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General => General Music Discussion => Topic started by: Tick on November 13, 2017, 10:50:12 AM
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Nad Sylvan – The Bride Said No
Who else knows this artist and record?
I can't get enough of this album!
I discovered Nad after seeing him perform as the main vocalist for Steve Hackett. I'm glad I picked up this record because its amazing! I don't start many threads, and rarely do I start one in this particular forum, but you guys have to check out this record.
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I'm aware of him. Certainly would take a look at his music. But my one question is...anyone else think he looks more than a bit like James LaBrie?
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I'm aware of him. Certainly would take a look at his music. But my one question is...anyone else think he looks more than a bit like James LaBrie?
Not really except for his hair.
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Nad S.
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I'm aware of him. Certainly would take a look at his music. But my one question is...anyone else think he looks more than a bit like James LaBrie?
Not really except for his hair.
And the facial structure. Take LaBrie's beard off. Probably even make LaBrie younger, and voila!
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Had to google to see this reseblence. Not at all. More like Dee Snider.
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Apparently no one is into one of the best prog albums in the last couple years.
Listen to...
When The Music dies
The Quartermaster
Crime of Passion
You will be enriched for doing so!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uskABNcs14
The Quartermaster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUI6n7XfVNI
When The Music Dies
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Apparently no one is into one of the best prog albums in the last couple years.
No surprise. There are tons of bands who I wish would get more love round here. Beardfish, Arena, The Tangent, Pendragon, IQ, even Marillion. Basically, unless there's metal involved, it's got few fans here.
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I've heard his next to newest album, the first Agents of Mercy album, and saw him live with Steve Hackett.
Some enjoyable stuff, but something about his presence and voice always rubs me the wrong way. He's a clearly talented dude, just never quite my cup of tea for some reason.
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Nad Sylvan, vocalist with Steve Hackett, recently announced the release of his new solo album ‘The Regal Bastard’ on July 5th, 2019. His third album for InsideOutMusic, and his 5th overall, this record is the final part of the Vampirate trilogy that he began on 2015’s ‘Courting The Widow’.
Today he launches the first single from the album, and you can listen to ‘I Am The Sea’ here: https://youtu.be/5-p4YTwAjHU
Nad comments: “‘I Am The Sea’, the album opener (featuring Guthrie Govan on solo guitar) is a powerful song where the lyrics are a metaphor for me becoming a professional artist and giving up my day job. It’s a co-write with the very talented Anders Wollbeck, who once said - it’s your own ‘Born To Run’!”
Work on 'The Regal Bastard' began in August 2017, when the vocalist began to record.
“What I tend to do is put down my ideas, and then send these to the proper musicians, who are then free to develop them in their own ways. I can then cherry pick from what they subsequently send me.
“I have had to take a number of breaks, though, from working on this album, due to other commitments. So, it's never been a case of me devoting all of my time to the project. But what this has done is allow me to return to it refreshed after time away, and able to take a different perspective on it all.” The record was finished over the last two-month period, with Nad working mammoth 15-20 hour days in order to complete it before his tour with Steve Hackett began. “The music to the title track was finished in early 2018, but the lyrics and the vocal delivery was all done in two days and finished on the same day I went to master the album. But it worked!”
Once more, Sylvan has pulled together a tremendous array of musical talent to bring his inspiration to life.
“Almost everyone who worked on 'The Bride Said No' is back with me again. Steve Hackett plays guitar on one track, Guthrie Govan on two, while Tony Levin does the bass on a song. Jonas Reingold plays bass on much of the album, and Nick D'Virgilio handles the drums. And I also have the same female singers working with me once more, these being Sheona Urquhart, Jade Ell and Tania Doko. And on 'Honey I'm Home', there's a big choir section, with every singer that has been involved with the 3 albums that make up the Vampirate trilogy, concluding the story in an honourable way. We also have Nick Beggs joining in on this part of the song.”
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‘The Regal Bastard’ will be released as a limited CD Digipak (incl. 2 bonus tracks), Gatefold 2LP + CD & as digital album.
Pre-order the album here: https://nadsylvanmusic.lnk.to/TheRegalBastard
The full-track-listing can be found below:
1. I Am The Sea
2. Oahu
3. Whoa (Always Been Without You)
4. Meet Your Maker
5. The Regal Bastard
6. Leave Me On These Waters
7. Honey I’m Home
8. Diva Time (Bonus Track)
9. The Lake Isle of Innisfree (Bonus Track)
Nad comments: “For me, this is the best of the three records. I honestly believe it will delight the fans. It is maybe not as riff heavy as the others. I would describe the sound as coming from the notion of pop going prog, with R'n'B elements in there as well. It is very soulful. But that suits my style. I am a vocal chameleon, and you'll hear that throughout. It is the finest possible way to bring the trilogy to an end.”
Nad will spend most of 2019 touring once again with Steve Hackett, as he celebrates the 40 years anniversary of “Spectral Mornings”, as well as the Genesis classic ‘Selling England By The Pound’. Find the full list of dates here: http://www.hackettsongs.com/tour.html
NAD SYLVAN Online:
https://www.facebook.com/Nadsylvanartist
http://www.nadsylvan.com/
https://twitter.com/SylvanOfficial
INSIDEOUT MUSIC online:
www.insideoutmusic.com
www.youtube.com/InsideOutMusicTV
www.facebook.com/InsideOutMusic
www.twitter.com/InsideOutUSA
www.insideoutmusicshop.com
INSIDEOUTMUSIC Spotify Playlist:
http://spotify.com/progrockessentials
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Nad comments on the new song as follows:
”The Stolen Child” is one of W B Yeats’ most popular early poems first published in Irish Monthly in 1896. Like much of his early work, it is based on the myths and legends he heard from local people while growing up in County Sligo.
I feel this song is a very captivating take on the lyrical content and will place you in a colorful dreamy landscape which will take you back to your own gullible childhood.
Let the fairies come and get you.”
You can watch the video for “The Stolen Child” here:
https://youtu.be/Z2VG5zinpNc
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Shows how much we care about this singer, no new posts between one album plug and the next.
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First I'm seeing this thread. I was not into Agents of Mercy specifically because of the vocals of Nad Sylvan. Admittedly, it's probably been 9 years or more since I've listened to AoM. I should revisit, though, being Roine Stolt and co. are on those albums. Nad's solo albums look interesting what with Jonas Reingold and NDV on there.
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Apparently no one is into one of the best prog albums in the last couple years.
No surprise. There are tons of bands who I wish would get more love round here. Beardfish, Arena, The Tangent, Pendragon, IQ, even Marillion. Basically, unless there's metal involved, it's got few fans here.
I love those bands but I can't stand this guy's voice. Sorry. Hard pass on anything he's singing on.
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First I'm seeing this thread. I was not into Agents of Mercy specifically because of the vocals of Nad Sylvan. Admittedly, it's probably been 9 years or more since I've listened to AoM. I should revisit, though, being Roine Stolt and co. are on those albums. Nad's solo albums look interesting what with Jonas Reingold and NDV on there.
If you didn't like his vocals then you certainly aren't going to like them now, he doesn't sound any different