my experience with them has been somewhat poisoned, much as I love IE, much as I love Schaffer as a musician. Seems like he might have his conviction thrown out pretty soon, but the damage has already been done.
@Metren: I feel similarly. It's a fantastic composition but the last time I listened to it I started hearing the lyrics in a different way. Now there are some Iced Earth songs that just draw me back to Schaffer's ideology and
Varg is and will forever be a major dingus, but yes, his writings and videos were both hilarious simply for the sake of morbid curiosity if nothing else
01. Involuntary Doppelganger 02. Human Murmuration 03. Remote Tumour Seeker 04. Relentless Mutation 05. The Mimic Well 06. Calamus Will Animate 07. A Dark Horizontal
This album single handedly reminded me why I loved techdeath and brought back my interest in the genre. Such an outstanding effort this one, wish the genre could keep up with these guys and not let this become a dying cause.
This should be relabelled as technical rap metal. Very fun album indeed esp. when you need those short bursts of energy and headbanging. The album actually feels longer than it is due to the nature of the music
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Bloody hell this band couldn't possibly play any faster the drumming, bass, guitarwork and even the vocals are seriously complex, and played at lightning speed. I have to admit I was really disappointed with their latest release, but I've always admired their musicianship, so I thought it was only right for me to go back through their discography.
I have to admit there are some pretty damn good sections in this, and as a whole it's not as bad as I first thought. I found it very hard to digest at first, so thank god it's only half an hour long, any longer and I think it would have gotten too much for me, and I surely would have lost interest.