What are you listening to?

[garvalf]

A cool folk metal song from Arkona (Russia), illustrated by an old children film with Bilibin like settings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBxLaYoUynY

And another song by the same band, with a nice sword dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4_PWKOCz0U

[utz]

@garvalf, I wonder if Clockwork Orchestra would be something to your liking?

[garvalf]

@utz : I didn't know Clockwork Orchestra, it's indeed very good. It reminds me a bit of The Legendary Pink Dots, another band I like a lot.

[Dream of Omnimaga]

For some reasons my post never came through, but I love that first metal song @garvalf . I didn't know that Russia made metal, especially folk/pirate/symphonic/melodic/power metal genres, since those seemed mostly concentrated in Finland, Norway and Germany. I didn't listen to the 2nd one until now but it sounds nice as well.

[garvalf]

There is quite a "tradition" of black / folk metal in Eastern Europe and Russia. Probably Scandinavia came first, but then when it started to decline a bit, around 1995, the Slavic people arrived with some very cult albums
For example Sacrilegium "Wicher", in 1996:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SWajZWKiG8

Behemoth "Grom", again in 1996:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFgPpqgokM0

it seems 1996 was for black metal a good year, as much as 1986 was great for thrash metal...

In 2000, Graveland "Prawo Stali" :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip5p52Cv5Lc

[Caleb Hansberry]

Silent Hope by Idle Cure:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN-jGRKc2Vg

Bad News for Modern Man by Steve Camp:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZFSOwuk53w

And Tourist Trap by Crumbacher:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwwTS8Q7Qos

They're all varying degrees of haunting or foreboding. The last two would have to be in my top 10 favorite songs ever, out of thousands I've heard.

[Adriweb]

I've been listening to long PsyTrance mixes on YouTube lately. I find it nice for prolonged programming sessions.
(things like this)

[Caleb Hansberry]

I've been listening to long PsyTrance mixes on YouTube lately. I find it nice for prolonged programming sessions.
(things like this)

Oh, I heard that one, I even downloaded the whole thing just in case I ever needed it. It is indeed pretty good for prolonged anything

[garvalf]

I didn't know Crumbacher but it sounds good!

[Dream of Omnimaga]

Here is an interesting album I found:

https://4mat.bandcamp.com/album/closure-sans-titre-bonus-tracks

It's a blend between relaxing and electronic music, with a few faster songs, but some of the noises used in the song sounds like chiptune material.


@garvalf that first long song sounds nice, but what's with the sound quality? Was Russia that far behind in recording technology in 1996? It reminds me how Japan still seems stuck with 480p TV, judging from the fact that most Japanese TV show videos on Youtube are not HD.

Also I love melodic black metal


Also @Caleb Hansberry I think I remember hearing those songs before on Omni or something I like the 3rd one in particular. I didn't know that there was christian italo-disco music.


EDIT: Wow the chorus in this song reminds me a lot from some Japanese song I forgot the name of:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3tRT1_Sn4E

It also sounds like old VGM, anime or eurobeat stuff from Japan.

[Caleb Hansberry]

I'm pretty sure I posted the second song on omni, the other two I don't think I did but not sure.

Yes, Crumbacher is excellent, I highly recommend the rest of Escape from the Fallen Planet as well, such as Identical Twins and Crashlanded, and also the album before it, Incandescent (from which my favorite song is Track You Down).

[Dream of Omnimaga]

Yep. By the way I just went through all their albums (unless I missed some?) and Escape from the Fallen Planet and Incandescent are my favorites. Tame the Volcano is not bad but I don't like Thunder Beach much. My favorite songs from them are Track you Down, It Don't Matter, So Strange, Graduating Class and Tourist Trap. The best IMHO is Graduating Class, but it might be due to its chorus melody reminding me of Japanese music culture (mainly . My second favorite would be Track you Down.

Also while we're into christian music, Armageddon is another band I like, but the genre is completely different: thrash metal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky2Tnpt-X14
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcdYyq8DFl8


EDIT: By the way here is what "Track You Down" by Crumbacher reminds me of:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_XOYePxCI8

And what "Graduating Class" chorus reminds me of:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5G5bD2Do-k

[novenary]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5G5bD2Do-k

Dammit, now you made me want to watch that anime. My list of things to watch is way too long.

Also lol DJ, Japan is far ahead of everyone else in terms of video quality, don't judge by YouTube videos.

[Yuki]

Japan's been pretty much one of the first countries to switch to HD since quite a few years ago, since it's pretty much been invented there?

Anyway, the Haruhi Suzumiya songs are pretty good, you should really watch it. The anime itself as well, also pretty good.

[Dream of Omnimaga]

Then why do they still insist on using low quality Youtube videos? Is it because Youtube is paid in Japan or that bandwidth is extremely expensive there? Or are they just so conscious about space management?