Ohms: pre-release hype thread

[Draken]

We should rename it to "The album title of which we know but shall not speak of"... now with added dots

[Inkblades]

On S/T: it's a "trance" album to me. Songs like Battle-Axe are all about the hypnotic texture, as opposed to the structure (although I don't think the structure on any of the songs are outright bad). It's kind of an album to get lost in.

[LG95]

^

Yep

[RaptureWS]

 I also had some reservations about self titled when it was released. After white pony I didn't know what to expect. WP was an album you could put them at a party and everyone would be like "hell yeah". Self titled, being such a dark record, was not something a lot of people wanted to listen to a lot. I don't remember exactly but it only took me a few weeks to come around to it and of course now I adore it. Also I remember thinking artwork was kind of gimmicky, or too obvious or something. Deftones were still kind of being thrown around with other Nu metal bands and the cover kind of reinforced that image as well. My opinion is completely different these days but that's how I felt at the time.

I would probably put Lovers in the third spot. The fade out at the end of Needles and Pins paired with the fade in on Lovers works pretty well.

[Draken]

You REALLY think that's the name don't you

[ConcealingFate92]

S/T is also my fav album, undisputed. Funny thing is that I used to love S/T thanks to songs like Hexagram, WGTB and Bloody Cape, but while i still fucking adore them, it's tracks like Minerva, Battle-Axe, Deathblow and, yes, Anniversary Of... that makes me come back to hear it every day. Then we have WP and ATF, that I also play it religiously almost every day. The other LP I enjoy it once in a while,

for me, Battle-Axe and Deathblow are super close to be amazing songs, but the lack of payoff on both song just ruins them for me. It seems like they are going no where. By payoff I'm thinking like the end of Change.

I know this is not a popular opinion.

Hmm, I understand your opinion, but for me the lack of "payoff" is intentional.

For example, I feel like Change is created as some sort of " finally venting it's emotions" (I'm not saying this from a lyric perspective or meaning behind it). From the slow and soothing intro / first verse to the "chaotic" chorus and then goes back to a more calmer-but-almost-losing-it-again second verse, and then you have the banging ending, it sounds like a slow build up thriller where you need something BIG to end it.

Deathblow and Battle Axe are the complete opposite for me: they're depressive as fuck, almost like it's build for a introspective destruction. For me,  the "payoff" are those "chaotic" parts(usually before the song ends) and then ending with more somber and depressive notes, meaning a more "dark" conclusion to it's meaning. The same thing happens with Mascara, for example.


But hell, I'm a depressive as fuck motherfucker, just wanted to share my thoughts about this with y'all.

[Draken]

I've heard Minerva labeled as shoegaze before, can't recall where tho

On S/T: it's a "trance" album to me. Songs like Battle-Axe are all about the hypnotic texture, as opposed to the structure (although I don't think the structure on any of the songs are outright bad). It's kind of an album to get lost in.

[sharinglungs]

You REALLY think that's the name don't you

He really can't say

[sensitivedeets]

You REALLY think that's the name don't you

i would doubt it too   

[Inkblades]

Chi had repeatedly said about the S/T that it sucked.

While promoting the album?

He says it on his segment of the S/T CD-ROM. I took it as him joking, as Chi's sense of humor in interviews and stuff was often pretty acerbic.

[LG95]

Do
We
All
Really
Feel

Decisive
It's
Called that
Knowing
Surely?

[theataraxian]

How good would lovers sound if it had the same production as Hexagram....

funnily enough, the lo-fi(ish) sound of Lovers has always been one of my favorite things about it

[sensitivedeets]

Don't call me Shirley

You REALLY think that's the name don't you

i would doubt it too   

What is this now?

sshh

this is a fun place.. hi

[kleptoned]

Dwarf Dicks

[There Will Be Blood]

Does anyone remember White Pony Pac-Man game or am I to old for you guys to remember?

[Hidalgo]

with only 10 tracks(their usual is 11), i really hope they release at least 1 b-side. the odds aren't good though, the last one we got was lovers, in 2003. oh well. looks like sept 25th is the release date then? that'll keep it from being a full year longer than SNW to DE release(the old longest wait between records). by like 2 weeks. i like pointless stats

[wbasmith]

Does anyone remember White Pony Pac-Man game or am I to old for you guys to remember?

Unfortunately that album came out a few months before my 3rd birthday..

[wbasmith]

with only 10 tracks(their usual is 11), i really hope they release at least 1 b-side. the odds aren't good though, the last one we got was lovers, in 2003. oh well. looks like sept 25th is the release date then? that'll keep it from being a full year longer than SNW to DE release(the old longest wait between records). by like 2 weeks. i like pointless stats

Inevitably the wait between each album will only get longer. Look at every bands discog ever. Most slow down greatly with age. Maiden, The Cure, Tool, Slipknot, ACDC the list goes on.

Only few i can think of who've remained pretty consistent  and are 20 years or older are Korn. Deftones honestly are one of the better ones

[elite54]

I wonder why they never released Crest.

[Hidalgo]

Does anyone remember White Pony Pac-Man game or am I to old for you guys to remember?

yes. i actually bothered to beat that game. it's sorta hard