[Toilet & Bowels]

i had to see her live before i could really enjoy her records

[ZEROpumpkins]

Fair enough

[atsonicpark]

I agree with everyneurotic, I love annoying voices!

[gualbert]

Originally Posted by Bytor Peltor

You sound like you know a good deal about opera. Are their any other artist in the opera world who try to sound anything close to Diamanda? That demonic possessed sound that is her trademark? If not that same sound, what about singing about the same topics: death, aids, hell, ect?

She took inspiration from the opera , not the contrary of course.

[batreleaser]

ive also been into this band, death sentence: PANDA!. theyre on skin graft i believe.

[batreleaser]

o, and diamanda's 'the masque of the red death' trilogy is phenomenal.

[Everyneurotic]

Originally Posted by Glice

Sainkho Namchylek and Konul Xosiyeva will probably float your boat, as they a teensy bit more grating than the divine Diamanda.

as always, thanks for your recommendations.

Originally Posted by Nefeli

awesome-just now:
http://www.xome.org/xome_releases

xome is fantastic, too bad he doesn't records that much anymore.

[Iain]

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

I have recently "discovered" for myself these acts and am enjoying them very much

Need New Body - I bought their vinyl, thinking it was a no neck blues band (it had the stenciled initials NNB on the cover) but it turned out to be need new body, who I had heard a bit on my space. Great stuff! I liek it a lot

Xiu Xiu- for the past 6 months I cannot get enough xiu xiu. I have been collecting all their output on vinyl. they have cool vinyl. I have CD's as well.

Yeah, Need New Body are great but with a pretty sketchy recorded output. Live they are fantastic though.

[Death & the Maiden]

Bathory

[atsonicpark]

My favorite need new body song is that "meets, hits it off, hangs out, makes friends... and is never seen again." song.

[This Is Not Here]

Just bought two Matmos albums. Experimental electro and what not. Any fans?

[atsonicpark]

yeah sure chance to cut is a chance to cure is awesome.

[This Is Not Here]

Havn't got that one, but its going on the list..

[atsonicpark]

I've heard all their stuff besides the newest one that came out and it's definitely my favorite.

[Death & the Maiden]

Mercyful Fate

[Death & the Maiden]

Fimbulwinter

Everything I've been discovering lately is metal.

Originally Posted by gualbert

She took inspiration from the opera , not the contrary of course.

Sorry for being be the ever so annoying cunt again here, but Diamanda Galas DIDN'T just take inspiration from opera, she was classically trained as a pianist and a singer, the operatic style being one of them. To relegate all her records to a corner cluttered by the work of an opera singer obsessed with semi-satanic, end of the world themes seems to me that you haven't really listened to many of them to start with. The fact that you don't like what she does is fine and dandy, at least try to get a modicum of knowledge on the subject you're passing opinions on.

[gualbert]

I only know one of her record actually ( I think it's Plague mass ).
Its all a capella.

Thank you for being more accurate than me about her!

Yet , if people had to know everything that a band has released to be able to talk about it , there would be very few discussion on music here , probably none about Sonic Youth.