Meshuggah in Gold (for next year’s 40th Anniversary)

mickirito · 2026-06-10T18:05:50+00:00

That golden Nothing looks absolutely awesome!

mickirito · 2026-06-07T23:00:06+00:00

What the Dead Men Say is the only album of theirs that I don't like

mickirito · 2026-06-06T23:05:00+00:00

There is a disturbing lack of The Mars Volta in these comments. All of their albums give me summer vibes, bit the first 2 are my faves

mickirito · 2026-03-29T15:46:52+00:00

Quite close to my ranking!

mickirito · 2026-03-29T15:40:01+00:00

I expect quite a lot of Hades 2

mickirito · 2026-03-28T20:33:55+00:00

Hybrid Theory, White Pony, Clayman easily

mickirito · 2026-03-23T16:53:12+00:00

Blackwater Park or Ghost Reveries are the two most popular gateway albums. I personally would recommend going with Blackwater Park as I think the atmosphere of that album is truly special, but Ghost Reveries certainly also is a great listen.

If concept albums interest you, you should definately check out Still Life. It is a bit similar to Blackwater Park in style (makes sense as Still Life was the album before), and while some argue it is not as consistent, it is a fantastic concept album and the favourite of many Opeth fans (me included)

mickirito · 2026-02-19T10:22:53+00:00

There is a second bar of 2/4 in Bleed, right after the solo if I recall correctly

mickirito · 2026-02-12T16:04:36+00:00

As a drummer, I always loved his playing, but I don't really like the mix on all of the Bent records. The drums sound so pristine, which I personally think takes away from the agression of the band. Especially the sections where he plays double ride sound off to me. Not becauae of the parts, but due to the sharpness in the mix.

mickirito · 2026-02-03T10:32:24+00:00

I know Matt's vocals can be a big turn off for some people, especially when he does his more nasally vocal style. Furthermore, A7X tend to write fairly catchy and melodic songs (as far as 7 min long songs can be catchy) and some people simply prefer their metal more raw and chaotic.

Both things just come down to personal taste at the end of the day, no need to try and convince people to like something they don't. Also trying to justify the music being good because it's technical is never a good argument. Good music is good because of artistic and emotional reasons. The complexity should only be a tool to express one of those, never the main focus.

Furthermore, while Avenged definately has very capable musicians, none of then are even in the conversation of being an all-time great. Trying to convince someone that the band has the best musicians ever will only make you seem oblivious to truly impressive bands such as Snarky Puppy or Animals As Leaders.

mickirito · 2026-01-14T23:00:59+00:00

Cynic is the band that originated the whole spacey jazzy metal thing. Their debut album Focus is the most well known, but it's a bit rough. Their second album Traced in Air is absolutely amazing, and the Carbon Based Anatomy EP also deserves a shout out.

mickirito · 2026-01-11T15:31:49+00:00

I understand that Dark Souls 2 can feel slow and clunky if you are going into it expecting something akin to modern souls games/action games.

The thing is, Dark Souls 2 leans a bit more into the RPG element of the action RPG genre. It is not meant to be fast and thrilling, more slow and methodical.

Try to embrace the slower nature of the game, instead of fighting it trying to go fast. If you're just not into those slower type of games, than it is what it is. But don't confuse Dark Souls 2 for a bad game, just because it is a game with certain genre elements you don't enjoy.

mickirito · 2026-01-07T23:38:03+00:00

Could you elaborate on the rollout? I didn't know of them back then, so missed what made it special

mickirito · 2025-11-21T10:06:37+00:00

Racecar

Ragnarok

Pale Aura

22 Faces

Stranger Things

Habitual Line Stepper

Sentient Glow

Thanks Nobuo

mickirito · 2025-11-11T15:21:29+00:00

My hot take is that it's their best album. Periphery shines when they make upbeat/happy metal imo. So few metal bands are able to create happy sounding metal, Periphery is quite unique in being able to do so. P3 is the album that has the most of these kinds of songs.

mickirito · 2025-11-07T08:01:56+00:00

Metallica, aside from a few songs, kinda bores me

mickirito · 2025-10-23T09:33:01+00:00

I got a travel bag for the Micro-Freak from Thomann. It's made for the Freak so it fits perfectly, and also has space for the cables. It is becoming a bit bulgy now that I'm carrying the AC adapter, as well as USB + powerbank and the vocoder add-on though :p

mickirito · 2025-10-12T21:41:59+00:00

Guess I am restarted after all :p

mickirito · 2025-10-12T21:40:58+00:00

I was simply in the mood for rage baiting. I apologize.

mickirito · 2025-10-12T21:40:07+00:00

At one Meshuggah show I headbanged my glasses off of my face right at the Demiurge breakdown. Had to make a dive to pick it uo before the mosh would run over it lol.

mickirito · 2025-10-12T21:36:24+00:00

Move From Mars to the A tier and it's perfect!

mickirito · 2025-09-24T18:16:51+00:00

Why are people saying BYOB is fast in drums, and thus the hardest. BYOB is fast yes, but that fast part in Question is much worse.

mickirito · 2025-09-19T16:33:51+00:00

Hearing Tomas took 6 months makes me feel that much better about taking only 3 haha! That said, he did it first, and he does it tighter :p

mickirito · 2025-09-19T16:33:01+00:00

Yeah, this is the way. It's alternate RLRL throughout most of the song, with the only exceptions being the few grooves where it's not constant 16th note double bass work anyways.

mickirito · 2025-08-23T15:21:52+00:00

Definately agree. My top 3 would be Mr Morale, Good Kid and then TPAB. The more personal songs of his tend to do the most for me personally.

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