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[Nicky007]

Special is indeed a good word to describe it. Love that album.

At last a serious newbie  

Welcome, Ben-R    - extra welcome cause we had some very unwelcome intruders recently  

Yup, QOTSA have their own very special niche in progworld. Indescribable, gotta be experienced  

I also love all their albums. Era seems most far out, so that's probably why I like it best  


NP  SyX:  The Damnation Game

Already this second album of theirs was/is excellent, has a lotta drive, melody, full-fledged musicianship, and the special SyX sound, altho it's still a long way to "V: The New Mythology Suite"  

Damnation was the first album with Russ Allen. He seems to have been a big improvement over Rod Tyler for the band.

I can thus recom all SyX albums from Damnation to Paradise Lost (2-7) + Live On The Edge Of Forever  

Nicky.

[Nicky007]

JP New Era - Renaissance Revolutiion

New band in the Room. What are they like, Iggy ?  (please a bit more than "good") 

Nicky.

[Iggy]

New band in the Room. What are they like, Iggy ?  (please a bit more than "good")  

Nicky.

Revolution Renaissance is a multinational heavy metal band founded by guitarist Timo Tolkki after he left Stratovarius in 2008. The studio lineup for the New Era album was Michael Kiske, Tobias Sammet and Pasi Rantanen on vocals, Pasi Heikkilä on bass, Joonas Puolakka on keyboards, and Mirka Rantanen on drums. Tolkki himself is the only one included in the permanent lineup, which was announced later. In March of 2009, the band released their second album Age of Aquarius with a permanent lineup. The Band said that it was "by far the darkest, heaviest and most symphonic album that Tolkki has ever been involved in." In October of 2009 Timo Tokki announced that both Justin Biggs and Mike Khalilov have left the band due to musical differences.

Hope that helps. I wouldn't call it run of the mill but neither will it be one of my all time favourites. They're quite good.  

NP Dark Matter - IQ currently the awesome Harvest of Souls.

[Iggy]

Revolution Renaissance is a multinational heavy metal band founded by guitarist Timo Tolkki after he left Stratovarius in 2008. The studio lineup for the New Era album was Michael Kiske, Tobias Sammet and Pasi Rantanen on vocals, Pasi Heikkilä on bass, Joonas Puolakka on keyboards, and Mirka Rantanen on drums. Tolkki himself is the only one included in the permanent lineup, which was announced later. In March of 2009, the band released their second album Age of Aquarius with a permanent lineup. The Band said that it was "by far the darkest, heaviest and most symphonic album that Tolkki has ever been involved in." In October of 2009 Timo Tokki announced that both Justin Biggs and Mike Khalilov have left the band due to musical differences.

Hope that helps. I wouldn't call it run of the mill but neither will it be one of my all time favourites. They're quite good.  

NP Dark Matter - IQ currently the awesome Harvest of Souls.

By the way Stratovarious are quite good too.

[Nicky007]

Hope that helps.

Thanks, Iggy, very informative  

Looks like it's not top priority for me.

Till now, the only Finnish metal that has gripped me is Children Of Bodom.

I have Sonata Arctica's Unia on my shopping list; I'v heard some tracks and it sounds promising.

I'v also heard some Stratovarius, but it hasnt clicked yet.

Can any of you recom some other good Finnish groups/albums (not Nightwish) ?


NP  Library rustles

Nice that it's so quiet here.

Occasionally a Pakistani guy sits here and plays some (what I call) Punjabi jive that all pc users join in on, but that's ok too. I have a good concentration  

Else it's difficult to listen to music here. That's why I usually wait till my sojourns in Malmö with that  

Nicky.

[The Butterfly Man]

NP: Dredg - El Cielo

I went to see Dredg live for the first time a few weeks ago and they were fantastic! Really a great live-band. They maybe are a little too 'alternative' for Roomies at first sight but just underneath the surface there are a lot of proggy moments to be found. Delving deeper into this band is really rewarding. I think their music is pretty original as well. They sound like no other band and I think that's very rare these days.

Dredg is unfortunately also a band that has taken a big hit by today's download-culture. They even stated in a recent interview that this years output 'The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion' may well be their swansong, which makes me very sad...

Tom

[Bupie]

I have Sonata Arctica's Unia on my shopping list; I'v heard some tracks and it sounds promising.
Can any of you recom some other good Finnish groups/albums (not Nightwish) ?

My fave from Sonata Artica is Silence : very melodic and rather easy listening light speed metal. Unia is more demanding, not bad but it hasn't clicked with me so far despite a half dozen listens ...

NP Ten - The Essential Collection 1995-2005  CD 2 : The Ballads

[Ben-R]

At last a serious newbie  

Welcome, Ben-R    - extra welcome cause we had some very unwelcome intruders recently  

Yup, QOTSA have their own very special niche in progworld. Indescribable, gotta be experienced  

I also love all their albums. Era seems most far out, so that's probably why I like it best  

Thanks fo the warm welcome (eventhough i have been "Silently" reading for a while )
Anyway , yeah, seeing those guys live was one hell of an experience..

NP - Drugstore Fanatics "What's born in the basement"  (Yes, still on that one.. )

B.

[Iggy]

Thanks, Iggy, very informative  

Looks like it's not top priority for me.

Till now, the only Finnish metal that has gripped me is Children Of Bodom.

I have Sonata Arctica's Unia on my shopping list; I'v heard some tracks and it sounds promising.

I'v also heard some Stratovarius, but it hasnt clicked yet.

Can any of you recom some other good Finnish groups/albums (not Nightwish) ?


NP  Library rustles

Nice that it's so quiet here.

Occasionally a Pakistani guy sits here and plays some (what I call) Punjabi jive that all pc users join in on, but that's ok too. I have a good concentration  

Else it's difficult to listen to music here. That's why I usually wait till my sojourns in Malmö with that  

Nicky.

Don't think I have any more Finish music.

A friend at work 'forced' me to listen to Stratovarius and I quite liked them. I think Elements is one of their better ones. As I say nice for a change. You may have noticed but I am far more into prog than metal.

[Teunis]

Today:
Steve Thorne - Into The Ether
Muse - The Resistance

Now:
Airbag - Identity

[maddox]

Voyager ~ I Am The ReVolution

Brilliant! 

[Bupie]

The Undertones - Hypnotised

Track 1 : More Songs About Chocolate And Girls

"Sit down - relax and cancel all other engagements
It's never too late to enjoy dumb entertainment"

I think Steve "musicman" Jones would enjoy those lyrics 

[Nicky007]

NP  Dark Tranquillity:  Fiction  &  Character

One of the big Gothenburg metal groups.

The singing is mainly growl, but else the music is not so extreme, and there is a lot of melody, keyboard atmosphere, and tranquil passages. A bit like Skyfire and Andromeda, tho heavier.

Nicky.

[funkster]

NP  Dark Tranquillity:  Fiction  &  Character

One of the big Gothenburg metal groups.

The singing is mainly growl, but else the music is not so extreme, and there is a lot of melody, keyboard atmosphere, and tranquil passages. A bit like Skyfire and Andromeda, tho heavier.

Nicky.

Sounds interesting - a bit Opethish maybe ?

[Nicky007]

Sounds interesting - a bit Opethish maybe ?

Yeah, the heavy metal parts of Opeth; but Opeth have a much greater scope.

Still, Dark Tranquillity's (a third DT) Fiction is worth a listen, sufficiently different from anything else, and Fiction is probably their most varied album to date 

Nicky.

[Teunis]

Shadow Gallery - Digital Ghosts
Steve Thorne - Into The Ether
Gazpacho - Tick Tock

np: Guilt Machine - On This Perfect Day

[maddox]

"Gentlemen, start your Winamp"

...

Mark And Clark Band ~ Worn Down Piano

Nostalgia.

[Teunis]

Neal Morse - One

[Nicky007]

Voyager ~ I Am ReVolution

Nice    - altho where the revolution comes in, I can't quite see 

http://www.myspace.com/voyageraustralia

And there's a Simone for Greenie (on guitar)  

Nicky.

[Manatee]

Nice    - altho where the revolution comes in, I can't quite see 

http://www.myspace.com/voyageraustralia

And there's a Simone for Greenie (on guitar) 

Nicky.

Pleasant with some nice bits to it, but yeah, not exactly a revolution.  Wrong Simone, although she is a redhead.  And Arjen's partner in crime would no doubt be pleased to see someone else playing like a girl (which is the motto of Lori's shredding website).

[Nicky007]

Wrong Simone

So it's not just in a name  


NP  Children Of Bodom

http://www.myspace.com/childrenofbodom

Easily the most exciting Finnish group I'v encountered (imo)  

How come Finns are such suckers for saloon metal ?  

Nicky.

[The Butterfly Man]

NP: Transatlantic - Bridge Across Forever

I felt the desire to give this disc a spin again after the awesomeness that is The Whirlwind! And guess what: It's still as good as when I first heard it.

I'm really hoping for a Transatlantic tour in 2010!

Tom

[maddox]

Anathema ~ A Fine Day To Exit

Surprisingly enough, both the song and the album. 

[Peter]

Jon & Vangelis - [The Friends Of Mr. Cairo (1981)]  #01 - I'll Find My Way Home

great.... where's my bong...

[maddox]

Blind Ego ~ Numb

Still an excellent cd!