusGame @FuriousMachine and just like that! Something goes off in my head, like a light switch of sorts. As fast as bipolar, but in a positive sense. I have this craving to feed the side of me that loves synthwave music like this, or similar tunes that are far from metal as it gets. My ears, my mind and my soul are bound by nothing when it comes to music. Its liberating.

"Guilty pleasures" one would say? I say F you! "never feel guilty pleasures!" Cause who the F are you? If anything ,they are guilty. Guilty of being closed minded and binding themselves to how society thinks things should be labeled or categorized. Are they their own person? They can't be if they choose to be bound by something as simple as the act of listening to music.

I would love the diehard Slayer fan to be before me. Mocking me for playing air drums to "the crooked cross" one minute and then spending the next week listening to this! Go ahead, mock me. It just confirms that my spirit is free and you are bound by societies unwritten rules on structures, image and persona. You are the weak ones and we are strong and free. We are all human in the end, made up of the same compounds that form our flesh and blood. No matter our tastes, color, religious beliefs, age, orientation. All Indians, no chiefs! Unfortunately, most Indians choose to be bound by something in this world. Therefore, we do not all unite as one. Their loss....

I'm having a "get on top of a mountain and scream to the world how amazing all music is" moment and I tagged you guys because i know you can relate. I'm sure there are others here too, but I am new here. A shout out to those who I left out because I am green, not on purpose.

@StitchJones I would love the diehard Slayer fan to be before me. Mocking me for playing air drums to "the crooked cross" one minute and then spending the next week listening to this!

• I know one or two of the ones you posted, you won't know mine. I haven't listened to any English music today. That last one is kind of Metal, but also not in English.

If you clicked any of those I did give a warning first, though maybe you like the first one it's kind of synth'y, even if you don't understand the words. I don't have guilty pleasures per-say, if it sounds good to my ears I just go for it, from a lot of classical (mostly all I listened to today) to jazz, then onto pop or rock, sometimes a little rap but rarely in English because I'm not sure what they are saying, a little techno, pretty much anything. I feel like I've head that first one you've posted, I'm not sure where.

@GirlVersusGame all of those have their own kind of charm. The first one has a pretty upbeat synth vibe, not bad. The 2nd sone has some great techno vibes, I like it. The 3rd one didn't speak to me, but its not because I think its bad, its more of current sttate of mind. The metal one last but not least is good. So many different feels in there and you can tell multi influences. The intro is very chuggy and nu-metal, the bridge is like a techno/metal hybrid (I guess thats what they mean by industrial symphonic metal in the title) some prog metal feels in there and the outtro is very techno-metal hybrid again. And the singer is kind of hot too lol just sayin'. she looks just like this girl that used to work in the office at my apt complex and she has kind of a lana del rey look to her, mixed with alittle talia shire when she was younger. You know the actress that played rocky's wife, Adrian.

As far as languages spoken by the singer. That means nothing to me to enjoy listening and to respect the artist. Russian, English, Ukrainian, Spanish.....doesn't matter. Music has one universal language to me no matter what nationality the lyrics are spoken in

@StitchJones The first one is one of my favorite French songs, modern at least. That third one was my Britney Spears, then I actually heard Britney Spears and had one of those Inception moments, that happened a lot with Pop. I think with Rap it's the use of double meanings and slang, I know they are telling a story I just don't know what it is. Except maybe for some Eminem and and the Fudge the Police song by NWA, that lyric about having the authority to kill a minority was what made me actually look into that and sure enough there it was. So Rap definitely tells a story, I'm struggling to think of any others I've heard. The one with the Two Phones, that was good. Here's something random, my favorite non-Rammstein Metal Band. I'd be surprised if you've heard them before.

And one of my favorite Swiss Metal bands. Violins, Guitars, Harp, they've also had Bagpipes, Flutes, Fiddles, I like a lot of Metal bands that aren't afraid to do something different. Also Chrigel Glanzmann can really growl.

@StitchJones YESSSSSSS! FOLLOW THE PIED PIPER OF NOT GIVING A SH** WHAT PEOPLE THINK INTO A MUSICAL AND SPIRITUAL REVOLUTION 😁😁😁 I can get behind that!

Weirdly, i'm not in the mood for any music tonight but I just clicked on the first track you posted and now I want to watch Drive. I don't know a lot about the style of music in terms of known artists and tracks as i'm usually zoned out when this kind of stuff is on, but I do know I like it!

Man, the track you posted it really reminds me of...

This music is actually quite dangerous as it makes me want to sip a large glass of hard liquor and just vibe and cuddle in a big pile of people 🥲

That French one is cool @GirlVersusGame and what is that? FinnishGogolBordelloMetal?

I think anything that combines legitimate folk elements in punk/rock/metal/hip-hop is really appealing.

@Ravix that kavinsky song is hot. Just what i'm in the mood for too

@GirlVersusGame @Ravix here's a couple more I'm spinning in the synth genre. PYLOT is really good. He's gotta lot of good stuff. His music sounds straight up Cyberpunk. Love it

@Ravix Me not having seen Drive (I know) but knowing that song so very well, I've had that on my playlist for so long. I don't even know what Drives about, it's been on my must-see for a long time now.

The French one is just a regular enough French Symphonic Metal video. The theme is very normal for France, they are a lot more sexually liberated and the French culture values a lot of sensuality etc. They draw the line with dignity, if it's something the person willingly does in say advertising then it's seen as art, if it appears forced or non-consensual or if it objectifies the person then they'll censor. I like Paris for a reason, people are very open minded, it appeals to the libertine in me. I don't think you'd ever see a music video like that in England, it's a maybe, but in France that's normal enough. I remember seeing topless art in Euro Disney one year. They are always trying to crack down on sexism but as an art-form the human body generally doesn't cause many eyebrows to raise. I like how it actually tells a story, it reminds me a little of the Animals song. I think some of the best music videos tell a story, like Popular Monster too.

One of the funniest Youtube comments I've ever seen. I've been returning to that video for so long and that always makes me laugh.

@StitchJones I've heard the third one before that first one is going on the playlist, it feels like that singing shouldn't work with such a heavy beat but it does and really well.

@GirlVersusGame I love me some Halsey. I love the chorus on the first one. The synth, paired with her voice/lyrics and the groove that is going on here hits me in the soul for some reason. Its melodic and angelic but very upbeat at the same time. Sometimes with music this magic happens in a song (individual to the listener of course) where the sounds created just "get you" in a good way.

Or here is an example of two songs in line on the same album, the way the first one fades into the other. The first aggressive nu-metal, then it fades into a ballad. Devil wears Prada are such a great band. This is track 9, then 10 on this album. They are just magic the way they flow into each other.

@GirlVersusGame @Ravix You guys have def heard of this Australian Metal band The Amity affliction, most def right? I discovered these guys in the rabbit hole late to the party years ago, like I discovered Heaven shall burn. Those two bands after discovered I played non stop. SOme of the best finds i made the last 5yrs just rabbit hole diving on youtube for sure

@StitchJones I've seen AA so many times, I bring the weather with me and chasing ghosts are two of my favorites. It's just gone three thirty in the AM though so I'll look at the previous post after sleep too. AA are one the only new Core/Screamo-ish type newer bands that I can say I really like. Roadrunner did well signing them.

@GirlVersusGame Erm! You must watch Drive right now (whenever) It is super high on my 'actually a romance movie' movie list. It is just so sweet and genuine. Not many words spoken. No ulterior motives. Just knowing. Being.

It is disguised as a 'Crime Drama' but art-house in nature.

Hmm why did I watch those videos now 😕😕 good art! but, oh no, what's this?.. depression

These songs feel like they mean a lot to you but I don't know if i'm reading between the lines, or just being slapped with a large fish (overthinking) but then you added a third and shared a joke so i'm maybe just tired 🙃

Guns n Roses like you've never heard them before 🤣🤣🤣

(this one seriously had med laughing hard and I'm still giggling)

I can indeed and I will be listening to more of these (and the million other songs that followed your initial post) throughout the day. So far, both Wayfloe and Starcadian have piqued my interest

@GirlVersusGame Anna Murphy era Eluveitie! I saw them play on a double bill with Lacuna Coil in Oslo in 2019 - the last concert I saw for a long time due to lockdown - , sadly without Murphy (but I saw her, her fantastic Hurdy-Gurdy and her new band, Cellar Darling, in Dublin a few years later)

i will make a norwegian music post with some bangers and some stunners. First out is Sudan Dudan with Susann. Folk music with guitar and langeleik. Second is Conception with Roy Khan on the vocals. 3 will be Turbonegro with some punky stuff. and finally some ambient with Alania, a unknown band from the northern parts of Norway