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Keithapparatus
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Topic: PsyOpus Posted: June 06 2007 at 04:52 |
Is anyone here familar with the band Psyopus? I'm curious to hear your thoughts about them. I have a very strong feeling they are not favored around here in all honesty. I suggest the songs 'Kill Us" , "Imogen's Puzzle pt. 2" or "Siobhan's Song". Please don't make a judgement from songs on their myspace if you lcheck them out.
Edited by Keithapparatus - June 06 2007 at 04:57
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Philéas
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Posted: June 06 2007 at 08:40 |
Mentioning what style they play could be helpful...
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GoldenSpiral
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Posted: June 06 2007 at 10:28 |
A very excellent Avant/math-metal band! I'd have to check in with
the prog-metal team about including them here (i'd say they deserve
it...)
I'm going to see them open for Melt-Banana in a couple weeks
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: June 06 2007 at 10:34 |
PsyOpus have been cleared for addition ... we only need a biography and complete discography with track lists and musicians per album to add them.
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Keithapparatus
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Posted: June 06 2007 at 15:27 |
REALLY!? I will do that later today.
Psyopus guitarist Christ Arp recently lost his ibanez sponsership. After hearing the new album they dropped chris arp because they didn't
want kids mimicking his wammy bar usage. They were afraid guitar
players would break their guitars and cost them alot of money in
warranty costs.
That's a big compilment in my opinion
Edited by Keithapparatus - June 06 2007 at 15:30
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avestin
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Posted: June 06 2007 at 15:30 |
Keithapparatus wrote:
REALLY!? Should I post it here? |
Send a PM to either Mike, Jody or myself.
The bio should be in your own words, and give us your name you want at the end of the bio to give you credit.
Also, you can then add the albums, but let's focus on the bio first.
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Atavachron
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Posted: June 06 2007 at 15:34 |
been looking for a CD of theirs since Jody recommended them months ago
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Ghandi 2
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Posted: June 06 2007 at 17:46 |
Their debut is on eMusic, and both their albums are on Amazon for a good price.
From what I've heard, I greatly prefer Hella. Hella just seems more creative--and they don't have that annoying generic screamer. The Eye is the only screamer that I can really tolerate because he's more inventive, but even he gets tiresome fairly quickly.
Edited by Ghandi 2 - June 06 2007 at 17:47
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Keithapparatus
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Posted: June 06 2007 at 18:07 |
I see Hella and Psyopus on 2 different spectrums...Hella coming from Alternative and Indie Rock roots and Psyopus coming from Metal.
Do you prefer Behold ...The Arctopus over Psyopus? I think that's a better comparison and you might like Behold ..The Arctopus because of their vocallessness.
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Atavachron
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Posted: June 06 2007 at 18:14 |
BtA kick some motherf*ing butt
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Ghandi 2
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Posted: June 06 2007 at 23:39 |
Keithapparatus wrote:
I see Hella and Psyopus on 2 different spectrums...Hella coming from Alternative and Indie Rock roots and Psyopus coming from Metal. |
That's true, but Hella is the only thing close to Psyopus that I have listened to.
Do you prefer Behold ...The Arctopus over Psyopus? I think that's a better comparison and you might like Behold ..The Arctopus because of their vocallessness.
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I like them better, but it still seems to me to be more guitar technical w**king. From what I've heard, it seems as if they're just playing scales and stuff as fast as humanly possible. Hella doesn't seem to do that (and if they are, the amazing drummer makes it appear as if they are not :P ).
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chamberry
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Posted: June 07 2007 at 00:03 |
I've heard of them. They're a bit harder to get into than what I though, plus I haven't listened to the album I have from the very oftenly. I remember discovering them by reading why he lost his guitar sponsorship. I'm still curious how he does it.
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Moatilliatta
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Posted: June 07 2007 at 14:24 |
PsyOpus is too relentless and monotonous for me. I've heard the Ideas of Reference album, which is my reference for that statement. I don't knw any other works of theirs.
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Keithapparatus
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Posted: June 07 2007 at 18:40 |
Their new album "Our Puzzling Encounters Consisered" is far more dymanic and progressive than "Ideas of Reference".
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BroSpence
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Posted: June 08 2007 at 02:00 |
I just listened to their stuff on Myspace. Pretty awesome. A lot better than I was expecting it to be.
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queenlerxst
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Posted: June 26 2007 at 18:12 |
Losing his sponsorship because of his aggressive playing style??? Yes, that is quite a compliment!!! If it's true.
Too funny! I mean, how many people listen to Psyopus anyway? And out of those people, how many decided to purchase an Ibanez after hearing him play? He is amazing, but it's not like he's some high profile and widely influential player. LOL.
Great band.
Edited by queenlerxst - June 26 2007 at 18:13
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queenlerxst
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Posted: June 26 2007 at 18:14 |
Oh, one more thing, why on earth is this group in the non prog section?
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: June 26 2007 at 18:15 |
Dudes...check the archives.
Psyopus is already here,added by the hard working PMT.
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queenlerxst
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Posted: June 26 2007 at 18:17 |
TheProgtologist wrote:
Dudes...check the archives.
Psyopus is already here,added by the hard working PMT.
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I'm not a dude...
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: June 26 2007 at 18:18 |
queenlerxst wrote:
TheProgtologist wrote:
Dudes...check the archives.
Psyopus is already here,added by the hard working PMT.
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I'm not a dude... |
Dudette?
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