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General => General Music Discussion => Topic started by: Ravenheart on December 13, 2009, 08:35:19 PM
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Evergrey! One of the best bands of the modern age as far as I'm concerned. With stunning virtuosity, raw emotion, poetic lyrics, ad Tom Englund's powerful voice, they've crafted some pretty amazing albums, my personal favorite being "In Search of Truth." I'd say everything they've done so far has been excellent, with perhaps the exception of "Monday Morning Apocalypse," which is still a good record.
I'm not sure how many fans are out there, but if you haven't listened to them, you're missing out on some great stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ8PXXrCasE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89giDpJfbVM&feature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bGp7LCRTlM&feature=related
Discuss.
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Definitely an awesome band. I consider myself a fan, though I only have one album (The Inner Circle). Amazing album though.
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Definitely an awesome band. I consider myself a fan, though I only have one album (The Inner Circle). Amazing album though.
That was my first. From then on, I decided that I had to own every album they made. First it's one album, then it's the whole catalogue. Then it's a shrine you keep of Tom Englund in your closet.
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I really like Evergrey's music, but can only listen to Englund's vocals for so long. It's not that I dislike his sound, but after half an album, the vocals start to sound all the same, and I feel like my ears need a break. I like his work with Ayreon though, but that obviously isn't a whole album worth of him, and it's a different style of music.
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A really cool band, I saw them life about a year and a half ago, and it was a lot of fun. Some of my favorite songs: Ambassador, Rulers of the mind, As I lie here bleeding, A touch of blessing, The Essence of conviction etc.
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Evergrey and Ice Age were the two bands I first branched out from Dream Theater with. Evergrey sort of lost me a few years ago with Monday Morning Apocalypse, but they have some fantastic albums and a great sound.
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I listen to them on a regular basis. When I'm in the mood, it's totally ace.
My top Evergrey albums are definately Recreation Day, The Inner Circle and In Search of Truth.
Monday Morning Apocalypse has a few good tracks, and Torn isn't that bad either. It's not as genius as their older stuff though. There is something missing, and nowadays it all seems to go about the 'heavy riff' and the 'emotional chorus'. The older albums have them too, but not as forced AND the compositions are a bit more thought out.
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Englund's voice is godly! :tup
The Inner Circle is one of my favourite albums, and Recreation Day is damn great as well. The rest range from very good to ok.
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Recreation Day and ISFT are Godlike. Some of the best prog metal, and the guitar solos are bliss. Although their last album was quite disappointing IMO. Monday Morning was better than it was made out.
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I only have recreation day. Good album, dunno why I never purchased any more after that, maybe once i get some money I will...
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New album next year! Can't wait. ;D
They have a few previews of the new songs on their website.
I hate the artwork, but I'm sure I'll cope:
(https://www.cdinzane.com/images/P/EVERGREY-GLORIOUS%20COLLISION.jpg)
Here are the official song titles:
Leave It Behind Us * You * Wrong * Frozen * Restoring The Loss * To Fit The Mold * Out Of Reach * The Phantom Letters * The Disease … * It Comes From Within * Free * I´m Drowning Alone * … And The Distance * … And The Distance (Carina Bonustrack)
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Love Evergrey!
Along side Iced Earth, Nevermore and Kamelot, I consider them one of the template bands for the sort of music I wanna write and perform.
I personally really dig that new cover.
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I only have recreation day. Good album, dunno why I never purchased any more after that, maybe once i get some money I will...
This, and it fucking slays.
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Who is playing the bass now since Jari left for Symfonia?
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Looking forward to this new album. Personally love the cover myself. Here's the new bands lineup, very different. It's gonna be interesting to see how this sounds especially with Henrik gone, his guitar playing was a staple of Evergrey's sound.
Tom S. Englund
Rikard Zander
Marcus Jidell
Johan Niemann
Hannes Van Dahl
Only Tom and Rikard left.
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Something about the way the title is written on the album cover just kills it for me... IDK. I might warm up to it eventually.
Evergrey basically has revolving door musicians, aside from Tom. It kinda reminds me of how Opeth has solely become the song ideas and crafts of Mikael, but Evergrey seem more chaotic with their lineup changes.
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Something about the way the title is written on the album cover just kills it for me... IDK. I might warm up to it eventually.
Evergrey basically has revolving door musicians, aside from Tom. It kinda reminds me of how Opeth has solely become the song ideas and crafts of Mikael, but Evergrey seem more chaotic with their lineup changes.
I hope that doesn't mean you are letting anal bum cover an album cover decide whether or not you are going to buy or listen to the album
Oh and Evergrey fucking rocks. I have their A night to remember DVD and it is sick. I recommend it to everyone.
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anal bum cover
:rollin
(https://www.essentialstyleformen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/jeopardy.jpg)
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Something about the way the title is written on the album cover just kills it for me... IDK. I might warm up to it eventually.
Evergrey basically has revolving door musicians, aside from Tom. It kinda reminds me of how Opeth has solely become the song ideas and crafts of Mikael, but Evergrey seem more chaotic with their lineup changes.
I hope that doesn't mean you are letting anal bum cover an album cover decide whether or not you are going to buy or listen to the album
Oh and Evergrey fucking rocks. I have their A night to remember DVD and it is sick. I recommend it to everyone.
Preeeeeeeeeetty sure I stated I was stoked for the album :yeahright I have a lot of confidence in this album. Evergrey is one of my favorite bands.
And yes, ANTR is absolutely stunning.
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Looking forward to this new album. Personally love the cover myself. Here's the new bands lineup, very different. It's gonna be interesting to see how this sounds especially with Henrik gone, his guitar playing was a staple of Evergrey's sound.
Tom S. Englund
Rikard Zander
Marcus Jidell
Johan Niemann
Hannes Van Dahl
Only Tom and Rikard left.
Jidell is an awesome guitarist, so I expect nothing lacking in that department.
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Looking forward to this new album. Personally love the cover myself. Here's the new bands lineup, very different. It's gonna be interesting to see how this sounds especially with Henrik gone, his guitar playing was a staple of Evergrey's sound.
Tom S. Englund
Rikard Zander
Marcus Jidell
Johan Niemann
Hannes Van Dahl
Only Tom and Rikard left.
Jidell is an awesome guitarist, so I expect nothing lacking in that department.
I'm unfamiliar with him, what bands has he been with?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX0T8jsoK7k
Short video of Jidell playing, nothing spectacular in it, I'll look for something better that is official like this.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX0T8jsoK7k
Short video of Jidell playing, nothing spectacular in it, I'll look for something better that is official like this.
I never knew he was in Royal Hunt, they are awesome!
Preeeeeeeeeetty sure I stated I was stoked for the album I have a lot of confidence in this album. Evergrey is one of my favorite bands.
Okay, just making sure :laugh:
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Live version of Masterplan just came on.
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Ah, Royal Hunt, I have a few of their albums, they fantastic.
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Just listened to the whole thing!!
Absolutely awesome. It combines the best of the old with the best of the new. Torn was a huge improvement over Monday Morning Apocalypse (which I still really liked), and Glorious Collision continues the trend. And Rikard's keys are finally at the forefront again. He was utilized a lot more in Torn after being minimized in MMA, but it really feels like the good ol' days this time around. As usual, the guitars and rhythm sections kick ass. Marcus, Johan, and Hannes fit right in.
It's probably more diverse than their previous 2 albums, with a few ballad-ish songs, and a few stabs at a little more experimentation. Of course, as expected, all of the songs are flooded with delicious melodies.
The lyrics are still very emotionally dark and introspective. It'd be hard to name some without naming them all, but the one that really struck a chord with me was The Phantom Letters :sadpanda: You'll see what I mean when you listen to it.
I'd probably rank their albums like this:
Recreation Day
The Inner Circle
In Search of Truth
Solitude Dominance Tragedy/Glorious Collision (at a tie right now. Should change eventually)
Torn
The Dark Discovery
Monday Morning Apocalypse
Overall, this is easily a strong contender for the best album of 2011. I couldn't be happier with it. ;D
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Good to know. Torn wasn't amazing but was good and definitely a return to form after MMA. I don't think they'll ever top The Inner Circle though, that's one of my favourite albums of all time.
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Good to hear ravenheart. The new single, Wrong is the only song I've heard and I really like that one. I guess I'm the only person that liked MMA, I think that was a fantastic album and so much better than Torn. Torn IMO, was a disappointment.
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Well, I like MMA fine. It has a few really great songs (Closure is in my top 10), but it stands out to me as their least memorable album. Torn was a big step up, and GC is even better. I'd say this is definitely their "return to form," so to speak. But I might be wrong. Listen to it and find out. ;)
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The album's a pleasant surprise. Not a single bad song, although I would cut a couple of tracks. Some of my favorites: Wrong, It comes from within, You, The Phantom letters...
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Sept
16 Springfield, Va Jaxx
17 Worcester, MA Palladium
18 Philadelphia, Pa Troc
20 NYC, NY Grammercy Theater
21 Montreal ,QUE Fou Founes
22 Toronto ,ONT Opera House
23 Cleveland, OH Peabodys
24 Detroit ,MI Blondies
26 Chicago,IL Reggies
27 St Paul , MN Station 4
28 Winnipeg,MB Osbourne Village Inn
29 Regina,SK Exchange
30 Edmonton,AB Starlite Room
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6 LA,CA Key Club
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8 SLC,UT The Complex
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St.Paul got a date!..funny how I probably haven't listened to these guys in 4 or 5 years. But In Search of Truth has always been an album I enjoy.
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Nice ill be at the palladium!
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I hope I'm somewhere near a show this fall. My copy of the new album should arrive tomorrow :metal
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I hope I'm somewhere near a show this fall. My copy of the new album should arrive tomorrow :metal
It's pretty awesome, I think. You'd be hard-pressed to be disappointed.
Also, I'd love to make that show in Tempe. Damn.
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Nice ill be at the palladium!
I will too. Trying to get in touch with their management to try to open the show actually. They are the biggest influence on DG.
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funny how I probably haven't listened to these guys in 4 or 5 years. But In Search of Truth has always been an album I enjoy.
I'd say that the two that followed it were a lot better, but they've been a little weaker since then (although still good, and I haven't heard the new album yet!)
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funny how I probably haven't listened to these guys in 4 or 5 years. But In Search of Truth has always been an album I enjoy.
I'd say that the two that followed it were a lot better, but they've been a little weaker since then (although still good, and I haven't heard the new album yet!)
Check it out! It's their strongest since TIC, easily :heart
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funny how I probably haven't listened to these guys in 4 or 5 years. But In Search of Truth has always been an album I enjoy.
I'd say that the two that followed it were a lot better, but they've been a little weaker since then (although still good, and I haven't heard the new album yet!)
Check it out! It's their strongest since TIC, easily :heart
Now, I haven't given it a spin yet, but I don't see how it could possibly surpass Recreation Day.
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funny how I probably haven't listened to these guys in 4 or 5 years. But In Search of Truth has always been an album I enjoy.
I'd say that the two that followed it were a lot better, but they've been a little weaker since then (although still good, and I haven't heard the new album yet!)
Check it out! It's their strongest since TIC, easily :heart
Now, I haven't given it a spin yet, but I don't see how it could possibly surpass Recreation Day.
Pretty sure Recreation Day was before TIC. :P
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Yeah.
Recreation Day > 2003
TIC > 2004
Recreation Day is my favorite, though.
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Just rediscovered these guys again, possibly the greatest band within their niche. I just checked out Glorious Collision. It doesn't do a lot for me, but at least it DEFINATELY sounds like Evergrey again. Been spinning ISOT, RD and TIC in the car and they've been great!
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funny how I probably haven't listened to these guys in 4 or 5 years. But In Search of Truth has always
been an album I enjoy.
I'd say that the two that followed it were a lot better, but they've been a little weaker since then (although still good, and I haven't heard the new album yet!)
Check it out! It's their strongest since TIC, easily :heart
Now, I haven't given it a spin yet, but I don't see how it could possibly surpass Recreation Day.
Pretty sure Recreation Day was before TIC. :P
Whoops. :facepalm: Thought you were talking about ISOT for some strange reason, my mistake. Your statement definitely makes more sense now. Although I was quite keen on MMA.
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Listening to Glorious Collision for the first time right now. Only up to track 2, but right away I know this is gonna be better than Torn.
The first song is amazing, great riffs and chorus hook. Great solos too. Second track definitely had a Inner Circle type of feel. I will say I think the production is ordinary, even terrible. Everything is so compressed which kills a lot of the dynamics of the music. Also the hi hat sound is very high in treble and is a little annoying. I'm sure I'll get over it.
Wow, track 3 is wonderful. Great guitar melody and excellent chorus.
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I saw these guys live at the festival Peace and Love three years ago, they were awesome. I'm gonna see them again at the MetalTown festival in couple of months. (Together with *cough* SoaD...) :metal
I actually don't own any album by them, which one is seen as their magnum opus around here?
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I will say I think the production is ordinary, even terrible. Everything is so compressed which kills a lot of the dynamics of the music.
Wut? I can only assume that you're listening to a stream or a dodgy download, because I listened on Spotify and it sounds fine, better than the last two. Actually probably their second best sounding album behind Recreation Day (Inner Circle is their masterpiece, but the production isn't great).
But yeah it's a very solid album, they seem to be getting closer to form with each album now.
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I will say I think the production is ordinary, even terrible. Everything is so compressed which kills a lot of the dynamics of the music.
Wut? I can only assume that you're listening to a stream or a dodgy download, because I listened on Spotify and it sounds fine, better than the last two. Actually probably their second best sounding album behind Recreation Day (Inner Circle is their masterpiece, but the production isn't great).
Man, 'The Inner Circle' has my favorite Evergrey production. I really love the roomy sound it has, the drums and guitars are good. Low end's pretty tight, and the whole thing is not too compressed. Recreation Day's sound has its charm, but especially the busy parts (like the beginning of the album) sound really muddy.
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I will say I think the production is ordinary, even terrible. Everything is so compressed which kills a lot of the dynamics of the music.
Wut? I can only assume that you're listening to a stream or a dodgy download, because I listened on Spotify and it sounds fine, better than the last two. Actually probably their second best sounding album behind Recreation Day (Inner Circle is their masterpiece, but the production isn't great).
But yeah it's a very solid album, they seem to be getting closer to form with each album now.
Nope, I'm listening to the phsyical cd. I'm listening to it now today with fresh ears and it does sound a lot better, but still not up to par with TIC, RS and ISOT IMHO.
Gotta say though I've listened to about 7 songs and all of them are very very strong, great stuff, looking forward to listening more.
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Hmm, strange, I was only listening on Spotify and I thought it sounded fine.
@Pixel: I know what you mean about TIC, the production works fine and doesn't hinder the quality of the listening experience at all (it's still one of my favourite ever albums) but I do find it a little... underproduced maybe? I dunno, just not that great sounding.
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It's sounding pretty good on my stereo at the moment. Still a little muddy and the cymbals either too much treble or a little high in the mix.
Leave it Behind Us is a great opener and simply a killer Evergrey song. Wrong is amazing. I love the guitar melody at the start, that's something a little different from Evergrey but it's extra melodic so I love it, the outro solo too is killer. To Fit the Mold is absolutely incredible, great chorus, great vocals and a superb solo section.
The new boys seem to fit in well too, solos are really good. I'm happy Zander gets a little more work on this album and obviously him helping Tom with the songwriting is really what this album needed. Drums are solid, nothing spectacular but good. Patrick Carlsson is still the best drummer this band has ever had. I wish he continued with music, his drums on RD simply is some of the greatest drum work, and his sound was incredible. I really think the band has suffered ever since he left.
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I just listened to some tracks off of 'Glorious Collision' and then checked back to ISOT and RD. What I find is that the adventurous rythms, the breakneck (and fun!) riffs and a large part of the gothicness is just.. gone. Vocals.. on earlier records he sings with way more power and balls. This new Evergrey really sounds like just 'normal' songs with normal singing, decorated with metal guitars and gentle keys. I'm really surprised people are reacting so well to it. Adding to that, it's their worst sounding record I've heard. And there's even some interviews with guys from Evergrey about how they got an engineer especially for the drums. Then why does the snare just flat out suck?
Alright, that's a lot of negative stuff. Don't mean to come across like that, as I certainly find even their new album at least enjoyable. Glad that they're still around and I hope they'll gel even more on their next record. It's already pretty impressive they got this result with the fresh line up.
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I just listened to some tracks off of 'Glorious Collision' and then checked back to ISOT and RD. What I find is that the adventurous rythms, the breakneck (and fun!) riffs and a large part of the gothicness is just.. gone. Vocals.. on earlier records he sings with way more power and balls. This new Evergrey really sounds like just 'normal' songs with normal singing, decorated with metal guitars and gentle keys. I'm really surprised people are reacting so well to it. Adding to that, it's their worst sounding record I've heard. And there's even some interviews with guys from Evergrey about how they got an engineer especially for the drums. Then why does the snare just flat out suck?
Alright, that's a lot of negative stuff. Don't mean to come across like that, as I certainly find even their new album at least enjoyable. Glad that they're still around and I hope they'll gel even more on their next record. It's already pretty impressive they got this result with the fresh line up.
Have to agree. I really like Glorious Collision it's better than Torn, but that's about it at the moment, a great record though. It just sounds like some of the fire that there was on ISOT and RD is gone. I's glory days though, are long gone.really think it has a lot to do with the drums, the band has suffered ever since Patrick left, he drove the band so damn well. They seem a little less adventerous, but I guess bands change and style change and develop, since GC really only has Tom and Zander, I'm pleased with the outcome. The bands
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I actually don't own any album by them, which one is seen as their magnum opus around here?
Recreation Day. Anybody who tells you anything different is a liar.
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I actually don't own any album by them, which one is seen as their magnum opus around here?
Recreation Day. Anybody who tells you anything different is a liar.
Except that The Inner Circle is better.
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I actually don't own any album by them, which one is seen as their magnum opus around here?
Recreation Day. Anybody who tells you anything different is a liar.
This.
I actually don't own any album by them, which one is seen as their magnum opus around here?
Recreation Day. Anybody who tells you anything different is a liar.
Except that The Inner Circle is better.
No.
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I actually don't own any album by them, which one is seen as their magnum opus around here?
Recreation Day. Anybody who tells you anything different is a liar.
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The Inner Circle is their absolute best. It's also the last good thing they released.
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I am a HUGE fan of Monday Morning Apocalypse. I really don't know why that got so much hate, a great album filled with a lot of great catchy songs.
After a few more listens to Glorious Collision, I gotta say it's not as impressive as what it was on the first listen. The songs are great, but really overall just seem to lack the punch that this band had in it's ISOT/RD days. Even Monday Morning had more life to it than this record does. I don't mind it for what it is, but when it's stacked up against their older stuff, it comes off very average. IMO, second worst Evergrey album, just slightly better than Torn.
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I still think MMA is their worst album, while still being good. GC is Evergrey in full force.
But the main reason I'm bumping this thread is because I listened to some Evergrey last night for the first time in a long time. They're still awesome :metal I've always had a tough trouble deciding between RD, TIC, and ISoT as my favorite album by them, but it's definitely one of those 3. I fogot how great they are--heavy, complex, skilled, powerful, dark, and emotional.
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Yep, excellent band indeed. I haven't revisited GC since it's release unfortunately. It showed promise but the production killed it. Torn is still their weakest though.
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Inner Circle is still easily my favourite, and was VERY close to being in my top 50. Such a powerful album!
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I still need to pick up Recreation Day sometime. Already have ISoT, TIC, and SDT.
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Recreation Day is awesome. Highly recommended.
Speaking of SDT (lolstd), that album is severely underrated. It has some of their best songs on it: Solitude Within, Nosferatu, She Speaks to the Dead, and When Darkness Falls. Nosferatu is especially awesome live on A Night To Remember.
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I agree, Nosferatu and She Speaks are great. :hat
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CALL OFF YOUR ANGELS OR I'LL MAKE THEM STAY (NOSFERATU)
MY FATE IS WRITTEN AND I'LL MAKE YOU FALL FROM GRACE (NOSFERATU)
YOU MUST LEAVE YOUR BREATHING LIFE (NOSFERATU)
ONLY TO BE REBORN IN MINE (NOSFERATU)
:metal :metal :metal
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She Speaks to the Dead is one of my favs.
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I just listened to A Touch of Blessing. I really really dug it. What do?
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I just listened to A Touch of Blessing. I really really dug it. What do?
Listen to more Evergrey, duh!
What are you doing here Ravenheart? I thought you only listened to shitty music.
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What are you doing here Ravenheart? I thought you only listened to shitty music.
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lwaZSuqn-nw/TihgI3Bq-xI/AAAAAAAAAL4/t-FqajIcEkg/s1600/evergrey%2Bgiant%2Bindie.png)
Please don't let Ryan see this!
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I just listened to A Touch of Blessing. I really really dug it. What do?
Listen to more Evergrey, duh!
What are you doing here Ravenheart? I thought you only listened to shitty music.
No shit, but what album? And I think I'm starting to like Zander more and more. First, Emilie Autumn, now this...
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Don't mind me. I'm just trolling. This is one big troll thread.
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I just listened to A Touch of Blessing. I really really dug it. What do?
Recreation Day. Do it.
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Advice?
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Advice?
Don't let the CD case corner poke your eye out.
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No...seriously.
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Recreation Day. Do it.
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Advice?
Huh? Listen to the album called Recreation Day by the band called Evergrey. Lift your hand to the sky. Close your ring and middle fingers against your palm. Put your thumb across those two fingers. Leave your index and pink fingers up. Bob your head up and down violently. That's about it.
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No...seriously.
Recreation Day is their best album and is one of the best of the genre. Amazing vocals, guitars, keys and amazing drumming. Great songs and very heavy yet with memorable, beautiful melodies.
After that, get In Search For Truth, then Inner Circle, then the live DVD, then Solitude, Dominance, Tragedy, then Monday Morning Apocolypse, then Dark Discovery, then Glorious Collision, then Torn.
I must say, Recreation Day had the most amazing drumming. I miss Patrick Carlsson, after he left, the band lost quality.
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Recreation Day was the first one I got and I was blown away but after a few years I must say that The Inner Circle is overall the better, more solid album that stands the test of time better.
I miss the keyboards of those two albums.
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I plan on listening to Recreation Day and The Inner Circle.
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Advice?
I actually don't own any album by them, which one is seen as their magnum opus around here?
Recreation Day. Anybody who tells you anything different is a liar.
I actually don't own any album by them, which one is seen as their magnum opus around here?
Recreation Day. Anybody who tells you anything different is a liar.
This.
Sometimes reading the thread helps ;)
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I listened to Recreation Day. I didn't really dig it, but I was also in a pretty weird state when listening so don't listen to me. Ever.
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Listen to The Inner Circle, it's much better.
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I dug A Touch of Blessing a ton. I'll listen to it later today.
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Listen to The Inner Circle, it's much better.
Ariich is often right about things. This is one of the few times he's not.
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Listen to The Inner Circle, it's much better.
Ariich is often right about things. This is one of the few times he's not.
This. While ATOB is one of Evergrey's top 5 songs, even know it's awesome, the rest of the album doesn't live up to that song IMO.
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Nick's recording of the concert he was at last night:
https://www.nickeh.com/samples/Zander.mp3
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Haha you're in the URL :lol
I don't know why I find that funny.
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Show last night was really good, and I have to really recommend checking out the tour if they are coming near you.
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Thanks for this thread guys it has been way too long since i listened to Evergrey...
1. The Inner Circle
2. Recreation Day
3. In Search of Truth
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For the first time in over 3 years I am listening to In Search of Truth.
Hot damn, I forgot how good this album was. :metal
Shame on me for neglecting Evergrey. :facepalm:
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I saw and hung out with Evergrey back on the 27th of September for the first, and sadly (Most likely) last time. All the guys are so gracious for their fans and are awesome to hang out with.
Tom also did a drunken Station I.D. for my show that I couldn't appreciate more.
Recreation Day is one of my favorite albums of all time. Every other album is fucking awesome, but Recreation Day is their best.
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For the first time in over 3 years I am listening to In Search of Truth.
Hot damn, I forgot how good this album was. :metal
Shame on me for neglecting Evergrey. :facepalm:
Yeah, I need to give that a spin too, such a magical album.
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OF ALL THE DREAMS I'VE HAD
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Haven't noticed this thread. I guess posting Evergrey in the "saddest song ever" thread sparked me to look harder. :lol Thought I'd chime in and say I've been on a huge Evergrey kick lately. Been listening to Recreation Day the most. Still can't decide if I like it or Inner Circle better.
Anywho, phenomenal band. :metal
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Are all their albums as samey as Torn?
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Are all their albums as samey as Torn?
Not at all. Check out "In Search of Truth" and "Recreation Day". That's Evergrey at their peak. It was around Torn where I started losing interest.
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Are all their albums as samey as Torn?
No, and Torn is by far their weakest album.
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Anyone know what EG are doing these days?
Is there still a band or is it just TE now?
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No, can't find any info on what they're doing at the moment. Damn that band has lost a lot of good members the past couple of years, i have my suspicions that Tom may not be the easiest person to work with. I still rank In Search Of Truth very high, it's an awesome album!
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The band pretty much died for me after TiC. Up until that it was a constant improvement in album quality, imo, but after it - an even higher drop. I hope they are using this time well and when they do decide to release something it's worth it.
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They released an album last year that was a step in the right direction. It's not like they've fallen off the face of the Earth like the last few posts suggested.
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Yeah they're still together, but I think all the band members were replaced a year or two ago except the keys player and of course Tom. I haven't listened to anything since Torn.
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'Glorious Collision', was Feb 2011, and I didn't even know they had released it until yesterday.
It seems the band has been suffering from the revolving door of exiting members and that the music has suffered?
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They released an album last year that was a step in the right direction.
Exactly. I listened to it a while ago, it's still pretty awesome. :metal
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I thought it was last year. My last two years of grad school are a blur and I remember it was released early in the year. Still, 2 years isn't that long of a time between albums, and IIRC they did tour a little after the album came out.
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'Glorious Collision', was Feb 2011, and I didn't even know they had released it until yesterday.
It seems the band has been suffering from the revolving door of exiting members and that the music has suffered?
It was only the last album that had a big lineup change, other than that, they have been fairly consistent with their lineups.
Glorious Collision was an excellent album, although let down by shit production.
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heh, that's the first I've heard of that album too. I've enjoyed some of their stuff, but they're not a band I really follow too closely.
Dead Heart in a Dead World is my favorite, I think, followed by In Search of Truth and Recreation Day
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heh, that's the first I've heard of that album too. I've enjoyed some of their stuff, but they're not a band I really follow too closely.
Dead Heart in a Dead World is my favorite, I think, followed by In Search of Truth and Recreation Day
I think you mix Nevermore with Evergrey? :biggrin: Could not for my life figure out what Evergrey song that was.
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I've not heard every album to the full yet but i can rank my top 3 though:
1. In Search Of Truth
2. The Inner Circle
3. Recreation Day
They have alot of deep and emotional songs but nothing comes close too When The Walls Go Down, that is the saddest song i've heard from any metal band ever! I've always have a lump in my system after listening to that song.
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heh, that's the first I've heard of that album too. I've enjoyed some of their stuff, but they're not a band I really follow too closely.
Dead Heart in a Dead World is my favorite, I think, followed by In Search of Truth and Recreation Day
Dead Heart is a killer album, except it's by Nevermore.
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I pretty much love
1. In search of Truth
2. Recreation Day
3. Dark Discovery
I don't like Torn or Glorious Collision at all and the rest I can take em or leave em for the most part.
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From their FB feed this morning:
All songs written and done!
Composed and arranged to the core!
Now just the small task of recording it!
TO BE RELEASED 2014 with a first single before SUMMER!
Oh. Hell. YES!!!!!!
:2metal:
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Isn't summer over there like June/July? And they haven't even recorded it?
Looking forward to this one though.
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Isn't summer over there like June/July? And they haven't even recorded it?
Looking forward to this one though.
Yep june is basically the start of the summer here.
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Umm, in the northern hemisphere June 21st is the start of summer everywhere.
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Umm, in the northern hemisphere June 21st is the start of summer everywhere.
I'm in the southern. :P
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I've been listening to In Search of Truth non-stop the past few days. Man oh man do I love that album.
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I hear you, love that album. The haunting feel their music portrait on that album is awesome.
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I've been listening to In Search of Truth non-stop the past few days. Man oh man do I love that album.
Yeah, I actually had that in the car about a week ago also, listened to it like 4 times, one of the greatest prog metal albums ever.
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Umm, in the northern hemisphere June 21st is the start of summer everywhere.
I'm in the southern. :P
Your country is a lie. :p
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Umm, in the northern hemisphere June 21st is the start of summer everywhere.
I'm in the southern. :P
Your country is a lie. :p
I sometimes wonder that. :lol
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Anyone know if the best of compilation A Decade and a Half is a good representation for new listeners? Here's the track list:
CD 1 (61:32)
1. The Masterplan (4:46)
2. Blackened Dawn [live] (4:04)
3. Rulers Of The Mind (5:57)
4. A Touch Of Blessing (5:50)
5. Frozen (4:57)
6. For Every Tear That Falls [live] (5:22)
7. More Than Ever (4:13)
8. Blinded (4:34)
9. Faith Restored (3:53)
10. These Scars (5:51)
11. Broken Wings (4:42)
12. Words Mean Nothing (4:11)
13. Wrong [live - previously unreleased] (3:12)
CD 2 (50:57)
1. The Great Deceiver (4:19)
2. Monday Morning Apocalypse (3:10)
3. Wrong (5:07)
4. Waking Up Blind [live] (4:05)
5. Solitude Within (5:32)
6. Recreation Day (5:21)
7. Still In The Water (5:17)
8. Leave It Behind Us (5:09)
9. Fear (4:15)
10. When The Walls Go Down [live] (5:28)
11. Frozen [live - previously unreleased] (3:14)
Really the only songs I ever listen to are Recreation Day and Solitude Within. Kinda neat that they're back to back on this. CONSPIRACY!
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Yes that's fairly solid, but honestly I would just go out and get In search of truth. And then Recreation day next. With those two albums, you're pretty much set, and then if you want to branch out to the other albums you can.
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Yes that's fairly solid, but honestly I would just go out and get In search of truth. And then Recreation day next. With those two albums, you're pretty much set, and then if you want to branch out to the other albums you can.
Pretty much this, although most of their other work is definitely worth checking out.
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Yes that's fairly solid, but honestly I would just go out and get In search of truth. And then Recreation day next. With those two albums, you're pretty much set, and then if you want to branch out to the other albums you can.
Pretty much this, although most of their other work is definitely worth checking out.
Third'd. Though, there isn't an album of there's that I don't love.
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Anyone know if the best of compilation A Decade and a Half is a good representation for new listeners? Here's the track list:
CD 1 (61:32)
1. The Masterplan (4:46)
2. Blackened Dawn [live] (4:04)
3. Rulers Of The Mind (5:57)
4. A Touch Of Blessing (5:50)
5. Frozen (4:57)
6. For Every Tear That Falls [live] (5:22)
7. More Than Ever (4:13)
8. Blinded (4:34)
9. Faith Restored (3:53)
10. These Scars (5:51)
11. Broken Wings (4:42)
12. Words Mean Nothing (4:11)
13. Wrong [live - previously unreleased] (3:12)
CD 2 (50:57)
1. The Great Deceiver (4:19)
2. Monday Morning Apocalypse (3:10)
3. Wrong (5:07)
4. Waking Up Blind [live] (4:05)
5. Solitude Within (5:32)
6. Recreation Day (5:21)
7. Still In The Water (5:17)
8. Leave It Behind Us (5:09)
9. Fear (4:15)
10. When The Walls Go Down [live] (5:28)
11. Frozen [live - previously unreleased] (3:14)
Really the only songs I ever listen to are Recreation Day and Solitude Within. Kinda neat that they're back to back on this. CONSPIRACY!
Just looking at the length of the discs, each disc only being an hour actually pisses me off. Why rip potential fans off when you can fit another 40 minutes of music on. There's a few more selections that would fit here that show even more diversity of the band. Just seems like a cop out with not filling the cd's up. A couple of songs I'd add;
She Speaks to the Dead (top 10 Evergrey song, should be on here)
As I Lie Here Bleeding
Ambassador (very underrated)
Lost (a great more catchier number, always liked this one)
Obedience
Mislead
Mark of the Triangle
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Mark of the Triangle
Hell Yeah, Mark of the Triangle :metal :metal :metal :metal
Zook, go listen to Mark of the Triangle
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Yeah do it.
Actually, here's a cool live version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8A6KFKz5_M
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Yea I follow what others say. Start with In search of truth and then work yourself up their disco. To be honest it's not a great idea to start with a compilation, atleast not imo. One song can never justify a whole album, especially not when we're talking about a band that mostly do concept albums.
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One song can never justify a whole album, especially not when we're talking about a band that mostly do concept albums.
This is a solid point.
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Nosferatu is pretty cool too.
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Nosferatu is pretty cool too.
Yeah it fucking is. Actually I changed my mind, that best of tracklist is good enough, but missing quite a lot of essential Evergrey songs. Nosferatu included.
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So I listened to The Inner Circle and it completely blew me away. FANTASTIC album. When the Walls Go Down is one of the saddest and most emotional songs that I know, and makes for a perfect album closer.
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Yea wtwgd is very very emotional, It breaks my heart every time. Love it though!
Edit: Ok maybe not "breaks my heart".....how about "fills my heart with total blackness".
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I wouldn't buy the Greatest Hits album or whatever. That album has a terrible mastering job, it clips audibly and the dynamic range is way too bad. Just get In Search of Truth, Recreation Day and The Inner Circle. Those are their greatest hits. Not a bad song on any of them.
Monday Morning Apocalypse as a whole isn't that great, but there are some very good tracks on there as well (Still in the Water for example).
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So I listened to The Inner Circle and it completely blew me away. FANTASTIC album. When the Walls Go Down is one of the saddest and most emotional songs that I know, and makes for a perfect album closer.
Yeah, that's a monster of a song. That album really is awesome and unique.
I wouldn't buy the Greatest Hits album or whatever. That album has a terrible mastering job, it clips audibly and the dynamic range is way too bad. Just get In Search of Truth, Recreation Day and The Inner Circle. Those are their greatest hits. Not a bad song on any of them.
Monday Morning Apocalypse as a whole isn't that great, but there are some very good tracks on there as well (Still in the Water for example).
Good to know about the production. A shame cause most of their work already sounds really good production wise, especially Truth, the sound on that album is fantastic.
I've always like Monday Morning, really strong album, just a bit misunderstood I think.
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I've always like Monday Morning, really strong album, just a bit misunderstood I think.
Amen to that.
I have loved MMA since the first day it was released. Its powerful, catchy and I still listen to it regularly. Never understood why it was so quickly dismissed. Sure its a different stylistically, but for what it does, it does well.
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I've always like Monday Morning, really strong album, just a bit misunderstood I think.
Amen to that.
I have loved MMA since the first day it was released. Its powerful, catchy and I still listen to it regularly. Never understood why it was so quickly dismissed. Sure its a different stylistically, but for what it does, it does well.
I think you answered your own question. There was nothing wrong with it, it just was more straightforward and less prog. Remember this came after TIC, people just don't like change. I thought it was a really refreshing change in direction after TIC, terrific album.
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It's not that people don't like change as much as what came after TIC was just quite bad overall.
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I wouldn't buy the Greatest Hits album or whatever. That album has a terrible mastering job, it clips audibly and the dynamic range is way too bad. Just get In Search of Truth, Recreation Day and The Inner Circle. Those are their greatest hits. Not a bad song on any of them.
Monday Morning Apocalypse as a whole isn't that great, but there are some very good tracks on there as well (Still in the Water for example).
I haven't listened to The Inner Circle yet, but out of RD, ISOT, and SDT, I like SDT the best.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=P-PDW-m0NC8
Sounds amazing.
"Hymns For The Broken" track listing:
01. The Awakening
02. King Of Errors
03. A New Dawn
04. Wake A Change
05. Archaic Rage
06. Barricades
07. Black Undertow
08. The Fire
09. Hymns For The Broken
10. Missing You
11. A Grand Collapse
12. The Aftermath
September 26
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well, that riff alone sounded better than anything after TIC so I'm slightly optimistic now.
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Definitely will check that out, and my expectations are quite high.
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New video is cool! I am excited about this release... Also nice to see Henrik and Jonas back! YAY!
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You talk about this Nem?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOJcMLyCCtY
I totally agree neverthless. Really pumped for some new Evergrey, it's been to long.
Edit: Nevermind just watched their FB and the new video + hellyea Jonas and Henrik are back!
Edit 2: Really awesome video! Really cool of them to shoot on Eriksbergskranen in Gothenburg.
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Yes. I mean I am sure that's the one..... I haven't got access to YT from work.. :-\ That's the reason why I couldn't post a link in the first place... Thanks for posting :)
Promising indeed!!!
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I hope this video is a good indication of what's to come in the full album. Finally, the keyboards are back! I've missed that atmosphere and mixture of keys and guitars since TIC.
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I didn't care at all about Glorious Collision, but these two trailers sounded very good. I'm hoping the vocals will good.. I thought his vocals were getting less powerful after Torn.
Is Henrik really back? That makes me extremely happy. His lead guitar sound and playing are a crucial part of the Evergrey guitar sound.
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I hope this video is a good indication of what's to come in the full album. Finally, the keyboards are back! I've missed that atmosphere and mixture of keys and guitars since TIC.
Yes! Other metal bands with keyboards often sound cheesy, but Evergrey were really good at it.
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FINALLY! Our new video clip "King Of Errors" has its premiere now! It's EPIC and you will love it!
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Love it! :metal
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I liked it a lot. In fact, I'm not really familiar with Evergrey, I've listened to their songs here and there, and I kinda promised myself I'll get into them with buying the new album and explore all of their discography then. Knowing these guys get a huge amount of love here, I have great expectations for the album, and this song left me eager to hear the rest of material.
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This is the Evergrey I always liked, ISOT-RD-TIC. What a strong track, I never thought they would get back to how good they once were. This just wins on every level.
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I'm liking this. Not a huge fan, In Search Of Truth apart. Sounds good though.
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Hopefully the production doesn't suck. Man, the last two albums have been awful production wise. While the songs haven't been top notch like In Search, Recreation Day or Full Circle, the songs aren't that bad on Glorious Collusion or Torn but the production just ruins the songs for me on those two. Compressed and muddy as hell. Hell, you can barely hear the keys on Torn...
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Cool video!!
Nice song, pretty basic Evergrey but I have to look out the album!
EDIT: REALLY COOL VIDEO!!!!!
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That's the best Everygrey has sounded in a long time. Now I'm actually excited for the new album.
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Yes agreed, sounds great and that video must have cost a fortune.
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After what seemed like a band on its way back they come with this? This track alone holds its own against their very best songs IMO. It's that good. The spirit of the band is back. And the cover art for their new album isn't even ugly (like Glorious Collision), it's super cool.
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Pretty good song.
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Wow, that song is fucking awesome, really step back into the golden era of Evergrey. Would have liked to see Patrick Carlsson back, but having Jonas and Henrik back I think is what Tom needed, and it shows.
Tom's voice also sounds different, it sounds meaner and fucking amazing.
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Tom's voice also sounds different, it sounds meaner and fucking amazing.
Kade... did you ever grab the 2nd Epysode album that Tom was pretty much lead on? He sounds out of this world. You'd love both Epysode albums - I know I pimped the 1st one on you, but can't recall if you picked it up.
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Holy shit, that opening might just be on par with When the Walls Go Down as the most emotional thing I've heard Evergrey do.
OK, not quite, but still. Darn impressive. And the rest of the track is great as well. Especially the solo is really good.
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Tom's voice also sounds different, it sounds meaner and fucking amazing.
Kade... did you ever grab the 2nd Epysode album that Tom was pretty much lead on? He sounds out of this world. You'd love both Epysode albums - I know I pimped the 1st one on you, but can't recall if you picked it up.
I bought a digital copy of the first one and it was good. Gotta check the second one then.
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Listened a few more times, and is it me, or is that solo a fair bit more technical than most Evergrey songs? I like it a lot, so it's nothing bad, but I've never heard an Evergrey solo that I'd say is just 30 seconds shredding. Again, it's awesome, but... not what I'd expect from them.
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Tom's voice also sounds different, it sounds meaner and fucking amazing.
Kade... did you ever grab the 2nd Epysode album that Tom was pretty much lead on? He sounds out of this world. You'd love both Epysode albums - I know I pimped the 1st one on you, but can't recall if you picked it up.
I'm listening to Fantasmagoria right now, never heard of 'em. Hmm interesting stuff, will definitely listen some more.
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I'm liking this. Not a huge fan, In Search Of Truth apart. Sounds good though.
Ditto - never got the fuss about them for the most part , but really like the sound of this :tup
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Man, this new song is amazing.
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I had pretty much given up on this great band, but I now consider my faith restored.
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Man, this new song is amazing.
I agree. Easily the best I've heard from since TIC. I mean, I liked some stuff on pretty much every one of their albums, but this wouldn't sound out of place on RD or TIC, that's how good it is. Everytime I heard it, I find something new, and dat intro... :metal
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Listened a few more times, and is it me, or is that solo a fair bit more technical than most Evergrey songs? I like it a lot, so it's nothing bad, but I've never heard an Evergrey solo that I'd say is just 30 seconds shredding. Again, it's awesome, but... not what I'd expect from them.
No, it's not just you. I noticed it immediately, as well. I just played the video two more times, and fuck, it just gets better with every listen.
It's so refreshing to see a band that knows they may have taken a wrong turn, then pull themselves together and start kicking ass again. If the rest of the album is as strong as this first single, this will be one hell of a triumphant return for these guys, and I'll be thrilled.
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Totally sold on the new single, and as a consequence I began to revisit In Seach of Truth, Recreation Day, and The Inner Circle. All were great listens, but The Inner Circle really is something special.
As for 'King of Errors', they really went all out on all fronts. The first verse had to be convincing right away: Tom's voice as we know it is back, almost stronger than ever. The chorus is anthemic as hell. Then just as you're getting into it, they're throwing a proggy curveball during the second verse with the TIC-ish vocal breakdown. The guitar solos are indeed shredfest to the max, but still there's plenty of emotion and feel to it. Somehow they know how to make it work. To top it off, there's that heavy as hell breaks in the outro. As if the song wasn't epic enough already.
This song has pretty much everything. I guess sometimes more actually IS more.
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I've listened to this song at least 20-30 times already. I've enjoyed some of their work after TIC but overall I've been disappointed by every album since so I had given up on the band, much like I have with PoS - they seemed to go in a direction I couldn't follow. But this song just doesn't allow me to stop listening to it. It's perfect! Well, not perfect. Perfection would have been if they had managed to squeeze in Carina somewhere in the middle.
I don't care if the rest of the album is pure folk metal or some shit like that - this has already made up for everything I've felt the band lacked in the recent years. Faith Restored!
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So, I read the comments on the Facebook page, and so far, I haven't seen a single bad word about the new song/video. How often does that happen?
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So, I read the comments on the Facebook page, and so far, I haven't seen a single bad word about the new song/video. How often does that happen?
When something is this good, there' no possible option to disagree.
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I came here to appreciate "... And the Distance" and found out they're releasing a new album. NICE :hat
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I came here to appreciate "... And the Distance" and found out they're releasing a new album. NICE :hat
Appreciate this new song my friend.
Speaking of Glorious Burden, I really liked it, it was a solid album, it was just really let down by the terrible production.
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So, I read the comments on the Facebook page, and so far, I haven't seen a single bad word about the new song/video. How often does that happen?
When something is this good, there' no possible option to disagree.
Yeah, but usually, even when something is widely accepted as being great, there's always a few that want to be the stand out black sheep and rip it apart. But I didn't see one negative comment out of literally hundreds. Kind of surprising.
Oh, and speaking of the guitar solo, did anyone else find it a little bit reminiscent of the late, great Criss Oliva?
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Not familiar with Evergrey, but the new song "King of Errors" is quite awesome. I even hear some Queensryche Operation Mindcrime influences in it. Good stuff. Gotta explore the back catalog bit.
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I'd start my exploration with one of the three following: Recreation Day, The Inner Circle or In Search of Truth. They are all awesome, and very little separates them in my book.
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Is Solitude Dominance Tragedy not well liked amongs fans? That album is still my favorite. Not that the others are bad, but SDT is more memorable. It's also the first one I heard so that might have something to do with it.
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I dunno. I don't find it bad, and it has some great songs, but it has that one song on it whose titles I can't remember atm that I really really don't like, so that drags down the album for me.
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The only time I recall listening to it was that I was thinking that the production was almost unbearably bad. I'll check if that's still the case.
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I was just coming back to ask where the love for SDT is? One of my favorites, and I'll also be the first to say TIC was just ok.
Flame on!
I think we're all agreed that Monday Morning Apocalypse and Torn are mediocre (at best).
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To be honest, I don't even remember anything from either of the two, so I'd probably agree with your assessment.
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I think we're all agreed that Monday Morning Apocalypse and Torn are mediocre (at best).
Torn is just way too muddy and compressed. There's some good ideas, to the point where I really feel that I should love it, but I simply don't. It's not a bad album though.
I don't really dig MMA that much, but there's one track that I adore. 'Still in the Water' stands head and shoulders above anything else I think.
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Is Solitude Dominance Tragedy not well liked amongs fans? That album is still my favorite. Not that the others are bad, but SDT is more memorable. It's also the first one I heard so that might have something to do with it.
I love it, terrific, underrated album.
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Until recently I didn't care much about the albums pre-RD but in the last few months I rediscovered them and I was surprised of how amazing those songs are. When Darkness Falls - The Corey Curse in particular, the ending streak of songs are just killer.
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Until recently I didn't care much about the albums pre-RD but in the last few months I rediscovered them and I was surprised of how amazing those songs are. When Darkness Falls - The Corey Curse in particular, the ending streak of songs are just killer.
You don't care for ISOT?
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I didn't. Rulers of the Mind, The Master Plan I always liked but until recently I didn't really like more than 5-10 songs combined from all the albums pre-RD.
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I didn't. Rulers of the Mind, The Master Plan I always liked but until recently I didn't really like more than 5-10 songs combined from all the albums pre-RD.
Actually, come to think of it, it was a bit of a grower for me too. I think at first The Masterplan and Triangle were ones that I was most fond of. One day though, I listened to it and boom, the whole thing just released its magic, incredible album.
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Dang mang! King of Errors is only the tip of the iceberg. The rest of the material is all winning!! We're in for a treat! :metal
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Awesome to hear! :metal
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Dang mang! King of Errors is only the tip of the iceberg. The rest of the material is all winning!! We're in for a treat! :metal
Fuck yeah, you always know how to get a man excited Nem! :metal
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Fuck yeah, you always know how to get a man excited Nem! :metal
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aaaaand sig'd :lol
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booyahh!!!
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:lol
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Not sure if anyone mentioned that, but King of Errors video consists of two songs: The Awakening (spoken intro) and King of Errors itself (starts with the riff). Probably obvious, but still.
Just finished the first promo listen, the album is indeed terrific. Already preorded double digipack limited edition from amazon. Gonna explore their discography further now.
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Gonna explore their discography further now.
Damn... guess I can scratch them off from being a possible roulette submission. :laugh:
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Not sure if anyone mentioned that, but King of Errors video consists of two songs: The Awakening (spoken intro) and King of Errors itself (starts with the riff). Probably obvious, but still.
Just finished the first promo listen, the album is indeed terrific. Already preorded double digipack limited edition from amazon. Gonna explore their discography further now.
You might have mentioned this already, but who did you sleep with to get a promo?
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Not sure if anyone mentioned that, but King of Errors video consists of two songs: The Awakening (spoken intro) and King of Errors itself (starts with the riff). Probably obvious, but still.
Just finished the first promo listen, the album is indeed terrific. Already preorded double digipack limited edition from amazon. Gonna explore their discography further now.
Yeah, after I looked at the tracklist and saw King of Errors was track two, I thought this must have been the case.
Double digi sounds good, I wonder what's on that?
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Not sure if anyone mentioned that, but King of Errors video consists of two songs: The Awakening (spoken intro) and King of Errors itself (starts with the riff). Probably obvious, but still.
Just finished the first promo listen, the album is indeed terrific. Already preorded double digipack limited edition from amazon. Gonna explore their discography further now.
You might have mentioned this already, but who did you sleep with to get a promo?
Writing for www.ladyobscure.com gets you promos and more :laugh:
Thanks for the shameless plug opportunity :biggrin:
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That comment wasn't for you Nem. :lol I think we all know you'd be the first to get promo copies these days. Evermind on the other hand, hmm...
Good excuse for a plug nevertheless.
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Evermind got the promo through me dear ... That's why I jumped in... Plus... the opportunity to hunt new authors ;)
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ooo, lucky bugger.
Just tried to find some info on the 2cd and came up with this;
CD 1:
1. The Awakening
2. King Of Errors
3. A New Dawn
4. Wake A Change
5. Archaic Rage
6. Barricades
7. Black Undertow
8. The Fire
9. Hymns For The Broken
10. Missing You
11. The Grand Collapse
12. The Aftermath
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CD 2:
1. Hymns For The Broken (Piano Version)
2. Barricades (Piano Version)
3. These Scars (Piano Version)
Dunno if I'll bother with the 2cd if that's all that's on it.
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Dunno if I'll bother with the 2cd if that's all that's on it.
I just prefer digipacks to jewel cases in general if the difference in price isn't that big (£2 in this case)
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I'm not too sure about the new song, but I'm just spinning Glorious collision for the first time in a while and it's still really good.
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Not sure if anyone mentioned that, but King of Errors video consists of two songs: The Awakening (spoken intro) and King of Errors itself (starts with the riff). Probably obvious, but still.
Just finished the first promo listen, the album is indeed terrific. Already preorded double digipack limited edition from amazon. Gonna explore their discography further now.
You might have mentioned this already, but who did you sleep with to get a promo?
Writing for www.ladyobscure.com gets you promos and more :laugh:
Thanks for the shameless plug opportunity :biggrin:
:RJ:
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I can't stop listening to "King of Errors." I love that feeling of getting totally hooked on a new song. Can't wait to hear this full album. I can't imagine this album being anything less than an 8/10 after hearing this song and the album teaser.
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If this album contains even one more song that is at least on par with King of Errors, then it already is the best Evergrey album since The Inner Circle.
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Yeah, I find myself listening to it a lot too, amazing song.
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Nick played it on his radio show a little while ago and I loved it.
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Nick played it on his radio show a little while ago and I loved it.
Yeah, and the more you listen the better it gets.
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My newest obsession with the song is the snare patterns in the intro and outro and the occasional ride hits. Sounds so damn cool. Oh yeah and the different transitions before the chorus that he uses. Little shit like that makes me very happy.
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I like Tom's little solo a lot more than Henrik's main solo, killer lead.
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I'm liking this. Not a huge fan, In Search Of Truth apart. Sounds good though.
Ditto - never got the fuss about them for the most part , but really like the sound of this :tup
Well I took Lowdz's advice and got ISOT and I really like it , so my apathy toward this band just got dialled back a bit. The weird thing is that when I did my research on what disc to buy first the reviews were almost all the same - ISOT is good but Recreation Day is better. Well Recreation Day did zero for me aside from Your Darkest Hour and I like almost everything on ISOT. Go figure.
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Does anyone have any idea why they haven't done Ambassador live yet? It's one of my favourite songs of theirs. The keyboard solo toward the end and especially it's ending leading into another guitar solo is so epic. And of course Tom is killing it, all that is just begging to be played in front of a crazy crowd.
Edit: now that I check setlist.fm it shows up on 2 short shows in 2004.
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I'm liking this. Not a huge fan, In Search Of Truth apart. Sounds good though.
Ditto - never got the fuss about them for the most part , but really like the sound of this :tup
Well I took Lowdz's advice and got ISOT and I really like it , so my apathy toward this band just got dialled back a bit. The weird thing is that when I did my research on what disc to buy first the reviews were almost all the same - ISOT is good but Recreation Day is better. Well Recreation Day did zero for me aside from Your Darkest Hour and I like almost everything on ISOT. Go figure.
I like RD and there are some really good songs on that album like the title track (epic is just the first name), Your Darkest Hour and Visions but in terms of flow and because ISOT is a concept album that I think they nail to the core especially the atmosphere I just find that album more interesting.
Please be the eyes
That guides me through
Please be the hands to lead me
In search for the shocking truth
Please be my courage
My will to win
Please understand and listen
Please be my friend
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Does anyone have any idea why they haven't done Ambassador live yet? It's one of my favourite songs of theirs. The keyboard solo toward the end and especially it's ending leading into another guitar solo is so epic. And of course Tom is killing it, all that is just begging to be played in front of a crazy crowd.
Edit: now that I check setlist.fm it shows up on 2 short shows in 2004.
No idea, but I also think it's a great song, the chous really gets stuck in my head.
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It's a good time to be into Evergrey right now, that's for sure.
I wouldn't have thought in a million years that they would make a return to form. King of Errors and the trailers are so good, the album just has to be awesome.
Listening a lot to The Inner Circle lately. Tom's vocals are exceptional on that album and the intensity of it all is just mesmerizing. I have to say I like the first half a bit more. From 'A Touch of Blessing' up until 'More than Ever' is just so good it's almost mean. Adding to that, this album closes with their most unorthodox song yet, and it's incredibly heavy and moving to listen to.
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According to an article I read a few days ago, Tom was on the verge of not carrying on anymore with Evergrey. I am so glad that has changed. I'm pissing myself in anticipation of this new album.
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I'm liking this. Not a huge fan, In Search Of Truth apart. Sounds good though.
Ditto - never got the fuss about them for the most part , but really like the sound of this :tup
Well I took Lowdz's advice and got ISOT and I really like it , so my apathy toward this band just got dialled back a bit. The weird thing is that when I did my research on what disc to buy first the reviews were almost all the same - ISOT is good but Recreation Day is better. Well Recreation Day did zero for me aside from Your Darkest Hour and I like almost everything on ISOT. Go figure.
Wow, I actually thought RD was probably their most accessable album. Shows the strength of the band.
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I think I've watched the King of Errors vid more than 20 times already. This has seriously never happened to me before, especially with prog metal videos. I simply don't care for them. This, however, is beyond epic.
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I think I've watched the King of Errors vid more than 20 times already. This has seriously never happened to me before, especially with prog metal videos. I simply don't care for them. This, however, is beyond epic.
I'm fucking stoked Evergrey are back at this standard. It's so great to see.
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Yeah I hope the rest of the new album is up to this standard.
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Listening to it right now for reviewing purposes. I just started out as a reviewer for a webzine. They freakin' had this record on the list and they let me do it! Will definitely post a link here when my review is up on that website.
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Listening to it right now for reviewing purposes. I just started out as a reviewer for a webzine. They freakin' had this record on the list and they let me do it! Will definitely post a link here when my review is up on that website.
Sweet. Early impressions?
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EPK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc3e49uCqBU
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Awesome stuff! I must say i'm a bit surprised myself about the overwhelming response they got not that I doubted their talent to write songs because that has long been established. I'm not sure where i'm going with this because in the end I cannot do anything other than to chime in. I can't freakin wait for this release!! I'm still surprised though.... :P
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EPK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc3e49uCqBU
That's sounding bloody excellent.
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Can't wait for it even more now. And I really hope this album is the ADTE for Evergrey. They do deserve to get some more recognition and exposure.
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I need this album so bad.
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EPK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc3e49uCqBU
That's sounding bloody excellent.
It really is.
Awesome stuff! I must say i'm a bit surprised myself about the overwhelming response they got not that I doubted their talent to write songs because that has long been established. I'm not sure where i'm going with this because in the end I cannot do anything other than to chime in. I can't freakin wait for this release!! I'm still surprised though.... :P
I guess the band have been portrayed to decline since MMA. People know what Tom and the band are capable of, and that's why they have gotten sructinised with their last couple of albums. I have enver doubted Tom and pretty much liked everything he's done. Torn was the only real weak spot for me, but Glorious Burden was really quite good.
It's hard, when you release quality, you are expected to keep the bar high at all times I guess.
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Yea if anything it certainly shows the potential people see in Evergrey and that they finally or again wrote an album that depicts what fans like about EG, even people that haven't been particularly interested in EG seems to enjoy what they hear.
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I think Toms voice is something you could never replace in a band like Evergrey. The power, range and emotion he has combined with the dark mood they have in their music just fits perfectly.
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I think Toms voice is something you could never replace in a band like Evergrey. The power, range and emotion he has combined with the dark mood they have in their music just fits perfectly.
Tom pretty much is Evergrey, so he wouldn't leave, Evergrey stops with Tom.
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Listening to it right now for reviewing purposes. I just started out as a reviewer for a webzine. They freakin' had this record on the list and they let me do it! Will definitely post a link here when my review is up on that website.
Sweet. Early impressions?
Very good! On par with their best albums, pure Evergrey. Some things we've heard before, but there are some surprises along the way as well.
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Excellent.
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I think Toms voice is something you could never replace in a band like Evergrey. The power, range and emotion he has combined with the dark mood they have in their music just fits perfectly.
Tom pretty much is Evergrey, so he wouldn't leave, Evergrey stops with Tom.
Yea besides singing he writes pretty much all the music and probably runs alot of things backstage so he's definitely irreplaceable in alot of ways. I was only talking about the singing aspect and how his voice alone is a huge part of Evergreys sound. But as you say if someone calls it a quite it's Tom that has the last word, he's the last original member and the one that founded the band as far as I know.
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They posted a clip from one of the songs on the ltd edition on facebook. and tom doing the als challenge.
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I agree with the sentiment that Tom's voice = Evergrey. Drummers can vary, and while I'm too lazy too look it up the drums on ISOT and RD are great, and Jonas Ekdahl has been a great drummer for Evergrey since then, bar Glorious Collision. However, Henrik Danhage is THE second guitarist. The twin guitar attack of Tom and Henrik, as well as their unique approaches to soloing are a huge part of Evergrey. I'm always amazed when watching the excellent 'A Night to Remember' DVD; Tom himself can shred like mad. Think about that for a minute: having that much vocal talent and being a proficient guitar soloist as well.
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In regards to drummers, Patrick Carlsson is by far the best drummer Evergrey ever had, he was amazing. Wish he'd do more music, as far as I know, Evergrey was his only gig.
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In regards to drummers, Patrick Carlsson is by far the best drummer Evergrey ever had, he was amazing. Wish he'd do more music, as far as I know, Evergrey was his only gig.
I feel ya, he had the intricate drumming going on full force. However, Jonas Ekdahl brought in more groove-based drumming from TIC on, which I liked. And he wasn't bad on the A Night to Remember DVD either, even when playing PC's parts.
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I have no problem with Jonas at all, I'm just more of a fan of Patrick.
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Man I can't wait for this album. I know my copy is being freshly baked somewhere and just waiting for the deliver call.
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Yeah, I'm itching for them to at least release anoth song.
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They've already got another video coming soon. Awesome.
Jesus fucking christ!
Jetlag is killing me - on top of that we just recorded the best music video in the world with the best Patric Ullaeus and Revolver... Henke Hjälm Part 2 if you will ... Stay tuned... - Tom
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I've now come across maybe a half dozen reviews of the new album from (obviously) those with advance copies and I don't think anyone has given it less than 90% or 9/10.
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:caffeine:
*goes to check Amazon delivery status*
Sept 30th is going to be a good shipping day - this, Enchant and Flying Colors all on same day. First week of October is going to put a smile in my ears.
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I've now come across maybe a half dozen reviews of the new album from (obviously) those with advance copies and I don't think anyone has given it less than 90% or 9/10.
That's pretty incredible.
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Yea all the reviews i've seen have been nothing but positive, they seem to have really hit home with this album. I'm trying to not get to hyped but man it's really hard.
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Yea all the reviews i've seen have been nothing but positive, they seem to have really hit home with this album. I'm trying to not get to hyped but man it's really hard.
Same. I never like to over hype on an album as it mostly always leads to getting expectations too high, but yeah you're right, it's hard not to.
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I've read quite a few more reviews since the last time I posted about it, and still, not a single negative word about the album or even an individual song as being a weak spot. It's very rare to see an album gushed over like this. It seems crazy to think so many reviews could have it all wrong, but we shall see. To think they we may get an album full of songs that are as strong as "King of Errors" is just orgasmic.
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I've read quite a few more reviews since the last time I posted about it, and still, not a single negative word about the album or even an individual song as being a weak spot. It's very rare to see an album gushed over like this. It seems crazy to think so many reviewers could have it all wrong, but we shall see. To think they we may get an album full of songs that are as strong as "King of Errors" is just orgasmic.
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Even the reviews of the reviewers seem very consistent. ;)
Edit: Actually saw this before I saw the report. Thanks for that, but no need to worry about an accidental case, as long as it's not always happening!
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They should let me review it. I don't give out many A's
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Hell, you're not even an Easy B.
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I'll let you know how it is tomorrow.
A local store in Sydney has in stock already and I am picking it up on Saturday.
I really hope it lives up to the hype?
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Oh how I love city traffic, just over 1 hour to get 8km :laugh:
Anyhow the trip was well worth it, the new Evergrey is a massive return to the killer sounds that have deserted the band for the past few releases.
Everything sounds right again, it all clicks, great songs with a massive sound and production.
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Dammit, I live 200km from their hometown and I don't have the album yet. :-\
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Yeah I'm not sure how a shop in Sydney AU, gets to sell the album 9/10 days before the official release date.
Not that I'm complaining about it either...
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Pictures, or it is a leak.
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I've posted 3 times about it being available locally, and stated that I bought it.
So your calling me a liar and saying I'm listening to a leak?
(https://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm308/gazinwales/IMG_0791.jpg) (https://s299.photobucket.com/user/gazinwales/media/IMG_0791.jpg.html)
So here is my proof of purchase, CD and receipt.
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Lucky duck.
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You stole it and forged a receipt using photoshop!
Shocking behaviour.
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Yup and posted a pic on Evergrey's Facebook page.
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Looks 'shopped.
You didn't completely cover up the Savage Garden label on the top CD.
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Yup indeed and in this one I Photoshopped the ProgPower 1999 audio boot CDR just to add some authenticity to my trivial claims.
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Is it actually out in Sydney? Can't they get in big trouble if it isn't?
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We're just kidding Gazin. Don't take it so seriously. However, Zook does bring up a point.
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Official iTunes release date here is 29/12/14
Not sure when the physical release is, but the store in question usually get it from wherever in the world (USA and EU imports).
Both versions have sold out where I got mine from and it hasn't been torrented yet, so I guess all is good.
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Good old Utopia. I acutally drove down to Sydney for a few days a few months back and this was one of the first places I went too. The greatest music store I've ever seen. Brisbane use to have one like it, but it closed down years ago. Utopia seem amazing when it comes to new releases of any metal genre.
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Utopia sounds a bit like the old Metal For Melbourne - I spent a fair part of my childhood in that place ;D Even down in Melbourne I know of Utopia so they have a good reputation.
On a related note if any Aussies are interested there's a new doco that was recently released on the (relatively underground) Aussie metal scene that I grew up around.
https://www.jbhifi.com.au/music/Whats-Hot/animus-industries/metal-down-under/605713/
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Yeah, I've seen that, I should check it out.
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Yeah I remember Metal For Melb, it was also called Metal Mayhem, not far from Flinders Street Station.
The Brisbane shop, was it called Skinny's?
I fondly remember visiting both in the 1990's.
Yeah Utopia has been around a long time, in various locations.
I first went in 1982, the old store when it was not much bigger than a bathroom.
Still going strong too and yeah they seem to be able to get anything from anywhere in the world.
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The Brisbane shop, was it called Skinny's?
That's the one man. I went there the first time when I was like 15 and it just blew my mind. It wasn't up to par with the selection of Utopia but it was good and the only one we really have left is Rockinghorse which was pretty decent too, but now is shit for metal and is more for hipsters and alternate type of music.
So disappointing when Skinny's closed down a few years back.
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I was hoping my copy would arrive before the weekend.... :sadpanda:
Edit: You got to be kidding me, literally 2 mins after my post I hear the mailman comes back and dump a package. No joke! :omg: :lol
Love at first site! :heart
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I was hoping my copy would arrive before the weekend.... :sadpanda:
Edit: You got to be kidding me, literally 2 mins after my post I hear the mailman comes back and dump a package. No joke! :omg: :lol
Love at first site! :heart
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Ha! Awesome. :lol
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Have to say that the songs feel a bit simplified compared to their other albums, the songs feel more straight forward. I'm not saying it's a bad thing but that's what i've noticed after one listen. Of course I have to listen some more to form a more justified picture of the album.
The production is excellent!
Favourites so far:
Black Undertow
Hymns For The Broken
The Aftermath
King Of Errors
Those how ordered the Digi/Ltd version are in for a treat on the 2nd disc. Carina Englund, what a voice!
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Got it.
The first thing that stands out, without a doubt, is the production. Holy shit, it is absolutely fucking pristine. Secondly, Tom vocals. Outstanding. This guy is so soulful for being a "metal" singer. He is criminally underrated.
As MrBoom stated, overall this album does seem a bit more straightforward than others, but it is drenched in atmosphere, melody, and emotion. I agree with Boom's four picks as favorites so far, as well.
I am very pleased overall, and see myself only feeling deeper in love with this album. It's lived up to the hype, in my opinion.
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Yea the production is really stellar. Have been listening both on headphones and in my car and in both places you heard everything crystal clear.
Funny I have been listening to the album all day and have noticed being very affected by their music. Feeling moody and heavy and yet uplifted at the same time. A very strange feeling.
I blame Toms voice, he slowly sucks your soul out! :lol
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Another thing I'm digging is Rikard's increased presence on the album. It's noticeable, yet not overwhelming.
I just made my way to the piano version of "Hymns for the Broken" on the second disc. WOW!! :omg:
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Another thing I'm digging is Rikard's increased presence on the album. It's noticeable, yet not overwhelming.
I just made my way to the piano version of "Hymns for the Broken" on the second disc. WOW!! :omg:
This is good to read, I always feel Rikard should be involved more in teh sound.
Looks like I will have to get the 2cd version then.
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Yeah, they let him out of his cage for this one. It's no Jordan Rudess shred type of stuff, and that's a good thing in this case. It's mostly atmospheric sounds and piano. "Missing You" is really nice.
The second disc is definitely worth it for "Hymns for the Broken" alone. Carina's and Tom's voice together is pure magic here.
Out of all the tracks, I think "The Aftermath" surprised me the most. Judging by the title alone, I was expecting a generic filler song, and it's anything but. Hearing the slide guitar in the beginning was really cool.
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It's a really nice duett, there's actually some parts in the melody that Tom sings differently that I prefer over the full version.
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Finally, the keyboards that I missed since TIC. And the sick riffage too, this is Evergrey.
The Grand Collapse is melting my face. So :metal
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Yeah, The Grand Collapse is a fun song.
Damn, I'm so glad this lived up to the hype. I can't pull myself away from it. My cousin sent me an email earlier saying this is the first album he's ever owned
where he won't skip a track.
I've given "Missing You" a few more listens. The first time I thought to myself "ah, that was nice", but was eager to hear the rest of the album.
The second time I listened to it a bit more closely, and I was floored. What a gut wrenching ballad.
I'm totally digging how they closed out "The Aftermath", too. So simple, yet melodic and memorable.
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Damn, I'm so glad this lived up to the hype. I can't pull myself away from it. My cousin sent me an email earlier saying this is the first album he's ever owned where he won't skip a track.
Wow. I can probably name more than a hundred of those.
But yeah, this Evergrey album is amazing. I was listening to my promo a lot, and I can't wait to hold the actual digipack in my hands, though it will arrive at 15th of October according to amazon. I love both The Grand Collapse and The Aftermath, I also like Black Undertow and title track, and of course King of Errors is some serious metal :metal
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Man. The album is amazing. Production is top notch (how I wish Glorious Collision and Torn would've been mixed like this). Love how the keys bring up the atmosphere and variety in the songs. Tom Englund is probably one of most underrated singers and guitar players around in the biz.
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SPOILERS
The 2nd verse in the title track is just pure emotions. The album grows for every listening because I can't put it down.
There's alot of powerful moments on the album like the ending on Archaic Rage were a woman in swedish confronts a guy about physical abuse, it's pretty heart wrenching.
I still stand with the fact that the songs are more straight forward than ever though with less technical parts and more straight to the point kind of vibe.
With that said they nail it on every other department with deep and emotional lyrics and melodies. Lots of big and open choruses drenched in melancholy and despair but also hope and self-reflection.
As many have said the production is stellar and deserve some extra praise. Everything is crystal clear!
The album is very very good but not their best as some say because if you ask me they had a better variation amongst the songs on ISoT. I kind of prefer that to be honest. Still a damn good album and a solid "comeback".
Top 3
Black Undertow
The Aftermath
Hymns For The Broken
Oh I forgot the best part: Tom Englunds voice!
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I agree with what you guys are saying. I've been listening to this album for over a month now, and while it's definitely a 'return to form' it's far from their older, more progressive style. That said, I feel that they've taken the better side of their more straightforward style to this album. It does get a bit samey in the middle somewhere, but 'Black Undertow' is a career highlight for sure. By the way, do y'all too think that this is probably their most commercial record yet?
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Yea I think so atleast and I think the hype surrounding the release have helped alot. The exposure and hype they got for the King Of Errors video boosted their sales for sure.
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By the way, do y'all too think that this is probably their most commercial record yet?
I would agree, and unlike like most fans of "prog" bands, I don't mind it at all. I think this is exactly what they needed to do
considering the band itself was on the verge of not existing anymore.
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By the way, do y'all too think that this is probably their most commercial record yet?
I would agree, and unlike like most fans of "prog" bands, I don't mind it at all. I think this is exactly what they needed to do
considering the band itself was on the verge of not existing anymore.
+1. The commercial approach works this time.
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Right on.
I had "Missing You" playing just a little while ago. My brother, who has never heard of Evergrey walked by and said "since when do you listen to Michael Bolton?"
Now I'll never be able to listen to the song without envisioning that fuck.
I should have punched my brother in the face.
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Cut him up and sell him for parts.
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Just placed my order for the double cd edition. Can't wait to get it.
In anticipation I sampled the title track on youtube to keep me going..........HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!!!! :hefdaddy
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Nice man, the 2nd CD was a nice surprise for me! :)
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The title track is breathtaking. I'm not too familiar with old Evergrey, so I held off until I heard some more from the new album before buying. That song did it for me. Every hair on my body stood up. Total chills.
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Oh, Mebert, I have the feeling you're going to be blown away pretty much every 2-3 songs from their albums. Just ignore Torn and Glorious Collision. The atmosphere and emotion that reeks from them should be right up your alley.
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Oh, Mebert, I have the feeling you're going to be blown away pretty much every 2-3 songs from their albums. Just ignore Torn and Glorious Collision. The atmosphere and emotion that reeks from them should be right up your alley.
I wouldn't ignore them, but I would go for them last. GC is much better than Torn.
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I find GC to be much better than Torn or MMA. The production isn't great, and it takes a couple of songs to get going, but there is some fantastic stuff on it.
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I'll definitely be checking out old evergrey one by one, that's for sure.
Also, I can totally see audiences singing along to the title track, "Hymns for the Broken."
"Reach out! [The crowd reaches their hands into the air.] Show me that you feel the same!"
"Scream loud! [The crowd screams.] These hymns are for the broken!"
What a well-crafted chorus. Brilliant.
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Finally handed in my review for the album. I had to listen to this a lot of times to make up my mind about it in the most objective manner possible. The first two weeks, I was pretty much only enjoying the album as a fanboy. I did find some (very few) weaknesses, but I couldn't give this album any less than a 9/10. I do find the numerous 10/10 reviews a bit too enthousiastic though.
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Yeah, The Grand Collapse is a fun song.
Damn, I'm so glad this lived up to the hype. I can't pull myself away from it. My cousin sent me an email earlier saying this is the first album he's ever owned
where he won't skip a track.
I've given "Missing You" a few more listens. The first time I thought to myself "ah, that was nice", but was eager to hear the rest of the album.
The second time I listened to it a bit more closely, and I was floored. What a gut wrenching ballad.
I'm totally digging how they closed out "The Aftermath", too. So simple, yet melodic and memorable.
Cool that you mention the last three songs. I feel they're all very unique to this album, all stylistically different and yet they form a cohesive close to the album. The 'naked' ballad, the prog-metal epic and the Pink Floyd-ish 'goodbye'.
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Yes, I would agree with all of that.
So, I just read the next video is for "The Grand Collapse", which is baffling considering it's mostly instrumental.
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Yes, I would agree with all of that.
So, I just read the next video is for "The Grand Collapse", which is baffling considering it's mostly instrumental.
I'm psyched. Bold move by the band, "Wake a Change" or "Black Undertow" would've been more obvious choices.
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More details....
I saw on the Facebook page that you stated that the band just shot “the best music video in the world’ with Patric Ullaeus. Can you give us an idea of what’s coming next and does it tie in with what you did for ‘King of Errors’ or is it it’s own separate video?
Yes, this is a conceptual story. It’s going to be more of the material you haven’t seen from the same sort of scenes in a way, but with the longer shots that we have done. We shot these clips and meant for them to be 40 seconds long and in a music video you rarely have that happen.
The next video will be for ‘The Grand Collapse,’ which is one of the most, progressive and dark songs, and most metal song on the album. It’s very rare you get to do something like that, then of course we mixed in new vocal clips and I haven’t seen anything of it yet. I felt like when we were filming this in the forest shooting it, doing it, it felt completely amazing. I have yet to be disappointed with Patric. I am really looking forward to Friday when it comes out.
Read More: Evergrey's Tom Englund Talks 'Hymns for the Broken' Album | https://loudwire.com/evergrey-tom-englund-hymns-for-the-broken-album-king-of-errors-video-more/?trackback=fbshare&trackback=tsmclip
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So they're doing a concept video series, that's pretty freakin cool!
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So I completed my first listen of Hymns for the Broken today, and I have to echo the general consensus.
1. It's a lot simpler.
2. It's so awesome that I don't care.
Will have to listen a few more times, but the first impression is very positive.
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Got the album last night. It is nasty and beautiful at the same time. And he does sound like Michael Bolton in spots, particularly on "Missing You," which is not necessarily a bad thing. I have a feeling I'll be enjoying this album for years to come.
"FEELS LIKE A BLACK UNDERTOOOOOOOW!" \m/
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Got the album last night. It is nasty and beautiful at the same time. And he does sound like Michael Bolton in spots, particularly on "Missing You," which is not necessarily a bad thing. I have a feeling I'll be enjoying this album for years to come.
"FEELS LIKE A BLACK UNDERTOOOOOOOW!" \m/
In all fairness, from a technical standpoint, Bolton is a damn good singer, but the songs he sings are just so damn miserable to listen to.
I stay haven't been able to pull my self away from this album yet. It is musical crack.
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What are the odds of Michael Bolton being mentioned in two separate threads on the same day on a DT forum? :o
See the hard rock thread.
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Really diggin Archaic Rage at the moment.
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Wake a Change is easily my least favorite. The modulation at the end seems a bit too cliché. At least for my tastes. Black Undertow is my favorite at the moment.
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Yea Black Undertow was the first that clicked with me. If I were to rate a least favourite, I guess it would be The Grand Collapse not because it's a bad song, there's some really cool parts in it but I feel it's a bit to repetitive and i'm thinking mostly of the rythm that starts at 2:05 and run through almost the whole song.
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I understand, though I really like the song, it's one of my favorites. It uses monotony as a weapon. Doesn't work for everybody I see.
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I love that children's choir or whatever it is in The Fire. So catchy.
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I love that children's choir or whatever it is in The Fire. So catchy.
Me, too, and I normally don't like when bands or artists do that. It usually reminds me of those children nursery rhyme CD's you see advertised on TV.
As for "The Grand Collapse", yes, I can see where parts of it can be perceived as monotonous. Lots of single note "chugga chugga". I can overlook it, though.
It's still a bad ass, adrenaline pumping track.
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So I've listened a few times, and it's definitely a great one. A little bit repetitive, but very very good.
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My crotchety neighbor who doesn't like ANY music beyond the 70's listened to the album in its entirety with me today, and I damn near dropped dead when he said "I definitely need to hear this again."
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Got my copy a few days ago, and I will say that the album is a major grower. On the first couple of listens I reserved judgement as a lot of the material here was quite unique and hard to fully grasp onto right away. I actually felt a little underwhelmed on the first listen, but that will always happen when something is hyped up so much.
Saying that, after about 6 or 7 listens, this does actually live up to the hype. It's bloody unbelievable.
King of Error is just as strong as when it was released, perhaps even stronger with the album. The chorus is just incredible and the atmosphere is wonderful and thick.
A New Dawn instantly reminds me of In Rememberance and I guess it shows the more commercial feel the band acomplish in parts here. Great melodies and love Rikard's section in the middle.
Wake A Change is a little weaker and more of a grower. As it grows, it's a excellent edition to the album. Quite catchy and again has a very heavy commercial feel, although at the same time reminding me of TIC a little. The middle 8 though is very MMA. Tom's solo at the end too is good.
Archaic Rage is one I'm still coming to terms with, it's strange and can't fully gather my thoughts around it. I don't think they should have placed it next to Wake a Change as the intro sounds a lot like it. The middle section is fantastic. More prog in this one and a big grower.
Barricades is something very different for Evergrey but again another grower it's a welcome addition to the album. Placed nicely in the middle of the album too.
Black Undertow was one of my least favs at the start but is becoming one of my favs. A big grower with an amazing atmosphere with a catchy chorus. Tom sounds huge here with amazing emotion.
Reminds me of the heavier moments from TIC. Love the child choirs and one of the best choruses on the album. Interesting structure and decision to not include a guitar solo.
The title track at the moment is the best song on the album and simply one of the greatest things Evergrey have ever done. It's just stunning with emotion and atmosphere that is just insane. A perfect song really. Love the double trade off solos too. They are so simple but express so much emotion.
Missing You is a pretty damn good ballad. Something like this sometimes would not work placed between heavier songs but Evergrey make is work. Tom again sounds huge and puts out a intense performance.
Here comes two of the most boldest, breathtaking pieces the band have ever done. The Grand Collapse has some insane riffing which actually reminds me a lot of When the Walls Go Down. The structure of this is again a grower but is opening up to be one of the most excellent and emotive pieces. When that riff kicks in when Tom sings 'I' at around the 2 minute mark is just goosebump material. What a song. Again, no real solo which is interesting, but saying that, it doesn't need it.
The Aftermath at first was something I wasn't sure what the band were trying to do, but I knew it was a grower. I thought the structure was weird and one of those songs that could have been a lot more. Until I listened to it more and more and realised it is one of the greatest things the band have done. I think now the structure is perfect and I actually wish the jam at the end would go on for a couple of minutes longer. The last verse is just incredible. I can't really express how I feel about this song at the moment, and it's still growing, I've only had the album 4 days. This song has a lot of The Tea Party feel too actually, but I know it's probably a band the band wouldn't be influenced by. Again no real solo which surprised me as the solos on this album are limited, but everything has it's place and this song in particular is perfect the way it is.
I'm fucking loving this album at the moment. Top 3;
The Aftermath
Hymns for the Broken
King of Errors
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Great writeup Kade. I've been splitting my time recently between this, Enchant, and Flying Colors - all released on the same day. Only have 3 listens or so myself. Love the title track too, and I really love how Hymns For the Brpken isn't just a piano remix, but actually recorded on its own. It's just as awesome as a ballad.
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Top 3;
The Aftermath
Hymns for the Broken
King of Errors
Same here
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Great writeup Kade. I've been splitting my time recently between this, Enchant, and Flying Colors - all released on the same day. Only have 3 listens or so myself. Love the title track too, and I really love how Hymns For the Brpken isn't just a piano remix, but actually recorded on its own. It's just as awesome as a ballad.
Still waiting on my Flying Colors. Never was a huge Enchant fan, but I might check the new one out.
I actually haven't been able to pull the album out to put on the second cd. I should do that.
Top 3;
The Aftermath
Hymns for the Broken
King of Errors
Same here
Word. :hat
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Every time I get to the end of this album, I end up listening to "The Aftermath" about 3 times. It's on Evergrey's Pantheon of greatest songs.
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Awesome to hear so much positive things about the album. Looking forward to hear the songs live, I think alot of the songs will work even better live.
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Every time I get to the end of this album, I end up listening to "The Aftermath" about 3 times. It's on Evergrey's Pantheon of greatest songs.
Yes to this whole post.
It's on repeat in the car, and I have no intention of switching to something else.
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Got my copy a few days ago, and I will say that the album is a major grower.
It was pretty much the opposite for me. I connected with most of the songs instantly, which is so rare. It's funny, many of the reviews beforehand said this
album was a return to the Evergrey of old, but I feel overall, they took a step forward.
And damn, I just can't say enough good things about "The Aftermath". Just a truly incredible song. It leaves me with a feeling I can't even describe.
I thought for sure I'd be tired of "King of Errors" by the time the album came out, but no, I crank the hell out of it just as much as the others.
I can't wait to see the video for "The Grand Collapse" to find out what they've added to it. I thought for sure "Hymns for the Broken" would be the second video.
This was an amazing comeback for the entire band, but I hope this album earns Tom Englund the respect he deserves as a vocalist. He's one of a kind, and sounds just as great live.
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Got my copy a few days ago, and I will say that the album is a major grower.
It was pretty much the opposite for me. I connected with most of the songs instantly, which is so rare. It's funny, many of the reviews beforehand said this
album was a return to the Evergrey of old, but I feel overall, they took a step forward.
And damn, I just can't say enough good things about "The Aftermath". Just a truly incredible song. It leaves me with a feeling I can't even describe.
I thought for sure I'd be tired of "King of Errors" by the time the album came out, but no, I crank the hell out of it just as much as the others.
I can't wait to see the video for "The Grand Collapse" to find out what they've added to it. I thought for sure "Hymns for the Broken" would be the second video.
This was an amazing comeback for the entire band, but I hope this album earns Tom Englund the respect he deserves as a vocalist. He's one of a kind, and sounds just as great live.
I pretty much agree with all of this.
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After some time, this album is still going strong. With some big names (to me) putting things out around the same time as this, it went under the radar to some degree, but it quickly rose to the top. Flying Colors, Threshold, Enchant... all very solid (especially Flying Colors), but this was on a level above them all. Great album from Evergrey.
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This album will probably make my top 3 for the year. Definitely top 5 for sure though.
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Finally, my review is up. I just started out reviewing for Dutch Progressive Rock Pages.
Here's the review of the album: https://dprp.net/reviews/201458.php#evergrey
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Yeah, I definitely thought it would be in my Top 5 and it's growing and growing. Just received the physical digipack 2CD copy yesterday (about time). I'm in love with piano version of title track now.
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Good review, Pixel. It came across as objective. I agree with the comparison between "The Aftermath" and Floyd's "High Hopes", too. They managed to capture a similar feel without it being a blatant rip off.
As for where this albums ranks in releases this year, I have to easily put it at number one. My next anticipated release is Nightwish's next one, and they are going to have their hands full topping "Hymns for the Broken", but I still have a feeling it's going to be good.
And yes, Evermind. I totally dig the piano version of "Hymns for the Broken", as well. It's fucking stunning.
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The new album isn't doing it for me at all. It probably has to do with my general lack of interest in Evergrey over the last couple of years, though...
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The new album isn't doing it for me at all. It probably has to do with my general lack of interest in Evergrey over the last couple of years, though...
How many times did you spin it?
I'm still listening to it after a week straight. Still in my cd player.
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Five or six times.
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Five or six times.
Fair enough then.
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The new album isn't doing it for me at all. It probably has to do with my general lack of interest in Evergrey over the last couple of years, though...
So, the "King of Errors" song/video didn't reignite your interest in them?
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The band doesn't interest him. Sometimes interests drift.
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I really connected with this album over the weekend. I love the whole "inner revolution/war" concept and how it's delivered through the artwork, lyrics and sound effects. Brilliantly done. Tom captured the feeling/mindset really well, in my opinion. I feel like this could end up in my top 10-15 albums of all-time eventually, but we'll see.
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The new album isn't doing it for me at all. It probably has to do with my general lack of interest in Evergrey over the last couple of years, though...
So, the "King of Errors" song/video didn't reignite your interest in them?
Nope, I thought the song was pretty average. It's weird how the new album got some older fans excited, even the ones that gave up on the band years ago, yet to me it doesn't sound like much of an improvement over Monday morning apocalypse or Torn. In fact, it reminded me that Glorious collision was pretty solid in comparison. But hey, that's just me.
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The new album isn't doing it for me at all. It probably has to do with my general lack of interest in Evergrey over the last couple of years, though...
So, the "King of Errors" song/video didn't reignite your interest in them?
Nope, I thought the song was pretty average. It's weird how the new album got some older fans excited, even the ones that gave up on the band years ago, yet to me it doesn't sound like much of an improvement over Monday morning apocalypse or Torn. In fact, it reminded me that Glorious collision was pretty solid in comparison. But hey, that's just me.
As much as I love the new album, I can totally see where you are coming from. I don't really think it's a return to the old Evergrey either to be honest. I think the album is pretty much a perfect mix of MMA and TIC, but still being a new beast also for the band. There's nothing here that reminds me of anything before TIC at all.
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The new album isn't doing it for me at all. It probably has to do with my general lack of interest in Evergrey over the last couple of years, though...
So, the "King of Errors" song/video didn't reignite your interest in them?
Nope, I thought the song was pretty average. It's weird how the new album got some older fans excited, even the ones that gave up on the band years ago, yet to me it doesn't sound like much of an improvement over Monday morning apocalypse or Torn. In fact, it reminded me that Glorious collision was pretty solid in comparison. But hey, that's just me.
To each their own and all that jazz, but would you agree that the new album is very well produced? Surely, you have to give it that much.
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He doesn't like it man, don't worry about it, it's okay.
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Another thing I like about the album is that the sound effects incorporate everything from marching soldiers to horses to helicopters -- which are from all different time periods of war. It's a subtle way of showing that the inner revolution concept is timeless. The people who lived centuries ago face the same battle as we face today.
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Yea I really like the gun sounds, they sound very authentic.
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To each their own and all that jazz, but would you agree that the new album is very well produced? Surely, you have to give it that much.
Oh yeah, it does sound great. :tup
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In two weeks time....
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xaf1/t31.0-8/10649056_856065357778347_6614185247994399621_o.jpg)
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Cool as.
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Eh, I've never been one for music videos, really. King of Errors was one of the better ones that I had seen, and even that didn't do much for me.
However, this album still kicks ass. Definitely Top 3 Evergrey for me, along with The Inner Circle and Recreation Day.
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In two weeks time....
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xaf1/t31.0-8/10649056_856065357778347_6614185247994399621_o.jpg)
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Fucking awesome. I can't wait.
Although, I'm still baffled as to why they chose this for the next video. I love the song, but I'm just not sure it makes for a great video. I know there's added vocals just for the video, but
just how much can it really be?
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Yea i'm a bit miffed about the song choice to but the video itself will be a continuation of the King Of Errors video.
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This album I think is number 2 on my best of 2014 list.
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This album I think is number 2 on my best of 2014 list.
Somehow I don't think your #1 is my #1...so what's yours? This might be my #2 as well.
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It's sitting firmly in my top 5.
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This album I think is number 2 on my best of 2014 list.
Somehow I don't think your #1 is my #1...so what's yours? This might be my #2 as well.
Don't think so. Primal Fear.
I don't think so, but Evergrey has potential to take top spot, this album never gets old and boring.
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I hate to say it, but I am very disappointed with the new video. :-\
Oh, well. They still put out one of the most amazing albums I've heard in my entire life. Perhaps the next video will be better.
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Video for The Grand Collapse is up on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK0G74RcIBM
edit: ninja'd
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Video wasn't bad. Nice to look at, but not sure what it had to do with the song/album/band at all.
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Uploaded oct. 17? The video been done for a while it seems. Anyway, even though it's a great song it's still the weakest on the album imo. The video didn't help that much.
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The video is great, though maybe not the best song to put in this format. As for the quality of the song, I think it's one of the best songs on the album. The Fire, on the other hand, would have made for a great video.
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I really don't know what they were thinking here. Nearly 8 minutes of non-stop slow motion video for a song like this?
And of course, where the hell was the band?!
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I was hoping for more from this video. For example, the helicopter sound effects weren't even brought to life visually. To me, that's odd because they actually used a helicopter to film the aerial shots, so the helicopter was there.
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I was hoping for more from this video. For example, the helicopter sound effects weren't even brought to life visually. To me, that's odd because they actually used a helicopter to film the aerial shots, so the helicopter was there.
Exactly. There's so much that could have been "brought to life" (as you put it) but it just didn't happen here. Visually, the whole thing is very monotonous and drags along.
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I was hoping for more from this video. For example, the helicopter sound effects weren't even brought to life visually. To me, that's odd because they actually used a helicopter to film the aerial shots, so the helicopter was there.
I think that was the thing that disappointed me the most, because it's like the only expectation I had for the video.
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Damn, we were on our way to the concert yesterday and our car got overheated.
Got tickets and all, no gig and a broken car is what we got. :-[
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Damn, we were on our way to the concert yesterday and our car got overheated.
Got tickets and all, no gig and a broken car is what we got. :-[
That seriously fucking blows dude.
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That sucks big time. Sorry about that.
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I think I'd lose my fucking shit, and have to go on some kind of rampage.
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I think I'd lose my fucking shit, and have to go on some kind of rampage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cR-WiGKZtg
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Damn, we were on our way to the concert yesterday and our car got overheated.
Got tickets and all, no gig and a broken car is what we got. :-[
That seriously fucking blows dude.
Yes, but yesterday they were playing again in Holland.
I e-mailed the band's management about this and TOM himself actually arranged for us to get free tickets to the show yesterday!!
And they freakin' ruled! First time I saw them live and I'm so happy I didn't miss out on them!
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Ok, that's.....that's freakin awesome! :metal
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And such a great setlist, they really played their asses off for maybe a hundred people.
Missing You / The Grand Collapse was definitely one of the highlights. And ofcourse A Touch of Blessing, which I feel is pretty much their best song.
And When the Walls Go Down.. holy crap that was awesome as well.
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Damn, we were on our way to the concert yesterday and our car got overheated.
Got tickets and all, no gig and a broken car is what we got. :-[
That seriously fucking blows dude.
Yes, but yesterday they were playing again in Holland.
I e-mailed the band's management about this and TOM himself actually arranged for us to get free tickets to the show yesterday!!
And they freakin' ruled! First time I saw them live and I'm so happy I didn't miss out on them!
Wow, that's fucking great, Tom seems like such a champ.
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Wow, that's awesome.
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That's amazing. I'm glad you didn't miss out on an amazing experience, though slightly jealous all the same.
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That's amazing. I'm glad you didn't miss out on an amazing experience, though slightly jealous all the same.
Haha thanks man. All I can say is catch them live when you get the chance.
The only live material I had seen was the excellent live DVD, this was my first time seeing them. They didn't have the string section and backing vocalists, but apart from that it was every bit as convincing.
Also pretty cool: After the show Tom gave a shout out to one of their roadies / sound guys Michael Hakansson. He said: That's actually the bass player from the DVD! I had to look twice, he looks quite 'normal' now. When he was in the band he had black hair and piercings everywhere.
But anyway, their relatively new bass player Johan Niemann is a complete and utter boss. He's actually an amazing singer! He sang super high backing vox during the gig that were just mind blowing, like really up in the female vocal range. Bizarre.
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That's amazing. I'm glad you didn't miss out on an amazing experience, though slightly jealous all the same.
Haha thanks man. All I can say is catch them live when you get the chance.
If they'd ever tour North America, I'd be all over it like a hobo on a Big Mac.
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That's amazing. I'm glad you didn't miss out on an amazing experience, though slightly jealous all the same.
Haha thanks man. All I can say is catch them live when you get the chance.
If they'd ever tour North America, I'd be all over it like a hobo on a Big Mac.
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I'm trying to transcribe Missing You on piano, anyone know what kind of chord he plays at 0:47? I think the "blue note" is G.
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I'm trying to transcribe Missing You on piano, anyone know what kind of chord he plays at 0:47? I think the "blue note" is G.
Yes, it's a Bbmaj7, at least after the G becomes an A => Bb, F, (g->)A, D. That's the voicing I hear.. but I figured this out on guitar since I couldn't hook up my keyboard.
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Awesome!! :)
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NP! :tup
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Pixel is correct. It's Bbmaj7.
I'll tell you what's stumping the shit out of me, though. The acoustic guitar intro to "The Aftermath".
Well, according to Jonas, Everygrey's new video is finished. I'm wondering what song it's for.
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Pixel is correct. It's Bbmaj7.
I'll tell you what's stumping the shit out of me, though. The acoustic guitar intro to "The Aftermath".
Well, according to Jonas, Everygrey's new video is finished. I'm wondering what song it's for.
A new one? haha, wishful thinking.
I still spin Hymns quite often, it's still as incredible as when it was released, top 3 Evergrey easily, probably higher.
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Pixel is correct. It's Bbmaj7.
I'll tell you what's stumping the shit out of me, though. The acoustic guitar intro to "The Aftermath".
Well, according to Jonas, Everygrey's new video is finished. I'm wondering what song it's for.
A new one? haha, wishful thinking.
I still spin Hymns quite often, it's still as incredible as when it was released, top 3 Evergrey easily, probably higher.
Nah, not wishful thinking. Here's a screenshot from it.
(https://scontent-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/11233552_953680014683547_2794099164550935598_n.png?oh=606b90e3ccac27fef02c7dabbc8af7c3&oe=55C37A53)
I still play the hell out of "Hymns", too.
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I also spinn Hymns from time to time. I had it spinning in my car for about two month after release. I couldn't put it away. :lol
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The video is probably for the title track I'd say. Maybe even New Dawn or The Fire.
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Yeah, I think "Hymns for the Broken" would be the best choice, but I still don't know what song the video is for yet.
However, it does premiere on June 18th.
Another screen from it. (https://scontent-lga1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xat1/t31.0-8/11312653_970780822973466_4422059427725956045_o.jpg)
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The video is for "Black Undertow", and here it is..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58TaaVuH_ME
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Black Undertow would probably be the last song I'd guess for a clip.
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Yeah, same here.
I love this album to death, but I think they picked the wrong songs to do videos for after "King of Errors".
I would have done a video for "Hymns for the Broken" after "King of Errors", myself. I love "The Grand Collapse", but it really isn't the kind of song
that calls for a video.
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I agree. The title track definitely should have gotten a video. Even The Fire would have been cool.
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New teaser in 3 hours....
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Woohoo, hopefully the new album will live up to it's predecessor because it's still one of my favourite Evergrey albums.
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Yeah, Hymns for the Broken was really good and I hope this one will be at least as good or even better.
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Hymns was an incredible comeback, bloody love that album so much. Don't know how they can top it, but very excited.
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The teasers sound cool.
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The teasers sound cool.
Where can they be found?
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https://www.facebook.com/Evergrey/videos/1135307333187480/
Just 25 secs but it sounds cool though.
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Sounds epic as usual. I'm glad the reunited lineup has stayed together and done more than just the one album.
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https://www.facebook.com/Evergrey/videos/1135307333187480/
Just 25 secs but it sounds cool though.
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Sounds sweet!
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I overall like Evergrey, but Hymns is definitely where it is at for me, fantastic album and my favourite of theirs for sure (song writing, consistency, production etc.). I am looking forward to this one very much!
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So my album ranking after spinning Hymns for almost 1 1/2 years:
1. In Search of Truth (2001)
Top 3: Watching The Skies, Mark Of The Triangle & Rulers Of The Mind
2. The Inner Circle (2004)
Top 3: A Touch Of Blessing, When The Walls Go Down & In The Wake Of The Weary
3. Hymns for the Broken (2014)
Top 3: Black Undertow, Archaic Rage & King Of Errors
4. Recreation Day (2003)
Top 3: Visions, Fragments & Your Darkest Hour
5. Solitude, Dominance, Tragedy (1999)
Top 3: Solitude, The Shocking Truth & The Corey Curse
6. Monday Morning Apocalypse (2006)
Top 3: At Loss For Words, Monday Morning Apocalypse & Unspeakable
7. The Dark Discovery (1998)
Top 3: As Light Is Our Darkness, Beyond Salvation & To Hope Is to Fear
8. Torn (2008)
Top 3: Fear, In Confidence & These Scars
9. Glorious Collision (2011)
Top 3: .....
I can safely say that while Hymn is a return to form and one helluva "comeback"it lacks a bit of variation on the structure of the songs but because that special Evergrey sounds is still intact and the songs are so strong and well made it still a top 3 album for me.
1-4 were basically no problem to rank. All amazing albums if you ask me. My reason for putting ISoT at #1 is because it's such a well made album. It has everything I love about Evergrey, moments that are sad, depressing, dark, heavy, uplifting, beautiful, progressive with an interesting story along with great lyrics. Great song writing that makes you through the music and lyrics feel the emotions and questions the guy has about life and the events he's been through. A very well made concept album basically.
5-6 While SDT lack in production quality I still find the songs to be interesting and it's basically the opposite with MMA. Good production but the songs ain't that interesting.
7-9 I put TDD above Torn and GC mostly for the fact that I just despise Torn and GC and atleast TDD have a old school demo kind of vibe to it and it's their first album so understandably they haven't found their sound yet. There's a few gem if you filter through the production also. Torn and especially GC is just an uninspired mess for being albums 13 years into their career if you ask me but the main part for me is that the sound and song quailty is so far from the Evergrey I love.
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Yes, Glorious Collision isn't that good, to put it mildly. My top 4 is the same although maybe I'd put TI first and RC above Hymns.
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I quite liked GC, it's way better than Torn IMO. The production didn't do it any favours though.
Top 3 for me is Recreation, In Search and Hymns, in no particular order.
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I really like Glorious Collision. Probably rank it around the middle. *shrug*
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I really like Glorious Collision. Probably rank it around the middle. *shrug*
It wouldn't be far off that for me either to be honest.
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I quite liked GC, it's way better than Torn IMO. The production didn't do it any favours though.
Top 3 for me is Recreation, In Search and Hymns, in no particular order.
I gotta agree, with SDT likely #4. Not sure how I'd rank the rest, but Torn is mort likely the caboose.
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I have only listened to the Top 4 in the list above. I wrote off the band after my first album of theirs (Recreation Day) - did zero for me. I was then quite surprised to really rate the other three highly. I seem to be the only one who feels that way - will revisit when I get a chance.
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I have only listened to the Top 4 in the list above. I wrote off the band after my first album of theirs (Recreation Day) - did zero for me. I was then quite surprised to really rate the other three highly. I seem to be the only one who feels that way - will revisit when I get a chance.
:omg:
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I wrote off the band after my first album of theirs (Recreation Day) - did zero for me.
That's probably the album that had the best first impression on me. :lol
To be fair, I didn't like In Search of Truth the first time around. I got irritated by the conspiracy stuff in the concept.
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In Search was a HUGE grower for me. Took a lot of listens, but it paid off.
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In search will always be my favorite. Still blows my mind every time I listen to it.
Dark discovery, recreation day, and SDT always got heavy play as well.
Monday morning I always enjoyed, but I can see why people didn't like it. Hymns is pretty tight too.
Everything else I didn't listen to that much. I LOVE Evergrey though
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In search will always be my favorite. Still blows my mind every time I listen to it.
Yea it really holds up well. I first heard it in 2002 I believe so it's been with me for many years and I still listen to it from time to time.
Patrick Carlssons drumming is a bit diffrent than Jonas which I have nothing against but I feel Patrick really shines on this album even though his drums sounds a bit too dry or atleast his toms but that's all about taste.
I got irritated by the conspiracy stuff in the concept.
I think it's unavoidable to tell a story about Alien abduction and paranoia and not mention anything about some form of conspiracy. They pretty much go hand in hand. :lol
Brief rundown of the story:
The Masterplan - Man figures out something is wrong
Rulers Of The Mind - Man tries to make sense of what is happening, but he can’t
Watching The Skies - Man realizes he is no longer safe
State Of Paralysis - Man finally gives up hope
The Encounter - Aliens come, abduct man
Mark Of The Triangle - Man is returned, but is marked and has nothing to live for
Dark Waters - Tries to find aliens again, does, has nothing left
Different Worlds - Man thinks he lives in two different realities, really losing his sanity
Misled - Man is taken to asylum, he's gone insane
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I haven't heard everything by Evergrey, but my introduction to them was with Solitude, Dominance, Tragedy. I only own SDT, Recreation Day, and Hymns for the Broken. I don't listen to RD much, but I love the title track. The other two albums are awesome. I believe I did listen to ISoT, but was bored. Either that or Inner Circle. SDT was definitely a grower though.
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new clip on their Facebook page....
https://www.facebook.com/Evergrey/
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Sounds sweet! :metal
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New album details from their Facebook page:
Support Evergrey by pre-ordering their new album from the band here: www.evergrey.net/shop
AND PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD BY SHARING! THANK YOU!
EVERGREY - The Storm Within
Summing up Evergrey's new album The Storm Within quick and to the point, the band is celebrating their 20th Anniversary with the strongest album of their career.
While this may come off as music industry lip-service in honour of the Swedish quintet, anyone who has followed Evergrey will find it impossible not to become completely enthralled by the music on The Storm Within within the space of the first listen. The band's trademark progressive, dark and melancholic elements are as strong as ever, the album ranks as one of the most progressive record they've created in terms of performance, but Evergrey managed to put it in a package that is more accessible and direct compared to any of their nine previous outings. Frontman / founder Tom S. Englund credits Evergrey's learning-by-doing over the past two decades for the feel of The Storm Within, in particular their all-important Hymns For The Broken record from 2014, which saw a revitalized Evergrey line-up return with a new energy.
"We went from having no intention of making an album at all to having all the inspiration in the world on Hymns For The Broken," says Englund. "Honestly, we've never felt better. The Storm Within is a massive album. There are no fillers on it and we've never been about that. I think the inspiration speaks for itself."
Evergrey's lyrics have always matched the depth and intensity of their music, and the concept behind The Storm Within is no exception. Englund considers the storyline behind the lyrics to be one of the biggest concepts Evergrey has ever tackled, based on something that everyone can relate to; having someone, losing them, and having to pick yourself up and move on. He goes so far as to call it the band's first "love" album, but it's not a subject that should be taken lightly in the Evergrey universe.
"As usual, the lyrics are based on someone or some event in my life," says Englund. "When we were making this album a lot of these relationship issues were going on around me; people losing a partner or a loved one and grieving. The Storm Within is about a search for identity, trying to make yourself full when you feel half empty, and I placed that storyline in an interstellar world."
Musically, The Storm Within plays to Evergrey's trademark prog metal attack but it's loaded with double-take moments. Lead-off track "Distance" is a surprise lead single (and first video), the melodically and lyrically stunning "Passing Through" is destined to become a fan favourite, "My Allied Ocean" is one of Evergrey's most aggressive songs to date, and the epic title track makes for the perfect album closer in the tradition of Devin Townsend or Rush. The addition of Nightwish vocalist Floor Jansen on "In Orbit" is the icing on an already filling cake.
"That was actually my wife (Carina Englund) thinking for me," Englund says of Jansen's involvement. "Floor is a personal friend and major Evergrey fan, so it was over a glass of wine between her and my wife, who asked her if she wanted to do the song. 'In Orbit' is a powerhouse of a song and it would be easy to make it the first single, but it's not the first impression we want to make. That said, it would be stupid not to release it as a single, and if we could get Floor to do the video, that would be a home run."
Speaking of Englund's better half Carina, she reprises her ongoing role as Evergrey's secret weapon on every album since they began, contributing vocals this time out to the song "The Paradox Of The Flame". In addition, Evergrey renewed their partnership with critically acclaimed video director Patric Ullaeus for The Storm Within, fulfilling the band's vision of creating the most cinematic album in their catalogue. Three stellar clips were shot and, in a huge promotional push, are slated to hit the internet leading up to the official album release.
Englund is proud to have The Storm Within represent Evergrey's all-important 20th Anniversary, although he freely admits he didn't take note of the landmark occasion until the album was well underway.
"I had a goal when I started Evergrey; I wanted to make 10 albums and that would fulfill my life plan. That's not something I ever thought I would accomplish. It's quite an amazing thing to be a band for 20 years and release albums that aren't sub-par. When I realized we'd done 10 albums in 20 years it was mind-boggling. I'm proud to say that out of all the albums we've released over the last 20 years, we've never released one that we didn't feel was the best we could do at that time. That goes for every song, every note, everything. That's why we don't do anything half-assed."
THE STORM WITHIN - Tracklist
Distance
Passing Trough
Someday
Astray
The Impossible
My allied ocean
In Orbit (feauturing Floor Jansen)
The lonely monarch
The paradox of the flame
Disconnect
The storm within
Line-Up
Tom S. Englund - vocals, guitar
Henrik Danhage - guitar, backing vocals
Rikard Zander - keyboard, backing vocals
Jonas Ekdahl - drums
Johan Niemann - bass, backing vocals
(https://www.evergrey.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/EG_TSW-C_2400x2400.jpg)
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Damn, I'm really excited for this. Time to finally update DTF Release Date Calendar I guess.
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Do you guys think the link above is the best spot to order the album? The digipak/t-shirt bundle ended up being $51, which is a bit steep. I'm assuming it's because the online shop is based in Europe and I'm in the U.S.
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Do you guys think the link above is the best spot to order the album? The digipak/t-shirt bundle ended up being $51, which is a bit steep. I'm assuming it's because the online shop is based in Europe and I'm in the U.S.
If you want a boxset or some bundle, maybe. I'll probably end up ordering on Amazon as I did with 2CD Digipack edition of Hymns for the Broken.
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Awesome!
I really enjoyed the last one and rank it as one of their top albums but it was less progressive than any of their previous albums so reading this makes me happy:
"The band's trademark progressive, dark and melancholic elements are as strong as ever, the album ranks as one of the most progressive record they've created in terms of performance, but Evergrey managed to put it in a package that is more accessible and direct compared to any of their nine previous outings."
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I'm constantly amazed how much band press releases can talk about albums while saying so very little. :lol
Regardless, I'm very excited for this. If it's anywhere close to the quality of Hymns, then this is going to be a hell of an album. The album cover is really awesome as well. :metal
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Do you guys think the link above is the best spot to order the album? The digipak/t-shirt bundle ended up being $51, which is a bit steep. I'm assuming it's because the online shop is based in Europe and I'm in the U.S.
Those prices are pretty steep, price's in Euro's plus shipping.
I'll wait for amazon.
Also avoid ordering direct from their label AFM, nothing good to say about them.
High prices, high shipping and usually they don't ship until after the official release date.
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Can't wait for this. Hymns blew me away and is top 3 Evergrey IMO so this is an instant purchase.
But when is the actual release date, doesn't say anywhere.
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Can't wait for this. Hymns blew me away and is top 3 Evergrey IMO so this is an instant purchase.
But when is the actual release date, doesn't say anywhere.
Sept. 9, according to Blabbermouth.
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Can't wait for this. Hymns blew me away and is top 3 Evergrey IMO so this is an instant purchase.
But when is the actual release date, doesn't say anywhere.
Sept. 9, according to Blabbermouth.
Cool, thanks bro.
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Can't. Fucking. Wait.
That album cover is bad ass, too.
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https://manofmuchmetal.wordpress.com/2016/07/07/essential-rock-metal-releases-still-to-come-in-2016-part-1/
I will admit at this point to having already heard album number 10, ‘The Storm Within’, which is due to be released on 9th September 2016. I won’t give too much away at this stage but, suffice to say, I have a problem. I gave the superlative ‘Hymns For The Broken’ a perfect 10/10 when I reviewed it. So what score do I give an album that might, just might, turn out with a few more spins to be even better?
Seems like we might be in for treat yet again. :tup
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^^^^^
Hot damn, can't wait!!!
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Can someone recommend me some Evergrey?
Kade? Ruslan?
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My favourite is by far The Inner Circle, but it has fairly weak/thin production. The combination of music/lyrics is hugely powerful though.
However, you may well be more interested in their most recent album, TAC, called Hymns for the Broken. Less proggy, but very strong melodically and by far their best produced.
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Can someone recommend me some Evergrey?
Kade? Ruslan?
My favourite Evergrey album is In Search for Truth (Mark of the Triangle, the song I sent you a live version of, is on that album), but I'm not sure it'll be right up your alley to be honest. Their latest album, Hymns for the Broken is not too shabby either, really well-done and as Rich said, good melodies and production, so maybe try that one if you already haven't. The Inner Circle and Recreation Day are also in my rotation fairly often.
These four albums are basically Evergrey for me, I can't remember the last time I listened to something else from them except maybe Solitude, Dominance, Tragedy.
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Recreation day does nothing for me but all the other ones mentioned are the only albums I bother with - Hymns, The Inner Circle and In Search of Truth.
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Can someone recommend me some Evergrey?
Kade? Ruslan?
My favourite Evergrey album is In Search for Truth (Mark of the Triangle, the song I sent you a live version of, is on that album), but I'm not sure it'll be right up your alley to be honest. Their latest album, Hymns for the Broken is not too shabby either, really well-done and as Rich said, good melodies and production, so maybe try that one if you already haven't. The Inner Circle and Recreation Day are also in my rotation fairly often.
These four albums are basically Evergrey for me
Yeah those are definitely the main four. I also like Glorious Collision, though the fanbase seems less keen on that one for some reason.
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Can someone recommend me some Evergrey?
Kade? Ruslan?
Recreation Day
In Search of Truth
Hymns For the Broken
The Inner Circle
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New video July 28th.
https://www.facebook.com/Evergrey/videos/1207272119324334/
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New video July 28th.
https://www.facebook.com/Evergrey/videos/1207272119324334/
:metal
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I'm totally psyched about this, and glad it didn't take them a long time to get this done after "Hymns for the Broken".
The video appears to be quite elaborate from what we've seen so far. However, it might be a little difficult to top the impact
"King of Errors" made in 2014 with the reveal of Henrik and Jonas being back in the band, and the song itself being so good.
I hope they go with better choices of songs to make videos for this time around, too. "Black Undertow" and "The Grand Collapse"
really weren't the best choices last time, in my opinion.
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I hope they go with better choices of songs to make videos for this time around, too. "Black Undertow" and "The Grand Collapse"
really weren't the best choices last time, in my opinion.
I'd agree, even though TGC is insanely epic.
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I can see how TGC wouldn't be a great video choice but Black Undertow is great. Has mellow parts, heavy parts, catchy chorus. What's the problem?
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I can see how TGC wouldn't be a great video choice but Black Undertow is great. Has mellow parts, heavy parts, catchy chorus. What's the problem?
Right. "The Grand Collapse" as a song is great. It just seemed an odd choice for a video due to there being very little vocals.(which reminds me, there was supposed to be vocals added to the video version that never happened) I showed it to a few people who were unfamiliar with the band, and I could tell they were losing interest in it about half way through. Everyone of them also said "I thought this was a band??" after realizing they hadn't seen anyone but Tom after 3 or 4 minutes. "Black Undertow" is a good song, too. I just think "Hymns for the Broken" would have been the better choice. It has "radio hit" written all over it. It could have easily been the first single/video from the album if they had decided not to go with "King of Errors".
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I can see how TGC wouldn't be a great video choice but Black Undertow is great. Has mellow parts, heavy parts, catchy chorus. What's the problem?
Just better songs to pick IMO.
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EVERGREY - Distance (2016) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqoJTWmG4Xs)
Oh I really like the last choir part, so emotional. I like the video, some beautiful cinematography from what I presume is Island.
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first new song/video out.....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqoJTWmG4Xs
not as into it as I was with the new stuff from Hymns. we'll see how it plays out.
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Cool song, cool video
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Not bad, but definitely not as exciting as King of Errors was for me two years ago. Still a solid song though, really liked the last chorus where Tom sings together with the choir.
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Not bad, but definitely not as exciting as King of Errors was for me two years ago. Still a solid song though, really liked the last chorus where Tom sings together with the choir.
That's how I would describe it, as well. I knew that whole experience would be hard to top. This is still a decent enough song, though. It seems like it could
have been on the "Hymns" album.
The video itself looks really good as expected. However, I hope this is the last video we see of Tom going on another slow motion nature walk.
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Definitely picks up where Hymns left off, I really really like it. Looking forward to it big time.
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The song was good, nothing amazing overall but solid. Until the ending - that was brilliant.
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The song was good, nothing amazing overall but solid. Until the ending - that was brilliant.
Similar for me - a bit of a plodder that took a step up from the solo onward.
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That's a decent track. Lots of subtle dynamics in the music and good vocal lines.
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Been listening 6-7 times now and it's a grower. It's not as catchy or likable on first listen like King Of Errors but I never judge a track or album on the first listen anyway. The chorus grows from each listen and the ending is just magical.
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Here's an interview with Tom that was posted a few days ago. You can hear a preview of another song from the new album.
Interestingly, Tom describes the new album as "violent". Can't wait to hear it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf07Y1ph_dY
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I liked that songs from my first listen.
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Yeah, that does sound like a really strong chorus there.
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Video for "The Paradox of the Flame" (which I believe is the song Carina sings on) debuts August 18th.
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I've been listening to the new song every couple of days or so and I really love it, so looking forward to this album.
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The chorus is amazing and the song has grown alot since my first listen.
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Arrhg I hate dealing with hype, it consumes you! I need to hide in a closet or something until september. :lol
“The Storm Within” may very well be Evergrey’s best album. Time will tell. It is a wonderful combination of everything from their progressive roots to their catchier days to the dark melodic metal that they have embraced more recently. Even more, the band’s newfound cinematic abilities enhance all of this. It’s the complete Evergrey package in more ways than one, and it’s a welcome addition to an already stellar discography. My favorite tracks include “Distance, “Passing Through”, “The Impossible”, and “The Paradox of Flame”, but my absolute favorite is the progressive brilliance of “Astray”. Regardless, every song on this album will make Evergrey fans proud to be fans of this long standing group. Preorder your hearts out! Me? I’m getting a vinyl copy.
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Sounds good to me. :corn
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Evergrey surprises a fan by showing up at their house for a listening party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=227&v=o6R2v8hTvXs
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That's really cool of them.
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Copped a couple of listens to the new album. I'm not the biggest fan in here - all of their best albums get ratings around 85% from me ( based on two or three killer tracks and the rest being good) and I feel the new one is in that sort of ballpark too.
I don't have time for a track by track or much detail but I'm pretty certain most of the fans in these parts will enjoy it. There's certainly no huge drop in quality from Hymns anyway.........IMHO.
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I cannot get into them.
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I cannot get into them.
It doesn't surprise me . some of their stuff really doesn't connect with me the way it does with most of the fans (I think Recreation Day is pretty average) and I have never found an album of theirs brilliant from beginning to end. I also find that persistent use of the low end of 7 string guitars tires me out pretty quick and there's plenty of that , although thankfully they break it up enough on most tracks.
I also find that many of the tracks (on this latest one in particular) sort of melt into each other - not much variation in tone. Having said that, they do have a reasonably distinct sound and that is at least something that sets them apart from most of the cookie cutter crap from the usual suspects . The use of Floor Jansen and Carina Englund was a nice break too and helped maintain my interest (2 of the better tracks).
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I cannot get into them.
It doesn't surprise me . I also find that persistent use of the low end of 7 string guitars tires me out pretty quick
Yes definitely. Does Sym X do the same thing? Cuz on paper they should be a favorite of mine, but I have a hard time connecting to them as well.
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I cannot get into them.
It doesn't surprise me . some of their stuff really doesn't connect with me the way it does with most of the fans (I think Recreation Day is pretty average) and I have never found an album of theirs brilliant from beginning to end. I also find that persistent use of the low end of 7 string guitars tires me out pretty quick and there's plenty of that , although thankfully they break it up enough on most tracks.
I also find that many of the tracks (on this latest one in particular) sort of melt into each other - not much variation in tone. Having said that, they do have a reasonably distinct sound and that is at least something that sets them apart from most of the cookie cutter crap from the usual suspects . The use of Floor Jansen and Carina Englund was a nice break too and helped maintain my interest (2 of the better tracks).
I tried years ago and couldn't get into them either, for these exact reasons.
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Well, your loss, folks. Just got a new album promo and gonna spin it right now. If it's anywhere close to Hymns I'm sure I'll enjoy it.
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I cannot get into them.
It doesn't surprise me . some of their stuff really doesn't connect with me the way it does with most of the fans (I think Recreation Day is pretty average) and I have never found an album of theirs brilliant from beginning to end. I also find that persistent use of the low end of 7 string guitars tires me out pretty quick and there's plenty of that , although thankfully they break it up enough on most tracks.
I also find that many of the tracks (on this latest one in particular) sort of melt into each other - not much variation in tone. Having said that, they do have a reasonably distinct sound and that is at least something that sets them apart from most of the cookie cutter crap from the usual suspects . The use of Floor Jansen and Carina Englund was a nice break too and helped maintain my interest (2 of the better tracks).
I tried years ago and couldn't get into them either, for these exact reasons.
What's your thought on In Search Of Truth? I would argue there's alot of variation on that album although it's a concept album so some "melt into each other" is bound to happen.
I agree on Hymns being alot more streamlined even though it's a great album imo.
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After one listen, I think the new album is on the Hymns level, some great tracks, lots of good ones and one or two clunkers for me. First impression is that the second half is vastly superior to the first one, starting with The Orbit and getting better and better from there. Favourite song is either The Paradox of the Flame or Disconnect, least favourite is Passing Through so far.
I will definitely be spinning this album more. Solid Evergrey, pretty much everyone who likes these guyss music will enjoy this one.
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I didn't like Passing Through much on first listen, but it's a grower. After 3 listens, I really like the album. It has a more accessible sound which I don't mind at all. I like the extra use of keyboards, and the guitar tone is always killer.
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Damn you guys.
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I very much prefer the period from In Search of Truth until The Inner Circle. Hymns was a good comeback record even if their style has gotten much more straightforward. This new one though.. Something feels a bit 'off' about it. The production isn't as good as Hymns', the sound is very mechanical and compressed and for me the vocals aren't as good either. Couldn't find a really great song on it. Oh well.
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The production sounds great to me. It's up there with "Hymns for the Broken", but that's where the similarity ends.
Good things so far - there are some insane solos. It's "heavier" than "Hymns" overall. Really cool
atmospheric contributions from Rikard.
The not so good - Way too much of the djent-esque chugging guitars. They desperately need to stray from this in the future.
Lack of really strong hooks, although there's a few.
However, overall, I still believe it's a solid album that any Evergrey fan will enjoy.
Distance - unfortunately, I have gone the other way with this song than others here have. I have become disenchanted with it
after more listens.
Passing Through - I like the intro, and the sounds Rikard pulled up for it. An ok song, but nothing mindblowing.
Someday - I liked this one right off the bat. It's just a simple anthemic song, and I believe it should have been the first video instead of "Distance".
Astray - Not horrible, but not particularly memorable.
The Impossible - This is just Tom, piano and strings. It has a nice feel, but it's just a short 3 minute filler that many will probably just pass over
after the first listen.
My Allied Ocean - HOLY FACE MELTER!! Heavy and aggressive. This should satisfy anyone who has complained they've become too mellow. This had BETTER
be a future video.
In Orbit - Well, I dig the intro, but overall, the song is kind of hokey to me.
The Lonely Monarch - A decent song, with some GREAT melodic soloing.
The Paradox of the Flame - Here's where I ran into utter disappointment. I almost always like their ballads, especially if Corina is involved, but
this isn't reaching me at all. It moves at a painful snail's pace, and really has no dynamic moments.
Disconnect - The second song featuring Floor from Nightwish. This song kicks the crap out of "In Orbit", in my opinion.
The Storm Within - This song was compared stylistically to Devin Townsend in early reviews, but I was skeptical. However, it definitely does
have a Devin feel right from the very beginning that fans of his will surely pick up on. Very majestic and larger than life. It's a nice way to close
the album, but falls way short of 'The Aftermath" from "Hymns for the Broken".
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The production sounds great to me. It's up there with "Hymns for the Broken", but that's where the similarity ends.
Good things so far - there are some insane solos. It's "heavier" than "Hymns" overall. Really cool
atmospheric contributions from Rikard.
The not so good - Way too much of the djent-esque chugging guitars. They desperately need to stray from this in the future.
Lack of really strong hooks, although there's a few.
However, overall, I still believe it's a solid album that any Evergrey fan will enjoy.
Distance - unfortunately, I have gone the other way with this song than others here have. I have become disenchanted with it
after more listens.
Passing Through - I like the intro, and the sounds Rikard pulled up for it. An ok song, but nothing mindblowing.
Someday - I liked this one right off the bat. It's just a simple anthemic song, and I believe it should have been the first video instead of "Distance".
Astray - Not horrible, but not particularly memorable.
The Impossible - This is just Tom, piano and strings. It has a nice feel, but it's just a short 3 minute filler that many will probably just pass over
after the first listen.
My Allied Ocean - HOLY FACE MELTER!! Heavy and aggressive. This should satisfy anyone who has complained they've become too mellow. This had BETTER
be a future video.
In Orbit - Well, I dig the intro, but overall, the song is kind of hokey to me.
The Lonely Monarch - A decent song, with some GREAT melodic soloing.
The Paradox of the Flame - Here's where I ran into utter disappointment. I almost always like their ballads, especially if Corina is involved, but
this isn't reaching me at all. It moves at a painful snail's pace, and really has no dynamic moments. It's nowhere near the level of the piano version
of "Hymns for the Broken" or "For Every Tear That Falls".
Disconnect - The second song featuring Floor from Nightwish. This song kicks the crap out of "In Orbit", in my opinion.
The Storm Within - This song was compared stylistically to Devin Townsend in early reviews, but I was skeptical. However, it definitely does
have a Devin feel right from the very beginning that fans of his will surely pick up on. Very majestic and larger than life. It's a nice way to close
the album, but falls way short of 'The Aftermath" from "Hymns for the Broken".
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In Search of Truth is based on the non-fiction book Communion by Whitley Strieber, one of my favorite authors. He also writes awesome fiction novels. The new show Hunters is based on his Alien Hunters book series. Just saying.
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On first listen, overall I think this album doesn't have as many standouts as the last one. It feels more like an album, though, it flows pretty well and even though you don't get these sudden spikes of awesome, it is consistently good. Nice for full listening in its entirely, not amazing for just picking few songs here in there in a shuffle.
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New video...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzvFfuYGxoU
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They should really use Carina more. Her contributions in the past (Inner Circle for instance) have been the highlights of the albums.
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Yeah, I agree. She's awesome. After seeing this new video and how it connects with the song, I'm liking it a *little* better, but overall, it just draaaaags along. They have had much better ballads before. I would have liked to have seen either Tom or Henrik doing the guitar solo here, too, but it's definitely a nice looking video.
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Yeah it does feel like it's a minute or so longer than it should have been, especially toward the end.
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I really like Carinas voice, she really lifted the songs on the 2nd disc of HFTB. It's a nice ballad but honestly it's a bit of a drag though. :-\ Will listen some more.
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Odd song for a second single, but it's cool enough. Love personally loved teh second half instrumental section.
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In Search of Truth is based on the non-fiction book Communion by Whitley Strieber, one of my favorite authors. He also writes awesome fiction novels. The new show Hunters is based on his Alien Hunters book series. Just saying.
Communion a non fiction book..? 😱👽👽
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Odd song for a second single, but it's cool enough. Love personally loved teh second half instrumental section.
The second half is killer, one of my favourite moments on the album.
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Just realised my shitty stuff up in that line haha.
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I just read in an interview that they shot a video for "The Impossible", and I am honestly baffled beyond belief.
I am a huge fan of this band, but what in the fuck are they thinking?? It's like they intentionally pick songs that shouldn't
have videos. I guess we can expect yet another video without the band in it.
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The Impossible is a short ballad, right? Yeah, this is weird.
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Yes, just Tom and piano. It's just a little over three minutes long. I honestly don't even consider it a "song" per se.
It's almost like a segue to a song.
I just can't fathom why they felt this needed to be a video. These guys leave me pounding my head on my
desk when it comes to their video choices.
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Holy shit!! Most detailed album review EVER?
https://ladyobscure.com/albums/evergrey-the-storm-within/
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Holy shit!! Most detailed album review EVER?
https://ladyobscure.com/albums/evergrey-the-storm-within/
Nah, we've got another reviewer who writes essays twice that long. :lol
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It's not so much the length (although it's definitely long) I was referring to. It was more the terminology used throughout it.
Non-musicians will likely be completely baffled reading this review.
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It's not so much the length (although it's definitely long) I was referring to. It was more the terminology used throughout it.
Non-musicians will likely be completely baffled reading this review.
It's more like a breakdown analysis someone would do for a assessment or something. Completely not needed IMO and most of what is written is pointless unless you have heard the record.
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Indeed. She went way overboard. It was an exhausting read. She's cute, though, and likes Evergrey. I might be able to forgive her. :P
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Indeed. She went way overboard. It was an exhausting read. She's cute, though, and likes Evergrey. I might be able to forgive her. :P
:lol
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So, the next video is "Passing Through". Debuts later today.
Again, they continue to baffle me beyond belief with their video choices. :\
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Well, shit. It's a lyric video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izpMS_QbNwQ#t=97
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The new song is bitchin :metal
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I dig it.
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Wow, Passing Though is bloody awesome!
Damn, Tom's lead playing is so underrated. That first solo which is him is brilliant.
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Wow, Passing Though is bloody awesome!
Damn, Tom's lead playing is so underrated. That first solo which is him is brilliant.
Wait until you hear the solo for "Disconnect". He tapped in to his inner David Gilmour for it.
"Passing Through" has grown on me a lot since the first time I heard it, but I still wish "My Allied Ocean"
had been up for consideration for a video. That song just kicks ass from the very start, and never lets up.
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Wow, Passing Though is bloody awesome!
Damn, Tom's lead playing is so underrated. That first solo which is him is brilliant.
Wait until you hear the solo for "Disconnect". He tapped in to his inner David Gilmour for it.
"Passing Through" has grown on me a lot since the first time I heard it, but I still wish "My Allied Ocean"
had been up for consideration for a video. That song just kicks ass from the very start, and never lets up.
Can't wait. That was the only let down with Hymns is that Tom had hardly any solos on it, and if he did, they were short as hell. Hoping for a bit more this time around.
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Much like Delain's new album, this one gets better with every listen as well.
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Yea I really dig the solos in Disconnect. :tup
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New album is tight. Evergrey rules :metal
Astray rips :metal :metal
Paradox of flames if beautiful. I've always really liked his wife's voice.
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Picked up the vinyl picture disc today, and it wasn't cheap by anyone's (even by AFM rip off prices) prices.
After the dreadful opener, which is not only Evergrey's worst ever opener, could by my least liked EG song ever.
If I skip that, the rest of the album is very solid indeed, it's everything I always loved about the band.
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After the dreadful opener, which is not only Evergrey's worst ever opener, could by my least liked EG song ever.
Same here, and if I were to pick out one thing specifically that turns me off about the song, it's the chorus.
The rest of the album definitely has some great moments, though.
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After the dreadful opener, which is not only Evergrey's worst ever opener, could by my least liked EG song ever.
Same here, and if I were to pick out one thing specifically that turns me off about the song, it's the chorus.
The rest of the album definitely has some great moments, though.
Wow I find that a bit harsh, I agree that the song ain't the best opener they've done but the chorus is really epic, especially the child choir part gives me chills. It certainly have grown on me.
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That's one of my favorites on the album, I've gotta say.
This is an improvement over the previous album. The approach is almost identical, but there's more diversity, some faster songs truly help the album being more dynamic. It's also fairly strong melodically.
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I love the opening song
The only thing I don't love on the album is them saying someday, someday as a chorus on track 3. I love the rest of the album though
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Couldn't get my hands on this this weekend, looks like I'm gonna have to order online. Might sneak an online listen though.
I really like Distance a lot.
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Yeah yet another new album that skips by the AU release date for no good reason.
Even Utopia didn't have it on Friday.
Though I have heard that AFM are getting a local distributor, so prices should be lower and better availability.
Bonus track, cover of Paranoid is killer.
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Yeah yet another new album that skips by the AU release date for no good reason.
Even Utopia didn't have it on Friday.
Though I have heard that AFM are getting a local distributor, so prices should be lower and better availability.
Bonus track, cover of Paranoid is killer.
That would be a telltale sign that online is the way to go. JB have it on the website but only as a special order, so don't think we'll see it around anywhere.
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My CD hasn't arrived yet, but I've been listening online. I'm really enjoying the new album. Tom's lyrics always strike a chord with me. And I gotta say, Rik Zander is probably my favorite keyboardist since Kevin Moore. Rik is great at playing within the song and not being overly flashy. One of my favorite parts is the loopy keyboard sound he plays at the end of "The Storm Within." Oh, baby. Has anyone heard his solo album? Is it worth checking out?
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I think my favourites at the moment are Disconnect and the title track. The solos, melodies, vocals, lyrics and music, those two tracks are filled with so much emotions.
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They were right when they said The Storm Within is the best album they've recorded.
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So far I'm enjoying the album. It's not quite as good as the last one, but that's an awfully high bar.
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After the dreadful opener, which is not only Evergrey's worst ever opener, could by my least liked EG song ever.
Same here, and if I were to pick out one thing specifically that turns me off about the song, it's the chorus.
The rest of the album definitely has some great moments, though.
Wow I find that a bit harsh, I agree that the song ain't the best opener they've done but the chorus is really epic, especially the child choir part gives me chills. It certainly have grown on me.
The child choir is a nice touch, yes, but my issue is with just the melody line itself. Strangely, there's a few other songs where I like everything but the chorus.
However, I've warmed up quite a bit more to "Passing Through" (great chorus there) and "Paradox of the Flame" in the last few listens. I especially love the guitar solo in "Paradox of the Flame". It's short, very simple, but incredibly emotive.
Overall, I still think it's a fantastic album.
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Everygrey are touring with Delain. I hope they announce US dates soon, and I hope there's a AZ date, and I hope I can actually go. I've missed so many concerts lately due to lack of funds.
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They said in a recent interview that they should hitting the U.S. around May 2017.
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So, the video for "The Impossible" debuts Thursday, and they start shooting the video for "In Orbit" with Floor Jansen today.
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Here it is, and if I am being perfectly honest, it's hard for me to get excited over. I love this band to death, but I can't take another video like this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcfCIkL4JCs
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I'm a big hiker, so I love these videos. I can connect with myself on a deep level when I'm alone in the wilderness, and I feel like that's the vibe Tom is shooting for in these outdoorsy videos.
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Yea I have to agree, the random walk on Island is getting ridiculus. Seems like they probably shot all videos during one session and at the same location. Nice cinematics though.
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They're undoubtedly well made. No question about it. But damn, *anything* can be overdone, and that's what has happened here. Then you throw in the fact that the song choices are bizarre. We now have THREE videos within the last two albums that don't even include the band.
I can't help but wonder why they didn't just make the lyric video for "The Impossible" and the official video for "Passing Through" instead.
I'm only a little excited for the video for "In Orbit", and the good news is, it *won't* be similar to the other three, but I still think they were long overdue for an all out ass kicker for a video, and "My Allied Ocean" would have been perfect.
Again, I totally love the band, but some of their decisions just drive me batty.
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They are obviously going for something with the similar videos. maybe it's going to climax to something? Seems weird to do a video for a 3 minute piano ballad. I still have to find this album.
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Keyboardist Rik Zander called the three videos the "Icelandic trilogy" on Facebook. I agree they're a little bit samey, but I personally love watching these high-quality scenic videos on my big-screen TV. And I can relate to exploring one's soul while exploring the environment.
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Good thing I give zero fucks about music videos.
This album is amazing.
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New video..
https://loudwire.com/evergrey-featuring-floor-jansen-in-orbit-exclusive-video-premiere/
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cool video, cool song, excellent album :metal
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Love it! Wonderful song as well.
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So far my only live experience with Evergrey has been in 2005, when they supported none other that our own James LaBrie on his solo tour.
Funny anedocte, at time I was chatting online a lot with a german friend met on the Blind Guardian forums and at Wacken, she was a big Evergrey fan - she was actually the one to tell me to listen to them when it came out I didn't know who the support band for James was - and when I asked her "Do you want me to say anything to them should I meet them?" she said "Yes, tell them that if they won't play Recreation Day at the acoustic gig in Bochum, I'll kill them!" ;D
Sure enough, after the show I walked up to Tom Englund and told him exactly that. My friend couldn't believe I actually did that ;D (for the record, they played the song, as he told me they would hehe!)
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Finally ordered this album, still haven't heard it.
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The Storm Within is definitely one of my favorite Everygrey albums.
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I like the song but not sure why they got Floor on it, other than the publicity she might bring now that she is in NW. She didn't really do anything special on it and her part was quite small.
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New video..
https://loudwire.com/evergrey-featuring-floor-jansen-in-orbit-exclusive-video-premiere/
What a great song. But agree with abydos, no need for Floor here at all, but whatever.
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I like the song but not sure why they got Floor on it, other than the publicity she might bring now that she is in NW. She didn't really do anything special on it and her part was quite small.
I think yes publicity but I also heard that Tom and his wife are close friends with Floor so maybe it just was something they wanted to do together, I don't know. "We don't have a proper duet together but we have some time and a song with Floor, so why the fuck not"
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Yeah, the story is, Floor and Tom's wife had a discussion over a glass of wine about her doing a song.
I don't think her contribution resulted in something unforgettable, but I don't mind it, either. She looks pretty hot in the video, too.
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Yeah, the story is, Floor and Tom's wife had a discussion over a glass of wine about her doing a song.
I don't think her contribution resulted in something unforgettable, but I don't mind it, either. She looks pretty hot in the video, too.
Meh, if that was the case, I think the album version should have just had Tom and perhaps they should have had this version as a bonus track or something IMO.
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I recall on a Dutch show where Floor was in a Finnish record store with a Dutch presenter, she was buying (or at least showing to the camera) Hymns for the Broken, so I guess she really likes Evergrey or is indeed friends with Tom and his wife.
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Yeah, the story is, Floor and Tom's wife had a discussion over a glass of wine about her doing a song.
I don't think her contribution resulted in something unforgettable, but I don't mind it, either. She looks pretty hot in the video, too.
Meh, if that was the case, I think the album version should have just had Tom and perhaps they should have had this version as a bonus track or something IMO.
Yeah, I can agree with that. I remember being excited about the thought of her contributions before the album was released, but as I said, it really left me
feeling a bit neutral after hearing it. Tom could have very easily handled this on his own.
I feel the same way about "Disconnect", too. The soprano runs are a nice subtle touch, but the song certainly wouldn't have suffered without them.
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Oh, man. I am absolutely elated. They announced just a little while ago they are playing a small venue
about 5 miles from my house.
I FINALLY get to see them. :metal :metal :metal :metal :metal
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Finally got a copy of this bad boy. Can't wait to listen.
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This album is really good. Not as epic as Hymns, but pretty close. The Paranoid cover is incredible.
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I enjoy the new album. It is not as good as Hymns but I consider that their best album so that's no shame.
Also, I am listening to the latest DGM and it has a great and prominent guest appearance by Tom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yOIyGkxE3w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yOIyGkxE3w)
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Also, I am listening to the latest DGM and it has a great and prominent guest appearance by Tom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yOIyGkxE3w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yOIyGkxE3w)
Best song on the album by a mile. Tom has such a unique and distinct voice, he's incredible.
I'm loving the new album. I think it could be more consistent than Hyms but doesn't have the highs like Hymns did (Errors, Aftermath)
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This album is really good. Not as epic as Hymns, but pretty close. The Paranoid cover is incredible.
Yeah, it's a perfect example of a cover tune done right. I'm sure a lot of die hard Sabbath fans would probably shit all over it if they heard it, though.
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Also, I am listening to the latest DGM and it has a great and prominent guest appearance by Tom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yOIyGkxE3w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yOIyGkxE3w)
Thanks for posting that, never really heard DGM or I don't think so. Anyway that was a killer track and Toms voice worked great and I especially liked the mix between the original singer and Tom.
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Btw was listening to DGMs Reason and was like: "they're like the perfect mix between DT and Symphony X" before realising who actually sings on the song. :facepalm:
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Bumping this one up. I hadn't listened to them in a while, save for the new album (PASSING THROUGH :metal). I listened to the first Nightrage album that has Tom on guest vocals and had the urge to play a bunch of Evergrey. Now I'm going through all of the records and remembering why I love them so much.
Truly a fantastic band that adds some much needed darkness to prog metal.
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Btw was listening to DGMs Reason and was like: "they're like the perfect mix between DT and Symphony X" before realising who actually sings on the song. :facepalm:
The last two DGM albums are /JLB voice "pphhhnenomenal". Some pretty kick ass material if you are looking for prog metal on the edgy side.
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I wish May 6th would hurry up and get here. I FINALLY get to see them live. It's at a super small venue, and I know the owners.
I doubt they will, but I hope they do "The Grand Collapse".
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I wish May 6th would hurry up and get here. I FINALLY get to see them live. It's at a super small venue, and I know the owners.
I doubt they will, but I hope they do "The Grand Collapse".
Their live show is great. I've seen them once in Dallas. I hope to see them in May in San Antonio.
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No NY dates on the tour? Not cool!
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No Philly date? Also not cool :'(
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Spinning The Inner Circle today. There's a couple of tracks I haven't payed that much attention to before like The Essence of Conviction. :tup Again like in other songs the spoken words part works great with that melody, very moody.
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When the Walls Go Down is so fucking epic!
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Yea that song will suck your soul out, one of the most emotional metal songs i've heard.
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I'm wondering if these guys are going to pack it in after this album and tour. I remember reading Tom saying he had always envisioned doing 10 albums, and "The Storm Within" is their tenth. It would really bum me out if they did. There's really not any other band out there that's even remotely similar to fill the void.
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I'm wondering if these guys are going to pack it in after this album and tour. I remember reading Tom saying he had always envisioned doing 10 albums, and "The Storm Within" is their tenth. It would really bum me out if they did. There's really not any other band out there that's even remotely similar to fill the void.
I have never heard that before. That would be strange since their last two have been so strong.
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Just got home from the first show of the North American tour. Fucking amazing. Got to hang out with them for about half an hour after the show, and got a guitar
pick. I was very pleasantly surprised during the show when Tom announced the next song was going to be "My Allied Ocean", as it was newly added to the set list.
It kicked total ass.
HILARIOUS moment before the show - my cousin and I stopped at a Subway restaurant next to the venue they played. My cousin headed for the bathroom, which was just a small men's
room with a single toilet. He opens the door without knocking, sees a man pissing, and quickly shut the door. The man walked out seconds later.
It was Rikard Zander. :lol :lol :lol :lol
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>:(
Just got known that Polish Evergrey show in Gdynia (almost my hometown...) which was about to happen on 9th of September... is cancelled... because of reasons independent of the company... Sad day for me because I really hoped to see Them live again with new material. Last time I saw Evergrey live was 2015, during Prog Festival in Spodek, Katowice which DT were headlining... It was awesome show from Evergrey, and of course, even more awesome show from DT. But the main reason I was there was Evergrey... And now, so close home, they had to cancel the show... :'(
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Great show at Siegburg previous night! Setlist spoilers ahead.
They had an excellent setlist with a lot of my older favourites (A Touch of Blessing, Mark of the Triangle, Recreation Day, When the Walls Go Down) mixed with new songs—I think they had like four songs from Hymns (The Fire, A New Day, The Grand Collapse and King of Errors), and a few from the new album (Distance was excellent live with everyone singing along on the chorus). It was probably the smallest crowd I've ever seen, perhaps 150 people total, and a very cosy local place.
You can even see my silly face on the pic the band posted on FB (https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/22050936_1641153242602884_9154044160290824731_o.jpg?oh=4ed1ccf93a0083b3ad30b5ae8fb343e1&oe=5A485D32) (see the guy wearing Rock Hard t-shirt? I'm standing next to him on the right in the blue Need shirt—they were opening for Evergrey) :biggrin:
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Great show at Siegburg previous night! Setlist spoilers ahead.
They had an excellent setlist with a lot of my older favourites (A Touch of Blessing, Mark of the Triangle, Recreation Day, When the Walls Go Down) mixed with new songs—I think they had like four songs from Hymns (The Fire, A New Day, The Grand Collapse and King of Errors), and a few from the new album (Distance was excellent live with everyone singing along on the chorus). It was probably the smallest crowd I've ever seen, perhaps 150 people total, and a very cosy local place.
You can even see my silly face on the pic the band posted on FB (https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/22050936_1641153242602884_9154044160290824731_o.jpg?oh=4ed1ccf93a0083b3ad30b5ae8fb343e1&oe=5A485D32) (see the guy wearing Rock Hard t-shirt? I'm standing next to him on the right in the blue Need shirt—they were opening for Evergrey) :biggrin:
I'm jealous now... I was angry that Evergrey had to cancel their show in Poland which was planned for 9th of September... Now angry is gone, only sadness left... Did they play For Every Tear That Falls? ;) I was stalking Tom's FB page for that since couple of years now, I even asked Him about it personally after Evergrey show in Katowice, 2015. He only smiled like he always does, and said "Not today, my Friend"... :D
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Great show at Siegburg previous night! Setlist spoilers ahead.
They had an excellent setlist with a lot of my older favourites (A Touch of Blessing, Mark of the Triangle, Recreation Day, When the Walls Go Down) mixed with new songs—I think they had like four songs from Hymns (The Fire, A New Day, The Grand Collapse and King of Errors), and a few from the new album (Distance was excellent live with everyone singing along on the chorus). It was probably the smallest crowd I've ever seen, perhaps 150 people total, and a very cosy local place.
You can even see my silly face on the pic the band posted on FB (https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/22050936_1641153242602884_9154044160290824731_o.jpg?oh=4ed1ccf93a0083b3ad30b5ae8fb343e1&oe=5A485D32) (see the guy wearing Rock Hard t-shirt? I'm standing next to him on the right in the blue Need shirt—they were opening for Evergrey) :biggrin:
From the songs you listed, that does sound like an amazing set.
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They didn't play Every Tear that Falls, unfortunately. Sucks that they cancelled you show, though. Hopefully you'll be able to catch them again someday!
I think the set was similar to this one:
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/evergrey/2017/the-underworld-london-england-23e26093.html
So actually yeah, five songs from Hymns! I forgot Black Undertow.
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Resurrecting this thread to say how amazing The Storm Within is. Perfect 10/10.
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Resurrecting this thread to say how amazing The Storm Within is. Perfect 10/10.
Hell yeah it is :metal :metal
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It didn't floor me as instantly as HFTB did. That album was such a breath of fresh air for the band.
TSW is a great album though that grew more and more after each listen, there's some really great tracks on that album but I think Disconnect is still my favourite though.
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So the recent drumclip from the studio of the new album sounds very diffrent from recent albums, a bit more prog with a "djent" touch at the end. I for one welcome back prog in Everygrey of course along with the traditional Evergrey sound. Excited for this one I am! :tup
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I thought The Storm within was much better than HFTB. But I haven't listened to either in a while.
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I thought The Storm within was much better than HFTB. But I haven't listened to either in a while.
I agree... except the other way around.
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They just played some music they're working on during a live Q&A on Facebook. And wow, it was insanely incredible! \m/
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I thought The Storm within was much better than HFTB. But I haven't listened to either in a while.
Storm is really really good, but Hymns fucking slays it!
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I'm more of a storms guy over hymns, but hymns is solid. WAY better than glorious
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Had nothing better to do today so here's my ranking. :P
1. In Search of Truth (2001)
2. The Inner Circle (2004)
3. Hymns for the Broken (2014)
4. Recreation Day (2003)
5. The Storm Within (2016)
6. Solitude, Dominance, Tragedy (1999)
7. Monday Morning Apocalypse (2006)
8. The Dark Discovery (1998)
9. Torn (2008)
10. Glorious Collision (2011)
1 and 2 are clear as day to me. ISoT is one of my favourite concept progmetal albums, as simple as that. TIC is also a great album with some deeply dark songs.
3 was such a "comeback" for them and even though it's less proggy and more straight forward than usual it's still has some really great songs, infact I feel all the songs on the album are really strong with no real filler.
4 to 7 was harder to rank because even though they're not as strong as 1-3, they still contain some really strong songs and honestly I pretty much could put them in whatever order.
8 It's a great debut but not really on pair with their latter albums.
9 and 10 are both pretty meh for me other than some interesting songs here and there.
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1. In search of truth
2. recreation day
3. Dark discovery
4. MM Apocalypse
5. Storm
Those are my 5 go to albums, that I listen to on regular rotation. These rest I don't really listen to.
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1 - Recreation Day
2 - Hymns for the Broken
3 - Solitude, Dominance Tragedy
4 - In Search of Truth
5 - The Inner Circle
6 - The Storm Within
7 - Torn
8 - Monday Morning Apocalypse
9 - Glorious Collusion
10 - The Dark Discovery
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So I don't know much about Evergrey (I only know about Tom thanks to Ayreon appearances, where I adore his parts). But I just wrapped up Solitude, Dominance, Tragedy - :omg: That is a good album. Wow. Really digging this, hope the other albums don't disappoint, I'm going to try to hear one or two more today.
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SDT is great. Other albums in my top three Evegrey would be In Search of Truth and The Inner Circle. Great band. They seemed to lose their way for 2-3 albums, but their last two records are a pretty solid return. Definitely worth exploring their catalogue.
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SDT is great. Other albums in my top three Evegrey would be In Search of Truth and The Inner Circle. Great band. They seemed to lose their way for 2-3 albums, but their last two records are a pretty solid return. Definitely worth exploring their catalogue.
Friend of mine suggested both of those. Unfortunately TIC isn't on spotify so I downloaded ISOT and Recreation Day. The latter is impressing me in a big way. Will play ISOT later.
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Recreation Day is my favorite. In Search of Truth seems to be the fan favorite, and it's also great. (So is The Inner Circle). Basically, what Snow Dog said except RD is my personal favorite.
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In Search of Truth :metal :metal
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SDT is great. Other albums in my top three Evegrey would be In Search of Truth and The Inner Circle. Great band. They seemed to lose their way for 2-3 albums, but their last two records are a pretty solid return. Definitely worth exploring their catalogue.
Friend of mine suggested both of those. Unfortunately TIC isn't on spotify so I downloaded ISOT and Recreation Day. The latter is impressing me in a big way. Will play ISOT later.
If you're liking Recreation Day, ISOT will be a hit too. It's a shame too, because Everygrey was going to be on the list if I kept with the strategy of submitting gradually heavier albums in your Roulette. But, after Anthriel didn't hit the mark, it was back to prog-rock. I'll go all-heavy next time around.
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SDT is great. Other albums in my top three Evegrey would be In Search of Truth and The Inner Circle. Great band. They seemed to lose their way for 2-3 albums, but their last two records are a pretty solid return. Definitely worth exploring their catalogue.
Friend of mine suggested both of those. Unfortunately TIC isn't on spotify so I downloaded ISOT and Recreation Day. The latter is impressing me in a big way. Will play ISOT later.
If you're liking Recreation Day, ISOT will be a hit too. It's a shame too, because Everygrey was going to be on the list if I kept with the strategy of submitting gradually heavier albums in your Roulette. But, after Anthriel didn't hit the mark, it was back to prog-rock. I'll go all-heavy next time around.
ISOT is very good. If I had to rank them so far, I enjoy Recreation Day the most, then SDT, then ISOT. But they're all fantastic, I'm enjoying this band a whole lot, you would've done well to send them! Too bad you can't for the next one now :lol
This band's hitting the sweet spot, these three albums are fantastic. Gonna digest them before checking out the rest, but this is awesome.
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Took me a long time, but I finally listened to an Evergrey album. Recreation Day is awesome.
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My every morning....
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according to Evergrey's Facebook page, their new album is done.
no other details as of yet.
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according to Evergrey's Facebook page, their new album is done.
no other details as of yet.
Oh baby!! Bring it on.
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That is good news! Hopefully a new tour with a date over here, as I have yet to see them live and would certainly not want to miss them again.
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according to Evergrey's Facebook page, their new album is done.
no other details as of yet.
Oh baby!! Bring it on.
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giddy up!
"EVERGREY to release new album „The Atlantic“ on January 25th!
Acclaimed Swedish dark melodic metal masters EVERGREY are set to release their new studio album, titled “The Atlantic”, on January 25th 2019. The band has worked extensively on the follow-up to their highly successful 2016’s effort “The Storm Within” (which entered the charts on high positions in numerous countries).
Again, EVERGREY teamed up with Jacob Hansen, who – just like with the band’s previous releases “The Storm Within” and “Hymns For The Broken”) took care of mixing and mastering.
EVERGREY’s Tom S. Englund states:
(Gothenburg 16th of October):
“Guys! This is album number 11!
Isn't that just sick?! It’s also the 3rd album of a concept that might have reached its destination or at least one conclusion. It might also have been something that some of you saw coming or anticipated?
We’ve fought through giant private obstacles as well as an extremely complicated break-in at our Headquarters studio to bring this album to you. So at the same time as it's certainly not been painless or at all easy, it’s been rewarding in new ways and our creativity has been painted in colors of honesty and sincerity.
This is our heaviest, darkest, and perhaps also our most diverse album to date. It’s everything we wanted to compose and the written words come straight from a place of transparency and never before experienced lucidity. Finally, as of yesterday, we’ve reached new shores. We can’t wait for you to share this journey with us and dive into our worlds, our depths, and the waters of The Atlantic!”
Pre-order has been kicked off now:
👉 https://shop.afm-records.de/evergrey/
“The Atlantic” tracklist:
01. A Silent Arc
02. Weightless
03. All I Have
04. A Secret Atlantis
05. The Tidal
06. End Of Silence
07. Currents
08. Departure
09. The Beacon
10. This Ocean"
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Highly anticipating this one. I don't follow the band that well, but did they have a rough patch in recent times? (Looking at that message).
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I thought I sniffed concept album on the forum somewhere, ahh yes here it is. :)
Can't wait for this! :tup
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My body is ready
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Highly anticipating this one. I don't follow the band that well, but did they have a rough patch in recent times? (Looking at that message).
Don't think so. Hymns for the Broken was A++. The Storm Within was A- (for me... i know others here liked it better than HftB). Other than the theft of equipment, I'm not aware of any other 'rough patches'.
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YES! Already pre-ordered the digipak and t-shirt.
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Been meaning to check them out especially now they are a headliner for next year's progpower. Started watching their live concert A Night to Remember on youtube last week and really enjoy it. I see no reason not to pick up this new album. In fact, I will need to get another album of theirs maybe before then so I don't need to rely on watching youtube to listen to them.
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Been meaning to check them out especially now they are a headliner for next year's progpower. Started watching their live concert A Night to Remember on youtube last week and really enjoy it. I see no reason not to pick up this new album. In fact, I will need to get another album of theirs maybe before then so I don't need to rely on watching youtube to listen to them.
If you go back a page or two, there are some rankings from a bunch of us. You can't go wrong with In Search of Truth, Recreation Day, or Hymns For the Broken. Bear in mind their discography ranges from best, to least best. Dark Discover and Monday Morning Apocalypse aren't top tier (for most), but the aren't bad.
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:tup I've got so much music homework
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In search of truth is still my fav :metal
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Recreation Day and Solitude Dominance Tragedy made me a fan... RD is still my favorite. ISOT is cool too but not as good as the other two imo. Will need to play catch up if possible before this new album drops.
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I'm ready for this one. Don't know how they will match Hymns as far as their recent outputs are concerned.
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Can't wait and as a sailor I love the artwork, concept and song titles, this is going to rule.
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Highly anticipating this one. I don't follow the band that well, but did they have a rough patch in recent times? (Looking at that message).
TGB and Torn were a time when Tom almost finished the band, things weren't going great for them. But Henrik and Jonas rejoined and they were rejuvinated with Hymns.
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That artwork is pretty awesome. They've definitely been on a roll in recent years so I'm looking forward to this.
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The mention of this being their heaviest album has me excited. I hope it's true.
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The mention of this being their heaviest album has me excited. I hope it's true.
Wouldn't surprise me, considering the heavier moments of 'The Storm Within'.
I must admit though, I'm confused by "It’s also the 3rd album of a concept that might have reached its destination or at least one conclusion." What does that mean (or am I just being dumb)?
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The mention of this being their heaviest album has me excited. I hope it's true.
Wouldn't surprise me, considering the heavier moments of 'The Storm Within'.
I must admit though, I'm confused by "It’s also the 3rd album of a concept that might have reached its destination or at least one conclusion." What does that mean (or am I just being dumb)?
The first I've heard this too. I'm guessing Hymns, Storm and this one are connected? Even though I've never read anything to suggest that in any way.
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... 5 days until we release the first song from “The Atlantic”
Bring it on! :tup
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New song The Silent Arc is up on Spotify and sounding pretty good.
Not crazy about the opening heavy riffs, but once things settle down it is an excellent song.
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New song The Silent Arc is up on Spotify and sounding pretty good.
Not crazy about the opening heavy riffs, but once things settle down it is an excellent song.
Says it will release tomorrow for me. :-\
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Living in Sydney time zone of GMT +11 hours usually means we get stuff ahead of most of the world :yarr
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Yea I Thought that was the case. I had a listen just now and it feels like a typical grower for me. One thing is clear, this seems more proggy than anything they've done in recent years and a part of Evergrey I missed.
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Yeah I thought the same thing too and also the best thing they've done in several years.
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Just announced that they are support for Kamelot's European tour in March, that would be a cool show.
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EVERGREY - A Silent Arc (2018) // Official Video // AFM Records (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1vedv2gPio)
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Just announced that they are support for Kamelot's European tour in March, that would be a cool show.
Let's hope Evergrey announce their own headline tour.. Supporting Kamelot :tdwn
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Yeah, those two bands should definitely be playing the other way around if you ask me.
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Sounds like an awesome concert to me. And Kamelot pulls larger crowds in Europe (significantly so over here at least), so this billing makes sense to me, it exposes Evergrey to a good amount of people. That said, already saw Kamelot last year (great show) so wasn't planning to catch them but with Evergrey I will reconsider.
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I really like the new song. Hope it's one of the weakest on the album!
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Sounds like an awesome concert to me. And Kamelot pulls larger crowds in Europe (significantly so over here at least), so this billing makes sense to me, it exposes Evergrey to a good amount of people. That said, already saw Kamelot last year (great show) so wasn't planning to catch them but with Evergrey I will reconsider.
Yea, personal opinions aside, Kamelot are bigger than Evergrey and the billing makes sense. I wish they would bring Evergrey to the US instead of Sonata Arctica next year.
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Wow, new song is pretty damn epic. Love the intro.
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Hymns sounded like the band had fun again, The Storm Within sounded a bit forced to my ears, especially vocally but THIS.. this sounds as good as anything from the Recreation Day / Inner Circle era. Hyped for this album to drop.
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Wooow! New song is fantastic! Best I heard from then in a long time 🙂
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I like the song alot too but after a few listen I feel though that the energy in the intro and verse gets lost when it goes to halftime in a way. Nothing wrong with the halftime part or the chorus by themselfs. I feel they could have saved the halftime for later in the song and maybe had the first chorus follow the same 4/4 as the verse, I don't know maybe i'm rambling because it's late on Sunday and i'm tired. :laugh:
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I like the song alot too but after a few listen I feel though that the energy in the intro and verse gets lost when it goes to halftime in a way. Nothing wrong with the halftime part or the chorus by themselfs. I feel they could have saved the halftime for later in the song and maybe had the first chorus follow the same 4/4 as the verse, I don't know maybe i'm rambling because it's late on Sunday and i'm tired. :laugh:
I could probably see what you are saying, but I've only listened to it once and probably won't listen to it much more. Sounds to me like it will be a song that would be much more appreciated and would work better in the context of the album.
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I like the song alot too but after a few listen I feel though that the energy in the intro and verse gets lost when it goes to halftime in a way. Nothing wrong with the halftime part or the chorus by themselfs. I feel they could have saved the halftime for later in the song and maybe had the first chorus follow the same 4/4 as the verse, I don't know maybe i'm rambling because it's late on Sunday and i'm tired. :laugh:
I could probably see what you are saying, but I've only listened to it once and probably won't listen to it much more. Sounds to me like it will be a song that would be much more appreciated and would work better in the context of the album.
Yea that's true but since it's the album opener I just felt it dragged the song down a bit. Hearing the intro I kind of wanted a song more in the vein of The Masterplan. Still a great song though.
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I like the song alot too but after a few listen I feel though that the energy in the intro and verse gets lost when it goes to halftime in a way. Nothing wrong with the halftime part or the chorus by themselfs. I feel they could have saved the halftime for later in the song and maybe had the first chorus follow the same 4/4 as the verse, I don't know maybe i'm rambling because it's late on Sunday and i'm tired. :laugh:
I could probably see what you are saying, but I've only listened to it once and probably won't listen to it much more. Sounds to me like it will be a song that would be much more appreciated and would work better in the context of the album.
Yea that's true but since it's the album opener I just felt it dragged the song down a bit. Hearing the intro I kind of wanted a song more in the vein of The Masterplan. Still a great song though.
Fuck, it's the opener? I didn't even check where it was placed in the album. Yeah, that is a little weird then. I thought it must have been near the end. Strange song choice for the opener then.
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Yeah didn't get opener vibe from it but actually gets me even more excited! If it start this dramatic it can only be a positive thing :hat
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BTW what is the opinion on Monday Morning Apocalypse album here? It always seems to take a heavy hit from fans but I personally really liked it. Seems to be the TOT for Evergrey where some like the heavy sound and some thinks it derived from the traditional style. The songs themselves are very strong imo! Specially the songs from In Remembrance till the end is strong. But in general there is a lot of emotional moments from Tom through the album that I really like.
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BTW what is the opinion on Monday Morning Apocalypse album here? It always seems to take a heavy hit from fans but I personally really liked it. Seems to be the TOT for Evergrey where some like the heavy sound and some thinks it derived from the traditional style. The songs themselves are very strong imo! Specially the songs from In Remembrance till the end is strong. But in general there is a lot of emotional moments from Tom through the album that I really like.
Always loved it and was one of their most played albums for me. I think it was the change in direction after the brilliant three albums before hand that fans couldn't grasp, but I love the direct, heavy more modern sound to it. Plus the songs are still there IMO. It's not ISOT or RD level by any means, but I agree it gets a bad wrap.
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The new single is pretty good. Only one listen but I enjoyed it. I finally started listening to them a bit more. I got Recreation Day and have spun it a handful of times. Solid album but cant say anything specifically really stood out though. I had watched their live concert on YouTube a bunch so had recognized some of these songs but I think I liked them better live with those background vocals. Definitely not bad or anything negative to say but I dont think the album blew me away either. I will continue to listen though and I expect I'll get another album at some point.
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BTW what is the opinion on Monday Morning Apocalypse album here? It always seems to take a heavy hit from fans but I personally really liked it. Seems to be the TOT for Evergrey where some like the heavy sound and some thinks it derived from the traditional style. The songs themselves are very strong imo! Specially the songs from In Remembrance till the end is strong. But in general there is a lot of emotional moments from Tom through the album that I really like.
To be fair, I haven’t listened to MMA for years, pretty much since it came out. I couldn’t stand it when it released, though, probably because it was such a drastic change in style. The progressive elements were gone, Rikard’s keyboards were nowhere to be found, and their typical symphonic backgrounds were also completely absent. Having the vocals so far forward in the mix also seemed way too overpowering to my ears. It just wasn’t Evergrey to me, what I had come to love about them the previous five albums. Torn was even worse, and I was done with them to the point that I didn’t even check out a single note of Glorious Collision.
Thankfully, with the positive reviews of Hymns, I gave the band another chance and regained interest in them. But for 2-3 albums, I had written them off, a lost cause. MMA was the start of that.
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GC is pretty good, but the production just ruins it.
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The more I listen to that album, the more I think it might be my favorite release of theirs.
And the more I think that, the more I figure out I can't be too big of an Evergrey fan if that album is the one I usually go with. :lol
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The more I listen to that album, the more I think it might be my favorite release of theirs.
And the more I think that, the more I figure out I can't be too big of an Evergrey fan if that album is the one I usually go with. :lol
Wait, GC is your fav?
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It quite possibly might be. ;)
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It quite possibly might be. ;)
Yeah wow. Backs up my argument then of it being a good album haha. I just wished it was mixed and produced better.
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The Phantom Letters is one of my favourite Evergrey songs. I just wish the rest of the album were of similar quality.
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I wasn't blown away by the first single from "The Storm Within" and I'm feeling the same way about "The Silent Arc". It's just okay for me. It *sounds* good, but the song just kind of plods along. The guitar solos are nice, though. I guess I'm always in hopes of something to knock me on my ass like "King of Errors" did when it was released as the first single, but that's an extremely tough act to follow.
I have no doubt the rest of the album will deliver, though, just as "The Storm Within" did.
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"Weightless"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBne5lE66u0
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Pretty good song. Nothing spectacular.
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Official music video for Weightless: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBne5lE66u0&fbclid=IwAR2E9O_uHMi5zpnhp1R26JESOCcsUH7Hrb9hiE64MAoFYvpvAhlkq5wDYZI
I like it better than A Silent Arc. The riffs are more like the Monday Morning Apocalypse style (which I love). The song actually really reminds me of that album.
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Solid, I like it :metal
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Really digging the two songs they've released so far.
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Wow, new songs by Evergrey, Dream Theater and Queensryche all in the same day. This is like Christmas!
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Awesome heavy song. I can hear some MMA in there too. Not liking Tom not soloing much anymore though.
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Really loving this song so far! The video and lyrics and awesome. So pumped for this album now! :metal
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Really loving this song so far! The video and lyrics and awesome. So pumped for this album now! :metal
Yup, I keep coming back because I really enjoy not just the song but the video too, rockin :metal
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another new track "Currents"...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyWYSkoa1V0
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Wait... new album out today and nobody has said anything yet???? I bought the MP3 first thing today and listened to the whole album through a few times today. It rocks. Definitely better than The Storm Within. Can't tell if it will top Hymns, but it's damn good. No weak tracks, full of heavy great stuff. I know A Silent Arc was a prerelease single, but that might by my favorite. I didn't listen to it much prior to release but within a complete album listen it is so awesome.
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I need to get this
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Some of us were discussing it in other threads. Good album, pretty much everything I come to expect from Evergrey. I put it on par with The Storm Within, which is a mid-tier album in the grand scheme of their discography. Not saying either is bad, but there are at least 4 or 5 I'd rank ahead of it. That's after only one listen, so my opinion could change (either way).
It is purchase-worthy though.
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It's a solid one, maybe even better than The Storm within.
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I'm digging it, but haven't spent too much time with the album. I did read an interview with Tom recently and in so many words he confirmed that the album was influenced by his divorce from Carina. I had no idea that they had split up - this is the first album in the Evergrey discography that does not feature her vocals.
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I'm digging it, but haven't spent too much time with the album. I did read an interview with Tom recently and in so many words he confirmed that the album was influenced by his divorce from Carina. I had no idea that they had split up - this is the first album in the Evergrey discography that does not feature her vocals.
Oh damn, they got divorced?
Man, that sucks. They were together for so long.
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I thought The Storm Within was basically describing their split. Her being so prominent was her way of saying goodbye.
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I thought The Storm Within was basically describing their split. Her being so prominent was her way of saying goodbye.
This is Tom's quote from that interview. The interviewer then goes to explain a breakup of his own that occurred just before he interviewed Tom and Jonas.
https://manofmuchmetal.com/2019/01/14/evergrey-interview-2019-i-feel-like-we-could-do-this-forever/?fbclid=IwAR3q_Y7R12KX0Au3BzAX2LVEg4eFh5Ozz8s-kJCdGg1RbZ3hbiZrYMxl46I
“This is the final in a trilogy. ‘Hymns…’ was an album where I felt I had to do something – my subconscious was telling me I had to do something. Uproar, frustration. ‘The Storm Within’ was really about realising you’ve mentally left, you know. ‘The Atlantic’ is the manifestation of the actual leaving. It is also the first album that Carina (Englund) is not on. That is symbolic enough.”
Right there. That’s the moment that everything clicked into place and explained why I felt such an emotional connection with ‘The Atlantic’. It is about the break-up of Tom’s marriage and the feelings surrounding this ending of a chapter as well as the beginning of a new one.
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I thought The Storm Within was basically describing their split. Her being so prominent was her way of saying goodbye.
This is Tom's quote from that interview, and you're right on the money. The interviewer then goes to explain a breakup of his own that occurred just before he interviewed Tom and Jonas.
https://manofmuchmetal.com/2019/01/14/evergrey-interview-2019-i-feel-like-we-could-do-this-forever/?fbclid=IwAR3q_Y7R12KX0Au3BzAX2LVEg4eFh5Ozz8s-kJCdGg1RbZ3hbiZrYMxl46I
“This is the final in a trilogy. ‘Hymns…’ was an album where I felt I had to do something – my subconscious was telling me I had to do something. Uproar, frustration. ‘The Storm Within’ was really about realising you’ve mentally left, you know. ‘The Atlantic’ is the manifestation of the actual leaving. It is also the first album that Carina (Englund) is not on. That is symbolic enough.”
Right there. That’s the moment that everything clicked into place and explained why I felt such an emotional connection with ‘The Atlantic’. It is about the break-up of Tom’s marriage and the feelings surrounding this ending of a chapter as well as the beginning of a new one.
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Oh, they've split? I really missed her on this one .
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Damn, that's kind of brilliant conceptually. :clap:
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Gonna be listening to it with a different perspective now.
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I thought The Storm Within was basically describing their split. Her being so prominent was her way of saying goodbye.
I didn't know they actually split but Paradox of the Flame I always thought was weird with those two singing, now I know why. :lol
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Fuck. I had no idea Tom and Carina split up. That sucks. I've enjoyed all of her contributions.
As for the new album, I just don't know. I think this is going to be a grower for me. It's well produced, as I expected, there are so great guitar solos, and Tom's vocals are great, as usual, but I am getting really burned out on these "djent" style songs that lack distinct signature riffs.
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I thought The Storm Within was basically describing their split. Her being so prominent was her way of saying goodbye.
I didn't know they actually split but Paradox of the Flame I always thought was weird with those two singing, now I know why. :lol
I didn't know either, but the lyrics indicate something is very wrong. Tom could have gotten inspiration elsewhere, but now we know that's not the case.
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I've been a casual fan since In Search of Truth / Recreation Day / The Inner Circle and I feel those are their best records. Also, the A Night To Remember DVD from that era is excellent.
After that I feel the quality started to gradually decrease, but Hymns for the Broken had me excited again. A pretty good record and the return of Henrik and Jonas. Strangely enough, I couldn't get into The Storm Within at all. But this one so far seems like an excellent album with plenty of depth to it. Liking it so far.
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I got The Atlantic over the weekend so I'd have some new music while I am traveling this week and I've listened like 4 or 5 times now and really like it. Very heavy and melodic still, good stuff here.
New music video for End of SIlence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1Q0kVkwcAg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1Q0kVkwcAg) I got to say I noticed this in the description Directed by the Genius Patric Ullaeus breaking the world record of the quickest delivery of a music video EVER!
and must say, that shows, it's one of the worst music videos I've seen.
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I got The Atlantic over the weekend so I'd have some new music while I am traveling this week and I've listened like 4 or 5 times now and really like it. Very heavy and melodic still, good stuff here.
New music video for End of SIlence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1Q0kVkwcAg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1Q0kVkwcAg) I got to say I noticed this in the description Directed by the Genius Patric Ullaeus breaking the world record of the quickest delivery of a music video EVER!
and must say, that shows, it's one of the worst music videos I've seen.
The video used footage from last weekend's show, where they didn't even play the song End of Silence live. So it really is random live footage that isn't even synced up to the song. I don't see the point to the video at all.
But I really like the album. :metal
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I wasn't even thinking about the footage, just the slow motion the entire time but then that makes sense since there wouldn't be footage of them actually playing the song so the slow motion is to cover that up I guess. A lyric video would have been better.
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I'm really loving the album so far! It's so melodic and heavy! "End of Silence" is an instant favorite for me, along with "Weightless" and "Departure." But all the songs kick ass!
Also, I LOVE the way the album ends abruptly. It's like the journey outlined in the The Atlantic continues and you don't know whether he succeeds or he fails. It's a cliffhanger.
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I got The Atlantic over the weekend so I'd have some new music while I am traveling this week and I've listened like 4 or 5 times now and really like it. Very heavy and melodic still, good stuff here.
New music video for End of SIlence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1Q0kVkwcAg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1Q0kVkwcAg) I got to say I noticed this in the description Directed by the Genius Patric Ullaeus breaking the world record of the quickest delivery of a music video EVER!
and must say, that shows, it's one of the worst music videos I've seen.
I really hate negatively criticizing this band because they're in my top 5 of all time, but I agree. This video is useless. They make some very bizarre decisions when it comes to videos at times.
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Yea, I don't want to criticize by saying that, but I just need to say how I feel because it really is that bad of a video. Album is great though, been listening non stop this week. I've got this and Recreation Day, I'll have to get another album soon enough.
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The video for the Silent Arc reslly left me scratching my head.
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The video for the Silent Arc reslly left me scratching my head.
Just looked this one up and yea :lol its pretty bad, but while this one is really just boring and uninteresting I think I enjoy it better than End of Silence.
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This album makes me pretty happy.
I used to listen to ISOT / Recration Day / The Inner Circle a lot when my grandma died, and at the funeral I decided to play 'Til Dagmar' from the Monday Morning Apocalypse album (which I didn't like at the time, except for that one beautiful piano piece).
That led to my mother playing some other tunes from the MMA album, and she totally got into the mournful tone that Evergrey usually pursue in their music.
I was glad Jonas and Henrik returned to the band with the Hymns for the Broken record, bought tickets to see them in Holland together with my mom, but our car broke down whilst underway to the gig.
Knowing they had another show coming up in The Netherlands, I reached out to the management to explain we bought tix but had such bad luck, asking them if it might be possible to go to the other show instead for "free".
Because it was the same agency that handled the gigs, they could arrange this, with Tom even replying to the e-mail telling the management to help us out.
The gig was fantastic and now these guys released another totally killer album. :metal
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This is going to be hard to unseat as album of the year. I’m not sure I’ve heard Evergrey this heavy throughout an album.
Powerful stuff.
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Tom's lack of soloing on this album is a big thing for me. I think he has one very short solo late in the album. IMO it hurst it as Henrik's style is very abstract. There needs to be some balance at times and Tom's style IMO is way better than Henrik's. This factor is very disappointing for me.
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I love Henrik's soloing on this one. His short solo in Weightless is one of my favourite moments in the song. But I somewhat agree that more Tom wouldn't have hurt.
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I love Henrik's soloing on this one. His short solo in Weightless is one of my favourite moments in the song. But I somewhat agree that more Tom wouldn't have hurt.
I know it's probably a minor thing, but I don't know if I can look past it. Maybe time will change that.
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So many new albums lately, haven't had time to listen properly to the new album.
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I wasn’t going to listen to The Atlantic because I really didn’t like The Storm Within but I did and I’m glad I did because it’s great.
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I actually caught them opening for Kamelot last week in the Netherlands. They sounded tight. I missed the beginning of their set though :(
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Video for "All I Have".
Yes, yet another slow-motion oceanic scenery video. Great song though. Love the solos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy4L4eA2jMs
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Video for "All I Have".
Yes, yet another slow-motion oceanic scenery video. Great song though. Love the solos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy4L4eA2jMs
haha video is better than the last though and yea its a really good song. I did manage to catch them playing this song a couple weeks ago, definitely wish they were palying more new songs, hopefully they will when they come to the US in septermber.
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Yes, much better than the last video. I love, love, love this band, but I hope they bury this fascination with the oceanic videos once and for all with the next album.
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I think A Silent Arc is the best Evergrey song since A Touch of Blessing for me. So much emotions going on here and everything just has that heart bleeding beauty that I always loved about this band. Understand the underlying subject makes it even a bit more heart wrenching. Tom also does some of the best vocals in a long time. Feels like he could outlet a lot in that song.
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Epic bump!
I went out today to get the new Trivium and saw a rerelease for Recreation Day. I saw it's remastered by Jacob Hansen. I never knew about this. I love the album so much but always thought the production didn't live up to the quality of album. I took a punt and picked it up. I'm hoping there is a bit of an improve in sound but I think I'm going to be disappointed.
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*awaits report*
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Won't get a listen for another day or so but will post my thoughts.
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The remasters have been a bit underwhelming. I was hoping Torn would have gotten a better treatment but it wasn't.
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The remasters have been a bit underwhelming. I was hoping Torn would have gotten a better treatment but it wasn't.
Haven't listened but this is what I feared, unfortunately.
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*awaits report*
And hear it is. Don't fucking bother. Sounds the same if not worse. Only listened to the first song but disappointing. Hopefully the live tracks are worthwhile. Even the booklet is the same except some photos and some linear notes from Tom. He says in the notes that this is the best sounding Evergrey record up to that point. He's mad, ISOT sounds SO much better than RD IMO.
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*awaits report*
And hear it is. Don't fucking bother. Sounds the same if not worse. Only listened to the first song but disappointing. Hopefully the live tracks are worthwhile. Even the booklet is the same except some photos and some linear notes from Tom. He says in the notes that this is the best sounding Evergrey record up to that point. He's mad, ISOT sounds SO much better than RD IMO.
Roger that. Spotify has "Remastered Version" on pretty much all their old albums, each seems to have a few live tracks. Think I'll drop those in a playlist, and leave it at that.
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Yeah so it seems the live tracks are from the Night to Remember release. What a fucking joke that is. Jeez, I got suckered into this one big time.
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That's fuckin pathetic. I noticed that the track names in Spotify don't state where the live recording was - which they usually do. Like when QR remastered Empire, the live tracks are all titled with "Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London/1990" Most additional live tracks (at least on Spotify), have that kind of specification.
These EG remasters... nope. Just says "Live"
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That's fuckin pathetic. I noticed that the track names in Spotify don't state where the live recording was - which they usually do. Like when QR remastered Empire, the live tracks are all titled with "Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London/1990" Most additional live tracks (at least on Spotify), have that kind of specification.
These EG remasters... nope. Just says "Live"
The booklet doesn't even mention the live songs at all so I knew it was suspect right away. Poor form.
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Tom got a question on a FAQ last week if he would ever go back and change anything on their previous albums. His answer was "Never, they're a time capsule of their lifes at that time".
I wonder what's the point of the remasters then and how much input the band had in them? My first thought was to get some more bucks into the company, in simple terms.
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Tom got a question on a FAQ last week if he would ever go back and change anything on their previous albums. His answer was "Never, they're a time capsule of their lifes at that time".
I wonder what's the point of the remasters then and how much input the band had in them? My first thought was to get some more bucks into the company, in simple terms.
It probably was a record company thing. Based on this one I would hope he didn't have much involvement.
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Tom got a question on a FAQ last week if he would ever go back and change anything on their previous albums. His answer was "Never, they're a time capsule of their lifes at that time".
I wonder what's the point of the remasters then and how much input the band had in them? My first thought was to get some more bucks into the company, in simple terms.
It probably was a record company thing. Based on this one I would hope he didn't have much involvement.
Yea that's my thought aswell. It's probably one of those things that they get asked from their company to find alternative revenue streams, especially during times like this.
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Tom got a question on a FAQ last week if he would ever go back and change anything on their previous albums. His answer was "Never, they're a time capsule of their lifes at that time".
I wonder what's the point of the remasters then and how much input the band had in them? My first thought was to get some more bucks into the company, in simple terms.
It probably was a record company thing. Based on this one I would hope he didn't have much involvement.
Yea that's my thought aswell. It's probably one of those things that they get asked from their company to find alternative revenue streams, especially during times like this.
It was a record company decision. The new record company that signed Evergrey, (AFM), bought the back catalog (or part of) from Inside Out. So they need to recoup their investment. Also, with AFM, some the older releases are available in digital platforms (although not all of them are available, but at some point, they will).
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Evergrey is live answering a bunch of questions about the new album. For some reason Henrik feels just a bit drunk. :lol
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Not surprising, I saw first hand how these guys can drink :lol even bought Jonas two whiskeys
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That's awesome! :lol
To bad the soundclip was just some drums and bass, I guess it's very early days since they just started recording I think.
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SILENT SKIES (Thomas Englund & Vikram Shankar) - Solitude // Official Music Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL2lt0jJYxY&ab_channel=AFMRecords)
Sounds really nice.
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SILENT SKIES (Thomas Englund & Vikram Shankar) - Solitude // Official Music Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL2lt0jJYxY&ab_channel=AFMRecords)
Sounds really nice.
That was beautiful
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SILENT SKIES (Thomas Englund & Vikram Shankar) - Solitude // Official Music Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL2lt0jJYxY&ab_channel=AFMRecords)
Sounds really nice.
I saw it a few hours ago and was stunned.
Tom is so fucking ridiculously underrated as a singer.
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Yea, the two songs this duo has released are very nice and Tom sounds very good on them.
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New album cover...
(https://i.imgur.com/tBHDI1y.jpg)
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I like the new cover
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Wow! :metal
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Cover is cool, new single should be out on Friday so I'm looking forward to checking it out
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Yeah, that's hella sexy. Can't wait for Feb.
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A quick riffage teaser. Not showing much but it seems to be a continuation of where The Atlantic left off in terms of sound. https://www.facebook.com/Evergrey/posts/221256682694187
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Can't wait for some new Evergrey, I think we all new to drain our emotions over an epic Evergrey song. :tup
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L339xdHOZYQ
A bit of a shame. To me, the vocals sound just a bit down in the mix. Kickass song, though.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L339xdHOZYQ
A bit of a shame. To me, the vocals sound just a bit down in the mix. Kickass song, though.
If you liked The Atlantic this will be a no brainer.
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Pretty good track, like the tempo.
Just a solid track. Not as great as King of Errors or A Silent Arc, but just very solid. Indicative of probably another very good or hopefully great Evergrey album.
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I thought that track was pretty good. Nice start for the album. Reminds me a lot of GC actually.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L339xdHOZYQ
A bit of a shame. To me, the vocals sound just a bit down in the mix. Kickass song, though.
Yea, the vocals seem low. Not loving this mix, but song itself is solid.
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I received my promo copy via email this morning. Enjoying it so far. I'm not really an Evergrey fan, per se. But I feel like I should be, so I keep trying. Really enjoying it through the first few tracks. For me, a lot of my enjoyment of progressive hard rock and metal comes from the melody and connection with the singer's voice. I've always struggled in that regard with Thomas Englund. Part of it, admittedly, is that my ear really picks up his accent, which for whatever reason, I react poorly to singers with thicker accents. If it sounds ridiculous -- I agree with you, it is. But things resonate or don't resonate based on how its received. So while I feel dumb even saying that, it's true.
But as I sit here going through my initial listen, while I am picking up on it, it's affecting me less, which is a good thing. I've tried for years to get into them for about 12 years now, so I am hoping Escaping of the Phoenix is the record that does it.
The first track is a booming opener. Aggressive, heavy. The second cut is more more melodic. The third is a ballad. Piano and Tom until about 1:20, then the slow-paced, but heavy riff starts. That's as far as I am up to so far. I know that's not much. But diggin' it so far. I will say, the third track is a little early to go full-on ballad...
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I'm glad that you're starting to enjoy the band! Can't wait for the new record, though the band is sounding very "samey" to me after the last 3-4 records now. The first 6 albums really sounded different from each other.
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You got me into ICED EARTH, so I will always try with Evergrey.
Labrie is a guest on track 4, The Beholder. Nice surprise. I didn't know, and I was here on this board when his voice popped up. :lol
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You got me into ICED EARTH, so I will always try with Evergrey.
Labrie is a guest on track 4, The Beholder. Nice surprise. I didn't know, and I was here on this board when his voice popped up. :lol
Wow, that is a surprise.
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That is pretty surprising, I don't recall seeing either JLB or Evergrey mentioning this on social media
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Well, I received nothing that SAYS he is, but when I listen to that track, Tom and JLB were singing lines. The Pirate's voice is pretty distinct!
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Well, I received nothing that SAYS he is, but when I listen to that track, Tom and JLB were singing lines. The Pirate's voice is pretty distinct!
Well, I saw a review of the album on FB that wouldn't name who it is but hinted at it being a very known singer so I don't doubt you at all. I guess they want it to be a surprise more so than something they are promoting for now.
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I think it's great they kept it quiet and didn't use that to try and boost their profile or sales. Tom seems like a super classy guy.
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Here's a SUPER earlier review:
https://www.facebook.com/ProgPowerUSA/posts/10158840393487943
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James is making an appearance on this album - https://www.instagram.com/p/CI1CgehgiZT/
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Whoa, what a day! So many great news. LTE3 is coming out next year, Blaze Bayley is putting out a new one in March, LaBrie is making an appearence on the new Evergrey record... The year will be filled to the brim with interesting stuff.
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New track!
https://youtu.be/6_1HBOBrWG0
Nothing much different here but solid nonetheless.
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New track!
https://youtu.be/6_1HBOBrWG0
Nothing much different here but solid nonetheless.
For certain.
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Hmm...that was better than I expected. I'm not a fan of their previous album at all. This sounds better to me for some reason. I really like that Tom has dialed back the over-emotive vocalizing he did on previous albums, I think his time in Redemption may have cured him of that. He sounds SO much better like this.
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Seems like a grower. Slightly different sound for them so I dig. Nice long guitar solos from both Tom and Henrik, I like that.
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Yeah, the guitar solos in this are really good. :metal
I'll probably stream it for a bit when it drops. I'll buy the CD from the band if the rest of it sounds like this song.
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Hmm...that was better than I expected. I'm not a fan of their previous album at all. This sounds better to me for some reason. I really like that Tom has dialed back the over-emotive vocalizing he did on previous albums, I think his time in Redemption may have cured him of that. He sounds SO much better like this.
Interesting. To me this really isn’t much different than most of their songs from their previous three albums. I’d suggest a re-listen to at least The Atlantic album (the one before this), maybe you’ll have a different reaction.
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Yeah, the guitar solos in this are really good. :metal
I'll probably stream it for a bit when it drops. I'll buy the CD from the band if the rest of it sounds like this song.
I hope Tom is more involved in the solos this time. He's a much better lead player then Henrik IMO.
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Hmm...that was better than I expected. I'm not a fan of their previous album at all. This sounds better to me for some reason. I really like that Tom has dialed back the over-emotive vocalizing he did on previous albums, I think his time in Redemption may have cured him of that. He sounds SO much better like this.
Interesting. To me this really isn’t much different than most of their songs from their previous three albums. I’d suggest a re-listen to at least The Atlantic album (the one before this), maybe you’ll have a different reaction.
Nope, I'd rather clip my toenails than listen to that album again, it does nothing for me. I don't have very high hopes for this next one, but I did like that song posted above so we'll see. I've never really been a huge fan of Evergrey, mostly due to the vocals.
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The first solo in All I Have is one of their absolute best. As a whole, The Atlantic has their best soloing, imo. I hope they can come close to that level in the new one.
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The first solo in All I Have is one of their absolute best. As a whole, The Atlantic has their best soloing, imo. I hope they can come close to that level in the new one.
Tom is amazing on that solo.
If I were to pick their best album for solos, I think I couldn't go past Recreation Day.
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If I were to pick their best album for solos, I think I couldn't go past Recreation Day.
The solo from Visions is one of my very favorites by them
And I just wanted to throw out some love for Dark Discovery as well in general. I really love that album.
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Yeah Tom's solo on Visions is very unique and creative.
As I Lie Here Bleeding my be my fav solos from their entire discography.
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Just wanted to sing my praises for Storm within. LOVE that album
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Just wanted to sing my praises for Storm within. LOVE that album
It's a worthy follow-up to Hymns. It was a grower but turned into a mighty album.
That Paranoid cover is incredible.
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Paranoid is awesome, but I really love Passing Through. That song is so catchy and feels a lot different than typical Evergrey.
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Paranoid is awesome, but I really love Passing Through. That song is so catchy and feels a lot different than typical Evergrey.
Tom's solo in that one is very classy also. Really tasteful playing. Great song. Possibly my fav on the album.
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Passing Through may be my favorite Evergrey song, but I have only listened to their newer albums
New song out: "Where August Mourn" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBAQO8Oao3w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBAQO8Oao3w)
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That's a great song. I love the video - Patric Ulleaus has this thing where he likes to put the band in the center of a circle surrounded by the cables. This time, the band is up on risers, which gives it a different look from those other videos he's done for them.
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Yea, I really liked that song. Didn't realize until watching that video that the album drops tomorrow :metal
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I thought it was February the 26th. Transatlantic is tomorrow.
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Wow, I haven't listened to Inner circle since like 2004 since It didn't click with me back in the day.
My mistake, this thing rocks :metal
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I thought it was February the 26th. Transatlantic is tomorrow.
From the youtube video description Taken from the album "Escape Of The Phoenix", out February 5, 2021.
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I thought it was February the 26th. Transatlantic is tomorrow.
You are correct, they tweeted at me and updated the youtube description. Audio release of the single comes out tomorrow.
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Just wanted to say how utterly beautiful Waking up blind is for me. I can't believe I slept on Inner circle for so long.
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Just wanted to say how utterly beautiful Waking up blind is for me. I can't believe I slept on Inner circle for so long.
Inner Circle is one I don't spin often. You really have to be in the mood for it. It is indeed stunning though.
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Passing Through may be my favorite Evergrey song, but I have only listened to their newer albums
New song out: "Where August Mourn" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBAQO8Oao3w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBAQO8Oao3w)
Finally had the time to check out Where August Mourns, it's my favourite from the ones they've released so far.
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I thought it was February the 26th. Transatlantic is tomorrow.
You are correct, they tweeted at me and updated the youtube description. Audio release of the single comes out tomorrow.
I do wish it was today, though. ;D
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Passing Through may be my favorite Evergrey song, but I have only listened to their newer albums
New song out: "Where August Mourn" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBAQO8Oao3w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBAQO8Oao3w)
Really nice track.
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^^^ Agreed about the new track. Where august mourns is very solid. I'm liking it :tup
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Yea, it may be my favorite of the singles released so far.
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Have stayed away from the singles and plan to do so until release date. Love Evergrey and I'm sure I won't be disappointed. Forgot that JLB sang on a song with them. I wished JLB and Evergrey toured together like they did in Europe. There's a very classic picture with JLB and Evergrey during that tour. :lol
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Passing Through may be my favorite Evergrey song, but I have only listened to their newer albums
New song out: "Where August Mourn" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBAQO8Oao3w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBAQO8Oao3w)
Really nice track.
I've listened to this a couple more times. It's amazing.
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Have stayed away from the singles and plan to do so until release date. Love Evergrey and I'm sure I won't be disappointed. Forgot that JLB sang on a song with them. I wished JLB and Evergrey toured together like they did in Europe. There's a very classic picture with JLB and Evergrey during that tour. :lol
Same.... I like the positive responses here, but I'll hold off until I get the entirety of the album.
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I only check out videos if I need to get up for an album. The words “Evergrey is releasing an album” is extra strength Viagra for me.
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New review of the new album, and a new interview with Tom.
https://theprogmind.com/2021/02/12/evergrey-escape-of-the-phoenix/
https://youtu.be/pHvads_-Fbw
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These interviews with Pete Pardo are really good, I've been following his work over the last several months. I also liked this interview, the bit with Tom talking about LaBrie and Dream Theater was amazing.
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Decent song. These guys are very hit and miss for me, mostly miss, but I'll still check this out when it drops.
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“The Beholder” featuring one James LaBrie....
https://youtu.be/pri2xexyTB0
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Me likey
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Could have done without James on that honestly. Reminds me of Katatonia.
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Those were some pleasant vocal harmonies, though.
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I like the new album
Not their best, not their worst.
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Those were some pleasant vocal harmonies, though.
Interesting song and interesting vocal interplay I'll admit. Probably the weakest of the 4 released though.
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Those were some pleasant vocal harmonies, though.
Interesting song and interesting vocal interplay I'll admit. Probably the weakest of the 4 released though.
Yea sadly the JLB song didn't really resonate much with me on first listen. I plan on getting the album though when I get home from work today.
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I like the new album
Not their best, not their worst.
Agree. It does kind of remind me of Monday Morning Apocalypse for whatever reason.
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So, I've been listening to this new album today at work. I don't know what it is with Evergrey that not a lot of their music really clicks with me. I find that the songs all just kind of blend into each other sounding very similar from song to song. That said there are some wicked pissah guitar solos on this. I just don't know if it's enough to make me want to keep listening. It's good music. Well executed, the mix is good, everything sounds good, I just can't seem to latch on to any of these songs.
I felt the same way about The Atlantic too. I listened to it a few times, and it was pretty good, but I don't think I need to hear it again after maybe 3 or 4 listens.
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So, I've been listening to this new album today at work. I don't know what it is with Evergrey that not a lot of their music really clicks with me. I find that the songs all just kind of blend into each other sounding very similar from song to song. That said there are some wicked pissah guitar solos on this. I just don't know if it's enough to make me want to keep listening. It's good music. Well executed, the mix is good, everything sounds good, I just can't seem to latch on to any of these songs.
I felt the same way about The Atlantic too. I listened to it a few times, and it was pretty good, but I don't think I need to hear it again after maybe 3 or 4 listens.
I've felt exactly the same about their last few albums (and indeed most of their albums). I love Recreation Day and The Inner Circle which I find really emotionally impactful, and I really like Hymns for the Broken as it has a lot of really strong hooks. A lot of the other albums are good but they just don't really grab me.
Only one listen of the new one so far and it'll possibly be the same, but I'll give it more goes to see how well it settles for me.
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Recreation Day and The Inner Circle are the only two albums from this group that when I listen to them I rarely skip any of the songs.
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Recreation Day and The Inner Circle are the only two albums from this group that when I listen to them I rarely skip any of the songs.
What do you think about In search of truth?
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This album blows The Atlantic out of the water, probably The Storm Within too. :metal
Tom just soars throughout the album. I fucking love this guy so much.
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This album blows The Atlantic out of the water, probably The Storm Within too. :metal
Tom just soars throughout the album. I fucking love this guy so much.
Agree. His voice along with his guitar solos are world class. Underrated musician.
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So, I've been listening to this new album today at work. I don't know what it is with Evergrey that not a lot of their music really clicks with me. I find that the songs all just kind of blend into each other sounding very similar from song to song. That said there are some wicked pissah guitar solos on this. I just don't know if it's enough to make me want to keep listening. It's good music. Well executed, the mix is good, everything sounds good, I just can't seem to latch on to any of these songs.
I felt the same way about The Atlantic too. I listened to it a few times, and it was pretty good, but I don't think I need to hear it again after maybe 3 or 4 listens.
Wicked pissah :lol
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I am a huge fan of this band, but it does seem they've been caught in a bit of a rut for a while. There are too many songs with djent-style chugging. There are so many songs that start out with Jonas pounding out a double bass groove and single string chugging right out of the gate. It has gotten to a point where if you played me isolated rhythm guitar tracks of a lot of the songs from the last three albums, I would struggle to tell them apart. Then you have the slower tempo songs that just plod, plod, plod.
Having said that, I'm always able to find redeeming qualities. The guitar solos and Tom's voice. They seem to never fail.
At the moment, "In the Absence of Sun" is the stand out track for me. I still need to give the album a few more listens to see how I feel about it overall.
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I'm disappointed after 1 listen, but then again, it took two years for The Atlantic to click. I haven't heard every Evergrey album, but The Storm Within is my favorite of theirs. Perfect from start to finish.
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Hmm, I might have to retract my previous statement. Second listen is already a big step up on the first. Absence of the Sun/Eternal Nocturnal is an especially fantastic two-punch. Clearly need some more listens but this may well be their best since Hymns and maybe even since The Inner Circle.
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One listen; I found myself wanting it to be a bit heavier. But we'll see if that changes as I listen to it more. I like the 3 before this one quite a bit - I think I like the Atlantic the most. But each of them needed a little time so maybe this one will be the same.
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Recreation Day and The Inner Circle are the only two albums from this group that when I listen to them I rarely skip any of the songs.
What do you think about In search of truth?
I like it! To be honest, I hadn't listened to any of these in a LONG time, they're really not a go-to band for me. The vocals, especially on the early albums are just a bit too over the top for me, I'm glad he's toned down that way over the top emotive style it just sounded...I don't know...contrived maybe?
So now that Tom has dialed that back and become a more listenable vocalist to me, the problem now is I just don't hear anything in these songs that makes me want to hear them again and I think I've put my finger on it and I have to call out the vocals again. The vocal melodies are getting very repetitious. Tom seems to have a limited bag of tricks that he goes to for vocal melodies and if you put on 3 or 4 songs from this band, any era, you'll hear the same set of about 10 or 15 bluesy vocal stylings that he uses constantly in just about every song and after a while it all just sounds like one long mid-temp metal song.
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At the moment, "In the Absence of Sun" is the stand out track for me. I still need to give the album a few more listens to see how I feel about it overall.
I'm afraid it's the ONLY song from the last 3 albums that I can remember the name of. It's probably the best song they've dropped since "Recreation Day"
I already deleted it from my iPod though, like I wrote earlier, they're a very hit and miss band for me, more miss than hit. This album just sounds like a continuation of the previous one, but "In The Absence of Sun" is a brilliant song.
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I only listened once but this sounded like typical Evergrey. There are much better songs on the album than the first three singles though. Stories, The Absence of Sun, The Beholder were very good. The rest kinda blended together but I'll revisit this. I thought it had potential and might be their best since Hymns.
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Recreation Day and The Inner Circle are the only two albums from this group that when I listen to them I rarely skip any of the songs.
What do you think about In search of truth?
I like it! To be honest, I hadn't listened to any of these in a LONG time, they're really not a go-to band for me. The vocals, especially on the early albums are just a bit too over the top for me, I'm glad he's toned down that way over the top emotive style it just sounded...I don't know...contrived maybe?
So now that Tom has dialed that back and become a more listenable vocalist to me, the problem now is I just don't hear anything in these songs that makes me want to hear them again and I think I've put my finger on it and I have to call out the vocals again. The vocal melodies are getting very repetitious. Tom seems to have a limited bag of tricks that he goes to for vocal melodies and if you put on 3 or 4 songs from this band, any era, you'll hear the same set of about 10 or 15 bluesy vocal stylings that he uses constantly in just about every song and after a while it all just sounds like one long mid-temp metal song.
Even though I love Tom, I can see what you are saying here.
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While I think their best albums are In Search of Truth, Recreation Day and The Inner Circle, they definitely sound more inspired since Hymns for the Broken. However, I didn’t enjoy The Storm Within for some reason. Really enjoyed The Atlantic; and now with this latest I just can’t seem to get into it. I must dig the next one.
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Its a shame Tom got divorced. I always really enjoyed the songs his wife was on.
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I should stop trying to listen to an album for the first time in my car. All the background noise makes it impossible to really get a feel for an album. This album is definitely a grower though. I'm really enjoying it. Some albums are an instant hit like The Storm Within, others need time like The Atlantic and Escape of the Phoenix. Hymns took a long time to click as well.
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I should stop trying to listen to an album for the first time in my car. All the background noise makes it impossible to really get a feel for an album. This album is definitely a grower though. I'm really enjoying it. Some albums are an instant hit like The Storm Within, others need time like The Atlantic and Escape of the Phoenix. Hymns took a long time to click as well.
Crank up the volume? :biggrin: Honestly, I think I'm the opposite. My car has a bose sound system which isn't top of the line or anything, but music does sound pretty good in the car and I can usually pay more attention to the music while I drive vs. doing other things. It's just very rare these days for me to listen to music and not being doing something else so driving ends up being a good way for me to actually digest an album. Having said that, I finally put the album on my phone so I'll probably start listening to it more now during my commute.
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I like the new album
Not their best, not their worst.
Agree. It does kind of remind me of Monday Morning Apocalypse for whatever reason.
This album is growing up on me like crazy. There's a lot of hooks and melodies that I keep humming. My favorite track so far is A Dandelion Cipher.
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I should stop trying to listen to an album for the first time in my car. All the background noise makes it impossible to really get a feel for an album. This album is definitely a grower though. I'm really enjoying it. Some albums are an instant hit like The Storm Within, others need time like The Atlantic and Escape of the Phoenix. Hymns took a long time to click as well.
Crank up the volume? :biggrin: Honestly, I think I'm the opposite. My car has a bose sound system which isn't top of the line or anything, but music does sound pretty good in the car and I can usually pay more attention to the music while I drive vs. doing other things. It's just very rare these days for me to listen to music and not being doing something else so driving ends up being a good way for me to actually digest an album. Having said that, I finally put the album on my phone so I'll probably start listening to it more now during my commute.
I've been trying for a year to perfect the equalizer in my music app to sound good in my new car with varying degrees of success. Turning it up made it worse and I could barely hear Tom. I have an equalizer setting for each of my headphones and the car. On my day off I'm going for a drive, so hopefully after fucking with it some more, it sounds better. I think my car just has shitty speakers though, and not much of a sound system on top of that.
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I like the album more and more with each listen, but I also get kirk's point about vocal melodies and Katt's point about lyrics because I can only take so much of
I am so broken, I can't go on,
I am the master of the sad trombone,
I am so guilty, I feel alone,
And I've been feeling that from day one
type of lyrics.
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I want to like this band, but I have a hard time getting past the fact that Tom sounds like a sad, Swedish Michael Bolton. It’s that same overwrought, emotional delivery but with Tom, that emotional delivery is generally a melancholic malaise. I would actually love to hear Evergrey do a gloomy version of When a Man Loves a Woman.
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I'm still not sure what I think of this album, but in general I'm a fan of Tom's voice (except with Redemption :p)
I like his vocals on The Inner Circle, Recreation Day, etc the most, but he sounds good now too.
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I want to like this band, but I have a hard time getting past the fact that Tom sounds like a sad, Swedish Michael Bolton. It’s that same overwrought, emotional delivery but with Tom, that emotional delivery is generally a melancholic malaise. I would actually love to hear Evergrey do a gloomy version of When a Man Loves a Woman.
Fact? Nope your opinion and it's the first time I've seen that, had me chuckling just a little ;D
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So, I really really like this new album. This one has a bit of a different direction again, which I can appreciate. Very depressive with lots of atmosphere and moodiness going on. Tom's lyrics since he and his wife broke up seem to be getting more troubling also.
Someone mentioned earlier about the riffing. Yeah, their riffing is all starting to sound the same. The title track is the exact same riff as A Silent Arc. I hope they mix this aspect up a little. I'd love to hear some songs go back to the six string and standard or drop D tuning. The low A stuff I think they are in does tend to blend and mesh together a bit.
However, I really like everything on here. The balance between the rockier songs and darker slower numbers works well. Wasn't keen on The Beholder at first, but I love it and James sounds great on it. My fav track is probably Eternal Nocturnal. Amazing melodies and great classic solos. Not enough Tom soloing on this again but Henrik rips. That solo section of the title track is possibly the heaviest moment of their career. Really mature album with some great songwriting and a bit different. I get vibes from all their stuff really. A lot of Glorious Burden vibes actually which I don't mind.
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So, I really really like this new album. This one has a bit of a different direction again, which I can appreciate. Very depressive with lots of atmosphere and moodiness going on. Tom's lyrics since he and his wife broke up seem to be getting more troubling also.
Someone mentioned earlier about the riffing. Yeah, their riffing is all starting to sound the same. The title track is the exact same riff as A Silent Arc. I hope they mix this aspect up a little. I'd love to hear some songs go back to the six string and standard or drop D tuning. The low A stuff I think they are in does tend to blend and mesh together a bit.
However, I really like everything on here. The balance between the rockier songs and darker slower numbers works well. Wasn't keen on The Beholder at first, but I love it and James sounds great on it. My fav track is probably Eternal Nocturnal. Amazing melodies and great classic solos. Not enough Tom soloing on this again but Henrik rips. That solo section of the title track is possibly the heaviest moment of their career. Really mature album with some great songwriting and a bit different. I get vibes from all their stuff really. A lot of Glorious Burden vibes actually which I don't mind.
Weird. I don't hear any of that. ;D
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I've given enough listens now to say that I enjoy it, but don't love it. I think some others here have expressed what I kind of feel here, a lot of the songs sound very similar and don't stand out to me. It's not bad, just doesn't really blow me away by any means. It's enjoyable, but so far not a top album in 2021 based on the releases I've heard so far. I'd say it's on par with The Atlantic.
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So, I really really like this new album. This one has a bit of a different direction again, which I can appreciate. Very depressive with lots of atmosphere and moodiness going on. Tom's lyrics since he and his wife broke up seem to be getting more troubling also.
Someone mentioned earlier about the riffing. Yeah, their riffing is all starting to sound the same. The title track is the exact same riff as A Silent Arc. I hope they mix this aspect up a little. I'd love to hear some songs go back to the six string and standard or drop D tuning. The low A stuff I think they are in does tend to blend and mesh together a bit.
However, I really like everything on here. The balance between the rockier songs and darker slower numbers works well. Wasn't keen on The Beholder at first, but I love it and James sounds great on it. My fav track is probably Eternal Nocturnal. Amazing melodies and great classic solos. Not enough Tom soloing on this again but Henrik rips. That solo section of the title track is possibly the heaviest moment of their career. Really mature album with some great songwriting and a bit different. I get vibes from all their stuff really. A lot of Glorious Burden vibes actually which I don't mind.
Weird. I don't hear any of that. ;D
:lol :facepalm:
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Just been revisiting The Storm Within. What a fantastic album. The title track has always been my favorite and just just brought me to tears when I listened to it for the first time in a while.
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I'm just recently getting into these guys, and I just got to that album and was really, really impressed on the very first listen, which doesn't happen to me that often.
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Really like Evergrey - have discovered them with their second album, Solitude, Dominance, Tragedy and enjoyed their stuff ever since. My favorite is In Search of Truth... such a great record of dark, melancholic metal. A mini-classic in the genre, for me.
I agree with the general sentiment expressed here that they seem to have comfortably settled in their sound with the last few albums. I mean, they always had a pretty recognizable mood they didn't stray too far from, but if anything they seem to be even more comfortable with it as of late ;D Especially with that chugging-type of riff they use a lot these days.
That said, I think they have been on a very good roll, quality-wise, since Hymns for the Broken. I can't quite pick my favorite from the last four, although I miss Carina's contributions (has she done anything outside of Evergrey?). I have listened to their latest a ton, this year.
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although I miss Carina's contributions (has she done anything outside of Evergrey?).
This is the only thing I'm aware of - some dance/synth pop music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqfMLH4jNsU
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although I miss Carina's contributions (has she done anything outside of Evergrey?).
This is the only thing I'm aware of - some dance/synth pop music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqfMLH4jNsU
Ha! Thank you, I had no idea...
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I may have just head banged to “A Dandelion Cipher” :metal
It’s taken a bit, but the newest album is really clicking for me.
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I may have just head banged to “A Dandelion Cipher” :metal
It’s taken a bit, but the newest album is really clicking for me.
Yeah, I really like it. Has aged pretty well.
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I may have just head banged to “A Dandelion Cipher” :metal
It’s taken a bit, but the newest album is really clicking for me.
Yeah, I really like it. Has aged pretty well.
:metal I've been enjoying this album a lot as well.
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Really late to the party but just heard The Beholder with James on some Spotify playlist. What a great song! A bit surprised how well they made the dual vocals part work since their vocals are so different. Gonna try out the full album tomorrow.
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Really late to the party but just heard The Beholder with James on some Spotify playlist. What a great song! A bit surprised how well they made the dual vocals part work since their vocals are so different. Gonna try out the full album tomorrow.
I was initially not into this song, but really came along to enjoy it. The album overall is pretty solid still when I listen.
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Interesting
Evergrey signs with Napalm Records
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/evergrey-signs-with-napalm-records/
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I’m most fond of the In Search of Truth until The Inner Circle era, but I’m happy they’re still around and got Henrik back in the band. Since then it’s hit or miss for me. Really like ‘Hymns’, don’t care for ‘Storm’, pretty much love ‘The Atlantic’, and now ‘The Phoenix’ I just can’t get into. Sounds like Evergrey on autopilot to me. Which is still pretty good to be fair.
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Interesting
Evergrey signs with Napalm Records
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/evergrey-signs-with-napalm-records/
That is interesting.
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Was bored this morning and had a few hours to myself so had a crack at the solo of As I Lie Here Bleeding. Always loved this one. A couple of off bits but fuck it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQl0pyXLi3g
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I may have just head banged to “A Dandelion Cipher” :metal
It’s taken a bit, but the newest album is really clicking for me.
Likewise but it hasn't clicked like their last 3 did, admittedly Hymns Storm and personal favorite of the 3 The Atlantic hard to beat. But Phoenix definetely has its moments, Dandelion Cipher is one of those fer sure (albeit wish they hadn't stopped the momentum during that second verse the bass run and vocals were so good found myself shouting DON'T STOP NOW FFS :lol)...
And, I might add, while there's a few more class headbangs to be had, with its crushing riffery particularly in the lead up to that terrific solo, Where August Mourns is everything I love about Evergrey :metal
Just sayin' ;D
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Was bored this morning and had a few hours to myself so had a crack at the solo of As I Lie Here Bleeding. Always loved this one. A couple of off bits but fuck it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQl0pyXLi3g
Right then so you can play guitar ;D
VERY nice inspired me to go listen to Recreation Day again and why the hell not? :metal
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Was bored this morning and had a few hours to myself so had a crack at the solo of As I Lie Here Bleeding. Always loved this one. A couple of off bits but fuck it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQl0pyXLi3g
Right then so you can play guitar ;D
VERY nice inspired me to go listen to Recreation Day again and why the hell not? :metal
Thanks mate. Yeah, I think RD is still my fav.
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Was bored this morning and had a few hours to myself so had a crack at the solo of As I Lie Here Bleeding. Always loved this one. A couple of off bits but fuck it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQl0pyXLi3g
Fuckin hell, mate. Nice. :2metal:
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Thanks Chad. :D
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“Before the Aftermath” Blu-ray/2 CD package from their live stream concert in Gothenburg to be released January 28th.
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Announcing a new album soon. I’m shocked since it’s only been a year since the last one.
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Announcing a new album soon. I’m shocked since it’s only been a year since the last one.
Wow, most welcome! :metal
“Before the Aftermath” Blu-ray/2 CD package from their live stream concert in Gothenburg to be released January 28th.
Doesn't seem to be a DVD format of this, bugger!
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Was bored this morning and had a few hours to myself so had a crack at the solo of As I Lie Here Bleeding. Always loved this one. A couple of off bits but fuck it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQl0pyXLi3g
That was electrifying!
Sry :lol Very well played! :metal
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Was bored this morning and had a few hours to myself so had a crack at the solo of As I Lie Here Bleeding. Always loved this one. A couple of off bits but fuck it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQl0pyXLi3g
That was electrifying!
Sry :lol Very well played! :metal
:lol Nice one. Thanks dude.
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New song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imo4WilJ4jo
Not a huge fan of it, but it's an OK one. Their last album didn't hit me as The Atlantic did and this sounds more like Phoenix. I like the solo, though. The whole mix sounds a bit industrial or something like that, which I'm not a huge fan of. There's a certain lack of depth/warmth in the sound.
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It might sound better within the context of the album. It does sound like a Phoenix bonus track though.
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I thought it was fucking excellent to be honest. Can't wait for this one.
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I thought it was fucking excellent to be honest. Can't wait for this one.
Agreed... it was one of the better releases of 2021 imo - #5 in my ranking.
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I thought it was fucking excellent to be honest. Can't wait for this one.
Agreed... it was one of the better releases of 2021 imo - #5 in my ranking.
And that new song was better than a lot if the songs on Phoenix in my honest opinion.
Phoenix I think was in my top 5 too.
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I’ve loved the last four albums from Evergrey and this continues the same sound.
Can’t wait for the album!
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(https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a0065797136_16.jpg)
releases May 20, 2022
Bitchin
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Epic title and artwork.
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Epic title and artwork.
Yeah, that might be their best artwork ever
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The new single is already out too, Save Us. Just not able to listen right now.
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The new single is already out too, Save Us. Just not able to listen right now.
There's a link on the page before.
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The new single is already out too, Save Us. Just not able to listen right now.
There's a link on the page before.
Ah my bad, totally missed that. :metal I will have to check it out tonight when I get home
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Awesome. I got into Evergrey just last year, and Escape of the Phoenix was one of my favorite albums of 2021. Looking forward to more, and, yeah, that artwork looks incredible.
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Awesome. I got into Evergrey just last year, and Escape of the Phoenix was one of my favorite albums of 2021. Looking forward to more, and, yeah, that artwork looks incredible.
Have you checked out all their albums yet?
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Save Us video clip
https://youtu.be/vKTlyXDpNaY
This song is fucking incredible.
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I liked the song when I gave it a quick listen yesterday. Looking forward to another new album already!
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Song is pretty good. Seems pretty similar to the last couple releases since I've become a fan. Just can't believe how quickly another album has come.
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Awesome. I got into Evergrey just last year, and Escape of the Phoenix was one of my favorite albums of 2021. Looking forward to more, and, yeah, that artwork looks incredible.
Have you checked out all their albums yet?
No, not yet. It usually takes me a couple of years to work through a discography as large as theirs. I like to start with a couple of albums, get to know them pretty well, and then move on to more, and so on. And usually I'm doing this with multiple bands at once (this last year: Evergrey, Epica, Amorphis, Teramaze).
I've mainly been listening to the current era because the songs I heard over the years that made the best impression on me mainly came from that era: King of Errors (which I believe I got from you in roulette many years ago), A Silent Arc, and then The Beholder is what convinced me to finally buy some albums. So I have the last four albums right now. I need to spend some more time with The Storm Within, but next I'll go back to the classic era—probably to The Inner Circle, because I really liked When the Walls Go Down.
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TIC is a good one from that era. My recc'n would be to also hit up In Search of Truth, Recreation Day, and Solitude Dominance and Tragedy. There's certainly nothing wrong/bad about The Dark Discovery, Monday Morning Apocalypse, Torn, or Glorious Collusion, but (imo), those four are the least best.
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Awesome. I got into Evergrey just last year, and Escape of the Phoenix was one of my favorite albums of 2021. Looking forward to more, and, yeah, that artwork looks incredible.
Have you checked out all their albums yet?
No, not yet. It usually takes me a couple of years to work through a discography as large as theirs. I like to start with a couple of albums, get to know them pretty well, and then move on to more, and so on. And usually I'm doing this with multiple bands at once (this last year: Evergrey, Epica, Amorphis, Teramaze).
I've mainly been listening to the current era because the songs I heard over the years that made the best impression on me mainly came from that era: King of Errors (which I believe I got from you in roulette many years ago), A Silent Arc, and then The Beholder is what convinced me to finally buy some albums. So I have the last four albums right now. I need to spend some more time with The Storm Within, but next I'll go back to the classic era—probably to The Inner Circle, because I really liked When the Walls Go Down.
Great mate, sounds like you're working your way through nicely. Recreation Day and In Search For Truth should be high on your list to check out soon, amazing prog metal.
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Just curious if anyone has the Before the Aftermath bluray and is it good? It doesn't seem to be available on Amazon, but I found it on the AFM records website.
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Haven’t watched it, but I listened to it on Spotify and then promptly bought the album.
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Just curious if anyone has the Before the Aftermath bluray and is it good? It doesn't seem to be available on Amazon, but I found it on the AFM records website.
No DVD! >:(
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These guys have been on one hell of a hot streak since 2014 when "Hymns for the Broken" came out. It's a bit rare to see, actually.
I dig the new song and video. It certainly provokes thoughts of what's going on with Ukraine. What timing.
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I've spun this song a few times now. It's one of the best songs they've ever done, that chorus is incredible.
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I've only got two minor complaints. I wish the guitar solos had been longer. Evergrey is one of the few bands whose guitar solos I look forward to. Secondly, I wish the outro had lasted a few more bars. Right when it was just Tom and the piano, I was like "oh, fuck....this is bliss", and BAM , it was over.
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I love that interaction between Tom and Henrik during the solos in that video. Both are wonderful but Tom is such a creative lead player. Very underrated.
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Fucking aye, this song just gets better and better every time I go back and listen to it. The chorus is pure gold.
It makes me confident the new album is going to be yet another winner from them.
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Yeah, Im gonna have to stop spinning it with the album still 3 months away.
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Yeah, Im gonna have to stop spinning it with the album still 3 months away.
I only listened once, thought it was good and am trying not to go back just because the album is too far for me to get too worked up and excited. I definitely am looking forward to it though.
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Yeah, Im gonna have to stop spinning it with the album still 3 months away.
I only listened once, thought it was good and am trying not to go back just because the album is too far for me to get too worked up and excited. I definitely am looking forward to it though.
The song just keeps drawing me back, it's incredible.
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TIC is a good one from that era. My recc'n would be to also hit up In Search of Truth, Recreation Day, and Solitude Dominance and Tragedy. There's certainly nothing wrong/bad about The Dark Discovery, Monday Morning Apocalypse, Torn, or Glorious Collusion, but (imo), those four are the least best.
Definitely agree with these recommendations. The Solitude, Dominance, Tragedy / In Search of Truth (my favorite) / Recreation Day run is fantastic.
Monday Morning Apocalypse wasn't received super-well when it came out, but I enjoy it a fair bit. A little more streamlined, but with plenty of great songs.
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Vikram Shankar covering the "Save Us" chorus.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qngFxMknMgM&ab_channel=VikramShankarMusic
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Great mate, sounds like you're working your way through nicely. Recreation Day and In Search For Truth should be high on your list to check out soon, amazing prog metal.
TIC is a good one from that era. My recc'n would be to also hit up In Search of Truth, Recreation Day, and Solitude Dominance and Tragedy. There's certainly nothing wrong/bad about The Dark Discovery, Monday Morning Apocalypse, Torn, or Glorious Collusion, but (imo), those four are the least best.
Definitely agree with these recommendations. The Solitude, Dominance, Tragedy / In Search of Truth (my favorite) / Recreation Day run is fantastic.
Monday Morning Apocalypse wasn't received super-well when it came out, but I enjoy it a fair bit. A little more streamlined, but with plenty of great songs.
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Thanks for sharing this advice, all. I'll make sure to prioritize Recreation Day and In Search of Truth once I feel comfortable with TSW.
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Great mate, sounds like you're working your way through nicely. Recreation Day and In Search For Truth should be high on your list to check out soon, amazing prog metal.
TIC is a good one from that era. My recc'n would be to also hit up In Search of Truth, Recreation Day, and Solitude Dominance and Tragedy. There's certainly nothing wrong/bad about The Dark Discovery, Monday Morning Apocalypse, Torn, or Glorious Collusion, but (imo), those four are the least best.
Definitely agree with these recommendations. The Solitude, Dominance, Tragedy / In Search of Truth (my favorite) / Recreation Day run is fantastic.
Monday Morning Apocalypse wasn't received super-well when it came out, but I enjoy it a fair bit. A little more streamlined, but with plenty of great songs.
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Thanks for sharing this advice, all. I'll make sure to prioritize Recreation Day and In Search of Truth once I feel comfortable with TSW.
Perfect.
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I love Evergrey, and I don't want to ruin a good party, but I feel this is just more of the same stuff they've been banging out since Hymns. It seems they've settled into a sound of heavy 0-0-0-00-0-0 riffage and really emotional choruses. Just that 'big' sound.
And they're possibly the best band to do 'that'. It's really good and the solos are still amazing. But man, do I miss the more varied approach of, say, an album like The Inner Circle. Anyone who got into Evergrey after Hymns, be sure to at least give the old albums a spin.
Don't take this the wrong way, I like new Evergrey as well. Hymns for the Broken and The Atlantic have some of their best work IMO.
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Agreed!
So much great stuff equal to anything since Hymns on their old albums particularly those recommended already above.
Am probably in the minority but of the least liked runnI absolutely love Torn is still a personal fave \m/
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I love Evergrey, and I don't want to ruin a good party, but I feel this is just more of the same stuff they've been banging out since Hymns. It seems they've settled into a sound of heavy 0-0-0-00-0-0 riffage and really emotional choruses. Just that 'big' sound.
And they're possibly the best band to do 'that'. It's really good and the solos are still amazing. But man, do I miss the more varied approach of, say, an album like The Inner Circle. Anyone who got into Evergrey after Hymns, be sure to at least give the old albums a spin.
Don't take this the wrong way, I like new Evergrey as well. Hymns for the Broken and The Atlantic have some of their best work IMO.
I'm really liking what they are doing but you are totally right. Different band now I guess and they are up to album 13, so they are going well. I do know what you mean about the extra creative stuff like on ISOT, but I guess times change.
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I love Evergrey, and I don't want to ruin a good party, but I feel this is just more of the same stuff they've been banging out since Hymns. It seems they've settled into a sound of heavy 0-0-0-00-0-0 riffage and really emotional choruses. Just that 'big' sound.
And they're possibly the best band to do 'that'. It's really good and the solos are still amazing. But man, do I miss the more varied approach of, say, an album like The Inner Circle. Anyone who got into Evergrey after Hymns, be sure to at least give the old albums a spin.
Don't take this the wrong way, I like new Evergrey as well. Hymns for the Broken and The Atlantic have some of their best work IMO.
I've noticed the more "djent" style in their work since 2014, but when everything else is so great, I'm able to overlook it. It would be nice to hear some "signature riffs" in the future, though.
I'm also hoping they're completely done with "oceanic" videos, too. They went a bit overboard with them.
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I love Evergrey, and I don't want to ruin a good party, but I feel this is just more of the same stuff they've been banging out since Hymns. It seems they've settled into a sound of heavy 0-0-0-00-0-0 riffage and really emotional choruses. Just that 'big' sound.
And they're possibly the best band to do 'that'. It's really good and the solos are still amazing. But man, do I miss the more varied approach of, say, an album like The Inner Circle. Anyone who got into Evergrey after Hymns, be sure to at least give the old albums a spin.
Don't take this the wrong way, I like new Evergrey as well. Hymns for the Broken and The Atlantic have some of their best work IMO.
I've noticed the more "djent" style in their work since 2014, but when everything else is so great, I'm able to overlook it. It would be nice to hear some "signature riffs" in the future, though.
I'm also hoping they're completely done with "oceanic" videos, too. They went a bit overboard with them.
I see what you did there, very nice.
Yeah, it's just the riffing that's pretty much keeping them in a similar sound over the last few, but it's fine to me also.
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haha, I wish I could say that was intentional, but it was inadvertent.
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:lol I'll still give you the points.
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I liked a lot of their old stuff (Recreation Day not so much) but I struggle to get through a minute of that latest song purely due to the production. I'm pretty much done with that wall of muddiness in bands like Evergrey/Within Temptation etc....and when I hear it these days I'm pretty much out. I want to hear guitar/bass/keys individually , not like one booming instrument.
I realise I'm the odd one out but I find it pretty unlistenable. A band like Fates Warning has managed to modernise their sound but retain some clarity in the production.
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The production? Really? I would throw my mother into an alligator pit in front of the Pope to have my albums sound like theirs.
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The production? Really? I would throw my mother into an alligator pit in front of the Pope to have my albums sound like theirs.
I did say I know it's just me ;D They've always had a very bassy sound but I preferred it when it was a bit more raw with a bit more sonic "space" on the older albums.
I find something like this really pleasant listening : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2k7nWb75uQ
I find this a sonic mess : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKTlyXDpNaY
Just my taste - I struggle with a lot of current metal for this reason. And I definitely don't djent ;D
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I totally get where Brent is coming from. It is interesting how much that Djent style has become a part of their sound.
A Touch of Blessing is a hell of a song too.
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Not quite as strong as "Save Us", but still pretty damn good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX-1MxycLp4
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Third part of the “backwards” trilogy…. https://youtu.be/iDX5nFwaIXY
Not really feeling this one, too much chugga chugga for me. I did like the piano outro, though I’m not sure it’s actually part of the song.
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Third part of the “backwards” trilogy…. https://youtu.be/iDX5nFwaIXY
Not really feeling this one, too much chugga chugga for me. I did like the piano outro, though I’m not sure it’s actually part of the song.
I caught the premiere this morning, and yeah, I pretty much agree.
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The production? Really? I would throw my mother into an alligator pit in front of the Pope to have my albums sound like theirs.
I did say I know it's just me ;D They've always had a very bassy sound but I preferred it when it was a bit more raw with a bit more sonic "space" on the older albums.
I find something like this really pleasant listening : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2k7nWb75uQ
I find this a sonic mess : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKTlyXDpNaY
Just my taste - I struggle with a lot of current metal for this reason. And I definitely don't djent ;D
Huh. I guess I shouldn't have expected different, but they both sound fine to me. Which I think overall is a good thing for me. Maybe sometimes I feel like I "should" have more of an opinion about production or the mix or whatever. But I almost always don't, and instead of feeling strangely guilty, I should just be glad that's not a reason for me to dislike something. Instead I can stick to struggling with harsh vocals or something. :)
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Not as catchy as the other two but still solid Evergrey. Love how they put so much effort into these videos.
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Yes, as I mentioned before, I am so glad to see them finally move away from all of the oceanic imagery. It was a very long time coming.
This song is okay, but I don't see myself going back to it repeatedly in the future. I still have a feeling the album will be good, though, and they'll keep the long winning streak alive.
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Just noticed that even though the release date has been given as May 20th, Amazon and LaserCD both list it as May 13th, and seem prepared to ship out preorders for that date. So those of us who preorder might get it a week earlier than expected.
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SP interview:
https://www.sonicperspectives.com/interviews/interview-with-tom-englund/
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Just got my Evergrey CD shipped from LaserCD. Really excited to hear this one. I haven't listened to any of the singles yet. I found that I have been enjoying a lot more albums this way than listening to singles..
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There's definitely some interesting surprises. "Ominous" is a bit different than anything I've heard from them before. It starts with some great vocal melodies from Tom. He always sounds great, but he's really singing his ass off here.
"The Orphean Testament" starts off with a groove and riffs that sound like things we've heard from them a gazillion times in recent years.
"Wildfires" was a bit surprising. It feels like it could have been a Silent Skies track.
Overall, this is quite a departure from "Escape of the Phoenix". I need to listen to it a few more times to get a true sense of how I feel about it.
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While as always is the case with Evergrey Phoenix had a few exceptional tracks my ears found it somewhat lacking compared to the trilogy that preceeded it and so far only Midwater Calls is the only pre-release single I've found ticks the boxes. I just find Evergrey get lost on me when they play these OTT fast tracks Everygrey are best when they breathe and allow songs space IMO.
LOVE Evergrey just nervous for this one after Phonenix...
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Just noticed that even though the release date has been given as May 20th, Amazon and LaserCD both list it as May 13th, and seem prepared to ship out preorders for that date. So those of us who preorder might get it a week earlier than expected.
Seems like the digital release is on the 20th as it wasn't available today in Spotify.
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While as always is the case with Evergrey Phoenix had a few exceptional tracks my ears found it somewhat lacking compared to the trilogy that preceeded it and so far only Midwater Calls is the only pre-release single I've found ticks the boxes. I just find Evergrey get lost on me when they play these OTT fast tracks Everygrey are best when they breathe and allow songs space IMO.
LOVE Evergrey just nervous for this one after Phonenix...
Oh, wait until you hear "Wildfires". Tons of space in that one.
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COFFEE WITH OLA - Tom Englund of EVERGREY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUyP_ynwpPo&ab_channel=OlaEnglund)
Always thought it's a funny thing to see two persons with the same native tounge being "forced" speaking english together. :lol
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The disappointing track for me is "The Orphean Testament". From the very moment it starts, you may find yourself saying "Oh, come on!! We've heard this a gazillion times!!" There is a bright spot, though. A killer synth solo from Rikard.
"The Great Unwashed" sounds sinister as fuck. Decent track.
"Reawakening" has a disjointed drum groove I don't believe I've ever heard Jonas utilize before. Parts of this song actually sound jubilant and uplifting, especially the guitar solos section.
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The disappointing track for me is "The Orphean Testament". From the very moment it starts, you may find yourself saying "Oh, come on!! We've heard this a gazillion times!!" There is a bright spot, though. A killer synth solo from Rikard.
"The Great Unwashed" sounds sinister as fuck. Decent track.
"Reawakening" has a disjointed drum groove I don't believe I've ever heard Jonas utilize before. Parts of this song actually sound jubilant and uplifting, especially the guitar solos section.
Very cool to read these keep commenting... ;)
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The new album is Evergrey by the numbers but goddamn it, I love them! They always seem to convey the emotion of the song and most of their songs always connect with me in some way or another. The production does sound top notch and there are a few new elements that make the album more refreshing than the last one.
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For me, I would say "Wildfires" was the biggest surprise. It's just Tom's vocals, clean guitar, and Johann on fretless bass.
I actually like the verses of "The Great Unwashed" more than the chorus. I was expecting something comparable to "In the Absence of Sun" (a big favorite of mine) but it went in a totally different direction.
"Call out the Dark" is just okay to me. The highlight is probably the guitar solos. I would say the same about "Heartless", too.
Overall, there are more good songs than mediocre ones, so it's safe to say they've put out yet another winner.
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I have to say I understand the remarks about the band’s production style nowadays. It seems it’s getting more and more wall-of-sound which ultimately makes the sound kinda dull and lifeless.
The Atlantic is already a bit in ‘that’ vein, but was fine sonically. The last two records take the machinal production even further.. which is perfectly fine if that’s what they want to do.
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I never thought I would say this, but Evergrey has finally made a really good album with A Heartless Portrait. I even kind of like Tom's vocals on this, even though I typically don't like his vocal style.
I thought The Atlantic was a step in the right direction, but this new one is a fairly big step above.
I've always believed that Evergrey had the potential to do great things as a band, good to finally see they are realizing their potential 25+ years into their career.
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Well after some initial hesitation for the pre-release singles which isn't that unusual with Evergrey fer these ears (When August Mourns being a recent exception that shit was INSTANT! :metal) am blown away by A Heartless Portrait to the point where even the singles are killing it (I think there's something to be said for these inter-linked pieces working better in their place on their respective albums). So yeah, now both Save Us and Midwinter Calls are delivering in spades Blindfolded is fine albeit not quite on the same level but the highlights are multiple...
Ominous is all kinds of excellent, Call Out The Dark and Heartless while on the more commercial side are essential Evergrey and The Great Unwashed kinda moves between sounding like those but offers something more love it. Reawakening is probably the current fave albeit with so many great tracks it won't likely remain so and Wildfires is a fantastic conclusion to the album.
Hands down better than Phoenix which seemed to lack some direction and suffered from less consistency IMO but Heartless Portrait ticks all the boxes and then some. No problem with the production from my end either and cover art is winning also...
This one is up there with my recent Evergrey fave The Atlantic and could well be giving Amorphis' Halo a run for its money for AOTY come year's end :metal
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So I finally got my copy of this album last week. On first listen I thought it was decent and it seems a little different from the last couple, a bit modern and a bit more consistency across the board. All songs follow a bit more of a formula but I'm okay with that.
3 or 4 listens in though, I fucking love it, there's something about the atmosphere that's scratching me right where I itch. As the song open up and I get to know them, each one is very enjoyable and the guitar work again across the board is outstanding. I'm thrilled Tom has gotten more involved in the soloing this time around as it's more of a 50/50 split which works a treat.
I gotta say, maybe it's me at the moment and my year so far but Wildfires is fucking incredible and the lyrics speak volumes to me at the moment that it just about makes me tear up. Holy shit.
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Well after some initial hesitation for the pre-release singles which isn't that unusual with Evergrey fer these ears (When August Mourns being a recent exception that shit was INSTANT! :metal) am blown away by A Heartless Portrait to the point where even the singles are killing it (I think there's something to be said for these inter-linked pieces working better in their place on their respective albums). So yeah, now both Save Us and Midwinter Calls are delivering in spades Blindfolded is fine albeit not quite on the same level but the highlights are multiple...
Ominous is all kinds of excellent, Call Out The Dark and Heartless while on the more commercial side are essential Evergrey and The Great Unwashed kinda moves between sounding like those but offers something more love it. Reawakening is probably the current fave albeit with so many great tracks it won't likely remain so and Wildfires is a fantastic conclusion to the album.
Hands down better than Phoenix which seemed to lack some direction and suffered from less consistency IMO but Heartless Portrait ticks all the boxes and then some. No problem with the production from my end either and cover art is winning also...
This one is up there with my recent Evergrey fave The Atlantic and could well be giving Amorphis' Halo a run for its money for AOTY come year's end :metal
Nice. Commercial is a good word to use for some of what's going on here. Reawakening is something like they've never done. It's commercial and almost straight up AOR/melodic rock with a harder edge.
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I can see myself regretting this post but...
Expect am (very) alone on this but so far as comparisons go I get TORN vibes from this one!? This is a much better album but nonetheless yes, the vibe and flow of A Heartless Portrait reminds me of Torn albeit this is a bigger album all around \m/
And AHP is indeed currently AOTY fer me too BTW ;)
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I can see myself regretting this post but...
Expect am (very) alone on this but so far as comparisons go I get TORN vibes from this one!? This is a much better album but nonetheless yes, the vibe and flow of A Heartless Portrait reminds me of Torn albeit this is a bigger album all around \m/
And AHP is indeed currently AOTY fer me too BTW ;)
Mate, that middle era of Evergrey came to mind halfway through my initial listen. Torn/GC vines definitely going on here.
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Not just me then phew! ;)
Broken Wings, Soaked, Out of Reach... Often overlooked but some wonderful Evergrey during that period some of which would fit nicely within a AHP heavy setlist.
Speaking of will they get to our shores anytime soon???
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I was actually just thinking today how good it would be if they came out here mate. Not sure how much of a following they have out here but it would be fabulous.
Broken Wings could be a top 10 Evergrey song for me truthfully.
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I too just picked this up, been listening in my car.
The one thing that is bothering me is Tom’s vocals, they really seem overly manipulated, which sucks because he has one of the most unique voices in metal IMO.
Other than that it’s Evergrey doing their thing and I love it.
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I finally got the album last week and gave it a few listens. I must say, I'm not really catching onto it just yet. I need more listens, but sadly my initial reaction is this is not as good as the last couple albums. It does feel a bit different though and maybe that's part of why it hasn't clicked yet. We will see after a few more listens this week.
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I too just picked this up, been listening in my car.
The one thing that is bothering me is Tom’s vocals, they really seem overly manipulated, which sucks because he has one of the most unique voices in metal IMO.
Other than that it’s Evergrey doing their thing and I love it.
What do you mean by overly manipulated?
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I too just picked this up, been listening in my car.
The one thing that is bothering me is Tom’s vocals, they really seem overly manipulated, which sucks because he has one of the most unique voices in metal IMO.
Other than that it’s Evergrey doing their thing and I love it.
What do you mean by overly manipulated?
Just too many effects and auto tuning.
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I've also noticed a lot of effects on Tom's voice. It absolutely does sound like auto tune. The album is still fairly enjoyable, though. Their albums do not blow me away these days, but they're consistently solid.
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I'll have to listen a little closer. That's a bit disappointing but probably not unusual these days.
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There’s a lot of autotune and excessive ‘comping’ going on. With this method you sing the same line lots of times, and then select the best sounding word/syllable out of every take and construct a perfect sounding ‘take’ made out of tiny little parts from each take. If this method is taken to extremes then vocals tend to start to sound a bit artificial.
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My ears definitely aren't trained to hear or notice that. His vocals haven't bothered me. I listened a few more times yesterday, what bothers me is nothing on this album stands out.
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I'm glad I don't notice stuff like that.
I've been really enjoying this album. I'd agree that nothing really blows me away but I've been listening to it a lot.
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The track “Ominous” is the most offensive of the vocal shenanigans. It really detracts from the awesome music of the song.
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There’s a lot of autotune and excessive ‘comping’ going on. With this method you sing the same line lots of times, and then select the best sounding word/syllable out of every take and construct a perfect sounding ‘take’ made out of tiny little parts from each take. If this method is taken to extremes then vocals tend to start to sound a bit artificial.
I've always thought this was a common method though.
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I would hate to be the guy that listens to that over and over and piece these things together.
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Hadn't listened since last posting on this a week ago and one simple press of the play button again today and I gotta ask 'Can this record ever stop getting better?' :lol
:metal
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Yeah, I'm still spinning it. Something about it.
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Yeah feel the same way.
Pretty confident if pushed to narrow down a Top5 Evergrey this album would have to be a contender. As would The Atlantic which is now arguably my favourite Evergrey, and probably Hymns, Recreation Day...
Would have give it more thought can't see how this one couldn't feature ;)
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I know pretty much nothing about this band, but I listened to the new album and I thought it was a fun listen.
That is all lol
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Yeah feel the same way.
Pretty confident if pushed to narrow down a Top5 Evergrey this album would have to be a contender. As would The Atlantic which is now arguably my favourite Evergrey, and probably Hymns, Recreation Day...
Would have give it more thought can't see how this one couldn't feature ;)
I've never tried to rank them. Top 2 would be RD and HFTB. Not sure where it would go after that. This one could find it's way at number 5 though I think.
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I know pretty much nothing about this band, but I listened to the new album and I thought it was a fun listen.
That is all lol
Great band mate, check out some of their older stuff too.
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Glad you all are enjoying it. I don't think it's bad at all, I'm just struggling to find songs that I really enjoy. It's a fine listen from front to back. Save Me may be my favorite track, and similar to the new Def Leppard album, when the first track and single are my favorite, it kind of makes the rest of the album feel dull even if I wouldn't actually classify any of those songs as dull. I plan on listening more though, I like the band and enjoy it enough to not just toss it aside. This could also be a "me" thing. I feel like I haven't been enjoying the new albums in 2022 as much as I expected to.
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I finally got a chance to sit down and properly listen to The Heartless Portrait, and I liked it much better than on the first couple of cursory runs...
I have no idea where it'll stand in my Evergrey rankings yet, of course. Seems a little darker, even for their standards. And Blindfolded is a surprisingly heavy tune.
Regarding the discussion on Tom's voice being a little more "processed" than the usual - I had noticed that too. On a song like Ominous, though, it seems like a stylistic choice. Whether that's successful or not, it's open to debate :) But it seems to me it's part of what the song is trying to do, sonically.
For now, it still hasn't hit me as hard as the last few, but it also has the largest potential to be a grower.
As for my favorites - I think it'll be hard for them to top In Search for Truth in my preferences. It was also the first album I bought as a fan, after having discovered them with Solitude, Dominance, Tragedy. It was still all very "fresh" for them in terms of style, and the melodies, the moodiness, the catchiness all came together so well on that one. But then Recreation Day and The Inner Circle are fantastic as well. I have a soft spot for Solitude, ...too (Solitude Within, Nosferatu, The Corey Curse...they are basically "power-gothic" songs ;D )
Honestly, though, the run that started with Hymns for the Broken has been very strong. There might not be a ton of variety in what they are doing now, and there is some lack of "wow" factor, but they are doing it VERY well. I might give a tiny edge to The Atlantic, but I think they are all pretty consistently good.
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Loving the new album so much I did a couple of video covers of a couple of solos;
Call Out the Dark;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S6099KRSGA
Save Us;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc5LGYp3vOo
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Good stuff mate, love the tone of your sound, are you using a real amp or software?
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Good stuff mate, love the tone of your sound, are you using a real amp or software?
Real amp mic'ed up mate. Using a Crate solid state which has a decent sound. Not good with sound recording but its good enough just to have some fun with some videos.
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Loving the new album so much I did a couple of video covers of a couple of solos;
Call Out the Dark;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S6099KRSGA
Save Us;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc5LGYp3vOo
Well done.
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The new album has some good tunes, but it doesn't compare to Escape or the Break-Up Trilogy.
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It's a good album. The 1st half of the album sounds very refreshing (especially the 1st song). The 2nd half does sound a bit more of Evergrey by the numbers. I am enjoying it though. Had to pause playing in order to listen to the new Porcupine Tree.
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Loving the new album so much I did a couple of video covers of a couple of solos;
Call Out the Dark;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S6099KRSGA
Save Us;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc5LGYp3vOo
Well done.
Cheers man.
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Loving the new album so much I did a couple of video covers of a couple of solos;
Call Out the Dark;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S6099KRSGA
Save Us;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc5LGYp3vOo
Impressive! :metal
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Loving the new album so much I did a couple of video covers of a couple of solos;
Call Out the Dark;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S6099KRSGA
Save Us;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc5LGYp3vOo
Incredible stuff mate really cool :metal
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Cheers lads! :metal
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Loving the new album so much I did a couple of video covers of a couple of solos;
Call Out the Dark;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S6099KRSGA
Save Us;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc5LGYp3vOo
Well, add me to the list of impressed viewers! You really nail the solos, especially the "fluidity" (for lack of better term ;)) of Danhage's style...
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I mean, the playing was good, but I can do better. My guitar is in the shop though, and I sprained my hand, and my amp is busted, and my computer wont connect. Might be awhile.
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Loving the new album so much I did a couple of video covers of a couple of solos;
Call Out the Dark;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S6099KRSGA
Save Us;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc5LGYp3vOo
Well, add me to the list of impressed viewers! You really nail the solos, especially the "fluidity" (for lack of better term ;)) of Danhage's style...
Thanks Nick. Yeah, Henrik has a really unique style, tough to replicate.
I mean, the playing was good, but I can do better. My guitar is in the shop though, and I sprained my hand, and my amp is busted, and my computer wont connect. Might be awhile.
I can wait. ;)
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I've been listening a lot to their last five albums this week. I'm really impressed by how consistently good these are. I'd have a really hard time ranking the five. Although Escape of the Phoenix is my favorite, I think that has a lot to do with a personal connection I formed to it last year.
I'm sort of taking a moratorium on buying non-new-release music because I'm about to spend a lot of money on a move and because I have a bunch of albums that I've bought but haven't listened to much or at all, but it's exciting to me that I'm enjoying this band so much without having even gotten to their consensus best albums.
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Last five ranking hey.....
Hymns
Heartless Portrait
Atlantic
Phoenix
Storm
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Alright, if you MADE me do it, mine would probably be the same as yours except with Phoenix moved to first:
Phoenix
Hymns
Heartless
Atlantic
Storm
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Atlantic
Hymns
Heartless Portrait
Storm
Phoenix
I appreciate Portrait is the new kid on the block so going show restraint and not put it ahead of Hymns ;)
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Storm
Portrait
Atlantic
Phoenix
Hymns
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Anyone else check out the new album Tom lends his voice to - Dovorian / Kneel and Follow.
Had a go at it yesterday. Liked it very much.
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Atlantic
Hymns
Storm
Phoenix
Heartless
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I love Evergrey, but for me they just haven't been the same band since The Inner Circle. I do like the three albums that followed it, but their sound has been very different. Haven't really loved anything they've done after Glorious Collision.
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I love Evergrey, but for me they just haven't been the same band since The Inner Circle. I do like the three albums that followed it, but their sound has been very different. Haven't really loved anything they've done after Glorious Collision.
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I love Evergrey, but for me they just haven't been the same band since The Inner Circle. I do like the three albums that followed it, but their sound has been very different. Haven't really loved anything they've done after Glorious Collision.
I love pretty much everything they've done, but I agree with this.
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I love Evergrey, but for me they just haven't been the same band since The Inner Circle. I do like the three albums that followed it, but their sound has been very different. Haven't really loved anything they've done after Glorious Collision.
I love pretty much everything they've done, but I agree with this.
I still like their recent output (especially The Atlantic), but I agree. Back then the music had more of a proggy edge, also more gothic darkness and even more despair and grit in Tom’s voice. The Inner Circle is probably my favorite, together with the two records that came before it.
Come to think of it, the live dvd A Night To Remember is from this era and it’s amazing. It’s available to watch in full on youtube.
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I love Evergrey, but for me they just haven't been the same band since The Inner Circle. I do like the three albums that followed it, but their sound has been very different. Haven't really loved anything they've done after Glorious Collision.
I love pretty much everything they've done, but I agree with this.
I still like their recent output (especially The Atlantic), but I agree. Back then the music had more of a proggy edge, also more gothic darkness and even more despair and grit in Tom’s voice. The Inner Circle is probably my favorite, together with the two records that came before it.
Come to think of it, the live dvd A Night To Remember is from this era and it’s amazing. It’s available to watch in full on youtube.
That's a great DVD. The new one compared to that one unfortunately shows how much they have slipped live too. ANTR probably has a lot of overdubs maybe but still, they're not great live anymore.
But yeah, there's a certain atmosphere from TIC or ISOT that's missing now. You nailed it there. They still have a nice dark atmosphere now, but it's different.
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I love Evergrey, but for me they just haven't been the same band since The Inner Circle. I do like the three albums that followed it, but their sound has been very different. Haven't really loved anything they've done after Glorious Collision.
I love pretty much everything they've done, but I agree with this.
I still like their recent output (especially The Atlantic), but I agree. Back then the music had more of a proggy edge, also more gothic darkness and even more despair and grit in Tom’s voice. The Inner Circle is probably my favorite, together with the two records that came before it.
Come to think of it, the live dvd A Night To Remember is from this era and it’s amazing. It’s available to watch in full on youtube.
That's a great DVD. The new one compared to that one unfortunately shows how much they have slipped live too. ANTR probably has a lot of overdubs maybe but still, they're not great live anymore.
But yeah, there's a certain atmosphere from TIC or ISOT that's missing now. You nailed it there. They still have a nice dark atmosphere now, but it's different.
I’m on the fence if I’m going to see them on this tour. First time I saw them live was in 2014 and they were pretty good actually.
I def feel you on ‘a certain atmosphere missing’. It is what it is though, they still have many people who dig their recent records - I like them as well - but there’s just something about that old school era..
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yDM3jcU7wc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yDM3jcU7wc)
Masterpiece of a song (Departure), and currently my favorite Evergrey track. The lyrics just send me: "It's not about the breaking, but the rising with an aim."
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yDM3jcU7wc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yDM3jcU7wc)
Masterpiece of a song (Departure), and currently my favorite Evergrey track. The lyrics just send me: "It's not about the breaking, but the rising with an aim."
Love the love for this track Departure is magnificent and while it's a tight race, if pushed The Atlantic would probably be my #1 choice of Evergrey \m/
Consistency is its key!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yDM3jcU7wc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yDM3jcU7wc)
Masterpiece of a song (Departure), and currently my favorite Evergrey track. The lyrics just send me: "It's not about the breaking, but the rising with an aim."
Love the love for this track Departure is magnificent and while it's a tight race, if pushed The Atlantic would probably be my #1 choice of Evergrey \m/
Consistency is its key!
My favorite Evergrey release changes all the time, but with my recent listening I have to agree. I'm also really fond of A Silent Arc. When that lead guitar melody hits I lose my shit haha. The drumming in the intro is mesmerizing too. What are your favorite songs on that album?
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While there's nothing I would skip it would be hard to choose a favourite from these...
Weightless
Currents
End Of Silence
The Beacon
Departure
You?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yDM3jcU7wc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yDM3jcU7wc)
Masterpiece of a song (Departure), and currently my favorite Evergrey track. The lyrics just send me: "It's not about the breaking, but the rising with an aim."
Love the love for this track Departure is magnificent and while it's a tight race, if pushed The Atlantic would probably be my #1 choice of Evergrey \m/
Consistency is its key!
"Departure" is definitely one of my favorites of theirs, but album-wise nothing tops Recreation Day for me.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yDM3jcU7wc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yDM3jcU7wc)
Masterpiece of a song (Departure), and currently my favorite Evergrey track. The lyrics just send me: "It's not about the breaking, but the rising with an aim."
Love the love for this track Departure is magnificent and while it's a tight race, if pushed The Atlantic would probably be my #1 choice of Evergrey \m/
Consistency is its key!
"Departure" is definitely one of my favorites of theirs, but album-wise nothing tops Recreation Day for me.
100% agree.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yDM3jcU7wc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yDM3jcU7wc)
Masterpiece of a song (Departure), and currently my favorite Evergrey track. The lyrics just send me: "It's not about the breaking, but the rising with an aim."
Love the love for this track Departure is magnificent and while it's a tight race, if pushed The Atlantic would probably be my #1 choice of Evergrey \m/
Consistency is its key!
"Departure" is definitely one of my favorites of theirs, but album-wise nothing tops Recreation Day for me.
No argument from me Recreation Day was my first and if not Atlantic than it's usually Recreation Day which since last year's release has come back around again in full force.
Hymns would be close too...
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Hymns is probably third for me, maybe even second.
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Hymns is probably third for me, maybe even second.
RD and Hymns are 1a/1b for me. Both flawless.
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My #1 Evergrey is In Search for Truth, with Recreation Day a likely second. I'd also like to offer a mention for Solitude Dominance Tragedy - it was the first Evergrey album I heard and, while their sound was not quite fully formed yet, it's already such a leap forward vs. their debut. Can't argue with tunes like Solitude Within or The Corey Curse.
The post-Glorious Collision albums are great - crazy consistent, really. Particularly the Hymns/Storm/Atlantic trilogy. Maybe a little too consistent, as the band seems to have nicely settled on a certain sound/approach. So much so that I can't quite decide my favorite among them. Hymns definitely felt like a return to form (unsurprisingly, given the lineup "reunion"), so I'm particularly fond of it. But they all very high quality. Of the last two, I found myself returning to Escape of the Phoenix more often than A Heartless Portrait.
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My #1 Evergrey is In Search for Truth, with Recreation Day a likely second. I'd also like to offer a mention for Solitude Dominance Tragedy - it was the first Evergrey album I heard and, while their sound was not quite fully formed yet, it's already such a leap forward vs. their debut. Can't argue with tunes like Solitude Within or The Corey Curse.
The post-Glorious Collision albums are great - crazy consistent, really. Particularly the Hymns/Storm/Atlantic trilogy. Maybe a little too consistent, as the band seems to have nicely settled on a certain sound/approach. So much so that I can't quite decide my favorite among them. Hymns definitely felt like a return to form (unsurprisingly, given the lineup "reunion"), so I'm particularly fond of it. But they all very high quality. Of the last two, I found myself returning to Escape of the Phoenix more often than A Heartless Portrait.
Agree with your first statement, and the bolded part of the second. I haven't spun the last two very much, tbh - not for lack of quality, but just ... well, no reason really.
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While there's nothing I would skip it would be hard to choose a favourite from these...
Weightless
Currents
End Of Silence
The Beacon
Departure
You?
Hmmm it's difficult; the album's amazing all around. "All I Have" is the only one I occasionally skip, but even that song's got tons of amazing parts. I think A Silent Arc, A Secret Atlantis, and of course Departure are my standouts, but I also adore Weightless (that bridge!) and This Ocean (such a catchy chorus).
My #1 Evergrey is In Search for Truth, with Recreation Day a likely second. I'd also like to offer a mention for Solitude Dominance Tragedy - it was the first Evergrey album I heard and, while their sound was not quite fully formed yet, it's already such a leap forward vs. their debut. Can't argue with tunes like Solitude Within or The Corey Curse.
SDT was my favorite earlier in the year when I was going through a rough period. It has the highest level of raw anguish in Tom's voice among their discography IMO, which is perfect while angry with life haha. COLD IS THE AIR I BREATHE, SLEEPLESS, BUT I DON'T MIND THE RAIN, shivers dude.
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Cool to see some love for old school Evergrey. The trilogy of ISOT - RD - TIC remains absolutely fantastic. When those albums came out I was a teenager and heavily into prog/powerish metal. Symphony X and Kamelot released awesome albums during that time as well.
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Yep, and I was into gothic metal as well, so those albums were hitting the sweet spot for me, combining a darker sound with the prog/power approach...
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This thread has me listening to a lot of Evergrey over the last few days. I had The Inner Circle on and remembered seeing them open for Iced Earth in 2004. I bought the CD at that show, just before it was to be released, I think. I haven't seen them since, but that night was a lot of fun. Iced Earth / Children of Bodom / Evergrey. What a lineup that was!
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Iced Earth / Children of Bodom / Evergrey. What a lineup that was!
That is definitely a peak early 00s lineup.
Yep, and I was into gothic metal as well, so those albums were hitting the sweet spot for me, combining a darker sound with the prog/power approach...
You're going to like a thread idea I'm working on. I'll probably post it tomorrow.
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Opportunity to contribute to Evergrey's upcoming track:
https://lotsofmuzik.com/evergrey-invites-you-to-sing-on-their-new-album-video/
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Paging TAC, Puppies, and rom...
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Paging TAC, Puppies, and rom...
:lol :lol
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New tune is out - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qrKa-D6rzM
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New tune is out - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qrKa-D6rzM
This isn't a new tune, it's off the last album.
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This isn't a new tune, it's off the last album.
Oh, good. I kind of skipped last album and this didn't really click with e so there's hope for the new one!
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Damn saw abydos' post made a coffee sat down ready but there we go an old song!? I wonder why they chose to release this so late in the game? :huh:
Anyway that said, a great video and one of my favorites from their last record. Splendid stuff (sorry to hear you don't like this one abydos).
Sidenote they've stated in the links this somehow relates to the new material coming soon. Okay cool, now bring on the new record :metal
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I checked out the video and it is very nice to watch. Makes the song more appealing IMO. It is strange though this came so long after the albums release. Maybe just something to hype people up for the new album?
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Apparently this is somehow linked to the new stuff hence why got a late release.
Continued story arc theme or similar...
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Interesting. I haven't tried following the story at all though.
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Nope me either. No idea what it's all about.
But great tunes, so if it ain't broke ;D
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Pretty sure in a nutshell it's about the breakup of Tom and his wife.
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Pretty sure in a nutshell it's about the breakup of Tom and his wife.
Wasn't that Hymes through The Atlantic?
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Wasn't that Hymes through The Atlantic?
That's what I thought too, but now with what Wardy said I was doubting.
But yeah, also thought it was a trilogy ending with Atlantic.
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Yep the Atlantic concluded that trilogy and IIRC The Atlantic in particular was about Englund dealing with coming out of their break-up. Phoenix and Heartless Portraits were then standalone albums, although Portrait apparently followed some themes throughout. And the videos were linked so expect the new material somehow follows on from there.
All that said I'm as in the dark as anyone :lol
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Ah yes, good point with the videos being connected.
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Evergrey's dropping a new album called "Theories of Emptiness" on June 7, 2024, and it's coming out through Napalm Records. You can pre-order it right now! https://www.napalmrecordsamerica.com/evergrey
First single "Falling From the Sun"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzDL9yVouxo
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Album cover art is quite unlike most Evergrey albums. Not really a fan of this one.
New track is copy/paste, but if you love latter day Evergrey you’ll love the new song.
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Album cover art is quite unlike most Evergrey albums. Not really a fan of this one.
New track is copy/paste, but if you love latter day Evergrey you’ll love the new song.
I don't really like the cover art either.
By the way, the title reminds me of the new Leprous album (Melodies of Atonement), and I don't like that cover art too. :lol
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The cover art is interesting but it doesn't fit them at all, especially with that font. And it's too digital art-y. I enjoyed this song, not my favourite, but the chorus is catchy.
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The cover art is interesting but it doesn't fit them at all, especially with that font. And it's too digital art-y. I enjoyed this song, not my favourite, but the chorus is catchy.
Yeah, agreed on both points. The cover art doesn't bother me too much though even if it doesn't feel fitting for them. The song is solid, catchy, straight forward.
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I like the cover art but I feels very out of place for an Evergrey album.
The song is Evergrey by numbers. It makes perfect sense as a first single.
At this point this is one of the bands that is an automatic buy for me. They aren´t pushing boundaries but anything this lineup has done is of a consistent really high quality.
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That’s exactly what I expect out of a new Evergrey single. Man, I miss the higher pitched grit on his voice (in for example Wake of the Weary or even King of Errors). I wonder if he can still do that or if he just wants to spare his voice for sustainability.
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I really enjoyed that song. it's what you'd expect but I like it's a bit faster and higher energy. MMA vibes from the intro riff and even some shades of Torn era throughout, but better. Nice Tom/Henrik guitar duel as usual too. Tom's solo is really creative once again, love his style.
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Am really tired of that OTT speed drumming stuff these days but thankfully the song is great catchy chorus ticks the usual Evergrey boxes \m/
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This song breaks the usual mould they have been stuck in the last couple of albums just a little bit. Enough to feel at least a little fresh for them.
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Generally agree with the comments so far. I mean, the beginning of the song feels way too "predictable", but the chorus is quite wonderful. The brief guitar harmony part coming out of the solo is very nice. Ok for a first single/opener, hope for some more exciting stuff in the album.
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Yeah, that short little harmony was quite interesting.