tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144884798481429596.post5199913432426506123..comments2024-03-25T01:07:15.930-07:00Comments on Asmodian Coven: Shadowcaster - To Gather My Thoughts Among the Sleeping Summer Spirits promo 1994Velkaarnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07670411364300686209noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144884798481429596.post-85207585799781266792012-10-14T11:41:15.150-07:002012-10-14T11:41:15.150-07:00Spot on, Velkaarn. Ironically for where I'm p...Spot on, Velkaarn. Ironically for where I'm posting this, it's the vocals that kept me off BM for a long time. <br /><br />Once I got what it was about (if I have) or at least learned to hear it in a different context, I started digging the music immediately.<br /><br />Vocals and drums are everything. The vocalist gets it across and the drums move it along. Everything else serves those.<br /><br />Richard Thompson is a case in point for me: stellar guitarist, exemplary songwriter, but that dour voice has me spotting the exits immediately.kingpossumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144884798481429596.post-16678424388957264942012-10-13T21:56:54.844-07:002012-10-13T21:56:54.844-07:00@kingpossum:
Vocals are such a dominant element t...@kingpossum:<br /><br />Vocals are such a dominant element that they are very hard to overlook if displeasing. Of course, one can get used to amazing number of things eventually.Velkaarnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07670411364300686209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144884798481429596.post-69168866676892123522012-10-13T20:28:02.305-07:002012-10-13T20:28:02.305-07:00I know what you mean, Velkaarn. The high pitched ...I know what you mean, Velkaarn. The high pitched vocals remind me why I dislike Radiohead: cool music, shame about Thom Yorke's voice.<br /><br />That said, I much enjoy the long form material that is the Shadowcaster oeuvre. Many, many thanks to Mikael and you for unearthing these for us.kingpossumnoreply@blogger.com