Favorite music albums

[drbunnig]

@Zkuq

I quite like Amorphis, although for some reason I've never fully got into them. I saw them live when they were touring for Skyforger, and have listened to every album they've done since then. None of them have ever really fully clicked with me - I always get a bit of a 'been there, done that' sort of vibe with their material nowadays. I know they've got a new album out soon though, and had planned to revisit their catalogue, so perhaps your post will be what finally spurs me on. I will say, there's a distinctly Finnish vibe to their melodies - can't put my finger on it, but there's something about the melodies Finnish bands / artists play that are so distinctive (don't know if it's to do with their musical education or what). Would be curious to hear what you think of the stuff before Tomi Joutsen joined on vocals, as I know they experimented a little bit on some albums.

Back to the subject of distinctive melodies in Finnish bands, it's something I also hear in Poets of the Fall. I first came across these guys when I stumbled upon their cover of Chris Cornell's Bond theme (You Know My Name), which then led me to their song Dreaming Wide Awake. I haven't followed too closely for a few years now, but I really enjoyed their album Jealous Gods (and saw them touring that album as part of what I think was their first batch of UK shows).

Machinae Supremacy is a name I haven't heard in a fair while - I saw them once as the opening act on a four band bill headlined by Children of Bodom about 15 years ago. Not much to say except that I have the title track from A View to the End of the World on a playlist - really good song. And I never knew they were still active - could've swore they broke up. I must be thinking of someone else (probably Machine Men).