Music has always been a huge part of my life, and I feel blessed that I am one of those souls who can lose myself into the sounds and harmonies if played loudly enough. A side-effect of doing this over the last several decades has had its effects on my hearing.
Same here, and my hearing is also appalling, although technically those problems started when I was 5 so I can't blame loud music for the poor hearing. It does mean that whenever I have music on headphones, then it is on full blast. It also helps to drown out the world and its relentless, abject misery. So that's a plus! 😅
I was thinking this morning, ‘I am a little burnt out with posting’. The Urban Exploration scene, at least regarding me is drying up some, and although I have almost a years worth of content, writing about it can be tedious.
It does feel sometimes that I'm grinding a post out for the sake of it... I'd really like to post about music (there is always something new playing here), but I find it so difficult to talk about. Music connects on a deep emotional, almost spiritual level, but I really struggle to put it into words without feeling like I'm talking absolute bollocks.
As for the music here, that No Doubt song was unexpected, although I only really know the band from the Don't Speak single... Kino were interesting and the quirky sections were pretty good, although not quite enough 'oomph' for my liking... The Gathering however sounds much more up my street, and I'll be adding it to the ever increasing list of bands to check out further!
Good to hear from you again, especially regarding music!
I once got told to turn the volume down on a train, I was wearing headphone at the time. You are not the only one 😀
Mandylion especially is the one you should look at. They mellowed later although the theme of doom metal is still apparent. There are some similarities with the doom phase of Anathema, that I noticed.
I'm still here, plodding away. I mostly just run now... but there's odd posts here and there about different stuff. I will try to write about some music...('try' being the operative word here!)
Ha! Yep! I often get stares on the bus... sometime I get self-conscious and turn it down, other times I ignore them, I don't wanna hear kids screaming, people shouting (or the weird guy who keeps trying to talk to everyone...)
Noted! I'll go give that one a go :-) Anathema is another name I see thrown about frequently, I'll come back to that one too.
In the spirit of sharing, check out the below from ARD (bandcamp)
Doom, played very slowly, some quiet soft bits, some very loud bits... but most importantly for you it features only clean vocals (almost bordering on Gregorian Chants at times...)
I watched both 'Lost Kingdoms' and 'Vikings' series last year. This tune would fit either of them during contemplative sections very well, esp. with the recital of Cuthbert that starts during the middle. They should look to bands such as this for some atmosphere.
If it's Anathema, then it has to be this, esp. the latter part. Hope you already know this one.