[QUOTE=Scorch;14673697]Speaking of..is anyone waiting else waiting in anticipation for the the new Black Majesty album?

And yeah. i Got Angra's Aurora Consurgens and uhm. I'm disappointed in them.[/QUOTE]

Hah, that's exactly the reason I came in here. To say that it's out...or it leaked.

Either way, I'm getting it.

any Sonata Arctica fans here? or too few to have an own Sonata Arctica Thread here?

Just watched the love DVD for the second time and they are soooo great :D i love em... tbh. recently i love SA more than CoB ^^

I quite like Angra's new album.

Sonata Arctica have some pretty awesome stuff, but I'm not too impressed with their new album, not nearly enough double bass driven songs for my tastes.

Haha One of the guitar sales guys at work today asked me if I had heard Rhapsody on Fire. Ever since I played some folk/viking metal at work he thinks I'm big into power metal or something.

yeah, their new album is going to suck ... but i was speaking about all of their work, not only Unia.

well i am ashamed to say that i ahve soiled my ears, i listend to a Rhapsody album (triumph or agony) and i liked it, so i must have more.

are there any particular ones that outshine the rest of them?

Well, everything else they've done outshines Triumph Or Agony. I'm personally partial to Legendary Tales, but Symphony Of Enchanted Lands (both 1 and 2) are great.

I like [I]Symphony of Enchanted Lands 2[/I] and [I]Power of the Dragonflame[/I] the best.

Dawn of Victory has some good tracks, too. Triumph For My Magic Steel ftw.

[QUOTE=repcak;14703079]any Sonata Arctica fans here? or too few to have an own Sonata Arctica Thread here?

Just watched the love DVD for the second time and they are soooo great :D i love em... tbh. recently i love SA more than CoB ^^[/QUOTE]

I'm a huge SA fan... not so much into rhapsody though, only a couple of songs

[I]Dawn Of Victory[/I] is worth it just for Holy Thunderforce.

:lol: :lol: @ the Holy Thunderforce accent comp

The video for that song is the cheesiest thing ever.

No, I take that back. The video for Rain Of A Thousand Flames is the cheesiest thing ever. Photoshopped lightning in your hands is NOT cool.

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Read my Unia review.

Cheesier than the extended video for Unholy Warcry?

I can't say I've seen that one.

I've seen a live one that they did with Christopher Lee sitting on a plush chair reading and narrating though. That was up there pretty high in terms of cheese.

[QUOTE=Shattered_Future;14754474]I can't say I've seen that one.

I've seen a live one that they did with Christopher Lee sitting on a plush chair reading and narrating though. That was up there pretty high in terms of cheese.[/QUOTE]

Dude the video has him standing awkwardly dressed in royal garb, complete with a crown and everything.

[url]http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZYpxQEPzpJk[/url]

...

Well then...

Nah, I still have to say Rain Of A Thousand Flames is cheesier. Half naked vampire chick, photoshopped lightning, and the band fighting a giant yellow orb.

HAHA! That was done by our old label boss (along with a guy called Neil Johnson) when we were at Metal Warriors! Those guys are working on a feature film right now, love it or hate it: [url]http://www.metalwarriors.com[/url]

Just a heads up for you guys too, and I know there's a couple of Dungeon / LORD fans here, that we've uploaded some very rough early demos of the new LORD album if you want to check 'em out: [url]http://www.myspace.com/lordaus[/url] (check out the Early Demo Teaser song in the music player)

It's only up 'til Midnight (Sydney Australia time) so be quick. Pretty rough stuff, but should give you an idea of what we'll be dishing up come August! Hope you like it! :)

I left a comment on your myspace too, but I'll here say it here as well. It sounds great, Tim. Your voice is still bloody awesome, and I can't wait for August now, definitely getting a copy of the album. :p Keep you eating steak for a bit longer, at least.

HAHAHA! Yay! :p

Those were pretty ordinary vocals, I thought... it's actually really surprising me that people are giving me compliments for them, to be honest!

Thanx for checking it out, dude! :)

Preview from the new Slough Feg album. Huge disappointment. The Glory ended with Traveller I'm afraid. People who have listened to the entire discography will understand :(

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I didn't think it was that bad. But then again, I only have Traveller and Avatism, and I like them both.

[QUOTE=Trev;14756157]I didn't think it was that bad. But then again, I only have Traveller and Avatism, and I like them both.[/QUOTE]

Definitely go for any of the older albums then. They thing is they've been repeating themselves too much since Atavism. Traveller was a huge step forward but instead of evolving this amazing new style of theirs they started going backwards, writing shallow and forced songs :'( Judging by their standards of course. Even the worse Slough Feg album sounds better than the majority of modern power/heavy metal out there.

[QUOTE=Stoic;14701941]Ollie, Ollie, who's Ollie? :confused:

<-<[/QUOTE]

/Draws axe
/Decapitates
/Licks blade

Mmm...Slouvaki flavour

:lol:

/Nostalgia <3 :(

I keep wanting to talk about Children Of Bodom, Norther and Kalmah and people get angry if I use the Melo-Death thread. So here we are!

I just got into Norther and I enjoy their album Mirror Of Madness.

I also really like Kalmah's The Black Waltz, any other fans?

Have you tried the big CoB thread yet?
[url]http://www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=498287&page=104&highlight=Children+Bodom[/url]

[QUOTE=Stoic;15018387]Have you tried the big CoB thread yet?
[url]http://www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=498287&page=104&highlight=Children+Bodom[/url][/QUOTE]

Yeah thanks smart[I]a[/I]ss.

I'm pretty sure Stoic was just trying to help you out.

[QUOTE=Cocaine;15018416]I'm pretty sure Stoic was just trying to help you out.[/QUOTE]

Ok, I just heard the same thing in the Melo-Death thread, thats why I got smart.

But really though:

Kalmah and/or Norther, any fans?

Their alright, not amazing, but they do have their moments.

Bodom's meh (I used to like them a lot, but then I realized they only wrote about 2 or 3 songs), Norther's lame, and Kalmah's new album is very good, but the rest is meh.

I really like Kalmah's vocals, cause they kindof don't belong but they still work.

Kalmah's alright, CoB and Norther I've never really liked. I think it's funny that you really like the vocals for the reason that they are apparently mediocre. :p

[QUOTE=Riva;15018865]Kalmah's alright, CoB and Norther I've never really liked. I think it's funny that you really like the vocals for the reason that they are apparently mediocre. :p[/QUOTE]

Don't belong =/= mediocre.

Don't belong == mediocre in terms of the band's sound, actually. Daniel Heiman in Lost Horizon works. Daniel Heiman in Mithras wouldn't.

[QUOTE=Riva;15018901]Don't belong == mediocre in terms of the band's sound, actually. Daniel Heiman in Lost Horizon works. Daniel Heiman in Mithras wouldn't.[/QUOTE]

While I haven't heard those bands, I can see what you're trying to say. I still like his vocals though.

Do you know of other bands that are considered Power Metal that don't have the cheesy sung vocals?

3 Inches of Blood has very different vocals but tend to get lumped in to the power metal genre... They have some streaming songs on their site:
[url]http://www.3inchesofblood.com/[/url]

Kamelot. They're sung, but they're not cheesy.

Daniel Heiman in his new project doesn't work either. My God...freaking terrible.

Yeah I have some 3 Inches Of Blood and Kamelot, both are pretty decent.