The Doom Room: ILF Edition

[ShaolinLambKiller]

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Dude, I'm about it. Definitely more hardcore influenced than straight up skramz, which is something I really like. (As well as something Pg.99, City of Caterpillar, and Orchid did very well.) You should check out Caust (http://caustva.bandcamp.com/) they're friends of mine that were doing something really similar for a while and did it really well. As far as volume goes, I will literally never understand the need to play quietly. It just seems boring to me. Music should be felt as much as heard and it's hard to write oppressively heavy music without oppressive volume.

Thank you! Yea we weren't ever a straight up skramz we kinda started more as a sporatic/caustic indie rock band.. I guess like that band the Rescue but with screaming instead of singing. we were always about shoving as many parts into songs as we could with a few more 'simple' ones for some reason pop punk girls seemed to really like us for I have no idea.
I'm digging this Caust. that Mass Graves ep is great and for some reason I think I might have heard it before just because the artwork looks familar. It might have been I heard them but since they didn't have any physical releases that I could immediately buy like direct from them and might have forgotten.

And yea totally agree. when I write I have to have my amps on at full blast. I pretty much can't write unless I am. Occassionally I do write stuff at home and that's usually when I'm directly in the mood to write for a particular band and I have one of those Vox Metal headphone things. and it does pretty decent. I can write some OSDM on it and some D-beat grind but for tons of other stuff i can't. Just not all that inspired to pick it up and feel around to see what comes out... which means nothing does. I have to have that volume beating me down.

Can't write suffocatingly thick doom without it being suffocatinly thick surrounding me. Can't write black metal or any odd sounding or atmospheric death metal with it being barely audible or low. I just don't bother, that's how uninspiring it is to me. I could be in the mood with a riff in mind and try and end up trashing the riff because it doesn't sound good.

Also the same way i record music. full concert volume, miced out cabs. One take. I don't believe in isolator cabs, I don't believe in just getting enough vol for tone, I don't believe in direct in, I don't believe in punching in. Get it right that first time. That's why some people hate to have recorded with me cause if I hear a mistake or they know they made one.. it's time to start over. not saying this is the best way to record music. But it's the only way I like to and feel that it captures the live nature of it.

I liked that song ok. But I've had to look at it sort of like do with Dillinger. They're two different bands.... one plays heavy shit like 43% burnt and the other plays great poppy songs like Setting Fire to Sleeping Giants and Black Bubblegum. In Mastodon's case though, one band plays amazing shit like Remission and Leviathan and the other plays really bad shit like The Hunter and Crack the Skye. I just choose to only listen to the good version of Mastodon.

I actually like Crack the Skye so much more than Leviathan. But I honestly feel the best stuff that Mastodon did was Remission and the ep. nothing else really matters. Didn't buy the Hunter, had no interest... heard one new track of the new one... not really that interested either. I rather Lethargy was reformed instead.

The only DEP that matters is the first 2 eps and first album. Don't give a shit after that. Demitiri was a better vocalist and I enjoyed his stage presense more. Greg is alright but just didn't have that total unhinged quality I liked more.

The Science amps look good with some smart features but the names are pretty lame. Street Sweeper

Godflesh is not lame. I don't know if that's he named it after but I doubt it but it was the first one I clicked on because there was a possibility it was.

I think a lot of it depends on the drummer, the type of kit they use and the style they employ. Ryder's new set is gloriously loud, and now is proportionate with his cymbals. Very good.

50 watts would not come close to cutting it.

Also agree with this. if people are playing with me some 100watt amps don't even cut it.

[humancertainty]

The Science amps look good with some smart features but the names are pretty lame. Street Sweeper

Godflesh is not lame. I don't know if that's he named it after but I doubt it but it was the first one I clicked on because there was a possibility it was.

You mean Streetcleaner, hoss?

[Nostradoomus]

I played bass through a Science amps Mother through 2 Olde Crow cabs for a gig once, it fucking ruled.

[SpaceFlunky]

my fathers day gift.

[assface jackson]

She's one of those musicians that makes me want to practice twice as much. Makes it look effortless and the passion for what she is doing is obvious. Some countries have something called "living national treasures" where they bestow the title on someone who preserves culture or exemplifys an art form. We could benefit from that concept here and she'd totally get my vote.

Re: Hozi - LOVE HER! Here's a track we did a few years ago, heavily whiskeyed short-lived acoustic project

http://yeoldegrowth.bandcamp.com/track/so-cold

[Chankgeez]

Some sweet lookin' guitars poppin' up in this thread lately.

[ShaolinLambKiller]

The Science amps look good with some smart features but the names are pretty lame. Street Sweeper

Godflesh is not lame. I don't know if that's he named it after but I doubt it but it was the first one I clicked on because there was a possibility it was.

You mean Streetcleaner, hoss?

Fuck me


Though there was a band called Street sweeper from Richmond, VA that was pretty fucking amazing. members of Operation Latte Thunder and Stop It!! doing some spastic awesome shit.

[Kacey Y]

Streaming the new Mastodon. So far "High Road" is the best song I've heard. This does not bode well.

Yikes.

[AxAxSxS]

She's one of those musicians that makes me want to practice twice as much. Makes it look effortless and the passion for what she is doing is obvious. Some countries have something called "living national treasures" where they bestow the title on someone who preserves culture or exemplifys an art form. We could benefit from that concept here and she'd totally get my vote.

Re: Hozi - LOVE HER! Here's a track we did a few years ago, heavily whiskeyed short-lived acoustic project

http://yeoldegrowth.bandcamp.com/track/so-cold

Mike, this is awesome. I think I need to get you to hook me up a list of all the projects you've done so I can go through and catch all the stuff I've missed.
Was chatting with Darren last Sat and he started basically give me a history lesson on The Valley - Ancient Warlocks connection. shit like that is what I missed before my eyes were opened to local music. I have a feeling you could devote your life to it around here and still not catch everything but the little bit's of gold like that track ^^ I'd like to hear em.



Semi Major amp surgery time!

Fucking around with the board last night, simplifying and rearranging and I realized I was not getting sound out of the sunn 1200s. Seems the switching jack is acting up again. I could replace it but It has come to my attention that amps from 1969 had 3 taps and the 4 ohm tap was simply not used. I'm looking at stuff and it seems it should be easy to make it so instead of two jacks, 16 or 8 ohm, I could just wire it like my verellen and have one 1 16, 2 8, and 2 4 ohm jacks. any reason not to do this? Something I missed? seems a way better solution than have that switching jack in there to continue to possibly fail.

[archlilim]

I read through that whole Science Amps thread last night. I might need to grab a Mother when it's time to upgrade to 200 watts. Dang, that amp looks awesome.

[Road Bull]

I am so glad I don't have to plug my drums in.

[D.o.S.]

I would love to run sampler pads through a doom bands rig.

[assface jackson]

AxJohn- I'm bringing some stuff for you next weekend, I'll dig up as much old shit as I can find. There's some other bandcamp links I'll try to find and PM to ya as well

[AxAxSxS]

went ahead and modded the amp. wish me luck guys. putting it back together now.

[ShaolinLambKiller]

here's to you not killing yourself.


I'm still working through the science thread. I plan to do more so tonight.