What are you listening to?

[Maglor]

^^^^^

I forgot about hang drums!

For a while I was really set on buying a Hapi Drum, kind of the every man's hang drum: https://www.hapitones.com/


Here is a video of the guy above playing a Hapi and an Igil (very similar to the Erhu).

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[Maglor]

Here's another heartbreakingly beautiful hang drum song:

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[Morbach]

RHCP greatest hits

 

[Batty]

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[ProgMatinee]

^^^ I don't get it, and I don't mean the video. Maybe in an album I'd get it, but as a 4 min snippet at random, not working for me. They seem pretty talented. The sounds at around 224 is great, but their genre (lounge rock? what is it?) is just pretty dull to me. I don't know.

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[Valfar]

Prog man, i feel the same after watching/listening to that link as well. I mean yea they have something going on but, it just reminds me too much of this Ipod new age rock generation/artsy/indie Myspace band stuff people are really digging these days that we hear over and over through various types of mainstream media.

I think of the skinny jean/sweater and thick frame glasses types digging this stuff.

Like music you would find on sale on the counter at a Starbucks downtown.

Yea, call me crazy.


To counter my rant, its just music..something for everyone right?.

This song is not bad..reminds me of Plants and Animals at later parts. There has to be some Zeppelin influence going on with these songs.

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[Batty]

Yeah, it takes all kinds, but I'm not sure why music needs to be pigeonholed to a certain group based on how they sound. I sure as hell don't wear skinny jeans or go to Starbucks.

Department of Eagles is actually heavily influenced by Van Dyke Parks. I'm sure you guys know him, right?

 

[Valfar]

When it comes to mainstream-ish stuff(in Canada at least), i don't mind some songs by these guys, always liked Dallas Green's vocals but, i am not a Alexisonfire fan.

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Original vocalist, no guest singer.
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[Maglor]

Yeah, it takes all kinds, but I'm not sure why music needs to be pigeonholed to a certain group based on how they sound. I sure as hell don't wear skinny jeans or go to Starbucks.

Although I didn't personally like the track you posted, I am quoting this post for all kinds of truth!


If you saw me you would never guess that I'm a metal head.

 

[Valfar]

Yea but, you are not troo kvlt metal Maglor.

 

[Maglor]

Yea but, you are not troo kvlt metal Maglor.

I guess I'm not! I had to google it:

https://www.zoklet.net/bbs/showthread.php?t=49471

Question: "Where did "troo kvlt" come from?"


My favorite answer: "Annoying 16 year olds."

 

[Valfar]

I don't like Dimmu Borgir anymore, they died for me after Spiritual Black Dimensions but!, this is awesome.

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[Maglor]

Dimmu Borgir not troo kvlt enough for you anymore Val?

As you can probably guess, I think they have gotten better with age. I don't see a more polished sound as selling out.


Progenies of the Great Apocolypse is one of the greatest metal songs of all time (and probably the best symphonic black metal song ever written). I don't care what Gaahl says.

Here it is on piano:
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The drums in that vid you posted are great, but Hellhammer is better.


I think I posted this song somewhere, but if you want to hear the tightest, most inhuman drumming ever executed, check out 3 minutes and 43 seconds into this song:

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[Valfar]

Supposedly they have a new album coming out this October.

No more Vortex or Mustis in the band though, they got fired. Mustis being fired via text message.

Mustis was not being credited for his part in songs he helped developed starting back in the P.E.M days and onward.

I just don't like this band anymore, first their sound changed for the worst i think(i loved the synth sound better then Orchestra stuff)

Silenoz,Fagrath and Balder can have fun trying to continue their sell out career to the Hot Topic kids.

I did like Mustis though, he is quite talented and Siemen has great vocals, very unique but, he is a prick.

 

[Maglor]

I just don't like this band anymore, first their sound changed for the worst i think(i loved the synth sound better then Orchestra stuff)

Wow, I don't get that. I like electronic music, and synthesizers have their place, but when a band makes the switch from a synthesizer that is supposed to sound like an orchestra, to an actual orchestra, that's always a good thing to me.


For instance, I love Nightwish. Wishmaster is an amazing album, but I gotta put Once a hair ahead of it because they made the synthesizer to orchestra switch.

Thankfully they have enough keyboard oriented parts (a lot of piano) that Tuomas Holopainen still has something to do on stage! (Plus, I don't think they tour with the orchestra, so they either play with an orchestra track or Tuomas does it with his synth.)

 

[hydrobud]

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[Jen]

Here's another heartbreakingly beautiful hang drum song:

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This was nice - I liked it. Very peaceful.

 

[hydrobud]

12 year old Tony Royster jr

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[hydrobud]

Tony Royster jr All Grown Up

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[EndoSickness]

Korn - III: Remember who you are
Soilwork - The Panic Broadcast