Yeah ... I spun 'Painkiller' - which is to me the best album ever - the other day. I enjoyed the hell out of it and I realized I had not listened to it in over two years. WTF, 730 days and I had not been able to find 45 minutes to take a listen to my favourite album of all time.
Still, I wouldn't want it any other way. I like discovering new music, both old music that is new to me and music that is literally new, in fact I need to do so.
The "too many records"-dilemma
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DeathMetalWeenie
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I just need to know if I'm the only one "suffering" from this...
Do you ever feel that you're wasting too much time 'checking out' craploads of obscure albums, demos, mp3's etc on a daily basis and subsequently don't have enough time playing those classic favourites you truly love?
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I dont suffer from this....Because I know most bands and albums are over-rated in the first place. I buy heavy metal based on logical building blocks... false metal to me is not a FAKE metal, but rock bands being praised as sounding like Iron Maiden or Black Sabbath, and nothing more...and ignore with the bastard hybrids....that are strange and bizarre. In the first place.
I always tried to find bands that seemed serious and wanted 15, 25 year careers, buy most of these bands, who have good starts feel they have to go for the lowest common denominator, to level out a world class albums or a string of high quality releases. To get accepted by people who hated them in the first place.
I do not do tons of research for heavy metal from 1980 on wards (since I was there since day 1 in the first place), because the same situation is true. For ever serious band with a artistic vision, they have tons of fans in attendance who start "tribute" bands, with no understanding of music theory fundamentals. Then do not rehearse that often, and do not put in the 1500 of practice, EVERY YEAR there heros do..and are shocked that there debut albums sucks beyond all belief. Music made by people who are not musicians...
I have used the same resources since 1991 for the modern era of heavy metal. And like my time with Kick Ass Monthly (81-86)...there is the same mentality...quality over quantity. originality over the rip-off, authenticity over gimmicks/hype. I never cared that there are 5,00,000 bands on BNR metal pages and Metal archives. 75% do not belong there in the first place, and from there you can keep decimating the contender-tier, until you distill the best of the best and f*&% the rest.
I never have a shit/average releases in my collection. (because I do not draw the line at so and so band, say Iron Maiden and use that as a baseline, what I do is I know the difference between the genres of hard rock and heavy metal) I give every release the 3 week challenge, I will listen to it for 3 weeks, and if it is unmemorable, then it goes into the return for credit stack.
Do you ever feel that you're wasting too much time 'checking out' craploads of obscure albums, demos, mp3's etc on a daily basis and subsequently don't have enough time playing those classic favourites you truly love?
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I dont suffer from this....Because I know most bands and albums are over-rated in the first place. I buy heavy metal based on logical building blocks... false metal to me is not a FAKE metal, but rock bands being praised as sounding like Iron Maiden or Black Sabbath, and nothing more...and ignore with the bastard hybrids....that are strange and bizarre. In the first place.
I always tried to find bands that seemed serious and wanted 15, 25 year careers, buy most of these bands, who have good starts feel they have to go for the lowest common denominator, to level out a world class albums or a string of high quality releases. To get accepted by people who hated them in the first place.
I do not do tons of research for heavy metal from 1980 on wards (since I was there since day 1 in the first place), because the same situation is true. For ever serious band with a artistic vision, they have tons of fans in attendance who start "tribute" bands, with no understanding of music theory fundamentals. Then do not rehearse that often, and do not put in the 1500 of practice, EVERY YEAR there heros do..and are shocked that there debut albums sucks beyond all belief. Music made by people who are not musicians...
I have used the same resources since 1991 for the modern era of heavy metal. And like my time with Kick Ass Monthly (81-86)...there is the same mentality...quality over quantity. originality over the rip-off, authenticity over gimmicks/hype. I never cared that there are 5,00,000 bands on BNR metal pages and Metal archives. 75% do not belong there in the first place, and from there you can keep decimating the contender-tier, until you distill the best of the best and f*&% the rest.
I never have a shit/average releases in my collection. (because I do not draw the line at so and so band, say Iron Maiden and use that as a baseline, what I do is I know the difference between the genres of hard rock and heavy metal) I give every release the 3 week challenge, I will listen to it for 3 weeks, and if it is unmemorable, then it goes into the return for credit stack.
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Ernest Thesiger
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Because "Kick Ass Monthly" says so.Ernest Thesiger wrote:No. Why the heck should I?DeathMetalWeenie wrote:ignore with the bastard hybrids....that are strange and bizarre.
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ION BRITTON
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I caught up with most of my collection the past year and I can tell (without basing my entire liking or disliking of an album on one single magazine) that at least 75% of it is not overrated.
I also keep new albums for longer than 3 weeks, 'cause any idiot knows some albums take longer to sink in. Especially the strange and bizarre.
I also keep new albums for longer than 3 weeks, 'cause any idiot knows some albums take longer to sink in. Especially the strange and bizarre.
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DeathMetalWeenie
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I also keep new albums for longer than 3 weeks, 'cause any idiot knows some albums take longer to sink in. Especially the strange and bizarre.
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Hey if that works for you...Cool, but what has worked for me, for 31 years, has always worked for me. Listen to it for a few weeks, like 21 day trial period, and if it does not stick in my brain like Crytic Slaughter "Convicted", Or Iron Maiden "Killers".
Then if I can not remember the songs inside out. Then it holds no interest for me. Because the biggest problem with the music business rock and metal, in not bands having a lack of originality, it is almost as if most musicians nowadays never took basic music theory lessons. These are not necessary band things, but when bands with no music training decide to specialize in UN-originality, then holy f&*!.
At some point say the 1 thousand 2 or 3 thousand CD mark...It is okay, to discriminate against bands with unmemorable songwriting or albums with more than one filler track....So why not just buy album that are raging rippers with zero filler tracks ??????
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Hey if that works for you...Cool, but what has worked for me, for 31 years, has always worked for me. Listen to it for a few weeks, like 21 day trial period, and if it does not stick in my brain like Crytic Slaughter "Convicted", Or Iron Maiden "Killers".
Then if I can not remember the songs inside out. Then it holds no interest for me. Because the biggest problem with the music business rock and metal, in not bands having a lack of originality, it is almost as if most musicians nowadays never took basic music theory lessons. These are not necessary band things, but when bands with no music training decide to specialize in UN-originality, then holy f&*!.
At some point say the 1 thousand 2 or 3 thousand CD mark...It is okay, to discriminate against bands with unmemorable songwriting or albums with more than one filler track....So why not just buy album that are raging rippers with zero filler tracks ??????