Hey Svartmetall

[Ninny]

Are you a doom fan?

[vO)))id]

I think more of a Blackmetall kinda dude

[Svartmetall]

Oh fuck yeah I've been into Sabbath since 1980, 'Warpigs' was the second song I learned to play (Priest's 'Beyond The Realms Of Death' being the first), and only today I was driving around town treating the locals to 'Elephant Star' from Candlemass' 'From The 13th Sun' at War Volume™ whilst appropriating groceries.

So yes, you could say I have been a tad partial to a soupçon of Ye Olde Doom from time to time :D

[vO)))id]

[Z's bouncy tits]

Candlemass is the good stuff.

[Svartmetall]

Oh, and if you like Doom then you need to get a Behringer SF-300 Super Fuzz pedal, it does a perfect reproduction of the sound Electric Wizard got on 'Dopethrone' and is only like £20 Also recommend is the Mosky Mini Muff pedal.

[Dr. Gonzo]

Do you ever listen funeral doom, like, Esoteric, Evoken or Skepticism?

[Svartmetall]

Do you ever listen funeral doom, like, Esoteric, Evoken or Skepticism?

I've actually been into Esoteric since 1994, when I was sent a copy of 'Epistemological Despondency' for the radio show I was doing back then in Wales. Not heard of the other two, but then there's just so many damn bands these days; will investigate when I get a chance.

666MrDoom's channel on YouTube is a goldmine for new Doom stuff, by the way.

[Svartmetall]

I think more of a Blackmetall kinda dude

Oh I loves me some black metal too...I'm pretty much a musical sponge, I can get something out of almost anything. Obviously rock & metal are the main course, but I love prog and classical music, electronica & ambient too and I'm currently exploring bits of jazz to try and get the hang of it.

[vO)))id]

Same here man.

[Dr. Gonzo]

Do you ever listen funeral doom, like, Esoteric, Evoken or Skepticism?

I've actually been into Esoteric since 1994, when I was sent a copy of 'Epistemological Despondency' for the radio show I was doing back then in Wales. Not heard of the other two, but then there's just so many damn bands these days; will investigate when I get a chance.

666MrDoom's channel on YouTube is a goldmine for new Doom stuff, by the way.

I follow that channel.

[Svartmetall]

All the time I was teaching guitar for a living (I did this for 15 years in Wales), I used to encourage my pupils to listen to the widest possible range of stuff on general principle.

It went something like this: find someone who's seriously into a form of music you know nothing about, and get them to lend or at least recommend to you 4-5 albums that represent the absolute pinnacle of that genre. if you still don't get anything from it, then that genre's just not for you - but you've not lost anything by giving it a chance, and if you do get into it, you've just opened up a whole new menu of musical flavours (or added a whole new bunch of colours to your palette, depending on which analogy I was using).

From my dabblings in jazz over the last year or three I know I don't like the Nina Simone-type jazz-singer stuff at all, and that big-band stuff leaves me kind of cold although I can appreciate some of the harmonies that happen; however I really like the smaller 4- and 5- piece type ensembles - Miles' 'Kind Of Blue' is already a real favourite - and also some of Coltrane and SonnyRollins' stuff in a similar setting. I also enjoy Miles' late 60s / early '70s acid-jazz stuff like 'Bitches Brew', 'Dark Magus' and 'Pangaea'/'Agharta', those are really fun.

So, yeah - try everything. You never know

[jawn galliano]

you into the 70s jazz fusion stuff at all? i've been rocking a shitload of return to forever lately

[Svartmetall]

you into the 70s jazz fusion stuff at all? i've been rocking a shitload of return to forever lately

Bits of it; I have the RTF live album, and I love the Colosseum stuff (especially with Gary Moore, who's a massive influence of mine) and anything with Holdsworth playing. If there's good jazz fusion stuff you'd recommend, I'm all ears though

[jawn galliano]

i wish i were a bit more knowledgeable about it but mostly all i know is RTF and mahavishnu orchestra check out romantic warrior & where have i known you before from the former if you're not familiar. mahavishnu's essential output is with the original lineup, innermounting flame, birds of fire, and trident sessions (which was shelved for like 30 years before it finally saw release)

[Svartmetall]

God, I totally forgot about Mahavishnu - I am indeed a fan, and that shows how long it must be since I've listened to them. The version of 'Dream' on the live album is just amazing.