Welcome to week thirteen of /r/progmetal's Album of the Week series. Each week we'll pick a new prog metal (or prog metal-related) album to showcase for the sake of an open, comprehensive subreddit discussion. The albums are all moderator-choices and the order of said albums has been randomized so that there is no discernible pattern. You can expect both albums that lurk in the depths of obscurity and albums that are hailed classics, as well as everything in between.
Band: Sigh
Album: Imaginary Sonicscape (cover art)
Released: July 4th, 2001
Country: Japan
Flavour: Black, psychedelic, avant-garde, classical
You know when you listen to an album like this that the person behind it is, in the best way possible, lacking sanity. This is the case for many great artists but I'm of course referencing Sigh's songwriter Mirai Kawashima. (By the way, do be sure to check out the AMA he did here a little while ago if you haven't already).
This album was phenomenally refreshing to me the first time I heard it. Probably because there isn't really anything else out there like it. It's rooted in black metal but in no way fits into the confines of that genre--and despite black metal's obvious influence in the vocals and some of the guitars, it could probably be argued that this isn't a black metal album at all.
It would be pointless to try and list off every little nuance that makes this album unique, so I'll just inform you that this is one of those albums that transcends genre.
Even with the things I've said--yes, this album is all over the place--but it is in no way unfocused. There are so many styles and methods that get introduced throughout its span, but it somehow manages to remain completely cohesive.
Imaginary Sonicscape is, to me, an example of an album that does keyboards and computerized sounds right. While the keys take on many different forms, they never feel useless or tacked on. They are continually coating the album with an additional layer of atmosphere and this is done in such a way that I'm not sure I've heard from any other band. Be it lounge organ solos, 20th century strings, eery psychedelic sounds, funky horn sections, and so on. The keys are at the forefront of the album but at the same time they're not, because while they do have their spot in the limelight often, they're simply one part of the greater whole that makes this
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Asphyx - The Rack LP
Blood Incantation - Starspawn LP
Blood Incantation - Interdimensional Extinction 12" EP
Blood Incantation - Hidden History Of The Human Race LP
Bloodbath - Nightmares Made Flesh LP
Bloodbath - Resurrection Through Carnage LP
Cannibal Corpse - 15-Year Killing Spree Box Set
Cattle Decapitation - Death Atlas LP
Cattle Decapitation - The Anthropocene Extinction LP
Cattle Decapitation - Monolith Of Inhumanity LP
Cattle Decapitation - The Harvest Floor LP
Children Of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll LP
Dark Funeral - The Secrets Of The Black Arts LP
Dark Tranquility - The Gallery LP
Dream Theater - Distance Over Time Cassette
Ensiferum - Dragonheads LP
Grave - You'll Never See... LP
Grave - Into The Grave LP
Heaven Shall Burn - Invictus LP
Mayhem - Esoteric Warfare LP
Moonsorrow - Suden Uni LP
Napalm Death - Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism LP
Rings Of Saturn - Ultu Ulla LP
Sanguisugabogg - Tortured Whole LP
Sentenced - Death Metal Orchestra From Finland 2xLP
Sigh - Imaginary Sonicscape 3xLP
Tiamat - Wildhoney LP
Unanimated - In The Forest Of The Dreaming Dead LP
Unanimated - Ancient God of Evil LP
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My favorite album of all time.
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The album that got me into music
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My current favorite album of the year.
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My current least favorite album of the year.
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An album I feel is underappreciated.
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An album I feel is overrated.
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An album I like that isn't typical for me.
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An album that always makes me happy
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An album I'm happy to own.
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An album that makes me nostalgic
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An album that hypes me up
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An album that makes me sad.
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An album that had to grow on me.
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An album I couldn't get into.
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An album I've gotten as a gift.
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An album I like that was recommended.
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An album I thought I would hate but I love.
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An album that reminds me of a friend.
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An album that reminds me of someone I'd rather forget.
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An album that I find relaxing.
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An album that creeps me out
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An album I instantly fell in love with
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An album that's grown off of me
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An incredibly consistent album
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An incredibly inconsistent album.
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The most extreme album I know
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An album I listen to while I'm depressed.
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An album I listen to while working out
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An album I like with a horrible cover
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An album I dislike with a great cover
I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
They were cooked in Greece.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
Heard they've been doing some shady business.
but then I remembered it was ground this morning.
Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale
Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments
They’re on standbi
A play on words.
Pilot on me!!
Nothing, he was gladiator.
Or would that be too forward thinking?
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
When I got home, they were still there.
#Introduction
As some of you might know, a thing that has been going around on the internet for quite a few years is "Nothing But Black Metal November", NBBMN in short. The idea is to challenge yourself to listen exclusively to black metal during November. It originated on /mu/ and has become popular on r/Metal and adjacent forums as well. It hasn't been discussed much on here from what I've seen however, so with this thread I hope to entertain some to the idea. I'm personally attempting the challenge this month and maybe you now will as well :).
Originally I think the idea was to only listen to 'kvlt' black metal (ie. second wave stuff - could be wrong about this though), but in my opinion that's bollocks. Black metal is an insanely wide genre (almost as wide as prog I'd say, if not wider), so it's a shame to limit yourself to just the genre's origins. Not all black metal is 500 BPM blast beats the entire time with audio quality like it was recorded with a nokia in a toilet. There is progressive black metal, pagan/folk/viking black metal, symphonic black metal, atmospheric black metal, post-black metal, blackgaze, melodic black metal, lofi (or 'raw') black metal (ie. the nokia in a toilet stuff), and a whole bunch of other crossover genres like black/death, black/thrash, etc. Simply put, there is a lot. And restricting to second (and maybe first) wave just unnecessarily leaves out a ton of stuff.
With this thread I wanted to list a bunch of (mostly progressive) black metal artists I think a prog metal fan would like. Possibly to inspire you for a NBBMN challenge, but otherwise maybe just to inspire you to check out black metal in general. I'll try to type out a description for some of them, but I don't want this to take too long so some will be plain with only the albums and genre. Feel free to suggest bands in the comments. I'm sure I've missed a ton. I also tried to avoid bands with NSBM ties (i.e. no neo-nazi bands).
#The list
Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini & beyond. Easily the biggest band in the prog black genre. They've gone from adventurous second-wave Norwegian BM to what could quite accurately be described as a black metal counterpart to Opeth, all while keeping driving Pink Floyd influences in their writing. The band has 15 albums released so far. For prog fans I recommend you check out Axioma Ethica Odini and work your way forward from there. If you liked that, also check out their other stuff.
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