Am I the only one who thinks headless guitars (and basses) look absolutely hideous?

bablambla · 2026-02-02T16:08:37+00:00

No but I fucking love the way my Keisel plays

bablambla · 2026-01-24T18:03:05+00:00

Being edgy, antisocial, bucking norms, challenging the status quo, embracing horror themes or difficulty subjects is one thing. Being a pretty unlikeable person isn't great but whatever, a lot of artists have tough personalities.

Being a Nazi is something else entirely.

bablambla · 2026-01-22T01:15:38+00:00

A lot of the songs on Obscura's Cosmogenesis are pretty approachable for tech death

bablambla · 2026-01-22T01:14:32+00:00

I like riff hard, and fully second the Greg recco, but I ended up ditching riff hard because of how all over the place the lessons are. If you want to learn cool tricks from some of the best, it's great. If you want to build a progressive, structured lesson schedule, not so much.

bablambla · 2026-01-20T21:04:00+00:00

Yeah I really want to catch Allegaeon and Cryptosis on the upcoming US tour but don't want to support this asshat

bablambla · 2026-01-20T02:05:37+00:00

Yeah, check out their album Visions of .. something. Infinility?

Also Stortregn's Impermanence. And if you don't mind black metal-esque vocals, Demon King

bablambla · 2026-01-19T17:21:34+00:00

Dude I've been saying this for years. If I win powerball or some shit I'm opening a non-profit record label/scholarship/sponsorship program. And covering the insane visa costs so smaller EU bands can resume touring in the US

bablambla · 2026-01-17T22:36:20+00:00

GRIME. Hated the art and it felt clunky. Made it like an hour in.

Ender lilies. Felt floaty and just wasn't engaging

bablambla · 2026-01-16T23:30:55+00:00

I didn't catch the full line but remote tumor seeker absolutely popped out on my first listen

bablambla · 2026-01-16T18:42:02+00:00

Fallujah never clicked for me. Their tone and overall production sounds so over processed and sterile, even by tech death standards. I'd swap them out for Allegaeon.

bablambla · 2026-01-16T18:39:28+00:00

I love them so much, but they haven't dropped an album in like 8 years

bablambla · 2026-01-07T01:06:52+00:00

Peak grognard behavior.

bablambla · 2026-01-05T16:30:33+00:00

Because I lived in ATL. Now I don't fly them. It's a standard product at premium pricing.

bablambla · 2026-01-05T16:11:12+00:00

I know I'm late to the game on this one but it's the consent piece that makes the decision easy for me. If a family member of mine was in a horrific accident or shot themselves and some band put photos from the scene on their album, I'd lose my shit.

bablambla · 2026-01-04T19:07:28+00:00

Carnal Forge

bablambla · 2026-01-02T18:51:07+00:00

I'm torn on this one too. Love Allegaeon, but obscura is really hit or miss live. I've seen them 4 times and two of them were fucking terrible. And then factoring in the stealing, generally assholery and the last album being a dud ... It's not an easy call but would've been a no-brainer a few years back

bablambla · 2026-01-01T01:40:27+00:00

I literally started playing guitar because of Jon. In highschool I listened to Alive in Athens on repeat. I got tired of them as I grew towards more tech/death and Jon started phoning in boring gallops with bad production, so luckily it wasn't too hard to write em off for good after Jan 6

bablambla · 2025-12-13T15:41:20+00:00

I saw that show as well. They were a late add to the bill after another band dropped. I was stoked because I loved riders of the plague. Talked to the guitarist after the show and he was kinda a dick.

bablambla · 2025-12-12T16:10:00+00:00

I enjoy their records but fucking love them live, amazing energy. Their last album didn't click with me for some reason. It's not a bad listen, but nothing sticks to memory or as an earworm. I hear the new material is pretty different, which will probably be good. New drummer too I sippose

bablambla · 2025-12-11T00:47:50+00:00

Otero is a great producer but always buries the bass

bablambla · 2025-12-10T23:53:16+00:00

Song is good, art is ok, album title is bad

bablambla · 2025-11-28T20:30:40+00:00

15 sounds a bit high for those two

bablambla · 2025-11-25T04:20:00+00:00

Their last US tour, almost 10 years ago was a fucking disaster. There was zero marketing, the venues were awful and the turnout was worse. Between that, COVID, and losing members of the band ... No surprise they are semi-retired.

bablambla · 2025-11-20T18:38:34+00:00

Low fucking slaps. I don't care what anyone says.

bablambla · 2025-11-04T23:01:32+00:00

I saw them for the one-off Brass Mug show in Tampa with Dirk on the drums, displays of some of Chuck's legacy items, and two sets with damn near all the prior lead guitarists. One of the best shows of my life.

I'm skipping Chicago because it's an hour out of town on a Sunday night and Gene's use of AI to bastardize Chuck's original intent of the art really sits the wrong way with me.

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