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Axelinger

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  1. Nice to hear another Kamelot release, but do we really need Thomas Youngblood "contributing" harsh vocals on a couple of tracks? Uggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!
  2. U.D.O. goes symphonic. If you're looking for standard U.D.O. fare, you'd be well-advised to look elsewhere. Rather than rely on the tried and true metal standard of prominent lead guitars, they've chosen to attempt to dazzle us with lead tuba, lead french horn, lead sax, and lead any other type of brass you can think of. If you're into experimental shit where artists step outside their forte, then this is right up your alley. And Udo has also chosen to either hide his voice on here really, really well, or just simply hand over vocal chores to some operatic chick for her to warble on and on ad nauseum. My personal opinion of this album? Let me put this as delicately as possible....... it sucks cock big time.
  3. WTF is with the shitty harsh vocals on Phantom Divine, The Proud And The Broken and Mindfall Remedy? Nothing ruins a heavy metal song like the addition of Cookie Monster-sounding vocals(?). The first two tracks I mentioned would be stellar, if not for the growly shit, but Mindfall Remedy is absolutely destroyed by that crap. Not a bad album, but cheapened by the harsh nonsense.
  4. Not surprising, considering the source. Oh, horrors! I've opened myself up to an opinion of Bruno Mars being a superior singer to Rob Halford; a more talented drummer than Scott Travis, and possessing guitar skills surpassing those of Glenn Tipton, Richie Faulkner & K.K. Downing combined.
  5. Just sat through about 25 random tracks from their studio offerings, and I was astounded at just how truly awful their lyrics are. They give Ron Keel a run for his money for the title of most banal, tepid, limp, pedestrian, run-of-the-mill, mediocre lyrics ever. Hokey cliche after hokey cliche after hokey cliche. Same extremely boring messages over and over; repetitive, "You're an angel", "You're no good for me", "You broke my heart", "I can't live without you." nausea-inspiring nonsense. There's certainly nothing they do to get the blood rushing through my veins. I guess if I were comatose, and wanted to hear basically the same goddamn song repeated over and over, then I might get something out of their catalogue, but those 25 or so tracks were absolutely mind-numbing to sit through. Auto-pilot rock - no imagination whatsoever.
  6. I stated his lyrics suck and that truly lousy song sounded like shit, and I have zero interest in anything he does because I find what he produces to be pure garbage. So because I don't like his crappy music, and don't find what he does to be remotely pleasurable to my ears, you take the politically correct stance that I'm "hating on someone's talent because I don't like their style of music". Wrong. It's the music itself, as well as the style I don't like. In my opinion, I'd rather listen to artists I feel are much more talented, and actually play things in genres that don't annoy the hell out of me. My opinion - I don't like him, and his crappy music. You have your own opinion, but to carry on as if people have to appreciate shit you happen to like simply because you like it is just another shining example of the pretentious bullshit you level against those daring to disagree with you. If that's something that bothers you, well, tough shit. I'll continue to offer my opinion on things I like and dislike, and again, if you don't like it, too bad. I really don't need your endorsement on anything anyway, so spare me the high and mighty opinion of your taste and lofty opinion of yourself. Your clique members might buy your holier-than-thou attitude. I don't. I'm just too old school to give a good goddamn about a-holes, who think they know it all, and expect everyone to see things from their self-righteous point of view.
  7. I lasted 33 seconds before shutting it off. That has all the musicianship of a chimpanzee fucking around with Pro Tools. This guy's lyrics are below the level of atrocious. For example, give a read to this slice of fluff from another of his lame tracks: "You can count on me like one two three I'll be there And I know when I need it I can count on you like four three two You'll be there 'Cause that's what friends are supposed to do, oh yeah" Talk about yer shit aimed at the lowest common denominator. You couldn't pay me to listen to anything that little shit sings over a backing track puked out of a computer. Precisely what's wrong with what the industry tries to pass off as music today - zero musicianship. Just one other thing. The guy plays drums, piano, guitar and bass. Just for the record I think you left out pianosaurus. I doubt the little turd's name comes up whenever actual musicians sit around discussing people with proficiency on any of those instruments.
  8. Have an instance where you have music playing in the car, and a section comes up in the song where a siren, or siren effect is used, and you begin looking around wildly for an emergency response vehicle, and you go, "Where the fuck is THAT coming from???" It really makes one feel like they should have, DUH, tattooed upon their forehead.
  9. I lasted 33 seconds before shutting it off. That has all the musicianship of a chimpanzee fucking around with Pro Tools. This guy's lyrics are below the level of atrocious. For example, give a read to this slice of fluff from another of his lame tracks: "You can count on me like one two three I'll be there And I know when I need it I can count on you like four three two You'll be there 'Cause that's what friends are supposed to do, oh yeah" Talk about yer shit aimed at the lowest common denominator. You couldn't pay me to listen to anything that little shit sings over a backing track puked out of a computer. Precisely what's wrong with what the industry tries to pass off as music today - zero musicianship.
  10. Always loved this track - Easton's solo ain't especially technical, but it fits the mood like a glove.
  11. I tried listening to these guys once - gave about 10 tracks a listen, but I just found it too lightweight for my taste. They didn't seem to have much diversity lyric-wise. Every track was basically in the same vein; same topic, and it just got monotonous listening to the same story track after track. I seem to recall even their attempts at a slightly heavier sound being way too ballady for my liking.
  12. Brad Gillis - Chain Gang. With Gary Moon on vocals. Sadly under-rated guitar player.
  13. I did a search and found Starbreaker - Break My Bones - was listed in this thread way back in '09. Great effin' song - absolutely knocked out by that chorus. Been spinning it for a few days now. Magnus Karlsson is one killer songwriter.
  14. Agreed... New singer sucks - one step away from Cookie Monster territory.
  15. I'd never even heard of these guys until a few days ago. Checked out a few tracks on YouTube, and holy shit, if their stuff isn't right up my alley. The more I listened to, the more I was astounded that I HADN'T heard of them before. Top notch progressive metal with riffs aplenty and wicked keyboards. Highly recommended for fans of the genre. Two big thumbs up.
  16. I've come to this conclusion, too. Has to be. No rational human being would carry on as she does. Done, done, and done.
  17. I have 3 brothers. The oldest brother banged the wife (ex-wife now) of one of the other brother's. And the bastard's kids can't figure out why their old man is ostracized by every last one of his brothers and sisters. My family has the market cornered on dysfunction.
  18. No, she's not a webcam girl in the sense of doffing her clothing. She just talks to people, and plays music for everyone.
  19. It’s an absolutely helpless, fucking feeling when you see someone you know fall under the spell of a master manipulator, who takes over their entire life, and they flat out refuse to believe it’s happening to them when all the signs are so damn obvious. I met this person in a chat room back around March, and she was intelligent and witty, and took music requests, which she played for everyone. The room was usually really rocking, and a lot of fun to be in. Then suddenly in April, the asshole showed up. From the first words texted by this creep, I knew he was bad news, but I didn’t say anything – although I clearly recall thinking, “Who the fuck is this motormouthing asshole?” The first thing the jerk texted was, “I’m a dom (dominant)”. Followed in rapid order with such shit as: “I’m a master dom”, “Are you into pain and BDSM?”, “Have you ever heard of a dom contract?”, and “Can I e-mail you some information on the dom and submissive lifestyle?” And it continued ad nauseum. My friend was admittedly tired that evening, but she politely answered each one of this bozo’s questions. I thought she was cluing in to his intent and just humoring him, but apparently, it took a more sinister turn in a very short time. I’d been sending her music files on messenger (Threshold, The Moody Blues), and we’d talked back and forth a few times, and were developing a nice friendship when she just suddenly disappeared offline for a week. All contact cut off – something about a “workshop”. I didn’t think anything of it, but when she returned she was noticeably different – distracted; not herself. I later read that narcissist manipulators will usually try to isolate a victim very early on by getting them away from all outside contact. She began mentioning this new mysterious “friend”, and how once this friend “summoned her”, she had to drop everything and leave. In short order, she began referring to this person as, “The Summoner”, which is a classic term a narcissist sociopath will use to exert control over their submissive. Again, shortly after this, she disappeared offline again for 2 weeks – no contact; chat room dormant. When she returned, the bullshit really started. “The Summoner” had now become, “Her Fella”, and she informed me that he didn’t want her operating her chat room anymore, so she said that is what she will do – although she would miss her “peeps”. She hosted her room one last time – during which the asshole showed up, and began making statements of superiority like he was King Shit over everyone else in the room. To my knowledge, the room has remained closed. I began looking back over her texts, and a startling pattern of isolation and control appeared in her messages. I sat down and pieced everything together for her in a long letter, expressing concern that I believed she was being controlled and manipulated by this jerk. I had to guess at the person I thought it was because she never came right out and said who he was. But I was right! It WAS the asshole with the idiotic dom statements. Now, bear in mind, this is not a stupid woman I’m talking about here. When I met her in her room, she was intelligent and very independent, but there she was slowly losing her control, and allowing a fucking jerk to dictate what she could do, what she could wear, who she could communicate with online, and it really alarmed me as to how someone seemingly so in charge of her own shit could fall for such bullshit, but there it was – unfolding right in front of me, and I was powerless to do anything about it. She dismissed my letter entirely, saying such things as, “He’s wonderful,” and “I’ve never met anyone like him’, and frighteningly, “If he beckoned me down into darkness, I would follow him”. Holy fuck! I couldn’t believe what I was reading. Anyway, she gave me royal shit, accused me of trying to be a “White Knight”, and dismissing everything I’d written. The warning signs were spelled out for her in great detail, but she simply refused to see any of it as what was happening to her. We actually agreed to stay in contact, but… Last time I talked to her was a week ago – same distracted nonsense. I sent her some TV sketch files via e-mail four days ago – no reply; no messenger reply – no nothing. She lives way out in the middle of nowhere, and I think the asshole flies in (from another country), and that’s when she goes missing in action. I really, truly fear for her well-being. Like I said, she is not an unintelligent woman, but a master manipulator can easily con people of high intelligence, and I hate to say it, but this asshole has got her so under control, there is literally nothing I can say or do to make her see that. So… I’ve decided to just walk away, and offer no more contact. I just can’t take standing by helplessly and seeing her get dragged down and dominated like some kind of slave. I care for her, and I value the friendship we have, but I just can’t bear to see her let herself get hurt. Sorry for ranting. I just had to get it off my chest. The feeling is just so fucking helpless.
  20. Just glossed over this album, and I can say without a doubt, I have never heard more muddier production ever. Fucking awful. It sounds like the master tapes were tossed into an old Black & Decker blender and someone hit the frappe button. Worst mix I've ever heard. The music sounds like it was recorded in an empty warehouse by someone with no clue of production whatsoever. The vocals (by Yngwie himself) are so garbled and mangled, and mixed so poorly, you'd swear he'd never been in a recording studio before. I'm not one of those people, who shit all over his work just for the hell of it, but this is just..... bad. No, check that - fucking terrible. I've got a rusty hinge on my gate that sounds better than this poop. Geez, I'm listening to it again as I type this, and it's even worse than I initially thought. Gawd - please make it stop!
  21. History lesson - Darren Wharton & Gary Moore were never in Thin Lizzy at the same time and therefore could not have toured together as members in that band. Sigh - another uneducated PR person, who needs to go back to school.
  22. I'd be more inclined to comment something like "Shit no!" They're about as intimidating as Benny Hill making a funny face.
  23. 10 songs? Impossible. I couldn't even begin to whittle a list down to a mere 10.
  24. Thin Lizzy - Black Rose Saga - Images At Twilight Blue Oyster Cult - Mirrors The Cars - Candy-O Goddo - An Act Of Goddo Max Webster - A Million Vacations Max Webster - Live Magnetic Air Motorhead - Bomber Motorhead - Overkill Nazareth - No Mean City Riot - Narita Saxon - Saxon Scorpions - Lovedrive Toto - Hydra Triumph - Just A Game Cheap Trick - Dream Police Kansas - Monolith FM (Canada) - Surveillance The Police - Reggatta De Blanc (Cheech & Chong - Up In Smoke)
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