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octopuss22
Hi, no, to be honest I never started with Manilla Road, I guess this is a recommendation?
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Willgregg10
Sure. It’s a really good album and I like the atmosphere but don’t know how to describe it.
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Nick-Valentine
Hi mate! I've seen you're from Bulgaria. Can you recommend some metal band from that country? I'm currently trying to scrobble at least one artist from each country.
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octopuss22
Hi there. Glad I can help with such a good cause. Sure thing, if you're into death metal, you can try Concrete, Maltworm, Corpostasis, Enthrallment. If you prefer black - I would suggest Vrani Volosa (technically more like pagan metal with cleans, aside from few songs), Dimholt, Shambless, Aryan Art (sung in Bulgarian). If you prefer doom I can suggest Obsidian Sea, Bleak Revelation, Attaxic. One good example also is ТДК / TDK - while not particularly metal, their latest album showcases some nice avant-garde metal approach - all of their songs are in Bulgarian. One last suggestion with experimental folk/sludge/alternative sound is Smallman. Hope this helps, though I kind of shared too many bands lol. All those should be in streaming services. Cheers!
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octopuss22
Thanks, amazing library as well. All hail the Weedian stoner/doom/sludge/psychedelic/acid/fuzz pantheon.
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octopuss22
Hey, thank you. It's difficult to point one album as a favourite but it is one of my favourite ones for sure. I really love its musicianship, mood and how well it is performed.
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octopuss22
Кво говориш, знаем, че тия неща се ценят. Догодина на турне, живот и здраве ги хващаме :D
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lyle_catcliffe
Your compatibility with octopuss22 is Super. You both listen the hell out to Two’s Up by AC/DC.
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JonnySafadinho
Your compatibility with octopuss22 is High. You both listen to Theatre of Tragedy, Tool and Slipknot. ♫
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octopuss22
Indeed, haha. I love how they mix up various styles, making them a perfectly homogenic melancholic music. Will see them live too in 5 days
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octopuss22
Listened to it only once since it got released, so to be honest I still don't want to give any final opinion. I liked some songs more than others. I think few more spins would be needed to appreciate it more. How about you?
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octopuss22
Then i strongly recommend you The Red Album and The Blue Record. Their are shorter and created with more passion imo. Purple is also a good one.
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octopuss22
Hell, yeah! Who doesn't? Loved to see more screentime from him in the latest episode.
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octopuss22
Yes, he is amazing, funny and fierce at the same time. Hope he'll not die in the next episode. Ep 3 promises some deaths though. It's so sad the show is close to it's end.
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music_scholar
Greetings from Germany, time really flies... you are being here at lastfm for >7 years :-) ...Welcome to the "oldtimers" club... Looking back now, how did your musical exploration evolve? ... Also... all the best for your **130k scrobbles milestone** ... How I came by your user page? ... lastfm shows you at #6 position in this weekly "Discovery Leaderboard" stats: last DOT fm/user/RottenOuroboros/listening-report/week ...AND as #27 in the "Scrobble Leaderboard" charts! ... I am only 1x in there ... It's nice to meet you
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octopuss22
Hello there. Thanks for stopping by. :} No matter what is happening and has happened to last.fm i am still glad to use it and be part of the community, although shrinking with each year more and more.
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music_scholar
Let's hope the downtrend can be stopped. The lastfm team is doing new things at least (new database, new design)... The alternatives to lastfm (e.g. libre dot fm) are not that progressed, but one can at least import one's scrobbles to there... Wishing you a relaxing Christmas Eve today
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octopuss22
I hope that they will improve the design, and this time for good, not like the last general update. We'll see. Thanks for the heads up, regarding libre.fm. Have a happy holidays yourself. Cheers!
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Metallizor
How about we exchange recommendations? 3 for 3, deal? :P The catch is it has to be songs that belongs to bands you or me never heard before, based on our listening history. Oh and no strings attached! :D Meaning that you're in no way obligated to let me know what you thought unless you want to. Hopefully you'd feel hospitable towards suggestions that are sorta outside your habitual musical realm? 😥 1) https://youtu.be/teS_ig-6aNU│2) https://youtu.be/Vp24HIPG2Fk│3) https://youtu.be/gJXlZ6SjRI8│Now your turn, gimme your best shot!
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Metallizor
Also, I friggin' love your avatar! The way the bearded badass shuffles ominously on his feet from left to right (notice his intimidating body language), but then he blurts out a surprisingly comforting sentence! I imagine relief had swept over the boy at that moment, Phew! Okay gotta stop, I'm reading too much in it xD Kind of rings a bell though…care to share where it is from?
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Man, although it struck a chord with me, but I'm truly saddened to hear that ill-omened events had befell you before… Hope you have managed to get your revenge back and prevailed over those shitty stuff triumphantly, you tough warrior, Hoorah! :D Indeed, the weather often acts like the general theme augmenting the listening session, but the resonation and the untiring preference to gloomy music lies deep within your blood and mine. Do you reckon it's malign though, listening to somber tunes while in that dejected frame of mind? I've often wondered about this many times in the past. It reminds me of what I've once wrote to someone on here before: "It's like plunging yourself deeper and deeper into a state of numbness, become detached from the world. Reinforcing your feelings of despair and acknowledging your inner sorrow". Sorry btw if I bummed you out xD It's just that this is maybe the second time I got the chance to properly discuss this sensitive subject with a like-minded fellow.
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Metallizor
I'm actually fond of the method of dividing music from the weather's perspective, I don't think it's stupid, though I do not follow it per say. Establishing your listening habits on the weather sessions enriches the experience and enjoyability of music, much like you've observed, I'm sure. It's like creating another layer of immersion, thus immersing yourself into music on a whole other dimension. I too used to base my choices of music on the mood, a collection of gloomy tunes for when I'm racked with misery, and another bouncy one for when I'm swelling with happiness. From your (eloquent!) descriptions, seems like you live in one of those snowy heavens! I've always fantasied about living in a snow-filled country. I wish to experience the true unforgiving harshness of winter, deeply meditate on beautiful scenery as the frost gives me a mind-freeze :D It doesn't make sense, listening to some poor fucker shriek his lungs out about the bleakness of frost when its 100℃ degrees outside! xD
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Metallizor
Lovercraft is an indescribable mastermind! Not a fan exactly, but I have perceived and felt his influence on many artists I love. I reckon they wouldn't sound as good without the presence of his inspiration. It's true, as the saying goes, credit where credit is due. Let's raise a glass to this ingenious whose imaginative work shall inspire many generations to come! I once read comments about Pete Way being a Geezer Butler copycat, which I think is bullshit. Than man is unarguably original. Though the influence of UFO on Maiden cannot be mistaken, easy to sense, be it guitar-wise, bass-wise. I think I'm correct in saying we both like dominant bass in our bands, right? For me, it's always a plus. It's one of the strongest reasons why I'm drawn to Early Opeth, Dream Theater, Early Maiden, Cocteau Twins's Garlands, Weather Report, to mention a few.
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Metallizor
Yeah, the tragedy that befell this site just bends the mind… I imagine the impact of the shock was much harder on the long timers such as yourself. On a positive note, every active user here (except them wretched trolls!) is precious nugget to this site, imbues me with hope to keep participating on here. I loved that bit of yours about the analogy of lost souls searching for their own dwelling, creative man! Reminded me of the videogame "Dark Souls". Then I stand corrected, sir, my intellect dances circles around yours! Kidding xP Speaking of the wondrous fusion between literature and music, there's a band that happens to utilize the very same fusion, called And Also The Trees, and adds poetry to the mix. Their only setback is the frontman's vocals…whose atrocious singing (or lack of) makes me wince in disgust! >.<
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Metallizor
Sorry if my uncontrolled enthusiasm wore you down! xP I get pretty excited when meeting new ppl =)
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Metallizor
Ditto, and it doesn't just stop at light depression for me, I'm afraid I've delved deeper and deeper into the bottomless depths of misery…not sure that's a good thing xP When mournful tunes (not just anything though) enters my ears, It's as if there's a deep-seated switch within my soul that is only turned ON when it senses the dark side of human feelings which are channeled through music. Once it's open, an iron-clad connection forms between you and the given song. This is where the resonation that you feel whilst listening to that kind of music stems from. What about you, in which ways do you connect with gloomy music?
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Metallizor
Though after a few years, the fella sadly turned into such egotistical and soulless wanker xP Yet surprisingly, Treacle People remains my favorite piece by them, it stands out as the odd track and has a very special mood that differentiates it from the rest of that album. I suppose because it was composed solely by the guitarist they had then. However, we do see eye to eye about the uniqueness of the early UFO. Particularly the guitar work and bass lines are quite innovative and groundbreaking. The problem is that UFO's advent was a tad bit too late, choosing to come out at time where public interest in Space Rock was rabidly waning. Not a smart move.
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Yep, I can confirm that time has that particularly nasty habit, it chews us up then spits us out :D I reckon the job and studying are eating up your free time, right? =) Luckily, we have our wonderful music to recharge our souls after all those countless hours spent huddled over some soul-sucking study sheet xD Also, many users jumped the LFM ship after it was stripped down to the bare bones, so this place feels like a forsaken ruin now. The pleasure is all mine, friend. You're such a fascinating person, what with your deep interest in literature which indicates at levels of intellect that are much higher than mine…and obviously your inclinations towards the dark side :D I bet you actively read Lovercraft, it's almost a no-brainer for every literary-obsessed Headbanger xD I am ashamed to admit that early UFO doesn't strike my fancy, and instead prefer a few songs from Schenker's era, especially as his soloing and the way in which he phrases his melodies is soulful and heartfelt.
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Metallizor
Stellar collection, Octo! :D I had to pay you a visit because I've noticed you in many shoutboxes of songs that I happen to be obsessed with, Opeth's Apostle in Triumph and UFO's Treacle People to name a few...the latter one it seems you might be the only other human (there might be aliens who listen to UFO given the band's name :P) on earth who appreciates its sublime bass line! :D Also seems we are attracted to similar vibes & moods in music, like melancholy for instance.
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Poe's works are among the most challenging books I've read, primarily because of the language barrier. He masters the English language in a way that at times leaves a non-native speaker like me a bit befuddled and quite impressed. Maybe for this reason, I prefer Lovecraft. His stories gives me the strongest visions without too many linguistic disturbances. My favorite is The Thing on the Doorstep. Ragnar is a true revolutionary! But I also admire Floki's conservativeness and how dear he holds the traditions in spite of the pain it is causing him. He sacrifices a lot for Ragnar, and without his engineering skills Ragnar's prosperity would not have been possible. Both are inventors in their own respective ways. It is very likely that Ragnar went to China. Have to admit that he has been falling a bit apart since he started ingesting that “medicine”. The murder on Yidu shocked me for some reason. Do you by any change know what plant he is chewing?
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His first, and allegedly most problematic book, The Birth of Tragedy, influences my life immensely these days (or months), and it's the only full text of his I've read so far. It invigorated me and changed my outlook on art, philosophy and life itself for the better, but it has also alienated me even more from society. I wonder what Nietzsche would have thought about the postmodern world. Figuring out how to interpret the current nature of society and the changes in the course of time is not an easy task. Placing these questions in relation to the tendencies Nietzsche described more than a century ago, which are similar to my own thoughts about our time, doesn't make the task seem easier on my weak basis, only more urgent. If you are ever going to read Nietzsche in English, you should get your hands on the translations by Walter Kaufmann and not the older ones. Nietzsche is not nearly as difficult as Poe I think, though of cause they are difficult in very different ways.
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Of Russian books, I've only read Crime & Punishment and Notes from an Underground by Dostoyevsky, both left a great impression on me. To speak of Scandinavian literature, I've mostly read Danish poets besides the Danish authors I've studied in school, but some day I would like to read books by Karen Blixen and Johannes V. Jensen among others, and I do plan to read the Edda sometime soon. Nietzsche I read almost like I read poetry. The Kafka quote “A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us” fits really well with my relationship to his works. After discarding some of the most discouraging common assumptions about his writing, I quickly discovered that we were alike, even more than I thought. I've always been this inconsistent and paradoxical person, and all my life I've been struggling to find a language for that. Nietzsche shows me that such a language is possible, analytically and artistically.
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I didn't get the chance to meet Rollo but I did visit Jim Morrison's grave ;) Your description of Saturnus reminds me of Anathema, which I initially liked because of the heavy melancholic and almost tragic beauty found on The Silent Enigma. It doesn't surprise me that Kim played in such a band, I will definitely give them a listen! I too feel a whole palette of different feelings when listening to neofolk... I get the feelings of “benign sorrow” and “earthly yearning”, very deep yet delicate feelings that truly belongs to the realm of music and not of words. I've been listening to But, What Ends When the Symbols Shatter regularly since 2010 or so, and finally getting into Current 93 has lifted my experience of neofolk greatly. Wow, Bulgarian philology is something I'm totally inexperienced with and it sounds really interesting! Do you study at a university? I would call myself an aspiring autodidact :P I'm anxious to get more into the classical Greek poets.
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