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  1. Posted

    I never was a huge fan, though I did like some songs.... too bad that most of their lyrics are so excruciatingly stupid. Though it can be quite entertaining sometimes. XD

    And here I thought thinking their lyrics meant something meaningful or poetic in German.

  11. Posted

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    Rammstein is a German Neue Deutsche Härte band from Berlin, formed in 1994.The band consists of members Till Lindemann (lead vocals), Richard Z. Kruspe (lead guitar and backing vocals), Paul H. Landers (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Oliver "Ollie" Riedel (bass guitar), Christoph "Doom" Schneider (drums and electronic percussion) and Christian "Flake" Lorenz (keyboards).

    Rammstein are widely accepted as part of the Neue Deutsche Härte scene, alongside bands such as Oomph!, Eisbrecher, and Die Krupps. Their songs are usually in German, but they have also performed songs entirely or partially in other languages such as English, Spanish, French and Russian. As of 2009, they have sold over 15 million records worldwide. Rammstein's entire catalogue is published by Universal Music Group. Since their formation in 1994, Rammstein has had no changes in their band line-up nor have any members left the band.

    Rammstein takes their name indirectly from the German town of Ramstein-Miesenbach, the site of the flight show disaster on 28 August 1988. The band's signature song, "Rammstein", is a commemoration of the disaster. In a short period before the band became well known, they performed using the name "Rammstein-Flugschau" (literally meaning "Rammstein-Flightshow")

    Rammstein - Du Hast(live)

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    I saw them live when they came to the states and they were awesome! I already love their music but their live shows are insane. Must be their signature use of pyrotechnics. I also really liked Liebe Ist Für Alle Da. Some stand out tracks for me where songs like Frühling in Paris and Mehr. Till had some powerful soaring vocals on those tracks.

  12. Posted

    Imagine that by some magically way music could play during certain moments in your life. Like in a movie. Well just what would those songs be? To make things interesting and make people put some thought into it, I came up with a couple of categories. For the most part they’re self explanatory but I’ll go over each one.

    For the Personal Theme song category, pick a song that would be your own personal theme song. For the Happy song category, pick a song that would magically play every time you were happy. For The Sad category a song that would play when you were sad. For the Angry/Frustrated/Fight Song category, pick song that would play when you felt angry/frustrated or felt like fighting. Or maybe even when you actually got into a fight if you’re that type of person.. For The Sulky/Alone category, pick a song that would play when you wanted to be alone. For The Things Gone wrong category, pick a song that would play when something in your life went wrong. For the Hopeful category, pick a song that would play when you feel hopeful or that would play when you were getting yourself out of a dark place. For The Love /Romance Category, pick a song that would play whenever a romantic moment occurred. Now for the Death Category, pick a song you would like to hear as you die. And for the Funeral category, pick the song that would be played at your funeral.

    Like I said, it’s self explanatory. Once you’re done you will have the soundtrack to your life. Here’s mine with the categories next to each song.

    Personal Theme song: Filter- Hey Man, Nice Shot

    Happy song: Blink-182 - Feeling This

    Love/Romance song: A Flock of Seagulls - Space Age Love Song

    Sad Song: Gabriela Robin- Some Other Time

    Angry/Frustrated/Fight song: Skeletonwitch - Crushed Beyond Dust

    Sulky/Alone song: Deftones: Change (In The House Of Flies)

    Things Going Wrong Song: Scarling - Crispin Glover

    Hopeful song: Coheed and Cambria - Far

    Death song: Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

    Funeral song: Marilyn Manson - The Last Day of Earth

    Okay now here would be mines without the category next to each one. And what yours should look like as well.

    Pandabears Life Soundtrack

    1.Filter- Hey Man, Nice Shot

    2.Blink-182 - Feeling This

    3.A Flock of Seagulls - Space Age Love Song

    4.Gabriela Robin- Some Other Time

    5. Skeletonwitch - Crushed Beyond Dust

    6. Deftones - Change (In The House Of Flies)

    7.Scarling - Crispin Glover

    8. Coheed and Cambria - Far

    9.Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

    10.Marilyn Manson - The Last Day of Earth

    Hope that all makes sense. And as you can tell from my selections the songs don’t have to be Jrock.

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  13. Posted

    I can't tell the difference and I'm a musician. I transcribe music for instruments all the time just by hearing so you know my hearing isn't messed up. Plus I use blocky but awesome BOSE speakers and SHURE studio headphones. I listen to every genre of music but specifically talking about rock music, the overwhelming majority of the time I can't tell the difference between 128/192/320 And if I can, the difference is very very minor. It's not significant enough that I have to have a higher bit rate.

    And personally, I think the sound quality of albums isn't really effected by the slandered 128/192/320 bit rate they're ripped in. To me has more to do with the software that was used to rip the album, the equipment you use to listen to it, and the sound production of the album itself. An album with horrible/not so great sound production isn't going to sound better no matter what rate you rip at.

    What does being able to transcribe have to do with sound quality? You can do that from a radio rip upped on Youtube.

    I'm sure the software and equipment play a part. I mean, if we're talking the difference between 192 and 320, then it's usually barely audible, and definitely not something I'm gonna be losing sleep over. Though I would opt for 320 if it were possible, since even if it sounds fine as it is, you know there's a chance you're missing out a little. But that depends on the sound production of the album itself, as you said. However, even if the album won't sound crisp even in 320, it doesn't mean it can't sound even worse in 128. Why would you make bad worse? Granted I don't know what kind of albums you're referring to. If it's VK indies recorded in someone's garage or whatever, then no one should listen to those in the first place.

    128 sounds flat and/or muddy without fail though, so I can't for the life of me understand how that isn't audible *in rock*. I'm not even an audiophile, well not by conscious choice anyway, just someone who 99.99% of the time listens to music with headphones.

    I mentioned transcribing music in order to point out that I'm not hard of hearing.

    And you're correct when you say the difference between 192/320 is barely audible. I can't tell the difference the overwhelming majority of the time, but when I can it is insignificantly miniscule. I don't feel a 320kps rip would make any major improvement or that it somehow makes an album's sound quality automatically godly and above all others. However I also understand people have preferences and that the knowledge of any difference between 192/320kps would be enough for someone to opt for 320kps. Or perhaps the album they're listening to is by their favorite band and they want to listen to it in the best quality. But as I stated before, I can't really tell the difference so 192/128kps is enough for me. Plus 320kps is soo much of a space whore.

    As for as 128kps go, again I can't tell the difference. Even in comparison with 320kps and when I can, it is again to me inconsequential. I should state that is when I'm using my software to rip album's. I have downloaded the same albums from different users on the net both in 128kps and one does sound as you say, muddy/flat. While the other has decent sound quality and could pass for 192kps and have little difference between a 320kps rip. In these cases I attribute the drastic change in sound quality to the software used to rip the actual CD. Naturally not everyone uses the same software to rip their albums and there is bound to be software that is superior to others and those that are inferior.

    And an albums sound production does play an important role in the finished sound quality. A bad produced album will sound horrible at any bitrate. Low or high. The difference of the sound getting any worse is trivial. Be it a vk indie band, or a rock band with bad sound/mastering engineers. I honestly don't think the majority of people can tell the difference between bit rates or even have the equipment to do so. Hell, I bet if someone ripped a song in 128kps that was made by experienced musicians and studio veterans and then ripped a song in 320 with bad sound production, they'd think the 128kps was 320kps and vice versa.

  17. Posted

    Pssh, noooo idea!

    My rule is more like "as long as it doesn't sound bad, or go home"

    A decent 128, but preferably 192 is all I ask for! In fact, because 320 and 192 make no difference to me, I usually end up converting 320 rips to 192.

    Let's see how all the audiophiles do.

    I always downconvert my files too. There is no significant difference for me so there is no point in wasting precious gigabytes. :)

    Ha. I feel/do the same.

    Well I did recognize the 320 file no problem, so I guess that would be my preferred bitrate. :wink: VLC player gave away one file due to certain reasons, but I... think I got the other two right as well. I listened with Koss PortaPro headphones though. Do the people who listened with laptop speakers usually listen to music that way? Because I shudder at the thought. I also can't believe someone couldn't tell the difference between 128 and 320, especially if we are talking rock music.

    I can't tell the difference and I'm a musician. I transcribe music for instruments all the time just by hearing so you know my hearing isn't messed up. Plus I use blocky but awesome BOSE speakers and SHURE studio headphones. I listen to every genre of music but specifically talking about rock music, the overwhelming majority of the time I can't tell the difference between 128/192/320 And if I can, the difference is very very minor. It's not significant enough that I have to have a higher bit rate.

    And personally, I think the sound quality of albums isn't really effected by the slandered 128/192/320 bit rate they're ripped in. To me has more to do with the software that was used to rip the album, the equipment you use to listen to it, and the sound production of the album itself. An album with horrible/not so great sound production isn't going to sound better no matter what rate you rip at.

  24. Posted

    I started reading the manga last year and watched the first episode some days ago.

    Pretty awesome.

    I was actually going to start reading the manga a few months ago but my bookstore didn't have the 1st volume so I opted for a different manga instead. Just watched episode five of the anime which had the 1st death match, and it was as bloody as expected. I actually found the penalty for losing and what happened to Senji really messed up. That prison nurse is one sadistic psycho. Crow is still pretty bad ass and so is Makina the chief guard. Two of my favorite characters :domo:

  25. Posted

    Awesome. I'll definitely be picking up the album on release day. I've only heard LOTUS and I liked that single. Still don't get all the dislike attached to it. It's nothing extraordinary, but its not bad either. It's a good DEG song, but if they can have a better version of it on the album, so be it. However, I probably won't listen to any more Diru singles because i dislike how Japanese bands, particularly VK ones, release 3-4 singles/mini albums and by the time I get the full album there's not that much newness to it or only the singles are listenable and the rest is crap. I don't have to worry about this with DEG, but I just want to be surprised. I always preferred the way western and European bands operate, releasing a single or two once the album is complete and about a month or so before it drops, and then perhaps one more song after the disc release.

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