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It's about time we do one of these threads, isn't it? I'll make one when I get home from work.
I know it's tempting to just post a list and leave the thread, but I encourage everyone to add a few words of why those exactly albums made it onto your end of the year list as list threads are boring and uninteresting as fuck. Adding a few words about an album makes the thread a lot more interesting, and I am sure a few words about an album will make more people check it out as well.
And please, don't post a shitload of youtube videos and crap. Add links instead.
GO!
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Anyone seen Hip-Hop Evolution on Netflix? Directed by Darby Wheeler with help from Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen, both best known for documentaries such as Metal: A Headbanger's Journey, Global Metal, Metal Evolution and and Iron Maiden: Flight 666, and presented by rapper Shadrach Kabango who presents himself as an MC, but a fan first. It's four 45 minutes episodes, and it's limited how much you manage to squeeze into such short episodes. So there's a lot missing, but it's a very good documentary nonetheless.
QuoteIn the first episode, Shad meets hip-hop’s “Holy Trinity,” three Bronx-based DJs – Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, and Grandmaster Flash
Subsequent episodes trace the explosion of groups following the genre’s first commercial hit, “Rapper’s Delight”, the Golden Age of hip-hop in the 80s, and the creation of the first hip-hop empire, Def Jam Records.
The fourth and final episode explores the birth of the West Coast hip-hop scene and Gangsta Rap – a raw, biographical form of rap that continues to dominate the genre today.
Interviews throughout the series include Grandmaster Caz, Russell Simmons, LL Cool J, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, Chuck D, Ice Cube and Ice T.
Recommended!
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Finished Crazyhead and thought it was very good. Not superb in any way, but it offers lots of fun and good comedy. Highly recommended, and it's only 6 episodes so you'll finish it pretty fast too. A big surprise.
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Started watching Crazyhead today. Two episodes in and I am very impressed. Horror-comedy created by Howard Overman (Misfits, Merlin). It's fun, charming, bold and at times very rude, and I really like it. The series is just really fun and upbeat. Not scary or anything, but it's got some cool, tense moments here and there.
QuoteSo, sometimes, if I've run out of toilet paper, I use sliced bread to clean myself.
If I've run out of that, I used slices of ham.
It's like a poor man's wet wipe.
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Saw Rogue One: A Star Wars Story tonight and this was nothing short of brilliant. Absolutely breathtaking from start to finish. I'm one of those who really liked The Force Awakenes, but this is on a whole other level. This makes The Force Awakenes look like a cheap, fanmade Star Wars film. Holy fucking shit! I can't remember the last time I was this excited after seeing a film at the cinema. This was just too good. This film felt 100% Star Wars, unlike The Force Awakenes which had a lot of Star Trek in it. This was pure Star Wars. I'm impressed!
Oh, and the score is magnificent. Huge, epic, massive. It's everything you could ever want from a Star Wars score.
Edit: forgot to mention that I was very impressed by how they used Donnie Yen in this film. They've managed to play on his strenghts, and that was something I was a bit afraid they wouldn't do. We've seen it too often with asian martial arts actors in western films. But Donnie Yen gets enough freedom to play on his strenghts, and that's just too fucking cool.
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On 15.12.2016 at 1:01 AM, AliceParanoid said:Just found Black Metal Band from Saudi Arabia.
And god damn it they are good.I know three black metal bands from Saudi Arabia, but none of them are any good. AlNamrood, Mephisophilus and Immortal Seth. AlNamrood would be the best of them and at times they have some great ideas, but they're still not very good. They sound a bit like Odious from Egypt, just not nearly as good in any way.
Which one do you know?
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Fuck yeah! I just got Requiem for Fools 7" and Sigh / Kawir - Suicidogenic / Sinn for about $48. That's awesome considering Requiem for Fools tends to go for about $80 and the Sigh / Kawir split for about $30. Holy shit, this is awesome! Seller told me they were in great condition as well. And I'll take his word for it.
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What the fuck? How on earth is this shit so damn good? And how the hell did Jaden Smith get so good? His flow, his feeling? He's fucking nailing it. This was unexpected! I'm especially impressed by "Like This". The kid is stealing the show on that one. Weird.
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You need to check Aborym out. Their three first albums are essential industrial black metal IMO. Fantastic albums! They sadly haven't done anything of interest since 2006's With No Human Intervention, though. Just skip everything after it.
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And I mentioned the fantastic Evilfeast a couple of posts back. If you like atmospheric black metal like Evilfeast, older Sear Bloss and Forest Silence I'll recommend you check out Bròn and his debut album Ànrach as soon as possible. Three songs and 57 minutes of beautiful atmospheric black metal. It's a bit on the lighter side compared to Evilfeast, but this album is a masterpiece. Fantastic stuff!
The coverart kinda sums up what this band is all about:
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I've started playing Kaizo Mario World. Well, this was fucking annoying. Playing it on a SNES emulator with a fucking 360 gamepad. I like the 360 gamepad a lot, but the D-pad just isn't very good on this gamepad. It's not very presise at all. Doesn't help that the game is hard as fuck, and I am not close enough to being good enough to play it. Yet I play it. This game will surely be my death.
Finished Super Bomberman again yesterday, though. Such a good game. Short, but really sweet.
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I think that AN cover is godawful. But then again, I don't like newer AN and the overall sound they've got nowadays to begin with. Might be a big part of the problem?
Another great example of a good cover is the Reverend Bizarre / Mr Velcro Fastener split, where traditional doomsters Reverend Bizarre covers a track from electro-due Mr Velcro Fastener and Mr Velcro Fastener covers a Reverend Bizarre track. Can't find Mr Velcro Fastener's Reverend Bizarre track on youtube, but I suggest people get it. The split is truly excellent!
Here's a good example of how NOT to do a cover:
That is fucked up and seriously bad. Such a poor joke.
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1 hour ago, Visutox said:Well, to me it depends which band they're paying tribute to, and in this particular case Summoning are fucking huge and a sufficient reason to be stoked (as I am). I usually don't care that much about tribute albums too, but when it's Summoning related stuff, man, gotta keep an eye on it!
Yeah, I know it's Summoning and I'm quite a big fan myself as I have worshipped the altar of Summoning for around 15 years now. But it's not an easy band to cover which is why the majority of the covers are mediocre at best. Most of them are just bands copying the songs without adding anything new to the songs, or anything of their own at all. The majority takes it really, really safe and are afraid of doing anything new to the songs, and when you don't dare to do anything with the song at all it just gets pointless to cover it. But whatever, I still don't get it. To each their own, as you say. I'll just listen to the originals and wank myself to death or something.
Btw, this is how you do cover a song. If you're familiar with the original you'll hear exactly which songs it is, but if you're unfamiliar with it you'd be sure this was an original Moonsorrow song, because they've very much made it their own. This could, if not for the language, easily have been an original song from the 2nd or 3rd album. It's just got that vibe to it.
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I don't get why people are looking forward to this tribute album so much. Tribute albums are usually boring as fuck. But I'm interested in Evilfeast and Wędrujący Wiatr from this tribute. Should be interesting to see what they can get out of Summoning tracks as they are both amazing bands and very different from Summoning.
I don't get the Eldamar hype either. It's not at all awful or anything, but it sounds so digital, polished, artificial and sweet (as in sugar coated). The synths doesn't sound very good at all and the use of the female A-choir is nothing short of disgusting.
As far as Summoning'esque bands goes, these are the only ones that matters imo. The ones that I actually keep spinning over and over as the years have gone by:
Kinstrife & Blood
Unlike other Summoning clones, Kinstrife & Blood are heavily inspired by mid-era Summoning. Minas Morgul and Dol Guldur are obviously the main inspiration for this. They only released one album, but it's on par with the best Summoning albums IMO. The best one by a long shot!
Caladan Brood
Draws heavily from newer Summoning, but it's a bit more easy-listening with auto-tuned vocals and sweeter (in lack of a better word) sounding synths and melodies. The album is great, though. But not at all on par with Summoning, but it's different enough that it doesn't come off as just a poor clone. Wich is very good. But this is a band "everyone" know so I won't post a track off this album.
Moongates Guardian
I'm not too impressed by these guys' two first albums, but the two following ones are straight-up fantastic. Not as much of a clone as Caladan Brood, but they've got Summoning written all over their sound anyway. Sound-wise they sound a bit like mid-era Summoning. Think Stronghold and Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame.
Released a Summoning tribute earlier this year as well, with 7 songs. And it's called part 1, so I guess they have more where it came from. I was not impressed by this. They've changed some songs to make them their own, which can be a good thing, but they've not managed to change them enough. So it just sounds like poorly executed Summoning covers, which is just what it is.
Nazgûl
These guys are a lot more black metal-oriented and not as much a clone, but as with the previous ones they've got Summoning-written all over their sound. This band just released one album and it's superb IMO. Majestic, epic, but still grim underneath the beauty of it. The vocals tend to be a huge turn-off for most people, though. Very desperate-sounding screams. But I don't mind 'em at all.
Druadan Forest
Started as a much more black metal-oriented band back in the late 90's but disbanded after just two year. 2016 saw V-Khaoz pump some life back into the project and I am glad he did, because The Loremasters Time is truly magnificent. A really good album. Not as much a Summoning clone, though. But again, it's got Summoning written all over the project.
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Do you enjoy 1st wave Bathory, Hellhammer, Sodom, Tormentor, Vulcano, Sarcofago, Holocausto, Poison and the likes? Then do yourself a favour and check out the debut of Sacrificio. Sacrificio plays ancient black metal like they used to long before black metal was a proper genre to describe a certain kind of music. Mostly very primitive and raw in the vein of Bathory and The Return..., but at times they move into a more epic form of black metal. A bit like Bathory did with songs such as Enter the Eternal Fire and Call from the Grave. Fantastic album, and it's way better than the very awesome demo.
https://nuclearwarnowproductions.bandcamp.com/album/guerra-eterna
I love their over the top image too. As ridiculous as it is cool.
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Eminem - Rap God
I've always been a huge hip hop fan, but I could never really get into Eminem with the exception of a couple og decent songs here and there. But this song is truly excellent. He sounds angry, pissed out and emotional. Great beats, and Eminem does a remarkable job here. But other than this song I'll never put on Eminem myself. Not a fan at all.
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PJ plays through Super Ghouls n' Ghosts with all weapons. PJ's the man, and this run is brilliant. Unlike most other runs, it's just pure fun. Hilarious throughout. He's got the skills, charisma and humor. One of the better, if not the best one.
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The Kaizo Mario World run is just fantastic, like all Kaizo runs. Magnificent stuff!
This Aladdin run is amazing too. The run is good, but the coach is just brilliant. You won't find many that's as funny as these two guys in these videos. And the ending, right after he's bear the game, is one of the very, very best parts of any GDQ videos. WOW!!!
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I have 11 paid vacation days left in 2016 that I have decided not to use. I can ask to have something like 4 of them moved over to 2017 but as I don't plan to take more than 4 days off next year I won't need that. Why stay away from work, do whatever the fuck you want for 11 days and get paid when you can go to work and get paid the same amount of money?
Will probably take something like 4-6 months off in 2018, though. If everything goes as planned, which it probably will do as I am a greedy little bitch. Spend money? Heeeeeeell naaaaw!!!
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https://www.youtube.com/user/gamesdonequick
QuoteGames Done Quick is a series of charity video game marathons. These events feature high-level gameplay by speedrunners raising money for charity. Games Done Quick has teamed up with several charities in its six-year history, including Doctors Without Borders and the Prevent Cancer Foundation.
To date, Games Done Quick has raised over 8 million dollars for charity! We also average over 1400 people in attendance at our events, including staff, volunteers, runners, and attendees just looking to have fun and support the event!
So, is anyone here into GDQ? I'm very much into watching this and the first of two events in 2017 will come already in January. It's a good thing I don't sleep much. I also spend a shitload of time watching previous runs on youtube. I watch everything that's of older games (and some newer that I am into myself), but I prefer the runs of games I have a strong relationship too, with the exception of stuff such as Kaizo Mario and Super Mario Maker runs. Which is usually an incredible watch anyway.
So, favourite runs?
Personally I really enjoy Snowfats' Hotline Miami run. The run is good, but the atmosphere with the Snowfats and the guys on the coach are great. It's hilarious!
PJ's Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts are easily one of the funiest runs I've seen. You gotta be a really boring person not to enjoy this run.
PJ and Mecha Richter's Battletoads & Double Dragon is really good. It's just really fun.
This Super Mario Maker teamrun by Team Streambig.net vs. Team Hot Pockets is really good and really intense.
I recommend just going through the channel and check out a shitload of videos.
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No, it fucking shouldn't. This thread is exactly as it was supossed to be, and will continue to be.
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New Run the Jewels is gonna be good. One of the very best post-1990's hip hop groups, along with the solo projects of both memebers. This is gonna be a new 6/6, I can feel it.
Still one of the very best hip hop songs ever made, and the lyrics are fantastic. Spot fuckin' on! You could change "gangsta rap" with "death metal", "black metal", "war video games", "horror films" or whatever the fuck you want, and it would still be spot on.
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Well, that certainly went well. Had a great time last night, and ended up spending the night to my big surprise. Didn't plan on that. Started with playing cards (I won and got cheeky as fuck, because I am an incredibly sore winner), baked buns which turned out delicious, watched some sex-show and American Pie with her friend on TV and shit. I had a great time, and I could tellshe did too, as well as her friend. Sure couldn't resist my charm.
Anyway, whatever happens next it was still worth it. Had a great evening/night.
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I'm not really socially awkward or anything. Shy and introvert, sure, but I talk to plenty of strangers of both genders when I decide to go out. So it's not really that. It's more that I don't go often too often as I always have ended up going alone because I haven't had anyone to go out with. But when I go out and meet a girl it would usually just end in sex and nothing more. So far this offers something different as you actually chat for quite some time before meeting, and on this occasion meet and bake fuckin' buns and play boardgames. If we end up having sex, fantastic. If not, cool, I hope I have fun, win the boardgames (sore looser and an even worse winner!!! And proud of it!) and get some delicious buns.
But I have lots of friends who's been active and while they are open for just sex like me, a lot of them have met up with loads and loads of chicks just to get to know eachother, have fun and see if it can turn into something serious. And if not, better luck next time. And many of them have had better luck and gone into a relationship.
I also met my previous girl online, but on a regular forum where people discuss anything really. But we started talking private early on and it was no different from this really. Met up once for 4 days, and 3 months later she came and got me and my stuff and we moved in together. We lasted for about 5 years before we decided to split because it turned into more of a friendship with benefits (different interests, different goals in life and so on), something which we didn't really feel was the right thing for us both.
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I don't expect great things from this, but I am quite interested I have to say. I hope it is a blacker and more furious Immortal album than All Shall Fall, Sons of Northern Darkness and Damned in Black, as well as Demonaz' March of the Norse and Abbath's Abbath. A bit more black metal and less heavy metal and viking-era Bathory-inspired would be cool.