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Re: Big Hath's Top 50 Albums v. Counting Nocturnal Hours
« Reply #420 on: January 08, 2013, 12:53:00 AM »
One of the best albums of all time.  :metal
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Re: Big Hath's Top 50 Albums v. Counting Nocturnal Hours
« Reply #421 on: January 08, 2013, 01:54:08 AM »
You won't hear any complaint from me about this one. Except that it's too low :P
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Re: Big Hath's Top 50 Albums v. Counting Nocturnal Hours
« Reply #422 on: January 08, 2013, 02:24:38 AM »
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You won't hear any complaint from me about this one. Except that it's too low :P
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Re: Big Hath's Top 50 Albums v. Counting Nocturnal Hours
« Reply #423 on: January 08, 2013, 02:39:18 AM »
"but it was this album that drew me in completely, particularly the song "Bleak"."

I have the same opinion  :tup
The Leper Affinity also drew me in because of the guitar solo and the great clean section.
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« Reply #424 on: January 08, 2013, 02:41:03 AM »
Great album. I like it better than I did back in the summer when I discovered it, mostly because Dirge for November and The Funeral portrait grew on me quite a bit. And The Drapery falls is one of my favorite Opeth songs.  :smiley:
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Re: Big Hath's Top 50 Albums v. Counting Nocturnal Hours
« Reply #425 on: January 08, 2013, 03:07:29 AM »
Quote from: Mladen on January 08, 2013, 02:41:03 AM
Great album. I like it better than I did back in the summer when I discovered it, mostly because Dirge for November and The Funeral portrait grew on me quite a bit. And The Drapery falls is one of my favorite Opeth songs.  :smiley:
The Drapery Falls IS my favorite Opeth song.
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Re: Big Hath's Top 50 Albums v. Counting Nocturnal Hours
« Reply #426 on: January 08, 2013, 04:53:54 AM »
You really can't go wrong with Blackwater Park.
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Re: Big Hath's Top 50 Albums v. Counting Nocturnal Hours
« Reply #427 on: January 08, 2013, 06:07:25 AM »
You know... I recognize that these are two behemoth's when it comes to prog metal albums, but these are two bands I just can't get in to no matter how much I try.  :dunno:
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Re: Big Hath's Top 50 Albums v. Counting Nocturnal Hours
« Reply #428 on: January 08, 2013, 07:28:39 AM »
Great album. Death growls aren't really my thing, but these are done with such passion that I can live with that. Bleak is one of my favorites.
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« Reply #429 on: January 08, 2013, 08:44:00 AM »
Quote from: jingle.boy on January 08, 2013, 06:07:25 AM
You know... I recognize that these are two behemoth's when it comes to prog metal albums, but these are two bands I just can't get in to no matter how much I try.  :dunno:

jingle, you're just doing it wrong.  ;)

Those two albums are almost perfect in their execution, so much so that I feel like trying to explain why would be like describing colors to a blind man.
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Re: Big Hath's Top 50 Albums v. Counting Nocturnal Hours
« Reply #430 on: January 08, 2013, 09:29:21 AM »
Quote from: jingle.boy on January 08, 2013, 06:07:25 AM
You know... I recognize that these are two behemoth's when it comes to prog metal albums, but these are two bands I just can't get in to no matter how much I try.  :dunno:

I'm with you. These names pop up all the time on DTF and I have tried on a number of occasions to listen to different songs from them on YouTube. Doesn't do anything for me.
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Re: Big Hath's Top 50 Albums v. Counting Nocturnal Hours
« Reply #431 on: January 08, 2013, 10:04:27 AM »
I can understand not getting Opeth but come on, Porcupine Tree? That's just... I don't know how you couldn't love them :P
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Re: Big Hath's Top 50 Albums
« Reply #432 on: January 08, 2013, 07:51:26 PM »
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"Sick liaisons raised this monumental mark
THE SUN SETS FOREVER OVER BLACKWATER PARK!"

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When we did the Opeth album rankings, I had BWP as my top song.  Honestly?  BWP, Bleak, and The Funeral Portrait place themselves at the top constantly.  There's a DAMN good reason this album is probably my favorite of my Top 3 Opeth albums (this, Still Life and Ghost Reveries) - I've posted this before, and imma post it again...
 
BWP is a STELLAR album.
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« Reply #433 on: January 08, 2013, 07:57:53 PM »
Fantastic album, defnitely Top 10 worthy.

I don't know what jingle is doing wrong, but he clearly isn't doing it right.
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Re: Big Hath's Top 50 Albums v. Counting Nocturnal Hours
« Reply #434 on: January 08, 2013, 07:58:31 PM »
 :rollin
 
Oh, and Hath should've made the version "DEADLY BADGERS". :jets:
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Re: Big Hath's Top 50 Albums v. Counting Nocturnal Hours
« Reply #435 on: January 08, 2013, 08:00:03 PM »
Really never could get into Opeth. Tried multiple times. Just don't like it.
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Re: Big Hath's Top 50 Albums v. Counting Nocturnal Hours
« Reply #436 on: January 08, 2013, 08:07:58 PM »
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Oh, and Hath should've made the version "DEADLY BADGERS". :jets:

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« Reply #437 on: January 08, 2013, 08:08:29 PM »
BWP was my first foray into the greatness that is Opeth. I still remember it clearly, it was so incredible.

When The Leper Affinity first came on I was like,  :eek. Then when I heard the first section of Bleak I was like  :\, but when the 2nd section started with the clean vocal's I went to  :o, and when it went to the bridge instrumental/solo and built to the end I was like  :omg:. At that point, I knew I didn't like growls, but I still loved what I heard and I was hooked. From then on it's been nothing but  :hefdaddy
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« Reply #438 on: January 08, 2013, 08:14:27 PM »
I bought Blackwater Park but it took me a long time to finally listen to it. I hated the idea of death growls, and I must have had the album for at least a month before I finally put it on. I was stunned on first listen. Its a great album and Bleak is one of my favorite songs.
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Re: Big Hath's Top 50 Albums v. Counting Nocturnal Hours
« Reply #439 on: January 08, 2013, 09:36:31 PM »
I have mixed feelings about this album. It has glimmers of potential here and there but ultimately is quite far from what I generally like. Given your superb taste in genres across the board, however, I'm willing to try it out again just to see if it'll finally click.
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« Reply #440 on: January 08, 2013, 09:45:51 PM »
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« Reply #441 on: January 08, 2013, 09:47:22 PM »
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I have mixed feelings about this album. It has glimmers of potential here and there but ultimately is quite far from what I generally like. Given your superb taste in genres across the board, however, I'm willing to try it out again just to see if it'll finally click.

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Re: Big Hath's Top 50 Albums v. Counting Nocturnal Hours
« Reply #442 on: January 08, 2013, 09:55:00 PM »
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« Reply #445 on: January 08, 2013, 10:44:28 PM »
Quote from: Orthogonal on January 08, 2013, 08:08:29 PM
BWP was my first foray into the greatness that is Opeth. I still remember it clearly, it was so incredible.

When The Leper Affinity first came on I was like,  :eek. Then when I heard the first section of Bleak I was like  :\, but when the 2nd section started with the clean vocal's I went to  :o, and when it went to the bridge instrumental/solo and built to the end I was like  :omg:. At that point, I knew I didn't like growls, but I still loved what I heard and I was hooked. From then on it's been nothing but  :hefdaddy

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« Reply #446 on: January 08, 2013, 11:52:32 PM »
#9 - Symphony X - The Divine Wings of Tragedy (1997)



This was my introduction to Symphony X.  I still remember the day it came in the mail from Amazon.  I opened the case and looked at the picture of the band in the liner notes and thought, "oh my, what have I gotten myself into".  They were dressed in kind of medieval/renaissance clothing and I thought there was NO WAY a band that looked like this would interest me.

Then that awesome riff from "Of Sins And Shadows" came pouring out of the speakers.  Good lord, who is this guitarist?  Then came those awesome vocals.  Holy crap, who is this singer?  Allen's vocals on this album were far more theatrical than any I had heard before in the rock/metal world.  The galloping riff in the first couple of verses is great, and I love the harmonized vocals trading with the band in the bridge section - those little chugging licks are awesome.  And that solo section is completely out of this world.  Being a bass player, that opening line to "Sea of Lies" was right up my alley and it completely drew me in.  I think I replayed that opening section about five times before I listened to the rest of the song.  I love that quiet part at the beginning of the second verse in "Sea of Lies".  Another completely awesome solo section here.  "The Accolade" instantly became one of my favorite songs - so many great things about it.  Great melodies, great riffs, great vocals, great solos . . . I could go on and on.  Eventually we get to the title track - and in the extended intro, ye gods, we get a quote from freaking "Mars" of Holt's Planets.  20 minutes of awesome.  And the closer is one of my favorite Symphony X songs, "Candlelight Fantasia".  The verse just before the first chorus has a relatively clean-tone picked guitar underneath the vocal melody, which grabs me every time.  Then just after the solo section, the song jumps from good to great with Allen's ethereal vocals and a return of the picked guitar part on the next verse.

After my first listen, I knew this band, and this album in particular, was going to be one of my favorites.

"Across the seas through sands of time
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« Reply #447 on: January 09, 2013, 12:26:12 AM »
Verrrry good. The Accolade is beyond awesome.
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« Reply #448 on: January 09, 2013, 02:05:07 AM »
My 2nd favorite SX album right behind The Odyssey.
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« Reply #449 on: January 09, 2013, 02:09:45 AM »
Favourite SX album, and my introduction to the band :tup
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« Reply #450 on: January 09, 2013, 04:06:27 AM »
SX is beyond awesome!
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« Reply #451 on: January 09, 2013, 04:08:26 AM »
My third favourite SX album. Some weaker songs in the middle keep it from ascending ever further, but the highs that this album reaches are stellar.
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« Reply #452 on: January 09, 2013, 05:26:12 AM »
Beauty album right there.  Not my favorite S-X disc... you'll have to tune in to my top 50 list to find out where it sits.

What inspired you to buy it ... given your trepidation on the 'appearance' of the band in the liner notes?
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« Reply #453 on: January 09, 2013, 08:46:29 AM »
Quote from: jingle.boy on January 09, 2013, 05:26:12 AM
Beauty album right there.  Not my favorite S-X disc... you'll have to tune in to my top 50 list to find out where it sits.

What inspired you to buy it ... given your trepidation on the 'appearance' of the band in the liner notes?

I had seen mentions of the band in passing on various Rush and Dream Theater related message boards, but I think the main thing was Amazon had the album on my recommendations list.  They were spot on with that one!
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« Reply #454 on: January 09, 2013, 09:51:18 AM »
Another great album, Big Hath!  :tup
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