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Daaang, why is this thread so dead? This game will probably be one of the best releases on new-gen and fo' sho' the best Metal Gear game so far. The possibilities offered to the player for an infiltration game are unbelievable, I was expecting something totally awesome but after seeing that gameplay video I've been totally amazed and it goes beyond my expectations. They managed to make it enough realistic to be entirely enjoyable, Fox Engine is indeed AMAZING. I bought Ground Zeroes and yeah, not bad for being a foretaste... At first I felt somehow lost in a such big map, but then I got used to it. I've been a bit disappointed they changed the item/weapon choosing panel, especially because it was something characteristic in the past Metal Gear games but hey, nevermind. The "assist to the player" thing when you get spotted by an enemy also disappointed me a bit, but I think it can be deactivated. For being a demo I guess it's good overall, but the price must definitely be a trolling attempt from Kojima... If it's so, it's been a success. What a beast. Anyway, can't wait to try TPP. In the meantime, gonna start playing the other MGS games for the nth time.

^ You posted the video of Kaleidoscope twice. xD - Cirith Gorgor - Thorns of Oblivion Coming from 'Onwards To The Spectral Defile', this track is literally the calm after the flood. A magnificent way to conclude a magnificent album which is, btw, my fav black metal album. - Dragon Ash - Curtain Call Dragon Ash really nailed it with this track, probably their best album closer in their whole discography IMO. This song comes from the band's latest album, 'THE FACES'. - Septicflesh - The First Immortal This is probably my fav track from their latest album, 'Titan'. The part from 1:50 to the end of the song is so amazingly done, what a majestic song... Damn. - Summoning - Land of the Dead I almost forgot about this masterpiece... Shame on me. This song comes from 'Oath Bound'. It's probably the longest song from Summoning, but I wish it could last endlessly. Honestly, is there any need to say anything about this piece of art if it isn't to praise it? The lyrics, the atmosphere, the whole fucking song itself. This is just the definition of beauty and epicness, simple as that.

Damn, bad news. I hope it won't be detrimental to the band's activities/sound and let's hope they will find someone asap to start recording the new album...

I don't listen to this band besides one or two songs, but this new one is not bad at all... I like it. Maybe an opportunity for me to get into their stuff once and for all?

I suspect "Such a Nonsense System" to be the typical shitty track on a single... Just an intuition. Otherwise, I'll wait until I've listened to the single but I don't expect anything special coming from them.

I've listened to DIStopping some weeks ago and I really enjoyed it. They're awesome.

^ LMAO. I know that feel, their level is just insane... But personally it kinda makes me want to improve until I've reached their level (even if I know that it's impossible with the time I have). In my case, I play to Tekken games since I'm a kid. I started with Tekken 3 and played (almost) all that has been released till now. I can't even say how much time I have spent playing to Tekken 3, I couldn't get enough of that game. Things are different now but I still love it, and Tekken is THE fighting game above any other IMO. Currently I'm playing to the latest one on PS3, TTT2. I'm not ashamed to say that my level is comparable to a horse dung. lol That said, there are some fighting games that I played till now. I used to play so much to Bloody Roar 3 on PS2. That game was such a beast, probably one of the few fighting games that I really enjoyed along with Tekken, Mortal Kombat : Deadly Alliance and SoulCalibur. SoulCalibur must be my 2nd favorite fighting game, that game is really good and the latest one (SoulCalibur V) was nice. Deadly Alliance was the only Mortal Kombat game that I've ever played and the first time I gave it a try I've been amazed. It was insanely awesome, fucking enjoyable game. What else...? I also played a lot to Dead or Alive 4 on X360. A cool game but nothing special and I could say the same thing about Virtua Fighter 5. I never achieved to get into Street Fighter even if I think it's a good fighting game, I'm not too fond of it even if I enjoy playing Super Street Fighter IV when I have some free time... The ones released on PS1 were good too.

Death I Am from L to R : Shogo Tsuruda / Jacob Wilcox / Yusuke Ito / Kaz Niita Created in winter 2005 by the name of “Cultura” and based in Tokyo, Japan, "Death I Am" is a Japanese Death Metal/Deathcore band. Due to time constraints and musical change Sekiguchi along with Yoshiro and Etsuko left the band. Shogo Kept writing songs and material while the band was on hiatus and got Yutaro on bass. Then he found Jacob for vocals and they recorded some songs and changed the name of the band to "Death I Am". After a few tours they released their second demo “Providence”. In April 2010 They released their 1st full length album “Nebula” on Realize Records. In 2014, Kaz Niita joined the band as the new drummer. The band released a demo in 2011 titled "A Slaughter Yet To Come" and another one in 2012, titled "Nanite Swarm". Currently the band is on tour and after that they'll start recording their 2nd full-lenght album. (Bio coming from : Mainly band's last.fm page; I made some changes and I added some recent information. The picture is from their website) Past Members Guitars : Yasuhiro Gotoh, Tomohiko Yoshida Bass : Sekiguchi Keyboards : Etsuko Drums : Yoshiro, Daishi Matsukura Discography - Nascence (demo) 2007 - Providence (demo) 2007 - Nebula (album) 2010 - A Slaughter Yet To Come (demo) 2011 - Nanite Swarm (demo) 2012 Links Twitter (Shogo's account) Facebook Last.fm Official Website -------------------------------------------------------------- I was a bit surprised that this band had not a thread here so I started this one. Even if it's understandable since they aren't popular but anyway. I've been listening to this so talented band during a long time. Their 1st album "Nebula" released in 2010 is really great, awesome stuff. After that good album I got a bit disappointed because Yoshida and Matsukura had both left the band so I thought they'd be on hiatus or even split up but fortunately, the band is still alive. I've been also pleased to see that they released two songs this year. Wilcox is a fuckin beast. For those who don't know this band, here's some of their less newer stuff. And for those who may be interested, I got some news coming from Shogo on twitter. So we can expect a new album coming in 2015. That's great!

Got some good news from the band by Tatsuya on twitter like two months ago. I didn't know where to share it so gonna post it here. So, some new stuff from AIS coming soon.

I don't know if there's anyone on Sylosis around here, in any case, I am and I love 'em. I'm shit at tagging bands, especially with bands like Sylosis that really don't have a specific sound. At times it sounds metalcore-ish to me, but mainly thrash and (melodic) death metal. Anyway, when it isn't obvious, I always let the others argue about whether a band belongs to a specific genre or not. That said, they gonna release a new album on 12th January and meanwhile they dropped a single titled "Mercy" that I really dig. It's really good, effective stuff. That doom outro really got me, it makes the song sound even better and also really worth checking it out. Anyhow, this single lets me hope something good concerning the upcoming album! Can't wait.

Thanks for the information! Yeah if you could, that'd be awesome. (: Haha!

Yup, Toxic Holocaust are awesome! I tried some songs from Mörbid Carnage and they're really really good, awesome stuff... They have released only one album? Gotta try the one of the link anyway. Thanks for the recommendation, dude! Wow, really awesome stuff you posted here. That song from Sabbat is truly amazing, what a masterpiece. Glad to see another legendary black metal band from Japan! (And I guess there's another western band with the same name, right?). Nocturnal seems to be an awesome band, I like the song you shared so gonna check out their stuff asap. Sauron also seems to have some amazing stuff, at least that's what I can say after listening Thrash Till Death. Btw, I'm asking this due to the band's name, do their lyrics deal with the world of Tolkien or not at all? The rest is good as well but the bands I mentioned really caught my attention so gonna try 'em first. Thanks.

After many listens, I find that it's a weak album imo. I started liking it but then I quickly got bored of it. There's only 3 or 4 songs that are good and I feel like the rest is just there to fill the album trying to hide the band's lack of inspiration... And the bonus songs don't even raise the overall level of the album (I even think that these have the contrary effect on it). Here's a proof that quantity doesn't necessarily fit with quality. Overall, the album is somewhat ok but except 3 or 4 songs out of 16, the rest is easily forgettable. That's what I think about The Gray Chapter, and I'm not even comparing it to their previous releases. I understand that it's a "new" Slipknot and having a new line-up is not always a simple matter, in some cases it could even be a brutal change but I believe they can get over this and why not release something better next time. I'm gonna repeat it if something : it's NOT a bad album and I still like it, but I think that it's their weakest. I don't feel like comparing this new album to their previous works but I'm just gonna say that I've enjoyed All Hope Is Gone a bit more than The Gray Chapter.

If you guys could vote this up, that'd be awesome. http://www.last.fm/music/Persefone/+images/86826717 Black & white pictures ftfw. lml

Got it comrade, gonna check these ones asap. Thanks. Hopefully we'll get some news before the end of the year. Their hiatus makes me sad somehow, basically for the reason you mentioned. Let's hope his project is worth stopping Battlelore activities for a long time and see what happens in the future. So they somehow went mainstream, I should have guessed that this was the reason (even if I haven't tried all their early stuff yet)... That doesn't bother me anyway, as they still awesome. Yeah I dig the drums on that new album too, awesome drummer. Really loved that new album. Otherwise, currently I also listen to some black/thrash metal bands. Awesome stuff. lml Still need to discover other bands tho.

Lately I started playing to Shadow of Mordor and Metal Gear Rising : Revengeance, I love both but especially Middle Earth... It feels so good to decapitate some orcs.

C'est possible ! Il me semble que je te suis sur twitter moi aussi. xD Oui, c'est sûr que la lecture ça aide beaucoup, surtout quand il s'agit de l'écrit. Après, les films c'est également un bon moyen de s'habituer quand il s'agit de l'oral, même si le meilleur moyen reste de le parler. Quant à moi, je n'ai pas d'autre choix que de m'améliorer en lisant vu que je n'ai pas de cours d'Anglais à l'unif (et la plupart du temps je n'ai pas le temps de lire quoi que ce soit à cause des cours, donc bon !). Se mettre à écrire sur des forums peut aider aussi (comme je pense avoir dit précédemment), voilà l'une des raisons pour lesquelles je suis là.

Bergtatt is a masterpiece. I love it all, and I'm pretty sure this album has been over the years a source of inspiration for many atmospheric black metal bands... I really have to give it more listens, it's outstandingly awesome. Concerning the other one, when you said "ugly form of black metal" I assumed immediately that it was a raw black metal album... I'm not too fond of that genre but this time, Nattens Madrigal really amazed me. I rarely listen to that kind of black metal and yeah, I don't always enjoy something that much. Definitely one of my fav albums ever. Moreover, I also tried some stuff from Fen (The Malediction Fields, Ancient Sorrow and atm I'm listening to Dustwalker) and an album from Drudkh (Autumn Aurora). I really loved these two bands (maybe Fen more than Drudkh)... Comparing them with Agalloch, their music is really different (fortunately) but it's still awesome. What I'm trying to say right there is that, up to now, I've tried many atmospheric black metal bands but I can't get bored as they're all so original, so creative (and even when it isn't that much original it's still awesome). Anyway, thanks for all your recommendations. I still have stuff to check out but I think I tried the main. Sure, I totally agree. So Gallowbraid is a solo project? I thought so at first but I wasn't totally sure about that... Anyway, if ever a new album is released I hope it will be something more personal, creative and surely awesome (as the first album). Otherwise, two days ago I took some time to try Doombound and I really loved it. As enjoyable as the three first, but these three still special to me. I don't know, they have something that makes them unique, somehow. I think I read somewhere that the band is one hiatus right now, is that so? I tried some links and aside the bands I already know (only one in fact, which is Vomit. The second one is Old Funeral but I only know it by name), Molested and Cadaver really caught my attention. Gotta check their material asap... Btw, what a cool picture of Varg! *save picture as...* I'd like to go back on atmospheric black metal and talk (once again) about Blut aus Nord as they released a new (amazing) album. I tried Memoria Vetusta III - Saturnian Poetry as soon as I was aware of its release, and I loved it. I saw a lot of fans saying being disappointed but I really don't see why, they may be comparing it to the two previous MV (or maybe their oldest stuff) but I haven't listened to MV1 nor MV2 yet, therefore I can't say if it's so. I can't even give a constructive opinion since I only listened the album once, but I'll definitely do it when I'll be able. In short, for a first listen I really find the album mindblowing and I dig it.

I only know DELUHI (love them) and MEJIBRAY (don't like them at all). "Orion once again" is such a good song, I miss that band... 1. Tool - Schism 2. Septic Flesh - When All Is None 3. Kalmah - Using the word 4. Slipknot - Before I Forget 5. Whispered - Dead Cold Inside 6. Mastodon - Island 7. Hello Sleepwalkers - Countdown 8. Mudvayne - IMN 9. Tool - Parabola 10. Gojira - Wisdom Comes I had to chose between "Wisdom Comes" and "Schism" and my choice goes for Tool's song, what a masterpiece.

Ça fait plaisir de se lâcher et de se mettre à écrire en Français de temps en temps, surtout sur un site anglophone. Et puis aussi de voir qu'il y a pas mal de Français sur le site ! Je suis heureux de constater que je ne suis pas le seul à galérer avec l'Anglais, j'essaye de faire de mon mieux et de ne pas faire trop de fautes. C'est pas toujours très évident, surtout quand il s'agit d'argumenter, mais du moment que je me fasse comprendre ça me va. Je me dis aussi qu'il n'y a rien de mieux que d'améliorer son Anglais en discutant à propos de choses qu'on aime tels que la musique en général, le visual kei, mais également bien d'autre choses ! Et je vois aussi que ça parle beaucoup de Nautiljon, ce qui est normal d'un côté. En soit, ce site est vraiment très bon et m'a permit de découvrir beaucoup de choses (que ce soit en VK, en J-Rock, films et j'en passe...) mais je rejoins votre avis quant à la communauté, qui est pour le moins étrange... Ça ne m'a pas empêché de faire connaissance avec de personnes vraiment très sympathiques ! Et puis bon, il faut dire aussi que c'est assez difficile de comparer Nautiljon et MH, l'un étant un site regroupant beaucoup de choses en rapport avec l'Asie et l'autre, un forum avant toute chose. Mais bref, c'est un sujet dont je me passerais avec plaisir. Quoi qu'il en soit, heureux de voir autant de francophones actifs sur ce forum. Sur ce, au plaisir de vous lire prochainement !

I see things like this : MONSTER compared to GO is an improvement, MONSTER compared to MUSIC is a regression. So my vote goes for MUSIC, this album clearly wins. I like both albums but in terms of heaviness they haven't produced something better than MUSIC imo, I regret the metalcore-ish tones they adopted since MONSTER even if they're pretty good at it. When you listen to tracks like Asking Why, DEAD WORLD, FREAKS or ULTIMATE 4 it's like getting a punch right in the face. Girugämesh is a band that likes to experiment new stuff and they always did it along the years, sometimes it's good, sometimes it isn't. They're maybe not among the most creative bands but certainly among the most effectives (debatable at times), they really enjoy what they do and you can feel it.

Haven't tried their latest single yet, but glad to see that they're still active.

Thanks for the information. Just finished listening to "Ashen Eidolon" from Gallowbraid and it's totally the kind of sound that I was looking for, I'm a little disappointed because it's sounds maybe too much like Agalloch but nonetheless it's still a fucking masterpiece. Thanks for that band. Otherwise, I read that they'll release an album this year... Are there more news? Anyway, now I'm gonna continue my listen and try the other bands. Besides that, I'd like to talk a bit about Battlelore as I said some weeks (months?) ago that I was going to try their stuff... Well, I've tried all their discography except their latest album, Doombound. I really enjoyed their first three albums which are totally awesome but sadly, the rest didn't had the same effect on me, less memorable imo. Plus, I dunno what you think about that, but I feel like their sound went weaker over the years (precisely after their 3rd album). They're still an awesome band though, even if I appreciate them it's basically because of their first three masterpieces (the 1st being my favorite one), it's undeniable that their strength are their lyrics. That said, I still gotta listen their latest album. Anyway, thanks for sharing this awesome band with us!

Falloch are awesome imo, I really loved "This Island, Our Funeral" even if I still prefer "Where Distant Spirits Remain". Concerning Ulver, I tried all their stuff (which I find totally mind blowing) unless their 90's era (don't include Kveldssanger, I loved that one). I think I read they had recorded only one black metal album, is that right? Anyway, unless Falloch and Ulver, I don't know any of the bands you mentioned so gonna try them all and maybe give my opinion if I got some free time. Thanks a lot, dude.

I'm too much into atmospheric stuff recently, whether it is black or death. If you guys could recommend me some awesome bands to check out, that'd be kind of you. And if it could be something similar to Agalloch, that'd be even better!