New year! (New releases!)

[PH]

Hi everybody!
I want to wish you all a happy new year (in advance)!

I was wondering what will be the first album you'll be listening in the new year!
For me, I'll pop in Frost's Milliontown as soon as it's 0:00, Januari 1st 2007.

Second:
What are we waiting for? Which releases in the coming year are you very excited about?

And which events?


I'm really excited about:
- Blackfield's second album
- Caamora's She
- Neal Morse's Sola Scriptura
- Porcupine Tree's new album
- Ayreon's new album
- Blind Ego's Mirror
- Something from It Bites
- Hopefully something from Kino
- Hopefully something from Arena (and Arena-related)

Furthermore I really look forward to the rereleases of A.C.T's albums, I'm gonna buy them all!

[Appelmoes??]

New Ayreon, new Neal Morse, new Symphony X, New Arena 

[PH]

New Ayreon, new Neal Morse, new Symphony X, New Arena 

Ayreon added indeed!

Oh, and what were your discoveries this year (2006), the best albums, best bands, best events etc. etc. etc.

For me the best discoveries were:
Frost
Kaipa
Ray Wilson (and related)

Best albums/DVDs:
Milliontown (Frost)
Smoke And Mirrors (Arena)
SCORE (Dream Theater)
Arriving Somewhre... (Porcupine Tree)
Silence (A.C.T)
Free (OSI)

Best events:
Ray Wilson (Gerolstein/Lissingen, Germany)
Frost (Helmond, Netherlands)

Actually all in no particular order... Except for Frost being on the top of the lists (except for the events, which were in no particular order either)

[maddox]

The first album i listen to in the new year:

Well, tradition demands me to say that it will be U2's New Years Day and although i will surely put that one on, the first thing i will listen to will probably be Dream Theater's Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence from Score. Yep, that means with the Orchestra Of Awe. 

Looking forward to:

Obviously Arena but also;

Ayreon
Dream Theater
Neal Morse
Symphony X
Sylvan
Pain Of Salvation
Porcupine Tree
Mind's Eye
The Flower Kings ( They have the habit to bring out one album each year so... )
Camoora
Ayreon
Marillion
The Wilson/Portnoy/Ackerfeld project.  (translation: Steven Wilson from PT, Mike Portnoy from DT and Mikael Ackerfeld of Opeth.  )

And off course:....

the new...

..

Guns 'n Roses. 

New Discoveries 2006:

A few here:

Pure Reason Revolution
Sylvan
Mind's Eye
Frost*
Seventh Wonder

Best CD's 2006:

1 ) Sylvan - Posthumous Silence
2 ) Vanden Plas - Christ. O
3 ).Dream Theater - Score *
4 ) Spocks Beard - Spocks Beard
5 ) The Flower Kings - Paradox Hotel
6 ) Frost* - MillionTown
7 )  Tool - 10.000 Days
8 ) Andromeda - Chimera
9 ) Pure Reason Revolution - The Dark Third
10) Wolverine - Still

Best DVD's 2006:

1  ) Dream Theater - Score
2  ) Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere
3  ) The Flower Kings - Instant Delivery
4  ) Kamelot - One Cold Winters Night
5  ) Stream Of Passion - Live In The Real World
6  ) Pink Floyd - Pulse
7  ) Arena - Smoke & Mirrors
8  ) Fish - Return To Childhood

Just eight. Haven't bought anything more this year. It was expensive enough already. 

Just add:

Best Progressive Rock Tracks of 2006

1  ) Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence with Orchestra.  Cool
2  ) Sylvan - Pain Of Truth
3  ) Spocks Beard - As Far As The Mind Can See
4  ) Frost* - Black Light Machine
5  ) Vanden Plas - January Sun
6  ) Andromeda - Periscope
7  ) Magenta - New York Suite
8  ) The Flower Kings - Monsters & Men
9  ) Pure Reason Revolution - The Bright Ambassadors Of Morning
10) Wolverine - This Cold Heart Of Mine/And She Slowly Dies

Best Artwork of 2006

Tool - 10.000 Days

Best lullaby of 2006

David Gilmour - On An Island

Best Intro of 2006

Either Frost* with Hyperventilate or Andromeda with Periscope

Best cover album of 2006

There can only be one: Dream Theater - Dark Side Of The Moon   


*the end of this short but decent post. 

[Appelmoes??]

Looking forward to:

Obviously Arena but also;

Ayreon
Dream Theater
Neal Morse
Symphony X
Sylvan
Pain Of Salvation
Porcupine Tree
Mind's Eye
The Flower Kings ( They have the habit to bring out one album each year so... )
Camoora
Ayreon
Marillion
The Wilson/Portnoy/Ackerfeld project.  (translation: Steven Wilson from PT, Mike Portnoy from DT and Mikael Ackerfeld of Opeth.  )

Two Ayreon ablums?!

[PH]

Probably a double album then!


hey, I didn't know about a Wilson/Portnoy/Akerfeldt project!
Where can I find information?

[johninblack]

*the end of this short but decent post. 

Yes, very decent, lots to agree with there.

For me.....

Album   Frost* - Milliontown

Track  Dream Theater - Six Degrees with that orchestra...WOW!

Gig  Difficult one this, seen some class acts this year but the best we're....

Credo at Riff's
IQ at Mean Fiddler
Frost* at La Scala

All excellent for different reasons

Best DVD  Arena - Smoke & Mirrors

So happy New Year to all of you and have FUN.

[Teunis]

Best albums 2006:
Frost* - Milliontown (absolute no. 1!!)
Toto - Falling in between
Rocket Scientists - Revolution Road
GPS - Window to the soul
Stream of Passion - Embrace the Storm
Sylvan - Posthumous Silence
Riverside - Voices in my Head (EP)

Looking forward to:
New Arena (related)
Caamora
Ayreon
Knight Area
IQ

Best gigs:
IQ
Pendragon

Best live DVD's:
IQ - Stage
Arena - Smoke & Mirrors
Pendragon - And now everybody to the stage

Looking forward to a great and proggy 2007, have a great new year everyone  .

[maddox]

Two Ayreon ablums?!

Well...ehm...well...yeah...that was a tiny mistake. 

Look at it this way: It'll be twice the fun. 

Probably a double album then!


hey, I didn't know about a Wilson/Portnoy/Akerfeldt project!
Where can I find information?

That's the fun part: right now, you can't. There are plans and ideas for it but i have no idea where you can find info of it. I know they were seriously busy with it so...

[PH]

Well...ehm...well...yeah...that was a tiny mistake. 

Look at it this way: It'll be twice the fun. 

That's the fun part: right now, you can't. There are plans and ideas for it but i have no idea where you can find info of it. I know they were seriously busy with it so...

So how did you know then?
Where did this came from?

[HelenDo]

Best "prog" albums of 2006 for me were:

Frost* - Milliontown
Jadis - Photoplay

Others:

Snow Patrol - Eyes Open
Scissor Sisters - Ta Dah
Keane - Under the Iron Sea

In 2007, I'm looking forward to releases from these bands:

Blind Ego
Marillion
It Bites
Arena (?)
IQ (?)

Best gigs of 2006 were:

Pendragon - Riffs Bar (May)
Jadis - London (July)
IQ - London (Dec)
Frost* - London (Dec)
It Bites - London (Dec)
Snow Patrol - London (Dec)
Keane - London (Oct)

Would love to see Arena again in 2007  

Helen xxx

[Bupie]

hey, I didn't know about a Wilson/Portnoy/Akerfeldt project!
Where can I find information?

Some news here but already a few months old ... http://www.ytsejam.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3364

[funkster]

My face albums of the year -

Tinyfish
Frost
Keane
Scissor Sisters
Snow Patrol
Girls Aloud

Looking forward to in 2007

IQ
Arena
Riverside
Anathema
Marillion
It Bites
Pendragon ?

Lots to look forward to see happy 2007 everyone

[CygnusX1]

2007 new releases i'm looking forward to...

It Bites
Marillion
IQ
Porcupine Tree
....oh, and I do believe there's a little know Canadian trio called RUSH, who may be putting out some new material.

[bellanova]

Im looking forward to new stuff from

IT BITES
ARENA
PORCUPINE TREE
ASIA

For me the best album of 2006 was MILLIONTOWN

And best gigs were IT BITES, FROST ans PORCUPINE TREE also PENDRAGON but that was due to other reasons as well as the music!!

[maddox]

I might add something more to my list: Gazpacho's new album called 'Night'.

I've heard that this could well be their best effort so far. 

[Silhouette]

1. I don't remember what the first album I listened to this year was. Guess it might have been something by Arena, though.
I have a hard time deciding on an album of the year 2006, but I think it stands between Diablo Swing Orchestra - The butcher's ballroom and A.C.T - Silence.
Best gig of 2006 was definitely Porcupine Tree on SRF, and also Kamelot, Evergrey, Queensrÿche, Cloudscape, Celtic Frost and lots of bands on SRF really rocked!
I'd love to see Arena on Sweden Rock Festival!

2. First of all, there have already been a few really good albums this year, including Pain of Salvation - Scarsick, Threshold - Dead reckoning, Sylvan - Presets and Neal Morse - Sola scriptura.
I'm looking forward to new albums by Porcupine Tree, Ayreon (even talked to Arjen 'bout that one, and I think it'll be awesome!), Evergrey (I hope it's good this time), Marillion, IQ, Rush, Symphony X, Dream Theater, Andromeda (DVD), Edenbridge (compilation) and, of course, Arena, if possible.

Silhouette

[maddox]

Yeah, Andromeda DVD. Heard about that one too. Looking forward to it too. 

II=I was brilliant but Chimera was just awesome. 

[Silhouette]

II=I is still my favourite by them, though I must admit I haven't had time to listen a lot to Chimera yet.

By the way, I'm sure these guys are not human, they're too good.
Will be really cool to see how they do live, since they're albums are some of the most impressive performances I've ever heard.

Silhouette

[maddox]

Two Ayreon ablums?!

&

Probably a double album then!

It seems i was right, huh? 

It will be a double album and a hundred (100!) minutes of music. 

[PH]

The new album by Magic Pie is brilliant!
I love it right away! It sounds a lot like Spock's Beard or Neal Morse sometimes.
These guys are pros.

[Herben]

So a new Ayreon album when?
I hope it's not another stream of passion one but a real Ayreon album I'm looking forward to it...

[Appelmoes??]

So a new Ayreon album when?
I hope it's not another stream of passion one but a real Ayreon album I'm looking forward to it...

Ofcourse it's a Ayreon, or we would have said SoP... It will be released early 2008.

[Herben]

Ofcourse it's a Ayreon, or we would have said SoP... It will be released early 2008.

It's just good news that's what I wanted to say!!!