Callisto

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13 years ago

quadrupleplay

Tried this album again and I still don't like it, but I have listened to Noir and enjoyed it more. This track is pretty good, definitely the best on the CD.

15 years ago

squidgeymush

Thanks for uploading these songs. I've just listened through the entire album and I'm gonna have to buy it really soon! Now I'm gonna go check out Minsk.

15 years ago

AstronautJ

Religion's selfish and opportunistic followers: those that treat their faith as a providence to rule over. "While these golden plates are now emptied, You're most welcome to the house of grief" -- A nod to the dark side of Catholicism, in particular.

15 years ago

dyve9

providence is a beautiful piece, does anyone know what it's about, because i understand the words, but can't get the idea ?

15 years ago

quadrupleplay

Orchid and Morningrise might be for you. The best description I could come up with for those is post-melodic death metal. It's not progressive melodic death, and not pure melodic death, so that's the best way to say it. The structures are amorphous and the songs often build in places, although without the same feel you might find in post-rock/metal (this isn't Weight).

15 years ago

AstronautJ

Yeah, bands like Neurosis, Isis and (Especially) Rosetta are hard to just pick up. You really need the time to immerse yourself in their work. Wow, I've yet to meet a newer Neurosis fan that hasn't heard Souls. Go do it. Now. Lol. I don't much like Opeth, myself. They're a little too... '80's-90's heavy metal', if you get me.

15 years ago

AstronautJ

15 years ago

quadrupleplay

I'm going to take a look at that. It's not on the Archives, probably because it isn't quite metal, but it looks as if Monolith will be good. I've not heard Souls at Zero yet, oddly enough. There's not a whole lot of situations where you listen to Neurosis. I've noticed no one's brought up Opeth...the same friend that just learned Minsk and some of Neurosis (originally found him with a Radiant shirt) doesn't like them. It's surprising because the O's abstract approach to music is similar.

15 years ago

AstronautJ

Hmm, you're a tough nut to crack. My final recommendation then would be Monolith -- which I have uploaded. They take the ambient progression of Neurosis and add the heaviness of traditional heavy metal. Sort of what Neurosis would be like if they kept down the Souls at Zero path and still developed the song structure of their last few albums.

15 years ago

quadrupleplay

I know that those opinions are being shared by a lot of people. I seem to agree, but I also found more to like. It's going to take a while to get Minsk! I once listened to Agalloch, but I've discarded them since. The music was fantastically done, but...now I can't avoid this issue: it wasn't "evil", but it was pagan. I listened to some similar bands (Elvenking) for a while and they just dropped away. Nothing against the music, of course, but not for me. Discussion should probably move...

15 years ago

AstronautJ

I hated Wavering Radiant when I first got it, but it's now alongside Oceanic as my favorite Isis albums. The only songs I really like off Echoes are Three Moons and Requiem: From Substance to Silence -- the latter is so epic. Oh! I just thought of a band you may like: Agalloch. Very old-school folky/doom metal. Great stuff. And I assume you have Steve Von Till's and Scott Kelly's solo albums? Fantastic stuff.

15 years ago

quadrupleplay

I'll try that again, then. I love Minsk! The music sounds expansive, epic, shimmery, fiery...it's hard to describe it. Too bad there's only one album here in full (Ritual Fires) and the other two are not seen here. Ritual Fires was my first taste; Echoes is also great although the middle half is some of their weakest material overall (sorry!), but Out of a Center is a blowout. Three Moons is so good I got a new Minsk fan with it. And good for Wavering Radiant...that absolutely owns.

15 years ago

AstronautJ

The Eye of Every Storm and A Sun That Never Sets are my favorite Neurosis albums -- pure perfection. I tend to just sit back and treat Callisto like an experience, rather than just music, feeling it more than hearing it. But if you like more ambient stuff, I'd say give Minsk a go. They take some getting used to, but after a few listens they seem like master craftsmen. They fuse heavy doom metal with an almost psychedelic fluidity. Hard to describe, but well worth giving a shot.

15 years ago

quadrupleplay

I enjoy things to be more ambient as well as heavy - Neurosis made The Eye of Every Storm and Through Silver in Blood, which are both stunning. The former was a great way to progress away from the early work - Silver is the heaviest album EVER, so even Neurosis couldn't go any heavier. Unfortunately, I just couldn't get into this record very much at all. The music felt loose and unfocused and the vocals felt like a machine. Is there a specific way to get into this that you've used?

15 years ago

AstronautJ

Providence is their most 'psychedelic' and 'folky'. Noir is much more metal oriented, Give it a shot.

15 years ago

quadrupleplay

I liked Rosetta, but yet Callisto doesn't seem to do anything. The lyrics are good, unique for post-metal, but the music just doesn't work. Providence is 68 minutes long, and frankly it's just boring. I hear the other albums sounded different, so they're getting another shot.