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    Metal Appreciation Thread!

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    Damn dude. That fest looks insane.

    It was, first of all because it was in and around a fort. with wine, coffee and (craft) beer bars and ridiculous amounts of quality food stands all over, but there was also part of the fort used as a cinema (with proper movies too) and an 'ambient lodge' with drone, noise and (dark) ambient acts playing while you could lay on couches. There were also a few ("secret") corridors inside the fort you could walk through, some that had art exhibitions too. There was also a nice small river next to the campsite, so we could just dive in there every morning if we were able to. 

     

    Also it was like an hour drive from the ossuary in Kutna Hora, the most kvlt metal approved place to visit, so we also went to that on the way home. 

     

    been curious about Wrekmeister Harmonies for a long time.

    Yeah, never heard anything from them before, but it was really good live (as far as I can remember...), so I'll have to check out their stuff soon. 

    Metal Appreciation Thread!

    in Music Discussion

    Posted

    Went to Brutal Assault in Czechia, saw a ton of bands there. Emperor, Swans, Boris, Phurpa, Wolves in the Throne Room, Wrekmeister Harmonies, Zhrine, Furia, Mayhem, The Great Old Ones, Swallow The Sun, Ulcerate, Root, Tiamat, Nile, Possessed, Batushka, Cryptopsy, Decapitated, Fallujah, Gorguts, God Is An Astronaut, Oathbreaker, Metal Church, Teethgrinder, Opeth, Overkill, Svart Crown... and some more that I checked out while drinking super cheap beer in a fort. Highly recommended festival, if not for the fact that some friends of friends had their money and possessions robbed from their tents, I sprained my ankle while running from a huge storm and the fact that Wintersun and Igorrr were playing.
     



    :music:

    Yesss, good shit mang. Playing that Nihil album a lot too, ty.

    The Flashbulb - Piety of Ashes

    in New & Upcoming Releases

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    My puzzling placement on festival flyers.

    Before I get into this, I want to make one thing clear. I personally don’t care about flyer placement. I get paid the same either way.

     

    In fact, not being the bold, stylized, giant font on top of a flyer means that if I fall ill or have an emergency, I won’t feel as bad for missing a gig. So it’s less pressure, and I’m all about that. I also live in the woods for a reason, I’m comfy maintaining a low real-life profile.

     

    But it’s puzzled me for years. Seemingly 4 out of 5 festivals I get booked for, I tend to be buried deep somewhere in the middle of the flyer. I’m not talking about Coachella here, but rather smaller, regional, genre-oriented festivals that don’t have household-name headliners. At least from what I gather on social media messages and comments, it outrages some of my fans who think I deserve the giant font. (BTW, thanks for caring, but I really don’t mind!) But still, it’s incredibly confusing how these flyer-rankings get designed. These flyers are getting promoted all across the internet and printed by the thousands, and a mistake in the visibility of certain names can actually offer diminished returns if severe enough. After all, let’s be honest, a festival is buying the right to use the artist’s names to sell tickets. That’s how the economy of festival booking works, and that’s how I know how much to ask for monetarily.

     

    The reason I’m thinking about this today is because 3 people have already shared the Infrasound 2017 poster with me, and 2 of them had a follow-up message of “lol I didn’t even see you until the 2nd time I saw it”. In all transparency, I only know of 2 of the other artists playing (ediT and Tipper), and it’s only because I’ve met them personally when performing with them previously. Both are nice fellows and incredible artists in their own right, and I want to emphasize that this post is purely about odd festival marketing and not about criticizing artists or claiming some sort of pecking-order. I’m sure inspirational performances can be found from top to bottom of this poster.

     

    I wanted to find out if my suspicions had any basis behind them, and was kind of shocked by the results. I feel like the best approachable way to gauge an artist’s “name value” is by how many active listeners they have on Spotify in the current month. Last.FM is also good, but I feel like it’s getting a bit outdated as I haven’t heard anyone talk about “scrobbling” in years.

     

    So here’s the poster: LINK

     

    Now, for the Spotify metrics.

     

    Active Spotify Listeners for April (individual users):

     

    Tipper: 72, 954

    Edit: 40,026

    Caspa: 72,536

    Opiuo: 86,640

    C?NJ?: No data (Triangles don’t work too well to figure out what letters those are supposed to be.)

    White Night: 364

    Moody Good: 25,636

    Thriftworks: 34,591

    Ivy Lab: 66,255

    Bazoo Bajou: (personal playlist page, 87 subscribers)

    Truth: 18,485

    Loefah: 7,356

    Etheogenic: 21,375

    The Flashbulb: 89,996

    N-Type: 577

    Boogie T: 7,471

    Shiverz: 172

     

    Now, you can probably see why this is puzzling to me. I do know that Tipper is very popular in the festival scene, and is probably the right choice for the most visible listing. But the rest of it? A statistical mess. It has no effect on me or my ego personally, but it does inspire me to at least share this with festival promoters. After all, they’re a paying to have my name on the flyer, and the most effective way of utilizing that investment is maximizing how many tickets those 2 words can sell.

     

    Then again, maybe my wannabe-economist brain may be deeply over-analyzing a scene I’m only familiar with from short visits behind the stage. Perhaps I should put on some LED jewelry and a dreadlock wig and enjoy myself instead of taking Khan Academy courses in my hotel.

    HAHAHAHA

     

    flol

     

    Flahbulb pls

    Aleksi Perälä - The Colundi Sequence

    in New & Upcoming Releases

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    Today's the day we find out about our bids.

     

    Exciting.

    Apparently mine was below average or below production costs, but they still award me with it? That's very kind of them to be honest, ty very much colundi crew :)

     

    (Would be really dubious if they would cancel it for that reason, why else implement a bidding system if you want a set price? I mean, I just made a random guess, I'd have no problem chipping in more).

    Same here, thanks colundi.
    Yep, also the same message here

    Just wondering, for those who didn't bid highly enough, it says we'll get the release. Does this mean the full package or a copy of the main album (digitally or whatever) and a partial refund? Seems an awful lot to give away if folk haven't covered the rrp.

     

    Maybe the costs will be partly covered by all the digital sales, I know I spent quite some money on those. It's a very, very generous deal this, so we shouId feel very lucky :)

     

    I'll also seriously consider a donation to cover more of the costs but that'll have to wait a bit until my wallet is ready for that again.

    Aleksi Perälä - The Colundi Sequence

    in New & Upcoming Releases

    Posted

    Just spun Simulation X for the first time, the first two tracks are prime Colundi as we know and love, sounds similar to the 'Unknown' album from last year. the B side is something a bit different.. i would describe it as meditative gabba. Gently distorted kicks and hats hammer away while colundi pads hover above surveying the gentle madness. proper excited for the full release and Lvl17 now. wonder what tracks Aleksi (or Grant) has chosen for the wax?

    Just got it in too, I wish the B-side was longer because I want to just drown in that track. First heard it when Aleksi played it in Amsterdam so it's associated with that moment, which is top as it was totally hitting the spot :) very curious as to what the album will be.

    Aleksi Perälä - The Colundi Sequence

    in New & Upcoming Releases

    Posted

    Today's the day we find out about our bids.

     

    Exciting.

    Apparently mine was below average or below production costs, but they still award me with it? That's very kind of them to be honest, ty very much colundi crew :)

     

    (Would be really dubious if they would cancel it for that reason, why else implement a bidding system if you want a set price? I mean, I just made a random guess, I'd have no problem chipping in more).

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