Album Of The Week #2

by **Taliwakker** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 1:38 pm

Kenny wrote:What, no-one is listening to 'Chinese Democracy'????

Are you?

by **Kenny** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 7:00 pm

Taliwakker wrote:
Kenny wrote:What, no-one is listening to 'Chinese Democracy'????

Are you?

I have...a couple of times. I'm not sure quite what to make of it thus far.

by **Serendipity** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 10:57 pm

Dio - The Last In Line. Hadn't heard it for quite some time, what a great record it still is.

by **Soloud** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 1:27 pm

Serendipity wrote:Dio - The Last In Line. Hadn't heard it for quite some time, what a great record it still is.

Last in Line...what a great song and even better live.

by **Serendipity** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 9:33 pm

Yeah, he's a tremendous live singer!
Hope to see him on tour with Heaven and Hell next year. In the mean time I'm looking forward to their new record very much!

by **Taliwakker** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 10:50 am

Cynic-Traced in the Air.

Their first album (Focus) came out about 15 years ago and was seen a genre defining Tech/death album.

This one has very little death element and is more progressive. All the playing is top notch...vocals are a bit weird and processed but i can dig it.

by **doggy** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 6:57 am

"S/T" by No Sweat.

by **Soloud** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 12:49 am

AOTW: Karnataka - The Storm

Nice, smooth and what a great voice the singer has. Too bad she has since left the band (but is now singing in The Reasoning - so yay!)

by **Serendipity** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 2:19 am

Ride The Sky - New Protection. Uli Kusch on drums, and it's like a slightly weaker version of Masterplan, with a bit of Beyond Twilight. The singer sounds so much like Jorn Lande it's uncanny!

by **Taliwakker** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:57 am

Ride The Sky - New Protection. Uli Kusch on drums, and it's like a slightly weaker version of Masterplan, with a bit of Beyond Twilight. The singer sounds so much like Jorn Lande it's uncanny!

The singer and guitarist (brothers) have a band called Tears of Anger that i reckon were/are a bit better than RtS....check out the album "In the Shadows" if u get a chance.

by **Jonny B** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 8:52 am

Didn't care for Ride the Sky that much.

Personally, I wish Uli would reunite Beautiful Sin. We need more Magali Luyten in the metal world. The only thing better than Jorn Lande is a female Jorn Lande.

I have two AOTWs (to make up for lost weeks.) Glen Burtnick "Talking in Code," and Tim Feehan "S/T." It was much long overdue: Two AOR gems, finally reissued for not-quite reasonable prices (but then, $21 is better than $150.)

by **Serendipity** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 10:13 am

Taliwakker wrote:The singer and guitarist (brothers) have a band called Tears of Anger that i reckon were/are a bit better than RtS....check out the album "In the Shadows" if u get a chance.

I already went to their Myspace and wanted to pick up TOA as well this week, but the record store didn't have them in stock.

Just listened to the songs on their own website and now I'm going to say it really sucks that the record store didn't have their CDs. TOA sounds like the more varied and heavier of the two bands.

Noticed the brothers are named Benny and Bjorn -their parents must have been fans...

Jonny wrote:Personally, I wish Uli would reunite Beautiful Sin. We need more Magali Luyten in the metal world. The only thing better than Jorn Lande is a female Jorn Lande.

What I think would be interesting is an Uli Kusch/Jorn Lande record. Both weren't happy with the style Masterplan played; Uli wanted more progressive and Jorn wanted less screaming. I would love to hear the songs they would write together.

by **Taliwakker** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:10 am

Johnny wrote

Personally, I wish Uli would reunite Beautiful Sin. We need more Magali Luyten in the metal world. The only thing better than Jorn Lande is a female Jorn Lande.

Have you heard the Virus IV cd Johnny?

S-Dip wrote

I already went to their Myspace and wanted to pick up TOA as well this week, but the record store didn't have them in stock. Just listened to the songs on their own website and now I'm going to say it really sucks that the record store didn't have their CDs. TOA sounds like the more varied and heavier of the two bands.

You should/could get them from the lion music website....usually cheap shipping....although this time of year you might not get them in a hurry.

by **Soloud** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 2:04 am

Jonny B wrote:Didn't care for Ride the Sky that much.

Personally, I wish Uli would reunite Beautiful Sin. We need more Magali Luyten in the metal world. The only thing better than Jorn Lande is a female Jorn Lande.

Not sure when it's due, but it looks like she is the singer on the next Frameshift cd as well.

"Henning Pauly has stated on his site that the next Frameshift album will also be adapted from a Richard Dawkins book, The God Delusion, but will feature two vocalists, Pauly has stated that they are: "Magali Luyten from Belgium (Virus IV, Beautiful Sin, Ayreon) and Dan Swano from Sweden (Nightingale, Edge of Sanity, Ayreon and many more)"."

by **doggy** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 6:55 am

"Volcanic Rock" by Buffalo

by **Invisible Cajun** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 4:38 am

Oldie but goodie - MOXY - Ridin' High

by **Kenny** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:08 am

Marillion - 'Happiness is the road' especially Vol I.

by **Serendipity** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 1:09 am

Ayreon - The Final Experiment. Barry Hay's vocals on Sail Away to Avalon are gorgeous.

by **doggy** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 7:03 am

"29 Golden Bullets", a very best of by Bonfire

by **Invisible Cajun** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 3:59 am

LEGS DIAMOND - A Diamond Is A Hard Rock

by **doggy** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 6:49 am

A cool Swiss' band called Zero, and their self titled cd

by **Invisible Cajun** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 4:45 am

Doucette - Mama Let Him Play

by **Soloud** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 2:39 am

AOTW: Voodoo Circle - S/T

Side project of Alex Beyrodt(sp?) of Silent Force. David Readman of Pink Cream 69 singing. Haven't given the whole thing a listen yet, but so far it's average. Most of the reviews I've read say it's a 'tribute' to the music of Deep Purple, Rainbow, Malmsteen, etc. Not sure if I care about that part, but I've always like Readman's voice so I thought I would give it a try.

Anyone heard this?

by **doggy** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 7:07 am

Soloud wrote:AOTW: Voodoo Circle - S/T

Side project of Alex Beyrodt(sp?) of Silent Force. David Readman of Pink Cream 69 singing. Haven't given the whole thing a listen yet, but so far it's average. Most of the reviews I've read say it's a 'tribute' to the music of Deep Purple, Rainbow, Malmsteen, etc. Not sure if I care about that part, but I've always like Readman's voice so I thought I would give it a try.

Anyone heard this?

Yeah, I heard this cd. It made my top10 cds of last year.
"Only Human" by Poley/Rivera

by **Serendipity** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:00 pm

All has been well for everybody?

My AOTW is HDK - System Overload. I had already been warned it would be loud, and it definitely is! Still some catchy melodies on there as well.

by **doggy** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 7:06 am

"S/T" by Maximum

by **Taliwakker** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:53 am

Empyrios-The Glorious Sickness...they've gone from Symphony X wannabes to a more heavier Devin Townsend/SYL vibe. Good change. The guitarist is awesome...he also plays in DGM which are heavily SyX influenced....maybe why Empyrios changed sound.

by **Soloud** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:17 am

AOTW: Autumn - Altitude

Another female fronted band, but with a decent vocalist. She's Marjan Welman (sp?) whom we heard on the last Ayreon cd. This cd sounds to me like a nice mixture of Lacuna Coil (only without the horrible male vocals), Brave and at times The Gathering. This means no operatic vocals or anything like that, but the the singer is great. I would recommend this one.

by **Jonny B** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 2:48 am

My AOTW (albeit an EP) is 3-Faced "Married To the Wreckage"

Found this one too late, as the band has split. Female-fronted outfit, that if they had been based from Europe they may of achieved stardom. Another American talent crushed by the sorry-ass music scene.

They do a very listenable cover of Stevie Nick's "Edge of Seventeen."

I posted a topic on this group on the female rock forum.

by **Serendipity** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 12:56 am

I'm going with Mecca - S/T this week.

MR

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