What are you listening to?

[Robbie]

Ok I can tell I'm getting a bit old

Metal isn't my thing at all. When I'm mapping I want to listen to music which sends my mind mind to fantasylands. Film soundtracks, Classical, ambient music, gregorian

Among my favorits:

Era, Enigma, Vangelis, Dagda, Mark Knopfler.

Right now it's El Greco by Vangelis, a masterpeice to get my inspiration flowing.

Check out Rhapsody...Its heavy metal...but it will take you to fantasy lands...

As a matter of fact...they do a song with Christopher Lee...he's amazing...here's links.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=8KPZJg5g7M8 - The Magic of the Wizards Dream (slower peaceful song with Mr. Lee on Tenor)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=YEMeBTmiX4g - Unholy Warcry (heavier song but rich with story and power...Mr Lee Narrates.)

Rhapsody has been telling the same epic tale since their beginning...its quite epic. They even have an older album with a nerdy "Lispy speaking DM guy" narrating...its funny...EVERYONE should check them out.

[NeonKnight]

That's Funny

To me METAL ALWAYS takes me to fantasy lands, with songs like the following:

Savatage's The Sirens Dealing with the Greek Myth of the Sirens
Judas Priests: Night Crawler About a creature of horror tormenting a town

And then my personal favorite: The Entire album for King Diamond's Abigail which is a concept album, or where the entire album is one story and each song is a separate chapter. Abigail is gothic Horror set in the 1700's about a man who inhierit's his grandfather's mansion but his young bride is possessed by the spirit of his grandmother's unborn bastard child 'Abigail'

The lyrics can be found here: http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/kin...abigail.html#1

Though I will admit, King Diamond is not to everyone's taste, even amongst us metalheads

But Metal is one of the few musical types which draws immensely on the myths and legends of Fanatsy and History. Weird really.

[overwatch]

Sheesh, I've been lurking and not posting.

Lately doom/drone and industrial.

Nadja
Cruciform Injection
I:Scintilla
Hanzel und Gretyl
American Head Charge
Defcon
Rammstein

I suppose that goes just fine with with doing maps of the bleak far future.

[Arkkeeper]

Woot Das Rammstein. Technoviking Love Rammstein.