Recent content by The Ben

Even some of the simpler styles of metal tend to be sonically rich. I wouldn't exactly call Sleep's music complex, but on cheap headphones it sounds way too thin. When I'm at home I use Sennheiser HD800.

Not even close to being album of the year. It's alright, not my favorite AGATG album by a long shot. Portals > Motherland > Listen=Hits> The Game Of Life. I don't know if I like it more or less than Hits yet, Hits seemed much more chaotic while Listen almost seems mechanical. It does feel like a...

Haven't gotten around to Level 3 yet, will get on that soon-ish. As for AGATG, I'm hoping this ends up good. They haven't released anything bad yet. Though I prefer Portals over Hits, and these new songs sound like they could've been from Hits. Either way, kinda excited.

Amaranthe isn't a bad band, but something about them seems very Backstreet Boys-esque. Lycus is pretty cool if you like really thick atmospheric metal. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo1S47CzsL8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoRWV9TGrk8

And to drive his point home - I feel the exact opposite about the things in question. Tik Tok sounds like someone at the pop-song factory pulled a lever and out came some premade single in a box, wrapped and ready to go. It's vapid, soulless, and bordering on being anti-music to my ears. On the...

16, like most rational people.

Sorry for being late to the party but this depends on how the court's interpretation of the commentary. It's legal to display parts of a copyrighted work in a work used to provide commentary on the original. However, there has been no case in U.S. history that sets a precedence for or against...

It's perfectly alright. It's middle of the road rock with some really try-hard-to-be-deep lyricism, though written well enough to be mostly catchy somehow. I do like some of the riffing and the guitar tone a bit, but the song is structured in a slightly disjointed way and it doesn't really do...

2013 has been pretty solid for metal I think. Leprous' Coal is a fine piece of progressive metal, Immolation still sounds like Immolation, Progenie Terrestre Pura's U.M.A. is like some kind of cyber-ambient black metal with tons of electronic elements all over the place, Fen's Dustwalker sounds...

That post makes me curious about the rest of the album. Even if it turns out to be garbage I can at least appreciate some experimental music for simply trying something different.

Try Skitsystem and Martyrdod for two solid crust bands.

Song is cool, video is awful. I wish I was making this band name up but "Paladins Of The Golden Power Fights With The Great Sword Of Eternal Magic And The Great Kings Will" was a band. Sadly they split up after just 1 release, but they have 2 of the greatest music videos ever produced...

I just read 25 pages and 1 comment. Holy crap. I think a valid argument for items that almost never gets brought up is that for tournament play to grow Smash needs to become more of a spectator sport - and most people who play Smash play with items on. The hardcore tourney goers are few and...

Since you're coming from a punk background you might like some d-beat, grind, thrash, crossover, and crust stuff. Try this list of bands DRI Municipal Waste Slayer Destruction Exodus Hellbastard Hirax Poison Idea Cancer Bats Cerebral Bore **** The Facts Birdflesh Impetigo Gruesome Stuff Relish...

That's some pretty mellow stuff. I could get into this though I also halfway wonder if I wouldn't appreciate the lyrics more if I were on drugs. The way the song is segmented is interesting because it seems like it shouldn't flow in the way it does. Somehow they've managed to turn ambient...