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Shadowmire
May 3rd 2018


6660 Comments


yes

Davil667
May 3rd 2018


4075 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

This is every bit as good as Images, absolutely on par. But just as KILL said production on here is perfect and the darker atmosphere slightly tips the scale to this one for me.

kalkwiese
May 4th 2018


11052 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

^This

Also I&W has Another Day (I enjoy it btw, but it's kind of a weak link)

FacelessMan
May 4th 2018


1101 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

images wit dis production tho...

TheSpaceMan
May 4th 2018


13614 Comments


ngl ive only heard oct and tell everyone that its their best

Fowo
May 4th 2018


742 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

@kalkwiese

yeah it is, no wonder he sounds so bad right now, he never payed a lot of attention to correct technique or voice conservation.



Am I the only one who never really got into Images? The only songs I like is metropolis and pull me under of which I've already grown tired

kalkwiese
May 4th 2018


11052 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

His technique wasn't too bad tbf and he had a killer voice, but he had some technical issues and going into these extremes probably didn't help either. It's really a shame.

That's part of why I will never blame a singer for stopping doing extreme vocals (e.g. Serj Tankian, Mikael Ã…kerfeldt), because they're just really self responsible



Edit: I needed some time to get into I&W, but I really love it now. Surrounded, man. What a tune!

Fowo
May 4th 2018


742 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Under video with LaBrie's live fails there was this guy who claimed to be vocal teacher. There was a huge ass discussion about James'es voice so the guy created a Youtube channel (lol) to explain what did he mean and even started uploading regular videos about vocs. He also did 40min video breaking down what exactly went wrong during LaBrie's career. There it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3fGgEciPcI&t=1s

Still a solid truth, the way he sounds on Awake is insane. I've tried singing Mirror so many times and it's a rarity I could reach all the notes without my voice breaking or changing into falsetto.



Don't have that much time this month to listen to music but I should probably try IAM again sometime, I'll give you that. It's been ages since I tried to sit down with all of the songs from it.

kalkwiese
May 5th 2018


11052 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I know this videos too and you're right, if we take his definition of technique then JLB's technique was pretty shitty, haha. But he had some awesome control about his voice back then, that's what I meant

CalculatingInfinity
May 5th 2018


9941 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

@Fowo: Great find, thanks for that. Also, the comments section for the downward spiral of James Labrie has some great insight from another vocal coach. Also imo Images is easily their best to jam it again.

kalkwiese
May 5th 2018


11052 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

IT'S NOT AS HARD AS IT SEeEEEMS!

Fowo
May 5th 2018


742 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

@CalculatingInfinity



Actually it's the one I've been talking about, I forgot Ravenskill Rebel Militia uploaded 2 seperate videos (both fails and spiral). The video I linked above is the same guy from the comments.

Meridiu5
May 5th 2018


4208 Comments


Golden-age DT will always hold a special place in my collection

Xenorazr
May 5th 2018


1466 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

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Heck, I'll always have a soft spot for BC&SL (maybe not the lyrics though) and ADToE too.

Meridiu5
May 5th 2018


4208 Comments


Count of Tuscany 5ever
Get into my car! Lets go for a DRIVE!

Xenorazr
May 5th 2018


1466 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Along the way I'll be your guide just step inside!

sonictheplumber
September 2nd 2018


17600 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

yo

sonictheplumber
September 2nd 2018


17600 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

6 o cock

Casavir
September 2nd 2018


5676 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Kevin Moore was an integral part of DT's early albums.

sonictheplumber
September 2nd 2018


17600 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

no shit



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