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[Bupie]

Hey Bups, these guys are real heavy 

Right, and so ... ? 

One of my pantheon groups. I can particularly recommend their latest two albums, Something Wicked Part 1 & 2 

Nicky.

Let me digest this triple live CD first (after a brief hesitation, I picked it over JP's Nostradamus, they were disposable at the same prize), I'll see afterwards for the studio albums 

[Nicky007]

after a brief hesitation, I picked it over JP's Nostradamus

So next time you'l pick a Britney Spears album instead of Nostra 

Nicky.

[Bupie]

So next time you'l pick a Britney Spears album instead of Nostra 

I doubt it : you have found your Celine but I haven't found my Britney yet ... 

Back to Iced Earth, interesting that you recommend their last two since they are the ones that received the worst critics, press and fans alike, of their whole discography. If I don't mistake, the first is with Owens on vocals and the latter with Barlow : his return had raised a lot of enthusiasm amongst the fans but they seem very disappointed by the musical result, not because of Barlow's performance but because of Schaffer's compositions. Could you tell me more about the whole thing ?

[Steve Jones]

Nevermore - Dreaming Neon Black...

...and I've just had an e-mail to say "The Obsidian Conspiracy" has despatched

[Teunis]

Buggles - The Age of Plastic 

[Iggy]

Anaesthetise - Porcupine Tree   

[Bupie]

Fish - Return To Childhood

CD 2 - Track 3 : Lavender 

[Teunis]

Ayreon - Flight of the Migrator 

[The Butterfly Man]

Anaesthetise - Porcupine Tree   

Is that a new song or something?

NP: Anathema - We're Here Because We're Here

Tom

[funkster]

Nick Drake - Bryter Layter

[Manatee]

Played: IQ - The Seventh House

Next Up: Something from the car collection, probably Yes - Going for the One

By the way, it's Memorial Day Weekend here, which means everyone will eat and drink too much.  Cheers.

[Teunis]

Muse - Black Holes & Revalations
IQ - Tales From The Lush Attic

[Iggy]

Rain - Cerulean Blue

[Bupie]

NP Arena - Pepper's Ghost 

[Nicky007]

I doubt it : you have found your Celine but I haven't found my Britney yet ...  

You were on your way to buy a copy of Nostra, and in a whim you took another album  

I have to keep reminding myself that you'r a Frenchie. Frenchies are like women: They don't submit to logic  

Well, if you had to do a trick like that, Iced Earth certainly isnt the worst you could choose  

Could you tell me more about the whole thing ?

Guess I could  

Yeah, I was offline for a few days, out in the countryside  

OK, so what are my credentials re this matter ?  I have listened a lot to Framing Armageddon and The Crucible Of Man, thrice to The Glorious Burden, and to some tracks on the other IE albums.

One of the things I like about IE is that their lyrics are so intriguing. The Glorious Burden is about defining moments in the history of the USA. Armageddon and Crucible are about ... yeah, what ?  Well, quite a lotta things, amongst others about how humans have defaulted on treating this planet well. Long ago another race fled into the mountains, and now they'r so frustrated about us humans (particularly the French   ) that they'r preparing to take over instead of us. So they'r training a newborn baby in all the arts to be the leader of this cause. Whew, quite something  

Musically Armageddon is my fave IE album. That's cuz ... it's great    It's got good beats, most of'm quite fast (mainman Jon Schaffer is an acknowledged rhythm guitarist), lotta melody, Ripper is a fabulous singer (he's also terrific on Priest's Demolition and Jugulator, and on his own group Beyond Fear's albums), and there's some masterly musicianship by some of the best musicians around.

Crucible is also great, and Matt Barlow sings excellently - he is one of the best metal singers -  but he doesnt grip me nearly as much as Ripper  

Well, Matt's a great guy, he became a police officer due to 9/11, returned to rock after some years, and was the original IE singer and a good friend and brother-in-law of Jon, so .....  

And now we have Ripper's fine group Beyond Fear. I'v listened a couple'o times to their self-titled album. Takes time. Very heavy, there's Ripper's powerful singing, and quite a lotta things goin on. Guys  


Played:

Cynic:  Traced In Air

I had barely registered that Cynic had put out this album in 2008. Pretty much automatically I had added it to my SL. Now I got a chance to listen to it. And man, what an experience  

Well, get together the two Seans, add Paul Masvidal, and what do you expect ?  

All albums with these guys are toprate, but on Traced you have something extra:  The expected maniacal exciting musicianship, but also some surprisingly classy guitarplaying, and singing and harmonies that are beyond this world, in more than one sense    Reminded me of Three - surprisingly - but the Cynic guys really topped their instrumentation with some wonderful ethereal singing. That's mainly Paul's work; he really puts effort into forming and intonating the words.

Traced In Air is a groundbreaking masterpiece. After about ten minutes I knew that Cynic had to go into my pantheon  

Tom, Mad, Iggy, Jonesy (hey, stay for a while, man)  


Adagio:  Sanctus Ignis  &  Dominate

Sanctus is from 2001, their debut album, and Dominate is from 2005, their third album. Four years between, but man, are they different:  Sanctus is very SyXish, many references to classical music, and should be accessible to most Roomies. Dominate is very heavy and dark.

Looking forward to hearing their latest album Archangels In Black (2009).

Guess the Frenchies can do a thing or two well.

Guess I kept Sideshow and played it a few more times  

Nicky.

[funkster]

Exodus - Tempo of the damned 

[The Butterfly Man]

NP: Anathema - We're Here Because We're Here

Man, Dreaming Light is such a beautiful song! My emotions during my first listen went from to to to to . It's just...really great.

Anathema is back...finally!

Tom

[Manatee]

NP: Anathema - We're Here Because We're Here

Man, Dreaming Light is such a beautiful song! My emotions during my first listen went from to to to to . It's just...really great.

Anathema is back...finally!

Tom

Tom, does that mean you weren't impressed with their other recent albums or was it just a long wait?  I just have A Natural Disaster, and I'm interested in another to try.

[Iggy]

Tom, does that mean you weren't impressed with their other recent albums or was it just a long wait?  I just have A Natural Disaster, and I'm interested in another to try.

Judgement should be your next purchase imo or We're here because we're here.

Hindsight (the last track) off we're here because we're here was the first to grab me.

NP We're here because we're here.

[Bupie]

BÖC - Fire Of Unknown Origin 

[The Butterfly Man]

Tom, does that mean you weren't impressed with their other recent albums or was it just a long wait?  I just have A Natural Disaster, and I'm interested in another to try.

No, I was actually very impressed with their other 'recent' albums, but the last regular studio-album dates back to 2003! In the meantime they did release an acoustic album entitled Hindsight in 2008 (if I'm not mistaken) which consists of re-worked versions of older songs. Also a very good album, but I was looking forward to a whole new studio-album so I'm glad they finally found a recordlabel and came up with this great album.

If you like A Natural Disaster I think you should buy the new album next, and then work your way back with A Fine Day To Exit and Judgement.

NP: Judas Priest - Nostradamus

Tom

[Bupie]

NP Magenta - Metamorphosis
Magenta is really a special band for me. Along with Transatlantic, they are my favorite current symphonic prog band. I am really touched by their sense of melody and poetry.

[Manatee]

No, I was actually very impressed with their other 'recent' albums, but the last regular studio-album dates back to 2003! In the meantime they did release an acoustic album entitled Hindsight in 2008 (if I'm not mistaken) which consists of re-worked versions of older songs. Also a very good album, but I was looking forward to a whole new studio-album so I'm glad they finally found a recordlabel and came up with this great album.

If you like A Natural Disaster I think you should buy the new album next, and then work your way back with A Fine Day To Exit and Judgement.

Tom

Judgement should be your next purchase imo or We're here because we're here.

Hindsight (the last track) off we're here because we're here was the first to grab me.

NP We're here because we're here.

Thanks guys.  The new one won't be released here for another week, so I think I'll grab Judgement.  If the quality is as expected, I'll probably pick up the rest of them eventually.

JP:  Devin Townsend Project - Addicted
      Devin Townsend - Physicist

[Iggy]

Thanks guys.  The new one won't be released here for another week, so I think I'll grab Judgement.  If the quality is as expected, I'll probably pick up the rest of them eventually.

JP:  Devin Townsend Project - Addicted
      Devin Townsend - Physicist

You may not want to go back to the beginning unless you like growly music.

[funkster]

Hexenhaus - a tribute to insanity