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Last page, people were talking about Italian prog. Allow me to contribute: Alusa Fallax - Intorno alla mia cattiva educazione (When that Almodóvar movie "La mala educación" came out, I had to laugh because I had just gotten into this album, and their titles translate to basically the same thing) Osanna - L'uomo Palepoli by them is also good, and those are the only 2 I know from Osanna
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Just randomly came across Ingranaggi della Valle and their album In Hoc Signo sounds pretty promising.
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Dec 11, 2013 21:26
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Allen Wren posted:
When I first heard it on my college radio station way back in 1999, I thought it was from the 90s renaissance lineup (which was Michael Dunford and some other chick). I think it was called "The Other Woman". Up to that point I had only heard bits and pieces of "The Other Woman" so I couldn't tell. I could tell it wasn't Annie Haslam, but it had a sound like they were going for the old Renaissance sound. I never said it was as good as classic 70s Renaissance, but it was reminiscent of it. Sort of like Blackmore's Night's attempt to recapture that sound, and being somewhat successful, but for the most part inferior to the original. Evanescence has that sound as well, albeit with more of an emo flavor.
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Dec 11, 2013 21:52
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Just getting caught up and I'm kind of surprised no one said anything about Dream Theater's latest album, but I don't really blame anyone for not bringing it up either. I asked a buddy of mine what he thought and he said "One song reminded me of Kamelot. Another song sounded like Rush. That's about all I remember I guess." Really disappointed because I had considered Portnoy's influence on the band to be a negative thing, and thought we'd get another SFaM with all the positive energy flowing. You can actually hear Myung a little now, there are no idiotic growls in the backing vocals, and no songs whining about alcoholism - but all that's left is a directionless mish-mash of uninspired instrument wankery. I keep hoping it will grow on me like some of their other recent albums, but that hasn't been the case so far. Illumination Theory is pretty badass, I'll give them that. edit: instead of just being negative, I have recently found Cynic - Traced in Air and the whole thing is really good, especially 'Nunc Stans' and 'The Space For This': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUOxNaq35TU luchadornado fucked around with this message at 22:05 on Dec 12, 2013 |
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Dec 12, 2013 21:36
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As a big Dream Theater fan boy and given how much I (surprisingly) liked A Dramatic Turn of Events, the s/t was rather a let down. It's probably their only album that I feel is a directionless mish-mash like you say. Grumble grumble. Maybe the next one will be better. They do seem to be going through a rather long "on again, off again" phase in terms of output. See now I want to listen to some more Cynic. While Traced In Air wasn't Focus pt2, I'm sort of glad it wasn't. Got that twist on it while still being awesome, even when played live. Their new album will probably follow the pattern of moving further away from metal. If you haven't heard it yet, try out The Portal Tapes. It's all the recordings they made as Portal after Cynic split up. Very chilled prog rock / jazz stuff.
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Dec 12, 2013 22:49
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if you like Portal try Exivious. Same vein, with Tymon from Cynic, and the drummer from Textures. I forget who else is in it. It's like heavy jazz fusion. As far as the next Cynic goes, I'm not too excited because Re-Traced was dull, and Aeon Spoke, Paul's side project, is also fairly dull, but definitely pleasant. I see them going more in that direction which is disappointing.
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DroneRiff posted:See now I want to listen to some more Cynic. While Traced In Air wasn't Focus pt2, I'm sort of glad it wasn't. Got that twist on it while still being awesome, even when played live. Their new album will probably follow the pattern of moving further away from metal. Yeah the promo track is... not really getting me excited, to be honest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdu8Ee9zBk0 The vocal melodies sound really stock and cheesy, and I'm not a fan of the lyrics. It doesn't seem to have much of the jazz influence on the last 2 albums or the world music/space rock angle of CBA to me. Eh.
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Dec 12, 2013 22:53
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Yeah it sounds like they just ran Aeon Spoke through some Cynic Filters.
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Dec 12, 2013 22:56
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It definitely isn't nearly as inspiring as any other Cynic. Still looking forward to the album, but yeah I hope the vocals are better on other tracks. Those lyrics are really stupid, and the melody sounds very forced.
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Dec 12, 2013 23:26
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So I just found this album and I think it's one of the best debuts I've ever heard from a progressive metal outfit, especially considering they are from Spain of all places. Well produced (if a bit on the loud side, vocals are undermixed), very atmospheric, emotional, and powerful music. I'm not sure how to describe it. Riverside meets Enslaved meets BTBAM with the powerful and bombastic style of Symphony X? I'm kind of terrible at describing these things but check it out. Download or listen to the whole thing on bandcamp: Carving Colours - No way but forwards
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Dec 18, 2013 04:37
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Has anyone else heard any of Road to Red, the King Crimson live box set? There's loads of great stuff there, but having just heard CD 20, the final tour performance, that set is worth checking out even if you aren't interested in the whole thing. I haven't heard a more ferocious version of 21st Century Schizoid Man, Fracture is beautifully tense and Starless - which is a great track but previously wouldn't have made my list of favourites - is utterly jaw dropping here. The sound quality on this show is a little low (it various across the box set) but it's still amazing.
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Dec 18, 2013 21:04
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il_cornuto posted:Has anyone else heard any of Road to Red, the King Crimson live box set? There's loads of great stuff there, but having just heard CD 20, the final tour performance, that set is worth checking out even if you aren't interested in the whole thing. I haven't heard a more ferocious version of 21st Century Schizoid Man, Fracture is beautifully tense and Starless - which is a great track but previously wouldn't have made my list of favourites - is utterly jaw dropping here. The sound quality on this show is a little low (it various across the box set) but it's still amazing. The second half of Starless is one of my favourite crimson passages ever even in its studio form, so I should probably check that out.
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Dec 18, 2013 21:12
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I thought the Great Deciever was an excellent box set that was just too heavy on the repetition for me. I don't know what to make out of this!
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JAMOOOL posted:I thought the Great Deceiver was an excellent box set that was just too heavy on the repetition for me. I don't know what to make out of this! You probably wouldn't like it then. The draw is mainly just hearing all the different bits of live improvisation - both whole pieces and within the actual tracks - so if hearing the same track 15 times with different solos and fills and so on doesn't appeal, it's probably not worth it. There are individual examples where a track sounds significantly different from usual - the 21st Century Schizoid Man I mentioned above for example - but often it's subtler. I'm probably only going to go the whole thing once more, taking note of which my favourite versions are/which I think are notable, then make a "best of" playlist and forget about the rest. Also I am sorely disappointed at the total lack of Larks Tongues (Part One). They haven't even got the two included in the Great Deceiver.
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Dec 23, 2013 11:54
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Someone recommended I look in this thread for an answer, hopefully you guys can help me out.LoteShiva posted:A friend showed me this band a while back. We listened to a few songs and it was awesome. Unfortunately, for the life of me I can't remember the band, the album name, song titles, or any lyrics. All I can remember is that it was a concept album about a ship's crew that finds a magical island upon which they get hunted by natives, their ship wrecks, and the adventure ends in tragedy.
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Dec 24, 2013 16:23
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IIRC Motorpsycho did a collaboration concept album with a Norwegian musician about the adventures of a ship, The Death Defying Unicorn.
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a medical mystery posted:IIRC Motorpsycho did a collaboration concept album with a Norwegian musician about the adventures of a ship, The Death Defying Unicorn. Motorpsycho. That's the one! Thanks a lot man!
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Dec 24, 2013 18:07
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Saw this today, Dream Theater released a torrent of free live tracks that weren't on their latest live album: http://www.dreamtheater.net/news/happy-holidays-dream-theater-88331
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Dec 26, 2013 03:18
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Sauska posted:well chrome hoof has a new album out this year and it's a goody Aha, I knew the name was familiar - they're one of many bands associated with Kavus Torabi, and share some members with his group Knifeworld(who are also worth checking out). Also related to the above, I can't believe I've spent so long stubbornly not listening to Karda Estra, when it's clearly the sort of thing that pushes all my prog buttons. They've even got a free album and everything.
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Dec 28, 2013 02:29
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A local (Stockholm, Sweden) Progressive Metal band called Structural Disorder, who sort of remind me of bands like early Pain of Salvation, and Haken, have released a couple of songs from their upcoming debut album, and it's super good. Plus they have an accordion player. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlFInwGCvhw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3DwnoOW3WE
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Jan 11, 2014 00:21
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Nice find, Thanks
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Being a huge Dream Theater fanboy and apologist, I have to weigh in on their new album. I agree that tit just didn't grab me at all. I think part of the problem is that everyone had these lofty expectations of "Portnoy's gone! Now they'll make Images and Words again!", alongside DT making it a self-titled album which generally insinuates "We're changing up our sound a whole bunch and now we are reborn", and it just sounds like B sides from A Dramatic Turn of Events. Some of the songs are fun and good at their core, but they need more polish. "The Looking Glass" sounds like a pretty good Rush-tribute song, but then it ends REALLY suddenly, like almost in the middle of a verse. Also "Surrender to Reason" is another Rush-tribute song, at least at the beginning, so we get it, you like Alex Lifeson. Enigma Machine sounds like it'll be a fun instrumental to see live, but Illumination Theory sounds like they made a few short songs, and then went "eh, we need to have a 20+ minute track on the album. Let's just stitch them together with some cheesy orchestration and random ambient stuff." It's not their worst album, and at times it's great and hey, Myung's writing again, it's just not the sum of its parts.
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Jan 14, 2014 19:44
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If by any chance you've listened to the latest Ayreon's album and didn't look up his guest singers, you really should give Toehider a go. They are Australian, and they are a lot of fun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHP_SDCb1-0 And their vocalist is amazing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnG5iLR9g9k Not sure if 'avant-garde' qualifies as prog, but someone has mentioned Arcturus, so yeah, whatever, here's some Finns with an unpronounceable band name: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAbahejW5EE Their klezmer is what does it for me, though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryVJG9zDZxU
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Paladinus posted:Not sure if 'avant-garde' qualifies as prog, but someone has mentioned Arcturus, so yeah, whatever, here's some Finns with an unpronounceable band name: Veering more offtopic, but if you're into weird bands with klezmer influences, definitely check out the complete lineup from every Honkfest (start with Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band, which is a constant staple at the festival). Vulture Culture fucked around with this message at 02:02 on Jan 15, 2014 |
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Jan 15, 2014 01:47
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No idea where you can buy an actual CD in the US. I reckon, you can buy most of their stuff digitally from usual places like iTunes or Amazon.Misogynist posted:Veering more offtopic, but if you're into weird bands with klezmer influences, definitely check out the complete lineup from every Honkfest (start with Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band, which is a constant staple at the festival). And to neatly cover up the offtopic, another band I've recently discovered is Ideamen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHNKhZbF-8c
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Jan 15, 2014 02:15
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Okay so a new Blackfield album [Steven Wilson side project with Israeli musician Aviv Geffen] comes out and no one bothers to tell me? Frig you guys! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvqGM-Cmx0w
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Jan 16, 2014 17:33
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nihil morari posted:Okay so a new Blackfield album [Steven Wilson side project with Israeli musician Aviv Geffen] comes out and no one bothers to tell me? Frig you guys!
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Jan 16, 2014 18:58
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Misogynist posted:I stopped caring after Welcome to My DNA was loving awful, honestly. And Wilson's basically just a guest musician these days. There's no 'basically' about it, he is just a guest now
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Jan 16, 2014 19:11
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The first Blackfield album is really good. Classic soft-rock stuff. The second album was terrible and slightly annoying. I just assumed the rest of them were terrible too, is this correct?
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Jan 16, 2014 19:17
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You're all wrong! 
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Attitude Indicator posted:The first Blackfield album is really good. Classic soft-rock stuff. The second album was terrible and slightly annoying. If you thought the second one was terrible, you're going to find the rest absolutely abysmal.
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The first album is pretty great, but geeze, I really don't get the hate for the other albums. I like them all :/
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Speaking of, anyone else catch Blackfield on the Welcome to My DNA tour and find them to be unbelievably loud? I caught them at Irving Plaza in 2011, and maybe it's just the Anathema acoustic set that preceded them, but even from the balcony level my ears were ringing with earplugs in. Good show anyway, but I regretted it a little bit for a few days afterwards.
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Jan 19, 2014 09:02
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I've been poking around a bit with Barclay James Harvest's stuff on Spotify. Did they ever try to repeat the sound of Galadriel and Mocking Bird on anything else?
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Misogynist posted:Speaking of, anyone else catch Blackfield on the Welcome to My DNA tour and find them to be unbelievably loud? I caught them at Irving Plaza in 2011, and maybe it's just the Anathema acoustic set that preceded them, but even from the balcony level my ears were ringing with earplugs in. Good show anyway, but I regretted it a little bit for a few days afterwards. I caught them on that tour, and I remember my ears ringing pretty badly afterwards, but not necessarily unbearably loudly. But yeah, it was Anathema's first or second US show, and apparently they had a bunch of Visa issues, so it was like, two of them doing acoustic versions... which probably didn't help things. Personally, I listen to "Open Mind" and "Blackfield" and go "yeah this is awesome!" and then for some reason just immediately tune to something else. I really like the first two tracks, but I don't think I could tell you any other tracks on any other albums, not because they're bad or mediocre, but just because I never get that far.
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Wish there was a better quality version of this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6DnazR840k Instrumental medley of DT's A Change of Seasons into LTE's Paradigm Shift, awesome poo poo.
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I always really liked Portnoy's drumming and thought he was the best part of watching Dream Theater live (I've only seen their dvds). He was way more animated than the other guys in the band. Speaking of Portnoy, anyone else listen to the new Transatlantic album? I think it's pretty great and way better than The Whirlwind, which I didn't really like at all. Plus Gildenlow got to sing lead on a verse which was a nice touch.
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Ingram posted:Wish there was a better quality version of this video. The bassist has way better stage presence than Myung has ever had.
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Helicity posted:Just getting caught up and I'm kind of surprised no one said anything about Dream Theater's latest album, but I don't really blame anyone for not bringing it up either. I asked a buddy of mine what he thought and he said "One song reminded me of Kamelot. Another song sounded like Rush. That's about all I remember I guess." Cynic's out with a brand new album, it's good and you should listen to it
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Callick posted:Cynic's out with a brand new album, it's good and you should listen to it I actually kinda hated Kindly Bent To Free Us when I first heard it, but after giving it a serious chance it has grown on me and I feel like it's a great album. I had to get out of the metal mindset and take it for what it was - a prog rock album by Cynic. The bass lines and mix are loving perfect too. I also thought the lyrics were utter poo poo at first as well, but they've become kind of endearing in their floaty silly Buddhist way... even 'snap, crackle and pop'.
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