Of course my list is way off the rails. I was not super into most of the commercial stuff.
Joe Lynn Turner - Rescue You
White Sister - s/t
Bronz - Taken by Storm
Whitesnake - 1987
Richard Marx debut
Toto - Isolation
Desmond Child - Discipline
Stryper - THWD
Lillian Axe - Poetic Justice
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- Thu Apr 18, 2024 3:00 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: Top Favorite AOR / Melodic Hard Rock Albums ... rank them
- Replies: 14
- Views: 511
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 6:43 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: Knowing an Album
- Replies: 7
- Views: 300
Re: Knowing an Album
The difference is how much of our musical appreciation capacity are we currently using. When my two fav albums ever, DT Images and Words and FW- APSOG, were released I'd only really started dabbling into the prog world and didn't have much to compare or contrast. My mind, heart and soul wasn't fille...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 5:38 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: Random shelf pulls March 20 edition
- Replies: 5
- Views: 225
Re: Random shelf pulls March 20 edition
My Bronco didn't come with either a CD player or navigation. During Covid there was a chip shortage so they rolled a bunch out without. I rigged a player into one of the cubby holes in the dash, one that doesn't skip. It also doesn't display the track name or band, but I can't have everything. I'm s...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 5:06 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: Triton Project - Messenger Quest...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 187
Re: Triton Project - Messenger Quest...
Sounds pretty solid. Odd Logic is a bit hit or miss for me but when they're on their game they put out some great stuff. Will def be checking more of this out.
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:22 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: Random shelf pulls March 20 edition
- Replies: 5
- Views: 225
Random shelf pulls March 20 edition
So, in my quest to rediscover stuff now that I have a CD player in my vehicle, here's some discs I've tried to roll with, good or bad. Secret Sphere/Lifeblood - How the hell didn't I not recognize how good this band truly is? I've gone back and listened to some other samples from them and I'm totall...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:25 am
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: What are you listening to right now?
- Replies: 457
- Views: 26432
Re: What are you listening to right now?
... and then scrolled up and hit Sunburst - Fragments of Creation, which I'd forgotten how much I love. Interestingly this came up this week for me as well. Been a while since I listened. It still gives me the Conception meets Nevermore vibes, which is a great thing. I believe they are working on a...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 6:18 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: What are you listening to right now?
- Replies: 457
- Views: 26432
Re: What are you listening to right now?
I'll have more as I peruse the CD shelves more. I am trying to find a band that the name escapes me. Should have been in the 1998-2000 era, more of a groove metal prog band. Had a singer that was in the original PM group with Bear and Ralf. Album cover had a cybernetic dismembered body? I can see t...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 5:46 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: What are you listening to right now?
- Replies: 457
- Views: 26432
Re: What are you listening to right now?
I only recently rigged a CD player in my Bronco so I've been able to pull some stuff from the shelf that I hadn't heard in quite a while, in some cases decades... Angel Dust/Bleed - Music is so good, vocals are a bit coarse for me. Superior/Ultima Ratio - Def ratcheted up the aggression from Behind....
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 6:20 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: New Vanden Plas keyboardist is...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 478
Re: New Vanden Plas keyboardist is...
Mixed but irrelevant feelings on this. Ale is a great player, songwriter and vocalist(I know Claus can't stand him). He's a super nice guy and I'm happy for him but this seems like a mismatch of style. Gunter had his own sound that he perfected over 3 decades. I don't see Del Vechio being able to li...
- Sat Dec 30, 2023 7:33 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: Where in the world is Chity Somapala????
- Replies: 3
- Views: 421
Re: Where in the world is Chity Somapala????
I chatted with him not too far back. After ten years or more he still remembered me. Odd.
He's still singing and playing shows. Seems pretty happy. Great guy. We're overdue for some new music from him.
He's still singing and playing shows. Seems pretty happy. Great guy. We're overdue for some new music from him.
- Fri Dec 22, 2023 5:18 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: My top 10 for 2023...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 710
Re: My top 10 for 2023...
Larry,
Shoot me your number. I'll call sometime on my vacation first week of 24!
Shoot me your number. I'll call sometime on my vacation first week of 24!
- Fri Dec 22, 2023 1:24 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: My top 10 for 2023...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 710
Re: My top 10 for 2023...
That's a solid list. I either didn't hear, don't like the band or didn't love the albums below. NoSpun - I tried to find the greatness in this a few times. I'm still looking. Doesn't men I'm done, but I'm clearly not hearing what everyone else is, and that's likely attributable to my advancing age a...
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 6:00 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: Night Ranger
- Replies: 5
- Views: 522
Re: Night Ranger
Not surprising at all is that I've totally missed out on the Night Ranger catalog. I've maybe only heard three songs ever by them, and one is Sister Christian. Can't tell you the others. I just never got around to them, but they were in that category that mostly escaped me they share with Honeymoon ...
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 11:58 am
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: Disappointments of the year ......
- Replies: 5
- Views: 559
Re: Disappointments of the year ......
I'd already made my feelings clear about the Kamelot album elsewhere so I won't summon that up again. My other one I was going to post about but waited till a proper thread or time is Ray Alder. Outside of DeYoung, he's my all-time favorite vocalist. His voice literally speaks to me on several level...
- Tue Dec 19, 2023 8:20 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: End of year lists - are we ready ?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 4198
Re: End of year lists - are we ready ?
Okay, I'll post my biggest shitburger of the year, and I absolutely never at all expected this. Kamelot - Awakening I admit, I've not been the biggest fan of Tommy Kamelot over the years. Mostly because their live show has kinda stagnated a bit, and the albums haven't had the same pop. But man, I l...
- Sun Dec 17, 2023 8:13 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: End of year lists - are we ready ?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 4198
Re: End of year lists - are we ready ?
Okay, I'll post my biggest shitburger of the year, and I absolutely never at all expected this. Kamelot - Awakening I've grown to love the Tommy era as much as the Khan years. Sure, they're playing a different style of music but it's always had amazing lyrical quality and high production value. Khan...
- Sat Dec 16, 2023 3:31 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: End of year lists - are we ready ?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 4198
Re: End of year lists - are we ready ?
This will be the first year I won't be able to participate in the EoY lists. This has been a very odd year full of work stress, my mothers passing and other environmental factors that kept me from liking much of anything. I can't think of a single album I could recommend so I'll read your lists and ...
- Sat Sep 30, 2023 12:11 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: Aviations - Luminaria
- Replies: 4
- Views: 250
Re: Aviations - Luminaria
I've come to finally realize that modern prog just isn't for me. It's not bad in any way, just not written for someone of my advancing age. Music is cool and complex. The voice... Vocals are almost always a higher pitched, nasaly, whiny timbre as if a mashup of spiral architect and Green Day. Again,...
- Thu Sep 28, 2023 10:22 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: My new car listening rotation
- Replies: 4
- Views: 288
My new car listening rotation
With all of the craziness I've had in the last two months, my tastes have oncecagain shifted into more of the melodic power metal leanings. Centaur - I'd posted about them earlier this year. I've now had a chance to explore their back catalog. Really nice, pleasing and well crafted. God Complex is t...
- Sat Jul 15, 2023 5:37 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: Subsignal - A Poetry of Rain...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 648
Re: Subsignal - A Poetry of Rain...
Yeah, I'm in as well.
I knew they were working on something but not forcrrleasevthis year.
I knew they were working on something but not forcrrleasevthis year.
- Thu Jun 15, 2023 11:56 am
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: What are you listening to right now?
- Replies: 457
- Views: 26432
Re: What are you listening to right now?
NP: The Carpenters Greatest Hits. Not sure how everyone feels about the Carpenters, but to me Karen has the voice of an angel and is truly one of a kind! 110% agreed! There never was and never will be anyone like her. I actually hear a lot of Karen in Floor's vocals. When she does the acoustic stuf...
- Mon Jun 12, 2023 6:52 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: Seventh Wonder News...
- Replies: 3
- Views: 269
Re: Seventh Wonder News...
Pretty sure Roy Khan isn't doing much now...
- Fri May 19, 2023 9:55 am
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: New stuff Friday ...
- Replies: 545
- Views: 40787
Re: New stuff Friday ...
Greyfox Agenda - This was a nice surprise this morning. I think this is a one-man project, country or origin unknown. Name of musician unknown. What is apparent is the nice blend of elements and styles that have me going deep into the well of prog to find a point of reference. Think Alias Eye meets ...
- Wed May 17, 2023 3:29 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: What are you listening to right now?
- Replies: 457
- Views: 26432
Re: What are you listening to right now?
Ghost Opera - I'd mostly dismissed this one a long time ago. It felt different from the rest of their catalog. Not sure if it was production, tuning(minor vs major key) or just a bad mood. Anyway, after putting my entire Kamelot discography into the thumbdrive in my SUV I'm shocked how much I'm digg...
- Fri May 05, 2023 3:38 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: Mystery - Redemption
- Replies: 11
- Views: 655
Re: Mystery - Redemption
This is an exquisite disc ....... typical Mystery polished and slick approach with velvet smooth vocals....... I love the dramatic element they inject into their music with every disc ..... I do feel that this is one of their lighter discs, although not as light as Lies and Butterflies, but definit...
- Tue Apr 25, 2023 3:24 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: New Discoveries
- Replies: 2
- Views: 277
Re: New Discoveries
These are not all new 2023 albums but some random stuff I've stumbled across that some of you may be into. I'd never seen any of their names mentioned here so I'm guess they'll be new to you as well. Wicked Waltz/Perseverance - This American band released two albums, this one in I think 2013. This i...
- Tue Apr 25, 2023 3:16 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: New Discoveries
- Replies: 2
- Views: 277
New Discoveries
These are not new, 2023 albums but some random stuff I've stumbled across that some of you may be into. I'd never seen any of their names mentioned here so I'm guess they'll be new to you as well. Wicked Waltz/Perseverance - This American band released two albums, this one in I think 2013. This is a...
- Sat Apr 22, 2023 4:29 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: Redemption - I Am the Storm (March 17, 2023)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1440
Re: Redemption - I Am the Storm (March 17, 2023)
I've always kept this to myself, but Tom in the band hasn't worked for me. I know it's just me. Nick knows how I feel about the band and what their albums have pulled me through. My narrow-minded brain so far won't allow me to process anyone but Ray singing with Nick's compositions. I'm going to try...
- Sat Apr 22, 2023 4:16 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: How do you listen to music?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 953
Re: How do you listen to music?
I'm not nearly smart enough to be an audiophile. I'm sure there's a lot I don't hear or pick up on. I'm okay with that. I get enough in my ears and brain from my sources. Driving - My new Bronco doesn't have a CD player. Just traded in a car that did. So I load a thumb drive in and will have between...
- Sat Apr 22, 2023 1:31 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: Kamelot - The Awakening
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1185
Re: Kamelot - The Awakening
The only equalizing thing I bring to this every Kamelot album sounds fantastic in my cars system except Awakening. It's still good but not up to the bar they normally set. Tommy produces his own vocals in SW, and they're impeccable, bright and clear. Sascha needs to let someone else in the mix booth...
- Thu Apr 20, 2023 9:54 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: Kamelot - The Awakening
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1185
Re: Kamelot - The Awakening
After spending more time with this I've concluded this is some of the worst production Sascha Paeth has ever released. In most songs the guitar and keys are at the same level making it difficult to separate. Just a sound wall. And Tommy's vocals are way back in the mix. How do you not put him at the...
- Wed Mar 29, 2023 6:56 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: Kamelot - The Awakening
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1185
Re: Kamelot - The Awakening
For the last week I loaded every Khanelot and Tomelot album into my car and just shuffle. What I found was surprising... I no longer hear all the similarity I used to. There are some, at least to my ears and brain, very different techniques and strengths. Roy can inject emotion, anger and intensity ...
- Fri Mar 17, 2023 3:22 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: Kamelot - The Awakening
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1185
Re: Kamelot - The Awakening
I switched camps a couple of years ago when I finally watched I Am the Empire. That completely turned me around. I couldn't accept Roy not being there and how they tried to turn Tommy into him. Now, to me I can hear the distinctions. They share a sense of drama but are quite different in other facet...
- Tue Mar 14, 2023 5:29 pm
- Forum: PM: Core
- Topic: The Enigma Division S/T
- Replies: 1
- Views: 191
Re: The Enigma Division S/T
This is great stuff. It's a little on the djent side but also has groove and melody. A heavier Shattered Skies with some nice keys thrown in.
Re: Ice Age
I can already detect eye rolls coming at the following statement/admission... I don't think I've ever heard Ice Age At least not on purpose. I may have. I think I heard some song called Lhasa Road? I believe a friend burned me a sampler CDR and that was on there. Jeezus that seems so long ago. So fa...