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Just put on some gritty-ass blackened death metal whatever from Tom Warrior's catalog. Wish me luck, because I'm not usually a fan of this stuff by any means.

I think the art of Let's Play and gaming on YouTube is fading out, with guys like Toby Turner and PewDiePie, who I don't have anything against as people, but I've never heard the same five jokes used so much in the span of ten minutes. My favorite commentators will always be Cr1TiKaL and the Game Grumps, because of their spontaneity and ability to always have something to say that isn't just a list of stock rehashed phrases.

This is something I've wanted to do for a while, and now I'm doing it. My top 10 albums of all time. You may be able to guess what's going to be on here, but I'd like to surprise a lot of you. Anyone who knows jazz has to know Miles Davis. There's no way around that. His impact on the genre is so immense that I can't even begin to put it into words. He was at the front of so many movements in the style, from the bebop of the 1950's all the way into the 70's and 80's, pioneering modal jazz in "Kind of Blue" in '59 and a strange fusion of jazz and rock music ten years later with "In a Silent Way," among countless others. This is where "Bitches Brew" comes in. This long, sprawling, 90-minute experience is the divider between the events leading up to Miles' fusion years and the albums that expanded on these ideas later. Compared to its predecessor, "In a Silent Way," this record has much less of a defined groove and much, much less of the melodic and soothing atmosphere. One could say that Miles went pretty much all out when he was putting these songs together, and getting all the performers he got on one single track. Every track has at least two drummers and two keyboard players playing on it simultaneously. The names on here range from Wayne Shorter (saxophonist extraordinaire), Chick Corea, Joe Zawinul (piano virtuosoes), and John McLaughlin (crazy guitarist), in addition to Miles' sparse yet energetic trumpet sound. This is worth mentioning, since a lot of his playing up until this point was in the lower range and much more subdued, but he tends to go more all-out when he has the forefront. If anything is noteworthy on "Bitches Brew," it's how much post-production went into every one of these songs. Looping, tape delays, re-sequencing, et cetera. In a genre like jazz, this was something that wasn't even considered in the creative process, but it only serves to make every track more interesting than they may have been otherwise. I can't say much more about this record, other than that even if you're not a jazz fan, give it a shot. These tracks are really long sometimes, but they're far from boring. This is my definitive piece in the Miles Davis catalog, and I hope it can eventually be the same way for you. 1. Pharoah's Dance 9.5/10 2. Bitches Brew 10/10 3. Spanish Key 9/10 4. John McLaughlin 9.5/10 5. Miles Runs the Voodoo Down 10/10 6. Sanctuary 10/10 Overall: 10/10 Stay tuned for numbers nine through one.

Agalloch (specifically the early stuff) Deafheaven Desiderium Liturgy Krallice Those are the ones I got. It's alright, but it doesn't compare to their later output in my book. Really good stuff.

If all black metal was like that, it'd get really stagnant. That'd be like if Miles Davis played bebop all his life or if Radiohead made seven more Pablo Honeys. You feel me? Anyway, have some USBM that I honestly don't know how to feel about. It has really fake sounding symphonic elements, but the metal side of things is alright.

Is this band called Alexis on Fire or Alex Is on Fire? I've wondered this for months now and I'd like some closure on the subject.

My only argument for Metallica being bad is that they're mainstream.

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I need to listen to Monotheist when the seasons change. I've wanted to get into Tom Warrior's work for so long but haven't had enough want to do so.

That would be Panzerfaust. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpAKSpufDpg Interestingly gloomy stuff. Another opinion. Animals as Leaders' debut would have been so much better if the guitar tone lived up to Tosin Abasi's ability.

Note the capslock and bad spelling. You actually thought he actually thought you would enjoy that? My favorite Yes album, but no one else likes it. Figures.

>gets recommended a band >ARE YOU SAYING MY TASTE IS SHIT wat dafuq bro Just put on the first of three ISIS EPs released before Celestial. Don't know how this'll turn out, but I love ISIS, so it should be good.

I see his new stuff as proto-brostep with much more substance than the brostep that ruined dubstep forever, but still not particularly captivating.

There's a more in-depth analysis of my favorite stuff on my RateYourMusic profile (a great site for music enthusiasts), but I'll list my top 5 favorite genres in order. 1. Progressive metal (including the whole "djent" thing, which is by no means a genre) 2. Jazz (so many different varieties, but my favorites are third stream, fusion, and free) 3. Grindcore (Pig Destroyer, Nails, Wormrot, Discordance Axis, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Rotten Sound) 4. Screamo (by which I mean screamo and not anything else; Circle Takes the Square, Loma Prieta, pageninetynine, Combatwoundedveteran, etc.) 5. Post-rock (Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Silver Mt. Zion, Mogwai, Sigur Ros, Explosions in the Sky, later Swans) I consider myself pretty diverse, but I could very well be full of shit.

There's more EDM than Skrill and the like. I listen to more 2000's and 2010's electronic than anything, like Flying Lotus, Bonobo, Venetian Snares, James Blake, early Skream, and Burial. I will say Aphex Twin and Underworld are some of my favorites too, though. I need to get some more stuff from that era, especially big beat, since that intrigues me a lot.

do you even (btw where did the full album video for this go) Gotta say it again, best "djent" band ever. "Februus" is my favorite album of 2011 and this decade so far, and that still hasn't changed.

My favorite OST is The Social Network. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross put together some sweet ambient stuff for that movie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82eVbzdtUGk Close runners-up include A Charlie Brown Christmas (amazing jazz trio recording for the holidays) and Koyaanisqatsi (interesting modern classical).

Is everyone really saying Nickelback is the worst band in the world? Clearly you don't know the reason a part of RD92 wants to kick me in the fucking teeth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkPjfWi4IEI I despise this album with every fiber of my being. Let's just move on and pretend this post doesn't exist.

Absolutely. Black Flag, X, the Dead Kennedys, even early Green Day. There was a lot going on in punk around California for, what, 20 years? THEEEEEEEEEERE'S your problem. Those are both from "The Yes Album," and there's so much better music in the Yes catalog. "Close to the Edge" is a masterpiece, but it doesn't come close to my personal favorite:

Sure they ruled it, but I find Yes to be more engaging. My second place might be Jethro Tull, though they weren't really completely prog until "Thick as a Brick" came around.

The Descendents rule so hard. This is like proto-pop-punk. Really unique. But also, I wouldn't dismiss an entire sub-genre of metal, or any genre for that matter. I've found some power metal I like, cheesy or otherwise. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78xKCM-bk1Q I'm not sure if Wintersun would fall into that category, but they have elements of it. Their drummer played for Rotten Sound as well. GIVE ME TIME II NOW I CAN'T WAIT MUCH LONGER Anyway, another opinion of mine. I can't stand when people say bands like Necrophagist or Rings of Saturn are technical for the sake of being technical, and therefore bad. Sure, they're technical, but if you're looking for them to be anything else, of course you'll think badly of them. My exception to this is a three-piece that makes music that's both technical and interesting.

>comparing prog rock to doom metal and post-punk Why are you even trying? I can think of bands I like more than even those you mentioned for their respective genres. Yes for 70's prog rock, Candlemass for traditional doom metal, and Swans for post-punk.

My daily dose of Devin (DDD?) is Strapping Young Lad's self-titled from 2003. It's not "City", but it's still got that SYL sound that I enjoy.