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ZeroJine
Hello, my mate! I'm doing fine, thanks for asking. And sorry for such a huge delay. Last year I had studied and worked in a hospital hell of a lot. Kinda abandoned all of my social media but in nearest future I'm gonna to reanimate my instagram and revive my last.fm's relations as well :) And you know, the shit, that began in the at the start of 2022 with war which my country has waged, changed a lot in the life of ordinary people. I've lost touch or estranged from some of my friends. Some of the people in my circle gone a bit mad, damn. I'm trying to stand strong though feel myself slightly confused. What will be next? I hope and believe to see peaceful days soon. Feels like the whole world is going mad with each year. Fuck this war. I guess hard times create strong men, right? I see you didn't scrobbled for a month, hope you are doing well and have a good time! Much love to you, take care (=
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ScarWeaver
This cosmic dance of bursting decadence and withheld permissions twists all our arms collectively, but if sweetness can win, and it can. Then I'll still be here tomorrow to high-five you yesterday, my friend.
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Ahn_Dromeda
So you're in NZ. Nice that you were able to see Opeth in that incredible venue in AU. I've been a huge fan for 21 years but have only seen them twice. In 2016 and earlier this year with Mastodon. Excellent show! If PT played AU do you think you'd fly out to see them? I'm seeing them next month! First show of the tour, here in Toronto. I've been lucky enough to see Steven 7 times! This will be my first time for PT though, as I had to give up my front row tickets for them back in 2009!! Damn. Any shows on the horizon for you?
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dermitrind
Hi again, (I think I have) seen you in the Rachmaninoff shoutbox and was wondering, if you could recommend me specific recordings of his works?
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Ahn_Dromeda
Yes, it's an excellent album! When I saw Opeth here in Toronto on the Sorceress tour, they played some of Drag Ropes as well. I'm sure Mikael made a comment about Steven then too! ;) Don't recall. I love the Clark soundtrack, personally. Battle For Love and Lost in San Marino are great. You going to go see Porcupine Tree this fall?
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Ahn_Dromeda
Yes, that avatar was a good find! That Storm Corrosion album is brilliant. Hoping they'll collaborate again one day. Thoughts on the Clark soundtrack?
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dermitrind
Hi there, I have picked Morphine as the next listening sample from your profile. You have a great library. \m/
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ZeroJine
Absolutely, every cat is beautiful <3 Sorry for such a long delay, Dan, got a tough time and visited last.fm rarely. I live in Moscow and the city on half-isolation mode, I'd say. Universities, schools, some companies are on the distance. Most of the other regions of Russia have less restrictions than in Moscow. Glad to hear you're safe and fine and hope it will be. Concerts mostly put off on the next year or half-year. Haven't been on any gigs since past winter. I'm late, but happy New Year to you! May this year be much calmer and bring you a lot of joy, new music discoveries, new concerts and positive moments! Wish you to be healthy and may success follow you in any your creativity :)
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ScarWeaver
Voice of the Soul, Trapped in a Corner, Lack of Comprehension, Spirit Crusher, The Philosopher, Symbolic, Zombie Ritual, Flesh & the Power It Holds, Pull the Plug, Crystal Mountain, Choke on It, Altering the Future, Overactive Imagination, In Human Form, Perennial Quest, Jealousy... they have so many great songs I find it hard to pick favourites. I'm a very big Death fan though used to be more into them when I was younger, used to have a lot of scrobbles before I reset. I even have a 7 string Stealth because of Chuck, always loved that shape and the Mockingbird - which I hope to make one myself someday. Have one of his X2N pickups in an Ibanez of mine too & had some contact with friends of his familys that used to run a fan/memorial site 9 or 10 years ago.
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ScarWeaver
Actually the standard 6 string Stealth is neck through, didn't think it was - just looked.
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ScarWeaver
What state? I've been to Sydney, the Gold Coast, Melbourne... most recently I went to Tassie with a friend for a week and a half & loved it, that must have been 2018. I want to see more of Aus at some point. Saw Opeth at the Sydney Opera House & that was hands down the most stunning venue I've ever been in.
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mourninglamb
Hi! Just stopping by to reccomend a new scrobbling site. It's called Wavy.fm, and the mods are planning to make it more community-based than most scrobbling sites. (There are plans for groups, a music review feature, etc.) I emailed the mods to express my excitement about the project, and they encouraged me to spread the word to those who might be interested. My user there is _Melancholy_, if you do decide to join. feel free to send me a friend's request! (Also, great to see we're both on Elliott Smith binges.)
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depressivia
Hey man just gonna respond in here. No, actually I haven't but I have 2 movies of him that I wanna see, Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania and Lost, Lost, Lost (he has the best titles). I don't know if they are as good as As I Moving Ahead but I'm very curious to check out. Do you have other recommendations of directors? Lately I've been diving into Michael Haneke.
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Oh actually I've seen his Funny Games and Amour years ago I didn't realise, I really thought Amour was a very well made film.
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depressivia
Oh yes... Amour is amazing, an emotional powerhouse. I strongly suggest you to check The Piano Teacher, another great one of his
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mourninglamb
Stopping by to wish you happy holidays! Though I don't really talk to a whole lot of people on here, you're one of the handful of people who I see regularly contributing thoughtfully to the shoutboxes and keeping the community alive. Hope the New Year is kind to you, and I'm extremely jealous to see a MCR date in your events!
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mourninglamb
Dude, getting into NIN was a great time for me. Funnily enough, before that, I had been on a kick where MCR was just about all I would listen to for about three years (I mean, I found other artists, but they either came and went or I wasn't THAT passionate about them.) Then I returned to listening to NIN after a brief flirtation with TDS that didn't go anywhere the year before, and oh my god, it was so much fun having 30 years of material to sift through!
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ZeroJine
The Glowing Man... Final record. It really feels like an end. This album sums up everything that Swans has been writing for 35 years! Themes of religion (Cloud of Forgetting/Cloud of Unknowing), drug abuse (Frankie M.), problems of own mind (The Glowing Man), violence and sexual abuse (When Will I Return?), apocalypse (People Like Us, Finally, Peace). Unlike bright and multidimensional precursor, The Glowing Man is pretty meditative work. It's mesmerizing... I listened to Swans discography in one week. I came to final song on The Glowing Man, the final song of discography as well - Finally, Peace. It is the last goodbye. After everything you felt, from darkest records like Soundtracks for the Blind and Filth/Cop, depressive, psychedelic albums like The Great Annihilator, Children of God until the very last song... Finally, Peace. Just listen to final lyrics: Now the city's dissolving, And heaven's inhaling, While the ocean is thinking of a surface reflecting, Your glorious mind...
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ZeroJine
This song is cathartic. Like you saw someone's life through the discography and now this person dies on your arms. Your glorious mind... This line repeats until the very end of song. I... I cried when the music faded on last seconds of the song. It's an end of an era, glorious end of Swans.
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ZeroJine
Talking about Swans's music, I strongly recommend you to revisit new albums, from My Father Will Guide Me... until The Glowing Man. Every album has its own world and mood. The Seer is primal, raw and groundbreaking record, yet very spiritual and technical work. Arguably, this is my favourite Swans's album. Just relisten to epic songs like The Seer, Mother of World, A Piece of the Sky, The Apostate... Damn, I can list every song from this record. To Be Kind is very eclectic record, beating and breathtaking. This album is pretty easy to listen, I guess. You can't be bored with it, it's so multidimensional and exciting. The thing I really appreciate in this album is Michael's voice. It's so varied on the record, he sings, screams, whispers, speaks and sometimes it's combined in one song! And music... Music is blissful. When I heard it for the first time, I've got a feeling like I have a wings and I'm going to get away in the skies. Album is experimental and varied, yet feels organically
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ZeroJine
His voice was strong and fragile at the same time. I saw every tension of muscles and pulsation of veins on his face when he was singing. And I felt that he was a bit nervous. I guess, it's uneasy to be courageous when you have only your throat and guitar in the front of audience. It makes his performance even more sincere and inspiring. I've got the tear in my eye, when Michael was singing The Glowing Man. After the show he came to sign listener's items and talk to us. Man, I never thought that I could shake hands with him and say few words! I thanked him for his creativity. He said that he appreciate listener's feedback and thanked me too. We embraced each other and then I took a picture with him! I'm still under big influence. Swans is another giant inspiration for me...
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ZeroJine
Hello there! I didn't listen to new Swans's song, I just want to hear album fully but... I've been to Michael Gira performance and he sang acoustic versions of new songs from upcoming album! I was stunned on the show. Firstly, Norman Westberg, Michael's close friend (he's the part of Swans from very beginning, from Filth) improvised with guitar and drone machine. The sound of drones filled the hall and penetrated into everything and everyone. The improvisation took about 40 minutes, I felt how vibration stepped into my mind, legs and lungs. It's hard to explain this strange sense, you can't move your feet and your head, you just stand in the same place, holding your breath and feeling how music settles within you. Unforgettable experience. Then Michael stepped on the scene, sat on the chair, barely smiled and then looked on guitar neck with a gaze of universe sadness and kindness at the same moment. He asked to turn off our phones, so we could enjoy the show fully, feel the moment...
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ZeroJine
Hello! I listened to FI on the release say. Oh, this excitement when you hear first seconds of the album... Is this real? New Tool album? And I'm not dreaming! Title track is solid and probably my favourite one, Descending on the same level. 7empest, Pneuma are great as well. Generally, it's just a normal album. I don't find it genial but I don't want to call it boring or something. It's a pleasure listen to it, rediscover songs... But any other Tool's album is better than FI. Yes, it's cleverly written, it has interesting concept, Danny Carey's drum technic is godlike and Adam's solos with riffs are beautiful. But it just doesn't work. It's too serious, some of the songs strongly ressemble previous Tool's works, interludes are soulless and dull. It's just a good album from the band which wrote almost perfect works. That's what I think about new record :)
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ZeroJine
Privet! I'm busy as well, so I visit last.fm and answer rarely too. Last four tracks off The Slip are blissful! Touching Lights in the Sky slips into haunting Corona Radiata and then The Four of Us are Dying kicks in. When I listen to The Four of Us are Dying, I imagine myself as a spy or stealth agent, lol. Perfect music for sneaking or stealth action! I love how layers carefully lay on each other. And finally - climax of the album... Demon Seed! One of the best Trent's songs for sure. It's like caged beast finally broke free! Now I know this is all about, now I know - exactly what I am! Bauhaus are a bit boring, in my opinion. But debute In The Flat Field is solid album. Also, Burning from the Inside is worth for listen! Whoa, you played decent music! On which instrument do you play? I really liked Swelling and Absolution! I hear in your music stoner. You know, art doesn't have any genres, art is boundless :) So now do you record music in solo?
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mourninglamb
CAUSE WE ALL WANNA PARTY WHEN THE FUNERAL ENDS BAP-BA-BAP-BAP-BA AND WE ALLLLLL GET TOGETHERRRR WHEN WE BURY OUR FRIENDS BAP-BA-BAP-BAP-BA
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ZeroJine
I've been only to Peter Murphy and Death Grips. Peter Murphy is a father of gothic rock. He is 62 years old already but his voice is still flawless! One of my favourites vocals ever. I'm going to visit Michael Gira in the Autumn, he is going to visit Moscow. I'm in love with Swans. Life changing music... NIN for some reason do not visit Russia. The last time was on Year Zero era, in 2008, if I'm not wrong. I hope I'll see NIN someday live. Run the Jewels are cool but I can't say that this is my favourite band. They're just great but this duo doesn't inspire me. Anyway, I would go on their concert, if they will visit Russia!
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ZeroJine
Wow! What a cool tattoo, man! I badly adore The Slip, every song from it. Watching you drown... I'll follow you down, I will stay right be-side you. What a beautiful song, it's so... Fragile. I love its message. It's so inspiring, uplifting. And it's not about lovers, no, about people you care and love. Even if you can't correct the situation, you stay with this person until the very end. And your presence saves the person. I like The Slip arts for every song. 999,999 art looks like 666,666. In the art for 1,000,000 you can see a person falling from the building, if you imagine (I jump from every rooftop). Demon Seed's art has 4 squares, each square has more sides, if I'm not mistaken. And everything in bloody red. Exactly fits verses in the song. I like the artwork for the Slip itself. It's so mysterious, I don't know why. Red line on the head, a hand on the shoulder, sometimes I just stare into it, trying to figure out the whole mystery of this artwork :D
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ScarWeaver
https://deathstranding.fandom.com/wiki/Higgs - I will reply to your other shout when I have some more free time. :)
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ZeroJine
It's nice to hear! Yeah, this is my favourite album for sure. I've been through a lot of things and The Fragile has been always with me. And even now with me! I've heard The Fragile for the first time in the period of changes in my life, other NIN's albums as well. But Fragile... It's something special. You know, there are some albums when you hear first seconds and realize THAT'S IT. The thing that will take a part in your heart until your last breath. The Fragile is life itself, life is Fragile. There are big and small victories, grand and little failures... And they change each other all the time, the whole life... An infinite meaning. So, yeah, I love The Fragile! Man, I've been to Death Grips show on Sunday. It was freaking amazing, my head is still banging!!!! Totally crazy show, I barely survived LOL
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Awesome, I gave half of it a spin the other day & it was solid. I've never been huge into them either like, they don't seem to have a really consistent whole album; I love tracks like 'Demigod', 'Ov Fire and the Void', 'The Satanist', 'Conquer All' and 'God = Dog'. They're one of those slow grower bands for me.
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ScarWeaver
Every time I see someone attempt to troll, fuck, I shake my head haha. It's so old & lame, could be the same guy that was trying to troll me last year with multiple accounts.
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