BTBAM spill the beans: BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME, CYNIC, THE DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT and SCALE THE SUMMIT tour in 2010[views:41813][posts:70]____________________________________ [Jan 29,2010 11:10am - dreadkill ""] traced in air and focus are both awesome records. i wish i could've made it out to see cynic and devin last night. |
| _______________________________ [Jan 29,2010 11:18am - blue ""] Kinda silly for people in this thread to be like 'wow BTBAM iz the best band evar. But it took me just nao to realize that cynic is way better than that bullshit' |
| __________________________________ [Jan 29,2010 11:22am - reimroc ""] i can't wait for exivious to come and play a show around here. ever since i got introduced to them i've been creaming to see them live and hopefully in an intimate setting but i'll take it either way. |
| __________________________________________ [Jan 29,2010 11:23am - jeff_met_aliens ""] "Don't ever tell me to turn down The Cru!" |
| _______________________________ [Jan 29,2010 11:32am - blue ""] reimroc said:i can't wait for exivious to come and play a show around here Now that's some wishful thinking. Right there with ya pal. |
| __________________________________________ [Jan 29,2010 11:36am - bloblovesmusic ""] Gotta say I liked BTBAM (hate saying that but yeah). I don't think they're the best band evar, but they are certainly better than a lot of bands of their ilk. Loved the random country parts haha! Devin was frickin awesome! He played a bunch of the heavier stuff which ruled. I was super bummed that he didn't play a longer set (his twitter said that he was a little sick haha), but man it was worth it! Cynic surprised me. I gotta admit I hadn't heard a lot of Cynic before so I wasn't sure what to expect. I happened to enjoy the yoga and meditation stuff! Nice change of pace from the violent music of Devin haha. Seriously, great show in general! Scale The Summit needs to play the Berklee Performance Center and not the House of Blues. They're a super talented band, but they would fit better at a smaller more chill venue. |
| __________________________________ [Jan 29,2010 11:38am - reimroc ""] blue said: reimroc said:i can't wait for exivious to come and play a show around here Now that's some wishful thinking. Right there with ya pal. i'm thinking its possible at a future MDF or some other US fest. i wish i knew whoever runs that fest so i could beg him/her to get them on the bill some year. |
| __________________________________________ [Jan 29,2010 11:48am - bloblovesmusic ""] reimroc said: blue said: reimroc said:i can't wait for exivious to come and play a show around here Now that's some wishful thinking. Right there with ya pal. i'm thinking its possible at a future MDF or some other US fest. i wish i knew whoever runs that fest so i could beg him/her to get them on the bill some year. Next NEDF? |
| __________________________________ [Jan 29,2010 12:22pm - reimroc ""] that would be awesome. |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 29,2010 1:33pm - ArrowHeadNLI ""] It makes me happy: 1) seeing people that were not familiar with Cynic getting into them 2) seeing people that worshipped the first album finally appreciating Traced in Air |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 29,2010 1:51pm - arilliusbm ""] 3) knowing there's people like me that think traced in air is a sub-par follow up and could have been better and waiting to troll me cause of that |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 29,2010 1:58pm - ArrowHeadNLI ""] arilliusbm said:3) knowing there's people like me that think traced in air is a sub-par follow up and could have been better and waiting to troll me cause of that We know that anything new is never as good as what you grew up with, whether video games and music. Meanwhile, as a newer fan, I got both albums at once. Focus is amazing, but TIA is better. Better production, better writing, better lyrics, just NOT AS METAL. |
| _______________________________ [Jan 29,2010 2:13pm - Pires ""] ArrowHeadNLI said: just NOT AS METAL. does not compute. metal or gee tee eff oh. |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 29,2010 2:19pm - ArrowHeadNLI ""] Pires said: ArrowHeadNLI said: just NOT AS METAL. does not compute. metal or gee tee eff oh. Exactly the reaction of most people, if you make them wait some 10+ years for another album. If I'd known about cynic in the 90's, I'd hate Traced in Air too, likely. |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 29,2010 2:25pm - arilliusbm ""] Really? You think the composition is better? I could care less about the metal aspect of it as I know Paul moved away from metal with everything else.. But there's no Textures or Veil of Maya. Traced in Air is a good album but I was expecting more. My buddy bought the box set and loves it- he keeps telling me to listen to it more because it will grow on me. I'd rather listen to Gordian Knot or even that "portal" demo they put out after cynic disbanded. With focus, it was love at first listen. Wasn't the case with traced in air for me. But then again, I haven't given it enough play time I guess. |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 29,2010 3:16pm - ArrowHeadNLI ""] Give it time. It will grow on you. Remember, you are also in a different place now than you were when you heard Focus. It's not just the band that changes over that span of time. Compositionally Traced in Air is way more cohesive than Focus. A lot of the riffs on Focus were at odds with each other. You mention textures, which is my absolute favorite song by Cynic. I love it. However, there is nothing else like it on that album. On the opposite end, there is nothing else as heavy as Urubolic Forms on any of their albums. The whole disk is all over the place. Add to that the crappy sound (even on the remaster - shrill guitar is shrill) and it isn't nearly the presentation or experience of TIA. Remember, pot and headphones! |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 29,2010 3:17pm - ArrowHeadNLI ""] and after last night I am in crazy gay love with the new guitarist man. Also the bassist shreds, and I feel bad that he doesn't get to play on the albums. |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 29,2010 3:20pm - arilliusbm ""] ArrowHeadNLI said: Remember, pot and headphones! absolute truth. I could do that all day. |
| ______________________________ [Jan 29,2010 5:08pm - blue ""] Coming from someone who has had a longtime cynic boner, I had no problem (and totally expected) with the sound change. Gordian Knot gave me a good idea of how they have 'grown' musically and when I heard the pre-TIA demos I really wasn't suprised at what they were doing. |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 29,2010 5:25pm - ArrowHeadNLI ""] Did you listen to the new tune? What do you think of it? |
| ______________________________ [Jan 29,2010 7:08pm - blue ""] No internet connection at my place, only crackberry. I'm expecting to be into it though. |