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Skul
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Member # 19

posted January 09, 2004 10:05

Just quick observations after one single listen:

1. Centuries of Sin (Cronos): fucking rules.
2. Red War (Max Cavalera): sounds like a Choas AD leftover, great!
3. Shake Your Blood (Lemmy): what do you think?
4. Access Babylon (Mike Dean): lacking the violence of early C.O.C. but still cool, plus it's 87 seconds long.
5. Silent Spring (Kurt Brech): makes me wanna start a moshpit right here right now.
6. Ice Cold Man (Lee Dorian): Pretty good doom.
7. The Emerald Law (Wino): blah. skip.
8. Big Sky (Tom Warrior): more like an less industrial Appolyon's Son than CF... was expecting better.
9. Dictatorsaurus (Snake): vocals better mixed than last VV album, isnt a VV ripoff either. Chorus sounds like Billy Corgan on vocals. Best song on the album.
10. My Tortured Soul (Eric Wagner): good song. heavy.
11. Sweet Dreams (King Diamond): hauntingly beautiful.

There you have it.

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h
VoivodFan
Member # 8

posted January 09, 2004 10:13

quote:
Originally posted by Skulhed:
7. The Emerald Law (Wino): blah. skip.

Skul... you're a fine upstanding individual, but have you recieved a knock on the head lately? This is the best track by far. It fucking rocks. You're spot on about the 'vod track though. Snake's vox and the entire production are excellent. Just a bit too 'pop' in places.

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Skul
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Member # 19

posted January 09, 2004 10:18

Lemme remind you that was based on the first listen, at 8:30am, as i was wakin' up. hehe. I'm sure that Wino track will grow on me sometime later.

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h
VoivodFan
Member # 8

posted January 09, 2004 10:26

heh heh.. I should probably point out that I'd had a few beers when I heard it, so I might not like it next time round!

I kinda doubt it though as it was a real stand-out track for me. Can't wait to get hold of a copy and give it a spin or 20. Overall it is looking likely to be album of the year - although Piggy may have something to say about that!

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nia
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Member # 9

posted January 09, 2004 13:05

skul, you get up at 8:30 am???

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vroomfondel
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Member # 139

posted January 09, 2004 13:31

Ouch

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Slaytanic
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Member # 28

posted January 09, 2004 13:47

Yes. 8:30 am, Japan time.

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Skul
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Member # 19

posted January 09, 2004 14:03

Yah.,.. cuz i was up early every day during the holidays and i'm still in that kinda mindset.

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Megz
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Member # 367

posted January 09, 2004 14:07

8:30's not early. I'm at work by then! Or at least I'm supposed to be at work by then...

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nia
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Member # 9

posted January 09, 2004 14:37

quote:
Originally posted by Skulhed:
Yah.,.. cuz i was up early every day during the holidays and i'm still in that kinda mindset.

yeah, that's been my excuse for getting up 3 hours late, heh.

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KnickerZohnonnof
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Member # 272

posted January 09, 2004 16:03

8.30????

Try 5.45am Monday to Friday and sometimes Saturday too.

But there is an advantage...I'm home by 4pm

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vroomfondel
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Member # 139

posted January 09, 2004 17:03

Yup, have to agree with skul here.
Dictatorsaurus is a great song.
Isn't it even a bit Piggriffish once and a while ?

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Hatröss
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Member # 7

posted January 09, 2004 18:30

quote:
Originally posted by Skulhed:
7. The Emerald Law (Wino): blah. skip.

oh my... time to open up a can of wupass

i have not heard the song yet, tomorrow when i get up at 5:10am eastern US time mabye i will give it a spin, if i can find it tonite ?

totally sucks i have to work every other saturday along with my 10hrs a day thru out the week. this shit is gonna have to stop SOON

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Skul
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Member # 19

posted January 09, 2004 19:34

Now that i have quite a few beers in my belly, i get it now. Heh.

The Wino track is the most advanced track on the record. Most of 'em are more straight-up. So yah, i like it now. The Eric Wagner track is also better to my ears now than it was this morning. And the Snake track, well, it's the most commercial on the whole record. I dont hear much piggisms in it tho, but i still say the chorus sounds like a Smashing Pumpkins song. Mind you, "Siamese Dream" is still one of my favorite records of all time (so heavy yet so lush). But the Tom Warrior track is the biggest letdown anyway. I was expecting his notorious "OOOH!" rasp, all we get is his forced low range we get on his later recordings. Ah well. No big deal though... i still love him.

Back to drinkin'.

Hey nia, Steph sez hi

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schroeder
VoivodFan
Member # 5

posted January 09, 2004 21:07

The new REVOLVER mag had a GREAT interview with GROHL on the Probot release and he said a bunch of great stuff about how VOIVOD were gods and changed the way metal was played.
Where did you listen to this? Is it online or did the vinyl get released already, and I didn't order it.

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Skul
VoivodFan
Member # 19

posted January 09, 2004 21:33

Nah man, nothing fancy... just my shrewd mp3 ways... remember last year with the new VV record? Exactly.

I'm not one to toot my own horn (my gut gets in the way), but I got plugs, daddy!

EDIT:
Oh fuck this... I dont give a flying fuck about the backlash i could get from this.. I'm tough like that. hehe. Here's my gift to all my buds (shit, all y'all):Dictatosomething

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Tangento
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Member # 117

posted January 09, 2004 22:05

Snake sounds fucking great in this, man. That's the way his voice should be mixed. Thanks for the track, Skul. BTW, if you're on slsk, this album's all over the joint.

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Cthon
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Member # 156

posted January 09, 2004 22:52

fucking awesome. i cant believe how many "pre-hatas" this album has had among metal peeps. dumb.

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Megz
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Member # 367

posted January 10, 2004 00:08

great track. Thanks, Skul! And for the "review"...I don't think I've heard most of those other vocalists so it'll be interesting to hear the full album.

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schroeder
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Member # 5

posted January 10, 2004 06:07

SKUL for President!!!
Thanks, it's got my vote!!!

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Delightful Little Capuchin Monkey
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Member # 65

posted January 10, 2004 08:31

Thanks for the preview, Skul. May I be bold enough to say that Dictatorsaurus is my favorite song with Snake's vocals in the past decade? Okay I will. And I did.

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vroomfondel
VoivodFan
Member # 139

posted January 10, 2004 17:42

The Lee Dorian song is amazing!

Have a feeling that i'm going to play old Cathedral stuff for a few weeks here thanks to Mr Grohl

This will certainly be my next buy.

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Tangento
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Member # 117

posted January 10, 2004 21:56

I'm sorry man, but King Diamond fucking SUCKS ASS.

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Va¢ärmeS
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Member # 47

posted January 11, 2004 01:05

Dave on why he choose each vocalist:
LINK

Also see Dave's ultimate metal metal CD:
LINK

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Mr Eddy
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Member # 302

posted January 11, 2004 16:08

Thanks for the links, Varc! Dave really knows his game... I never thought this dude was a metalhead, but as it seems the guy spent his teen years listening to the same shit as we did...

And I just loved the Snake track!! Thanks for the post, Skul! It sounds like a Voïvod song with a poppier chorus.
Did you guys notice that both this song and the Die Krauzen cover sound more like late-80's Voïvod than the band's last record? Maybe it'll inspire them to write more psychedelic/spacial songs for the upcoming CD...

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