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https://youtu.be/HjLGGAz7NgQ?si=Ewe6OlHHdGyVMjhp

Could also go in the prog thread.

Has a good few later tunes and line up that isnt my usual go to. But fk its some performance. The 80s white blazers are out in force

In Somniphobia is definitely the better of the newer era that ive heard.

Theres a lot going on but i found ut very immediate compared to some of their other albums. Each section has a lot going on at once rather than 6 seperate sections of different genres shoehorned together. Its very catchy at times too which helps.

Devil master are philly black metal punks with a bit of a spooky stick and catchier than it should be. Theyve blown up some how the last while. Guitarist /mainsong writter's from Derry, plays in bogside sniper squadron and a ream of other stuff.

Main point i forgot to mention was that Mirai from sugh guests on their new record.

In Somniphobia is definitely the better of the newer era that ive heard.

Theres a lot going on but i found ut very immediate compared to some of their other albums. Each section has a lot going on at once rather than 6 seperate sections of different genres shoehorned together. Its very catchy at times too which helps.

Devil master are philly black metal punks with a bit of a spooky stick and catchier than it should be. Theyve blown up some how the last while. Guitarist /mainsong writter's from Derry, plays in bogside sniper squadron and a ream of other stuff.

You reminded me the new Sigh will have to be picked up.

Give it and the new devil master 2 spins earlier as seeing both next week. Think the most recent sigh ive actually listened to is in somniphobia which was 2012?

Enjoyed it a lot. Its very folky in places which i enjoyed. Seemed like most parts had something going in the background. Dunno if the more reecebt albums had that vibe but will definitely check them out if so.

New devil master is great too. Cathy af and probably the most varied work yet

Not a bad recommendation yet,

https://youtu.be/g4ouPGGLI6Q?si=AXtWGuPLqYKd176W

That version of hocus pocus is ridiculously good. Far faster than the record.

Styx are bordering on a bit too cheesy stadium rock, but get a pass as a melody will be stuck with you for days.

Kansas also worth checking out, the do have other songs taht arent carry on my wayward son

Best prog advise is time spent.

Dunno how many 10 min songs ive heard that are

Cool folky intro
Clown music i hate
Best guitar solo ive ever heard
Cheesy wizard frollicking in the forest part i dont hate but its annoying
Heavy riff i cant believe was written back then
Time signature im whacky (i hate it it)
Ocean sounds

You'll come back 3x for the cool bit. By the fifth time your there for the clown music and wizard frollicking and nothing else

That whole selling england by the pound album by genesis is great.

Big prog fan myself.

Favourites atm are red by king crimson and the first 4 or 5 van der graaf generator albums. Still life is a good start point for VdGG. 90% sure thats where opeth got that title.

Atom heart mother is pink floyds best song

And definitely more poppy but supertramp breakfast from America, every song is a banger.

Great, more good stuff, sounds like theres a few different approaches to look at. Its a lot more involved than the plug tape deck in a hit record that i assumed. But i suppose thats the fun of it.

I have absolutely no illusions that I'll be making money of these which is why want to do cheap as possible. The intention is to give them away for free at shows, leave in record shops round the city, give to mates who live abroad etc. As would prefer to do that than post a link on an instagram story and hope 4 people click it. I think tapes are a better format than cds for this.

Will obviously be posting it online, sending it round to sites to potentially review etc. also. Just like the idea of having something tangible to go along with it. I know id be more inclined to listen to a free tape than click the 7th new band announced story ive seen today.

My mate is interested in doing a run of tapes in the US down the line but easier and quicker if could get here in the mean time.

So big things coming/watch this space to quote local band parlance.

Brilliant, thanks for that couldnt have asked for a better reply.

Other guitarist is going on a eu tour so plan was to do 50 that he could hand out at shows. But sounds like it could an undertaking to do that many.

I work from home so have time, and obviously keeping costs down is a priority so I still would like to give it a go however.

The aforementioned guitarist is the sound geek, so hopefully the technical stuff will mean more to him. But i assume any tape deck with recording features would do? Or dyou have any recommendations for it and a mixer you used?

Cover will just be B&W drawing and logo, old school demo style, so the self printing might do. Cant imagine the tapes will be collectors items on discogs either so longevitys probably not an issue!

But i agree i like the diy approach to the whole process. Especially as we have already done everything ourselves up to now, would be a shame to outsource the final steps. That and we're cheap bastards playing shitty punk ofc.

Dont think theres been a topic on this yet.

Ive recorded an ep and was planning on doing a small run of casettes just to hand out. Does anyone have any experience with this?

Ive done a little research and it appears you can just plug directly from pc into some tape recorders and hit play, record simultaneously. Is there an easier, quicker way of doing this. Or does anyone have any equipment recommendations.

Also a rough cost of equipment incl tapes.

For printing jcards is this something can be done on a printer at home. Or would it be better paying a stationary company.

Absolute first timer here so excuses the ignorance.

Feel free to turn this into a general DIY release thread if anyone has any experience

I think hardcore itself its own genre at this point compared to hardcore punk. Mainly only like the later and is quite annoying trying to determine what someone's into when they say theyre into either hardore or punk. As its rarely the stuff i wanna discuss!

One of King's better ones for sure.

Reading the stand by him atm. Only about way but it's shaping up to my one of my favourite of his.

$positions - crypto uncut gems. Coen brothers things keep going wrong to the nth degree

So far a glider (bendy bus), few houses and an uncountable # of cars have been burnt out all over the city. Similar stuff in surrounding towns too but not sure of specifics there.

People stopping cars at one of the main roundabouts to get on the motorway checking to see if passengers are local or not.

A middle eastern food shop that only reopened recently after being burnt out last year was burned down again.

Top notch 'protecting their communities'

Casher of profits