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It took me a bunch of listens to get used to the new singer, but he is great, and I think they found a good fit here. Musically it continues the direction they've been going lately, which is more "modern" extreme prog, and less of their original neoclassical-infused prog-death of their early days. T...

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DRACONIAN - Under a Godless Veil I still think it's a crying shame that Heike left the band, and while the albums with Lisa were good, I doubt that Draconian will ever again make anything as powerful as this one ("Under a Godless Veil") or "Sovran". Heike's voice is a one-of-a-kind, whereas Lisa is...

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New Balance of Power tune now with female vocals... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggu5OVcnAgA Not sure who's singing in the beginning - King Diamond Lol. Whoa!!! Super excited to see them back in action, but listening to this now..... It doesn't really "sound" like BoP to me.... Still enjoying it...

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DRACONIAN - Under a Godless Veil I still think it's a crying shame that Heike left the band, and while the albums with Lisa were good, I doubt that Draconian will ever again make anything as powerful as this one ("Under a Godless Veil") or "Sovran". Heike's voice is a one-of-a-kind, whereas Lisa is...

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Another couple of great releases this Friday: MANTICORA - Mycelium I’m obviously biased but I love this (musically… the production kinda sucks and using a drum computer instead of real drums is a no-no in my book). Nevertheless, the songs are awesome! Not their best, but even at 90% they are still b...

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CALIGULA'S HORSE - Charcoal Grace
Wow, this album is incredible. I like the band, especially after the last album really opened up their music for me, but I hadn't expected this new one to be THAT good. I'm blown away. Potential top candidate for 2024 right out of the gate.

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I use Amazon Music and I never buy a single ..... ever. Don't care what band it is - full disc only here. Any market scheme detected goes unpurchased.... I hate when bands / sites pull that crap ........ For me a single is a great way to get into the mood of an album before it comes out - one song ...

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I still mainly use Bandcamp and you can generally get around this by buying individual tracks off of the whole album when it comes out, but man...what a pain in the ass. Look I'm super down to be a patron of the arts, but don't make it so fucking obnoxious, eh? It seems backwards to me ... you shou...

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EXTERNAL - Dreamscapes
A Finnish prog-metal band in the "new" style similar to Caligula's Horse, Haken, Leprous, etc.

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I have decided to revisit Shadow Gallery discography after quite some years. Carved in Stone is my absolute favorite, probably because this was their first their album I listened to. Then my ranking is 2) Tyranny, 3) Room V, 4) Legacy, 5) debut, 6) Digital Ghosts. I like Tyranny and Room V, I value...

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Another chapter of Crimson Glory. Of course, nothing will touch the 1st two releases, but it still sounds great to me... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K66dL16MVy0 I enjoyed it as well - it has a bit of a "Astronomica" vibe to it, which isn't bad. It made me go back and listen to the first album t...

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So between Claus, Guillaume, Ken and Glenn - I've re-visited some bands I've loved in the past and didn't keep up with, or just left them behind because of longevity, lack of interest or stubbornness on my part ....here is what I found. This is a perfect example of what these long lists by these gu...

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Not necessarily "new" but I found out today that all-girl metal band MEANSTREAK has reunited. Back in 1988 I enjoyed the heck out of "Roadkill", and I still have my original vinyl here. Interestingly enough, 3 of the 5 band members ended up marrying Dream Theater members - what gives? Anyway, it was...

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Man, is it me, or is January really sparse this year? We have Caligula's Horse next week, Ryujin last week, and a smattering of other things, and that's kinda it for this month? What good stuff am I missing released in January? Yeah, there's been a serious drought going on. Ryujin was okay - too mu...

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LASERCD wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 17, 2024 10:29 am
So what did we learn from this?

1. Claus is subject to a musical form of The Stockholm Syndrome
2. Larry is a freak.

I'm glad this got you out of hiding

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****I checked out the bands that you and Claus wanted me to over the past few months ... I'll post on that soon, but of the 3, the Eldritch singer was the best I heard and he was in awesome company with the other bands ..... his voice just soared over the top of the rest of them - purchase underway...

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I agree with this theory - and yes I'm sure it could work for lots of music you wouldn't normally listen to ..... I'm in the Sir Exar camp .... there is too much to listen to, and too much music to spend "trying" to like something ...... I'm an "instant gratification" guy ..... I put the music on, ...

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I have no doubt this can work...... But in a world where I have so much music to choose from that I love, and can hardly keep up with my new release list, I just don't have the time to try to repeatedly listen to something over and over to "force" myself to appreciate it. I hear you - I also wouldn...

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You know how you can condition yourself to accept, or perhaps even enjoy, certain things ... like spicy food. If you begin eating it often enough, you no longer think of it as spicy, right? Well, I decided I was going to try the same with music, since everyone kept raving about how amazing Sleep Tok...

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I can only guess that you are getting away from traditional prog metal - I do notice that the genre has been putting you to sleep lately ...... then again, bands in the Kamelot / Stratovarius style have not sit well with me over the past years, so I do think it is a tolerance of a certain style tha...

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Without going back and looking through lists - I'd have to vote for this band as Best New Prog Metal Band for 2023 ........ Note for Claus - don't look at the length of the disc - get out your good bourbon, and crank this sum bitch .........and come back here with the results. Again. Best new prog ...

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Great list as always ...... so much to sift through, but lots of it is now music I don't listen to anymore .....or at least the style. I wish you would put those top bands you mention on your list - Subsignal, Pallas, Unitopia etc ..... yeah they are not metal, but lots of people don't do strictly ...

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All three issues are related to pre-album release singles... 1) When a band releases singles prior to the album release, one at a time, and with each single they ask you to pay just a bit more by adding on the song you just purchased a month earlier. Case in point: Witherfall's upcoming album is pre...

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File under: "Stuff I really wanted to love but does nothing for me"

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RYUJIN - Ryujin Japanese "samurai metal" ... at its core this is melodic death metal, somewhere in the Children of Bodom vein, but with lots of Japanese folk influences, a heavy dose of power metal cheese, and a mixture between cleans and scream. The album was co-written and co-produced by Matthew ...

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Big thanks for your list, I have actually been waiting for it! :) Thank you - I'm glad to hear someone appreciates it :) I obviously agree with Katatonia, The Anchoret, Avenged Sevenfold, Einar Solberg, and Tesseract placements. I have to admit that I didn't get into A7X at first and I only started...

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So glad you like those. Avenged Sevenfold is incredible. I can't get enough of that album. The funny part is that I didn't see any references until this album until the end of year lists ANYWHERE. All of a sudden it starts showing up on proggy end of year lists, with zero reviews in most places I r...

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LarryD wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 01, 2024 11:15 am
Brilliant write up ...... I'll dissect this when I have some time ...... :O)

Thanks old man ... I mean, thanks Larry

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My only regret at the moment is that I read through this on my phone first. I'll be home sometime tomorrow so I'll be able to listen to things properly then. I've got a lot of homework to do I can tell. Let me know once you've "done your homework" here haha .. some of these should definitely appeal...

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Guillaume wrote: ↑
Tue Jan 02, 2024 6:48 pm
Congrats for taking the time to do this. I'll investigate it further later but I know it takes A LOT of time. You always make me discover some new fine bands I missed.
Check out my own top 50 when you can.

thanks G - yeah let me know what you like/don't like. I posted a comment on your list

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Claus. Great write up! It still boggles my mind how you even accomplish this. Just to get 100 you have to average 2 discs a week, and probably way more when you consider the ones that didn’t make the list. And then to be able to spend enough time to absorb the music and come up with a ranking… you ...

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Had 11 meetings and stand-ups today at work, so not a ton of time to listen to music. That said, managed to listen to While Heaven Wept ("Vast Oceans..." and "Suspended at Apherlion") - also listened to Dead Lord 's "Goodbye Repentance" (remastered version), and went for a run over my lunch break an...

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.....they picked Eternal Idol and the raves began ......and the crosstalk about which one was better, this one or Headless Cross ..... I don't remember the outcome, but it's cool that we all have our stories to tell over certain bands / music ...... While I like "Eternal Idol" quite a bit, I think ...

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..... he just takes whatever is before him, and moves it up to another level. Take Tony Martin for example ... he did the same thing with Black Sabbath. When they started not to sound like Black Sabbath, you didn't care because his vocals were just so incredible, you had to like it ..... Your post ...

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I'm surprised Claus that you don't like live concerts...........I take it that means that you don't like going to concerts either? I love concerts ... I used to run a nightclub where we had concerts 5-6 nights a week (primarily metal/hard rock), I was music journalist for a bunch of years, and I wa...

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