I must revisit bands I was once into and do a catchup on their output since they dropped off my radar. First in the list is Paradise Lost who I was obsessed with around Draconian Times but I haven't listed to since Believe in Nothing, it could be a reawakening or a final nail in the coffin.
Anyone else in a similar position with bands?
I suppose Tiamat would be one for me. Wildhoney is up there with the best of the best but after that I lost all interest.
I had an Entombed catch up recently and realised that I didn't miss anything essential.
QuoteI had an Entombed catch up recently and realised that I didn't miss anything essential
There's loads I've let drop off - but suspect the above will be the case most of the time.
PL are a great example though. 17 albums and most of them are completely forgettable.
I have done with Crytopsy. Listened to the last two albums. While they are very well executed they just aren't anywhere near as good as the early stuff. Not saying it's bad by any means, just doesn't have the same character I guess.
Did a Sigur Ros one recently, I hadn't bothered withbthe last few. Glad I did now, they're hit miss but Atta was mighty.
I find myself thinking "yeah I'm into modern Therapy?", and realise the latest album of theirs I own is High Anxiety, which released 23 years ago (which in itself is a cause of anxiety).
I've dipped in and out of later releases, and some of them certainly have some good tunes, I just never kept up with them.
The last Therapy? I bought was 'Suicide Pact- You First'... 27 years ago! Nothing I've heard after that interested me, and the one or two before it were middling. They never captured the weird post-punk, industrial, something or other of Nurse again which is a shame. It's such a great album. I really want to grab that Jaaw album but the nuclear postage from Svart makes it a turnoff. If Svart put out another Skepticism album I might add Jaaw into the basket.
You're 100% correct!!!!
Jaaw is the only thing that comes close to it. Troublegum is like the Black album or Appetite for Destruction for me, never need to hear it again so when I throw on therapy it's mostly the mini albums and EP's these days especially Pleasure Death and Baby Teeth. I did enjoy some of their post Troublegum albums Infernal, Semi-Detached and I hated suicide pact when it came out but have since come to think it was their last, not classic but interesting album. I've taken a punt on some of their albums after that and have always been disappointed. I think think they know what they're doing themselves or what they want to be anymore.
High Anxiety and Cleave would be my picks of the period you've not listened to. Both fairly straightforward though, less of the weirdness you'd have in the early stuff.