Author Topic: The official Frontiers Softcock Shit thread (Read 576778 times)

bl5150 · « **Reply #1610 on:** February 10, 2014, 08:50:04 PM »

One of the new songs from the upcoming Pretty Maids compilation - solid enough , great intro but sounds like a Motherland leftover to me. Compressed to hell as usual....sounds like the Within Temptation blur of guitar/bass/keys.....that's one area where (like them or not) Primal Fear owns everyone at the moment (production)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JjuigyXRn3Q

wolfking · « **Reply #1611 on:** February 10, 2014, 10:05:05 PM »

Will check this tonight after work and gym.

You are right Brent, the production on Delivering the Black is just amazing. The performances too are just so solid. This possibly could be the best Ralf has ever sounded.

jingle.boy · « **Reply #1612 on:** February 10, 2014, 10:30:24 PM »

Agreed. Ralf treats this album like its his bitch. In a good way.

wolfking · « **Reply #1613 on:** February 10, 2014, 10:35:35 PM »

Quote from: jingle.boy on February 10, 2014, 10:30:24 PM

Agreed. Ralf treats this album like its his bitch. In a good way.

That's an awesome description.

jingle.boy · « **Reply #1614 on:** February 10, 2014, 10:55:17 PM »

Quote from: bl5150 on February 10, 2014, 08:50:04 PM

One of the new songs from the upcoming Pretty Maids compilation - solid enough , great intro but sounds like a Motherland leftover to me. Compressed to hell as usual....sounds like the Within Temptation blur of guitar/bass/keys.....that's one area where (like them or not) Primal Fear owns everyone at the moment (production)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JjuigyXRn3Q

I dug it. You certainly couldn't tell there were any keyboards except the pre-chorus. Rhythm section kinda blended together. Still was pretty good, and will definitely keep me interested for the full release.

wolfking · « **Reply #1615 on:** February 11, 2014, 03:50:30 AM »

Quote from: bl5150 on February 10, 2014, 08:50:04 PM

One of the new songs from the upcoming Pretty Maids compilation - solid enough , great intro but sounds like a Motherland leftover to me. Compressed to hell as usual....sounds like the Within Temptation blur of guitar/bass/keys.....that's one area where (like them or not) Primal Fear owns everyone at the moment (production)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JjuigyXRn3Q

Fuck yeah, this is great. I'm just loving this band at the moment, their sound is amazing. Looking forward to this.

wolfking · « **Reply #1616 on:** February 11, 2014, 04:03:20 AM »

New Freedom Call video;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=a8N58--6blA

Wow, this is awful. Sounds like a really bad Gamma Ray ripoff.

bl5150 · « **Reply #1617 on:** February 11, 2014, 04:17:47 AM »

Haha - that is shiteful. They've always been a cheese heart attack but that's off the scale and without the music to make it more palatable. I have one CD of theirs (Eternity) which is decent but from memory a lot of their other albums are pretty bad.

wolfking · « **Reply #1618 on:** February 11, 2014, 04:26:03 AM »

For something more promising. Vanishing Point - Distant is the Sun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsMdsla0ju8

This is more like it, killer song, looking forward to this.

bl5150 · « **Reply #1619 on:** February 11, 2014, 04:41:09 AM »

I like the sound of that too - the key for me to enjoy an album in this style is for there to be plenty of variety. If every song sounds like a variation of this one then it'll get tired pretty quick , but I have this down as a buy anyway. Fingers crossed.

I'll get some of their old stuff on rotation tomorrow to refresh the memory.....haven't played it in yonks..

wolfking · « **Reply #1620 on:** February 11, 2014, 04:45:58 AM »

Quote from: bl5150 on February 11, 2014, 04:41:09 AM

the key for me to enjoy an album in this style is for there to be plenty of variety. If every song sounds like a variation of this one then it'll get tired pretty quick , but I have this down as a buy anyway. Fingers crossed.

Vanishing Point have been pretty 'consistent' with the last two albums in terms of songwriting styles. The last one didn't do too much for on a whole but Embrace is classic. Every song does have a similar feel, but they are also different from each other enough to enjoy the whole album.

jingle.boy · « **Reply #1621 on:** February 11, 2014, 08:39:00 AM »

That Freedom Call was pretty laughable, made even worse with the horrible video. They haven't done anything good since Eternity, though Legend of the Shadowking is decent. Mill still stand by Crystal Empire as part of my Top 50 though ... Love that album.

Vanishing Point was solid, as they usually are.

wolfking · « **Reply #1622 on:** February 11, 2014, 05:11:38 PM »

Quote from: jingle.boy on February 11, 2014, 08:39:00 AM

Vanishing Point was solid, as they usually are.

Yeah, I'm pretty pumped for this one.

bl5150 · « **Reply #1623 on:** February 11, 2014, 06:45:06 PM »

Long form preview of new KXM album (George Lynch,Dug Pinnick, Ray Luzier)

Can't say I hear much that's going to grab me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Zq3KpcK_lE&feature=youtu.be

wolfking · « **Reply #1624 on:** February 11, 2014, 06:49:14 PM »

I'll check that out later, but there wasn't much that grabbed me in the first trailer too.

bl5150 · « **Reply #1625 on:** February 11, 2014, 11:44:49 PM »

A couple of other new releases I'll be taking an interest in :

- new Dynazty due Feb 28

- new Seb Bach due (tentatively) in March with a line up including Steven Stevens and John 5 on guitar and Bobby Jarzombek on drums

Lowdz · « **Reply #1626 on:** February 12, 2014, 12:58:26 AM »

Quote from: bl5150 on February 11, 2014, 11:44:49 PM

A couple of other new releases I'll be taking an interest in :

- new Dynazty due Feb 28

- new Seb Bach due (tentatively) in March with a line up including Steven Stevens and John 5 on guitar and Bobby Jarzombek on drums

Looking forward to the Dynazty. The last one was awesome and I play it regularly. High hopes.
Steve Stevens is usually worth a look but I'm no big fan of Bach- not since the first Skid Row anyway, and half of the second.

bl5150 · « **Reply #1627 on:** February 12, 2014, 01:01:04 AM »

I pretty much agree with you re Bach ...........listened to Angel Down the other day and it's crap. I'm hearing this might be his best since Skid Row so we'll see. He did sing well on Frameshift if you like the style.

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #1628 on:** February 12, 2014, 01:52:01 AM »

Quote from: bl5150 on February 12, 2014, 01:01:04 AM

I pretty much agree with you re Bach ...........listened to Angel Down the other day and it's crap. I'm hearing this might be his best since Skid Row so we'll see. He did sing well on Frameshift if you like the style.

I haven't been a fan of any of his solo stuff either, including Angel Down (although I actually like the Aerosmith cover despite not being an Aerosmith fan). Frameshift wasn't my style either.
If this album is the same style, I'll give it a miss. It really wouldn't take much to be his best since Skid Row imo, so we'll see.

jingle.boy · « **Reply #1629 on:** February 12, 2014, 02:06:59 AM »

Loved, LOVED Bach on Frameshift. Ended up being #4 on my second Top 50 list. Was kinda meh on his solo stuff, but still a fan of him vocally. Didn't know he was working on new shit. Will definitely check it out.

wolfking · « **Reply #1630 on:** February 12, 2014, 04:02:13 AM »

Angel Down had some good songs but had some shit too. Disappointing considering the amazing lineup. The last one was rubbish. I'll give the new one a chance mainly from a guitarists point of view. Stevens is good and I like John 5.

wolfking · « **Reply #1631 on:** February 12, 2014, 04:18:51 AM »

Just listened to that Firehouse album, and it didn't really do anything for me to be honest. There were a couple of cool rocking songs, but nothing more to make me want to check out any of their other work.

jjrock88 · « **Reply #1632 on:** February 12, 2014, 07:17:20 AM »

My favorites from that disc are "all she wrote" and " overnight sensation". Give the disc one more chance, maybe it will click.

I thought Angel Down was a very solid release, but kicking and screaming was terrible. Combined that with his voice sounded very poor recently, I have no hopes for this release. Will check out samples though.

wolfking · « **Reply #1633 on:** February 13, 2014, 03:58:51 AM »

Quote from: jjrock88 on February 12, 2014, 07:17:20 AM

My favorites from that disc are "all she wrote" and " overnight sensation". Give the disc one more chance, maybe it will click.

I thought Angel Down was a very solid release, but kicking and screaming was terrible. Combined that with his voice sounded very poor recently, I have no hopes for this release. Will check out samples though.

Those were the exact two songs that stood out to me. I guess cause they are more metal where the rest are more glam.

Yeah, Seb sounded terrible on Kicking and Screaming. It didn't even sound like him really.

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #1634 on:** February 13, 2014, 04:06:20 AM »

It sounds like regular modern Bach to me on Kicking and Screaming, the problem was more the generic crappy early 2000's metal songwriting.

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #1635 on:** February 13, 2014, 04:09:48 AM »

Not sure if it's been posted yet, but a teaser for new Winger-

https://soundcloud.com/officialwinger/rat-race-teaser

Not a lot to judge, but sounds pretty rockin' to me.

Can't really say more until there's a whole song up.

wolfking · « **Reply #1636 on:** February 13, 2014, 04:17:00 AM »

Updates;

Winger - 30 second sample of new song Rat Race.

https://soundcloud.com/officialwinger/rat-race-teaser

Sounding good.

Three Lions EPK with Vinny Burnes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39IE3p0BTfA

Great to see Vinny back and this sound fucking excellent.

Magnum - Too many Clowns new song snippet;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FACTwimWKM

Don't know what to think of this. Pretty much sounds like Rock and Roll from Zeppelin, and Catley sounds like he's really struggling.

New HEAT song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f6D5qP9WAc

This is shit, especially compared to the quality of the last album.

EDIT: Ninja'd by Blob!!

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #1637 on:** February 13, 2014, 04:23:46 AM »

You still got in first on the rest.

I'm surprised you didn't hate the Winger sample, given that I liked it.

Seems to be the way it goes in this thread!

bl5150 · « **Reply #1638 on:** February 13, 2014, 04:25:26 AM »

Hard to tell with the Winger but sounds very much (sound wise) like Karma to me. So I thought you wouldn't like it Blob

Magnum........not of a fan of much they've done since the 80's tbh

H.E.A.T...................I agree - the little I've heard sounds like a huge step backwards

Three Kings - definitely will check this one out. Not sure about the vocals just yet but having been a fan of Ten from day one I'll always check out anything with Vinny and Greg. Nothing in that video turned me off - put it that way.

wolfking · « **Reply #1639 on:** February 13, 2014, 04:25:58 AM »

Quote from: BlobVanDam on February 13, 2014, 04:23:46 AM

You still got in first on the rest.

I'm surprised you didn't hate the Winger sample, given that I liked it. Seems to be the way it goes in this thread!

No, no, you like it, therefore it must be one of the greatest songs ever.

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #1640 on:** February 13, 2014, 04:28:09 AM »

Quote from: bl5150 on February 13, 2014, 04:25:26 AM

Hard to tell with the Winger but sounds very much (sound wise) like Karma to me. So I thought you wouldn't like it Blob

It sounds to me a lot more like the rock track I love, rather than the rest of the metal metal stuff I don't like though. Hopefully the whole album is more like this sample!

And yeah, that Magnum clip had Rock n Roll written all over it, but with shitty modern metal production, and worn out vocals.

The HEAT song was..... meh.

Quote from: wolfking on February 13, 2014, 04:25:58 AM

Quote from: BlobVanDam on February 13, 2014, 04:23:46 AM
You still got in first on the rest.

I'm surprised you didn't hate the Winger sample, given that I liked it. Seems to be the way it goes in this thread!

No, no, you like it, therefore it must be one of the greatest songs ever.

Ah ok, I'm still getting a handle on how this whole theory works it seems.

wolfking · « **Reply #1641 on:** February 13, 2014, 04:32:07 AM »

Something like this;

Blob despises it = wolfking quite enjoys it
Blob thinks it 'meh' = wolfking likes it quite a lot
Blob doesn't mind it = wolfking fucking loves it
Blob likes it = wolfking's mind is blown

bl5150 · « **Reply #1642 on:** February 13, 2014, 04:35:10 AM »

So Stan Bush must be your all time favourite artist Kade.

wolfking · « **Reply #1643 on:** February 13, 2014, 04:36:27 AM »

Quote from: bl5150 on February 13, 2014, 04:35:10 AM

So Stan Bush must be your all time favourite artist Kade.

errr.....way to ruin my theory Brent. I guess the theory could work in reverse too.

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #1644 on:** February 13, 2014, 04:40:01 AM »

Quote from: wolfking on February 13, 2014, 04:32:07 AM

Something like this;

Blob despises it = wolfking quite enjoys it
Blob thinks it 'meh' = wolfking likes it quite a lot
Blob doesn't mind it = wolfking fucking loves it
Blob likes it = wolfking's mind is blown

So basically I can summarize it as - wolfking is musically easy.

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