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Postby Taliwakker » Wed Jun 01, 2005 9:45 am

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My AOTW goes to 7 Months "S/T." After a little research, I was very disappointed with the poor reviews this album got. It's very AOR, but with progressive traits, very keyboard driven, and the singer could very well be a Trent Gardner clone (Magellan singer if you're asking.) This is one album that is so godly underappreciated that it makes a person sick. I think a lighter prog sound would sound a lot better than some of the speedy heavy stuff that has come out in recent years.


I've got that album....didn't hate it but i didn't particularly like it either.
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Postby SnakeLady » Wed Jun 01, 2005 4:43 pm

I've been listening allot to Kamelot - Black Halo 8)
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Postby Bobbi Flekman » Thu Jun 02, 2005 12:41 am

Krezip - What Are You Waiting For
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Postby doggy » Thu Jun 02, 2005 8:44 am

4 (Untitled) ~ Valentine.
Not the band which feature Hugo, but Robbie.
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Postby Kenny » Thu Jun 02, 2005 2:19 pm

Definitely Bruce Dickinson 'Tyranny of Souls'.......I LOVE it!!!!
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Postby maidenman77 » Thu Jun 02, 2005 3:15 pm

Definitely Bruce Dickinson 'Tyranny of Souls'.......I LOVE it!!!!


Yeah, I'll make this my album of the week for the second week running...it keeps refusing to leave my CD player on my laptop no matter what else I try and stick in there
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Postby Serendipity » Thu Jun 02, 2005 5:11 pm

Not a lot of different picks this week! Tyranny Of Souls is the album I have played most this week as well.
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Postby Taliwakker » Wed Jun 08, 2005 9:47 am

Pagan's Mind-Celestial Entrance
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Postby Jonny B » Wed Jun 08, 2005 11:49 am

AOTW goes to Infinite Dreams "Touch My Skin." Shame on ALL the melodic rock labels for ignoring this gem of 2003. Imagine the best aspects of Shiva & Alyson Avenue put on a hard-hitting rock album. If the genre of female rock never blossomed, it was because quality releases like this one was overlooked.
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Postby Kenny » Wed Jun 08, 2005 2:38 pm

John Wetton - Battle Lines.......very nice.
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Postby Bobbi Flekman » Wed Jun 08, 2005 6:04 pm

It's been a long time since I heard "Battle Lines"...

Mine is "Angel Station" by Manfred Mann.
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Postby doggy » Thu Jun 09, 2005 8:57 am

Octavarium by Dream Theater, their new one, gets my ATOW status.
The Aussie release not June 20, Kenny and Tali.
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Postby Kenny » Thu Jun 09, 2005 2:16 pm

doggy wrote:Octavarium by Dream Theater, their new one, gets my ATOW status.
The Aussie release not June 20, Kenny and Tali.
You read my mind..... :lol:
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Postby Taliwakker » Fri Jun 10, 2005 9:44 am

The Aussie release not June 20, Kenny and Tali.


I got a copy yesterday at JB Hi-FI...they had hundreds of em...+they had at least 1/3 of the metal section reduced to $10 :shock:
I bought heaps of shit :lol:
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Postby Jonny B » Sun Jun 12, 2005 11:05 pm

This is a test of time, or ToT post, which has little to do with my AOTWs. The other day I was going through my cd archives, and listened to Stratovarius "Destiny." This was the very first power metal album I ever listened to, and the same one that got me into the euro power metal scene. Sadly though, this one doesn't do much for me anymore. There has been so many power metal bands producing top-quality power metal, that they have made the Stratovarius style sound so filler-ish.

Suffice it to say, aside from a couple tracks, my first power metal album didn't stand my ToT.
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Postby Jonny B » Tue Jun 14, 2005 10:39 pm

My AOTW goes to Lullacry "Crucify My Heart." This is one group that got mislabled as a goth group. In actuality, Lullacry should be an everyday announcement on melodicrock, as a hard-hitting, catchy-as-hell hard rock group. It's a shame so few have discovered them.
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Postby Taliwakker » Wed Jun 15, 2005 9:46 am

A week ago i would have said my AOW was definately going to be Dream Thaeter's 'Octavarium'.....but its not.

Tiles-Window Dressing....awesome 2112-Moving Pictures era Rush inspired album that imo blows the new DT out of the water. Didn't really get into Tiles much before this album (which i only bought because it was on sale last week) but this is great....despite it sounding so much like Rush (with a different singer)...even produced by Terry Brown and art done by Hugh Syme.
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Postby Penny » Wed Jun 15, 2005 11:28 am

Haven't had time to listen to much at all, but I bought 23 albums while I was away. They are all still in transit as I had far too much luggage and had to send a couple of suitcases cargo. DAMN!!!!! Next week I will have a lot to listen too. One album that caught my attention though was Poets of the Fall. They're different to what I ususally listen too but I like them. Sort of modern Jim Croce, but not. :D
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Postby Taliwakker » Wed Jun 15, 2005 1:21 pm

Hope you had an enjoyable trip Pen.
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Postby Kenny » Wed Jun 15, 2005 4:54 pm

Taliwakker wrote:Hope you had an enjoyable trip Pen.
Oh, has she been away?? :lol: :lol:

Ah. don't mind me, I've had an ADO today, and I decided it might be a good idea to get as drunk as humanly possible......Tali, you may burn in rock hell for saying **whatever** blows the Dream Theater album away.
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Postby Serendipity » Wed Jun 15, 2005 5:33 pm

Great to see you back, Penny!

Penny wrote:I bought 23 albums while I was away. They are all still in transit as I had far too much luggage and had to send a couple of suitcases cargo.

All of them??? You should have put at least a couple in your carry on luggage! ;)

I think I may like that new Dream Theater album. Heard one song at the concert (sorry, Kenny :lol:) I liked that, it had a great bass riff going. And from what I've read the album seems to be less freaky and more focused on songs, which is fine by me!

What's an ADO, btw? Sounds like something serious...
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Postby Kenny » Wed Jun 15, 2005 6:22 pm

No, it's an 'accrued day off'.....I work 2 extra hours a week, and take a day off per month, that's all. :)
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Postby Taliwakker » Thu Jun 16, 2005 12:01 pm

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Tali, you may burn in rock hell for saying **whatever** blows the Dream Theater album away.
You know it's simply not true. You just know.


The new DT is just a bit boring...their glory days are behind them i think. I actually like James LaBrie's recent solo album more than the new DT.
That Tiles album keeps wanting me to play it....Octavarium will get a few more spins out of respect but from a lot of reviews i have read i can see that i am not an island on this one.
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Postby SnakeLady » Thu Jun 16, 2005 6:06 pm

I've been listening to allot of things on my mp3 player, I would say the song from Circle II Circle - In this life I've been listening to it the most :wink:
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Postby Bobbi Flekman » Thu Jun 16, 2005 7:16 pm

SnakeLady wrote:I've been listening to allot of things on my mp3 player,...
Me too... Just got myself one and am still playing around with it... So I can give a playlist of the week :lol:

If I have to choose it would be Missing Persons - Colour In Your Life.
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Postby SnakeLady » Fri Jun 17, 2005 2:46 am

Bobbi Flekman wrote: Me too... Just got myself one and am still playing around with it... So I can give a playlist of the week :lol:

If I have to choose it would be Missing Persons - Colour In Your Life.


:lol: nice we could make an mp3 corner :wink:
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Postby doggy » Fri Jun 17, 2005 8:43 am

ATOW is " Scarred For Life" by Rose Tattoo.
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Postby Serendipity » Sat Jun 18, 2005 12:33 am

My AOTW is Survivor - Caught In The Game. Vital Signs always was THE album for me, and then anything else they did with Jimi Jamison afterwards, but over the years I've come to appreciate Caught In The Game better and better. Dave Bickler's warm voice, the melancholy of the songs, it is all simply beautiful.
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Postby maidenman77 » Sat Jun 18, 2005 1:18 pm

My AOTW goes to Paul Anka - Rock Swings...songs by Survivor, Bon Jovi, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton and Van Halen crooner style :lol:

























Of course I am just shitting you...my real AOTW goes to Symphony X - Twighlight of Olympus
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Postby Bobbi Flekman » Mon Jun 20, 2005 7:11 pm

maidenman77 wrote:My AOTW goes to Paul Anka - Rock Swings...songs by Survivor, Bon Jovi, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton and Van Halen crooner style :lol:
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Of course I am just shitting you...my real AOTW goes to Symphony X - Twighlight of Olympus
Damn! I was just thinking that this would be a perfect complement to my Simon And Garfunkel interpreting Slayer!
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