Random: Have you listened to the new Therion? I've read some descriptions/reviews and I'm really curious...

Nope, but I should. I skipped on the leak of it, 'cos of my dislike of leaks, but maybe I should get it.

You need it. Badly. Like now.

It's really good. I'd rank it as my second favorite album by them, behind Sirius B.

It's my favorite, atm.

[QUOTE=Stoic;14149754]Random: Have you listened to the new Therion? I've read some descriptions/reviews and I'm really curious...[/QUOTE]

I think its a great album. Therion finally do what Serius B and Lemuria promised and mixes both styles together.

Well.....you guys got me. :(

Brainstorm's pretty solid and sweet. I'm bad for judging albums by just one listen to a couple of songs, and that there has probably gotten me away from buying some good albums...

All apologies, you guys were right :)

Sorry for the double.....

But is Edguy's "Theater of Salvation" a good buy?

all Edguy is good, they are so awesome live as well. they stole the show when they supported DragonForce, i wish they'd do their own UK tour.

i just saw that Blind Guardian are playing Bloodstock UK this year, i may have to go...only £56 for a 2 day ticket, plus £5 to park my car, and £5 per person to camp.....

Therion's new album - Excellent. It's more "progressive", but it's a terrific album. It's a bit different than what they've done before...it's not as over the top, and the actual instrumentation is a TON more interesting.

Edguy - anything Edguy has done is worth buying.

I love "Vain Glory Opera", but not much else Edguy have done.

I still withhold Mandrake to be their best album in my eyes.

I've just listened to Therion's myspace and I kind of liked the songs off the new album, especially one of them was awesome. I like that Uriah Heep influence (I'm in love with this band) but damn the female vocals :angry:

Son of the Staves of Time is like the greatest song ever.

I think my favorite song off the CD so far is the title track. I like the little sweep/tapping thing he does at the beginning of that solo...and I love the rest of the song too. Path of Arcady, Son of the Staves of Time, and Wand of Abaris are my other favorites.

[QUOTE=Hardhat;14154378]I think my favorite song off the CD so far is the title track. I like the little sweep/tapping thing he does at the beginning of that solo...and I love the rest of the song too. Path of Arcady, Son of the Staves of Time, and Wand of Abaris are my other favorites.[/QUOTE]

Stop being fat, you fatty

[QUOTE=Stoic;14139121]Dude. I had heard Odin and Head of the Deceiver back in the day and they sound much different now. More "modern". Less speed. :-\[/QUOTE]

Indeed, but that does not make them any less good. They've matured in their songwriting and it shows. They're still WIZARD. It's a sound that's distinctively simple, yet maintains a very high quality product. It's slower, but much heavier than previous albums. This one's more akin to Odin than Magic Circle (their last disc) which maintained the WIZARD speed that we've come to expect.

GOOCHAN is much slower, but mmm so solid and still so WIZARD. A lot of bands mature to a point where their music changes and becomes something else completely (see: Blind Guardian, Nostradameus), but WIZARD has managed to keep their sound in tact and yet deliver an entirely new sound each and every album.

I love Trul. I'm a sucker for female vocals, and that one works really well with them.

Just over a week and I'm going to see them again.

NP: Therion - Wisdom and the cage

[QUOTE=Animosity;14151580]Sorry for the double.....

But is Edguy's "Theater of Salvation" a good buy?[/QUOTE]

It's a good album. It's the only full album of theirs that I heard though. I've heard songs from others, but not complete albums. Vain Glory Opera is the one I want now. I have the self titled track which is amazing. Awsome chorus.

I really enjoy [I]Theater of Salvation[/I] after a couple of spins. I like it more than my other Edguy, [I]Hellfire Club[/I]. I'm loving the mass amount of melodies this album offers :)

I just ordered the first Lost Horizon album. They're too good. I'm making the "A Flame to the Ground Beneath" cover my Avatar. I wish it was bigger though :(

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If someone feels generous ;)

What are Lost Horizon like?? I've seen a couple avatars of them.

They play the epic and cheesy brand of Power Metal. Some of the most grandiose and uplifting music around, they make me feel like I can fly.

They are brilliance defined. Easily some of the most talented musicians in power metal today, even if Daniel left them. :( Seriously, he had a seriously powerful voice with huge range.

I wonder if I could get to Download and Bloodstock, after all, I'm probably only getting a Download day ticket for the Sunday and Maiden...

[QUOTE=Cocaine;14162243]I just ordered the first Lost Horizon album. They're too good. I'm making the "A Flame to the Ground Beneath" cover my Avatar. I wish it was bigger though :(

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If someone feels generous ;)[/QUOTE]

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[QUOTE=Riva;14163016]They are brilliance defined. Easily some of the most talented musicians in power metal today, even if Daniel left them. :( Seriously, he had a seriously powerful voice with huge range.[/QUOTE]

Some of the notes he hit were inhumanly high. I love his voice, it's so great. I didn't know he left, though.:eek:

5000 POSTS!! :eek:


NP: Rage - Speak of the Dead

Yeah, I didn't know he left. Bummer. Lost Horizon is awesomely good. A Flame to the Ground Beneath and Awakening the World are great albums. As far as Edguy goes, I've been whoring the piss out of the track Sacrifice from the new album Rocket Ride. Sweet song, but album on the whole, not as good as previous material.

NP: Metal Church - Gods of Wrath