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- Sun Jan 22, 2023 8:04 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: Instabuy bands?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 653
Re: Instabuy bands?
Dream Theater Kingcrow (I'm waaaaaaay late to them, but I anticipate their next being great...) Arjen Lucassen's live stuff of his studio stuff. He's on the same wavelength as to what I judge to be his best stuff. Former blind-buys: Neal Morse Band. They went Crosby, Stills, & Nash on their last, so...
- Sun Jan 22, 2023 7:02 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: What's the next item in this list? (AKA "What should I listen to next?")
- Replies: 7
- Views: 363
Re: What's the next item in this list? (AKA "What should I listen to next?")
The new Threshold is indeed great. Taken in and of itself? Yep. Taken in the context of their whole discography? No...not so much. This band 'evolves' by changing singers, but that's like smoke and mirrors. Then again, I have a known penchant for bagging on bands that just release disc after disc o...
- Sun Jan 22, 2023 6:54 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: PHILOSOPHOBIA / Philosophobia ....
- Replies: 7
- Views: 439
Re: PHILOSOPHOBIA / Philosophobia ....
I'm not sure I'm getting PoS vibes from the singer - certainly not to the degree that the first Wastefall disc had. Still, I find this one a little slow to start and then it kicks into gear and is 'chef's kiss'.
- Sun Jan 22, 2023 6:47 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine - A Documentary Film
- Replies: 6
- Views: 375
Re: Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine - A Documentary Film
Relatedly/unrelated: I watched a live vid of Emmett playing 'Midsummer's Dream' and thought, 'Huh, that was kinda sloppy.' Watch a few more videos and he's now older and looking back about how he kinda got roped into including a guitar solo piece on every album, and how 'I'm not a great guitarist, b...
- Sun Jan 22, 2023 6:42 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: Do you guys ever sell any of your old cds that you never plan on listening to again?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 341
Re: Do you guys ever sell any of your old cds that you never plan on listening to again?
I sold Conception's Flow at one point. Thankfully, it's on Spotify, because boy howdy was parting with that disc a mistake.
- Sun Jan 22, 2023 6:40 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: New stuff Friday ...
- Replies: 532
- Views: 36241
Re: New stuff Friday ...
RIVERSIDE - I.D.Entity When did Riverside begin to sound like A-ha? Ok, half-way kidding here ... although opener "Friend or Foe" has a strong A-ha vibe to it, and Mariusz sounds a lot like Morten Harket. Either way, this is beautiful. I know I've said before that I prefer the under-produced "raw"/...
- Fri Jan 20, 2023 8:04 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: Favorite discs of 2022 sticky post.......(year end lists).
- Replies: 21
- Views: 885
Re: Favorite discs of 2022 sticky post.......(year end lists).
6 - Spheric Universe Experience - Talk about returning with a BANG! Another long dormant band, but coming back with all guns blazing back to their original DT inspired prog metal form. Pure textbook material here, but done exceedingly well. Welcome back!!!! I own their first, but I don't really car...
Re: Ice Age
Dennis DeYoung LIVES!!!!!!!!!
- Fri Jan 20, 2023 7:43 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: R.I.P. Chris Rifkin.......
- Replies: 11
- Views: 470
Re: R.I.P. Chris Rifkin.......
Wow. Pancreatic cancer can die in a fire. My wife (and my kids) suffer from hereditary chronic pancreatitis, which makes them prime candidates for it. My wife is getting scoped next week as part of her yearly screenings. She's also a research nurse in one of the country's premiere endocrinology (pan...
- Fri Jan 20, 2023 7:37 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: What happened to the some of the older board posters?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 624
Re: What happened to the some of the older board posters?
I'm back. Weirdly, I've let the 3 years of working from home (and it will be that going forward) really negatively impact my music listening. I realized a while ago that NOT listening was negatively impacting my mood, and yet I've still been slow to get back in the swing of things. Maybe it's mostly...
- Wed May 05, 2021 7:58 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: Octavision - Coexist
- Replies: 6
- Views: 549
Re: Octavision - Coexist
I always say that Sons of Apollo is less than the sum of its parts. I'm not contractually obligated to love everything that Portnoy and Sherinian produce, so I'll take a dispensation here. Although, the dvd of the show in Bulgaria (?) in the Red Rocks-looking place with the highway passing underneat...
- Wed May 05, 2021 7:54 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: Shadow Gallery appreciation
- Replies: 15
- Views: 963
Re: Shadow Gallery appreciation
I'll still throw in for Legacy - Neil Kernon's dry mix combined with the instrumental whirlwind at the 2nd half of Cliffhanger Pt. 2? GTFO. If that doesn't pin you against the wall, I don't know what would...
Also, Mike Baker is missed. RIP
Also, Mike Baker is missed. RIP
- Wed May 05, 2021 7:51 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: CAST / Vigesimus ........
- Replies: 14
- Views: 730
Re: CAST / Vigesimus ........
I've been lurking forever...I can't log in via my work laptop, and that's mainly what I use to read the board. So, anyway...this is good, although the lyrics as the album goes by become a little too...to the point, I guess. Anyway, does the male singer not sound almost EXACTLY like the singer on the...
- Sat Aug 29, 2020 1:01 am
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: New POS tune...
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3199
Re: New POS tune...
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?????? THIS IS A MASTERPIECE!!!
Edit: Yep
Edit: Yep
- Sat Nov 02, 2019 8:53 am
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: Ray Alder solo album
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4164
Re: Ray Alder solo album
Props to Ray for putting together guys who are thinking a bit outside the box, musically. It was an immediately thumbs up on first listen.
- Wed Oct 02, 2019 2:56 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: Okay, I'll do it: IQ - Resistance
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2677
Okay, I'll do it: IQ - Resistance
I've only listened once, and it's a double album just like Road of Bones, so it's A LOT to take in. But it *at least* deserves a thread of its own, rather than being buried in another.
- Sat Sep 14, 2019 11:21 am
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: Thought on some recent DVD / Bluray shows......
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1681
- Thu Sep 12, 2019 8:29 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: Thought on some recent DVD / Bluray shows......
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1681
Re: Thought on some recent DVD / Bluray shows......
Yeah, that Sons of Apollo...funny that you mentioned that the material hits harder live than it does on disc - I 100% agree. These guys are all just total pros, and prior to this band, I wouldn't have known Soto if he ran me over, but he's the real deal. Just a great show all around.
- Thu Sep 12, 2019 7:09 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: Issun - Dark Green Glow
- Replies: 2
- Views: 624
Issun - Dark Green Glow
Got a special one here. German band, lite prog-metal, but with some heavy tribal percussion in spots. The singer, believe it or not, has the timbre and range of none other than Ted Leonard. Yeah. This just has winner written all over it. https://issunmusic.bandcamp.com/releases?fbclid=IwAR2OwpkQJVIn...
- Wed Aug 21, 2019 7:04 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: New Romeo?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2004
Re: New Romeo?
I am in the minority once again with the solo disc in that I really didn't care for it, mostly the vocals. I can't possibly explain why either. I should play it again after a year on the shelf to see if I change my mind. I'd much rather have a SymX disc, but I think those possibilities are remote. ...
- Tue Aug 20, 2019 11:19 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: New Romeo?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2004
New Romeo?
I listened to War of the Worlds, Pt. 1 again today and it, as always, blew my away. Any word on Pt. 2?!?!?
- Fri Aug 09, 2019 9:52 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: New Tool Song
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1521
Re: New Tool Song
The problem with Tool is that everyone in the band, talented though they are, are kind of a one-trick pony. Maynard always sounds like Maynard. Adam Jones (guitar) has a limited pallet to pull from and that's that, Danny Cary is a great drummer, but he's a pocket player, and their bassist...well, we...
- Tue Jul 30, 2019 10:48 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: Ivory Tower returns...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2734
Re: Ivory Tower returns...
Dunno, have to hear a second tune. Wasn't the problem with the old band that the singer was waaaaaaay too light in the loafers?
- Tue Jul 30, 2019 10:40 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: Brave - the calm | the storm
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1454
Re: Brave - the calm | the storm
I am a HUGE fan of the band, and I feel bad for not championing them, but extenuating circumstances, blah, blah. Waist Deep in Dark Waters was brilliant, and I need to give this new one added spins. Thanks for bringing it up!
- Mon Dec 10, 2018 7:24 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: Dream Theater - Distance Over Time
- Replies: 40
- Views: 11899
Re: Dream Theater - "Distance Over Time" Album Teaser
I think the knock on shorter DT tunes in the past is that it's verse, verse, chorus...wank break...chorus...and this is no different. This is tighter than a...very, very...um, tight thing, but haven't we heard this 83 times before? NOTE: I only listened once.
- Fri Oct 05, 2018 3:03 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: Shattered Skies - Muted Neon
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4909
Re: Shattered Skies - Muted Neon
I think I'm coming around on 8-string guitars as long as they're used in the context of a melodic song and not used for straight-up chunking. You Will Know My Name is a perfect example of where they don't run roughshod over the song.
- Mon Sep 10, 2018 3:42 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: Silent Clash - Inner Lies
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2597
Re: Silent Clash - Inner Lies
These guys are good. Very good. I love it when a band comes out of nowhere and totally brings it.
- Wed Aug 01, 2018 11:33 am
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: The Forgotten Heroes of Prog Metal Thread
- Replies: 195
- Views: 64560
Re: The Forgotten Heroes of Prog Metal Thread
How about October Thorns never making a proper record? Sigh.