Album Of The Week #2

by **Jonny B** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 11:14 am

Kenny wrote:And Anselmo is not a singer's bootlace. His 'singing' is the one and only thing that ever stopped me from liking Pantera.

Didn't they have a few hard rock releases in the 80's? I heard their old material was half-way decent.

by **Taliwakker** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 2:34 pm

Sure did JB.

Here is a pre 90's shot of Pantera

They did 4 albums pre-Cowboys From Hell

Metal Magic, Projects in the Jungle,I am the Night and Power Metal (with Anselmo) Phil sounded very Halford like on this album :shock:

by **Serendipity** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 9:31 pm

Taliwakker wrote:Here is a pre 90's shot of Pantera

That photo must hurt their present image... :lol:

I wonder why they never changed the bandname.

by **Taliwakker** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 9:38 am

Dead Soul Tribe-The January Tree

just edged out the new Mercenary album.

I have a song of the week as well.....A Vampire's View by The Flower Kings. Daniel Gildenlow from Pain of Salvation sings on this and he is on my top 5 vocalists ever.

by **Bobbi Flekman** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 7:16 pm

Royal Hunt - 1996

by **Kenny** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 9:18 pm

Tattooed millionaire - Bruce Dickinson.

by **Serendipity** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 9:36 pm

Ayreon - The Human Equation... obviously :lol:

I like this album a lot, only Eric Clayton could have done with a smaller part to sing... don't like his voice at all. Magnus Ekwall, Mikael Akerfeldt and Devon Graves are excellent though.

I know now that Devon Graves sings with Dead Soul Tribe, but what bands are Magnus Ekwall and Mikael Akerfeldt from?

by **SnakeLady** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 10:01 pm

Thanks to a friend

I'm now also listening to "Ayreon - The Human Equation"

I Love it, my brothers wanted to have my birthday wishlist so guess what's on it.

by **Serendipity** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 10:03 pm

We have the same album of the week, SnakeLady? Again? :cool:

by **SnakeLady** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 10:07 pm

Indeed ..... we are Telepaths :wink:

by **Jonny B** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 3:23 am

AOTW is the reissue of Annica "Badly Dreaming." I've posted a review for it on the Female Rock forum.

Tali wrote:Sure did JB.

They did 4 albums pre-Cowboys From Hell

Metal Magic, Projects in the Jungle,I am the Night and Power Metal (with Anselmo) Phil sounded very Halford like on this album

Vinyl-only from what I understand. Big eBay sellers.

by **Mr.Rock** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 5:33 am

New Found Glory - Catalyst

I will now go and stand in the corner and hang my head in shame.

by **Taliwakker** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 8:24 am

My faith has been restored in the dutch chicks

The Human Equation is a masterpiece!!!!

S-Dip wrote

I like this album a lot, only Eric Clayton could have done with a smaller part to sing... don't like his voice at all. Magnus Ekwall, Mikael Akerfeldt and Devon Graves are excellent though.

I know now that Devon Graves sings with Dead Soul Tribe, but what bands are Magnus Ekwall and Mikael Akerfeldt from?

Eric Clayton's over use is the one minor stain on the perfect table cloth that is the new Ayreon album.....with repeat listens you do get used to his Bowieisms and his voice does sort of fit the role of 'Reason'.

Magnus Ekwall is from a band called The Quill (they sound a bit like Audioslave) and Arkefeldt is from Swedish death metal legends Opeth. If you like Arkefeldts clean voice you should definately get Opeth's 'Damnation' cd. No death vocals and it is quite mellow. One of my top 5 albums from last year....HIGHLY RECOMMENDED...hint hint.

by **Jonny B** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 8:59 am

Taliwakker wrote:Magnus Ekwall is from a band called The Quill (they sound a bit like Audioslave) and Arkefeldt is from Swedish death metal legends Opeth. If you like Arkefeldts clean voice you should definately get Opeth's 'Damnation' cd. No death vocals and it is quite mellow. One of my top 5 albums from last year....HIGHLY RECOMMENDED...hint hint.

No death vocal death metal? Is there such a thing? :wink:

Maybe I'll just have to check that one out, along with the Ayreon cd. Saw it in the store the other day.

by **Serendipity** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 6:11 pm

Mr.Rock wrote:New Found Glory - Catalyst

I know their name, and I think I've even heard some of their music... Didn't they do some weird cover versions?

Tali, The Quill I've listened to after a raving review in a music magazine. Not my band...

I've also listened to Opeth's Blackwater Park because the same music magazine chose it as album of the year. Lots of death metal vocals on it... I liked parts of the music, but I couldn't get over the death vocals. So if Damnation has no death vocals on it, I'll check that one out.

by **Bobbi Flekman** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 11:00 pm

And everytime I read Eric Clapton! I start wondering: huh! Does Lucassen know him! Then I read again!

by **Serendipity** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 12:04 am

Taliwakker wrote:Arkefeldt is from Swedish death metal legends Opeth. If you like Arkefeldts clean voice you should definately get Opeth's 'Damnation' cd. No death vocals and it is quite mellow.

Quite mellow, right? :lol:

On CDuniverse it was described as "might be the quietest metal album you've ever heard". After having listened to the soundbytes I tend to agree on that. 30 second samples suck though; they are way too short.

I found on a different site two complete songs to listen to. Closure (from Damnation) was okay. The other song was The Drapery Falls (from Blackwater Park) I actually liked that song much better, the swirling melancholic (slide?) guitar was so beautiful... but then the death vocals started...

So, after having listened to the rest of Blackwater Park in 30 second samples, I'd say that I like the melodies of the mellow songs on that album better, but as far as total athmosphere is concerned I'd go with Damnation. Still, it's hard to form an opinion based on such short samples.

by **Taliwakker** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 9:25 am

AOW is Balance of Power-Heathen Machine

Holy Fuck new singer John K sounds like Geoff Tate (when Geoff Tate used to be great). The label on the cd case calls it the album Queensryche should have recorded after Empire. There is some really good stuff on this cd. I like it a lot.

by **Jonny B** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 11:41 am

I've been spinning my Eden's Lie discs since posting & removing the soundbytes.

However, listening to the Ayreon hype has got me going back to my copy of Ambeon "Fate of a Dreamer." So that is my pick for AOTW.

by **Bobbi Flekman** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 9:15 pm

Mostly Autumn - For All We Shared...

by **Serendipity** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 11:13 pm

Ahm, I'm back to Threshold... this time the album is called Wireless. It has acoustic versions from pre-Subsurface songs (and some unreleased songs? ). I was afraid it would sound cheesy, as I'm not very fond of unplugged versions, but it is really good.

by **doggy** » Thu Sep 23, 2004 9:59 am

The ATOW is the new one by Coheed and the Cambria. They sound alot like Rush, but with emo attitude.

by **Mr.Rock** » Thu Sep 23, 2004 8:23 pm

Ten - Return to Evermore....

Solid hard rock.

by **Serendipity** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 12:26 am

Mr.Rock wrote:Ten - Return to Evermore....

Solid hard rock.

That it is solid, does that mean that it doesn't sound any different than the other albums by Ten? I've got a whole bunch of them, and I like them. However, on Far Beyond The World and Babylon they sounded like they were repeating themselves... and did not have as many catchy songs as on Name Of The Rose or The Robe.

by **SnakeLady** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 1:43 am

I've been listening to the Scorpions (again) - Unbreakable

by **Kenny** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 1:52 am

SnakeLady wrote:I've been listening to the Scorpions (again) - Unbreakable

I really love that album......

by **SnakeLady** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 2:03 am

It's a good album indeed

by **Mr.Rock** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 7:13 am

Serendipity wrote:
Mr.Rock wrote:Ten - Return to Evermore....

Solid hard rock.

That it is solid, does that mean that it doesn't sound any different than the other albums by Ten? I've got a whole bunch of them, and I like them. However, on Far Beyond The World and Babylon they sounded like they were repeating themselves... and did not have as many catchy songs as on Name Of The Rose or The Robe.

I wouldn't go as far to say the album is their best, but it certainly grabbed my attention with the first listen. It certainly sounds like a Ten album, but I suppose its a matter of opinion wether or not they have repeated themselves.

by **Jonny B** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 7:26 am

Serendipity wrote:
Mr.Rock wrote:Ten - Return to Evermore....

Solid hard rock.

That it is solid, does that mean that it doesn't sound any different than the other albums by Ten? I've got a whole bunch of them, and I like them. However, on Far Beyond The World and Babylon they sounded like they were repeating themselves... and did not have as many catchy songs as on Name Of The Rose or The Robe.

"Babylon" was my first Ten album...I still think it was their best musically-speaking, and for a long time, was also my #1 favorite album (before I heard Nightwish.) "RtE" was a good album, but at times I felt I could've mixed tracks from Gary Hughes "Once and Future King" and not notice the difference. The familiarity didn't sit well with me, so I gave up my copy to my older bro. He listens to everything that Gary Hughes has written.

by **Jonny B** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 11:16 pm

My AOTW goes to Venus & Mars "New Moon Rising". I best describe it as the album that Heart should've released. Duel female vocals and harmonies accompanied with some really good AOR tunes.

MR

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