for fans of heavy music

[tuscaneer]

Swervin_Mervin said:

Only just realised that The Great Southern Trendkill was 20yrs old this weekend gone

Where did all those years go?! Ranks as one of my all time favourite albums, along with Cowboys, and much underrated imo.

retro in the car at the moment.....korn debut album (22 years old!!!!!!!!!!!!!) and downset debut album ((also 22 years old!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sshhhiitt i'm feeling old!)


i remember seeing headbangers ball one time and discovering nuclear assault AND testament on the same night. survive and new order respectively. 1988. still got the vinyl. i was 13 years old and suddenly iron maiden sounded old hat!!

[militantmandy]

You're making me feel old ya gits!

Been enjoying Koloss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn0Vgk3aLS8

4 days of studio hell (heaven?) begins tomorrow...wish me luck!

[AJB88]

See that Joey Jordison has announced his new band "Scar The Martyr" are no more but are coming back as a new band called "Vimic" with a new singer.

[tuscaneer]

militantmandy said:

You're making me feel old ya gits!

Been enjoying Koloss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn0Vgk3aLS8

4 days of studio hell (heaven?) begins tomorrow...wish me luck!

sounds like heaven to me pal!!!

i loved nothing more than getting in the studio and fiddling and morphing and polishing ......oh for the 90's again!!

[militantmandy]

tuscaneer said:

sounds like heaven to me pal!!!

i loved nothing more than getting in the studio and fiddling and morphing and polishing ......oh for the 90's again!!

So far it's not been too traumatic. I managed to get a first pass of all the drums yesterday. 5 tunes in 6 hours which I'm pretty pleased with. My legs were trashed!

Will probably need to redo a couple of bits today. The click is cruel!

[Benni]

May not hard enough for some on here, but stoner-bluesrock of the finer sort : Red Spektor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rupuGB9nvI

[Let off some steam Bennett]

I'm enjoying this at the moment, hell camino
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEeFA6LdQ9E

[hornet]

Quite enjoying this at the moment :-

https://theneologist.bandcamp.com/album/the-inward...

Decent stuff, especially as all self produced.

This is also really rather good, and a style that's starting to "click" with me.

Spheron - Plains of Hungary

Edited by hornet on Monday 16th May 14:57

[Brian Fantana]

I haven't checked back very far....but have any of you tried out Uneven Structure?

Incredibly catchy djent-ish/Sikth type French dudes. Try their album Februus.

Also, the Black Peaks album is decent.

[Blayney]

Uneven Structure are real good from what I remember. Black Peaks are indeed phenomenal.

[Matt172]

Been listening to these guys , Westfield Massacre

http://youtu.be/NfGNr3WDtMg

[militantmandy]

Recording all done. Just got to find someone to mix and master it now!

[hornet]

Brian Fantana said:

I haven't checked back very far....but have any of you tried out Uneven Structure?

Incredibly catchy djent-ish/Sikth type French dudes. Try their album Februus.

Also, the Black Peaks album is decent.

Not much of that style has ever clicked for me, but I absolutely love "8". Should probably give Februus another go.

[tuscaneer]

hornet said:

Brian Fantana said:

I haven't checked back very far....but have any of you tried out Uneven Structure?

Incredibly catchy djent-ish/Sikth type French dudes. Try their album Februus.

Also, the Black Peaks album is decent.

Not much of that style has ever clicked for me, but I absolutely love "8". Should probably give Februus another go.

a big thumbs up from me....i believe i called februus the album of the year when it came out.

coincidentally ordered the black peaks album yesterday....


and while i was in cd mode i went a bit retro on some old stuff that i've lost over the years.

one band was called fireside from sweden( kind of quicksand-a-like but very good).... a pre runner to refused and the like.

found "do not tailgate" on japanese import for 7 quid....i lost my original copy 15 years ago....fking great band

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJPoSaAoZ9w

[tuscaneer]

militantmandy said:

tuscaneer said:

sounds like heaven to me pal!!!

i loved nothing more than getting in the studio and fiddling and morphing and polishing ......oh for the 90's again!!

So far it's not been too traumatic. I managed to get a first pass of all the drums yesterday. 5 tunes in 6 hours which I'm pretty pleased with. My legs were trashed!

Will probably need to redo a couple of bits today. The click is cruel!

5 tracks in 6 hours!.....used to take us 2-3 days to do a couple of tracks!

[militantmandy]

tuscaneer said:

5 tracks in 6 hours!.....used to take us 2-3 days to do a couple of tracks!

Yeah, we only have 4 days, so we just had to live with it. For our full length we'll take a lot more time.

[tuscaneer]

militantmandy said:

tuscaneer said:

5 tracks in 6 hours!.....used to take us 2-3 days to do a couple of tracks!

Yeah, we only have 4 days, so we just had to live with it. For our full length we'll take a lot more time.

are you signed pal or is this self funded?....it gets quite expensive this lark doesn't it?!!

[militantmandy]

tuscaneer said:

are you signed pal or is this self funded?....it gets quite expensive this lark doesn't it?!!

Purely self funded. By the time it's mixed, mastered and printed it'll be well north of 600 quid! Any recommendations for mixing/mastering? We might use the guy who did the recordings, but we want to keep our options open.

Has been a great experience, learnt a lot about how we'd approach it the next time. On a personal level I have really changed up how I practice as well.

What bands were you in? Anything I can hear?

[tuscaneer]

militantmandy said:

tuscaneer said:

are you signed pal or is this self funded?....it gets quite expensive this lark doesn't it?!!

Purely self funded. By the time it's mixed, mastered and printed it'll be well north of 600 quid! Any recommendations for mixing/mastering? We might use the guy who did the recordings, but we want to keep our options open.

Has been a great experience, learnt a lot about how we'd approach it the next time. On a personal level I have really changed up how I practice as well.

What bands were you in? Anything I can hear?

expensive times ahead until you get signed pal!!!...been there done that!!....we never quite managed to get signed whereas my mates band ( cecil) signed to parlophone for the princely sum of 100k. but that LOAN never stretches as far as you'd like and while i was gutted back in the 90's that we never got past the stage of the odd a&r guy turning up at our shows........ultimately i'm glad my career path went the way it did. it might not be as glam in a meat factory as playing at download but hey ho!!


i uploaded some of our stuff to youtube a few years ago. the sound quality isn't anywhere near as good as the actual recordings but you get the idea!!
the'99 tracks we did at LIPA for free!! as we were part of a lad's final project on his sound engineering degree...luckily for us he was into similar stuff to us. the earlier stuff we paid for ourselves.expensive!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t6g2O5nRdE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVzVWE26U9g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pfSMB7FlTQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egkfh3zgbmY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lONT2lw4L0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLBpDPO_04w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf5_O0DjMhQ


right, your turn for a bit of show and tell now fella!!.......come on let's hear something!

[militantmandy]

tuscaneer said:

expensive times ahead until you get signed pal!!!...been there done that!!....we never quite managed to get signed whereas my mates band ( cecil) signed to parlophone for the princely sum of 100k. but that LOAN never stretches as far as you'd like and while i was gutted back in the 90's that we never got past the stage of the odd a&r guy turning up at our shows........ultimately i'm glad my career path went the way it did. it might not be as glam in a meat factory as playing at download but hey ho!!


i uploaded some of our stuff to youtube a few years ago. the sound quality isn't anywhere near as good as the actual recordings but you get the idea!!
the'99 tracks we did at LIPA for free!! as we were part of a lad's final project on his sound engineering degree...luckily for us he was into similar stuff to us. the earlier stuff we paid for ourselves.expensive!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t6g2O5nRdE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVzVWE26U9g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pfSMB7FlTQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egkfh3zgbmY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lONT2lw4L0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLBpDPO_04w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf5_O0DjMhQ


right, your turn for a bit of show and tell now fella!!.......come on let's hear something!

Awesome man! Are you still writing stuff?

Nothing from EP is ready for public yet I'm afraid! This is one of the songs that'll be on it though:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwQzmjFVeNk