Lykathea Aflame - Elvenfris - Page 2

Tzimisce · 11-14-2008, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Chilidem

Yah, laugh it up, nigger. Meanwhile the Kaiser is sneaking up on your western border with a fucking bike rack full of bayonets.

Cloaca · 11-14-2008, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Tzimisce

but most of the songs are poorly put together, and the guttural vocals don't fit the music at all.

You have seriously got to be kidding.

One of the greatest albums ever.

Tzimisce · 11-14-2008, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloaca

You have seriously got to be kidding.

I wish I was.

Cloaca · 11-14-2008, 10:21 PM

Yeah I wish you were too. For shame.

Tzimisce · 11-14-2008, 10:26 PM

No shame in being right. This band is WAAAAAAAAAAY overrated.

Cloaca · 11-14-2008, 10:29 PM

You're only saying that because you've got underdog syndrome for Appaling Spawn and wish that they were more highly regarded than Lykathea. Appaling Spawn is great, but Lykathea is on a whole other level.

Tzimisce · 11-14-2008, 10:31 PM

No. Lykathe was a band that had a lot of good ideas, but couldn't do anything constructive with them.

RICE510 · 11-15-2008, 01:10 AM

This album is way overhyped on this forum.

El-Heino · 11-15-2008, 05:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Cloaca

One of the greatest albums ever.

Strewth, mate!

LucienLaTulipe · 11-15-2008, 09:52 AM

I hate the drums sound in this album. Too much trig.

quartertone · 11-15-2008, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Tzimisce

No. Lykathea was a band that had a lot of good ideas, but couldn't do anything constructive with them.

Rubbish. Look at An Old Man And A Child, the last song, that song structure makes it all the more epic. Perfectly put together. I don't know what you're on about.

Lichtbringer · 11-15-2008, 02:06 PM

The slop on that CD bugs me so much. Album has some cool ideas and tunes though, just not a huge fan.

Cloaca · 11-16-2008, 01:12 AM

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Originally Posted by quartertone

Rubbish. Look at An Old Man And A Child, the last song, that song structure makes it all the more epic. Perfectly put together. I don't know what you're on about.

bigstupidfag · 11-16-2008, 01:17 AM

Has its really great moments and its really gay moments

Silence Is Deafening · 11-16-2008, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Shred The Ganja

Cool album....i think it gets a little too much praise on here though.

Transient · 11-16-2008, 09:43 AM

seriously, wasnt one of the dudes too busy remodeling his kitchen to work with music?

Tzimisce · 11-16-2008, 12:25 PM

:emot-lol: @ "indian food metal" tag

discombobulation · 02-09-2009, 05:18 PM

Fuck I just got into this. Some cheesy parts, but its like NSV + a middle-eastern vibe at its best.
I dig.

Sinvocation · 02-09-2009, 05:24 PM

It's okay. Not bad, but certainly not great either. Just merely good. Lots of cool riffing and epic Egyptian thematic elements, but it's a little bit too mishmashy to really allow those unique parts to flow as epically as they could have.

But the worst part is the production. It's abysmal, and really gets in the way of the sound as a whole. Gritty, and much too dense.

Sculpy · 02-09-2009, 06:09 PM

I like it, some moments on there are simply mindblowing. Overall, it's definitely unique and a good thing for that.

But i'll echo some comments about it feeling quite slapdash sometimes. I don't mind the production, but the general sloppiness and the manic transitions don't translate properly with the sublime moods that are being evoked as well. It's similar to my reaction to Neuraxis' Truth Beyond. That album is incredible, but sometimes the songs collapse on themselves a bit.
I also can't reconcile the mad guttural vocals to the vibe the music reaches for; in sound and lyrics. It really doesn't work for me.

I listen to it very occasionally, and get into it when I do. But I can't honestly list it amongst my favourites of tech death.

Stupefaction · 02-09-2009, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by SculptedCold

I like it, some moments on there are simply mindblowing. Overall, it's definitely unique and a good thing for that.

But i'll echo some comments about it feeling quite slapdash sometimes. I don't mind the production, but the general sloppiness and the manic transitions don't translate properly with the sublime moods that are being evoked as well. It's similar to my reaction to Neuraxis' Truth Beyond. That album is incredible, but sometimes the songs collapse on themselves a bit.
I also can't reconcile the mad guttural vocals to the vibe the music reaches for; in sound and lyrics. It really doesn't work for me.

I listen to it very occasionally, and get into it when I do. But I can't honestly list it amongst my favourites of tech death.

Very well put, I agree with all of this. The album tries to be grandoise and with those vocals and the dense production it just doesn't work.

Sculpy · 02-09-2009, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Stupefaction

Very well put, I agree with all of this. The album tries to be grandoise and with those vocals and the dense production it just doesn't work.

I think that it works. It just doesn't work nearly as well as it could, could have!

Stupefaction · 02-09-2009, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by SculptedCold

I think that it works. It just doesn't work nearly as well as it could could have!

The way I phrased that made it seem like I don't like the album; I DO like the album, but I think it could have been better.

detazathoth · 02-09-2009, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Infidelis

my favorite band, my favorite album. nothing trumps it IMO

So much epicness in one album

HarmonyInTorture · 02-09-2009, 07:05 PM

It's a cool disc, takes a lot of patience to get into.

Curto32 · 02-09-2009, 09:20 PM

Album is awesome.

Burnout · 02-09-2009, 09:23 PM

Great album, but people overrate it to a near absurd degree.

Claude · 04-25-2009, 12:20 AM

I'm bumping a 3 month old thread. Why? Because it's about Lykathea Aflame; And because there's no Metalocalypse shit in this thread; And because it's one of the harder albums toget into and fully appreciate. But once you do.... wow.

The production serves it well IMO. It adds to the INSANE amount of depth that is found in the songwriting, but melodically and harmonically.

Johnny-Skinless · 04-25-2009, 04:45 AM

One of the greatest, if not the greatest, extreme metal album ever.

Sculpy · 04-25-2009, 05:00 AM

Reckon' i'll give it a listen today. Drunk, stoned, two days awake. It's bound to do something to me.

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Claude Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: montreal Posts: 1,331 Rep Power: 0	I'm bumping a 3 month old thread. Why? Because it's about Lykathea Aflame; And because there's no Metalocalypse shit in this thread; And because it's one of the harder albums toget into and fully appreciate. But once you do.... wow. The production serves it well IMO. It adds to the INSANE amount of depth that is found in the songwriting, but melodically and harmonically. Last edited by Claude; 04-25-2009 at 12:30 AM..

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11-14-2008, 10:21 PM	#34
Cloaca IS HE GONE YET Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Melbourne, Orshtraya Posts: 8,593 Rep Power: 18	Yeah I wish you were too. For shame.

11-14-2008, 10:26 PM	#35
Tzimisce Banned Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: running along a möbius strip Posts: 10,022 Rep Power: 0	No shame in being right. This band is WAAAAAAAAAAY overrated.

11-14-2008, 10:29 PM	#36
Cloaca IS HE GONE YET Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Melbourne, Orshtraya Posts: 8,593 Rep Power: 18	You're only saying that because you've got underdog syndrome for Appaling Spawn and wish that they were more highly regarded than Lykathea. Appaling Spawn is great, but Lykathea is on a whole other level.

11-14-2008, 10:31 PM	#37
Tzimisce Banned Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: running along a möbius strip Posts: 10,022 Rep Power: 0	No. Lykathe was a band that had a lot of good ideas, but couldn't do anything constructive with them.

11-15-2008, 01:10 AM	#38
RICE510 Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: California Posts: 7,554 Rep Power: 18	This album is way overhyped on this forum.

11-15-2008, 09:52 AM	#40
LucienLaTulipe Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: France Posts: 511 Rep Power: 7	I hate the drums sound in this album. Too much trig.

11-15-2008, 02:06 PM	#42
Lichtbringer Kellerstahl Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ass Posts: 8,606 Rep Power: 18	The slop on that CD bugs me so much. Album has some cool ideas and tunes though, just not a huge fan.

11-16-2008, 01:17 AM	#44
bigstupidfag Slough Trev Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Detroit MI Posts: 1,534 Rep Power: 8	Has its really great moments and its really gay moments

11-16-2008, 09:43 AM	#46
Transient i wont Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: see you at mdf Posts: 8,710 Rep Power: 18	seriously, wasnt one of the dudes too busy remodeling his kitchen to work with music?

11-16-2008, 12:25 PM	#47
Tzimisce Banned Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: running along a möbius strip Posts: 10,022 Rep Power: 0	:emot-lol: @ "indian food metal" tag

02-09-2009, 05:18 PM	#48
discombobulation Decrepit Banana Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Hong Kong/Dundee Posts: 4,739 Rep Power: 11	Fuck I just got into this. Some cheesy parts, but its like NSV + a middle-eastern vibe at its best. I dig.

02-09-2009, 05:24 PM	#49
Sinvocation ThermonuclearWarrior Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Near a mile-high city in the U.S. of A. Posts: 797 Rep Power: 5	It's okay. Not bad, but certainly not great either. Just merely good. Lots of cool riffing and epic Egyptian thematic elements, but it's a little bit too mishmashy to really allow those unique parts to flow as epically as they could have. But the worst part is the production. It's abysmal, and really gets in the way of the sound as a whole. Gritty, and much too dense.

02-09-2009, 06:09 PM	#50
Sculpy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Noo Joisey Posts: 3,554 Rep Power: 10	I like it, some moments on there are simply mindblowing. Overall, it's definitely unique and a good thing for that. But i'll echo some comments about it feeling quite slapdash sometimes. I don't mind the production, but the general sloppiness and the manic transitions don't translate properly with the sublime moods that are being evoked as well. It's similar to my reaction to Neuraxis' Truth Beyond. That album is incredible, but sometimes the songs collapse on themselves a bit. I also can't reconcile the mad guttural vocals to the vibe the music reaches for; in sound and lyrics. It really doesn't work for me. I listen to it very occasionally, and get into it when I do. But I can't honestly list it amongst my favourites of tech death.

02-09-2009, 07:05 PM	#55
HarmonyInTorture Pot connoisseur Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 2,713 Rep Power: 8	It's a cool disc, takes a lot of patience to get into.

02-09-2009, 09:20 PM	#56
Curto32 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Chicago Posts: 906 Rep Power: 6	Album is awesome.

02-09-2009, 09:23 PM	#57
Burnout Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,908 Rep Power: 7	Great album, but people overrate it to a near absurd degree.

04-25-2009, 04:45 AM	#59
Johnny-Skinless Vlad Dracul Join Date: May 2004 Location: Hell Posts: 7,095 Rep Power: 17	One of the greatest, if not the greatest, extreme metal album ever.

04-25-2009, 05:00 AM	#60
Sculpy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Noo Joisey Posts: 3,554 Rep Power: 10	Reckon' i'll give it a listen today. Drunk, stoned, two days awake. It's bound to do something to me.