by gsdgsd » Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:34 am
Ok, if you can find 'em on the road, here are a few suggestions:
Jesu "Conqueror" -- Crushingly heavy and beautifully melodic at the same time. Former industrial band guy goes from dark to soaring.
Clawhammer "Pablum" -- Everyone on the internet likes Captain Beefheart except me. This is Beefheart-inspired punk; despite myself I love it. This is their punkiest album so that's probably why it's my favorite, but all of their albums have something to recommend them.
The Crown "Crowned in Terror" -- I've heard this called the best metal album ever. Don't listen to enough any more to comment on that but this is truly great.
16 Horsepower "Low Estate" -- Hard to describe but "if Joy Division were a 19th-century cowboy bar band" comes close. This is their skippiest album.
Firewater "Get Off the Cross" or "The Ponzi Scheme" -- klezmer and gypsy music mixed with more straightforward rock and a little punk. Great lyrics. Two of my favorite albums ever.
Fucked Up "David Comes to Life" -- once a straightforward (if great) thrashy hardcore band, now doing ambitious and complex "concept" (my word not theirs) albums. This is the best one yet.
Ok, good luck, hope you can find these, etc!
Ok, if you can find 'em on the road, here are a few suggestions:
Jesu "Conqueror" -- Crushingly heavy and beautifully melodic at the same time. Former industrial band guy goes from dark to soaring.
Clawhammer "Pablum" -- Everyone on the internet likes Captain Beefheart except me. This is Beefheart-inspired punk; despite myself I love it. This is their punkiest album so that's probably why it's my favorite, but all of their albums have something to recommend them.
The Crown "Crowned in Terror" -- I've heard this called the best metal album ever. Don't listen to enough any more to comment on that but this is truly great.
16 Horsepower "Low Estate" -- Hard to describe but "if Joy Division were a 19th-century cowboy bar band" comes close. This is their skippiest album.
Firewater "Get Off the Cross" or "The Ponzi Scheme" -- klezmer and gypsy music mixed with more straightforward rock and a little punk. Great lyrics. Two of my favorite albums ever.
Fucked Up "David Comes to Life" -- once a straightforward (if great) thrashy hardcore band, now doing ambitious and complex "concept" (my word not theirs) albums. This is the best one yet.
Ok, good luck, hope you can find these, etc!