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Well, if any of you didn't already know, I love music. A lot. All sorts of music. Finding and listening to new music is one of my greatest passions. I figure it's about time I make a topic on here to spam!

As I said, I'm really into all sorts of music. Most of what I listen to is of the metal variety, but I enjoy essentially everything. Here's some convoluted genre names that I enjoy, and some (maybe) recognizable examples:
Metal
Progressive - Dream Theater
Death - Death (LOL!), Morbid Angel
Trad(itional) - Iron Maiden
Sludge - Neurosis
Metallic Hardcore - Misery Signals, Shai Hulud
Deathcore - Veil of Maya
"Djent" (Experimental Prog) - Periphery

Electronic Dance Music
Psychadelic Ambient (Psybient) - Sphongle
Psytrance - Infected Mushroom
Intelligent Dance Music (IDM) - Aphex Twin
Breakcore - The Flashbulb
Eurodance - Basshunter

Rock
Progressive - Yes, King Crimson
Alternative - Foo Fighters
Country - Charlie Daniels Band
Indie - Ted Leo, New Pornographers, Neutral Milk Hotel (pretty broad label)
Post-Rock - Explosions in the Sky
Dream Pop - Beach House

Jazz

Cool - Miles Davis
Fusion - Return To Forever
Dixieland - Louis Armstrong
Bebop - Charlie Parker

Pop
R&B - The Dream
Rap - Kanye West



I'm sure I'm forgetting stuff, but it's a start! More stuff to come, including a buttload of youtube links.

EDIT: If anyone wants recommendations tailored to your interests, just post some artists that you like, and I'll try to come up with something new that you might be interested in! If the wall of links scares you, feel free to ask for something specific!
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I figure most of you haven't heard of any of that convuluted nonsense, so I'm going to post a whole bunch of youtube links, in the hopes of showing you something new! I love new music, and I hope you all do too. As always with youtube, the quality isn't great - if you enjoy what you hear, I definitely recommend buying the album or at least getting a good quality mp3! (PM me for help)


I'll start with some less offensive stuff (read: no super distorted metal with screaming vocals)

ROCK

Okay, I'm going to start moving away from the indie rock stuff, as I'm starting to repeat myself too much! If you like that stuff, feel free to bug me for more!

ELECTRONIC


Okay, stepping away from EDM and into metal territory. Will start off easy, with instrumentals and clean singing. No (excessive) death metal vocals yet. As a note, the term "Djent" is an onomatopoeia that describes a heavier, chunkier chug noise. More specific info here. It's status as a subgenre is pretty heavily debated, but it is a fun descriptor for the increasingly popular style of progressive metal. Djent dj-djent djent djen-djent. The d is mostly silent.

METAL (Minimal screaming)

Metal (with screaming)



More to come as I see fit!
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My musical repertoire is fairly limited in comparison to most, so I'm totally going to be checking out whatever you post in hopes of broadening my musical horizons. Gotta say though, total kudos for listening to Shai Hulud. <3
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whoa! i had no idea you were a metalcore fan, kat! excellent! you would loooooooooove misery signals, be sure to check them out when i get to the metal stuff.
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I added some bolded headings to the youtube post, for easier navigation. Eventually I'm going to add a "For Fans Of" section to each link, but that'll be harder and take more time. I hope I don't scare anyone away with the wall of links!
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Aren't there a couple of songs from Colors that don't have screaming? I might be thinking of one of the other albums you recommended, but the less growly screamy songs were a lot better.
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Hey Adam, ever consider using spoiler tags for this topic? XD It'd make the Great Wall of Links much easier to navigate. For instance,

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[spoiler=I like Kitties!]I think they're so cute and cuddly! Kitties are the best!
[url=http://www.hellokittyblog.co.uk/images/hello-kitty-cat.jpg]Here is a picture of one![/url][/spoiler]

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I like Kitties!


Back on topic... XD My tastes in music are very simple. I don't analyze songs the same way you do, Adam XD I just know whether or not I like the song. That said, I'm totally up for listening to new songs. I'll probably try out some few links every day or something.

For now, I'll share this song. It's Staralfur, by Sigur Ros. The song is an Icelandic lullaby, and I think enjoyable to anyone regardless of how deeply they analyze music XD Yeah, my tastes are too simple for people who are really into it... XD
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Funnily enough Adam, my interest in Shai Hulud was instigated due to being a huge fan of the Dune series. Upon seeing a band named after something from that universe.. I had to listen and realized they were rockin', which just increased the coolness.
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The great wall of links is pretty intimidating. Right now I've just got whatever pandora thinks I might like streaming in the background.
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Aren't there a couple of songs from Colors that don't have screaming? I might be thinking of one of the other albums you recommended, but the less growly screamy songs were a lot better.
Their vocalist does clean singing in pretty much every song any more, but I can't think of any where he doesn't growl at all. Except the intro track on their latest record, The Great Misdirect. It also is absolutely fantastic! One of my favorite songs by them, actually. Here's a link!:

Between The Buried And Me - Mirrors (No Screaming)

oh, there's also one from their second record with no screaming.
Between The Buried And Me - (Shevanel, Take 2)

oh, and another from The Great Misdirect! It features their lead guitarist's (maybe not great) vocals at the beginning as well. this one is fairly pink floyd esque, but pretty country at the beginning
Between The Buried And Me - Desert of Song



Daphne - I hadn't, but that's a good suggestion. I'll go through and do that tomorrow. Also, sigur ros rule! I neglected to throw a song by them up on the link - a lot of rock bands got missed out in my first sweep, so I'll have to go back through. If you're a fan of Sigur Ros, check out some of the other post-rock stuff! I think everything I linked to was instrumental, which you might not like as much. Sigur Ros has great vocals. But, give Explosions in the Sky a listen. Maybe Pelican, too. Isis might be a stretch, but they're awesome as well and in a similar vein. Russian Circles too.

Moshi - What are some stuff you like? I can probably recommend you some stuff based on bands you like!

Kat - Definitely check out that Misery Signals song! It was hard to select one, as their entire catalog is excellent, but Shai Hulud is one pretty much their biggest influence!

EDIT: Okay, I just did some basic categorizing with spoiler tags, I'm going to go through and make a more specific categorization system later. I'll have one for indie rock, post-rock, sludge metal, djent, etc etc. Or something like that. Not sure how I'll do it yet, but at least for now it's not a mile and a half long when you enter the topic.

also, if anyone has suggestions for how to organize this, feel free to give them. I'm at a bit of a loss as the best way to do it.
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Hey Adam, still listen to Machinae Supremacy? The singer eventually grew on me, and I still listen to them.
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aww yeah. i dont listen to them much, but i enjoy them when i do, and i figured some of you would get a kick out of them


Jimmy, you should check out The Lord Weird Slough Feg, in minimal screaming. They're like Iron Maiden, maybe a bit more power metal. They rule.
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I'm not terribly good at discussing music. It's especially rough when I try to get into new stuff. I wind up potentially not caring much for it, but if I give it a few more listens, I'll maybe start to develop an appreciation for it.

Minus the Bear's Pachuca's Sunrise is a good instance of this. First time listening I liked it quite a bit, but something didn't feel right about it so I quickly moved on. That was last night. I had a second listen just now and it's already grown on me.

I've listened to a the flashbulb songs, but I'm too tired to comment now. I'll get to them and others later. X_x
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aww ye. and yeah, it's pretty hard to talk about music. i'm not even very good at it.

glad you're liking minus the bear, though! definitely check out some of their other stuff. the flashbulb is pretty crazy. definitely a lot to take in there.

also, the "something" not right might have been non-standard time signatures. not sure what pachucha's in, but MtB experiments a lot in that area. it's definitely awkward listening to non 3 or 4/4 songs 'til you're used to it
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Song of the Day 6/14:

The Flashbulb - Binedump
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I like rock, techno, jumpy stuff? I like faster beats. The Flash Bulb seems a little too random, though. Only on the first song, I'll keep listening.
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This song is pretty chaotic. And yet it's organized so well that it doesn't feel chaotic for me. >_> So much so that I've listened to it about three times now and two of the three times, I got caught up in something else and it turned into normal background noise for me. Binedump and Flashbulb as a whole gets a thumbs up.
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alf, definitely check out his album Kirlian Selections, then ^_^


glad you liked it!
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Song of the Day: 6/15
Misery Signals - Labrynthian

growl vocals, but it's so damn good that I can't help but post it.

tomorrow will be something less abrasive.


EDIT: here's a song for people who don't like bears
The Dream - Right Side of my Brain
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Binedump - The Flashbulb gets a 5/5 from me. The song is awesome and reminds me of some of the awesome tracks they had on FreQuency. I love the different effects this song has that are constantly changing and ever so erratic. I definitely will be listening to this in the future

Misery Signals - Labyrinthian gets a 0/5 for growl vocals. The song had the startup (the sound of the drums, the effects on the guitar) that made it scream "growl vocals are coming!" distinctive of the style, even though I hadn't read your growl vocal warning. Like I've joked about a lot of songs in this style: I like the first 30 seconds and that's it. Except this one only has 20 seconds of peace. After that, it opens to growl vocals and distorted open D. Ugh ugh.

The Dream - Right Side of My Brain is just another R&B song with waaay to much autotune. 1/5 because I won't put it at the level of growl vocals.
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Labyrinthian did not make me a happy Alf. I mean, I won't knock a song off right away for the growls but. . . it just felt like the vocalist was trying to make noise. :( And that could have worked. . . except I wasn't feeling anger in it or anything like it. . . . didn't like for the most part.

Right Side of the Brain is an enjoyable R&B song, in my opinion. Nothing extraordinary, but it makes me want to check them out to see if any of their other stuff is good. I don't know why, but I have a good feeling about The Dream.
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The Dream is pretty much the best popular R&B artist out there!


He wrote Umbrella, and several other chart toppers.


As far as Misery Signals goes, yeah, I knew most of you wouldn't like them. Labrynthian doesn't have as much of the calm melodic stuff they do, so maybe I'll do one of those one day.


Today, I have a bonus for you! Live Video of the Day ^_^. This one's got more growling, but there's an excellent melodic section a couple minutes in



The song for today is from Circa Survive's latest record, Blue Sky Noise.
Circa Survive - Frozen Creek

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I like the Circa Survive song...but that definitely sounds like a female vocalist and looking into it they don't have a female member....so I'm pretty fucking confused.

But that's a lot more my speed than the btbam song, although it was kind of amusing to actually see that guy doing the growls. He does not look like a growler.
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yeah, anthony green's voice is awesome, but very confusing.


and, yeah, tommy's such a small guy. waiting outside the venue when i saw them, he walked by and we waved and when the people behind us figured out who he was, they were like, "....this dude's their singer? he's tiny!"

apparently it's very amusing to watch me practice. *shrug*
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whoops, forgot yesterday.

Today's song is:
Umphrey's McGee - Anchor Drops

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Today's song:
Periphery - Jetpacks Was Yes!
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today's song:

dredg - Sanzen
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The revival!

Song of the Day 9/1/2010
Chroma Key - Astronaut Down, from You Go Now



this is the kind of album you put on as you're lying in bed drifting to sleep. love this guy.
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