What albums did you listen to today?

I NEVER get rid of albums either now...I just put them back on the shelf to come back to at some point...even if that happens to be years later!

Yeah, we'll see if VdGG weaves its `magic spell' eventually for me too....

The Bearded Bard wrote: Meltdowner wrote: <span style="line-height: 1.4;">Speaking of imperfect masterpieces, what do you think of the cow? </span> <span style="line-height: 1.4;"> </span> Well, as you know, Sam, I'm not exactly a big fan of Pink Floyd. I find most of their albums OK, but not too exciting, and that goes for AHM as well. The title track's quite good, but after that it goes downhill pretty quickly for me, I'm sorry to say. Anyway, today's choices: Elephant9 - Walk the Nile Elephant9 with Reine Fiske - Atlantis Motorpsycho - Still Life with Eggplant Motorpsycho - Behind the Sun Elephant9 with Reine Fiske - Silver Mountain (Fantastic! Another Norwegian album that's in the mix for album of the year for me. We're having a great year so far!  ) Frank Zappa - Hot Rats Il Balletto di Bronzo - Ys Can - Soundtracks Miasma & the Carousel of Headless Horses - Perils Jean Louis - s/t The Mars Volta - Live

the cow is bloody awesome. Come on, Audun! Join me in Floyd land.
I was always so surprised that most of Ze Floyd's catalog doesn't really agree with you. I would have thought an album like Saucerful Of Secrets would have really grabbed ya. But anyway, to answer your question about LEPROUS (Congregation) the guitar layering or 'up front sound' as you called is simply the classic overdub!
If there is one thing I can say about the Congregation is that I am a bit dis-pleased with how the album was mixed and mastered by Jens Bodgren. Bodgren has been pissing me off lately and his mastering abilities show an incompetence under the most revealing headphones in my case. He overlooked a few issues with microphone placement and their is quite a bit of feedback or extended noise floor during the more subtle or quieter moments of the album. The same sh*t is apparent in the new symphony X album.
Anyhow. Other than the recording hiccups I love CONGREGATION. It is innovative and extremely oh so fantastic. ;). Give it a few more spins my good friend. It will grow on you I think. The guitar interplay is just amazing in itself and I like the retro synth sounds. ;)

Last 3 days.

Fear Factory-- Genexus ( these guys don't quit. Still awesome after all these years! )
Symphony sex--Underwear    (seriously though, this album really does kill. Swan song is the best track on the album and the artwork is amazing inside the booklet. It's based on Dante's inferno.
Disturbed-- the vengeful one (EP)
Fields of the Nephilim-- fallen
Judas Priest-- point of entry
Judas Priest-- screaming for vengeance (god. What a classic. Headphones really do this album justice. )

^ I pre-ordered the deluxe 2 CD set from Amazon today.

TeleStrat wrote: ^ I pre-ordered the deluxe 2 CD set from Amazon today.

A wise move. I'm just gonna hit up a retail store so I can have it right away. Don't mind paying a bit extra for thy maidens.
Lets hope we love it!!

Edited by progbethyname - September 02 2015 at 20:45

Today's picks...

Triade - La Storia Di Sabazio

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: Yeah, Nick, the Maiden may be out tomorrow, but I'm almost wanting to pop into the local store today in the hope that they might have sneakily put it out a day earlier! They did that with Floyd's 'Endless River'!

I did better this year, I bought the FFS album three days before the release date 

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:   It made no difference, I didn't make it to the store anyway! Will hopefully pick it up tomorrow, unless my mate down here wants to make it something of a `musical rites of passage/pilgrimage' and go off together to get it, that will be the weekend then! Mental blank - what's the FFS album?! Maybe I'm not as down with the hip prog lingo as I think I am! What did you think of `Octavarium'? I noticed you playing on the other thread the other day and meant to dig it out again myself. How do you like that Machine Mass Trio album? I might give that a spin tonight if it's still on my Ipod.

 Yeah, the musical pilgrimage is awesome 

Tonights choices:

Lunatic Soul – Walking on a Flashlight Beam
Dave Kerzner – New World
Machine Mass Trio – As Real as Thinking
Slivovitz – Bani Ahead
Alpha Wave Movement – Celestial Chronicles
Steve Roach - Spiral Meditations
Steve Roach – Soul Tones

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: Yeah, `Octavarium' is definitely far too long