The Doom Room: ILF Edition

[Iommic Pope]

I dunno, I'd say there were enough similarities to justify me confusing them for being in a movie I hadn't seen in years.
Edit: Holy shit that was big. Sorry. Fix it in a minute.
Yeah Ax, that is pretty cool.

Edit II: Fixed.

[Baxandall]

What's up fellers? Just sold my Electric Amp. I now only have one high powered guitar amp left.

[samzadgan]

I dunno, I'd say there were enough similarities to justify me confusing them for being in a movie I hadn't seen in years.
Edit: Holy shit that was big. Sorry. Fix it in a minute.
Yeah Ax, that is pretty cool.

Edit II: Fixed.

shit...i remember both movies...and had no idea they were different guys...until you guys mentioned it and those pics...fuck they so similar, they could be brothers.

[assface jackson]

Crazy talk. One amp is NOT ENOUGH!!

[D.o.S.]

That first picture's not from a movie, it's from Deadwood. Which is probably the best "premium cable" TV show ever.

[AngryGoldfish]

He's also in a very cool band, The Valley, and now I'm looking forward to a show with them too.

That's awesome!

What's with bashing Crack the Skye? That album is prog fucking gold.
Another reason the hunter sucks hard. Well, I didn't like it. Too much "meh" after the jazzaliscious happenings of the last baron.
I really like harmonicraft, it's fun. Torche still haven't toured here, so I'm hanging out for that.
Kvelertak are a band whose records I really like, but I haven't seen them live yet either. I think I was broke when they came down here.
Windhand are great, but I'm a huge sucker for those haunting female vocals. I think Soma, while very similar to their first album, has a hint that they are starting to find some things unique to them and the sound theyre refining, so I think it'll be interesting to see what they do next.
Loved opeth's heritage. So much 70s cheese. I'm kinda over their death metal stuffs, but I generally don't do much metal these days.
I should probably work on that.
Maybe.

Crack the Skye is a fantastic album. It was the perfect blend of experimentation, progression and the form of metal that Mastodon have been doing so well for so many years. The themes were wonderful as well. It's a very pretty album.

I dunno man, the dude in Witch mountain rocks the hell out of a fuzzed out high gained strat and does it masterfully. I feel like strats get a bad rap but it's another tool. One that can be beautiful when used by someone who understands it. I prefer humbuckers nowadays but played a strat for years. good tones in there.

Also, summit broadcast just ended. very cool man. way to bring up starfish dicks

I find the only usable sound on a Strat with high gain fuzz is the neck. Some can rock those in between sounds and the bright attack of the bridge, but I can't. The neck pickup on my Strat with a Muff, I love that sound.

What's up fellers? Just sold my Electric Amp. I now only have one high powered guitar amp left.

You crazy!

[D.o.S.]

You guys really like CtS? I thought this was an experiment in some kind of irony revival.

Weird. Mastodon is dead to me after Blood Mountain, and I can really only listen to half of that.

[AngryGoldfish]

That's a bit extreme. I don't think there are any bands I loved that are now 'dead to me'. The Hunter may have sucked, but everyone makes dodgy albums. Shit happens. I can understand disliking the newer stuff, but Blood Mountain is only a little bit more polished than Leviathan, slightly less raw, and maybe a little more progressive. You can't expect every album to sound the same. Blood Mountain was an incredibly intelligent record, and those that say it's not heavy or crazy enough... Bladecatcher? I think Leviathan is just as good, but I personally prefer Blood Mountain because it was the first album of theirs that I truly digested. That was one of the most played records in my collection. Crack the Skye was just as good as well, but I thought they struggled to perform the songs live. The vocal harmonies and all the complexities just couldn't be replicated properly. They bit off a little more than they could chew, but it was phenomenal on CD, IMO. I get why some don't like CtS and The Hunter, and I understand why others don't like Remission, but I don't understand the hate for Blood Mountain.

[CaptainBoxman]

I think Blood Mountain is probably my least favourite after The Hunter, but I can't really explain why. Leviathan is 10/10 as far as I'm concerned, and CTS, whilst it took a couple of listens to get into, really really really kicks ass. None of my friends liked it when it came out, but I made them listen a few times, and they think it's probably the best after Leviathan too now.

Remission is so fucking heavy, but I find the lull in the middle a bit frustrating. The first few songs and the last couple are as intense as it gets.

[D.o.S.]

I mean, Blood Mountain is good, it's just not really on the same level as Remission and Leviathan.

You gotta remember, when Mastodon was "breaking," they were a gloriously sludgy alternative to whatever you want to call the bands from NE and Orange County who were doing the whole scene-core-NWOAHM-clean vocals on the chorus-thing. That was more or less the face of metal ten-ish years ago, and that shit sucked. I saw them on the Slayer tour right after Leviathan dropped, and it was just fucking mindblowing how crushing they were compared to a band like Killswitch, who were being pegged as "the next big thing from the metal underground" or however you want to Decibil-ize it.

So then the 'don gets signed to Warner Bros... and just get redundant or boring. There some prog bands that I like, but I don't listen to Mastodon for that. I listen to Mastodon for the Allman Brothers meets Slayer using EyehateGod's gear.

Which they haven't done in like ten years at this point. Dead to Me.

[chillerthanmost]

What's up fellers? Just sold my Electric Amp. I now only have one high powered guitar amp left.

What model and why didn't you sell it to me!?

[AngryGoldfish]

I mean, Blood Mountain is good, it's just not really on the same level as Remission and Leviathan.

You gotta remember, when Mastodon was "breaking," they were a gloriously sludgy alternative to whatever you want to call the bands from NE and Orange County who were doing the whole scene-core-NWOAHM-clean vocals on the chorus-thing. That was more or less the face of metal ten-ish years ago, and that shit sucked. I saw them on the Slayer tour right after Leviathan dropped, and it was just fucking mindblowing how crushing they were compared to a band like Killswitch, who were being pegged as "the next big thing from the metal underground" or however you want to Decibil-ize it.

So then the 'don gets signed to Warner Bros... and just get redundant or boring. There some prog bands that I like, but I don't listen to Mastodon for that. I listen to Mastodon for the Allman Brothers meets Slayer using EyehateGod's gear.

Which they haven't done in like ten years at this point. Dead to Me.

I know what you mean, man, but I still don't see how a band could be dead to someone. When I first heard Blood and Thunder and Iron Tusk, I had no idea music could sound like that. It was a complete revelation. I was so used to bands like Metallica, Korn and Avenged Sevenfold that hearing Leviathan, even just two songs, was a a total epiphany. I still like those acts in their own ways, but they never felt anywhere near as important to me as Mastodon. Blood Mountain is my favourite metal album, and probably the most important.

[D.o.S.]

dead to me is an exaggeration. I'll still give their new album an exploratory listen, I'm just not "anticipating" it at all.














































...For fans of Mastodon.

[CaptainBoxman]

Concert Lead's on the way! OOOH IT'S GONNA BE A LOUD CHRISTMAS

[CaptainBoxman]

IT'LL BE NOISY THIS CHRISTMAS
WITH NEW AMPS TO BLOW

IT'LL BE NOISY THIS CHRISTMAS
THE TONE IS SO LOOOOOW