What Are You Listening To?

[Mr.Smolski]

Rage – Raw Caress

[CRAZY-HORSE]

WARPED "quicker ways to blacken eyes" cd, 2003

I cannot find any info on this Australian hard rock band at all, sorry.
yep, hard rock not metal...
theres hints of AC/DC, Iron Maiden,Led Zeppelin and Rolling Stones in places through this one...
mostly okay stuff with a couple of dud tracks thrown in the mix...
sorry, but no YouTube links happening so these guys must be really obscure,
even the album cover I copied and pasted was for individual tracks to purchase on the usual suspects...
any way,
album makes the grade scoring 1.8 over its twelve tracks..
album also includes a bonus six track 'ep' that was apparently previously only available as a Japanese import to Australia.
I was going to post that also but whats the point with no artwork and no links available!

[stiviepet]

These days I'm listening one cover of "stitches" of Shawn Mendes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0VYpCeh...e=youtu.be

[CRAZY-HORSE]

These days I'm listening one cover of "stitches" of Shawn Mendes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0VYpCeh...e=youtu.be

yeh right!
like "stitches" and Shaun Mendes" belong in Hard Rock/Metal!

[CRAZY-HORSE]

METALLICA "load" cd, 1996

career stats:
studio albums..............9
singles.......................37

this album................#1 everywhere!
singles:
"until it sleeps"...........#10 US...#1 AU...#5 UK
"hero of the day"........#60 US...#2 AU..#17 UK
"mama said"..........................#24 AU
"king nothing"...........#90 US

the band's 6th album and their departure from 'thrash metal' to straight hard rock was complete...
fans(original fans) turned their back on them in their millions, but what they lost from that backlash they
gained in new fans with the album selling around eight million copies worldwide...
a couple of ballads on here, but for the most part its straight out hard rock stuff...
the music is what you would expect of them, you either like or loathe it, I like it.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: bleeding me
best track: cure

[video=youtube;p9oqY9BVM1s]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9oqY9BVM1s[/video]

tracks:

1...aint my bitch **
2...2 X 4 **
3...the house jack built ***
4...until it sleeps ***
5...king nothing **
6...hero of the day **
7...bleeding me **
8...cure ***
9...poor twisted me **
10.mama said **
11.wasting my hate **
12.thorn within **
13.ronnie **
14.the outlaw torn **

3s=3
2s=11
1s=0

rating: 2.2

[Brokarucci]

Today I listen to Ukrainian band called Septa. The heavy version of Deftones can be listened here: http://septa.bandcamp.com/album/destroyer

[CRAZY-HORSE]

TOBIAS SAMMET'S AVANTASIA "ghost lights" 2016

career stats:
studio albums.........7
singles...................6

this album..............#6 CAN...#53 UK...#101 US
singles:
"mystery of a blood red rose".......no chart action

id never heard of these guys till I Spotified this album as a new release back in January...
anyway, theyre a symphonic hard rock band from Germany (the album peaked at #2 over there),
from the moment this one starts you can hear tracks that sound eerily similar in style to those
of early Meat-Loaf (ie the Deadringer album)...Jim Steinman's operatic rock style is all over this one,
along with those rock ballads that build up rom piano to out and out rock and roll over six or seven minutes.
obviously not the same as Steinman/Meat Loaf, but as close as you could probably get,
very good album, not sure it will grow on me any more, I feel its found its plateau to my ears.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: unchain the light
best track: mystery of a blood red rose

[video=youtube;4w_58CQWHFQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w_58CQWHFQ[/video]

tracks:

1...mystery of a blood red rose ***
2...let the storm descend upon you **
3...the haunting **
4...seduction of decay **
5...ghostlights **
6...draconian love ***
7...master of the pendulum ***
8...Isle of Evermore **
9...Babylon vampyres *
10.lucier ***
11.unchain the light *
12.a restless heart and obsideon skies **
13.wake up to the moon ***

3s=5
2s=6
1s=2

rating: 2.2

[SteveO]

A fine album indeed Crazy mate!

[CRAZY-HORSE]

METALLICA "reload" cd, 1997

career stats:
studio albums......9
singles...............37

this album..................#1 US...#2 AU...#2 CAN...#1 NZ...#4 UK
singles:
"the memory remains".....#28 US...#6 AU...#23 NZ...#13 UK
"the unforgiven II"..........#59 US...#9 AU...#22 NZ...#15 UK
"fuel"..........................................#2 AU...#35 NZ...#31 UK

their seventh studio album...
went platinum just about everywhere they sell cds....
aint a patch on album #5 (metallica), or even #6 (load)....
theres no melody on this album, the songs, for the most part sound jumbled to me,
much like theyre trying to be too clever with the songs instead of letting them flow naturally...
nothing great on this album, not sure if its all down here from here for the band, but I have the follow up
album "st.anger" so we'll see how that fares when it comes out of the pile of "to play/post" cds....

I DO NOT LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: carpe diem baby
best track: prince charming

[video=youtube;aLN9qUXvb_8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLN9qUXvb_8[/video]

tracks:

1...fuel *
2...the memory remains **
3...devil's dance *
4...the unforgiven II **
5...better than you *
6...slither **
7...carpe diem baby *
8...where the wild things are *
9...bad seed **
10.prince charming **
11.attitude *
12.fixxxer **

3s=0
2s=6
1s=7

rating: 1.5

[nefilim]

Qotsa : songs for the deaf

love it.