The Doom Room: ILF Edition

[D.o.S.]

I liked death. snakes not so much.

I liked Snakes

I like both of the records, but it was a bit of a shock of a listening experience.

The setlist on the Death tours was pretty awesome. Title track is a treat live.

Also fuck yeah I love The Floyd. Reading through Saucerful of Secrets right now.

[misterstomach]

I liked death. snakes not so much.

i saw this quote before i read the last page. this is what i thought of. i fucking love death too.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg2SiFqQw8Q[/youtube]

[Road Bull]

I dig Death too! They had a cool sound and a great group of musicians. Growing up in Florida, I was exposed to a friggin TON of death metal. Death, Morbid Angle, Obituary... oh yeah.

[samzadgan]

that sunn is fuckin sick
nice price too
played the new rig tonight
just got back from the space
my ears are so ringing
and so muffled
i think i finally broke something in there
my need for thunder is fulfilled for now
forgot to take pictures
but whoa
wow
and freakin whoopie
addicted to the trem on the 150
wish i could control the speed with a treadle
anyone ever mod a knob to be foot controlled
thanks again ax
im blown away

ed:damn i just realized you scored that sunn ax
what a ripoff
i get your handmedown head
and you go prancin around with THAT!!
i mean technically
ehh technically nothin
good score
if it only makes you half as psyched as i am
ive never done this before
but umm
DIBS!!!!
i want it inside me

that's great man...you know you had a good jam when your ear are fucked!

and Death...i fuckin love Death! ...one of my favorite albums...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkDQpVUoe4o[/youtube]

[Iommic Pope]

I mean, dude, I had to hunt for Dopesmoker when Tee Pee put it out. I was really into Kyuss and High on Fire--OM hadn't quite surfaced yet, so imagine my surprise when I finally found the fucker (on vinyl, no less) after researching the shit out of it [ via stonerrock and allmusic], learning all about this mythical lost record that was as heavy as ever a heavy has heavied.

And, after finally listening to it, it was indeed as good as advertised. So I had to hunt down Holy Mountain. and Volume 1. Vol 2 still eludes me in the physical sense.

So, basically, I kind of like Sleep in the "so much listening it might as well be osmosis" way.

Eons ago, when I was finishing highschool... ...I was into metal and "grunge" stuff and punk and blah, blah, blah, and CoC was new to me and Down I ruled my world (alongside Deliverance), and I was looking for new shit that was down this line that I'd never heard of. We had shitty dial up internet, and getting awesome cds of a stoner/doom ilk was damn near impossible, especially in shitty Brisbane, where every local band was either skatepunk or funk...sometimes both . Eyehategod was something we'd only seen Phil wear in Pantera videos (we were way too young to know anyone cool enough to be into this shit) and Jerusalem (as it was known) was something we'd only heard obscure whisperings about and eventually we'd see Jimmy Bower put it on in some part of the CoC Live Volume movie. So I was on the dialup and I was searching hard for something to give me that feeling in my pants (not porn, for a change, downloaded painfully one image at a time...non of this hi-def pawg anal gaping torrented in half a second like we have know {sub-note: I am into PAWGS...anal gaping, you can keep}) when eventually, I come across this really shitty sight for some fucking band called High on Fire. I was like, "meh, kinda cool name maybe, let's see what they sound like". Now, at this point, there is still no YouTube, and streaming was like playing the lottery. It might work, you might drop out half a second in. Oh yeah, and fucking REAL PLAYER!??! Fuck that shit, but that was it. So I hit some song called BLOOD FROM ZION, "sounds kinda like a cool song title, I guess," (17 yo me is a dickhead) and.......WORLD FUCKING CHANGED FOREVER!!!
Over the next few years technology and music shops got a bit better and eventually I get Jerusalem. WORLD FUCKING CHANGES AGAIN!!!
Then, Dopesmoker. FUCK, I THOUGHT IT COULDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN!
And so on....
so that record and me are, as you say, osmotic. I know where you are coming from.
My mate has Vol. 2. I don't know what he paid for it, but it would've been a heap.

I liked death. snakes not so much.

I liked Snakes

I like both of the records, but it was a bit of a shock of a listening experience.

The setlist on the Death tours was pretty awesome. Title track is a treat live.

Also fuck yeah I love The Floyd. Reading through Saucerful of Secrets right now.

I love Death, and Snakes was cool, but like you said, the slick production shook me up a bit. I thought they nailed it on Death as it was slick enough to let the songs be heard and "breathe" (I dunno, that's some hippie bullshit right there) but not overproduced to the point where they are sterile. Blessed Black is still my favourite for production, though.
Those shows were great.
Don't get me started on Pompeii....

Glad you all dig. The "Official" Infinite flux is here- https://soundcloud.com/infinite_flux

I didnt expect people to listen to the rest of our practice stuff
The one that I put that one on was meant for band messups and ideas. But glad you guys like it.
Feels good man./quote]

soundcloud is still a dick to ipad
gotta listen if ican commandeer laptop
its cool you put up practice stuff
besides our first show
practice jams are all ive put on bandcamp
uploading pictures doesnt help
in stressing thats not what we think
a recorded album should sound like
but my guess is thats what im always gonna sound like
i put the band camp up so john could have access to stuff
but theres quite alot of listens now
i think its cool though
hearin what people do when theyre fuckin around
all our bandcamp stuff is the first time
we ever played them riffs
and probly the last
but what have i got to lose
if someone makes fun of it
i know not to revisit it when it comes time to get serious
power of the internet
easy access to my bullshit
speaking of
im on the toilet right now
this last sentance
and last turd
is the only thing stopping me from going to practice
and tyin out the new rig
and the tourbox
and the fuck
lemme wipe up for gods sakes
i gotta get outta here
DO NOT usethis batroom for a half hour
lotta coffee today

Baha! Ryan, maybe you need to get a Twitter account to alert people as to when not to follow you into the toilet. Although, if you're anything like me, people should know that shit anyway.

And you guys are sort of inspiring me to post shit that I was doing last year with this band I was jamming with, as it was just like Ryan said, one riff wonder-type of shit.
But, I'm too ball-less...

And, FUCK YES TO DEATH (the band)!!!!!!!

[samzadgan]

I only have secondhand info, but I suppose it's better than none: I've heard they're the closest sounding current production amp to the AORs. I LOVE my AOR, but I'm sure I'm going to pick up an Ironheart, considering I could just get another AOR for about half the cost. As I understand it, they basically heavily updated AORs with a hint of a more "modern" tone.

thanks man, that does help...my one reason for not considering the AOR is because i would never be able to play it at TV volume levels at home, where as this Ironheart has a power knob that takes the amp all the way down to 1w.

I've had a lot of success running a small volume box inside of the FX loop of my AOR to tame some of the volume; running it without the bass boost on helps substantially as well. The box acts as a second MV control, so I can run the power section where it doesn't sound muffled without knocking my garage windows out.

There was a more in depth discussion here.

mate, that link was perfect...thanks so much. I've actually been going through that forum for a few days, and never cam across that thread.

So coincidentally the one eBay (that I thought i didn't win last night) was the same amp on another forum classified that I'd seen. The guy told me that it wasn't available anymore, but then he just messaged me, telling me its still available as it didn't sell on eBay. So luckily i can now go to his house jam on it and see how it is.

Glad you all dig. The "Official" Infinite flux is here- https://soundcloud.com/infinite_flux

I didnt expect people to listen to the rest of our practice stuff
The one that I put that one on was meant for band messups and ideas. But glad you guys like it.
Feels good man.



Sam, no idea on the modern Laney's but if its a loud tube amp....

love hat quote....yes, it will be loud...the loudest amp i will have ever owned...and EL34's...i don't think it can be that bad!

[Ancient Astronaught]

OH yeah, finished this todayyy!!!

Technically it needs one more coat of oil but whatever, its raining...

full pics here https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 963&type=3

TJ, that head turned out seriously amazing, the front panel wood choices and the wicked green burst all plays so well to the design of the front and back panels. Well done good sir, well done.

I liked death. snakes not so much.

I love them all As someone with a shit ton of recording experience, and mixing and mastering experience, I can truly appreciate good production. I may not like it as much Blessed Black Wings (which is my fav HoF album) but I can't see how increasing the production quality can reduce the quality of the music, unless its Kvlt Black Metal. I felt the guitar work and musicianship as a whole on Snakes was awesome.



Oh and since we're on it....

My fav death song with one of my fav drummers (Gene Hoglan)....

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zguCFjHyVeM[/youtube]

[samzadgan]

I liked death. snakes not so much.

I love them all As someone with a shit ton of recording experience, and mixing and mastering experience, I can truly appreciate good production. I may not like it as much Blessed Black Wings (which is my fav HoF album) but I can't see how increasing the production quality can reduce the quality of the music, unless its Kvlt Black Metal. I felt the guitar work and musicianship as a whole on Snakes was awesome.

completely agree, but i always thought my view on this was biased as Snakes was the first album i heard of theirs...but every other album since for me hasn't been as good instrumentally...i still like the others, but Snakes is special. I think Matt was really pushing himself to do new things and get out of his comfort zone with riffs and solos etc.

[Ancient Astronaught]

I liked death. snakes not so much.

I love them all As someone with a shit ton of recording experience, and mixing and mastering experience, I can truly appreciate good production. I may not like it as much Blessed Black Wings (which is my fav HoF album) but I can't see how increasing the production quality can reduce the quality of the music, unless its Kvlt Black Metal. I felt the guitar work and musicianship as a whole on Snakes was awesome.

completely agree, but i always thought my view on this was biased as Snakes was the first album i heard of theirs...but every other album since for me hasn't been as good instrumentally...i still like the others, but Snakes is special. I think Matt was really pushing himself to do new things and get out of his comfort zone with riffs and solos etc.

I agree he did push himself past his comfort zone, and maybe that's why I like it. The opening riff?!?! Totally eddie van halen on meth. Lurve it.

[Iommic Pope]

Gene rules. I'm a massive SYL fan, too.
Sorry, wasn't saying that newer HoF is bad BECAUSE it has slick production (I actually really love that Matt has gone thrashier, speedier, shred-ier) but I just like the sort of aural aesthetic that the first 3-4 albums have. Snakes and De Vermis both sound beautiful, I just think that sort of audio fog that's going on on the ealier records adds to the medieval vibe.
Opening to snakes slays. So metal.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ5UqBxnpjQ[/youtube]

Fuck TJ, again, I'm an asshoel. I got so caught up in my nostalgia trip, I forgot to mention how awesome your green burst turned out.
I want that on a guitar.

Has anyone seen Nick's video of the HM2 yet?
Fuck me...

[dazedbyday]

I liked death. snakes not so much.

I love them all As someone with a shit ton of recording experience, and mixing and mastering experience, I can truly appreciate good production. I may not like it as much Blessed Black Wings (which is my fav HoF album) but I can't see how increasing the production quality can reduce the quality of the music, unless its Kvlt Black Metal. I felt the guitar work and musicianship as a whole on Snakes was awesome.

completely agree, but i always thought my view on this was biased as Snakes was the first album i heard of theirs...but every other album since for me hasn't been as good instrumentally...i still like the others, but Snakes is special. I think Matt was really pushing himself to do new things and get out of his comfort zone with riffs and solos etc.

I agree he did push himself past his comfort zone, and maybe that's why I like it. The opening riff?!?! Totally eddie van halen on meth. Lurve it.

Well now I need to go back and re listen to snakes. I only really listened to it once or twice when it first came out and nothing really grabbed me on it. Although I do have to say I kinda like the little weird stuff as what really grabbed me the first time was Khanrad's Wall and Turk as a combo. That twelve string (I think) he used on khanrad just stood out to me. Death was also HOF first album I really listened to. Also I agree on the production values. I just think Death struck the best balance between keeping the rawer feeling that I think fits with HOF and the clean of making the music clear. I think some of the fog on the earlier albums is a little too much. I don't like listening to some black metal because they went too lo-fi and it takes away from the music (while others will say it lends to the music because of the genre but )

Also TJ. Really great work on the doom train shell.

[pelliott]

I completely agree with the cleaner production being a shock on Snakes, but I think there is no bad High On Fire album. They're one of the most consistently good bands in heavy music, in my opinion. Death Is This Communion is one of the better metal albums of the past decade, but everything else is above-average to great.

[Ancient Astronaught]

Well now I need to go back and re listen to snakes. I only really listened to it once or twice when it first came out and nothing really grabbed me on it. Although I do have to say I kinda like the little weird stuff as what really grabbed me the first time was Khanrad's Wall and Turk as a combo. That twelve string (I think) he used on khanrad just stood out to me. Death was also HOF first album I really listened to. Also I agree on the production values. I just think Death struck the best balance between keeping the rawer feeling that I think fits with HOF and the clean of making the music clear. I think some of the fog on the earlier albums is a little too much. I don't like listening to some black metal because they went too lo-fi and it takes away from the music (while others will say it lends to the music because of the genre but )

Also TJ. Really great work on the doom train shell.

Yes, yes you do. Snakes is one of those albums that because it strays from the HoF norm is easy to write off, but IMO if you really listen to the album there's alot of good stuff in there. I do agree that Death struck a good medium, but I slightly prefer the foggy raw tone of BBW (hehehehe) as it sets a really good mood and atmosphere. Yet like on thieves its just too much IMO. I also concur about black metal, but after recording and mixing like 7 or 8 black metal bands that wanted that crazy lo-fi sound, I've grown a certain appreciation for recording in hi-fi and converting it to lo-fi. It's not quite as easy as you would think.

[Iommic Pope]

Bastard Samurai rules my world.

[samzadgan]

Bastard Samurai rules my world.

YES!