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Guillaume

For me, Slide it In is an essential Whitesnake album. As Claus said, it's sort of a mix between the older, bluesier stuff and the huge mainstream-rock sound they became known for. But get the US version (which was remixed and replaced Mick Moody's guitar w/ John Sykes). I played it on youtube and m...

Guillaume

I'm getting away from this style - almost completely now ........I have no desire to hear this kind of music anymore for whatever reason..... but this was very well done, even the clown was disturbing .... hehehehehe ....... Don't get me wrong - I'll re-visit Brainstorm, Cloudscape, or whoever on a...

Guillaume

I just played the 2 new songs and then the EP again. Let me phrase it differently. Yes, the style is not THAT different. Maybe it's the production, but I hear more heavy guitars in the 2 new songs than on the EP, where only Grand Again (which is not "way heavier" than the new trx) and Quite Alright ...

Guillaume

I didn't care at all for the comeback EP, but really enjoy the 2 new songs so far. Glad the heaviness got back in their sound.

Guillaume

This new album would have been much better if David Readman and Andy B. Franck were still in the band... Victor smokes, yes, as always, but I think the songs were also better on the previous albums.

Guillaume

Huge Apollo fan here but didn't care at all about the first WSD disc. Big step forward with the new one, which is quite excellent all the way. Don't agree at all that the songs are interchangeable between the 2 albums as I didn't like the 1st one but I'll need to revisit to confirm. The new album m...

Guillaume

Huge Apollo fan here but didn't care at all about the first WSD disc. Big step forward with the new one, which is quite excellent all the way.

Don't agree at all that the songs are interchangeable between the 2 albums as I didn't like the 1st one but I'll need to revisit to confirm.

Guillaume

Killer package that I'll be seeing in Quebec City on May 20!!

Imagine having Russell Allen, Ralf Scheepers and Henning Basse on the stage on the same night!!

Guillaume

I know this band since their first album but I'm currently exploring their complete discography for the first time in my life! it's about time! They are even a bit proggy sometimes! Tonight I'm playing their 2009 release "Karma" for the 2nd time. Wow! Truly excellent hard rock / metal! I also skipp...

Guillaume

The new album is out now. What does everyone think of it? Personally I love it. Must have listened to entire disc ~20 times now and I can’t get enough of it. In my opinion PW is back where they left. I hear bits and pieces that would fit in on all 4 of the previous albums. Luckily (!) there’s not m...

Guillaume

Sir Exar Kun wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 05, 2020 3:00 pm
Really enjoyed this..... Definitely has the angry Russ vocals going, but the music is certainly more than engaging enough to not let that be a detraction.

I think he's not as angry as Russell can be. I also hear some Chity Somapala in the vocals myself.

Guillaume

A buddy of mine mentioned this band to me. Traditional prog metal fans, rejoice! Another damn fine new band in that style ( I assume they're new as I never heard of them before). Agressive-yet melodic vocals, crunchy guitars. Didn't play the whole album yet, but the 3-4 songs I played on YouTube sou...

Guillaume

I like this. Thanks for the tip!

Guillaume

Nice list. I enjoy 12 of these albums to various degrees.

As for AOR/melodic rock album of the year, I enjoyed the Edge Of Forever album, but did you try JD Miller - Afterglow?

Guillaume

Sounds good indeed!

Guillaume

Well, I saw him live with Avantasia last year and he was in real fine vocal form, so I'd say yes.

Guillaume

8. Edge of Forever/Native Soul - Journey meets Last Tribe. Really cool stuff indeed. 7. JD MIller/Afterglow - I may have described them wrong before or maybe not. Take Cloudscape and Eclipse, throw into blender and add a sprinkle of Pretty Maids. Melodic metal with some west coast AOR leanings. Nic...

Guillaume

As always your list is awesome Guillaume! And, unfortunately, very expensive for me, as I always find stuff I either dismissed earlier or hadn’t heard about. This morning I picked up: Black Star Riders - I have and love all their other albums, but completely forgot to pick this one up (I think I he...

Guillaume

This sounds rather interesting. Have not heard, but if it involves Michael Andersson, then I need to check out. 36) Human Fortress - Reign Of Gold 3rd album with Gus Monsanto on vocals. Solid melodic power stuff. Couple previous ones were better overall though. https://youtu.be/eEYD-Vet0DE I should...

Guillaume

As in recent years, I played around 320 albums in 2019. I ended up liking to various degrees about 100 of them. 1 out of 3 is not too bad I'd say. So, here's the top 50 and then the other albums I also enjoyed. 50) Tungsten - We Will Rise Drummer Anders Johansson (ex-Hammerfall, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen,...

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New video:

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Guillaume

Absolutely fantastic Swedish melodic power metal. This was another late 2019 release I just now got around to. This is fully in the Brainstorm/Innerwish camp. This is super highly recommended. Check em out if you can find the disc. it doesn't have a lot of distro but is worth the hunt I don't why, ...

Guillaume

From the ones you listed, I enjoyed the Flotsam & Jetsam, Darkwater, Myrath, M.I. God and Evergrey. Some of the Voyager, some of the Dream Theater. Not too bad

Guillaume

I've heard the record, and I didn't find it very interesting at all. They're trying to be more traditionally power metal again, which I found rather trite. They were a bit more diverse on "Mirrorworld", and that's the only record of theirs I've actually liked in full. For being such veterans, they'...

Guillaume

Mine for the years I got on file... Still working on the 2019 listing... 2018 1) Judas Priest - Firepower 2) Fifth Angel-The Third Secret 2017 1) Sorcerer - The Crowning Of The Fire King 2) Threshold - Legend Of The Shires 2016 1) InnerWish – InnerWish 2) Treat- Ghost Of Graceland 2015 1) Tank - Val...

Guillaume

35. Horizon’s End – Skeleton Keys The good ol’ days of melodic prog-metal (think early Dream Theater, Vanden Plas, Royal Hunt, Shadow Gallery…) are long gone, and there really aren’t many bands around left playing this style – however, with 25 years of experience in the bag, Greece’s Horizon’s End ...

Guillaume

75. Overkill – The Wings of War After 15 years of suck (!), Overkill recaptured their former glory in this last decade with 4 great albums (“Ironbound”, “Electric Age”, “White Devil Armory” and “Grinding Wheel”), and perhaps it was too much to hope for that they would be able to continue that 4-alb...

Guillaume

VOYAGER / Colours in the Sun --- I've been a Voyager fan since day one. I have and love all Voyager discs. I like them even better in a live setting and wouldn't miss them for anything. I can't put them on a Top 10 list because it's a mood thing for me, and if I close my eyes and pick a Voyager dis...

Guillaume

I’m absolutely terrible at ranking anything so I’ll just post some thoughts with each release. There should be a decent amount of stuff on here that will be new to most of you and maybe you’ll discover something good…or not SL Theory/Cipher – This is some pretty great Greek hard rock/metal in the v...

Guillaume

Really cool from them!! Waiting for mine too then!

Guillaume

Nice post. I need to work on my personal best-of list of 2019... 2018: Tomorrow’s Eve – Mirror of Creation III Crunchy mid 90s to early 00s prog metal. It is middle of the road for sure but I can’t help but love it so. With all the kids moving towards djent it’s nice to hear something that isn’t on...

Guillaume

Hope they'll get heavy again....

Guillaume

Told you it was good!!

Guillaume

The song “Slave” is very strong, but rest of the album is quite bland and gets boring really fast. The new singer isn’t bad, but he “over sings” too much. ****Oh man - sad to hear this ..... thanks for the scoop. After all these years, you would think they would come out firing on all cylinders.......

Guillaume

Hearing Aid Man wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 17, 2019 12:45 am
2nd tune...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRdiDXgfzpU
Mixed and mastered by the highly acclaimed Jacob Hansen. No wonder it so awesomely melodic.

Am I the only one who thinks this sounds kind of like the last couple Pyramaze discs? Which is a really good thing BTW for me...

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