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  1. Posted

    False chords can be low, mid or even sorta high. So maybe the low false chord is actually a growl? Or it belongs to the false chord group?

     

    I honestly have no idea, you could maybe send a message to SpreadLoveLikeSex on YouTube, he's a skilled screamer/singer, he could have the answer to your question.

  2. Posted

    Now, I'm no expert in harsh/metal voice techniques, but this is how I see the difference between a death growl and false chords.

     

    My understanding of false chords is that it's the techniques metalcore and deathcore vocalists use.

     

    This is a song most people are probably familiar with. I've always thought Matt Tuck was very skilled at screaming. The "Let's go" at the beginning is an example of a false chord technique, just like the part at 0:50. 

     

     

    Death growls are much more guttural sounds, especially in the case of this example. I know that Johan Hegg is one of the biggest idols to people who want to learn how to growl. I chose this song 'cause I was listening to it while typing this up, it's purely random, all of Amon Amarth's songs are pure-growls.

     

     

    I might be wrong about the false chords thingy, if anyone has different knowledge, please do share. In the case of the death growl, though, you can be sure this is one of the best examples anyone could give you.

  3. Posted

    It seems weird to a lot of people because "how can you not fall in love?" but I'm just really not interested in most people walking around on this planet. I need to "know" a person before I can even get interested any further. It's only when I get interested that I end up getting a crush on someone, and when the crush gets so big I can't deal with it anymore, I fall in love. But I hardly get interested. (at the same time I hardly ever feel any kind of sexual attraction to anyone else, or at least haven't felt much of it yet. I know it's part of the "it's very hard to get me interested" thing, but at the same time I just sometimes don't know how or why.)

     

    In other words, though it's not really by choice, I don't really know what it feels like to be "wanted" by someone. At least I don't remember anymore. I'd like to get that feeling back to be honest.

    Can I hug you? I mean, this sounds way too much like myself.

     

    Everyone around me seems to find it easy to find people they're interested in very fast. Like, they walk into a bar and within 3 minutes they'll have scanned the whole area and located at least 2 potential partners. Somehow my attraction to others isn't based on looks - sure, I can say "this guy's hot" when I see someone attractive, but it doesn't make me immediately interested in him. I need to get to know the guy, judge his intellect, look for common interests, make sure our personalities won't clash. 

     

    Besides, I'm not the most outgoing person out there. I'm very sociable and people generally like me, but I don't enjoy going out very often as I like spending time by myself. I don't actively look for a relationship and maybe for this reason have been told a few times that I'm too "hard to get" and "scare guys away".

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  5. Posted

    While I've had quite a few periods when my music direction shifted (can't really call it a change of taste), I've never been ashamed of the bands I used to listen to. I might not listen to them these days much or even not at all, but that doesn't mean I am embarassed by the fact that I used to like them.

     

    I used to have a best friend who liked VK just like me. We ended up drifting apart and after some time I stopped listening to almost all VK for around half a year. During these months, I listened to some Kpop as one of my current closest friends introduced me to some groups. However, in the end I found out that it wasn't really my thing and started listening to most of my beloved VK bands again. Later on I learned that my ex-best friend told my other friend that she was surprised how easily I stopped listening to VK and traded it for "shitty" Kpop. At this point she wasn't listening to any Japanese music anymore. It's quite funny, really, as I've never entirely stopped listening to Japanese music, never really got into Kpop, and now this ex-bff of mine is a huge Kpop fan who finds all VK "shitty". 

     

    I don't get this.

  9. Posted

    Remember what fun song they used to make, like Zansatsu Fiction ;w; It ended with X-RAYS for me, that was the last mildly listenable album. I'm not even willing to sell it 'cause I'm emotionally attached to it.

     

    I'm gonna give this a listen just because of the title, though.

  10. Posted

    ^ DA:O is freaking amazing, hands down the best western rpg in the last ten years.. what platform are you playing on? PC or console? DA2 kinda flopped for me though, it was a big disappointment... I mean it had some cool ideas they tried to make work, but overall I think they just kinda got way in over their heads on it. DA3 is looking mighty fine though so I'm in high hopes that Bioware can redeem themselves :)

    I'm a PC gamer. I actually have DA:O on PS3 as well, but damn, the controls for the combat are much better for PC, I think. I love the game so much I've replayed it a few times, but somehow I can never force myself to make the "evil" decisions (let Redcliffe fall, defile the Ashes etc.) :( 

    I actually reaaaaally enjoyed DA2. I mean, I know its areas are repetitive and you're pretty much confined to one city plus several surrounding areas, but I loved the story and companions. It was also very nice to have an actual family, even though its members might end up dead :/ I think the problem was that the game was rushed. I hope they take their time with Inquisition to make it perfect. But the gameplay previews and stuff look absolutely terrific and I'm very very excited about the return of Morrigan and Varric, and the fact that you can play as a Qunari 8D The combat looks way more strategic, just like it was in DA:O, but with the dynamic and fluency of DA2, so I really can't wait for the game to be released :3

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  12. Posted

    Over the past two months I've replayed Dragon Age: Origins and I also started a new DA2 playthrough. It's my first time with a male Hawke. I had planned to make him a blood mage and a force mage, but since I'm playing on hard and don't wanna carry Anders around everywhere, I had to make him a spirit healer :/ It's fun to see the game from a male perspective, though. 

     

    These days I'm playing Tomb Raider II, haha.

  14. Posted · Edited by cruel-crucible

    PM me about the prices, pictures and other details! :)

     

    IMPORTANT: I have all this stuff at my parents' place, so shipping takes quite a lot of time as I first need to get there, and take the things you'd want back to my place. So just PM me about anything at first and we'll figure something out!!

     

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    12012 - 深〜deep〜

    12012 - not obtain+1

    Arc - 【F】face

    Arc - コントラスト (Type A, Limited Edition CD+DVD)

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    chariots - ablaze my sorrow (Limited Edition CD+DVD)

    chariots - 今軌跡省ミル-唯我独尊完全盤- (Type A, Limited Edition CD+DVD)

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    シンディケイト - 濱NIGHT☆CITYBOY (Type A)

    シンディケイト - 濱NIGHT☆CITYBOY (Type B )

    シンディケイト - メトロポリス (Type A)

    Dali - a rope is there and hope is there. (Type A, Limited Edition CD+DVD)

    Dali - the world is yours -melancholy- (Type B, Limited Release CD+DVD)

    Dali - トリコロールクロール (Type B, Limited Edition)

    DEPAIN - Black Bother Barbarian

    Dué le quartz - Dear...from xxx (Disc 1)

    伊織 - surely

    KISAKI - The Solitude Songs (Limited Edition CD+DVD) SOLD

    KISAKI PROJECT feat.樹威 -  永遠の夢〜for Lovers・・・〜 (CD+DVD) SOLD

    Kneuklid Romance - SHINE (Type B )

    Kneuklid Romance - Phantom〜phantom of the 10th year-

    凛-the end of corruption world- - As If Forever Exists. (Type A, Limited Edition CD+DVD)

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    凛-the end of corruption world- - Metamorphose (Type A, Limited Edition CD+DVD)

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    凛-the end of corruption world- - Perfect Love ～Tribute by Lin～

    凛-the end of corruption world- - Silent To My Pain (Type A, CD+DVD)

    凛-the end of corruption world- - Silent To My Pain (Type B, CD+DVD)

    NEGA - NEGATIVISM (Type A, Limited Edition CD+DVD)

    Phantasmagoria - Dejavu ～Sanctuary of Revival～

    Phantasmagoria - 神歌 (CD+DVD)

    Phantasmagoria - No Imagination (CD+DVD)

    Phantasmagoria - REQUIEM -FLORAL EDITION- (CD+DVD)

    Phantasmagoria - REQUIEM -FUNERAL EDITION- (CD+DVD)

    Phantasmagoria - SPECIAL LIVE CD (in colab. with ShoXX)

    Phantasmagoria - under the veil

    Phantasmagoria - Vanish...

    SCREW - Wailing Wall (Limited Edition CD+DVD)

    SIVA - wrong of justice (Type B )

    spiv states - フレーバー (Limited Edition CD+DVD)

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    spiv states - グライダー (Limited Edition CD+DVD)

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    spiv states - NOVELTY HUNTER (Type B )

    VIDOLL - Focus (Limited Edition CD+DVD)

    VIDOLL - Proposal 〜卒業告白〜 2nd PRESS SOLD

     

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    Anjyu' - 2009.09.22 ESAKA MUSE「江坂制圧2009 -5DAYS-～一日復活祭!!～」

    Dali - 2010.3.13. OSAKA MUSE リハーサル映像

    平成維新 - 2010.2.23 仙台HOOK SENDAI リハーサル映像

    KISAKI - BEYOND THE KINGDOM (DVD and book)

    KISAKI SLAVES - 2009.1.10 ESAKA MUSE KISAKI SECRET PARTY

    凛-the end of corruption world- - Silent to my Pain off shot DVD vol. 1

    Moi dix Mois - DIXANADU ～Fated "raison d'être"～ Europe Tour 2007

    NEGA - Depart[ure]-code20100726-

    Phantasmagoria - 2007.7.15 ＆ 2010.2.05 目黒鹿鳴館ダイジェストライブ 30th Anniversary 「鹿鳴館伝説～LEGEND OF ROCK MAY KAN～」 

    Phantasmagoria - 幻影像II～SIN SCREEN FILM～

    V.A. - UNDER CODE PRODUCTION the supression of Japan comment DVD

    V.A. - 四次元友好条約 (Phantasmagoria, VIDOLL, METRONOME, lab.)

    VIDOLL - Flashback

     

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    Administrator; aki; amber gris; Annie's Black; Balescope; chariots; Cu[be]; Kneuklid Romance & FLESH FOR FLANKENSTEIN; Libertine; LOSTASH; Lycaon & Re:dis; One Star; 砂月; シリアル⇔NUMBER;  SIVA & 平成維新; UNDER CODE PRODUCTION; V.A (Nagoya bands, DEATHGAZE, ClearVeil, Lycaon, meth...); V.A (a lot of random bands)

     

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    Phantasmagoria JUN & 伊織 stickers

    Phantasmagoria Photoset

  15. Posted

    Most of my collection, unfortunately. My tastes haven't changed, but I got tired of several artists I used to like originally. I used to be a huge Phantasmagoria fan, but the constant "disbanding" stuff had worn me down and IDK what to do with all their CDs/DVDs. Been trying to sell them, but nobody seems to care about the band anymore, lol. 

     

    There was also a time I was hooked on the Korean group 2PM and I have a lot of their stuff as well, so I kinda regret buying that, too. 

     

    There's still a lot of CDs I'm glad to have, though.

  17. Posted

    It's weird when bands don't change setlists. I mean, I've heard a bunch of artists say they get tired of playing the same stuff over and over so they tend to have several different setlists and change them around. There's always something new to come up with, like playing different songs in your country of origin, throwing in a funky cover once in a while, playing crowd favorites based on previous experience/polls..

  18. Posted

    That's the problem of seeing bands only during certain later tours - you don't get to hear most of your old favorites. I'd love to hear them perform Hunting Pirates, but as I had no chance of seeing them when they were touring with the Stand Up and Fight album, I'm most likely never gonna hear that song live :/ Same for The Messenger and Midnight Sacrifice.

     

    At least they keep playing One More, which is probably my favorite song by TURISAS in general.

  19. Posted

    My opinion revolves around that philosophy, though.

     

    It depends on your preferences. If I find that the screams/growls fit the music, I don't even think about them unless I want to analyze the song. They're just "there" just like the bass line or the guitar riffs. For the screams/growls to be outstanding and make an impression without focusing on them, they have to "click" with the music, so it makes you go: "Wow, this part of the song kicks ass". 

     

    I'm used to death growls and screaming, Amon Amarth is one of my favorite bands, and since I suppose most of you are familiar with them, you know that Johan Hegg growls all the time. 80% of the metal music I listen to contains growling and screaming. It just seems all natural to me, so your exposure to the techniques probably means a lot as well. I showed my classmate Megaromania's APOCALYPSE PV and that was his first time hearing any screams in a song. He said he liked the music, but not the screaming. Honestly, I didn't even realize there was any screaming. I'm used to it.

     

    I do notice it when I don't like it, however. I had someone tell me once that they liked ClearVeil Saki's screams in "Cold prey". I love ClearVeil, but damn, I've always found those screams dreadful. Whenever the screaming parts come on, they just startle me, they seem so out of place. But hey, someone else liked them, so are they necessarilly bad? I bet you could make Maria Cross' "screams" sound good in the right type of a song. You can judge a vocalist's singing quality based on hitting the right notes, but how do you judge screaming/growling? These are just animalistic, raw, and guttural sounds, I don't think there are any quotas you have to fulfill in order to be called a "good growler". I don't think you can tell just by hearing whether the technique is good or bad in terms of vocal cord damage, so you can't even judge by that. You can admit that Adele is a great singer because of a wide vocal range and whatnot, but still dislike her 'cause you don't like the color of her voice, or maybe her music. But how do you classify someone as either good or bad at screaming/growling? I really have no idea, please, tell me?

    'Cause otherwise it just falls down to what sounds good to your ears in the end.

  22. Posted

    THAT is a wonderful setlist!!! I'd be perfectly satisfied with that, it includes all the new songs I like the most and since it has One More, Holmgard, Torches, Stand Up and Rasputin, it's great. Though I'm surprised there's no Varangian Guard.

     

    And I'd love to hear Sahti-Waari :(

     

    Edit:

    Just checked the setlists from Finland and they played Rex Regi Rebellis at some concerts. That would be nice, too. But maybe they'll come up with an entirely different setlist for this tour?

  23. Posted

    Yes, I'm sure they'll be especially enjoyable live.

     

    Will do! I just hope they'll play a lot of songs from Battle Metal... I wonder if the accordion will play as a backing track? They need it for their older songs... and they can't NOT play those songs.

     

    I just know I'm gonna enjoy it a lot, Mathias seems to be amazingly skilled at singing live and dnfksajdbvak Olli is a sight to behold, that goddamn violin God >.<

  24. Posted

    ^ I LOVE IT. Haven't seen anything this enetertaining for a while.

     

    I'm starting to love TURISAS2013. Like, I'm seriously digging the album right now. When I first heard it, it was very "meh" for me and there were maybe 2 songs I really liked. Now, though... I admit I'm looking forward to their concert even more thanks to the album!

     

    IDK if I got used to it or it's a sort of an acquired taste, but oh well, I like it now. It's good in its own way.

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