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for whatever reason i started thinking of bands that used to be shilled back in the day by members of said groups here on the forums, that almost completely disappeared and are barely present on the internet anymore
eventide - caress the abstract (1999)
this was back when i posted on the dark tranquillity forums... these guys REALLY wanted to be dt, from the musical style, to hiring niklas sundin for the cover artwork, to even having DT's then bassist on guest vocals. it ain't bad. if you can't get enough of late 90's melodeath that sounds A LOT like dark tranquillity then this is a charming little nugget of history. the following promo had a cool song called "the collector's pride" that shed the overt DT xeroxing in favoUr of a more progressive style but that one is MIA from the www ityool 2021 a.y.p.s. afaict
the lull - umber, my sun... (2003)
http://thelull.chez-alice.fr/thelull/index.html
http://thelull.chez-alice.fr/thelull/mp3/umber.mp3
http://thelull.chez-alice.fr/thelull/mp3/god.mp3
yes, no bandcamp, no youtube, no nothing -- just really poor quality mp3's on ye olde sküül webbe site. i completely forget the handle of the user who made these or what kind of interaction i had with him, but this is definitely by a member of the forums. it's a one-man bedroom band from france that is actually really quite good. it's like olde katatonia gone a little bit more progressive. really into it actually. I OWN THIS ON REAL CD and should rip and upload it sometime because it deserves a better fate than to be completely forgotten.
thales - a world beyond (2001)
http://mikseri.net/artists/thales.40588.php
these my pals used to be all over the opeth forum trying to position themselves and their "pellucid lake" as the next best thing to "blackwater park". i completely forget what it sounds like except it was absolutely very derivative of opeth but not as good. the demo i remember, "a world beyond", is completely scrubbed from the net at this point it seems. i think i have it on cd-r somewhere. the link is to some newer material (2004) that i have not previously heard. sounds less like opeth and more like generic finn-mdm at this point. not great.
crom - demo 2004 (2006)
not quite as completely forgotten as the above, as this material still exists readily on youtube etc. and he's gone on to release several full-length albums (that i really should check out) but point is i LOVE this. it's like hammerheart/twilight of the gods worship mixed with german power metal á la blind guardian and some rather sappy romanticism. it's really very heartfelt and well written stuff. it's like the soundtrack to conan the barbarian crying carrying his beloved to the funeral pyre. again, i have no recollection of who this is, only that i had some interaction with him thru the forums (?) in the past and ordered his demos.
POST UR FORGOTTEN SHIT
eventide - caress the abstract (1999)
this was back when i posted on the dark tranquillity forums... these guys REALLY wanted to be dt, from the musical style, to hiring niklas sundin for the cover artwork, to even having DT's then bassist on guest vocals. it ain't bad. if you can't get enough of late 90's melodeath that sounds A LOT like dark tranquillity then this is a charming little nugget of history. the following promo had a cool song called "the collector's pride" that shed the overt DT xeroxing in favoUr of a more progressive style but that one is MIA from the www ityool 2021 a.y.p.s. afaict
the lull - umber, my sun... (2003)
http://thelull.chez-alice.fr/thelull/index.html
http://thelull.chez-alice.fr/thelull/mp3/umber.mp3
http://thelull.chez-alice.fr/thelull/mp3/god.mp3
yes, no bandcamp, no youtube, no nothing -- just really poor quality mp3's on ye olde sküül webbe site. i completely forget the handle of the user who made these or what kind of interaction i had with him, but this is definitely by a member of the forums. it's a one-man bedroom band from france that is actually really quite good. it's like olde katatonia gone a little bit more progressive. really into it actually. I OWN THIS ON REAL CD and should rip and upload it sometime because it deserves a better fate than to be completely forgotten.
thales - a world beyond (2001)
http://mikseri.net/artists/thales.40588.php
these my pals used to be all over the opeth forum trying to position themselves and their "pellucid lake" as the next best thing to "blackwater park". i completely forget what it sounds like except it was absolutely very derivative of opeth but not as good. the demo i remember, "a world beyond", is completely scrubbed from the net at this point it seems. i think i have it on cd-r somewhere. the link is to some newer material (2004) that i have not previously heard. sounds less like opeth and more like generic finn-mdm at this point. not great.
crom - demo 2004 (2006)
not quite as completely forgotten as the above, as this material still exists readily on youtube etc. and he's gone on to release several full-length albums (that i really should check out) but point is i LOVE this. it's like hammerheart/twilight of the gods worship mixed with german power metal á la blind guardian and some rather sappy romanticism. it's really very heartfelt and well written stuff. it's like the soundtrack to conan the barbarian crying carrying his beloved to the funeral pyre. again, i have no recollection of who this is, only that i had some interaction with him thru the forums (?) in the past and ordered his demos.
POST UR FORGOTTEN SHIT
