en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 60 http://www.audioscrobbler.net/data/webservices http://www.last.fm/user/Masenkame/journal The Last.fm journal for Masenkame. Last.fm journals are a place to talk about all things music. http://www.last.fm/user/Masenkame/journal/2006/03/14/1xbj_top_artists_of_the_week_%25232_%2528sunday_mar_5_-_sunday_mar_12%2529 Tue, 14 Mar 2006 21:47:24 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/Masenkame/journal/2006/03/14/1xbj_top_artists_of_the_week_%25232_%2528sunday_mar_5_-_sunday_mar_12%2529 w00t, my second one of these journals. Basically, if I went over a band in a previous journal, I won't write about them as much, just bascially about what I listened to by them in that week. Ok, let's start :)

1. In the Woods... - 35 plays
Another great band that defies just one genere of classification. Avant-garde is what they're labeled as, and I guess that's appropriate. Really good stuff, been listening to all their albums. Pretty dark at times, and the female clean singing with male 'screaming'(I don't know what to make of those vocals :P) and clean singing.

2. Minor Threat - 26 plays
THE classic hardcore punk band. Fast songs with some of that good old 80s punk singing. been listening to 'Complete Discography', which is one compliation album full of their songs. Good stuff.

3. Becoming The Archetype - 24 plays
OMG, a metalcore band I actually like! :P Listening to this band for the first time surpirsed me, as I thought they were going to be some generic metalcore garbage, but wow, they sure aren't. Beneath the metalcore they have trappings of progressive, thrash, and even some death. Haven't been this enamored with a metalcore band since I first listened to Between the Buried and Me. Awesome, awesome stuff.

4. Estatic Fear - 20 plays
Yeah, Estatic Fear is my favorite doom metal band. Hands down. The music they make is utterly beautiful. Utilizing female vocals, high and low pitched male growling(in my mind, black and death :P), and beautiful instrumentation, they really have created the some of the most amazing music I've listened to. They only have two albums, which is a shame. Been listening to those two, and while both are great, the second is what I mostly listen to. Every doom metal fan should check them out.

5. Cynic - 17 plays
Cynic is pretty addictive. I just have to give their album a random listen sometimes. All around amazing stuff.

6. Of the Wand and the Moon - 17 plays
Now this is a great band. Of the Wand and the Moon is an one-man neofolk project. Pretty mellow stuff,and vocals are pretty eerie, as they're mostly whispered or the such. Haunting, but beautiful.

7. Benefit - 16 plays
Benefit is pretty good hip-hop artist. Another good underground white rapper :P Don't have much else to say, need to listen to his only album again.

8. Falkenbach - 15 plays
Yay for Falkenbach. Great folk metal that I'm just drawn to, just way too good :).

9. Kalmah - 15 plays
Kalmah is another band is keep listening to randomly, that new album is just amazing.

10. Therion - 13 plays
Therion is symphonic metal band I just listened to for the first time this past week. They're decent, should listen to them a bit more so I can get a better judgement of them.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/Masenkame/journal/2006/03/07/1xbi_top_artists_of_the_week_%25231_%2528sunday_feb_26_-_sunday_mar_5%2529 Tue, 7 Mar 2006 21:13:12 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/Masenkame/journal/2006/03/07/1xbi_top_artists_of_the_week_%25231_%2528sunday_feb_26_-_sunday_mar_5%2529 So, I'm gonna do these every week(Mondays or Tuesdays), cause it's good way to get my opinion out there, and people can give me recommendations :)

1.Moonsorrow - 25 plays
Ah, Moonsorrow. Some damn fine folk metal. I don't think I can get sick of any type of folk metal :P. Been listening to their album Kivenkantajathe most, and I absolutely love it. I have been listening to their earlier stuff, which really delves into black metal as opposed to their later stuff which gets a bit more folkish. But all their stuff has been very enjoyable.

2.Carcass - 23 plays
Now, Carcass is just plain good. Grindcore and death metal that just satisfies. I've been listening to Reek Of Putrefaction and Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious, both fine albums. I'm in love with the song Corporal Jigsore Quandary, off of Necroticism - Descanting The Insalubrious. Awesome, awesome song.

3.Falkenbach - 21 plays
Falkenbach, some more good folk metal. I just seem to like any type of folk metal I listen to :p. Falkenbach is very enjoyable with their black metal stylings and some really nice clean vocals.Heralding The Fireblade is just a great album. Every song on there is absolutely great.

4.Queensrÿche - 19 plays
I just randomly listened to Queensrÿche this past week. Pretty excited for Operation: Mindcrime II. Can't wait, it's gonna kick ass!

5.Agalloch - 18 plays
Agalloch, one of my new loves. Absolutely amazing band. I love the harsh, raspy singing as well as the great clean vocals. And coupled with the instrumentation, it's just beautiful. Can't pick in between their two albums, both are just amazing. I love their cover of 'Kneel to the Cross', probably the song I've listened to the most by them. Some really moving music.

6.Cynic - 16 plays
Cynic is just wow. Complex and experimental, and they just sound great. The growling is great, and even with the addition of the vocodor vocals, it sounds great. I usually don't like vocodor-type vocals, but they fit very well on their only album Focus.

7.The Devin Townsend Band - 16 plays
Man, The Devin Townsend Band is just great. Synchestra is a freaking awesome album. Devin vocally is still as great as ever, with some beautiful clean singing as well as his trademark screaming. I just saw them live, and they are just as awesome live as they are on their albums. Devin sounds just as good live if not better.

8.Devin Townsend - 15 plays
Been listening to Devin's solo stuff as well, and it's really good too. This week I've was listening to Physicist, a really good album. Devin is just too cool for words :).

9.Kalmah - 15 plays
Now this band is really freaking good melodic death metal. Been listening to their new album The Black Waltz, and it plain kicks ass. Growling is top-notch, and the instrumentation is just so catchy. Which is what I love about melodic death, just so catchy, at least, if it's good.

10.Amorphis - 13 plays
Amorphis is a great death metal band, at least in accordance with their earlier stuff, which is what I've been listening to lately. Good stuff.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/Masenkame/journal/2006/01/14/1xbh_my_top_50_listened_to_artists_of_2005_on_last.fm Sat, 14 Jan 2006 23:16:29 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/Masenkame/journal/2006/01/14/1xbh_my_top_50_listened_to_artists_of_2005_on_last.fm Maybe this is kind of late, but oh well. I'm listing this here so when 2007 rolls around, I can check and see how the list has changed :)

1.Opeth
2.Dream Theater
3.Joy Division
4.Neutral Milk Hotel
5.Rage Against the Machine
6.Iced Earth
7.Symphony X
8.Ayreon
9.Yes
10.Pain of Salvation
11.Nirvana
12.In Flames
13.Pink Floyd
14.Queensrÿche
15.Jethro Tull
16.Strapping Young Lad
17.Rush
18.King Crimson
19.Death From Above 1979
20.Blind Guardian
21.Porcupine Tree
22.Midnight Brown
23.Napalm Death
24.Led Zeppelin
25.Children of Bodom
26.Muse
27.Fates Warning
28.Edge of Sanity
29.Coheed and Cambria
30.Deltron 3030
31.Menomena
32.The Arcade Fire
33.Dead Kennedys
34.Morbid Angel
35.Mastodon
36.Immortal Technique
37.The Beatles
38.The Decemberists
39.Behemoth
40.Iron Maiden
41.Metallica
42.Emperor
43.Cannibal Corpse
44.Interpol
45.The Clash
46.Dark Tranquillity
47.Flogging Molly
48.Gorillaz
49.Amon Amarth
50.Megadeth]]> http://www.last.fm/user/Masenkame/journal/2005/12/04/1xbg_bought_yes%27s_%22fragile%22_today Sun, 4 Dec 2005 01:32:09 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/Masenkame/journal/2005/12/04/1xbg_bought_yes%27s_%22fragile%22_today So today I went to the music store in town, and forgot what album I wanted, so I saw Yes, and decided to buy Fragile. I really like Yes, but don't have any of their albums.

So I picked this up today, and after one playthrough I really like it. Only song I've heard before from this album is Roundabout, and it's my favorite Yes track. I'm really digging the rest of the album, and the track I like most currently besides "Roundabout" is South Side of the Sky

This is the 2003 reissue, so it has two bonus tracks, America, and Roundabout (early rough mix) . "America" is good song, and the other version of "Roundabout" isn't that much different than the original, but you still notice the small differences.

Now onto listening to it many more times(along with some other Yes stuff :))]]> http://www.last.fm/user/Masenkame/journal/2005/08/10/1xbf_cool%21__a_journal%21 Wed, 10 Aug 2005 19:50:03 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/Masenkame/journal/2005/08/10/1xbf_cool%21__a_journal%21 Music is cool. I'm listening to it.

Meh.]]>