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Re: Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant, May 22nd!
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Re: Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant, May 22nd!
« Reply #141 on: April 09, 2020, 06:36:27 PM »
 :metal I like Tempest better but this is pretty solid

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Re: Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant, May 22nd!
« Reply #142 on: April 10, 2020, 08:05:29 AM »
Both released songs sound terrific. Looking forward to seeing how the rest of Rise Radiant turns out! :metal
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Re: Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant, May 22nd!
« Reply #144 on: May 07, 2020, 06:30:17 PM »
Alright, so keep in mind I have no point in reference in this band other than the new album, but I've been digging it a lot.
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Re: Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant, May 22nd!
« Reply #145 on: May 07, 2020, 06:40:38 PM »
New single

https://youtu.be/S7dJeSCAv_8

 :metal :metal awesome song on first listen

Alright, so keep in mind I have no point in reference in this band other than the new album, but I've been digging it a lot.

The three singles are all good, their last two albums are stellar.  Definitely a band on the rise IMO, should have been seeing them in 20 days  :sadpanda:

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Re: Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant, May 22nd!
« Reply #146 on: May 08, 2020, 01:37:15 AM »
I'm deliberately not listening to this stuff until I get my hands on the album (assuming the physical format will even ship in these times). Three singles released already and the reactions I've seen on social media seem very promising. I bet this is going to be great.
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Re: Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant, May 22nd!
« Reply #147 on: May 18, 2020, 03:57:58 PM »
The singles were nice, but they don't do Rise radiant justice. I like how the band developed their heavy side on the last two albums but I also missed the finely crafted soft sections from Tide, Thief & River. Rise radiant offers everything from the band's repertoir in a brief 45min runtime without ever appearing rushed or tonally inconsistent.

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Re: Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant, May 22nd!
« Reply #148 on: May 19, 2020, 10:28:03 PM »
Avoided the singles. My import digipak with the bonus tracks shipped from Laser CD today. Hoping to get it by the weekend but the USPS has really lost the plot these last few weeks. I had a CD go back and forth up the Atlantic coast for almost 10 days before they finally sent it the right way. Worse yet, once my stuff hits Chicago, it's been taking 6-8 days to go the final 60 miles to get to me. It's usually a day, 2 tops.
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Re: Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant, May 22nd!
« Reply #149 on: May 20, 2020, 05:43:54 AM »
I've avoided the singles too. Friday's gonna be fun.
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Re: Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant, May 22nd!
« Reply #150 on: May 20, 2020, 05:46:01 AM »
Looking forward to Friday as well.  I loved the singles but only listened a couple times each to not get too familiar with them. 

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Re: Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant, May 22nd!
« Reply #151 on: May 21, 2020, 10:45:49 PM »
well, this album sure exists

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Re: Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant, May 22nd!
« Reply #152 on: May 22, 2020, 07:03:28 AM »
Modern well-known prog band with clean vocals: releases a new album

Cyril: this album sure exists

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Re: Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant, May 22nd!
« Reply #153 on: May 22, 2020, 07:06:52 AM »
well, this album sure exists

eh, first impression isn't too flattering for me as well. Certainly good moments, but nothing that stuck on first listen at all. Will listen again tomorrow!
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Re: Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant, May 22nd!
« Reply #154 on: May 22, 2020, 07:10:19 AM »
Finished my first and probably last listen this morning, mehhhhhh, I doubt this band will ever top Thief Tide / Bloom
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Re: Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant, May 22nd!
« Reply #155 on: May 22, 2020, 07:13:12 AM »
Wow bunch of poo-pooers in this thread. I find this band to be one whose records grow after the first listen, they're not immediately satisfying. Looking forward to checking it out in about an hour. Their live show made me an even bigger fan of them, really excited for this one.
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Re: Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant, May 22nd!
« Reply #156 on: May 22, 2020, 07:14:50 AM »
Wow bunch of poo-pooers in this thread. I find this band to be one whose records grow after the first listen, they're not immediately satisfying. Looking forward to checking it out in about an hour. Their live show made me an even bigger fan of them, really excited for this one.

Not at all, I think they're a great band and I want to like it (which is why I pre-ordered it), so I will listen again tomorrow.
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Re: Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant, May 22nd!
« Reply #157 on: May 22, 2020, 07:29:55 AM »
Wow bunch of poo-pooers in this thread. I find this band to be one whose records grow after the first listen, they're not immediately satisfying.
Indeed. First listen sounded very solid but not all of it was particularly immediate, so it'll take more listens. But it definitely sounds up there with their other albums.

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Re: Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant, May 22nd!
« Reply #158 on: May 22, 2020, 07:45:14 AM »
I think music boards where only positive comments are allowed wouldn't make for very interesting conversation to be honest, but I can elaborate sure.

I believe the band got stuck in a loop in my opinion, they became much more reliant on the vocals since everything else blends together a ton for me since the In Contact album. Actually, since Bloom already, but that one had a bunch of strong melodies that I believe the next two are lacking a bit. To be fair, In Contact still had some really strong moments though whereas this one fell completely flat for me. If I can take away any kind of positive experience I never hesitate to revisit albums though, I don't easily discard stuff if I have the feeling I'll like it more.

But at least it's an objectively better album than the latest Green Day and Blink-182 albums :metal
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Re: Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant, May 22nd!
« Reply #159 on: May 22, 2020, 07:46:24 AM »
I never, ever said only positive comments were allowed. It was a cheeky comment, sheesh  :lol
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« Reply #160 on: May 22, 2020, 07:58:38 AM »
I think music boards where only positive comments are allowed wouldn't make for very interesting conversation to be honest
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Re: Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant, May 22nd!
« Reply #161 on: May 22, 2020, 08:37:22 AM »
Loving the first spin, such a sublime output. :heart

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Re: Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant, May 22nd!
« Reply #162 on: May 22, 2020, 08:40:53 AM »
Just got the digital download on amazon, I'll report back when I have an opinion to share but I'm hopeful regardless of the few meh responses so far.  Prog albums don't tend to click on first listen for me so if it doesn't I won't equate that to a poor release, just will listen a bit more before I come to that conclusion.

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Re: Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant, May 22nd!
« Reply #163 on: May 22, 2020, 09:28:40 AM »
it didn't even sound like a "prog" album to me tho. it's like an alt-metal album that occasionally has proggy moments.

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Re: Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant, May 22nd!
« Reply #164 on: May 22, 2020, 09:30:37 AM »
Yeah this is fantastic imo. Maybe it's just because I'm accustomed to their sound now, saw 'em live etc. but the first impression of this record is better than the others I've heard (I think there's still 1 or 2 albums I need to go listen to). I really like Rise Radiant!!
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« Reply #165 on: May 22, 2020, 09:47:44 AM »
it didn't even sound like a "prog" album to me tho. it's like an alt-metal album that occasionally has proggy moments.

Yea, that makes sense because they've got that alt-metal in them all along too.  First listen in and I enjoyed it, but can't comment more.  Maybe it's also because I LOVE Jim Grey's vocals that it doesn't need to be all proggy, alt-metal with him singing would still be awesome to me.  However, the album still has some prog in it, but maybe not enough to be an all out prog album, but that also fits me better too for what I like.  I am putting it back on now.  :metal

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« Reply #166 on: May 22, 2020, 10:22:41 AM »
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« Reply #167 on: May 22, 2020, 10:25:20 AM »
Salt is so damn great.

Yea, that stuck out on my first two listens.  Im definitely enjoying this.

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« Reply #168 on: May 22, 2020, 10:40:04 AM »
it didn't even sound like a "prog" album to me tho. it's like an alt-metal album that occasionally has proggy moments.

I mean I don't know, I haven't even listened to it yet :)

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« Reply #169 on: May 22, 2020, 11:55:52 AM »
I really can't speak to how other people listen to music, because clearly a lot of people experience it very differently from how I do, but there are a ton of albums that I don't even have much of an impression of after one listen. This was definitely true of Bloom and In Contact.
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« Reply #170 on: May 22, 2020, 01:51:06 PM »
In Contact was somewhat immediate for me, but Bloom took ages to grow on me. This one sounds somewhere between the two.

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Re: Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant, May 22nd!
« Reply #171 on: May 22, 2020, 03:59:33 PM »
Relistening to In Contact after this one and yeah In Contact was a lot better/more vibrant & powerful than this new one

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« Reply #172 on: May 22, 2020, 04:11:56 PM »
but GOD that spoken word track is so terrible.
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« Reply #173 on: May 22, 2020, 04:17:34 PM »
In Contact took time to grow but Bloom was more immediate for me, I think because it starts so damn strong.  This album will take time to grow but I can't find anything immediately poor about it to complain about. 

Also, since my job let us log off at noon today and I had been working on getting clips ready for a call of duty music video, figured why not put it to Valkyrie, seems appropriate plus that's a good short rocker. 

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but GOD that spoken word track is so terrible.

I think it works alright in context to the next song and his emotion is good in the way he speaks, but I also have no desire to ever want to listen to it

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Re: Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant, May 22nd!
« Reply #174 on: May 22, 2020, 04:20:13 PM »
but GOD that spoken word track is so terrible.
We are not a match.
It's maybe a 1.8