Oy, woke up about an hour ago...show last night was brilliant, but i came home barely able to move.

Symphony X wasn't great...they weren't even good.

They were FUC[COLOR=White]K[/COLOR]ING STELLAR.

We missed DEP just so we could get front row for Symphony X...the band comes on, their lead singer (bad with names) did his bit, and they launched straight into Inferno. It was like a freaking bomb went off...everybody watching the band just started screaming and headbanging. They did 4 more songs (didn't know the whole setlist, but I know they played Sea Of Lies and Wicked), and they closed with possibly one of their best songs, Of Sins And Shadows.

As soon as we got to the concert, we hung out in the parking lot for half an hour or so, cause the tickets said the show didn't completely start until 6. We went in, and it turns out we missed 2 acts. Bobaflex (who I could care less about), and NEVERMORE! WE! MISSED! FREAKING! NEVERMORE! I was unbelievably pissed about that.

Symphony X more than made up for that though...I would've gone just for them. Their setlist was superb, and they really know how to work the audience. One of the best performances I've ever seen.

Awesome! Sounds like you had a great time.

[QUOTE=Stoic]hmm...let me see...new Gamma Ray, Requiem (Fin), Children of Bodom, Helloween, Edguy DVD (I think) and the new Blind Guardian in April (:D)[/QUOTE]

Edguy's DVD and EP, both titled Superheroes, are due out next month.

[QUOTE=Shattered_Future]Oy, woke up about an hour ago...show last night was brilliant, but i came home barely able to move.

Symphony X wasn't great...they weren't even good.

They were FUC[COLOR=White]K[/COLOR]ING STELLAR.

We missed DEP just so we could get front row for Symphony X...the band comes on, their lead singer (bad with names) did his bit, and they launched straight into Inferno. It was like a freaking bomb went off...everybody watching the band just started screaming and headbanging. They did 4 more songs (didn't know the whole setlist, but I know they played Sea Of Lies and Wicked), and they closed with possibly one of their best songs, Of Sins And Shadows.

As soon as we got to the concert, we hung out in the parking lot for half an hour or so, cause the tickets said the show didn't completely start until 6. We went in, and it turns out we missed 2 acts. Bobaflex (who I could care less about), and NEVERMORE! WE! MISSED! FREAKING! NEVERMORE! I was unbelievably pissed about that.

Symphony X more than made up for that though...I would've gone just for them. Their setlist was superb, and they really know how to work the audience. One of the best performances I've ever seen.[/QUOTE]
Too bad you missed Nevermore, but great to hear the positives on Symphony X. I'll deffinetly be looking forward to them on the 7th :) .

there will be an iced earth european tour erm... never probably
/checks site

[QUOTE=Stoic]hmm...let me see...new Gamma Ray, Requiem (Fin), Children of Bodom, Helloween, Edguy DVD (I think) and the new Blind Guardian in April (:D)[/QUOTE]

That's awesome, I'm definitely looking forward to the BG one :)
Bodom...I was kinda disappointed with the new single, but whatever, I'll see how it turns out.

And I just realized that Gigantour's next Saturday! :D

[QUOTE=Hells Bells]That's awesome, I'm definitely looking forward to the BG one :)
Bodom...I was kinda disappointed with the new single, but whatever, I'll see how it turns out.

And I just realized that Gigantour's next Saturday! :D[/QUOTE]

Be prepared for one of the best concerts you'll ever see.

Make sure you get in there early too...our tickets got screwed up, and everything started about 2 hours early...

[QUOTE=Shattered_Future]Be prepared for one of the best concerts you'll ever see.

Make sure you get in there early too...our tickets got screwed up, and everything started about 2 hours early...[/QUOTE]

Oh, I'm already anticipating it's gonna be one of the best :D Man, with the bands that are going to be playing, it can't be anything but that. Thanks for the warning though, I'd go insane if I missed 2 hours of the show because of a mistake on the ticket. Mine says 3:30 though...sounds more reasonable than 6.

[QUOTE=Hells Bells]Oh, I'm already anticipating it's gonna be one of the best :D Man, with the bands that are going to be playing, it can't be anything but that. Thanks for the warning though, I'd go insane if I missed 2 hours of the show because of a mistake on the ticket. Mine says 3:30 though...sounds more reasonable than 6.[/QUOTE]

If there's a second stage at your venue, get up there RIGHT after Dry Kill Logic finishes up...that is, if you don't care about DEP.

Front row for Symphony X is unsurpassed...the best experience of the whole night was with them.

[QUOTE=Shattered_Future]If there's a second stage at your venue, get up there RIGHT after Dry Kill Logic finishes up...that is, if you don't care about DEP.

Front row for Symphony X is unsurpassed...the best experience of the whole night was with them.[/QUOTE]

That's the thing, there isn't a second stage at the Molson Ampitheatre...not that I know of anyway. I don't know what they're going to do about that :confused: I really should find out, Symphony X is on the second stage :(

[QUOTE=Shattered_Future]If there's a second stage at your venue, get up there RIGHT after Dry Kill Logic finishes up...that is, if you don't care about DEP.

Front row for Symphony X is unsurpassed...the best experience of the whole night was with them.[/QUOTE]
Incredible. Just what I was hoping for. Symphony X playing when DEP is on the first stage :) . The only band on the first stage I have no care for, and Symphony X, being the only band on the second stage, and one of the reasons I'm going to this event, I have a care for.

I know this is in the middle of a discussion on Symphony X, but I have just found out where it's possible to purchase Tarot's out-of-production album "Stigmata". It took me a while and lots of searching but I got one thru Gemm; it's the special 2 disc set with the bonus live 2nd disc, and only cost about $15.
/very pleased with self :cool:

[QUOTE=Shattered_Future]
Front row for Symphony X is unsurpassed...the best experience of the whole night was with them.[/QUOTE]
Symphony X was awesome at gigantour and I'd love to see them again. By the way what is the best Symphony X cd (other than Divine Wings)?

[QUOTE=paranoid923]By the way what is the best Symphony X cd (other than Divine Wings)?[/QUOTE]
"V-The Mythological Suite" is their best IMO, even better than Divine Wings. It's more on the Power Metal end, rather than the Progressive, like the rest of the Symphony X albums. Another great bet would be "Twilight in Olympus".

[QUOTE=RumBoy]I know this is in the middle of a discussion on Symphony X, but I have just found out where it's possible to purchase Tarot's out-of-production album "Stigmata". It took me a while and lots of searching but I got one thru Gemm; it's the special 2 disc set with the bonus live 2nd disc, and only cost about $15.
/very pleased with self :cool:[/QUOTE]

Oh wow, could you post a link for it?

[QUOTE=RumBoy]I know this is in the middle of a discussion on Symphony X, but I have just found out where it's possible to purchase Tarot's out-of-production album "Stigmata". It took me a while and lots of searching but I got one thru Gemm; it's the special 2 disc set with the bonus live 2nd disc, and only cost about $15.
/very pleased with self :cool:[/QUOTE]

I still don't have all the mp3s from the album, so I (and many others in this thread) would be most pleased with uploads :D

Ironically, I was in the middle of uploading Angels of Pain when I saw your post.

this power metal intrigues me...great guitar riffs and solos? good lyrics? good drumming? DragonForce, Iced Earth, Children of Bodom? could someone recommend some pretty good songs from...DragonForce and another band you think defines this Power Metal genre? id like to hear some...any screaming in the music? i can live with it.

Symphony X recommendations too? i hear really great things.

Uploads for the Tarot album would be much appreciated indeed.

Symphony X recommendations: Inferno (Unleash The Fire), Of Sins And Shadows, Sea Of Lies, Church Of The Machine are pretty good starting points.

Dragonforce: Fury Of The Storm, My Spirit Will Go On, Soldiers Of The Wasteland

Helloween: I'm Alive, Mr. Torture, I Want Out, Eagle Fly Free

Blind Guardian: Battlefield

Anything by Nightwish

Those are some pretty good jumping off points.

More recommendations:

[b]Blind Guardian[/b]
Mirror Mirror
Time Stands Still (at the Iron Hil)
Nightfall
The Soulforged
...And Then There Was Silence
Imaginations from the Other Side

[b]Tarot[/b]
Angels of Pain
I Rule
Pyre of Gods

[b]Wuthering Heights[/b]
Tree
Bad Hobbits Die Hard

[b]Human Fortress[/b]
Bloody Masquerade
Holy Grail Mine
The Dragon's Lair

[b]Edguy[/b]
The Navigator
The Piper Never Dies
Vain Glory Opera
Lavatory Love Machine

Hi again fellow powermetallers. The link for Gemm is
[url]http://www.gemm.com[/url]
They had 15 copies of Stigmata from various sellers across The States yesterday when I bought my copy. Just use the search function to seek out those tricky to find abums..
I will be more than happy to help out by uploading the album when I get it - but it will probably be a week or two.
I also got The Silent Force by Within Temptation thru my letterbox today and initial impressions are most favourable.. :)

I downloaded Far from the Maddening crowd by Wuthering Heights last week and it is becomming one of my favorite albums a bit too fast. The Longing for the woods trilogy is great.

Not to big a fan of Withing Temptation, being Dutch I was bombared to death with them a couple of years ago. And I didn't like the first 2 singles of the new album. The Mother earth album was pretty good though.

I can understand being bombarded with a band would put you off! We in England have not been treated to anything other than Boy Bands and f***ing ColdPlay for ages, so we would think your situation was a treat!
I don't think W.T will be one of my all-time faves but what I've heard so far is pretty good, and quite "listenable"

PS What were the 2 singles from the album?
/To Iron Bars

First they released Stand my ground, which I didn't like. It felt to made, not like the mother earth album, it realy missed the fantasy/dreamy touch I liked. Then they released Momories (I think I missed this one completly) and then Angels, thats a song that bassicly is built around her singing if I'm not mistaken and I didn't like that one either.

Think of the press the latest Coldplay release got and then put Within temptation in that. We had nothing but them on tv from weeks before the release of the album untill weeks after. It realy got kinde on my nerves.

Fair enough. Whereabouts in Holland do you come from/live? I've only been to Amsterdam (there's a surprise..) but I really liked it.

I'm from Oss which is 'below the rivers' as we like to say and not really in Holland but in the Netherlands. From my small town hails The Gathering and thats the only export product I'm proud of ;) .

I saw Within Temptation with Iron Maiden, and i personally thought they were the worst live band i have ever seen. So many backing tracks and a pointless second guitar.

Incubus now are rivalling funeral for a friend as the worst band I have ever seen or heard

[QUOTE=Arucard]I saw Within Temptation with Iron Maiden, and i personally thought they were the worst live band i have ever seen. So many backing tracks and a pointless second guitar.[/QUOTE]

Yeah I always thought both guitarist played the same stuff the whole time.

They did, it was terrible. And the singer thinks shes some kind of fairy.

[QUOTE=Lord Abortion]Incubus now are rivalling funeral for a friend as the worst band I have ever seen or heard[/QUOTE]

Really? I thought Incubus was pretty good...

Rumboy, any chance for a WT link too? :D

/shameful greedy bastard. :upset:

Within Temptation aren't as bad as most people say they are...however, there are better choices out there as well.