Spent a few evenings listening to the new dodheimsgard immediately followed by king crimson red. although on paper they are completely different styles they work together very well.
Any other albums that work together well unexpectedly?
I had a C90, back in the day, with Trouble s/t on one side and Masters of Reality s/t/Blue Garden on the other and never grew tired of that moment to flip over and play the other side. They really go together well.
I always thought the absurd greasy spoon glam of Wrathchild's 'Stakk Attack' was a perfect companion to Charged GBH 'City Baby's Revenge'. Especially the song 'Stakk Attack' which is essentially a hardcore punk song anyway.
Screaming for vengeance and Defenders are basically a double album
Edit: nevermind, that's not unexpected
I'll frequently lash on John Coltrane's "Giant Steps" after Cynic's "Focus", or Fred Thordendal's "Sol Niger Within" usually puts me in the mood for Allan Holdsworth's "Atavachron".
Neurosis-times of grace can be played at the same time as Tribes of Neurot- Grace
When I was in college I had 2 CD's on regular rotation in the discman (yes, I'm old as fuck.) - Psalm 69 by Ministry and Emperor's In The Nightside Eclipse.
Anytime I listen to either album I get the urge to throw on the other after. Not sure if it's the ideal pairing but it sounds good to my ears.
Quote from: Rosco on June 13, 2024, 09:20:16 AMNeurosis-times of grace can be played at the same time as Tribes of Neurot- Grace
Yeah, but don't. Grace is unlistenable, and TOG wasn't the best wither.
Times of Grace is their masterpiece. I never listened to Grace.
A huge step down for me, in terms of the songs and Albini draining them of all life. They were good live on that tour, but not great, Through Silver... and that live show pissed on the TOG cycle.
Quote from: Wilbur Whateley on June 13, 2024, 11:32:09 AMWhen I was in college I had 2 CD's on regular rotation in the discman (yes, I'm old as fuck.) - Psalm 69 by Ministry and Emperor's In The Nightside Eclipse.
Anytime I listen to either album I get the urge to throw on the other after. Not sure if it's the ideal pairing but it sounds good to my ears.
Christ the discman, the most useless piece of technology ever conceived. Ya couldn't even use it on the bus with any comfort without it skipping, If ya didn't keep it away from your chest your heartbeat would set the cunt off skipping, used to drive me nuts when I was trying to rock out to Rose Tattoo - Rock'n'Roll Outlaws followed by AC/DC - Powerage.
I still have one in a drawer, I had one long into the iPod age. Ut was a flash one to be fair, anti-skip and all that, paid it off weekly. Had that in one inside pocket of the denim jacket and an 8 disc wallet in the other. Mad looking back now, I have hundreds of albums on my phone.
Still have two of them.
Used one regularly for nearly two years when my CD player on the stereo system packed in a few years ago.
Hooked it up to the stereo as a 'temporary measure'... Two and a bit years later I finally got a new CD separate. ;D
I remember long journeys on the bus to college praying that the cunting contraption would play whatever CD I had with me. A mate burned some Zeppelin albums for me and they played no bother, but the fucking thing refused to play Under a Funeral Moon!
It had good taste so. ;)
Quote from: jobrok1 on June 13, 2024, 12:53:46 PMStill have two of them.
Used one regularly for nearly two years when my CD player on the stereo system packed in a few years ago.
Hooked it up to the stereo as a 'temporary measure'... Two and a bit years later I finally got a new CD separate. ;D
I had the same set up for years, until I finally got a 'new' stereo last year. This one has a 3 disc changer, I don't know myself.
Quote from: Carnage on June 13, 2024, 12:41:54 PMA huge step down for me, in terms of the songs and Albini draining them of all life. They were good live on that tour, but not great, Through Silver... and that live show pissed on the TOG cycle.
I saw them on the Through Silver tour when they backed Entombed. My first time even hearing them was that gig I think. So dark and powerful, there's no denying it. I love TOG all the same. There's a clarity to the production that accentuates the heaviness. The mood created across the album is pure magic to me.
I know I'm in the minority there, they only grew in popularity from TOG on, but the run from Souls to TSIB is where it's at for me. That Entombed support was my introduction to them too (apart from a Discharge cover on a tribute EP years before) so it was certainly formative in terms of my lasting opinion of them, but when TOG came around I was majorly let down. I'd gotten a 2 track promo a few months before (The Doorway and Under The Surface) and hoped that they were demos or unmastered tracks but alas, no.
I've mentioned before how much I hate Albini's production, this and In Utero are among the main reasons why. Billy Anderson did a much better job before him IMO. I think the lack of texture, even samples has a lot to do with it, it's just so flat sounding to me. I didn't think the songs themselves were up the the previous level either, so it's not all on Albini's shoulders.
Times of Grace is a classic, all criticism is outright heresy!
I'd give it 3/5, being generous. Very telling that the only thing they've done since TSIB that I really enjoyed is the split with Jarboe, and Albini was nowhere bear it.
TSIB is the best Neurosis album, closely followed by TOG. And I love the version with Grace mixed in on top too I have an MP3 rip of the combo here somewhere. Anyway most of the albums either side of those two are great too.
Ministry - The Land Of Rape And Honey and Ministry - The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste.
I was a tape walkman guy until around the millenium, then think I had a discman until Obama appeared, ha ha.Tape walkman still the best by far for this reason, making your own little musical landscapes.
Anyway great topic. First great tape that I think of is SOIA "Scratch the Surface" and ND "Greed Killing" ep, other side being Veruca Salt "Eight Arms to Hold You". Summer of 1998