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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z38EuVhXzZ8 I forgot about this album. I really need it. I REALLY REALLY NEEEEED IIIIT. xD

I'm trying to revive my old ask blog, "Auburn Forest"/Aburnedforest. As such, I redid some of the graphics on the blog. Its open to ask away (it never wasn't, really ;-; ). The premise started as a joke when I made an edgy pinkamena, so thought it would be fun to give her personality. Shes bold and brash no she doesnt belong in the trash. /!\ Language can be NSFW! /!\ http://aburnedforest.tumblr.com/

Always trying to get my Ashe O'Hara vocals fix. The man is too damn talented. I also really enjoy the whole album.

This album brutal as all hell. Unf.

Also, as a quick heads up, I don't do weekends lol. But I try and do what I can on the weekdays.

Understand what exactly, the OP?

"As I stare down my disdained reflection; There's always you" So this is an ask blog I made a month or so ago, just waiting to post this here until I got enough content up for it to be worth checking out. The concept spawned from the above render of Pinkamena via the "ponymania" toy thing that happened. I thought, "what if I made an ask blog of a super edgy-hipster pony?" The content has partial-censored NSFW language similar to above, but not NSFW content itself, so if you don't wanna see that though, stay away Also I try not to be meta, whenever possible, outside of the blog (certainly not inside the blog). This post is about as meta as its gotten. Gotta have that immersion. CLICK HERE TO ENTER

NEW CD's YAY. So I've taken to the practice of buying physical CD's instead of digital download, when possible anyway. Some new babes I got in are Volumes' new-ish album "No Sleep" and The Contortionist's album "Language". Here's a track I love from "No Sleep" One of their "softer" songs in the album but it's so good! You can see my full "No Sleep" review here: http://mlpforums.com/blog/1951/entry-13225-volumes-album-no-sleep-metal/ And from "Language"! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZnoBtePDbY Their "heaviest" song on the album kinda, but lest that deter you! I will make a review for this album soon. I could post more song off of each album I love, but listening to them front to back is the real way to experience their glory.

I really should start buying more CD's. Digital format is nice, but there is something inherently special in physically owning the music. So here it goes, a review for Volumes' album "No Sleep". I actually listened to their premier album, "Via", a few years ago, and jammed it a few times before, but it wasn't memorable enough for me to keep listening. I bought a few songs off of "Via" that were catchy enough. I had almost forgot about Volumes until Misha Mansoor got a question via (no pun intended) Ask.FM a week ago about his contributions to Volumes' new album. I was curious, because I had forgotten he had contributed a bit to it. So began my trek through "No Sleep". The first thing that I pay attention to is mix and tone. And DEFINITELY the first thing that struck me for sure was mix and tone. I'm a sucker for a really good mix, and this one was punchy and phat, loved it. Reminded me a little of The Acacia Strain. And then the tone (yes I'm one of those "MAN LISTEN TO THAT TOAN!!1!" people). The tone is one of my favorites. It's got that low gain kind of twang and throatiness to it that I love, with a spice of high gain growl to palm mutes and chords. One I got situated in the sound, I began to settle into the music itself. The first and second track isn't anything terribly special, albeit they are heavy and really fun songs (a few of these in the album). It's when you hit the track "Erased" and "Across The Bed" that you begin to see where this album shines. Melodicism. The clean vocals in these songs (there are more cleans one song than the entirety of Via, and there's more songs with cleans on No Sleep!) are very soothing and pleasant. Which brings me to the vocals in general on this album. The "uncleans" (a catch-all term I've adopted for vocals that are not actual singing, i.e. growls, screams, etc) in No Sleep are super solid. I'm not a fan of one of the vocalist's (there's two) unclean voice, but it's tolerable and sometimes does add, emotionally, to the music. Which also brings me to the lyrics, which are generally kind of meh... It's not poetry in any sense, but eventually you phase them out or even sing along to them simply because their catchy enough. Which segways into another favorite (and melodic peice) track of mine, "Vahle". This was actually released many months ago as a pre-production demo, and I listened to it once and forgot about it. It's a memorial to a dear friend of theirs that they lost. The lyrics are very straight forward and honest. There's not a whole lot of depth to it, but it is /honest/ and emotional, which is totally fine with me. The instrumentals on the song have a very nice groove, and reflect the mood very nicely. Then one more fun and br00tal (;P) song before you hit the intermission song to my favorite, and last, track on the album. The lead-up is perfect, almost orchestrated blend of cleans guitars, occasional strings, and samples. Then the it hits you with a vocal delivery that just dives head first into their final track, "Peace of Mind". Again, the melodicism takes front seat and you see where Volumes' talent lies. Overall I would definitely give this album a try. It might not suit you if you don't like "breakd0wnz n dj0nt", but it never hurts to try new music.

Lets pick this thread up! We need a Destiny Brony group up and running! Xbone player here. Oh yeah, XBL name is Lt Xero.

Earlier Soilwork and In Flames are top notch stuff. I used to listen to nothing but In Flames until my friend introduced me to Meshuggah and Animals as Leaders (which led me to the wonderful world of djent). "Soundtrack to Your Escape" from IF is still one of my top favorite albums though.

I re-covered a song I did a year or so back (for a cover competition that never had a winner, mind you). Since then, got better, have a MUCH better camera, better mixing/tracking, etc.

Sometimes it's the simple things that go a long way ;P (It says "Maybe That's Why Humans Drink The Darkness That Is Coffee", it's quite a bizzarely brilliant band. Definitely not for the light hearted though.) Also The Amanuensis by Monuments because thall.

AAL is the bees knees bruh, they kick ass live! I really like the idea of the rhythm, especially how it begins. The guitars sound a little clippy though, like the gain was set to maximum on the OD and Head. The sound as a whole is a little barren, have you added a bass to it?

THIS NEW RINGS OF SATURN SONG MAKES ME FEEL MANY FEELS

Haha nice. I haven't listened to Periphery in a while, which is kinda weird for me. And that song, man I only had the intro down. Hasn't bothered with the rest ;-; Anyway, here's one of my favorite tracks of the EP from the most thall band ever. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkJmzIvxjmY (If you want to talk about hard to play, here you go)

Should have mentioned this too. There are tons of bands that don't just do unclean vocals. Some that don't at all. TesseracT's "Altered State" and Intervals' "A Voice Within" are perfect examples of mind boggling amazing music, and stunning clean vocals.

Well probably if you're listening to some of the more pop/generic end of it. People tend to not listen past the vocals. There are a lot of amazing bands that have such technical and musical genius that are ignored because the vocalist might have un-cleans.

Slipknot has a pretty decent SOUND but their musical content is a mix between okay and terrible. Their recent song has a great mix and tone to it, very raw. The content is also cool, but lackluster in many respects. Metal, in general though, is my favorite. I love progressive metal/djent to death, it's just such a refreshing and constantly moving genre. There's usually something new and amazing to find with djent. I could also argue Death Metal and it's likenesses, as well as jazz are the few genres actually pushing the boundaries of guitar, and it's associated music.

As of recent my parents let me stay up as late as I want, but in most cases I have to be in my room/out of the way. Basically "go to bed" is "get in yer room so we can sleep". My computer isn't in my room which makes me go to sleep around 10 or 11 anyway. Unless I draw, which then I can sometimes stay as late (personal record drawing late here) as 2 am.

I luv a kind of "scene" length (to have a better sense of how long, I guess, not specifically the style), to long hair. On guys and girls. Mines just above jaw length, and I think I've gotten to the point where I should keep it maintained there. I REALLY need to trim the back of my hair though. I was going to initially have it go even longer, but I'm satisfied at where I am now, so the back needs to be shortened up.

This is a thread relevant to my interests. The most totally cross I've done is thigh high stripey socks, arm warmers, and boyshorts (underwear). I wouldn't go much further, I prefer it moreso in a sensual fashion, or being playful, etc. Though I do like when some guys do some moderate cross dressing, not a whole lot. I guess casually, I do like some girlish(???) outfitting. Skinny jeans 4 sure, and I love the big sweatshirt kinda thing where the sleeves are just a tad too long. Hair wise, I adore medium/long hair, and I've been growing mine out for the past year or so, and I think I've found a point where I can stop and am satisfied. I just really like femboys haha. :3

So I really love to make accurate vector mockups (through Photostop) of guitars I'd love built (either by me in the future, or by another lutherie business/custom shop). Recently I got infatuated with a build by Skervesen: The colors were absolutely amazing, and I wanted to mock up something like it. I used their 4AP body design as a base for my own body design, that ended up more like a hybrid between a ESP Horizon III, Shcecter, and Ibanez. The headstock is also inspired by a Skervesen design, but with melds of Ibanez, ESP, and a touch of Blackmachine. The woods that would be put into this would probably be an Ash or similar tonewood. The neck is FOR SURE Bubinga/Wenge (same one in the above picture). Literally the smexiest wood combo. Might even throw in a thin maple laminate to add a little accent between the Wenge and Bubinga. Electronics/hardware include Barenuckle Pickups, most likely Juggernauts; Sperzel tuning machines, Hipshot bridge, and DEFINITELY Dunlop flush mount straplocks. I love the way the flush straplocks are hidden behind the upper horn (same as above picture), and discreet, not interfering with the shape and flow of the guitar. I wanted to catch a bit of a Luna vibe, which led to the specific color palette I chose (plus I just want a kick-ass looking purple guitar). I made a little NLR-esque logo at the 12th fret marker for the 6 string, and a little something I'm cooking up as perhaps a "flagship" logo for my potential lutherie busniess, on the 7 string. Without further-adoo, I present my 6 and 7 string variants of the "Royal Eclipse" 6 string is in a 25.5" scale, and the 7 is in a 26.6" scale. I might revise the 7 into a 27" scale, since I already have a 26.5" scale 7 string, and I'd probably use that one for standard/a little below standard tuning, and this one for low as f... tuning (like Drop F and such ). One thing I probably should have gone and revised is any of the body contours. Should have added horn carves (in the well of the horns, i.e. better fret access) and a lower body arm carve. And yes I vectored each and every piece of the guitar (sans the flamed maple top, or course haha). Most of the hardware was made using actual schematics of the parts for highest scale fidelity. The scale and fretwire placements are also exact, as I used an online resource that calculates fret placement and shows them graphically (FretFind2D, best thing ever).