What are you listening to right now?

**Uchiha Barles** · Sun, 10-23-2011, 05:29 PM

I just now managed to listen to a handful of the songs on the new opeth album...there are a number of songs that I liked immediately, here's a couple of them:

Honestly, I'm still not entirely sure how I'm going to feel about this album as a whole, but I know that it's going to rank lower than just about any other Opeth album I've listened to before. Still beats anything In Flames did in the last 10 years.

Opeth separating themselves from their death metal roots...I think I need a hug

**Xelbair** · Fri, 10-28-2011, 10:00 AM

Lately i took break from metal in favour of this kind of music, plus some orchestral music. It is really good theme when you are coding/calculating stuff for studies.

***David75*** · Fri, 10-28-2011, 03:22 PM

Erhu is a very nice instrument. Here, there's a good balance with other instruments, which is great and rarely the case.

**Killa-Eyez** · Fri, 10-28-2011, 09:17 PM

Originally Posted by Xelbair

Lately i took break from metal in favour of this kind of music, plus some orchestral music. It is really good theme when you are coding/calculating stuff for studies.

I thought for a sec there it was some kind of soapy love ost from the one the Twilight movie saga's. Couldn't be anymore wrong. Very nice instrumental.

If you like similar music with a teensy bit of rhythm too I'd suggest some Nomak tunes:

Edit: Listening to Payable on Death - Live and Die right now.

***David75*** · Sun, 10-30-2011, 02:47 PM

I was mostly listening to Uplift Spice today as I've been to their very first concert oustide Japan... and that was in Paris.

Story:
Uplift Spice is a small j-rock band, they've been around since 2005. They are not yet signed to a major label, but it seems they do have enough fame that they can keep doing their stuff.
In france, we have IPTV called Nolife, aimed at geek. They are a music channel, promoting japanese music. But they also have to broadcast french and european stuff (mandatory). They also do other stuff (retro gaming, gaming and much more)
Said IPTV has a chart called J-Top where people can vote for clips they like.
Uplift spice enters said chart in june 2009 with Kanojo. Slow start and then get to first position.
Hanabi no Iro, same story.
And then every other tune gets first position the first week they are available to vote!

Nolife with partners decide to help the band come to France and voilà. First time they go abroad and it's for us in France starting with Paris (then Orleans, Limoges, Toulouse, Marseille and they'll finish in Bruxelles-Belgium)

The concert was full of energy, a bit loud to my fragile ears even full at the back of the small but packed room. (105 dB average, 115 peaks... and it was considered not too loud by some)
It was short and intense. I'm still a little high from the experience 24hours ago.
To tell you the truth, at 36 it's the very first time I chose to go to a live on my own accord.
Last time I've been to a concert was in 1995 to an Elton John live, where I was accompanying the girlfriend I had then.
I had a blast, won't do it too much for many reasons, but it was worth it.

crappy video from the live (hopping I'll get more and better) doesn't really do justice, gives only about 10% of what it was in terms of energy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEy6Es5MaeA

To get an idea, just imagine that nicely paced tune with a room packed with energized people:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lkoj9dKPBM

**Kagemane_no_Jutsu** · Thu, 11-03-2011, 06:41 PM

Dylan up to his highest level

http://youtu.be/YN25Pp0hrOM

Its all over now, baby blue.

And now Jim Croce. Died when he was 30 in a plane wreck, such a loss. Definitely without a doubt up there as one of the greatest singer songwriters in America's short history. If you want some really laid back man and his guitar check this out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtOzHG0lYMs

Listening to that makes me want to at the same time play more and more and never play again its such an unreachable goal but then again the way I'm playing now felt unreachable just a year ago soo.... who knows man.

**Marik** · Wed, 11-09-2011, 07:37 PM

I've been listening to "Round of Applause" by Black Milk. It's one of the tracks featured in Fight Night Champion. If it wasn't for that game, I probably would have never heard of him. It's such a great tune to knock people out to. Kudos to EA for putting it in the game.

I can't get enough of those drums. Whoever played drums on the track is awesome.

Y · Tue, 11-15-2011, 08:18 PM

Drake's "Take Care".

**IFHTT** · Tue, 11-15-2011, 08:40 PM

**Deadlift** · Tue, 11-15-2011, 11:28 PM

Dir En Grey - Lotus

**Marik** · Fri, 11-18-2011, 06:35 AM

I've been listening to Pu$$y by Iggy Azalea, from her mixtape, "Ignorant Art." I first heard of her when I saw the video for D.R.U.G.S, and became interested in hearing more from her. I decided to check out her mixtape and this track stood out to me.

**Alhuin** · Sat, 11-26-2011, 09:35 PM

I've been listening to Five.Bolt.Main again for awhile now. For those that know Flaw, it's Chris Volz's follow-up band (featuring a few other ex-Flaw members). My taste in music is usually much heavier, but both Flaw and FBM originated from my hometown, so I have a lot of respect for their music. While I was "growing up" (read: Junior High through High School), my best friend's sister knew the (then current) members of Flaw, and acquired their early EPs for us. I've been to several shows featuring either (including one of the "final" Flaw shows, which was quite emotional for Chris). It's one thing to like/support a band that you may or may not ever see in concert, but to personally connect with a band who's music you enjoy is one of the greatest things ever. Very few bands have made it as far as Flaw/FBM from the 502 area.

One of the more popular FBM songs (from their only studio release) is "Pathetic".

**Killa-Eyez** · Tue, 12-20-2011, 03:35 AM

Shuffled through this genius little work of art this morning. No words, just listen:

**Alhuin** · Tue, 01-10-2012, 07:07 PM

I recently acquired the debut album from The Unguided. My face melted, and teeth were kicked in.

For anyone that listens to/is familiar with Sonic Syndicate, The Unguided is basically "Sonic Syndicate 2.0". After Richard and Roland left Sonic Syndicate, they formed The Unguided. A few months later, they released demos, with help from the guitarist and drummer of Sonic Syndicate. In November of 2011, their debut album was released. The album, titled Hell Frost, is a tribute to Sonic Syndicate's debut album, Eden Fire. The last track is a reference to it as well. In comparison to Sonic Syndicate: The only thing that's changed is the name. Their music is still just a brutal and fast-paced as before.

Sonic Syndicate has been a favourite band of mine ever since I stumbled across their music while watching a WoW PvP video, featuring the warlock Drakedog. It was depressing when Roland left, and the music changed directions (see: We Rule the Night), so I was ecstatic when I learned of The Unguided. The only thing missing from the equation is Karin Axelsson.

No music videos or studio tracks have been uploaded to Youtube yet, but here is a 15 minute preview of the debut album:

**Uchiha Barles** · Tue, 01-10-2012, 10:28 PM

Metalcore meets melodic death, good shit xD. I'm particularly fond of "Betrayer of the Code" right now. Not that the other songs aren't as good or even better, but this song is just commanding my attention right now, on loop. I'll eventually give the rest of the album a more thorough listen.

I'm doing the same thing with Nightwish's recent release, Imaginaerum. There's this song called "Rest Calm" that I can't stop listening to on loop despite the rest of the album being pretty sweet (if you're into Nightwish and symphonic metal).

There were videos of it on youtube, but no longer. I'll post the song when if I can find a stable source for it

**Killa-Eyez** · Wed, 02-22-2012, 01:43 AM

Fusion with soul and dubstep with jazz sprinkled on top, equals this:

**Animeniax** · Wed, 02-22-2012, 10:42 AM

Cool song Killa... don't like the reverb on her voice though. Sounds too mechanical and artificial amongst all the soulfulness.

I've been listening to songs from Flight of the Conchords and reminiscing about one of the best shows of all time: