That's a fair point.

Bruckner's later stuff is also rather fantastic.

Most of the classical musicians I know who like metal are into it for the shred-factor. Definitely the sturm-und-drang too, but mostly the shredder stuff.

My collection is full of those exceptions. Carcass is amazingly good fun.

I think there's often a dawning awareness of the overall ridiculousness of serious metal fandom in the metal scene that forces metal fans to do the social equivalent of hiding their toys before a new girlfriend comes over.

Yes, I was intentionally vague to bait someone like you.

Being covered while erect isn't that uncommon: http://www.newforeskin.biz/…

Here's the thing, I am someone who loves heavy, dark music (early Swans, Godflesh, Einstuerzende Neubauten, Carcass), but my problem with most metal is that in order to stay "metal" it often is pretty much rulebound within its given sub-genre. Metal fans police their genre's taxonomy like OCD sufferers.  I remember…

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Hang on, I'm not suggesting you remove anything. I've all my bits and wouldn't part with any of them for money. I think circumcision without consent is utterly barbaric.

Go to a doctor. I've heard it's best to find a foreign one if possible as the American response to the foreskin is to treat it like an easily removable birth defect.

The dumb thing about that Iggy album is that if I want to rebel against his "artistic choice" all I have to do is turn the volume down on my playback device.

Dynamic range is actually part of songwriting. Some parts being louder or softer than others is a choice a songwriter makes, and that overcompressing undoes.

Is that why their premium priced vinyl issues are mastered with the dynamic range intact?

An agreed/enforced alignment level wouldn't prevent albums being mastered to sound brickwalled. Even if the RMS was set at a nice, generous -15dBFS, then the beats could just be compressed to the new maximum limit. Which puts the lie to any idea of the Loudness War being some sort of aesthetic choice rather than just…

If you like "Fascination Street" and "Disintegration", then I'd suggest you give the album "Faith" a spin as it has that brand of lush, psychedelic depression floruit.

The reissue added "Hey You!" back to the album, but ruined the sound. Sad.

Serious parties with chicks dressed like Halloween every other week. It's a sad business.

No "A Forest"? Madness.

This article is missing Diamanda Galas.