Psychopunch and Social Distortion ...
That's what I've been listening the last weeks
Your artist/group of the moment.
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Warheart
- Joined: Wed Sep 17, 2003 11:58 am
- Status: Immersed
- Location: In Fiction
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Kadaj
- Joined: Fri Jul 16, 2004 5:33 am
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
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JOE_Greezy
- Joined: Wed Mar 30, 2005 10:54 am
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Otohiko
- Joined: Mon May 05, 2003 8:32 pm
Korol' i Shut ("King and Jester")
Yes, a Russian band. I've got a whole bunch of their material, and really didn't think that much of it at first other than being amused by it - but it's just so damn catchy, it's grown on me a lot.
Here's the deal which, in my view, is what makes them a real standout:
-Go with Hardcore as your basic starting point.
-Throw in some Trash Metal and other general elements belonging to that area of music.
-Now over all that, put a consistent medieval/fantasy thematic to songs.
-To which you immediately add great storytelling - each of their songs is really an anecdote, a tale, a character portrait, not just a song.
-To which you also add an unexpected duo of lead vocalists with vastly different personalities who can act out an even greater number of distinct characters in their songs.
-And, finally, you keep in mind that all of that is told through wonderful tongue-in-cheek sarcasm that, rather than being pretentious, laughs at itself and its themes - but in a great, jestful taste. Nowhere else does angst of vampires and necromancers sound right to me!
Hats off to Knyaz' & Gorshok and their crew. I think they hit on a formula of awesomeness that's all their own.
Yes, a Russian band. I've got a whole bunch of their material, and really didn't think that much of it at first other than being amused by it - but it's just so damn catchy, it's grown on me a lot.
Here's the deal which, in my view, is what makes them a real standout:
-Go with Hardcore as your basic starting point.
-Throw in some Trash Metal and other general elements belonging to that area of music.
-Now over all that, put a consistent medieval/fantasy thematic to songs.
-To which you immediately add great storytelling - each of their songs is really an anecdote, a tale, a character portrait, not just a song.
-To which you also add an unexpected duo of lead vocalists with vastly different personalities who can act out an even greater number of distinct characters in their songs.
-And, finally, you keep in mind that all of that is told through wonderful tongue-in-cheek sarcasm that, rather than being pretentious, laughs at itself and its themes - but in a great, jestful taste. Nowhere else does angst of vampires and necromancers sound right to me!
Hats off to Knyaz' & Gorshok and their crew. I think they hit on a formula of awesomeness that's all their own.
The Birds are using humanity in order to throw something terrifying at this green pig. And then what happens to us all later, that’s simply not important to them…
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requiett
- Joined: Mon May 12, 2003 6:49 pm
- Location: Alaska
I'll match that and up the stakes with Infected Mushroom..ecoy:. wrote:I see your 1200 Mics and raise you Astrix.
http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/hom/hom1cd037.html
http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/yoy/yoy1cd063.html
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Farlo
- expectations of deliberate annihilation
- Joined: Tue Apr 02, 2002 8:04 am
- Status: The Dark Host
- Location: Fort Smith, Arkansas
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crimson_nightmare
- Joined: Sun May 07, 2006 1:07 am