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Agalloch, most definitely. @kalphite: Try Unwound. An ambient post-hardcore band. They sound a little like Cult of Luna in places, and some of their stuff is pretty hard to listen to. Get Leaves Turn Inside You - it's an amazing album.

That album is really good. You should check out Bath as well. http://rateyourmusic.com/collection/Destabilise/strm_a/maudlin+of+the+well/1 Yeah, that's pretty much my opinion on PTS and the motW discography. (Ignore Coaltar of the Deepers there) Not listening to anything right now, but I thought I would just post that.

I'll have to check that one out. Thanks for the link. maudlin of the Well - Bizarre Flower/A Violent Mist

Alamaailman Vasarat. They're an avant-prog/klezmer/jazz-fusion band from Finland. In earlier albums they used primarily distorted cellos instead of guitars, which made their sound pretty heavy and driving. Their newer stuff is good, but it doesn't really match the raw power and intensity of their first two albums. Kaarmelautakunta is my favourite album by them, so get that if you're interested at all. also they sound nothing like Apocalyptica. 100% better than that. [yt]I-PlKlsOdZA[/yt] Excuse the awful quality. But yeah, that's the only way I can really describe them to you.

maudlin of the Well - Stones of October's Sobbing An emotional, abstract masterpiece of modern progressive music, no less.

^ Hey, that isn't Crystal Logic! np: The Flashbulb - Eyes of June

Broken Social Scene - I Slept With Bonhomme at the CBC

Yes, and from what I can tell when you become comfortable with them it kind of stays with you. I remember learning barre chords years ago and I'm still relatively comfortable with them even though they don't feature heavily in anything I play. If you play barre chords enough, certain points along your index finger will start to callus up, making them easier to play as well. I play drop-D most of the time, and due to power chords being a bar of the E(D) A and D strings, I've got a huge callus where my index finger meets the high D string. It's more the stretch of my hand than my fingers hurting. Say, if I'm doing a root 6 Fm barre, I can barely get my 3rd and 4th fingers onto the respective frets, and I often end up playing a B and an E when I should be playing a C and an F there. If I move my thumb, I can't barre well enough; so I've often resigned myself to using a capo if I play anything that low down (pretty much up to 5th fret root 6). For that reason I find myself playing higher up root 5 barres instead when it would generally be more musical to play them lower - and they happen a lot in the sort of music I play. I usually play in standard also, unless something calls for E-flat.

^ That picture just about summed up my rage when I was in my local guitar shop. Tried to sell me one of those damn things with my guitar I was buying. Also, revivng this for guitars, etc. My guitar, by the way: Mexican reissue Telecaster. Seemed to beat the crap out of all the other guitars in its price range. Although, after watching some videos on YouTube, I wish I'd saved up a bit more and bought a used G&L ASAT Classic. They seem to sound a lot more driving and forward (overwound, higher-volume pickups and such) - more the sort of sound I want, even if they are essentially Fenders. Had a few lessons recently and I've got barre chords and some other stuff down now. But do barre chords get less painful with practice? I have small hands, and I find anything below 5th fret almost excruciating.

Yeah, I can laugh at things that would make most people puke. [bleep] you, Internet.

Indeed. If you don't know your [cabbage] about music, take a hint and shut the [bleep] up. As for me, I never really got into that whole pop-punk phase that swallowed up all of my friends. Didn't really see the point in dressing like Billie Joe.

The new Rin Toshi-te Shigure album, just A moment, is awesome. They're best described as raw indie rock/post-hardcore. [yt]tQHM2dTQX8E[/yt] It's up on Japshare if anyone wants to check it out. [edit] This [cabbage] is my album of the year, by the way.

Because everything gets derailed in there, of course. There is no continuity between posts.

Ah, the amount of times I woke up to the dreaded BSOD with my old computer. As for screencaps, is that even possible? Started on my Japanese learning today. Currently memorising kana; it's actually pretty interesting.

Didn't know we had so many people who liked endless shounen here.

It's slightly worrying when someone who's almost a full-grown man watches and enjoys a show that has a bunch of 11 and 12 year olds as the main characters.

A dropout and NEET currently searching for a job. What with this recession and all, I'm finding it hard. Plus, I have my parents breathing down my neck.

[yt]_XfJwh2cC6o[/yt] [yt]CxY0ALI7izo[/yt] For fun and games: [yt]Lzw7fvohQ-o[/yt] And because I can: [yt]gVz4M6nUSAw[/yt] Another one (no lolicon references, now. Posting this for the cute factor only): [yt]CuyuuneXlvM[/yt] Ichigo Mashimaro made me want to clean myself with bleach after watching it. I really do worry about myself sometimes.

Kamelot - Center of the Universe

7/10. They have some potential there, definitely. Why are all of you giving it like, 3 or 4? It's not that bad.

That one was absolutely awesome, and so was the anime. Also Mushishi, been meaning to see that for ages.

Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou. Not read it yet, but it's said to be absolutely great if you want to relax.

As a native speaker, I really don't know where you should start. However you should start memorizing your kana, and then reading children's books. Then when you get comfortable enough, expand your vocabulary and get a book on Kanji. There are several rules and tricks to them which are very convenient to use. Okay, thanks. I did something similar with French, and eventually German, but yeah, I was just wondering at how best to get down the fundamentals of the language. I get the feeling that it's gonna be like learning English again, but hey. I'll see how I go with it.

Fort Minor 9,245,737 plays (397,274 listeners) (from Last.fm) I don't really think so. You want both underrated and underlistened? http://www.last.fm/music/Local+Bus and I believe this is maybe the 2nd or 3rd time I've posted this band. You should all check them out. It's great stuff.

Yeah it seems that most stereotypcial MMO-playing nerds do indeed love metal. (Specifically: power metal) However most of my metalhead friends IRL aren't MMO-playing nerds, so yeah. As for me, I didn't even know what metal was when I played RuneScape. I had quit RuneScape by the time I had gotten into metal anyway. About a year and a half ago, I was a HUGE metalhead; I started out with Iron Maiden, Dragonforce, Blind Guardian etc. and gradually got into black, death and finally progressive metal. However, about this time last year I heard Porcupine Tree for the first time and my interest in metal declined quite a lot. In October or November last year, I heard Loveless by My Bloody Valentine and that pretty much killed metal for me. In Janurary this year, I barely listened to any metal because I was exploring new music; nowadays though, I'll put on some Kamelot or In Flames now and again. I also had a period of exclusively J-pop and anime themes for a couple of weeks last year, on a completely unrelated note. It really does seem that people who love typically nerdy stuff love metal also. At least, that's my observation - but not all metalheads are nerds.