I can't practice on tuesday as i am going beating (as much as i dont want to, but still it is £35 to spend seeing dragonforce)

Yeah i wouldnt mind borrwing them, seeing as how i dont think im gonna get round to buying them till iafter i get my new toms.

[QUOTE=RumBoy]Abortion - you are mad.... Ecliptica is their [I]worst[/I] album - sounds like Stratovarius.... Reckoning Night owns all. Mature SA that is.[/QUOTE]
Songs of silence is my their best that i ahve heard, but is live so it may ot count


well im off to bed, later all :wave:

[QUOTE=Arucard]Where do you guys live?[/QUOTE]

Ollie and Shadow live around Hadrian's Wall.

[QUOTE=shadow_stalker]I can't practice on tuesday as i am going beating (as much as i dont want to, but still it is £35 to spend seeing dragonforce)

Yeah i wouldnt mind borrwing them, seeing as how i dont think im gonna get round to buying them till iafter i get my new toms.[/QUOTE]
Tomorrow is [I]Monday[/I]...


I love Elliptica. What can I say?
the songwriting is fantastic, Reckoning night used to by my favourite until I heard that one...

well, the last half of reckoning night from TBWWTBARP onwards

Don't Say A Word owns all.....

Anyone think that the silent night, bodom night riff sounds alot like Whiskey in the jar?

I do..

[QUOTE=shadow_stalker]Ollie if you want to see Sonata we should go see them in finland next year, i doubt they will do a proper UK tour anytime soon *fingers crossed that they do*[/QUOTE]
They're coming to Calgary Alberta in February, I'll go just for the cheap ticket. Stratavarious is coming in early October as well, and again, I'll go for the cheap ticket. I'm really not talking these two concerts for granted.

What is this thread title supposed to mean? War Council of Power Metal Arcana? What language? :confused:

thanks in advance :)

No no no no no...the best Sonata Arctica album has to be Winterheart's Guild.

I mean, Victoria's Secret is worth buying the album alone...but then you also get Champagne Bath, The Cage, and Gravenimage as well...

Brilliance. :thumb:

I refer you to my post of 4 above...... :D

I don't like Winterheart's guild that much, nor peticularly Silence...

The cae is awesome, but, I haven't "got" those albums yet I think.

Winterhearts guild is the worst out of the ablums i have heard, although it doeshave quite a few good songs on.

I thought Reckoning Night was one of their worst...for some reason, it doesn't have the sparkle that their other albums have.

[QUOTE=Shattered_Future]I thought Reckoning Night was one of their worst...for some reason, it doesn't have the sparkle that their other albums have.[/QUOTE]
If by "sparkle" you mean it doesn't have constant double pedalling drumbeats at 180+bpm then I agree; I have always preferred my metal at medium pace anyway, and there are more variety of speed on RN - their older numbers, like Wolf and Raven for example are just too frenetic for my taste; I always think the power and impact of metal gets diminished when the bpm rate rises above a certain amount, I also really enjoy the quirky 6/8 time in The Boy Who Wanted To Be A Real Puppet, and the ballad-like Shamandalie. I just don't like my metal to sound like a machine gun. Sonata are still good, and I enjoy some of their earlier output, but I think that RN shows a maturity not present in their earlier albums, and is my unshakeable favourite.

Nooooo...I mean, it's almost as if they exhausted all their creative efforts on the earlier albums, and just threw this one together last minute...it doesn't have those jaw-dropping riffs found on the earlier albums.

Tony sounds a lot better on RN, though...I will admit that.

Well there's always room for two sensible people to differ in their opinions, after all this is what MX is all about. This reminds me of our "which album is the heaviest" Nightwish debate! :lol:

Guess who's just won an autographed Wuthering Heights album!

:cool:

[QUOTE=Stoic]Guess who's just won an autographed Wuthering Heights album!

:cool:[/QUOTE]
I dunno - me?
/wonders who it could possibly be......
:lol:

[QUOTE=Pierre Trudeau]What is this thread title supposed to mean? War Council of Power Metal Arcana? What language? :confused:

thanks in advance :)[/QUOTE]
I thought Pierre Trudeau was dead.....


Why is he banned already? Off to a flying start, him.

Yeah, I like RN, don't get me wrong, especially the greatness of the last half, but Elliptica...I mean Bloody hell... Kingdom for a heart, fullmoon and letter to Dana are some of my favorite PM songs ever,

I bought Rhapsody's "Legendary Tales" yesterday. "Land of Immortals" has to be one of my favorite tracks of theirs already. Wicked song! The album overall is awesome as well. Now I just need "Dawn of Victory (Rhapsody's weakest effort IMO)," and "Power of the Dragonflame (which I'm yet to hear)".

[QUOTE=RumBoy]Well there's always room for two sensible people to differ in their opinions, after all this is what MX is all about. This reminds me of our "which album is the heaviest" Nightwish debate! :lol:[/QUOTE]

Ah yes...quite fun, actually. :p

Land Of Immortals is ownage...it's up there with Emerald Sword as one of my favorite Rhapsody songs.

[QUOTE=Shattered_Future]Land Of Immortals is ownage...it's up there with Emerald Sword as one of my favorite Rhapsody songs.[/QUOTE]
Those are my two favorite Rhapsody tracks :cool:

NP: Rhapsody - Emerald Sword

Dawn of Victory is killer. Dawn of Victory and Holy Thunderforce. good stuff

The intro riff to emerald sword is one of the best PM riffs I have ever heard...

Emerald Sword and Nightfall are the two songs that got me started on power metal.

Hey, did you know there's a new Edguy EP and DVD out?
entitled "superheroes?"

and apparently the new stratovarius album sucks wang.

according to Metal hammer anyway.
also, NEW BODOM! get off your arses and buy it is all I'm saying, looks awesome.

also they rated Sonata Arctica's set at 13th day at 10/10
bollocks, we're gonna have to see them soon.

Yeah, I know about the Edguy releases. I'll be buying them later this month.

[QUOTE=Shattered_Future]No no no no no...the best Sonata Arctica album has to be Winterheart's Guild.[/QUOTE]

Agreed. "Gravenimage" pwns my soul.

[QUOTE=Lord Abortion]The intro riff to emerald sword is one of the best PM riffs I have ever heard...[/QUOTE]

Just listened to the Rhapsody album Neurotoxin posted. Well this is some of the purest forms of PM I've ever heard. It realy is 'fantasy' metal. The vocals are amazing, especially on Symphony of the enchanted lands. But what I really liked was the use of violin in most songs. It gave it a certain high fantasy feel to the whole album, though it is a bit overused in some songs.