r/RingsofSaturn

131 archived posts · Jul 2013 – Jul 2022

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u/Lore_of_metal•

My dad ordered some vinyls online and as a bonus he got to choose from a few band shirts to get one for free. So he ended up giving me a Rings of Saturn shirt, which looks fucking badass. But I had never heard them and I'm the type of guy who feels really guilty, like an impostor if I wear a shirt with something I don't know.

And when I first listened to a few songs I just thought ''wtf is this?'' It was too much for me to stomach or enjoy. I felt the same way about Opeth before they became my favorite band, but this was way more extreme and noisy. But it was a damn cool shirt so I listened to it anyway. Now I can say a few weeks in that I fucking love Rings of Saturn. I have listened to al

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u/theorigbigman•

I don't think it was intended to rival albums like Ulta Ulla or Lugal Ki En. It just seems like it's a little break from 100% all-the-time Tech Death, and for that purpose, I think it works.

That being said tho, I think there were some pretty dumb decisions made, like self-titling it, and putting Shrine as the first song is pretty ballsy, but it's also pretty dumb. Are you sure the first song on the album should be the one that's the furthest away from your classic style? And I'm glad it was only 6 songs and 30 minutes. Any more and it could've easily gotten repetitive.

But going back to the good, I saw someone posting about it not having any memorable sections and ??did you listen to Kron

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