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Haha thank you, same goes for you! :D

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Thanks!

Yeah... I was looking forward to it. There's a show on the same night that is going on in St. Vitus, which I may hit up since I haven't gone to a show the entire winter break. Unfortunately, class starts and the location is pretty far (Williamsburg) so idk yet. booo :/

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Hahaha, dude you are awesome. Friend request accepted! :-)

Are you a samurai warrior?

Haha thanks. No I am not. I've had that up there for years now, and I honestly forgot the joke behind it. Korean? That's pretty cool-- they make awesome films!

See, I didn't know you were 26! Age doesn't matter as much to me when most I know don't act their age, haha. Maybe I'll go through your library for new bands, too. Anything you'd randomly recommend that you think I shouldn't be without?

As far as other games go: Uncharted series, God of War series, and yes, I do play Skyrim. lol I much rather play games on a PC, though my PC isn't the best for games... it works, but it's just... eh. Long story short - the hardware is awesome for a laptop... but the fucktards at HP seem to think it's a good idea to use cheap plastic to build with. So the attachments that attach to the screen to the keyboard (which is made of metal) POPPED out of the plastic, took the screws and plastic with it. So my computers innards are showing.... so technically, it's a laptop, but alas... cannot be used as one. LOL

Oh, and I have heard of Nokturnal Mortem (spl?) and I usually am not into that sort of music, but I remember liking them. Yeah, Gaelic Storm is pretty interesting to say the least. xD hahaha It all just depends on your mood, y'know? At least for me, that's what happens when I go on my kicks. As far as games go, again - extremely picky. lol It's terrible. But overall, open-minded. I will try anything once type of person. :P Btw, you get extra brownie points for knowing Neverwinter Nights. That is my all-time favorite game. I love everything from the story, the characters, it's expansions and even the bagillions of bugs you find in that game. lol Let's see... I'll tell you my top 5: Neverwinter Nights, Dragon Age: Origins, Silent Hill(1-3, haven't played the others yet...lol), Legacy of Kain (the series) and Half-Life (also the series)....

I've seen Swallow the Sun live before, I liked it, though I never investigated more into them. And I love what I heard from Summoning, I just need to get more stuff by them. I also love Orphaned Land. Fantastic band, and I want to hurt myself every time I miss them play live. For some reason, I love their keyboardist like woah... even though I don't think he's in the band anymore. I have not heard of Myrath as of yet... so this I will need to investigate more into. And My Dying Bride - I need to try them out. I keep getting the band's name mixed up with Everytime I Cry --- do not ask WHY, but I do, and I get thrown off.. xD I will need to see this for myself. lol And yeah, I don't mind using main genre names... I was moreso making fun of the people who combine all these crazy names to describe a band's sound. :P

Funny enough, I'm not the BIGGEST female vocalist fan... I'm just extremely picky when it comes to female vocals... especially in metal. It's weird, I've also grown out of a lot of female fronted bands I used to listen to... like After Forever. Used to love them, not so much anymore. And you're gonna kill me... I was never a huge fan of Epica. Simone has a lovely voice, and it could be that I prefer male vocals more, but I think she compliments other voices, like accompanying Roy Khan in Kamelot, more than she does on her own. Again, just preference. lol It's almost a hit or miss with me when it comes to female vocals. That, and I'll be honest, as "poser" or "close minded" as this sounds, I go through phases. I go on big kicks on bands, then I move onto something else. I actually love Symphony X, even Russel's solo stuff and the stuff he did with Star One/Ayreon. He's a modernized Ronnie James Dio (RIP) and I love him and the X a whole bunch...

And please let me know if you know of/heard of Falkenbach. Because if not, I'll have to spam you again like I just did with the other bands. Enjoy! /endspamathon

And if that's too happy for ya - then here's some good ol' fashioned depressing music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BusdDAp0tdk&feature=related - It's got a bit of metal influence in it... but very slight. You'll hear the occasional black metal-like growls, and electric guitar work... but again, not done a lot. You have accents of pan flute, piano, church/pipe organ... more stringed instruments like cello, violin, acoustic guitar or an ensemble of a mixture of strings. Again, very dark, very sad sounding music... but relaxing and beautiful all at the same time. - You also have a little bit of female vocals too, but not cookie-cutter symphonic female styled.. more relaxed and natural. Almost ethereal sounding. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phPU28_074M&feature=related - Mainly instrumentals, but again, with a little bit of voice at times.

Back to happier less trippy music - if you like drinking, having a good time, and punching Russel Crowe in the face sounds like a good time to you... - this is the band for you. Cheery, drunk, and fun. - Remember the movie Titanic? Yeah. They were in it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6R4uEBjVdE - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u56R_qHTLVI - Johnny Jump Up - Gaelic Storm... tells the story of what happens if you have too much cider. All Irish folk band... fiddle, acoustic, mandolin, y'know the drill. Enjoy!

If you like that, you might like Eivør - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrvAWuGzAVs&feature=related - much like Faun, cept with a little less Folky-sounding stuff... more dark and eerie sounding music. Strange. All very, very strange music. Then again, you'll learn that you won't expect anything less from me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgGIOZiVCVU - Egil Saga by Faun (language is in Icelandic) - This band is strange. They like to add a lot of different feels into their music. Usually are very Celtic-y, Tribal or Folky sounding, with mandolin, bouzouki, bongo drums, mixed with some programming sounds here and there. Mostly female vox, but also dood vocals, too. If it's not your thing, I guarantee you that you will at least have this song's chorus stuck in your head for WEEKS. You're welcome. ;]

I'll be going to Full Sail (in FL) for Creative Writing. I wanna be an awkward fantasy author. LOL Y'know, books, comics, graphic novels, or for video games mostly. And totally, I always wanted to get more into those genres (dark wave and industrial), but I never really knew many people who liked it and was really into it... usually fell into the more doomy-side of it. Omg, I remember this band! (Skinny Puppy) - What album do you recommend for me to start off with for them? And I really dig those links you showed me, especially that Bohren tune, nice touch of the sax there. I'll have to show you some of my favorite songs for those bands I was talking about/that you wanna check out.

I've traveled quite a bit, actually... so in short, I'm originally from New York, and I came here for my first few years of college. I'm actually moving back down south (somewhat sadly) around spring. =P Haha! Yeah, I can see how that name can throw someone off! I like some darkwave, ambient music... though it all depends on what you consider that. Dead Can Dance, Estatic Fear, Faun has a bit of darkwave in it... I guess technically the Silent Hill soundtracks are, too... 'cept they are a little more on the techno-y side, than metal, I guess. As far as industrial goes, I don't listen to a LOT of it, but what I've heard, I like... Celldweller, Combichrist, Oomph!, and obviously, one of my favorite bands, being Rammstein. Violent Work of Art is pretty good, too. I'm always up for suggestions though, if you had any in mind. =P

Hey love your taste of music!! if u got time take a look at our swedish based melodeath band Abrania and our new song "violent act" http://www.lastfm.se/music/Abrania/_/Violent+Act and we give away a lot of free songs!! thanks stay metal!!

Thanks man! =] I've been living in RI/MA for 3-4 years now. You mean my other favorite genres or bands? Well, my other favorites are like... Video game or movie soundtracks... acoustic Celtic folky stuff... as far as artists goes, there are tons. For Video game/movie soundtracks, my favorite would be Jeremy Soule. Acoustic/Celtic stuff would be Gaelic Storm for me, or Faun... though they mix some darkwave-like elements to their music at times. Dead Can Dance... etc.

Yep, I love my Zune player. I don't have to add the music to it it just goes there automatically. I'm aware there's a scrobbler you gotta dl for it, just havent gotten around to it... eventually. lol We go to similar shows, cheers!

cool i got WMP working

I most likely am, as Florida has a pitiful lack of concerts, and I expect to be visiting a friend in New York around the time that Ghost is playing.

Yay! Super compatibility!

Lol, haha. Creepy! Yep, that's him. We're cool. Anyways, that show should be fun. Cannot wait to go to my first official straight up folk show.

Can't wait to see Arkona, I'll probably show up late to see them & Korpiklaani. I think my friend Cody knows the other band you mentioned though. Should be a good nite regardless.

I've always heard great things about Korpiklaani's performances. For years, I've always seen them come here, but I always thought "Maybe they'll be a better lineup of bands next time". This year I just gave in and figured I'd go regardless. Besides, gives me good reason to do a jig.

Was really interested in going to the Mayhem show, but ended up being busy & so were the rest of my other friends who would have went. Heard it was a memorable performance & Atilla sang into a human skull?!?! Russian Circles & Korpiklaani are probably going to be my next shows.

Ello sir. I believe you added me without saying anything. Tsk tsk. How goes it?

Not much from my memory; but I believe it's been mostly crossover in style (fusion with black metal, industrial, neofolk, etc)

if you see me at the show, have a drink with me. my birthday is the day before :-D

Try this too: http://www.last.fm/music/Thrawsunblat?ac=thrawsunblat

Im continually surprised how few people know about them. I got into them in 2007 sometime and i was surprised then. They have a really unique sound.

as i don't see them anywhere in your library, you should check out Woods of Ypres. i just rediscovered them and had forgotten how much i love them. http://www.last.fm/music/Woods+of+Ypres

Priest is awesome live. saw them a few years back with Queensryche (who were not awesome). Rob has more wardrobe changes than Madonna.

yup, definitely going to the Big 4. the boyfriend really wanted to go and while i know it's a little shameful to see them now, i never got to see Metallica when they were good (cuz i was like 9 at the time) so i couldn't really pass it up. Anthrax too. and we go to pretty much any Megadeth show that rolls through within a thousand miles. gearing up to be a pretty good summer/fall for shows, come to think of it.

familiar with lots of those bands. the only one i'll definitively say i *don't* care for is Symphony X. i tried to get into them when i was going through a small power metal phase about 8 years ago. they did a tour with Devin Townsend a few years back and Devin was on first (obviously) and all these dickhead nerds (the Comic Book Guy type nerds) were sitting on the stage talking and playing Magic or some bullshit. no joke. so that kinda ruined the band for me whether they're good or not. i'll check out all the stuff i haven't heard of though.

i would like to adjust my opinion of Nokturnal Mortum from "loved it" to "fucking love love loved it".

whoa...thorough. i like it. as far as the ambient stuff goes i really liked the Lustmord and Desiderii Marginis. Was already familiar with In Slaughter Natives through my buddy Coffinwood_Mill (you two might have a lot in common, he's really into black metal and martial industrial) but that was a good reminder to check out more by them. loved the Nokturnal Mortum (politics will never be a problem so long as no one's trying to force theirs on me). i think i've tried to get into Daylight Dies a few times with no success (i think i have subconscious problems with American metal). and dude, you weren't kidding about the Lykathea Aflame. broke my brain a little. just noticed that the last sentence completed 666 characters \m/ silliness aside, i appreciate all the recs. looking forward to more :) and i'll get thinking about stuff i could recommend you but i have a feeling that's going to be significantly harder.

good answers :) i am into a few dark ambient bands, Ulver being one of my favorites. but i haven't exactly plumbed the depths of the genre. i am rather open to musical suggestion however. for that or any genre, really. my Last fm friends are where i find a lot of new music.

nice to have my taste described as such. i usually just think of it as confused ;-) the thing is, i'm not usually looking for one specific thing or genre or whatever. when i hear what i like i know it, but i'm never actively searching for it. i'd say the only thing that is consistent with me is the vocalist from the band has to be interesting. not necessarily good, just interesting somehow. that being said, i also listen to a lot of weird instrumental stuff. so, what would you say your top three favorite metal sub genres are, and why? :-D

it's very dependent on the show. last couple of times i was there it was okay. they'll need to step up their game for Devin though. saw the upstairs show he did there last year and that went well but it's easier to make it work in the smaller space.

hi :)