i have it. do you have any IMs?

Dargon, unholy trash metal is NOT a genre.

[QUOTE='Devil Inferno']i have it. do you have any IMs?[/QUOTE]

No :upset:

Give me 15 mins and I'll have it uploaded for you.

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[url]http://s18.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=06JUG9BFV5ZXL38JFD7PSM23DW[/url] - Sonata Arctica - My Selene

Sorry it took so long

I may as well bump this as I think I took too long in uploading the song.
[url]http://s18.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=06JUG9BFV5ZXL38JFD7PSM23DW[/url] - Sonata Arctica - My Selene

fine ill freaking do it. gimme like 5 minuets

uh that file doesnt work, like at all, on my computer.
so just to start it back up. ill throw down some songs and try that one some more:
Something Corporate - Me and the Moon (Piano/Alt Rock)
Thousand Foot Krutch - All the Way (Funk/Rock/Rap (only a lil rap))
Across Five Aprils - Blue-eyed Suicide (Metal i guess)

ill haev yousendit links up shortly

That file wont work for me. So here are some otehrs if someone wants to do them whilst i try My Selene again.

Across Five Aprils - Blue-eyed Suicide (Metal?)
Thousand Foot Krutch - All The Way (Funk-Rock)
Something Corporate - Me and the Moon (Piano-alt-rock)

ill have yousendit links up shortly

No, we have to do DI's first.

File still works for me. I thought it would have timed out by now.

I'll do it.

That file doesn't work. It's true.

I can re-upload it if you want/can't find any of the others. Just say the word.

Yeah, re-upload it, if you can.

[url]http://s3.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3N3FZ4G02G0NA3BCTVBJ5WGXIO[/url] should work. Hopefully.

Sorry, doesn't seem to work. :(

Oh well :( I'll see if I can sort it tomorrow, I'll probably just end up doing it.

I'll do it. Dowloaded the song from Lime Wire, took about 15 min.

[B]Sonata Arctica - My Selene[/B]

I have already heard a bunch of their songs, such as Full Moon, Wolf and Raven and Land of the Free, but I have somehow never been impressed by this band, and I'm a power metal fan. Their last album, Reckoning Night, received very good reviews and I wanted to check it out, so here are my thoughts about the 7th track of this album, the only one not written by the singer Tony Kakko.

The song starts pretty quickly, well...not as much as Wolf and Raven does. Fast paced power metal drums with a somewhat slow keyboard melody, definetly a power metal sounding intro. After about 25 seconds comes in a short rythmic riff, nice and heavy. The first verse comes in and, as usual it seems, the entire vocal line is harmonized. I really like vocal harmonies, but I prefer when it is timed right rather than juste always present. Good melody, grows into some pre-chorus anouncing a faster riff to come, which is the chorus. The vocal harmony persists through the chorus as well. Nice melody again, power metalish to the bones, but I think that the vocals lack some energy. I prefer when power metal vocalists are pushing their voice with power and conviction (read Tobias Sammet or Daniel Heinman if you can't figure out what I mean). Another verse-chorus, pretty much the same, still good, not great. At the end of the second chorus there some kind of a bridge (not sure it is the right term), very interesting, best part so far. A guitar solo is up next. It sounds like the dude is going to throw some cheesy melody, but it quickly shifts down to a darker lead part, I like it. They then go back to the heavy palm muted riff they played at the begining and after the first chorus, this time along with the singer. No vocal harmony this time....oh wait...it's back again. Then comes the keyboard solo, very nice, shifting back to where the guitar solo started in terms of tonality, well done. The end of the solo is played by both the guitar and the keys, sounds good. They go back to the pre-chorus/chorus. They repeat the chorus one last time, one third higher, so the vocalist finaly pushes is voice a little, he sounds way better like this in my opinion. The harmonies are very rich in the last chorus, great work there. The last riff is very dark compared to the chorus, gives a nice change of feel in the end.

I liked the song, some parts were very cool, promising for the rest of the album. I'll need to listen to at least one more song though to see if it is worth buying it. This is by no mean a power metal classic, not a great song I will listen to all day long, but it is worth staying in my random playlist. It is a lot more creative and original then the songs I had heard from them. The only thing that keeps me unattracted to this band is the singer. The perpetual vocal harmony gets a little boring and I think he lacks the balls power metal singer usually have. He's got a lot of potential and a very nice vocal tone.

7.5/10


This time I will suggest only two songs from a single band. It is an usigned band, friends of mine. They are currently recording their first pro quality demo.
They play melodic rock, their most notable influences (maybe not on these particular songs) are Cold Play, Red Hot Chili Peppers and a bunch of Brit Pop bands.

The first song was recorded live, but the sound quality is very good.
From their official website (french website, english lyrics) :
Blue Funk Disease - Le Poisson
[url]http://bluefunkdisease.com/demo/Poisson.mp3[/url]

The second one is a little heavier (not metal though) and emotive.
Blue Funk Disease - Chorus
[url]http://s27.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=34NNWOOQI5PGD1MI7E4UUHH0AD[/url]

Would be great if someone could review both ;)

shbump

dibs

Blue Funk Disease - Chorus

I hand't really read you description of the band above.
so I was excoecting some funk, of which I'm not too big a fan.
but i got pleasantly surprised :)

the song:

starts of with some nice emotive guitaring.
at 0:19 another guitar starts palying underneath.
nice, this band is unsigned?
weird, what I hear so far sound s really good.
at 0:50 drums and vocals come in, do I hear any bass?
I don't like the vocals, they remind me of
/thinks
meeh, can't remember, but they sound familair
at 1:23 the instrumental part gets a bit more intersting.
1:55 this sounds great with the backing vocals.
2:25 a great interlude, wow, this is intense, reminds me of katatonia.
2:41 vocals back, it' sounds quite intense now, I really like it.
this reminds me a bit of Creed and the Offspring.

3:12 another interlude, reminds me even more of katatonia and that effect is.
a short vocal part, and once more I swear I'm listening to Katatonia.

the vocals sound better than in the beginning, but are still a bit of a letdown for me.
a little turning more towards screaming at the end.
and
the end :p


wow.
this sounded great
except for the vocals, just not my thing.
although there's nothing wrong technical-wise.
but the rest soubds great, although I couldn't really recognize their influences as you stated.

overal:

4/5

the vocals are the letdown, otherwise it would have scored higher.

my picks:

canvas Solaris - when solar winds collide (instrume(n)tal.
no-man - together we're stranger (ambient soundscapes)
pain of salvation - ending theme ( prog metal)

enjoy

If you can, try to upload the songs to [url]http://www.yousendit.com[/url] so that they're easily avaliable to others.

alright
I'll try to sign up and all, haven't used that program before

give me a sec

You don't need to sign up, just enter your own e-mail address where it asks for one, copy the link provided and paste it here.

canvas solaris - shen solar winds collide
[url]http://s22.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=37EW0A4LCOPEQ0D2P42I8NRQKN[/url]

no-man - together we're stranger
[url]http://s24.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2EALDGBFL6S0N02VTIH1I56DJJ[/url]

sorry, can't be arsed to upload the last one, cause it taking too long

[QUOTE=the2stranger]
the song:

starts of with some nice emotive guitaring.
[/QUOTE]

Actually, it's bass. That should answer to your "do I hear any bass" question.

Thanks for the review, the guys will hear about it. Oh and, they have no idea who Katatonia is, but I agree it is similar in some points.

ok, I'm doing this one

aw man, 11 mb... it'll take a while to get. still going to do it though, be patient