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Re: The Official Vanden Plas Thread
« Reply #105 on: September 25, 2015, 05:10:56 PM »
What's the name of the VP singer? Have they had the same one always?

Andy Kuntz.  They have in fact had the same lineup their whole career.
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« Reply #106 on: September 25, 2015, 05:15:23 PM »
Yup always had the same singer.
Colour Temple is still my face VP, I love the more AOR/melodic style of some of the songs.
It has stood the test of time very well still sounding great.

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Re: The Official Vanden Plas Thread
« Reply #107 on: September 25, 2015, 05:25:53 PM »
CT was the last album from the band that I got, but I love it too.
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« Reply #108 on: September 25, 2015, 05:30:36 PM »
Was my first VP CD many many years ago.
I first heard them in the early 1990's, I was trading tapes with a French pen-pal.
He sent me a tape with Soul Survives on it and I was hooked.

Still one of the most consistent bands around, always delivering quality releases.

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Re: The Official Vanden Plas Thread
« Reply #109 on: September 25, 2015, 05:34:43 PM »
What's the name of the VP singer? Have they had the same one always?

Andy Kuntz.  They have in fact had the same lineup their whole career.

You know, I never heard of any lineup changes, and I've been a longtime fan, and this is still shocking. For bands that are more than a trio to go this long, and put out as many albums as they have, and stay stable is not something you see everyday.
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Re: The Official Vanden Plas Thread
« Reply #110 on: September 25, 2015, 05:39:47 PM »
What's the name of the VP singer? Have they had the same one always?

Andy Kuntz.  They have in fact had the same lineup their whole career.

You know, I never heard of any lineup changes, and I've been a longtime fan, and this is still shocking. For bands that are more than a trio to go this long, and put out as many albums as they have, and stay stable is not something you see everyday.

You're absolutely right, it's an anomoly these days.  21 years since CT was released and about to release their 8th album.

Still one of the most consistent bands around, always delivering quality releases.

Every one of their albums has been high quality and they are seriously getting better and better.
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Re: The Official Vanden Plas Thread
« Reply #111 on: September 25, 2015, 06:38:29 PM »
I'm guessing You Fly, or Rainmaker?


Rainmaker.

It is quite a feat to still have an original lineup after so many years and albums.
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Re: The Official Vanden Plas Thread
« Reply #112 on: September 26, 2015, 04:09:52 PM »
Made a wma cd with all their albums for the car.  Booyahh!

Listened to BD, C1 and CO yesterday, incredible.

Never really gave my full focus to BD before but what an album.  Can't believe I've missed Phoenix and that solo section, holy shit.  That might be one of the greatest solos I've ever heard, seriously.
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Re: The Official Vanden Plas Thread
« Reply #113 on: September 27, 2015, 04:39:24 AM »
Made a wma cd with all their albums for the car.  Booyahh!

Listened to BD, C1 and CO yesterday, incredible.

Never really gave my full focus to BD before but what an album.  Can't believe I've missed Phoenix and that solo section, holy shit.  That might be one of the greatest solos I've ever heard, seriously.

Until Netherworld, it was my favorite album of theirs.  Damn fine band.  Love to see the love for them.
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Re: The Official Vanden Plas Thread
« Reply #114 on: September 27, 2015, 04:42:42 AM »
mate, the more I listen to their older stuff, the more of a fan I am.  Today was CT.  Love the rawer sound and some of the melodies heres are stunning.  Great debut.

Tomorrow will be either be Grace or God Thing.
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Re: The Official Vanden Plas Thread
« Reply #115 on: September 27, 2015, 05:02:20 AM »
mate, the more I listen to their older stuff, the more of a fan I am.  Today was CT.  Love the rawer sound and some of the melodies heres are stunning.  Great debut.

Tomorrow will be either be Grace or God Thing.

Why not both?   :)
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Re: The Official Vanden Plas Thread
« Reply #116 on: September 27, 2015, 05:07:33 AM »
mate, the more I listen to their older stuff, the more of a fan I am.  Today was CT.  Love the rawer sound and some of the melodies heres are stunning.  Great debut.

Tomorrow will be either be Grace or God Thing.

Why not both?   :)

Depends how much driving I need to do with work.  On a normal day can pretty much get a full album in over the course of the day.

Oh, listened to C1 also.  So pumped for the new one.
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Re: The Official Vanden Plas Thread
« Reply #117 on: September 27, 2015, 05:09:28 AM »
mate, the more I listen to their older stuff, the more of a fan I am.  Today was CT.  Love the rawer sound and some of the melodies heres are stunning.  Great debut.

Tomorrow will be either be Grace or God Thing.

Why not both?   :)

Depends how much driving I need to do with work.  On a normal day can pretty much get a full album in over the course of the day.

Oh, listened to C1 also.  So pumped for the new one.

Yeah, I spun that one yesterday too.  Brilliant... just brilliant.  I find it incredibly ironic that the sequel's to both my 2013 and 2014 AOTY are being released on the same day.  I better have my roulette wrapped up by Nov 6th, cuz after that, it'll all be Netherworld II and Free Fall II.
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Re: The Official Vanden Plas Thread
« Reply #118 on: September 27, 2015, 05:25:00 AM »
Fuck yeah man, gonna be a cracker day.  Definitely will have to pre order those ones.

C1 would have easily cracked my top 5 of that year, probably top 3.  Magic album.
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« Reply #119 on: September 27, 2015, 06:58:54 AM »
  I find it incredibly ironic that the sequel's to both my 2013 and 2014 AOTY are being released on the same day. 

would have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
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Re: The Official Vanden Plas Thread
« Reply #120 on: September 27, 2015, 07:49:21 AM »
Finally had a chance to listen to the new song, and yeah, I like it. Definitely feels like a continuation of Chronicles I.

Also, apparently this is the cover:

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« Reply #121 on: September 28, 2015, 05:46:06 AM »
I thought this was the cover;

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« Reply #122 on: September 28, 2015, 05:49:08 AM »
I thought this was the cover;

Oh, right. I forgot about this image. That's probably the cover, it fits more with the first album cover.
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Re: The Official Vanden Plas Thread
« Reply #123 on: October 01, 2015, 04:31:28 PM »
So I come back home from Anathema concert, and look what shows up in my inbox...



First listen will ensue tomorrow! I'll let you guys know how awesome it is. :biggrin:
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« Reply #124 on: October 01, 2015, 09:00:29 PM »
How do this happen?  :lol
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« Reply #125 on: October 01, 2015, 11:54:39 PM »
Probably Frontiers Promo files for reviewers.

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Re: The Official Vanden Plas Thread
« Reply #126 on: October 02, 2015, 05:28:20 AM »
Lucky bastards.
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Re: The Official Vanden Plas Thread
« Reply #127 on: October 02, 2015, 05:39:26 AM »
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Re: The Official Vanden Plas Thread
« Reply #129 on: October 02, 2015, 07:49:53 AM »
Alright, after two listens I can say it's very good, maybe Chronicles Part 1 good. Time will tell.

I won't go into spoilers much, I guess we'll discuss it when you all are able to listen to it. I can say there are some great reprises of Part 1, some outstanding new material too. I'm not sold on two songs out of ten nine now, but I think they have a potential to grow on me. Also, I suppose I can reveal that one song is longer than 13 minutes.

I wonder if I'm allowed send my favourite song from this to Chad in his roulette and get the first place. :lol
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Re: The Official Vanden Plas Thread
« Reply #130 on: October 02, 2015, 08:08:42 AM »
Yes, you are.  Same for if/when you get FreeFall II
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« Reply #131 on: October 02, 2015, 12:02:53 PM »
Lucky bastards.

Well not really, I used to hate getting mp3 for reviews.
Poor quality in general and your doing free promo for the band/label and you're don't even get a CD for your efforts.

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« Reply #132 on: October 02, 2015, 12:18:48 PM »
Lucky bastards.

Well not really, I used to hate getting mp3 for reviews.
Poor quality in general and your doing free promo for the band/label and you're don't even get a CD for your efforts.

Dunno, this promo is 256 kbps mp3, and so are most of my music files on PC. CD quality is better, but nothing I couldn't live without. *shrug*

And I think our attitudes towards reviewing stuff are really the opposites. I'm not reviewing the albums for the band, and I certainly don't want anything for my efforts — if I like the album, I'm going to buy it regardless of having the promo files — I'm mostly doing it because I enjoy writing and sharing my thoughts about music in general. If the band reads my review, great, if not, I know other people will read it and maybe end up checking out the album; and even if they won't, I know I had fun writing it.

And I'm not even going to do a review of this Vanden Plas album... another colleague of mine already snatched this one for her review list. So an early listen for free? I'd count myself lucky indeed. And I'm going to get this album on CD anyway, it's great, I'd say it's another contender for AOTY. :tup
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« Reply #133 on: October 02, 2015, 12:39:02 PM »
Yup, they showed up in my inbox too,  still haven't downloaded it yet though..... 

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« Reply #134 on: October 02, 2015, 03:34:54 PM »
Actually our attitudes are pretty similar, I did enjoy sharing my thoughts with others.
I am a little bitter though, when in 2009 I was threatened with legal action, after being falsely accused of illegally spreading watermarked promo files.
The label in question has their lawyer send me a letter, with multi million euro court case threat.
Thankfully it never got to that stage, but be very careful what and who you share official label files with.

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« Reply #135 on: October 02, 2015, 05:14:23 PM »
Who do you guys write your reviews for?  Is it for specific websites or something?
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« Reply #136 on: October 02, 2015, 05:43:20 PM »
Who do you guys write your reviews for?  Is it for specific websites or something?

Both Ruslan and I write for Nem (LadyObscure.com)


As to the files, mine don't go beyond my computer and music player. Even when I got the IQ tracks early I didn't share them with my brother, I made him wait...... :biggrin:

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« Reply #137 on: October 02, 2015, 06:18:07 PM »
Who do you guys write your reviews for?  Is it for specific websites or something?

Both Ruslan and I write for Nem (LadyObscure.com)


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« Reply #138 on: October 15, 2015, 07:24:07 PM »
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« Reply #139 on: October 15, 2015, 07:35:00 PM »
Another new song...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk_ZoEk5XEU

Freaking awesome.  This is gonna be great.
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