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Re: Pain of Salvation thread, v.2 (merged)
« Reply #2765 on: February 27, 2017, 02:46:39 AM »
Reasons is the track I like the least. It's solid but nothing more. The title track in combination with If This Is The End is a grand closer to a really good album. Took some time for me, especially the title track, but when it hit, it hit hard.
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« Reply #2766 on: February 27, 2017, 05:13:57 AM »
The titletrack was the best one at first listen, but I don't listen to it often.
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Re: Pain of Salvation thread, v.2 (merged)
« Reply #2767 on: February 27, 2017, 09:29:19 AM »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-Pkj6IPwMg

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Re: Pain of Salvation thread, v.2 (merged)
« Reply #2768 on: February 27, 2017, 10:15:18 AM »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-Pkj6IPwMg

volume is pretty quiet but the performance is stunning

The show last night was fantastic all around, the band really seemed into it (moreso than the sets on Cruise to the Edge, which weren't too shabby themselves). I'm sure it also helped that they'd had a bunch of shows in between playing the new material.
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Re: Pain of Salvation thread, v.2 (merged)
« Reply #2769 on: February 27, 2017, 01:12:50 PM »
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Re: Pain of Salvation thread, v.2 (merged)
« Reply #2770 on: March 07, 2017, 05:48:07 PM »
Rocking out to Entropia this evening. Its been Pos on constant rotation lately.

And I respect Be, but I have to be in the right mood. Iter Impius is incredibly beautiful though.
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Re: Pain of Salvation thread, v.2 (merged)
« Reply #2771 on: March 08, 2017, 09:26:22 AM »
I've been on a big PoS kick since seeing them on the cruise and then at the NYC gig a few weeks later. Tons of spins for the new album, Remedy Lane, and TPE Vol 1, occasionally sprinkling the Road Salts in there as well. Tried to come back to BE as I haven't listened to it in a long time, and man do I just not like that album at all.
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Re: Pain of Salvation thread, v.2 (merged)
« Reply #2772 on: March 08, 2017, 05:19:26 PM »
Be is a tough listen. Somedays I like it and somedays I don't.

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Re: Pain of Salvation thread, v.2 (merged)
« Reply #2773 on: March 08, 2017, 07:24:12 PM »
Tried to come back to BE as I haven't listened to it in a long time, and man do I just not like that album at all.
Same here. It has basically none of what I loved about their previous albums. The new album beats the hell out of it.

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« Reply #2774 on: March 08, 2017, 07:47:14 PM »
BE is not something I can pull out to listen to my favorite tracks.   BE is a complete piece.   

It's amazing, but I take it more as "performance art" than a proper album of songs.   On that level, it's one of the most amazing albums I've ever heard.   By the time I get to the end of Summer's Rain, I'm near tears......but I'm 4 tracks in and feel like I've only heard *ONE proper SONG*...

So yeah, I get why it may not be everybody's thing, but I can not understand how people cannot love it as a piece of art if nothing else.
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Re: Pain of Salvation thread, v.2 (merged)
« Reply #2775 on: March 08, 2017, 08:12:08 PM »
Be is the ultimate grower. Didn't like it the first time, didn't like it much the next few times, then I started really liking it and now it's one of my favorite albums of all time.

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Re: Pain of Salvation thread, v.2 (merged)
« Reply #2776 on: March 08, 2017, 10:23:50 PM »
Be is the ultimate grower. Didn't like it the first time, didn't like it much the next few times, then I started really liking it and now it's one of my favorite albums of all time.

Been the better part of a decade and I still don't care for that album.
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Re: Pain of Salvation thread, v.2 (merged)
« Reply #2777 on: March 09, 2017, 03:26:38 AM »
I think BE is absolutely incredible and one of the most original, awesome albums I've ever heard. But it ranks somewhere in the middle of their discography for me, which says a lot about how much I adore their work.

I took a break from their new album for a while, but it is absolutely incredible. Man, I love this band.  :heart
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Re: Pain of Salvation thread, v.2 (merged)
« Reply #2778 on: March 09, 2017, 03:48:29 AM »
Be is the ultimate grower. Didn't like it the first time, didn't like it much the next few times, then I started really liking it and now it's one of my favorite albums of all time.

Been the better part of a decade and I still don't care for that album.

Yep, I appreciate the effort and I applaud them for trying something really different, and maybe it is art, maybe it is even glorious art, BUT: it does leave me cold, I find only a few song or pieces that I like to listen to. And because I file Pain Of Salvation as a music group this is where BE falls short for me, I just don't have the desire to listen to it, because the actual music don't work for me.
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Re: Pain of Salvation thread, v.2 (merged)
« Reply #2779 on: March 09, 2017, 03:54:02 AM »
Be is the ultimate grower. Didn't like it the first time, didn't like it much the next few times, then I started really liking it and now it's one of my favorite albums of all time.

Been the better part of a decade and I still don't care for that album.

Yep, I appreciate the effort and I applaud them for trying something really different, and maybe it is art, maybe it is even glorious art, BUT: it does leave me cold, I find only a few song or pieces that I like to listen to. And because I file Pain Of Salvation as a music group this is where BE falls short for me, I just don't have the desire to listen to it, because the actual music don't work for me.

This is probably closest to my opinion on BE. I appreciate and can understand what they were going for, but I just don't really care for a lot of the stuff on the album. Iter Impius is fantastic, and Lilium Cruentus and Nihil Morari are good, but beyond that, there's not really anything on the album that I ever feel like listening to, no matter how much I appreciate and respect PoS's artistic intentions.

Also, I recently had another listen to In the Passing Light of Day, and it's still a fantastic album, start to finish. :metal
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Re: Pain of Salvation thread, v.2 (merged)
« Reply #2780 on: March 09, 2017, 03:59:29 AM »
Be is incredible.

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Re: Pain of Salvation thread, v.2 (merged)
« Reply #2781 on: March 09, 2017, 06:59:32 AM »
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Re: Pain of Salvation thread, v.2 (merged)
« Reply #2782 on: March 09, 2017, 11:42:33 AM »
I don't understand how anyone could hate on the title track of the new album

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Re: Pain of Salvation thread, v.2 (merged)
« Reply #2783 on: March 09, 2017, 11:43:17 AM »
I don't understand how anyone could hate on the title track of the new album

Who does?
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Re: Pain of Salvation thread, v.2 (merged)
« Reply #2784 on: March 09, 2017, 12:43:59 PM »
Personally I just can't get into the title track.

At all. What an awful song.

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« Reply #2785 on: March 09, 2017, 01:01:52 PM »
Who cares what that dude has to say?
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Re: Pain of Salvation thread, v.2 (merged)
« Reply #2786 on: March 09, 2017, 01:03:36 PM »
Yea, the title track is amazing.

My other post was just a joke.
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Re: Pain of Salvation thread, v.2 (merged)
« Reply #2787 on: March 09, 2017, 01:21:15 PM »
lol okay it doesn't read as one at all  :lol

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Re: Pain of Salvation thread, v.2 (merged)
« Reply #2788 on: March 09, 2017, 01:32:44 PM »
Yea. Im not very funny. :(
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Re: Pain of Salvation thread, v.2 (merged)
« Reply #2789 on: March 09, 2017, 01:40:08 PM »
After proper digestion, here is how I rank the new songs:

1. On a Tuesday - Just about perfect!
2. Angels of Broken Things - Love the tempo variation throughout the song. Guitar solo is so epic!
3. Reasons - The back and forth verses are amazing. The counting part, not so much.
4. Full Throttle Tribe - Really uplifting and a lot of fun.
5. Meaningless - Love the intro and chorus.
6. The Passing Light of Day - Fell flat for me... not what I wanted out of a PoS "epic" but 1. On a Tuesday was & 2. This song clearly wasn't written for me.
7. Tongue of God - Love the intro, don't like the spoken word stuff about the shower and the bed.
8. If This is the End - Nice 1-2 punch with the finale, but nothing special
9. Silent Gold - Nice lil song
10. Taming of a Beast - Don't hate it, don't like it.

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Re: Pain of Salvation thread, v.2 (merged)
« Reply #2790 on: March 09, 2017, 07:21:20 PM »
This is a really odd album for me.  After the first spin I thought.."Wow..this is POS!"  What I've been missing!  Then after starting to properly digest the album it kinda petered out for me.  Some excellent moments and songs for sure, but overall... it just doesn't grab me hard.  Normally when I get a new album I spin the hell outta it for a good month plus.  This album lasted less than 2 weeks before I moved on  :-\  That is my barometer.   Maybe when I come back to it again it might get hold of me.  I sure hope so, because I do think i'ts got some real highlights.

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« Reply #2791 on: March 10, 2017, 12:50:36 AM »
Definitely not a final ranking but as of now it would look like this:

1. On A Tuesday
2. If This Is The End/The Passing Light Of Day (those two songs belong together and work better in combination than when played alone imo)
3. Meaningless
4. Full Throttle Tribe
5. Tongue Of God
6. The Taming Of The Beast
7. Angels Of Broken Things
8. Silent Gold
9. Reasons

But I still have the feeling that I've not digested this record in full and it is still growing with every listen.
Must've been Kwyji sending all the wrong songs.   ;D

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Re: Pain of Salvation thread, v.2 (merged)
« Reply #2792 on: March 10, 2017, 04:43:03 AM »
Man, its so hard to rank the songs, since its such a solid album.

Really, the song I've been listening to the most is Reasons. For someone who recently went through a major breakup, this song is fantastic  :laugh: and sums up those inner carnal emotions that were just building and building up until finally you just say ENOUGH

The title track was a grower. The first 2 times, I was like "yeah, this is pretty cool", but now I love it.

The taming of the beast is the only one I don't for. The rest is soo damn good.

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Re: Pain of Salvation thread, v.2 (merged)
« Reply #2793 on: March 10, 2017, 06:53:42 AM »
The Taming Of The Beast is the most normal and least prog song but i like it nonetheless. And even if I have Reasons in the last place I still enjoy it, just no so much as the other songs.
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« Reply #2794 on: March 10, 2017, 09:26:32 AM »
I really like The Taming of the Beast, those couple times Daniel goes through the big vocal build up are awesome :metal
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Re: Pain of Salvation thread, v.2 (merged)
« Reply #2795 on: March 11, 2017, 04:06:58 AM »
My rankings:

1. The Passing Light of Day
2. On a Tuesday
3. If This is the End
4. Silent Gold
5. Full Throtte Tribe
6. The Taming of a Beast
7. Reasons
8. Meaningless
9. Angels of Broken Things
10. Tongue of God

6-8 are pretty much interchangeable.
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Re: Pain of Salvation thread, v.2 (merged)
« Reply #2796 on: March 12, 2017, 03:47:19 AM »
Hey, remember when everyone had written PoS off?

I never lost faith. If the new record isn't the album of the year in 2017 then something really really really mindblowing is coming out. I just love the thing. It's right under Remedy Lane and TPE for me.

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« Reply #2797 on: March 12, 2017, 03:57:10 AM »
Hey, remember when everyone had written PoS off?
Er, no?

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Re: Pain of Salvation thread, v.2 (merged)
« Reply #2799 on: March 12, 2017, 04:22:19 AM »
Be is incredible.
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