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Here's a very pleasant surprise. This is another crossover band that would appeal to a few genres but I find this to be melodic metal not too far from Last Tribe with a little AOR leaning. The singer, however, is special. He's got a huge Jorn meets Jimi Jamison vibe. He's a freakin stud on this. Its...

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The samples we heard may be suffering from a bad online/youtube mix or maybe it is mixed poorly. Tommy is doing some cool, subtle runs and vocal gymnastics on this track but the guitar is so loud you don't pick up on them. I still love the songs but maybe there's a production issue?

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Here's another great album for 2022 that nobody has heard except me I guess. This is an American band that has some pretty diverse influences but all of them are melodic to a degree. It's hard to nail down a particular style or sound. They nabbed Derek Sherinian on keys, Tony Franklin on bass and ha...

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Maybe I'm just starved this year, but for me this is shit yo pants good. Poppy is fine in doses. This is the band that recorded Alley Cat, so let's maintain some perspective. If you stayed till the end of this song they broke out the prog similar you the middle section of Wiseman. I thought Tiara wa...

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LarryD wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 29, 2022 1:40 pm
If the rest of the disc is like that song - I'm on board 125%. That song sounded incredible.

Okay, Larry. You'd better start getting ready for probably 145 percent at least. New tune is out today...

https://youtu.be/OmCFMSReKEc

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Vass has a distinct FW Inside Out vibe. Preincarnation is more on the prog rock side but with a fantastic vocalist. Think Enchant meets Conception meets a mellow PNC.

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I suppose now he treats people who see Space Dye Vests...

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I've made some really cool discoveries the past couple of months that get pretty much no attention outside of me. I thought I'd share some unknown prog and metal youbshould check out yourselves. Vass/Katsionis/Ethical Dilemma - So far, by a wide margin, my favorite of this year. Bob Katsionis is a G...

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SW tends to get lost within their convoluted stories and concept albums. They need to just write songs. They van be related, no problem. Writing a linear story along with music takes away some of the organic writing they clearly are capable of. Tiara was impossible to follow.

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I just saw the release announcement for May 13, and it's coming from...Frontiers??? Not having Sensory is odd, I won't speculate. The sound picks up pretty well from where they left off. Def looking forward to this, it's been far too long.

https://youtu.be/3ycOkZGKESo

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This new Knight Area I can get into. While Mark was a capable vocalist, he lacked vibrato, depth and the ability to write a chorus or hook. He was far too passive in the compositions, at least what I've heard since their debut. It's pleasant music but nothing more than that for me. Without an emotio...

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This is some good stuff. I couldn't sit down and listen to the album's entirety but thrown into a playlist between some prog metal tunes would be a nice change of pace. It's lush and light but has quite a bit of depth.

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It appears I need to go back and re-listen to the first one. Nothing grabbed me at all and I never really tried again. Based on everyone's views here, I missed out on sometihng. Dino is kinda like a vocal chameleon so hearing him channel Russ is a little off-putting as there's not a lot of need to c...

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Just for reference, this is the YouTube video that delayed my Nightwish journey till Nov 2021.

https://youtu.be/gg5_mlQOsUQ

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Warkings is actually better than their vids and persona. It's the Serenity vocalist in a mask. There's some pretty good stuff on it and some pedestrian power metal as well. It's great background workout music.

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That is really cool you've done a 180 on Need. For me, they've recorded two of my top ten albums since 2010.

PNC is a great album. I'd always liked them, but this one is def my favorite of theirs.

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I'll likely work backwards with the Floor material. I know a lot would side with Tarja, but I'm enamored with Ms Jansen at the moment. It's not surprising that I missed out on Nightwish given my metal non-credentials. Between Iron Maiden and Priest I've probably heard ten or less songs in my lifetim...

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I knew I was going to forget some

Povertys No Crime/Secret to Hide - While I like the majority of their back catalog, this one really got my attention and is my favorite album of theirs.

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I'm gonna have to give this a try. I'll youtube it tonight. Sounds like something I'd totally dig

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I'm writing this at work so I'll likely forget some. This was an odd year for me musically, but I’m sure a lot of that had to do with personal and health circumstances versus actual musical quality. Nothing absolutely blew me away in new releases, but a lot were really, really good. I’m not nearly a...

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Based on your new path, there's zero chance you don't absolutely love Lifesigns - Altitude. It sits somewhere in the center of a Pendragon/Gallahad/Kino triangle. Super lush melodies and vocal harmonization. It's def one of my favs this year mixed in all my metal.

https://youtu.be/la8RDL0dq0o

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Close your eyes and listen to the first few bars of The Middle. Sounds just like Phil on his Face Value album. I'm def gonna have to get this.

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Despite them being around for a bit, this is totally new to me Why? Possibly it's their shit-sucking, dumbfuck name. Okay, got that out. Otherwise this is some really dark, moody stuff. It's got a somber Mister Mister vibe mixed with Face Value era Phil Collins and some Alter Bridge riffs. This is s...

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Larry. If that's the direction you're going this year check out Drifting Sun - Foresaken Innocence. It's like a cool mix of It Bites and the lighter side of Arena. Just got released last week. This will likely be high on my list for 2021.

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I hadn't been terribly impressed with new music this year overall. There are a few gems but mostly has been a down year for me, which means going to the collections and pulling stuff off the shelf that I hadn't spun in a while. I've had some great new discoveries this year that made up for my lack o...

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I can think of a few

T for Tyketto/Don't Come Easy - For me probably the best of the early to mid 90s albums.

G for Guardian/Fire and Love - Just a half step down from Tyketto on my hard rock list. Stellar

X for XYZ - The self-titled album Produce by Don Dokken is pretty damn amazing.

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I've sampled most of these. The clear winner for me is Kyros. The synthwave mixed with modern rock and uplifting compositions is a great combination. I've gone back and listened to older stuff and there's far more prog rock than synth. I'd say style and sound is somewhere in the center of the Pendra...

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This album is very good. I'm still working on if its great. There's a little inconsistency between songs that tells me they haven't yet figured out what their fundamental sound is. There are some fantastic passages and songs on here but thee are some others I'm wondering how they made the cut. Zink ...

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Arion -- Vultures Die Alone I've seen this one on a couple of "best of" lists, and for the life of me I can't get into it..... To my ears, they've devolved from a decent power metal band to something approaching nu-metal.... I found this album to be borderline unlistenable. I have to agree with thi...

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I'll really have to concentrate to have a best-of list this year. Very little I'd consider remarkable. Turbulence/Frontal Seventh Dimension/Black Sky AnimaTe/Infinite Imaginations Need/Nochestrion I'm sitting at work, and that's all I can think of without going to my car to look through CDs or my on...

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I'm really having fun exploring some deep Kamelot cuts, songs I never paid much attention to at the time because the One Cold Winters Night was like a greatest hits. Songs like Nothing Ever Dies and Descent of the Archangel are freakin glorious. I'm also loving all of the bonus tracks from both eras...

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The debate used to be who's better? SymX or Kamelot? I think the answer should be obvious and I'll step out there and say that, purely from songwriting, Thomas is better than Michael. That feels very apples and oranges to me. I honestly can't wrap my head around why folks would feel the need to com...

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I don't know how they'd improve on that show. I agree One Winter's Night is likely overall better but we're talking 1A vs 1B. The absolute pinnacle of melodic power metal shows. That probably cost a small fortune to pull that off, so the coffers would need to be filled quite a bit more before they c...

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If anyone wants to just skim the first couple of sentences, I'll summarize at the beginning...I absolutely love this band again. My introduction to them was Fourth Legacy. I had just discovered Conception through an old B&W fanzine called the Progress Report(Damn I wish I still had those). After rea...

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I'm a minority of one, but I've never liked them.

However, now that I've been exploring stuff I've missed. I've heard a few tunes from the newest album and...I liked.

So I'll dick around and sample some random songs and see if they stick with me now.

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