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“We found the music regulated sadness and enhanced positive emotions,” Sharman said. “When experiencing anger, extreme-music fans liked to listen to music that could match their anger.”
“The music helped them explore the full gamut of emotion they felt, but also left them feeling more active and inspired,” reads the study.
“Results showed levels of hostility, irritability and stress decreased after music was introduced, and the most significant change reported was the level of inspiration they felt.”
This explains why I found God Hates Us All somewhat calming when me and my wife were separated.
Also explains how I managed to fall asleep listening to Converge yesterday lol
It is with great pleasure to announce that cathartic reverberations of the living SUNN O))) have been documented and can now be accessed via our live bandcamp page. Compiled of taper and fan recordings, concerts spanning from our 2002 show at the Blackbird in Portland up to our recent headlining show at Temples Festival 2015, these documents are presented in their raw and unedited beauty. Unmixed, unmastered raw footage grabbed by underground tapers which we now present to you.
SUNN O))) would like to invite you to also submit your own recordings of any of our concerts (even ones already posted) to this archives. If you have photos and visuals from the posted shows, please send them too. You can contact us at sunn@southernlord.com Hail to our great fans!
fuckin a man. truest shit the onion has ever printed.
reposting this because it didn't get enough love and I'm listening to Rust In Peace and raging right now. Text for those who don't want to click through:
WASHINGTON—Saying that any further endeavors of technical skill and imagination were pointless, experts at the Smithsonian Institution reportedly questioned Monday why new art was still being produced after the pinnacle of aesthetic and creative potential was reached in 1990 with Megadeth’s fourth studio album, Rust In Peace. “As the unquestioned apex of the entire history of the creative arts, Rust In Peace is the finest and last necessary piece of human expression—but it’s almost as though current so-called artists are completely oblivious to Dave Mustaine’s blistering, transcendent guitar work on ‘Hangar 18,’” said Smithsonian curator of contemporary art Joanna Marsh, gesturing dismissively in the direction of a massive self-portrait by photorealist Chuck Close, completed in 2000. “It’s not just incredibly disrespectful to keep making art; in many ways, it’s actually quite sad. The deluded people churning out this worthless garbage just can’t seem to reconcile themselves to the fact that their pathetic little sculptures and films and novels and whatnot will always pale in comparison to the brilliantly inspired, heart-stopping tempo shift halfway through ‘Holy Wars… The Punishment Due.’” At press time, a spokesperson from the Centre Pompidou in Paris confirmed the museum’s plans to throw out the contents of an entire wing and leave a massive, pure white space where the track “Lucretia” will be played on loop at full volume.
"Hello, my name is Michael Bishop, I am a musician… I am the human slave of the berserker Blothar, who is the new lead singer of Gwar," the rocker formerly known as "Beefcake the Mighty" said, introducing himself to the crowd after the gory intro. Before Bishop joined the costumed metal act, he graduated from the University of Virginia with a PhD in music, especially in the field of regional identity.
Love it when I get a package from Relapse with my wife's name on it. Means this is either my birthday present or she just heard Pig Destroyer for the first time.
As previously reported, the band hit Mount Eerie mastermind Phil Elverum's Unknown studio in Anacortes, WA, last December to record the sophomore release, with Kurt Ballou (Converge) working the boards.
Sumac aren't the only recent Thrill Jockey acquisition. The label adds that Helen Money (a.k.a. L.A. cellist Alison Chesley) will deliver a full-length in 2016 as well. Though few details exist behind the release, it will find Chesley joined by drummer Jason Roeder (Neurosis, Sleep), sound effects specialist Will Thomas and drum programmer Michael Friedman.
As previously reported, the band hit Mount Eerie mastermind Phil Elverum's Unknown studio in Anacortes, WA, last December to record the sophomore release, with Kurt Ballou (Converge) working the boards.
Sumac aren't the only recent Thrill Jockey acquisition. The label adds that Helen Money (a.k.a. L.A. cellist Alison Chesley) will deliver a full-length in 2016 as well. Though few details exist behind the release, it will find Chesley joined by drummer Jason Roeder (Neurosis, Sleep), sound effects specialist Will Thomas and drum programmer Michael Friedman.
Really hope SUMAC get their visa issues worked out and the tour rescheduled soon. Was really looking forward to their show.
So I only listen to one or two new metal albums a year just cause usually I randomly check it out. The new Gojira is AMAZING! Which not that I'm a metal critic or have much to compare but it was great.
Sumac's new one is solid, as is Nails. My favorites thus far are probably either Cobalt, Inter Arma, or the brand-new Sub Rosa. Also really enjoyed Ihsahn, Oranssi Pazuzu, about 1/2 of Gojira (if they cut out all the soft bullshit that album would be perfect).
Thanks for the reminder on Sub Rosa. I forgot that came out last week. 1/2 way through and it's super solid.
If you replaced Ihsahn with Anicon, I'd be right there with you.
Inside Mastodon's Dark, Emotional New LP "It's about going through cancer ... and all the things associated with that," drummer Brann Dailor says of metal heavyweights' upcoming seventh album
The new album from Mastodon will tell the story of "a desert-like version of the Grim Reaper," says drummer-singer-lyricist Brann Dailor. Across a dozen tracks of muscular, metaphysical hard rock, the still-untitled set, due out in spring 2017, grapples with themes of mortality – inspired by seeing close friends and family diagnosed with cancer in recent years.
"Time is a very big theme of the album," Dailor tells Rolling Stone. "How much time do we have left? What are we doing with our time?"
The album reunites the raging Atlanta quartet with producer Brendan O'Brien (2011's acclaimed Crack the Skye), who guided a month of sessions at the Quarry in Kennesaw, Georgia, followed by two weeks of mixing and overdubs at Henson Studios in Los Angeles. As before, once Dailor completed his drum tracks, he began sketching out lyrics while rest of the band recorded bass and guitars.
"I get a little movie going in my head about a situation and I start writing about that," says Dailor. "I try really hard to make it personal and relatable and not too esoteric. It's embarrassing to write lyrics. I'm a drummer, and I sing a little bit. Together we tackle these things and we figure it out – how to be this vocally driven band that has three people singing that don't want to sing."
Like 2014's Once More Around the Sun, the new album will match the band's patented epic heaviness with a deeply emotional message on survival and death. The main protagonist within the new album's lyrics is handed a death sentence from a desert ruler, and then wanders an arid wasteland – a metaphor for illness and doom.
"At the end of the story, the person simultaneously dies and is saved," says Dailor. "It's about going through cancer, going through chemotherapy and all the things associated with that. I didn't want to be literal about it. But it's all in there. You can read between the lines."
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More at link. This has me really excited about their new album.