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[Teunis]

Gazpacho - A Night at Loreley (live 2cd)

[Manatee]

JP: Jethro Tull - Bursting Out
NP: Joe Jackson - Jumpin' Jive

iTunes has me very confused.  It appears in the transition from my old computer to the new one, some albums got copied over two or even three times, while Blind Ego didn't get copied at all.     Fortunately, I already burned that one to a CD since it was a dl purchase.

[Teunis]

Muse - The Resistance

np: The Urbane - Glitter

[maddox]

Harvest ~ Underground Community

[Teunis]

Shadow Gallery - Digital Ghosts 

[Manatee]

JJP: Gentle Giant - Free Hand
JP: Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte
NP: Mastodon - Blood Mountain

Mastodon is a bit of a contrast to the others.   

[The Butterfly Man]

See, that's what I expected, Tom  

But tell me, do you have so many cd's that you actually have to rummage thru piles to find stuff ?  

No, I think I have 'only' 500 cd's, the largest part of my cd-collection stands in alphabetic order on shelves, but there are a few cd's that I didn't really enjoy at the time and in order to create some space on my shelves I put them in a box. One of those cd's was Aghora's Formless. Last weekend my search continued, and guess what: I found the box containing about 20 cd's under my bed...yes, really! .

Tom, you'l have to be patient with Aghora  

The lyrics are about Hinduistic viewpoints. I am very much inspired by them, but you might not be quite as much. The mood is also influenced by this subject matter. But I think that if you suspend your critical sense for a while and just get into the flow, you'l be taken be the tremendous musical experience that Aghora bestow upon the listener  

Hmm, maybe my impatience (at the time) is the reason I put it away in the first place. However, I'm really going to try again.

I didn't find the time to play it last weekend, but I'm sure I will sometime this week!

Do you have Mabool too ?  Fabulous album  

Yes I also have Mabool but I like their most recent one better to be honest.

Nothing wrong with OL, but you'd be hard put to find a group that's more adventurous than Opeth.

Aint that right, Tom ?

True! I've got nothing more to add, really...

NP: Orphaned Land - The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR

It's getting kinda monotonous, I know... (me mentioning Orphaned Land's new album in this thread that is, not the album itself!)...

Tom

[The Butterfly Man]

NP: Queensrÿche - American Soldier

Not sure what to make of it yet, but it sounds interesting so far...

Tom

[Nicky007]

I found the box containing about 20 cd's under my bed...yes, really! .

You didnt want yer girlfriend to see'm, as she'd think that you considered her formless  

Well, maybe there are some more gems in that box, Tom  

Hmm, maybe my impatience (at the time) is the reason I put it away in the first place. However, I'm really going to try again.

The two Aghora albums are difficult to get into. There's the Hindu thingy, and the female singing, which is more like chanting; both will be alien to most listeners. It took me a while, but now I'm thrilled by it  

Mad, you'v also done Aghora. Whadaya make of'm ?

NP: Queensrÿche - American Soldier

Not sure what to make of it yet, but it sounds interesting so far...

One of the greatest rock albums eva imo, and a great testimony to the American soldier who feels that it's his duty to secure our homes, if necessary by venturing out to remote badlands  


Just found two Lana Lane albums at the library - didnt expect that - Lady Macbeth & Project Shangri-La, so I'm goin home to listen to'mmmmmm  

There's some Arjen guy doin some great guitar stuff on some of it  


Here's a fine Amazon review of Secrets Of Astrology by "A customer":

"This is the 'real' alternative music. I first heard Lana Lane on a sampler disc that a friend lent me, and subsequently hunted down Secrets Of Astrology. I have had this disc for well over a year now, and I've yet to get sick of it. Lana Lane possesses the type of voice that I haven't heard in a long time - rich, powerful, full of emotion and fire. She does vocally bear a passing resemblence to Ann Wilson, and that's not bad company to keep. Lane and her husband/collaborator Erik Norlander have produced a brilliant disc of in your face material that announces what it is, right off the top. The Astrology Suite/Secrets Of Astrology/Postlude is the starting point. Kudos to guitarist Arjen Lucassen, and especially drummer Ed Wharby, who is rock steady and shows his flash on songs like Speed Of Sound. Above all though, is the quality of Lane's voice. She is more than a screamer, as tracks like Alexandria, The Bell, and Guardian Angel prove. I have since started to track down her back catalogue, which is large. She does have some uneven albums, but there is no quibbling with Secrets Of Astrology; it packs a punch, gets in your face, and is topped off by the type of voice I had thought had disappeared a decade ago. Well Done, Lana, you've convinced me!"

Nicky.

[Teunis]

Marillion - Brave

[maddox]

Golden Earring ~ Twilight Zone

[Bupie]

UFO - No Place To Run

[The Butterfly Man]

You didnt want yer girlfriend to see'm, as she'd think that you considered her formless  

Indeed, and I don't think she would take that as a compliment!

The two Aghora albums are difficult to get into. There's the Hindu thingy, and the female singing, which is more like chanting; both will be alien to most listeners. It took me a while, but now I'm thrilled by it  

Gave it a quick listen yesterday evening and the good thing is that I can see the album has the potential to grow on me. I'm sure it's gonna take a lot of time though!

NP: Three - The End Is Begun

Tom

[Nicky007]

Gave it a quick listen yesterday evening and the good thing is that I can see the album has the potential to grow on me. I'm sure it's gonna take a lot of time though!

Tom

Aghora are very unusual. Vedic metal, I guess one could call it  

Considering the masses of boring rhythmic music that come outta both Hinduist and Christian contexts nowadays, it sure is refreshing to hear such all stops out metal from Aghora  

NP: Three - The End Has Begun

The End Is Begun, Tom. That's just the twist  


JP  3:  Wake Pig

Also a fabulous album  

Looking forward to getting Joey's solo album, Tom  


JP  Lana Lane & Erik Norlander:  Project Shangri-La

This one (2001) they made just after Secrets Of Astrology (2000), and musically I find it just as wonderful as Secrets  


JP:  Lana Lane & Erik Norlander:  Lady Macbeth

It doesnt (yet) grip me musically as much as the other two albums, but Lana's lyrics here are sheer amazing  


One of the things I really like about Lana's and Erik's albums is that they put a lotta effort into their lyrics, and they sure succeed  

Lana definitely is one of the most exciting female singers in metalworld. I don't understand why her 10+ albums with Erik arent more popular. In the Room, I guess I'm still the only fan of theirs, but things also take time in the Room  


I don't really know what went wrong between Arjen and Lana and Erik, but seeing Erik's enormous devotion to Lana's talent (which I understand now), it's obvious that he expects such devotion from anyone else contributing, so ......

Nicky.

[Teunis]

Lana definitely is one of the most exciting female singers in metalworld. I don't understand why her 10+ albums with Erik arent more popular. In the Room, I guess I'm still the only fan of theirs, but things also take time in the Room  

May I surprise you again? Wrong guess Nicky  . I own the following LL/EN/RS albums
Lana Lane: 'Ballads Collection' and 'Secrets of Astrology'. The latter one is great, playing it from time to time. The Ballad Collection (2cd)  is quite boring, all ballads. Never played cd 1 and 2 after each other  . I sold 'Project Shangri-La' a few years ago.
Erik Norlander: 'Into The Sunset', 'Music Machine', 'Seas of Orion' and 'Stars Rain Down' This is a live album, just like the LL/EN cd called 'European Tour 2001 Souvenir cd' I own.
Rocket Scientists: 'Earthbound', 'Brutal Architecture', 'Earth Below & Sky Above (live), 'Oblivion Days', 'Revolution Road'. Favourites are 'Brutal Architecture' and 'Oblivion Days'

np: Fischer-Z - Going Red For A Salad (collection album)
Youth sentiments  

[Bupie]

NP Bryan Adams - Cuts Like A Knife

[The Butterfly Man]

NP: Orphaned Land - The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR



Tom

[Teunis]

Martin Orford - The Old Road
Ulysses - The Gift Of Tears

[maddox]

NP: Orphaned Land - The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR



Tom

Yep, same here.

I can't listen to Lady GaGa all day long. 

[Bupie]

NP Scorpions - In Trance

[funkster]

Katatonia - Night is the new day
The feeling - Join with us

[Nicky007]

May I surprise you again?

Sure, Teunis. Particularly when it's such good news 

I recall having seen you NP'ing Rocket Scientists, but not Lana Lane. Maybe you were afraid that some of the Arjen fans would be offended 

But you havent taken sides ?

I sold 'Project Shangri-La' a few years ago.

I'v only heard it once, but it reminded me a lot of Secrets. The Nightingale is a wonderful song (and I'v added it to my s-o songs).

But you don't like Shangri-La as much, Teunis ?

Erik Norlander: ... Rocket Scientists: ...

Can you give me some recoms on these, Teunis ?

I consider Erik quite a genius, writing great songs, doing all this wonderful atmospheric stuff on his keyboards, getting the right musicians together, mixing, producing etc 


NP  Beatles:  The White Album

Great stuff, really grips me !  A classic masterpiece from 1968 

Lyricswise, this seems to me their most prog album. The lyrics really twist yer mind when ya try to follow'm.

And the music runs the whole gamut, surprising fountain of ideas these guys had.


Thru the years, I'd heard the songs from Rubber Soul, Sgt. Pepper, Abbey Road, and Let It Be so many times that I really knew'm thoroughly. (Guess that's how it is with you too, Greenie.)

But somehow The White Album had evaded me 

Of course I knew Back In The USSR and While My Guitar Gently Weeps well, but then there were wonderful songs like Piggies and I'm So Tired that I could barely recognise.

So now I decided to get properly into it. And what a joy it is 

Nicky.

[aswas]

Genesis  The Lamb. What a cd. People over in the US are really bashing the Genesis DVD When in Rome. I don't get it. No emotion, BS. I thought it was really done well. The sound is good. I liked the documentary also, and how it shows the difficulty of putting a show of that magnitude together. I have seen Genesis many times over the years, and they have always been the frontrunners of lighting shows, video etc. Am I missing something?

[Teunis]

I recall having seen you NP'ing Rocket Scientists, but not Lana Lane. Maybe you were afraid that some of the Arjen fans would be offended  But you havent taken sides ?

I don't know what exactly happened. I know EN wrote something about AL in a booklet he shouldn't do! But it's the music what matters and I love both their music.

I'v only heard it once, but it reminded me a lot of Secrets. The Nightingale is a wonderful song (and I'v added it to my s-o songs).

But you don't like Shangri-La as much, Teunis ?)

I remember a few songs were great, but too little to keep me interested.

Can you give me some recoms on these, Teunis ?)

EN: 'Into The Sunset'. RS: I would definitely recomment you 'Oblivion Days'. Here you can listen to the track: 'Aqua Vitae':
http://www.progarchives.com/mp3.asp?id=1811. And a MySpace page to get an impression: http://www.myspace.com/rocketscientistsband

I consider Erik quite a genius, writing great songs, doing all this wonderful atmospheric stuff on his keyboards, getting the right musicians together, mixing, producing etc 

Yes, he has his very own style of keyboard playing, which is great! And the production is always crystal clear as well 

jp: Frost - Milliontown
np: Frost - Experiments in Mass Appeal

[Teunis]

Knight Area - Realm Of Shadows
Satellite - Nostalgia