Top Post-Rock/Metal
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Topic: Top Post-Rock/Metal
Posted By: PhideauxFan
Subject: Top Post-Rock/Metal
Date Posted: March 21 2020 at 04:00
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Here is my top in post-rock/metal (one album per band) (based on my collection of CDs): 01-Caspian: Dust And Disquiet 02-Sleepmakeswaves: … And So We Destroyed Everything 03-God Is An Astronaut: Epitaph 04-Leech: If We Get There One Day, Would You Please Open The Gates ? 05-If These Trees Could Talk: The Bones Of A Dying World 06-Toundra: Vortex 07-PG. Lost: Versus 08-The Allstar Project: Into The Ivory Tower 09-65Daysofstatic: Wild Light 10-Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Yanqui U.X.O 11-Autumn Chorus: The Village To The Vale 12-Nordic Giants: A Séance Of Dark Delusions 13-Sigur Ros: Agaetis Byrjun 14-Exquirla: Para Quienes Àun Viven 15-Solkyri: Are You My Brother ? 16-My Education: A Drink For All My Friends 17-Kwoon: When The Flowers Were Singing ... 18-Mon: Sikfor Harenstrup iIn 326 Ollegart 19-Sounds Like The End Of The World: Stories 20-Mogwai: Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will 21-Three Trapped Tigers: Silent Earthling 22-Autumn Moonlight: Alter Reality 23-Maybeshewill: Fair Youth 24-Z--ukr: Lame Horses 25-Le Dimanche: Colour Of Shade 26-Monkey3: Sphere 27-Long Distance Calling: Avoid The Light 28-I Will Kill Chita (IWKC): Before We Disappear 29-Reserve De Marche: The Last Twenty Years 30-Frames: Mosaik 31-Tuesday The Sky: Drift 32-The Fierce And The Dead 33-Collapse: The Sleep In Me 34-Yenisei: The Last Cruise. Websites: Totoromoon, Passion Progressive, Prog Archives. Dunk! Radio (the famous festival in Belgium). J-L |
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 21 2020 at 04:02
nice idea  , I'll come up with a list a bit later
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Posted By: PhideauxFan
Date Posted: March 21 2020 at 04:05
OK ! I will wait for your message.
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Cristi wrote:Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 21 2020 at 04:06
I'll have to skim through some music to come up with the list.
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Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: March 21 2020 at 04:14
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I am not postrock fan at all, but really have to put some Jambinai´s videos here, because it´s so great band and really haven´t got all the love it deserves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB1k7CDVWVk" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB1k7CDVWVk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpmtnLLZPcg" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpmtnLLZPcg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY1oZ1oVw8Q" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY1oZ1oVw8Q
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: March 21 2020 at 04:22
I’m so bad at these lists but I guess I could whip up some titles if I thunk long and hard about it. Tortoise, Watter, Jaga Jazzist, Neurosis, Jogbeet Thou! Slack Janitor as well as Cul de Sac should fit nicely within this thread  ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 21 2020 at 04:37
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If These Trees Could Talk - The Bones of a Dying World (2016) Fjord - On Icy Shores (2015) Godspeed You Black Emperor - Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada (1999) Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun (1999) & () (2002) God Is An Astronaut – All Is Violent, All Is Bright (2005) Mono - The Last Dawn (2014) Mogwai - Happy Songs For Happy People (2003) Long Distance Calling - Avoid The Light (2009) Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place (2003) A Swarm of the Sun - The Rifts (2015) Methadone Skies - Different Layers Of Fear (2019) We Lost The Sea - Triumph & Disaster (2019) Collapse Under The Empire – Fragments of a Prayer (2012) Red Sparrows - At The Soundless Dawn (2005) The End Of The Ocean - -aire (2019) |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 21 2020 at 04:40
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I forgot a few, so a second one in a few days, to do some justice
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Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: March 21 2020 at 05:05
| Not a fan of the genre(s), yet Atoma - Skylight is an extremely good album. |
Posted By: PhideauxFan
Date Posted: March 21 2020 at 07:44
I already like your first list.
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Posted By: tamijo_II
Date Posted: March 21 2020 at 09:02
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Don't know that many good ones in the genre, so if only one from each: Post Rock: Ulver : The
Marriage of Heaven and Hell Swans: My
Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky Godspeed
You! Black Emperor: Yanqui U.X.O. Sigur Ros:
Agaetis Byrjun If These
Trees Could Talk: Red Forest Perhaps:
Volume One Explosions
in the Sky: All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone ------------- Same person as this profile: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=22524" rel="nofollow - Tamijo |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: March 21 2020 at 10:49
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There's a lot of post-rock that I do like. I like the soundtrack for Les Revenants by Mogwai partially because I loved that show. There isn;t so much post-metal that I like. I'll go with one for each. Post-Rock: Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die Post-Metal: Alcest - Souvenirs d'un Autre Monde ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Various music I am very into: a youtube playlist with two tracks per act |
Posted By: tamijo_II
Date Posted: March 21 2020 at 11:17
Missed the fact that this included post metal - guess ill just make a separate list later ------------- Same person as this profile: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=22524" rel="nofollow - Tamijo |
Posted By: tamijo_II
Date Posted: March 21 2020 at 11:46
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Post Metal: Tool - Ænima Green
Carnation - The Quiet Offspring Indukti – S.U.S.A.R. O.S.I.- Blood Giant Squid
- Cenotes Grayceon - All
We Destroy Anathema - A
Natural Disaster Devin
Townsend - Ki In The
Woods... - Strange In Stereo Maudlin Of
The Well - Part The Second Neurosis - Through
Silver In Blood Isis - Wavering
Radiant Subterranean
Masquerade - Suspended Animation Dreams ------------- Same person as this profile: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=22524" rel="nofollow - Tamijo |
Posted By: PhideauxFan
Date Posted: May 09 2020 at 10:50
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I've added to my list IWKC, Reserve De Marche, Frames, Tuesday The Sky, The Fierce And The Dead, Collapse. And my Discovery of 2020: Yenisei.
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Posted By: PhideauxFan
Date Posted: January 22 2021 at 02:39
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Three great albums of 2021: -Long Distance Calling: How Do We Want To Live ? -Caspian: On Circles -PG. Lost: Oscillate. |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: January 22 2021 at 09:13
| Autumn chorus are listed as crossover prog on here. |
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: January 22 2021 at 12:26
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From my collection and my favorites: A Silver Mt. Of Zion - He Has Left Us Alone..... Bark Psychosis - Hex Bark Psychosis - ///Codename:Dustsucker Ef - Give me Beaty Or Give Me Death Mark Hollis - Mark Hollis Caspian - Dust & Unquiet We Lost The Sea - Departure Songs Eksi Ekso - Im Your b*****d Wings Explosions In The Sky - The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden Talk Talk - Laughing Stock The Angelic Process - Weighubg Souls with Sand (post metal) God Is An Austronaut - All Is Violent, All Is Bright GYBE! - Lift Yr. Skinny Fits Like Antennas To Heaven! GYBE! - Slow Riot For New zero Kanada GYBE! - Yanqui U.X.O. Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die Tortoise - TNT Jesu - Silver (shoegaze/post metal) Mogwai - Ropck Action |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: February 20 2021 at 19:35
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I would rate Post-Rock down the list a bit when it comes to my favourite sub-genres but like Electronic they are great background music to driving through my land here. Top 25 Post Rock in alphabetical. Ascent Of Everest- How Lonely Sits the City Blueneck- Scars Of The Midwest Equus- Eutheria The Evpatoria Report- Golevka The Evpatoria Report- Maar Explosions In The Sky-The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place Godspeed You! Black Emperor- Yanqui U.X.O. Godspeed You! Black Emperor- Slow Riot For Zero Kanada Jambinai- A Hermatige Lift To Experience- The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads Labradford- Labradford Long Distance Calling- Avoid The Light Long Distance Calling-Long Distance Calling Mogwai- My Father My King Mono- You Are There O'Rang- Herd Of Instinct Russian Circles- Enter Russian Circles- Station Red Sparrows- At The Soundless Dawn Saxon Shore- The Exquisite Death Of Saxon Shore The Samuel Jackson Five- The Samuel Jackson Five Sigur Ros- () Sigur Ros- Takk... We Lost The Sea- Departure Songs Yndi Halda- Enjoy Eternal Bliss
Biggest decade for me by far is the 00's when it comes to Post Rock. 2005 best year. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: PhideauxFan
Date Posted: February 21 2021 at 01:09
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^^ Nice list ! Very soon, I will get 3 albums of Maserati, Leech (Switzerland/2018), the new God Is An Astronaut. And the Metallian Store is trying to find for me We Lost The Sea - Departure Songs and also one or two albums of Meniscus (Australia). Collapse Under The Empire is on my wishlist as well.
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: February 23 2021 at 19:02
I have one recording of Collapse Under The Empire called Find A Place To Be Safe, man is it good. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: February 23 2021 at 19:26
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Really Love We Lost The Sea - Departures Songs, very emotional album! I forgot to add many bands to my list, Sigur Ros, Rosetta and Giant Squid
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Posted By: thief
Date Posted: February 24 2021 at 00:21
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Here are some of my types for post-metal and post-rock, one album per band. Cult of Luna - Somewhere Along the Highway (2006) Neurosis - Times of Grace (1999) Isis - Oceanic (2002) Pelican - The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw (2006) Omega Massif - Karpatia (2011) Mouth of the Architect - The Ties That Blind (2006) Rosetta - The Galilean Satellites (2005) Fall of Efrafa - Owlsa (2006) Year of No Light - Nord (2006) Callisto - Noir (2006) Minsk - The Ritual Fires of Abandonment (2007) (...) lots of very similar albums (...) And, of course, early GY!BE holds up very well. The Evpatoria Report was also dope. ------------- TOP20 Songs https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=124211" rel="nofollow - Genesis https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=125999" rel="nofollow - Rush |
Posted By: PhideauxFan
Date Posted: February 26 2021 at 07:03
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Latest additions to my collection of CDs: -Leech: For Better Or For Worse, -Maserati: Inventions For The New Season.
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: February 27 2021 at 22:33
Nice! I spent the summer of 2018 coming up with my Post Rock list just re listening to favourites plus spending time with the ones I hadn't got to yet at the time. My Post Rock summer. I'm done collecting music so keep me posted on the new stuff. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: PhideauxFan
Date Posted: March 09 2021 at 00:04
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Additions to my collection of CDs: -God Is An Astronaut: Ghost Tapes #10, -Maserati: Rehumanizer.
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: April 04 2021 at 19:36
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Post Rock and Electronic were my two favourite styles of music to listen to when I used to jog and bike but now I've been going on long drives in the car since last November and today I was gone for almost 3 hours. Really enjoyed Yndi Halda's Enjoy Eternal Bliss. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: PhideauxFan
Date Posted: April 09 2021 at 01:44
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Three "new" albums in my collection: -Lost In Kiev: Motions, -Maserati: Enter The Mirror, --Red Sparowes: Every Red Heart Shines Toward The Red Sun.
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Posted By: yogev
Date Posted: April 09 2021 at 02:09
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I got to this genre very recently, so I didnt listen to a lot albums yet. But here some of my favorite: Mogwai - As the Love Continues Anathima - The Optimist This Will Destroy You - Young Moutain Explosions In the Sky - The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place Long Distence Calling - How Do We Want to Live?
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Posted By: PhideauxFan
Date Posted: June 29 2021 at 23:07
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One new album in my collection: Caspian - Waking Season. And thanks to the Metallian Store in France, I will receive some albums of Collapse Under The Empire, God Is An Astronaut, Meniscus, Wang Wen and We Lost The Sea.
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Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: June 30 2021 at 00:47
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Just a note, in case anyone is not aware. Pelagic Records has changed their pricing policy, and apart from pre-orders, all download releases are to be Name Your Price from now on. I have not checked, but I believe all of their back catalogue has also been changed to Name Your Price. There are a lot of great bands on the Pelagic label, so this is a bit of a treasure trove. For patriotic reasons I am duty bound to point out New Zealand band, Spook the Horses. 😜🇳🇿🥝 https://pelagicrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - https://pelagicrecords.bandcamp.com/ ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: June 30 2021 at 03:47
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What is the connection between post rock and metal (and be it "post metal")? |
Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: June 30 2021 at 06:40
I think perhaps you have mis-interpreted the title? I read it as “Top Post-Rock / (Post-)Metal”. There is no real connection between post rock and metal. ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: June 30 2021 at 10:23
If there's no connection, why are they put together? (Obviously I can't expect anybody else than the thread opener to explain this... but many people have played that ball in the meantime.) Anyway, the thing I'd really be interested in is if there is a musical connection between post rock and what apparently some people refer to as post metal, really not in the first place for understanding this thread. If I come to this from the direction of post rock (which I like a lot), is there some "post metal" that may appeal to me, based on that connection? I don't really know what makes metal "post"...
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Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: June 30 2021 at 11:13
There is a connection between post-rock and post-metal, in the sense that both approach and explore beyond the genre conventions they come from. So post-rock stretches rock’s conventions, and post-metal stretches metal’s conventions. Obviously a lot of the “stretching” was by the originators of the new genres, so that often newer bands are doing nothing new or unique, so much as repeating what has since become almost a formula for the new style. (Therefore not greatly different from how prog was progressive, but a lot of prog these days is anything but.) The most obvious and simplistic way of defining the difference between rock and post-rock, and between metal and post-metal, is to say that the conventional genres are about structure, and the post genres are about texture. There tends to be a greater reliance on atmospherics and dynamics. Both post genres often incorporate alternative and/or shoegaze sounds into their mix; and/or industrial/ambient sounds. Instead of a verse-chorus-verse structure there are waves of crescendos, and the music often relies on the building and breaking of tension. That’s an overly simplistic “definition”, but I hope it helps explain why the OP has grouped together post rock and post metal. Or, at least, why I assume they have. 🤷🏻♂️ ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: Artik
Date Posted: June 30 2021 at 13:37
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For some reason I never see on post-rock lists two bands I consider giants of the genre: To Rococo Rot and Tarwater. I would also add Trans AM |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: June 30 2021 at 14:08
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@Nick: I see that Tool is post-metal; that makes some sense then. Going through the bands listed as Post Metal indeed I see that I don't know many and of those I know most are pretty good. Should probably explore that genre more. |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: June 30 2021 at 18:03
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Honestly I just posted my Post Rock favs. I need to do a Post Metal list, lots of really good stuff there to explore. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: PhideauxFan
Date Posted: July 16 2021 at 23:52
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Addition to my collection of CDs: Meniscus - Refractions (Australia-2016). https://meniscusmusic.bandcamp.com/album/refractions" rel="nofollow - ▶︎ Refractions | meniscus (bandcamp.com) |
Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: July 17 2021 at 00:47
That’s a great album. I just reviewed the debut full length from No Mandate, who are a trio made up from members of Hinterlandt, Meniscus and SEIMS. Very different from all three of those bands, though if push comes to shove probably closest to SEIMS. That’s cool with me, though, because SEIMS is easily one of my favourite bands from the Sydney scene. https://nomandate.bandcamp.com/album/recalibrate-2" rel="nofollow - https://nomandate.bandcamp.com/album/recalibrate-2 (My review - https://theprogressiveaspect.net/blog/2021/07/14/no-mandate-recalibrate/" rel="nofollow - https://theprogressiveaspect.net/blog/2021/07/14/no-mandate-recalibrate/ ) ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: Gordy
Date Posted: July 17 2021 at 02:33
Thanks for the heads up, Nick. My suggestion is GARY Suicidal Kids Commando, an underrated, obscure French post-metal group (with a truly inscrutable name). As per the archives: their "eclectic brand of hardcore infuses a number of different styles and genres into its own, incorporating elements of math rock, doom metal, screamo, post-rock, and modern classical into their long and sprawling compositionally-oriented songwriting style. The band cites equally from modern indie and hardcore music like BOTCH to the psychedelic and experimental output of classic bands like LED ZEPPELIN and KING CRIMSON as their influences." "Par la douleur, la joie" https://lefthandrecords.bandcamp.com/album/par-la-douleur-la-joie" rel="nofollow - https://lefthandrecords.bandcamp.com/album/par-la-douleur-la-joie
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Posted By: PhideauxFan
Date Posted: July 20 2021 at 22:13
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Very soon, I should receive some albums of Collapse Under The Empire, God Is An Astronaut, We Lost The Sea and Wang Wen, thanks to the Metallian Store in France. |
Posted By: PhideauxFan
Date Posted: August 01 2021 at 01:21
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I've just added to my collection of CDs: Wang Wen - Invisible City (China-2018). https://wangwen.bandcamp.com/album/invisible-city" rel="nofollow - Invisible City | Wang Wen | Wang Wen 惘闻 (bandcamp.com)
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Posted By: TheLionOfPrague
Date Posted: August 03 2021 at 19:55
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Agaetys Byrjun, F# A# and Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven are among my TOP 30/35 albums of all time probably. Love them. The Seer (Swans) and Spirit of Eden/Laughing Stock (Talk Talk) are fantastic if slightly below those. The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place (Explosions in the Sky) and All is Violent All is Bright (God is an Astronaut) are others of my favorites in the genre. ------------- I shook my head and smiled a whisper knowing all about the place |
Posted By: PhideauxFan
Date Posted: August 22 2021 at 03:05
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A new band in my collection of CDs: Collapse Under The Empire - Shoulders & Giants (Germany-2011). https://collapseundertheempire.bandcamp.com/album/shoulders-giants-album" rel="nofollow - Shoulders & Giants (Album) | Collapse Under The Empire (bandcamp.com)
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Posted By: PhideauxFan
Date Posted: September 05 2021 at 02:02
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Great addition to my collection: God Is An Astronaut - All Is Violent, All Is Bright (Ireland-2005). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUjV_zKX7xk" rel="nofollow - God Is An Astronaut - All Is Violent, All Is Bright ( Full Album ) - YouTube
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