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[Peter]

My guess is that you mean "my best friend," or "my once best friend," Cap 

Yes and no, he is my best friend, but he also is the guy who brought the rings to my wedding and stuff

[Nicky007]

Today I really enjoyed it. In fact I enjoyed it so much I may play it again tomorrow.

Gary Hughes somehow masters melody and expression like no other. And his stories draw one in    But of course Frenchies don't get it

They Might Be Giants

What are they like, Iggy ?

Angular Perceptions - Thought Chamber

Another superalbum 

I have Toxicity but haven't listened to it much.

They didnt either really grip me 


NP  Borknagar  on  MySpace

http://www.myspace.com/borknagar

More my taste 

Nicky.

[Nicky007]

NP  Anthrax:  Sound Of White Noise 

Nicky.

[Bupie]

If you happen to see Micky, you could recommend him to go back a bit further with Grace Under Pressure and Signals, I think he might really like those two albums as well. Vapor Trails may indeed by a bit rough on his big ears, but is a heck of a powerful album to mine. As for live albums, the triple set Different Stages is highly recommended, that's what my Rush crush really started with.

OK Erik, I will send Micky your recommendations 

NP Arena - Songs From The Lions Cage

[Nicky007]

NP  Anthrax:  We've Come For You All

This is by far the best I'v heard by Anthrax 

It's also the most recent of their studio albums, from 2003. They'v been tryin like hell to make a new one, but they sure as hell have had problems with their singers. Seems like they'r a pretty difficult gang 

Otoh they'v had some pretty brilliant singers, like John Bush, who sings on We've Come, and seems to be the most likely guy for the prospected album

I actually don't have the album 

When one is as impecunious as I, one learns various tricks: What I'm doin now is that I got the Amazon page with We've Come in one window, and YouTube in the other. Fortunately they got all songs on We've Come on YouTube, so I can see the list of songs at Amazon, and play'm on YouTube. While I'm listenin, I can read the reviews, and anythin else. Ingenious, ainit ? 

So guys, who's the Einstein of the Room ? 

Nicky.

[maddox]

NP  Anthrax:  We've Come For You All

This is by far the best I'v heard by Anthrax 

Together with State of Eurphoria and Sound of black Noise: yes.

It's also the most recent of their studio albums, from 2003. They'v been tryin like hell to make a new one, but they sure as hell have had problems with their singers. Seems like they'r a pretty difficult gang 

Otoh they'v had some pretty brilliant singers, like John Bush, who sings on We've Come, and seems to be the most likely guy for the prospected album

I actually don't have the album 

When one is as impecunious as I, one learns various tricks: What I'm doin now is that I got the Amazon page with We've Come in one window, and YouTube in the other. Fortunately they got all songs on We've Come on YouTube, so I can see the list of songs at Amazon, and play'm on YouTube. While I'm listenin, I can read the reviews, and anythin else. Ingenious, ainit ? 

So guys, who's the Einstein of the Room ? 

Nicky.

Oh ... wait....

That's a rethorical question, isn't? 

[Nicky007]

Sound of black Noise

Try to wash it, Mad 

White Noise I find moderately good, while the albums before don't do anything for me. I aint much of a thrash fan 

We've Come For All is great 

I have still to listen to Chapter 8 and Stomp 442 .....

That's a rhetorical question, isn't? 

Thanx Mad, I know you'v always backed me up 


Played:

Korn:   I    Life Is Peachy    Follow The Leader

I is quite good, Peachy better, and Leader is 

Gonna play a few more Korn albums this eve 

Nicky.

[Teunis]

IQ - Dark Matter
Disperse - Journey Through The Hidden Gardens

[funkster]

Amorphis - Skyforger
Bathory - Hammerheart
Dimmu Borgir - Abrahadabra
Cradle of filth - Godspeed on the devil's thunder

A bit of darker metal for these rainy chilly days

[Nicky007]

A bit of darker metal for these rainy chilly days

Must say 

Cradle Of Filth - is that with Enya on lead vocals 


Great Indian Summer here in Vangede 


Played:

Korn:  Take A Look In The Mirror

The Who:  Endless Wire

Neal Morse:  ?

These all have their virtues 

- but are not quite it for me 

It is

NP  Pink Floyd:  Meddle

Those first pings of Echoes still send shivers down my back - mmmmmmmm 


When I see Syd Barrett's countenance on Wikipedia, I think, What if he hadnt fallen prey to drugs ? .....

Well, sure can't complain about Gilmour 


From Wiki, Syd Barrett:

"Starting in 1964, the band that would become Pink Floyd underwent various line-up and name changes such as The Abdabs, The Screaming Abdabs, Sigma 6, and The Meggadeaths. In 1965, Barrett joined them as The Tea Set, and when they found themselves playing a concert with a band of the same name, Barrett came up with the name The Pink Floyd Sound (later The Pink Floyd). He devised the name Pink Floyd by juxtaposing the first names of Pink Anderson and Floyd Council whom he had read about in a sleeve note by Paul Oliver for a 1962 Blind Boy Fuller LP (Philips BBL-7512): 'Curley Weaver and Fred McMullen, (...) Pink Anderson or Floyd Council—these were a few amongst the many blues singers that were to be heard in the rolling hills of the Piedmont, or meandering with the streams through the wooded valleys.'"


If anyone by any chance thinx the Room is too quiet ... well, you know what you can do about it 

Nicky.

[Peter]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd5TmX5SgoY

Beautiful Sin - Spark of Ignition

Too bad thew rest of the album is ... not as good.

[funkster]

Enslaved - Axioma etica odini

A right stormer this one and an improvement upon vertabrae

One to listen to Nicky 

I did not know Floyd were once called Meggadeths  Is that where Mustaine got the name from i wonder ?

[Nicky007]

One to listen to Nicky 

Yeah, I'v noticed it and noted it on my SL. Looking forward to hearing it. Thanx, Funky Boy 

But maybe you could start getting the e into Vertebrae 

Is that where Mustaine got the name from i wonder ?

You shouldnt expect originality from that corner 


Played:

Kamelot:  Eternity

Their first. The title song (track 1) is catchy, but then it gets bogged down in blandness for tooooo long 


Kamelot:  Dominion

Their second. This one is a lot better, very enjoyable, a must for any Kamelot fan, very different from Ghost Reveries - man, have they developed over the years 

Nicky.

[Nicky007]

NP  Aeon Zen  on  MySpace

http://www.myspace.com/aeonzen

Fine melodic midheavy progmetal, actually not so far from Arena. English band with Rich Hinks as mainman. Has Andi Kravljaca as singer on their latest album The Face Of The Unknown, newly released, great album ! You get samples on MySpace.

Andi's (and he's  ) one of my fave singers. He's now the singer of Silent Call. Did a great job on SW's first album Become. For some very strange reason he was ousted from SW 

Well, Tommy is great too 

Into The Infinite is a smashing song !

Nicky.

[funkster]

Enslaved - Ruun

A fantastic melodic progressive/black metal band who should appeal to fans of Opeth 

Hope this has all been spelt correctly Nicky 

[Nicky007]

Hope this has all been spelt correctly Nicky 

Funky Boy

See, you can !

Spelling and punctuating correctly manifests a basis of seriousness 

Of course, one has to show consideration toward people who don't have English as first language, and dyslectics and other dyses.

If I run into sites where it's crowded with misspellings and carelessness of all sorts, then I usually leave.

E.g. I was on Silent Call's, the group where Andi Kravljaca is now singer, MySpace, where one finds "Ok Guys and girls offcourse :-)" 

The i* here managed to make three mistakes within this short statement, hardly intentional. I mean, how much effort does it take to just run thru something like this once more. And if yer dyslectic, get someone else to take a quick look.

This annoys me and makes me skeptical. And quite expectedly, the music aint really up to it. Sad, cuz Andi has it. Hope he gets some more proper chances, like with Aeon Zen


And right, Funky:

Enslaved - Ruun

A fantastic melodic progressive/black metal band who should appeal to fans of Opeth 

NP  Stone Temple Pilots  on  MySpace

Got several nice songs from their newly released self-titled album 

Here's a group that's neither prog nor pantheon (in my understanding) nor has any special message but simply knows how to make songs that rock like crazy 

But once again, guys, don't put Ten into this category. They got more to offer: Sure, they make songs that rock, but further they have some riveting philosophy in their concepts and lyrics, and altho they'r strictly speaking not a prog group, as they prioritise composition, melody and emotion, they do have quite a lotta unusual things mixed in, which the attentive listener will discover with repeated listening 

Nicky.

[Nicky007]

NP  Adagio:  Dominate

Super album 

Has everything a metalproggie dreams of: melody, catchy rhythms (even some oriental stuff), great riffs & solos, gritty singing (even some spicy growl),  interesting lyrics, and more 

Funky, Iggy, Tom 

Just get it !

If you don't go for it, then I'l send ya the latest Celine album 

Nicky.

[Iggy]

NP  Adagio:  Dominate

Super album 

Has everything a metalproggie dreams of: melody, catchy rhythms (even some oriental stuff), great riffs & solos, gritty singing (even some spicy growl),  interesting lyrics, and more 

Funky, Iggy, Tom 

Just get it !

If you don't go for it, then I'l send ya the latest Celine album 

Nicky.

  I will check it out.

Been playing Shadow Gallery today as I am off to see them this evening. 

[maddox]

Been playing Shadow Gallery today as I am off to see them this evening. 

Have fun!!!

The concert in Baarlo seemed to be a bit chaotic at first but got better during the concert.

[Nicky007]

NP  Shadow Gallery  on  their official site

www.shadowgallery.com

of course !

They don't seem to have a MySpace 

Nicky.

[Draco chimera]

NP John Legend and The Roots, I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free.

[Teunis]

NP  Shadow Gallery  on  their official site

www.shadowgallery.com

They don't seem to have a MySpace 

Sure: http://www.myspace.com/officialshadowgallery

[Nicky007]

Thanx Teunis 

I didnt get anywhere writing "Shadow Gallery", only got a shady babe (hey guys, stay here  ), and some other shadowy stuff 

Guess it's a good idea to include "official" in such cases.


But the "Shadow" made me associate further to

NP  Shadows Fall  on  MySpace

They have some songs from their latest album Retribution, and that's good, cuz here they'v cut down a lot on the shout and have become tighter and more melodic. Sounds great actually 

Guys, give'm a run 

http://www.myspace.com/shadowsfall

Nicky.

[Nicky007]

NP

www.myspace.com/officialshadowgallery

You get long stretches of music from Digital Ghosts here 

Why does Joe Nevolo play on only Venom and Gold Dust ? (Trusting Wiki, Gary plays drums on all the other tracks.)

Iggy, how was the concert ?

Great to see that SG was the headliner at ProgPower Europe in Baarlo. Shows that they at long last are getting the attention they deserve 

Mad, you'r not very informative !

Hey, I didnt know that there was a story that runs thru all Tyranny and Room V:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_%28album%29

Nicky.

[Nicky007]

NP  Myrath  on  MySpace

http://www.myspace.com/myrathband

Cool, starts very orientalisch 

They write that their fave group is SyX, and Kevin Codfert from Adagio is their mentor and producer, which bodes well .....

Nicky.