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Music Top 10 Albums of the Decade 2010-2019
GeneticBlueprint replied to DPCyric's topic in The Performing Arts Centre
Forgot about this, @DPCyric. Whoopsie. One thing I'm noticing about my list as it is taking more shape and definition is that there's a lot of prog here. I guess that's not surprising for me but I was expecting a lot more death metal. GB's Top 20 of the 2010s: #15-#11 15. Caligula's Horse - In Contact (2017) Lyrics are usually the last thing I care about on any album of any style. But god the lyrics on this album are so good. I rarely connect emotionally with words themselves in a song, but this is a concept album about the creative process told through the eyes of four different artists. The final track is about a sculptor who becomes a father. I became a father shortly before this album’s release. And through the earlier half of last decade I spent quite a bit of time losing my religion. I connect quite a bit with the lyrics. Here’s a snippet I love from the track "Graves". This album is very proggy without being up its own ass. I love that. Favorite tracks: Graves, The Hands Are the Hardest, Will's Song (Let the Colours Run) 14. Devin Townsend Project - Sky Blue [Z2] (2014) I always liked Devin ever since I heard Strapping Young Lad and then his first solo album Terria. He's an unbelievably unique and varied artist. I saw Strapping Young Lad several times in the early 00s. I moved to South America for a while and didn't see any shows while I was down there. When I came back in 2009 and my wife came with me one of the first things I took her to do in the U.S. was to go see Devin Townsend play an acoustic show in this little book store in Seattle. She still loves him to this day. Anyways, Z2 is actually a double album consisting of a sequel to Devin's Ziltoid the Omniscient called Dark Matters. The other half is what's here on my list. Dark Matters is good and funny and fun just like its first installment, but Sky Blue is something special. It's an album full of beautiful, haunting, soaring melodies. It heavily features Anneke van Giersbergen. So much so that she's like the co-vocalist on this album instead of accompaniment or backup like on Devin Townsend Project's other albums. Favorite tracks: Warrior, Universal Flame (that fucking chant at the end my god), A New Reign 13. Ne Obliviscaris - Urn (2017) Right around the time we sadly lost Opeth to mediocrity some new hotness came into our lives via Ne Obliviscaris. Like Opeth did, they do something truly unique with death metal. It sounds a little like Opeth in that there are lots of chord progressions and haunting voicings within those chords as opposed to traditional death metal riffs. It blends clean vocals and growls in a unique way like Opeth but in a different way. But it's still definitely its own thing. Oh yeah there’s a violin too. Any of their albums could have made this list but I think their latest Urn is the best front to back. Favorite tracks: Eyrie*, Intra Venus, Urn, Pt. II: As Embers Dance in Our Eyes *If we did a top songs of the decade this would easily break the top 5 12. Behemoth - The Satanist (2014) This album was written and recorded after frontman Nergal’s battles with both leukemia and the Polish government over his desecration of a sacred text. You can really feel the emotion in a death metal record about--if you read between the lines--finding divinity in man and celebrating the collapse of power in any form. Favorite tracks: Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel, Ora pro nobis Lucifer, O Father O Satan O Sun! 11. Protest the Hero - Volition (2013) You know when a band has a run of three or four fantastic albums that lead to something epic? This is the epic one for me. The album is full of catchy, proggy, heavy bangers from front to back. Favorite tracks: Mist* (song starts at ~1:55, opening is the story of the song and what it's about), Drumhead Trial, Clarity *Another top 5 songs of the decade -
2020 cannot get any fucking worse.
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Senate confirms Justice Handmaid One
GeneticBlueprint replied to SaysWho?'s topic in The Political Re-Education Camp
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So they said they're testing the next-gen version too for release? I thought the next gen version wasn't coming until next year?
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General Gaming How do Fallout 3/New Vegas hold up?
GeneticBlueprint replied to ShreddieMercury's topic in The Spawn Point
I actually tried Fallout 3 for the first time like two years ago and I was bored to tears. I'm sure it was awesome when it came out but everything seemed so ancient when I was trying it. -
Is it possible to have the board detect what kind of device you're on and have it be a certain theme based on device? When I'm in a full web browser I like the IPS theme, but on mobile I prefer the PlayStation theme since I'm usually in bed or something when I look at the boards on my phone.
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This describes to a T a house near a park in my neighborhood. I took a picture of their trailer once. My on camera what? IMGUR.COM Imgur: The magic of the Internet They have several flags draping their house and a BLM one as well, oddly enough. But the house is easily the worst taken care of home in the neighborhood and the occupants are every bit the white trash you're imagining in your head right now. And yeah, a couple ATVs in the "lawn".
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General Gaming What's your gaming budget looking like this fall?
GeneticBlueprint replied to HGLatinBoy's topic in The Spawn Point
XSX - $500 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla - $70 Cyberpunk 2077 - $60 Not really interested in any other games. I'll be playing Gears 5 on the SX as well with the free next gen update. I'll probably update my PC with the new AMD chips as well. But I haven't committed to that yet. -
General Entertainment Quibi is dead
GeneticBlueprint replied to CitizenVectron's topic in The Performing Arts Centre
Isn't their CEO being considered for a Biden cabinet position? Lol