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Guillaume

NDFAN wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 18, 2021 8:45 pm
HI THERE
The best of your Top 50 has to be Sinner's Blood.

THANKS
DAN(NDFAN)

Great disc indeed. There is not THAT much of a difference between the albums in my top 10. Love them all.

Guillaume

Be the Wolf - Torino Already now I can guarantee that this is going to end up very high on my year-end list .. might even be AotY contender. I love everything this band has put out so far and this is no different. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. Imagine Train or Maroon 5 getting f***ed over by a h...

Guillaume

Glad to hear I turned you on to Badd Kharma. Great band. Another guy on Facebook had the same reaction as you and is now a fan. About Black Stone Cherry, check their earlier stuff too. Some excellent southern-tinged hard rocking stuff. 2008's Folklore & Superstition is probably the heaviest and best...

Guillaume

After spending more time with this I can say this would have made my top five of 2020 if I hadn't already committed lol. The previous description is still fairly accurate but I'd also add that if Vince DiCola were to ever write a symphonic metal album this would be it. The 80s inspired keyboard sou...

Guillaume

I’m blessed to have a job where I can play my music all-day long if I want. So, I listen to LOTS of new music in a year (310 new albums in 2020, about the same than the last 5 years). I can’t stand extreme/death vocals, so you won’t find anything related in this listing. I’m probably an easy bitch t...

Guillaume

Indeed a very good album. Mix of symphonic/power metal with AOR mixed in for good measure. Catchy stuff for sure. Nice find.

Guillaume

The first album is a bit weak, beside that I like all the albums including the last one with the new singer. I actually think their last one is their best. This is my review from last year: Talk about surprise of the year! I have always regarded Knight Area as a solid keyboard based symphonic prog-...

Guillaume

Great list !!!!!!! 3. Hittman/Destory All Humans – Surprise of the year for me. I vaguely remember these guys from late 80s and I think I had a cassette. This is a spectacular return to form for most and a debut to me. They managed to capture a QR vibe without being dated. I’m likely way off but on...

Guillaume

I had no idea Everthrone was still active. I'll check that out. Claus, I think you and I have the same aversion to Pyramaze. The vocals are so over-produced and way too many chorus effects are used. Could be a Jacob Hanson decision or he's just not good and this covers that up. There is exactly zer...

Guillaume

I had no idea Everthrone was still active. I'll check that out. Claus, I think you and I have the same aversion to Pyramaze. The vocals are so over-produced and way too many chorus effects are used. Could be a Jacob Hanson decision or he's just not good and this covers that up. There is exactly zer...

Guillaume

I like this!!

Guillaume

Gotta revisit this one. Here's anopther video, for the 10+ min song, Hangman:
https://youtu.be/r5SKqm1uZPc

Guillaume

Update: This album is several kinds of great. I had an opportunity to spend quality time with it this week. It has all of the above mentioned characteristics and stylings but also maybe a little Magnitude Nine without the shred. I still have a few discs to give attention, but this could crack my to...

Guillaume

Obviously you consider me a dick. That’s a nice way to thank those who’ve kept the forum alive for years and delivered majority of posts here. Hi Claus, I don't consider you a dick, but your constant bashing of Nos is really getting old here. Yes, he's really annoying at times but when it's too muc...

Guillaume

Anyone checked out SINNER'S BLOOD-Mirror Star? Some crunchy melodic metal from Chile, with a punchy production and nice songs. Nothing we have not heard before, but really effective. However, this is very interesting cause the star of the show is vocalist James Robledo, who reminds me of Russell All...

Guillaume

I think it's a killer comeback. I really enjoyed their first album, not so much the follow-up. New one is heavy, melodic and a tad progressive. I hear some Queensryche, some Savatage in the songs. Singer sounds even better now than in the 80s for me. Not as high, still really powerful. The 2 vids so...

Guillaume

I realize that rarely do I post something here that anyone but me likes, but I'm sharing this one anyway. Huge thanks to Stevie for the rec on them. This is nothing flashy, nothing too proggy and not too heavy. This is some lush and dense melodic prog with some fine guitar/key arrangements and a wa...

Guillaume

Agree with your assessments .......Trapped in Anguish was excellent !!!!! The others did not hit me as hard either.......but that was one was special. Very odd to see you like this, as it's way more of a power/melodic metal album than a prog album. I just listened to it again, and it didn't do anyt...

Guillaume

Going through my old CDs and ran across a gem that I really enjoyed that I got from Powermad back in 1999 I believe The band's name is Voice and the CD was "Trapped in Anguish". Not a well known band or CD, but man I played the hell out of this thing and it was on instant rotation...... Think I nee...

Guillaume

Warrior - Fighting For the Earth https://www.metal-archives.com/images/2/5/2/5/2525.jpg A stone cold classic with Parramore McCarty's killer vocals and Joe Floyd's killer guitar riffs and songs. Fighting For The Earth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5VuH9EAhe8 Day Of The Evil https://www.youtube.c...

Guillaume

Well, Back From Flight 19 never thrilled me. Maybe I should revisit. As for the classics you mention, you forgot their best album, the s/t from 1984 :wink: https://youtu.be/mmIwpYCw44M Hah, there’s always one ... ;) I don’t think the debut is anywhere near the next three following it, and absolutel...

Guillaume

Well, Back From Flight 19 never thrilled me. Maybe I should revisit. As for the classics you mention, you forgot their best album, the s/t from 1984

https://youtu.be/mmIwpYCw44M

Guillaume

My faves so far at this point: Magnus Karlsson's Free Fall - We Are The Night Sorcerer - Lamenting Of The Innocent Badd Kharma - On Fire DeadRisen - DeadRisen Dynazty - The Dark Delight Firewind - Firewind Gathering Of Kings - Discovery H.E.A.T. -II Kenziner - Phoenix The Unity - Pride Vandenberg - ...

Guillaume

DeadRisen -- S/T Fun thrashy metal. Not sure if this has lasting power, but it's good for me. Nice to see someone mentioning this. One of my faves too. Tried to push it a bit around here without success. Don't understand the lack of hype about it. It has all the ingredients. Really good album that ...

Guillaume

They are actually from New Zealand. They released No Sacrifice in 2011 and Under A Dying Sun in 2013. Both albums are pretty killer IMO and it's a shame the band remained quite unknown in the metal field. I never ever thought of Disturbed while playing them though ;) Here are a few songs from the 1s...

Guillaume

Including vocalist Stephen Clifford: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGB0d_drTdw Cautiously optimistic that it will come out one day and be great. Wow! That's some killer news. I loved the 1st album. After that, it became too soft... Hope the new stuff will be similar in style to the s/t disc.

Guillaume

Apollo did great with Majestic and then Time Tequiem. I seem to remember some Firewind albums? I was never huge on Gus G but I teally should try those again. You gotta check out Allegiance (2008) and The Premonition (2006). Both feature Apollo and are killer melodic heavy/power stuff. I also really...

Guillaume

I've made some discoveries and re-discoveries recently that really check all the boxes for me. Some have been on my shelf for a bit, some are new to me. I'm really starting to appreciate this genre again. Vanish/Insanity Abstract - This is exactly a Brainstorm/Symphorce mixture. They really have th...

Guillaume

T'ski wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 26, 2020 6:23 pm
I love "Tangled" but Vanishing Point, to me, has become the Australian version of Kamelot.

Not at all for me. VP is much better than Kamelot at this point... Can't stand Kamelot and really enjoy VP...

Guillaume

TRANCE - Power Infusion (1983) https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/-x4AAOSwOFZewGC3/s-l640.jpg The German band released a string of 3 killer albums in the 80s (Break Out (1982), this one, and Victory (1985), this one being my fave. Lots of great riffing and melodies. I like the vocals, but they might be ...

Guillaume

About ICON, I love the 1st one, actually because it's raw and heavy. The follow-ups came out mych lighter and were a disappointment for me.

Guillaume

Here's a quite fantastic review for them:
http://www.metal-temple.com/site/catalo ... e-your.htm

Guillaume

So anyone else into this? Playing it again after a couple months and still think it's a quality prog metal release!

Guillaume

Anything Worth Doing, Carpe Diem, Planet Panic and Wake Up to the Real World all fall into this "meh" category, where there are some good songs on all albums, but neither of them are perfect. It was like the band kind of lost touch with their roots in the early part of 2000's. Luckily Pandemonium f...

Guillaume

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