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| Sammy |
SikthSince there isn't a forum for "mathcore", and to be fair there isn't likely to be one in a hurry.... I think Sikth deserve more than a passing mention.One of the best bands to come out of the UK for a long time. I first saw them in Portsmouth in 2003 at the Wedgewood Rooms and i bought the album and single the very next day! Since then i've seen them a few times, and i think they're amazing. It is the kind of music that takes some time to "get". I was just so struck by the live performance i got the album right away. Lots of time signature changes, different guitar parts being shared between the guitarists and assorted polyrhythms going on as well. Add to that Mikey (official loon and poet for the band) and it's a frantic ball of energy that simply cannot be stopped. Anyway, what do other people think? 
www.sikth.com - linkage. |
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| Loucifer |
Didn't I see them with you at the Electric Ballroom once? Then there was that metal clubnite thing...
Everytime I go CD shopping I look at their new album and think about buying it... One day it will be done... |
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| Sammy |
Yeah, that was just after Dimebag died... and they played a Pantera cover. Rather a rushed job i think that one, and they were a guitarist short (one was to the side of the stage waving his arm around in a cast).
I bought their new album early enough to get a signed inlay with it. I think there were 5,000 in the UK and 10,000 in the US that were signed, but yeah. Great album! |
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| Cool hand Luke |
Throw em in with prog I say!
I know prog has other connotations now but it should mean progressive as in taking something to a new place and/or doing something different so yeah put em in prog I say (although I think you might not) |
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| Loucifer |
Their hands must have hurt after signing those!  
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| Sammy |
I'd leave them out of prog myself, though i agree there's definitely elements of prog there.
Having said that, i wouldn't really know where to put them. I've heard "mathcore" as a definition, and even though it sounds like nonsense it does fit them well enough. I'm not a fan of stupid numbers of different genres... |
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| Wardyboy |
Genres! Don't get me started!! There's a name for everything these bloody days! Sikth have been called Hardcore, Spazzcore, Grindcore, Noisecore, even Emo....it's all just silly. Let the music give itself definition.
Be as general as poss I say, that way they'll be less bandwagons to jump on! |
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| Cool hand Luke |
exactly, be general and prog is the closest in this board so yeah, thats what I means. | ||||
| Cool hand Luke |
and if we (E&N) are in classic rock then why not. | ||||
| Loucifer |
I have added a poll in this thread to help us decide. If more people think they should be in the prog section, I'll move them... If not, they stay here.
Lou The Admin
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| Wardyboy |
Damn Lou what are you trying to do to us?! People are gonna think we're old men who play pubs and wear Staus Quo style jeans! Aaaarrrggghh! |
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| Sammy |
Humph!
Only here for 1 day and already the moderators are taking the piss! (i jest)
I get the impression that the vote will put them into prog, and i wouldn't have a problem with that. I have issues with genres when they're clearly just invented to give a band something to say about themselves. I still remember one band calling themselves "UK angryCore!". This was just plain silly! An example of genres gone mad. |
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| Loucifer |
Don't blame me! I put you there after your own suggestion! *thinks about showing the myspace message as proof* ...and there's nowt wrong with pubs or Status Quo...
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| Sammy |
Who here has the Sikth album from this year?
I only ask because it's fecking brilliant! |
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| Loucifer |
I don't... | ||||