What Music Are You Listening To?

[entropicdecay]

Heart Process - 100% Cursed (ft. Slug † Christ)

[Syllypryde]

Morphide- The Purge (In This Moment cover)
Lacuna Coil- pretty much their entire discography

[Soul Monster]

Albums:
A Perfect Circle: Mer De Noms
Guns N' Roses: Chinese Democracy
Buckethead: Whale Song
Buckethead: Rainbow Fountain
Buckethead: Maps To Innerworlds
Gilby Clarke: Pawnshop Guitars
Gilby Clarke: The Gospel Truth
Tommy Stinson: Village Gorilla Head

Songs:
Art Of Anarchy: Dancing With The Devil
Art Of Anarchy: Grand Applause (Got a hell of a deal on the album this is from!)
Art Of Anarchy: Won't Let You Down
Velvet Revolver: Gravedancer
Velvet Revolver: She Builds Quick Machines
Walking Papers: Trophy Wives
Walking Papers: Money Isn't Everything
Stone Temple Pilots: Interstate Love Song
Rammstein: Engel
Rammstein: Ohne Dich
Rammstein: Feuer Frei
Rammstein: Tier
Buckethead: Butterfly Eyes
Guns N' Roses: Perhaps ('Bout time this came out, now bring on The General!)
Guns N' Roses: Oklahoma
Guns N' Roses: Zodiac
Alter Bridge: Wouldn't You Rather
Alter Bridge: The Last Hero
Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata
J.S. Bach: Invention 13

[Syllypryde]

Mostly music released this year

Clutch- Sunrise on Slaughter Beach
Delco Detention- Come Get It!
Metallica- 72 Seasons
Infected Rain- Dying Light
Infected Rain- The Devil's Dozen
Death Dealer Union- Borderlines
Death Dealer Union- Beneath the Surface
Death Dealer Union- The Vow of Silence
Death Dealer Union- The Integument
Seas on the Moon- Guiding Star
Metopia- New Dawn
Lacuna Coil- Never Dawn
Cristina Scabbia- Dream of the Beast
Cannibal Corpse- Blood Blind
Cannibal Corpse- Summoned for Sacrifice
Dying Fetus- Compulsion for Cruelty
Dying Fetus- Unbridled Fury
Dying Fetus- Feast of Ashes
Incantation- Concordat (The Pact) I
Incantation- Homunculus (Spirit Made Flesh) IX
Incantation- Invocation (Chthonic Merge) X
Overkill- Scorched
Butcher Babies- Eye for an Eye... 'Till the Worlds Blind
Stitched Up Heart- To the Wolves
Stitched Up Heart- Possess Me
Stitched Up Heart- Immortal
Obituary- Dying of Everything
Cavalera Conspiracy- Bestial Devastation
Cavalera Conspiracy- Morbid Visions
Nita Strauss- The Call of the Void
Suicide Silence- Remember... You Must Die

[Soul Monster]

Albums:
Stone Temple Pilots: Core
Stone Temple Pilots: Purple
Alice In Chains: Facelift
Alice In Chains: Dirt
Nirvana: Nevermind
Nirvana: In Utero

Songs:
AC/DC: Big Gun
Slayer: South Of Heaven
Slayer: Behind The Crooked Cross
Slayer: Silent Scream
Slayer: Skeletons Of Society
Pantera: This Love
Pantera: Mouth For War
Pantera: Rise (Vulgar Display Of Power)
Pantera: Regular People (Conceit)
Megadeth: Hangar 18
Candlemass: Gothic Stone/The Well Of Souls
Candlemass: Mourner's Lament
Metallica: No Remorse
Metallica: Fight Fire With Fire
Metallica: Master of Puppets
Judas Priest: Leather Rebel
Believer: Sanity Obscure
S.O.D.: Sargent D & The S.O.D.

[entropicdecay]

Yuzo Koshiro - Happy Paradise

[Syllypryde]

Albums:
Stone Temple Pilots: Core
Stone Temple Pilots: Purple
Alice In Chains: Facelift
Alice In Chains: Dirt
Nirvana: Nevermind
Nirvana: In Utero

Songs:
AC/DC: Big Gun
Slayer: South Of Heaven
Slayer: Behind The Crooked Cross
Slayer: Silent Scream
Slayer: Skeletons Of Society
Pantera: This Love
Pantera: Mouth For War
Pantera: Rise (Vulgar Display Of Power)
Pantera: Regular People (Conceit)
Megadeth: Hangar 18
Candlemass: Gothic Stone/The Well Of Souls
Candlemass: Mourner's Lament
Metallica: No Remorse
Metallica: Fight Fire With Fire
Metallica: Master of Puppets
Judas Priest: Leather Rebel
Believer: Sanity Obscure
S.O.D.: Sargent D & The S.O.D.

Nirvana- Aero Zepplin
Nirvana- Territorial Pissings
AC/DC- Down Payment Blues
AC/DC- Gimme a Bullet
Slayer- Reign in Blood
Slayer- Hell Awaits
Pantera- Vulgar Display of Power
Pantera- Far Beyond Driven
Pantera- The Great Southern Trendkill
Megadeth- A Tout Le Monde
Megadeth- Symphony of Destruction
Megadeth- Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
Megadeth- Holy Wars... The Punishment Due
Metallica- Master of Puppets
Metallica- ...And Justice for All
Metallica- 72 Seasons
Metallica- 72 Seasons (Instrumental)
S.O.D.- Speak English or Die
M.O.D.- Dictated Aggression
Screaming Trees- Shadow of the Season
Screaming Trees- Nearly Lost You
Screaming Trees- Subtle Poison
Queens of the Stone Age- God is in the Radio
Delco Detention- Come Get It!
Death Dealer Union- The Vow of Silence
Death Dealer Union- The Integument
Lacuna Coil- Never Dawn
Cristina Scabbia- Dream of the Beast
Cristina Scabbia- Loneliness
Cannibal Corpse- Blood Blind
Cannibal Corpse- Summoned for Sacrfice
Dying Fetus- Compulsion for Cruelty
Dying Fetus- Unbridled Fury
Dying Fetus- Feast of Ashes
Incantation- Unholy Deification
Butcher Babies- Eye for an Eye... 'Till the Worlds Blind
Stitched Up Heart- To the Wolves
Stitched Up Heart- Possess Me
Stitched Up Heart- Immortal
Nita Strauss- The Call of the Void

[Benvolio]

Aero Zeppelin is one of my favourite songs ever, along with the entirety of Incesticide.

[Syllypryde]

In all honesty I've never been a big fan of Nirvana. I will always give them their props for being pioneers in punk and grunge. Lena Scissorhands of Infected Rain and Death Dealer Union did a cover of Aero Zepplin. I really like the cover. Since cover songs are not usually as good as the originals I went back to Nirvana's version of the song. Now it is one of the few Nirvana songs I can get into. Nirvana songs I like:

Negative Creep
Smells Like Teen Spirit (though at the time it was released it was so overplayed I got so sick of it. It wasn't until a few years ago I heard it again for the first time in decades that I started to like it again.)
Come as You Are
Territorial Pissings
Aero Zepplin
All Apologies

[Soul Monster]

In all honesty I've never been a big fan of Nirvana. I will always give them their props for being pioneers in punk and grunge. Lena Scissorhands of Infected Rain and Death Dealer Union did a cover of Aero Zepplin. I really like the cover. Since cover songs are not usually as good as the originals I went back to Nirvana's version of the song.

After listening to their 2 albums I mentioned above, I have to go along with you on that. There's no denying the influence they had on the music world, and like you said, they do have good songs, but there's also a lot of tracks that either aren't interesting, boring, or just downright annoying. Just like you, I'm a fan of a few of their songs, but as a whole not so much. I like all the tracks you mentioned, plus maybe 2 or 3 others. While I'm at it, I don't think Kurt was the saint his fans make him out to be. I mean, what could be more wholesome than seeing home movies of him holding his infant son while nodding off? Not to mention the threatening calls/messages he was leaving people.

[Benvolio]

First of all that Aero Zeppelin cover is so garging cool, thank you for telling us about it.

Now regarding Kurt and Nirvana, what they are is one of the biggest cases of an artist's reputation being warped by the press and by extension the general public. The story of how the troubled child Kurt grew into a young adult afflicted with drug addiction, mental illness and psychosomatic symptoms of same, deteriorating into a suicidal downward spiral, is well documented. The irresponsible nature of his fatherhood and the love-hate relstionship Kurt had with his commercial success is known to all who paid attention at the time. The solid good-natured characters of his bandmates Krist, Dave and Pat has been rightfully recognised and appreciated by the masses in the intervening decades.

But the idea of Kurt as a "saint" and Nirvana as progenitors of something completely new, is rejected by most who have truly lived life to music of Nirvana. Such fans prefer to see and appreciaye the reality. There is so much to be learned from his flaws and limitations. Pretending he was something he wasn't is commonplace and just erodes the lessons.

What Kurt was, was a huge advocate for numerous highly worthwhile and under-recognised musical artists of the punk and post punk genres, of the entire 1980s and early 1990s. Through cover versons and namechecks he gave many of these artists a boost to their audience size, something many appreciated.

As I have delved through many of these over the years since my first pre teen encounters of Nevermind, I have appreciated Nirvana'a music as a scrapbook full of flavours from hundreds of fascinating bands, melted together then tied into something fresh and worthwhile by the band's energy and genuine songcraft skill, leaving us with valuable entertainment but certainly not with some sort of new "gospel" to swear by.

I hope people can continue to scratch below the surface to see the reality of what those men were like. There was so much dry humour involved - their video interviews on YouTube are well worth watching. This is particularly important the era of gen Z and soon alpha, whose favourite fast fashion retailers are flooding the streets with Nirvana shirts, in the UK at least.

[Nospike]

Recently I've been listening to Camel a lot, specifically Mirage. Something about the way they touched upon fantasy themes and the beautiful dramatic melodies in songs like Nimrodel or Earthrise, the soft veiled vocals, the lively bass lines, it's just a magical perfect masterpiece. I've been constantly coming and going from prog rock as a genre for a long time now on my journey in music but the beauty of these compositions makes me wonder what kind of talent and artistic instinct it takes to come up with something like this. If I knew what to do, I'd try to steer my band in that direction creatively.

At least the bass parts aren't overly difficult, so I can just enjoy playing them by myself and imagine what could be if I were a better writer.

Youtube link for those intrigued: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky6AvfumeNM

[Syllypryde]

Cannibal Corpse- Summoned for Sacrifice
Cannibal Corpse- Blood Blind
Death Dealer Union- The Vow of Silence
Death Dealer Union- The Integument
Dying Fetus- Make Them Beg for Death
Infected Rain- Dying Light
L7- Cooler Than Mars
Lacuna Coil- Never Dawn
Cristina Scabbia- Loneliness
Metopia (w/Lena Scissorhands)- New Dawn
Stitched Up Heart- To the Wolves
Arch Enemy- Into the Pit
Arch Enemy- Diamond Dreamer
Body Count- The Gears of War
Jane's Addiction (W/Body Count)- Don't Call Me N-----, Whitey
Clutch- Boogeyman Blues
Clutch- Arts and Crafts
Clutch- Railroad Daisies
Intense Hammer Rage- The 24cm Makita Brand Circular Saw

[proYorp]

Maybe it's time I actually shared some of my own listening. I almost have many times, but I just wasn't ready to before. I am very particular about music and how it connects to my soul, especially with lyrics. Because of this, I used to worry that sharing the music I really connected with would reveal much more about myself than I was willing to share, but I realize now that even if the content of the song is similar it can't reveal the specifics of my situation without extra context. In any case, I'm not so insecure about people knowing how I feel anymore.

I've mentioned I've had a wild last few months here but I don't think I'll end up posting about it in detail. Instead, I think I will let the music speak for me for the most part.



"Brother" by NEEDTOBREATHE -- I heard this one for the first time on a radio and got hooked on the raw passion in the chorus. "Let me be your shelter, never leave you all alone." The timing was incredible because 2 days after I found this song, I unexpectedly ended up couch surfing for a week or two, and it was a comfort to me in that.
"HARD LOVE" by NEEDTOBREATHE -- Found this one while trying to look up the first song. Again, incredible timing. It came up as I was trying to quiet my nerves after taking a stand on what I felt I should do. I could feel the fallout brewing and I knew I wasn't going home that night. "In the morning you're gonna need an answer." I wouldn't have ever found this sort of song encouraging before, but it's like it was written for my exact moment then.

There were quite a few songs that really resonated with me at different points in the months following that event, but I'll just highlight the ones that capture the broadest part of my experience, of hard times and hope. In chronological order of discovery:

"HAPPINESS" by NEEDTOBREATHE
"To The Dreamers" by For King & Country
"Counting Stars" by OneRepublic
"What You Know" by Two Door Cinema Club

[Syllypryde]

First of all that Aero Zeppelin cover is so garging cool, thank you for telling us about it........

If you liked that song, then I think you should check out Lena Scissorhands with her primary band Infected Rain, side band Death Dealer Union, her guest vocals with Seas on the Moon, Anotherkind, Vervain St. Project to name a few. If you're into progressive metal then you will probably dig it.

What have I been listening to for the last week?
Cannibal Corpse- Chaos Horrific LP
Death Dealer Union- Initiation LP
Tarja Tununen Feat. Cristina Scabbia- Goodbye Stranger
Suffocation- Serpahim Enslavement
L7- Cooler Than Mars