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By: Becca

Becca — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 03:00:37 +0000

I love your music posts! So much goodness!

By: Syl (@Syl_RM)

Syl (@Syl_RM) — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 21:25:40 +0000

“I’ll still usually take purely instrumental stuff over songs with lyrics.”

yepyep, that’s what I meant too
singing usually ruins a good track for me. few exceptions aside (I was okay with the ‘eyes on you’ ending song in FF8 for example…cheesy as it was).

By: Tesh

Tesh — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:10:04 +0000

Yes, indeedy, E.S.Posthumus is really good. I was saddened to hear that one of the brothers died not too long ago. I like Apocalyptica’s quieter pieces, like “Nothing Else Matters”, but overall, they are a bit harsh for me. I’m amused they exist, but I like quieter music. Those two bits by Van Canto are about the extent of what I like of their stuff… and the Taboria one is on the line. And really, I don’t like metal at all. The *only* reason I like Van Canto is because they are vocal, and that takes the edge off of the sound. The trappings of metal, well… I’d just as soon stay away from it.

Er, so wait, lyrics are good or bad? Sounds like “bad”, but I might be reading that wrong. I know I’m distracted by lyrics I understand, but ones in Japanese or gibberish work fairly well for me as I just hear them as music, not words I have to parse. Even so, I’ll still usually take purely instrumental stuff over songs with lyrics.

By: Syl (@Syl_RM)

Syl (@Syl_RM) — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:43:26 +0000

I am so so shamefully overdue

Van Canto is a bit of an acquired taste, heh; generally I have my issues with many of the “goth/emo metal” bands out there who throw around tropes and mix and match about everything between fantasy, folklore and mythology for pathos overkill. ‘viking hype’ is a particularly popular phenomenon and I’ve probably met one person too many with a Mjölnir around his neck while actually not having a clue about the Norse pantheon….so yeah, am biased

A group (or rather orchestra) that I personally admire for the conjunction of fantasy/epic themes and metal is E.S. Posthumus, you probably know them.
When I was younger I used to find Apocalyptica quite interesting for the way they joined classic music and metal together.
there’s no singing in either of these, so I suspect that is a killer criteria for me somehow. truth be told I dislike most Uematsu and Mitsuda tunes even that have lyrics in them. somehow that takes away from my immersion.

I am off to browse Austin Wintory now; I’ve not yet discovered him although I know Journey’s soundtrack – so thanks for the tip!

By: Tesh

Tesh — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:08:52 +0000

Thanks for the clarification, Sylow. I imagine that was a fun concert with the two groups.

By: Sylow

Sylow — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:20:55 +0000

Just a tiny comment on The Bards Tale and Van Canto: The song is originally from Blind Guardian, Van Canto “only” covered it, as they did with plenty of other metal songs. (Among those songs from Nightwish, Metalica, Iron Maiden, Manowar, Sabaton and Deep Purple, just for “a few” names. )

That being said, their basic style and thematic is close to Blind Guardian, those two bands match up quite fine. One (or was it already two?) years ago, Blind Guardian toured with Van Canto as opening act, i loved the whole concert, it was really great.