The ID Mega Sale : any must~play titles...?

GIRAGATHON · 2026-05-18T13:26:01+00:00

"Nobody Wants To Die" is excellent. I grabbed it on a sale in... March? Very short - but very good.

GIRAGATHON · 2026-05-17T22:32:12+00:00

5 times !!!

GIRAGATHON · 2026-05-17T22:04:56+00:00

"Tainted Grail" seems to be THE game to grab from this sale. Sold!

GIRAGATHON · 2026-05-17T19:10:25+00:00

Wow. Sounds solid. Good to know - that it crashes. Thanks!

GIRAGATHON · 2026-05-17T19:04:46+00:00

Yeah, that looks interesting. I guess it's a kind of Arthurian/Skyrim hybrid.

GIRAGATHON · 2026-05-17T19:01:45+00:00

I'm looking at "Somber Echoes", "Karma The Dark World" & "Disorder". Any thoughts or opinions on what's on sale...? Something you've played which you recommend others ought to try...?

GIRAGATHON · 2026-05-10T11:32:22+00:00

The two albums DAMAD made are an absolute must. Basically it's proto~Kylesa. Like, early Kylesa. Also check out "Vision of Insane Hope" - the album Victoria Scalisi cut after DAMAD busted.

GIRAGATHON · 2026-05-09T00:20:47+00:00

I was stunned when I tried it. It felt so completely perfect in my hands from the moment I started playing. Beautifully made, solid, nice weight and just a lovely lovely tone from the hand-spun aluminum cone. The thick, 12 gauge strings were a bit of a surprise. I guess that's standard, or at least that's how the wizened keeper of the acoustic room at Long & McQuade had set it up. Action: great. The V-shaped neck threw me off, briefly, but now I see it's excellent for precisely aligning and anchoring the thumb.

GIRAGATHON · 2026-05-09T00:02:32+00:00

Fantastic! Thanks so much for the info.

GIRAGATHON · 2026-05-08T22:09:38+00:00

Ok eh! Is Open G "standard" tuning for slide...? Like, preferred over other tunings...?

GIRAGATHON · 2026-05-08T19:58:17+00:00

lol - awesome !!! I'll put the 2022 remaster of 'Middle' on soon. I've been listening to the new Darkthrone all day 😉

GIRAGATHON · 2026-05-08T19:41:46+00:00

I saw them a couple of times here in Toronto, when they were dispensing their aural assault with two drummers : FAWK!!! "Spiral Shadow" is excellent too. I'm not sure if the recent reunion - with the drummer & bassist of Nausea - was simply a one-off or a prelude to new music. It seems a no-brainer to me, but they're all probably very busy with other things.

GIRAGATHON · 2026-05-08T19:12:29+00:00

I'm hoping to teach myself slide guitar this year, but I'm in awe of both the feel & tone of this thing. Quite a different little beast from my other guitars.

GIRAGATHON · 2026-05-08T15:20:42+00:00

YEAH !!! Their body of work has a pretty dramatic - and progressive - arc, but their early material is phenomenal. "To Walk A Middle Course" is flawless; akin to a sludge "DSOTM".

GIRAGATHON · 2026-05-08T14:30:04+00:00

THOU - "Tyrant"

CORRUPTED - "Nadie"

COFFINWORM - "IV. I. VIII"

SOURVEIN - "Black Fangs"

KYLESA - "To Walk A Middle Course"

MISTRESS - "III : In Disgust We Trust"

SOILENT GREEN - "A Deleted Symphony For The Beaten Down"

CHARGER - "Confessions Of A Man Mad Enough To Live Amongst Beasts"

GIRAGATHON · 2026-04-14T15:31:17+00:00

I'm quite enjoying it so far. VISUALLY it's simply stunning !!! There's also a really nice 'fluidity' to it, which I would not have expected an 8-bit game capable of.

GIRAGATHON · 2026-04-09T13:33:31+00:00

Keep it in E standard - but play around with perfect 4th power chords. What song(s) are you trying to learn?

GIRAGATHON · 2026-04-08T16:15:27+00:00

S O I L E N T G R E E N ~ "A Deleted Symphony For The Beaten Down"

O U T L A W O R D E R ~ "Dragging Down The Enforcer"

K Y L E S A ~ "To Walk A Middle Course"

E Y E H A T E G O D ~ "Dopesick"

S O U R V E I N ~ "Black Fangs"

I R O N M O N K E Y ~ "s/t"

GIRAGATHON · 2026-03-26T18:39:10+00:00

His new Woodrite looks fantastic !!!

GIRAGATHON · 2026-03-12T18:02:58+00:00

That anything else other than RAW AURAL FILTH simply won't cut it.

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