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[Teunis]

I'm beginning to like this band! Raise your hand if you're a Anathema fan!

Yep, that's me   .

Even saw them live last year, really great band!  .

Magenta - Chameleon
Airbag - Identity

[maddox]

I'm now listening to Anathema's "We're Here Because We're Here".
This is my first listen and I'm currently listening to the fourth track, but it already sounds like a great album!
I also like their Best Of/'Remix' album "Falling Deeper".
I'm beginning to like this band! Raise your hand if you're a Anathema fan!

*raises hand. 

[Bupie]

I think Iggy will raise his hand too when he passes by : he is another great fan.

I only know Jugdment, which is supposed to be one of their best albums, and so far I am not so impressed. It's good but I have the feeling that I have heard it all before so many times ... I feel aboutthe same about Muse. Another drawback of aging ... But I will try again.

PP The Cars - The Cars
JF Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
NP It Bites - The tall Ships

A poppy morning.

[Iggy]

I think Iggy will raise his hand too when he passes by : he is another great fan.

How well you know me. Raises hand.

[erik]

I'm now listening to Anathema's "We're Here Because We're Here".
This is my first listen and I'm currently listening to the fourth track, but it already sounds like a great album!
I also like their Best Of/'Remix' album "Falling Deeper".
I'm beginning to like this band! Raise your hand if you're a Anathema fan!

And another hand here! Have all their albums from Alternative 4 onwards and We're Here.. is their best yet, amazing album. A Natural Disaster is also highly recommended.

[Nicky007]

So what do YOU think of it?

The same as you and Mad 

Mike I left one of the absolute best prog bands in the world - guess he thought he was stagnating there 

Well, let him beat out his pent-up energy for a while; come a time when he'l wanna do somethin real serious again 

Raise your hand if you're a Anathema fan!

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They'r one'o my pantheon groups 

Havent been there for a while, been all sorta other places 

Planning to get We're Here double-up soon 


So, Paxi, now you'r up: Whaddaya think of my Tale of Wilderness ?  You got me goin on it, man 


NP  Pride

Not bad, not bad at all, got three of the tracks on my "Classic songs" list now 

Nicky.

[tired_of_dancing]

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Honestly I don't get it. Little hint please for tired_of_dancings.
Ah, I know...its a secret code. I mean you are Nicky007!!

I have one album by Anathema - Alternative 4 and its a big thing for me. Beautiful and fragile.
BTW with the Pink Floyd covers as bonus tracks. Then I streamed a bit through the other Anathema albums and my impression is, it can't be topped.

Shroud Of False is one the best openers I ever listened to. One to have on repeat. Piano dominated and I love that.
I mean as music fans we know how music can touch souls.
And the main thing for me with Alternative 4 are emotions. Music to live in.
So deep and melancholic. Dark...revealing longings and regrets. All your despair, fear, hurt.
I was just around Anathema and Alternative 4 on lastfm and I've seen the tags depressive and even suicidal.
For me no hopeless and depressing music, happy to say that. I don't loose ground as someone would say "You are not alone, I can understand you". 
And as it would be my affirmation, then later in 2011 listening to Dreaming Light from "We're here because we're here" I was overwhelmed. So bright, so much light in it. For me "Dreaming light" is so outstanding on the album, seems I have forgotten a bit about the rest.

New stuff coming soon. Who is curious, please see this vid from a recent gig in St. Petersburg. Very very promising. Just Danny Cavanagh, his wonderful voice and his piano.
Its the song "Untouchable". For the new album it will be recorded with an orchestra.
Wow, I can already hear the strings. Dreaming Light part 2.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXTJTyKR2_8&feature=related

[tired_of_dancing]

Even saw them live last year, really great band!

Cool, where have you been?

[Teunis]

Cool, where have you been?

10th July 2011 - Amstelveen P60

Today:
Martin Orford - The Old Road
Wolverine - Communication Lost  (wow, what a great album, goosebumps, both the music and vocals are overwhelming )

np: Riverside - Memories In My Head

[maddox]

Anubis ~ A Tower of Silence

[Nicky007]

Honestly I don't get it.

Well, it's supposed to be "thumbs up" 

I'm sure Paxi and Mad gotit, didnt ya ?


NP  Mercury Rev  on  YouTube Mix 

Nicky.

[Nicky007]

Can't say that Mercury Rev was a big deal with me, the songs don't really seem memorable 


This is cool:  Anubis The Ride 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTarPc72gHs&feature=fvst


NP  Anubis:  Tower Of Silence 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aceI-bO_56A

Nicky.

[Nicky007]

Darkwater:  Breathe

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSph5SDudmM

More like it 

Thus:

NP  Darkwater  on  YouTube Mix 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdBqO5iwNzQ&feature=list_related&playnext=1&list=AVGxdCwVVULXfNQblcRxZdAURrliQt_ZnW

I have to get some cd's by this band .....

Btw Teunis, I know you like Darkwater: I recommend Cloudscape to you, they'r quite close to Darkwater (C are a bit heavier), and C are pantheon with me.

You could e.g. run the YouTube Mix of Cloudscape (others may too) 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0Imp4Ednt0&feature=list_related&playnext=1&list=AVGxdCwVVULXdNjEbUOCvL_RSLWT-oqB5h

Nicky.

[Nicky007]

NP  Juliet:  My First Hardcore Song 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU6U-8LP1DY


And a tale(-il) of unrequited love 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH5CE2hqSnM&feature=endscreen&NR=1

Nicky.

[Nicky007]

NP  Arcturus:  Nightmare Heaven

www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6gxudiH05c

Super group, super piece 

The middle section has a very special mood, sorta industrial metal with melody

So, who's into Arcturus here ?

Nicky.

[The Butterfly Man]

Can't say that Mercury Rev was a big deal with me, the songs don't really seem memorable 

That's because you have to listen to Alpha Rev. Mad was being silly again.

NP: Blaudzun - Heavy Flowers

Tom

[Teunis]

Btw Teunis, I know you like Darkwater: I recommend Cloudscape to you, they'r quite close to Darkwater (C are a bit heavier), and C are pantheon with me.

Darkwater is indeed. I remember checking out Cloudscape before once before, I'll dig into their music again .

Today:
Gazpacho - Night
Wolverine - Still
Lunatic Soul - Lunatic Soul II

np: Anathema -Judgement 

[Nicky007]

Alpha Rev:  Phoenix Burn 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRmWD9nhv7E


Alpha Rev:  Star Of Wonder 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4PIA5y02IM&feature=related

With that singing, Flying Colors may quite well take off 


And the YouTube Mix:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=epWm5DqQzrs&feature=list_related&playnext=1&list=AVGxdCwVVULXcnfed9OmjkCrdSu-Q9FNpC

Nicky.

[Nicky007]

NP  Winger:  Karma 

This album really fooled me 

I had never really listened to Winger before a couple of weeks ago, when I read a series of reviews at Amazon by S. Craig Caldwell, who displayed good taste (read: my taste), like he wrote that Seventh Wonder's Great Escape was his fave album. He had also written a review on Karma, where he enthused about how the guys had worked with their music since their heyday in the late 80's and early 90's, and how edgy and progressive they had become with Karma (2009).

Well, I thought I'd try'm out then. I started with the early albums. I could hear that, altho they played glam metal, they seemed to have more in'm than most other glam bands 

So I went on to Karma. OK, here was somethin that I could hear I would continue with. But still: edgy? progressive?

Now I'v listened a few times to Supernova, and it sure has crept under my skin. Kip's singing is so emotional, you really get that he's singing his heart out here. And on Witness too, man! And that guitar solo at the end - whew 

Bit like with Ten: nothin glamorous    nothin where you say: these guys are reaching for the stars (not anymore). Just real serious musicians tryin to make great music that gives us listeners a memorable experience, and keeps us hungerin for more. And yes, they succeed 

Guys 

Winger:  Supernova   www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGlrM3h64-w

Winger:  Witness   www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWSVGcivuGs&feature=related


From Wikipedia (my boldface):  About this same time [mid-90's, nb], Lars Ulrich of the band Metallica could be seen throwing a dart on a poster of Kip Winger in the video for "Nothing Else Matters". When asked about this, Kip Winger once stated: "Our band was known to musicians, and a lot of musicians showed up to see me play — watching trying to figure out how I'm playing — we were like the 'hair band' [version of] Dream Theater ... That is why it's the great irony that we ended up on that geeky guy's shirt on Beavis & Butt-head, because Metallica couldn't play what we play, they couldn't do it, they literally — technically couldn't do it. And I'll fucking challenge those chumps to that any day of the week, but we could play their music with our hands tied behind our back. And so, I was a little t'd off about that, but in the end, none of that shit matters..." 

- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winger_%28band%29

Nicky.

[Nicky007]

I'm usually not very fond of keyboard-extravaganza (you might ask yourself why I even bother with prog then)

Tom

You should give Arcturus a run, just like Arena, a keyboard-based group, and also like Arena, avantgarde, and also a great group 

Currently I like Sideshow Symphonies best, but Sham Mirrors is fine too 

I think Mad likes'm too 


NP  Pride

I'm getting this album under my skin now 


Hey guys, don't ya have anything musically interesting to say these days ?  Look who's been filling up the NP thread again 

Nicky.

[Teunis]

Shadow Gallery - Room V

No further comment, it rules  .

[Bupie]

NP Toto : Turn Back 

[Bupie]

NP Edguy - Rocket Ride

[Bupie]

NP Angra : Aurora Consurgens

[Bupie]

NP Kamelot - The Fourth Legacy