What album are you listening to? v.4

[TAC]

I didn't pick up that Europe, but I might get the new one coming out with the live DVD.

Neither did I.  It's pretty solid none-the-less, but not what I put in the 'purchase-worthy' column

So it's "solid" but not "purchase worthy"? Maybe it's not all that solid.

[jingle.boy]

I didn't pick up that Europe, but I might get the new one coming out with the live DVD.

Neither did I.  It's pretty solid none-the-less, but not what I put in the 'purchase-worthy' column

So it's "solid" but not "purchase worthy"? Maybe it's not all that solid.

Spotify is your friend.

[TAC]

I've heard that!

[Lowdz]

I quite liked War of Kings and did buy it. Bloody typical that a special edition comes out to give the fans the finger.
Decent album, and I've not really been into the reformed albums. I did revisit bag of bones on the back of enjoying WoK and enjoyed that too.

[wolfking]

I did actually hear a bit of it and thought the same as Chad, but a live concert DVD just might tip the scales and make me buy it.  Depending on price of course.

[Lowdz]

YouTube crawling

Heathen - evolution of chaos 

Crying Steel - on the prowl

Time machine - Galileo act II

Grave digger - rheingold . Didn't love the vocals but some great stuff on this.

[TAC]

I've tried Grave Digger too, and I want to like them, but the vocals..

[wolfking]

I got quite a few Grave Digger albums, good band.  Chris' vocals are an acquired taste, but I have no problem with them.  I haven't got Rheingold though.  Excalibur and Knights of the Cross are fantastic.

[TAC]

It doesn't make sense, and I can't explain why, but I love this album.

[jingle.boy]

I did actually hear a bit of it and thought the same as Chad, but a live concert DVD just might tip the scales and make me buy it.  Depending on price of course.

Ditto.

It doesn't make sense, and I can't explain why, but I love this album.

Boy, there's an understatement!!

[TAC]

The music is fantastic. Listening to these vocals is like watching porn while having a cavity filled. Consider me distracted!

[wolfking]

The music is fantastic. Listening to these vocals is like watching porn while having a cavity filled. Consider me distracted!

 

Still gotta listen to it.

Maybe it's on spotify. 

[Calvin6s]

The music is fantastic. Listening to these vocals is like watching porn while having a cavity filled. Consider me distracted!

Taking notes.  This must be the new ultimate happy ending.

[TAC]

Maybe it's on spotify. 

It is!

[Crow]

i've listened to this twice now and i get the impression that, while it's okay, a lot of the songs are overlong
also cds may or may not exist and are rare if they do? which is annoying since i won't get vinyl and mp3's are lame
so i doubt i'll end up getting this any time soon considering i don't exactly love it and it's not easy to get either

there is no food is still great though, probably because it's one of the few succinct songs on the album

[jjrock88]

Guns n Roses- Use Your Illusion 1&2

[jingle.boy]

The music is fantastic. Listening to these vocals is like watching porn while having a cavity filled. Consider me distracted!

 

Still gotta listen to it.

Maybe it's on spotify. 

I think it'll completely float your boat.

[bl5150]

That hair     The cover on the right has a young Viv Campbell far left.

The last Europe album I purchased is Prisoners In Paradise 

[jingle.boy]

The last Europe album I purchased is Prisoners In Paradise

That was me for a long time as well - hell, I didn't even know they reformed until a couple of years ago.  Grabbed the 2000's albums, and they were all pretty good.  Nothing that would match PiP, but certainly better than Out of This World.  Bag of Bones and Last Look at Eden both had a lot of replay value.

[wolfking]

The music is fantastic. Listening to these vocals is like watching porn while having a cavity filled. Consider me distracted!

 

Still gotta listen to it.

Maybe it's on spotify. 

I think it'll completely float your boat.

From what I've heard, I liked it a lot.  Tim's opinion on this is astonishing.

[TAC]

The only song I don't like is Resurgence, where they try and be all metal and heavy. But the music on the rest is so ridiculously cool.

[TAC]

The last Europe album I purchased is Prisoners In Paradise

The last one I purchased was The Final Countdown (was that even the title?)

[wolfking]

The last Europe album I purchased is Prisoners In Paradise

The last one I purchased was The Final Countdown (was that even the title?)

Yes, and it's a great album.

[Lucien]

Gustav Mahler - Symphony #2 "Resurrection"

 

[Crow]

apparently Caladan Brood is heavily influenced by this but
i dunno, at least there i could have suspension of disbelief that the orchestration was real and not just synths
but here it's so apparent that they're fake and bleh. both are solid though, at the very least 
but i think i prefer Caladan Brood's album to this, even with the loud tambourine-ing

side-note lists, everyone loves them right
here's the top 5 BM albums i want to get rn
1. Alrakis - Alpha Eri
2. Saor - Aura
3. Negura Bunget - OM
4. Enslaved - Riitiir
5. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

i dunno if agalloch actually technically qualifies? probably
the others for sure do though
there's others i want to get eventually but yeah i am liking exploring this genre a lot

[Accelerando]

Demon Hunter - self-titled. Turning back time to my middle school years.

[jingle.boy]

The last Europe album I purchased is Prisoners In Paradise

The last one I purchased was The Final Countdown (was that even the title?)

It's 2015 calling Tim... it wants you to come join us.

[jingle.boy]

Just listened to these back-to-back.  'Twas glorious.

[wolfking]

Should receive my copy in the next day or so.

[Nothingface]

Heathen - evolution of chaos 

One of the greatest albums of the last decade or so. I'm dying to hear a follow-up (next year, maybe?)

[Crow]

first: decent mathy prog rock, but i think i got all i'll get out of this on one listen, it's not too engaging
second: it's an enslaved album. felt lighter than all their others i guess but yeah
third: this is just a mess, all the longer songs meander aimlessly and go nowhere with no payoff or really much of any emotional weight. maybe further listens would change this opinion but i'm not sure i want to give it further listens, unforunately 

[Crow]

also proggy math rock, but jazzy too
this band has the good sense to make their music ~fun~ though and that makes this feel a lot more alive than the last one, shame it's rather short but i enjoyed this a fair bit

[Art]

[Train of Naught]

[wolfking]

It doesn't make sense, and I can't explain why, but I love this album.

I'm listening to it now, but will only listen to a couple of tracks before I gotta crash for the night.  It's quite brilliant, all of it.  I love pretty much everything going on.

The music is fantastic. Listening to these vocals is like watching porn while having a cavity filled. Consider me distracted!

Tim, I'm actually really surprised you are enjoying this so much.  Your opinion on the growls I can sort of relate to when I started listening.  I started with In Flames The Jester Race and a couple of Soilwork albums.  I remember listening to the In Flames thinking it was the most absurb, dumbest excuse for vocals I had ever heard, but at the same time was so captivated and couldn't stop listening.  It was quite an experience getting into growls and I'll never forgot the feeling.  I think your discription makes sense to me.

This album I think could be purchase worthy.