What album are you listening to? v.6

[TAC]

Phenomenal 3 track EP. I have all of their stuff Saved on my Spotify already.
This has a 1970's "heavy metal" feel to it. Vocals sound like Eric Bloom/early Chuck Billy.

I'll have to check this out. After their doom-ier beginnings (Curse of Conception is pretty sweet in this regard), they've moved to a more classic-metal sound. For my taste, they hit the sweet spot with Divided By Darkness (which has a healthy dose of 80s metal too). Their last full length is great too.

I listened to this earlier and was left wanting more! All three songs are great. Even though it feels like a love letter to that classic metal era, the song writing is really strong. Wake Up gave me Bark at the Moon vibes 

Yeah, you're right. I was trying to place that riff.

[Trav86]

The Beatles - Please Please Me

[Zydar]

The Neal Morse Band - Innocence & Danger

[Lowdz]

Cats In Space -Atlantis

Vambo - s/t

[Trav86]

Aerosmith - Toys In The Attic

[Crow]

for people who want to listen to the most stupidly indulgent album they've heard in years, here you go

[Polarbear]

God is an Astronaut - S/T
Leprous - Aphelion
Soilwork - A Whisp of the Atlantic

[NoseofNicko]

[TAC]

I gave Leprous another shot. Grabbed their new album...I couldn't make it through the first song and a half.

[NoseofNicko]

I gave Leprous another shot. Grabbed their new album...I couldn't make it through the first song and a half.

You bought it (if I got you right), the least you could do is give it one full listen. The last song is the most metal.

[TAC]

I gave Leprous another shot. Grabbed their new album...I couldn't make it through the first song and a half.

You bought it (if I got you right), the least you could do is give it one full listen. The last song is the most metal.

Grabbed was a bad choice of words.. .. Spotify!!

[ReaperKK]

Oh Wonder - Oh Wonder

[wolfking]

[TAC]

Some good stuff there, Kade!

[wolfking]

Some good stuff there, Kade!

That AS was indeed excellent.

[TAC]

Some good stuff there, Kade!

That AS was indeed excellent.

So I saw them twice on that tour. I saw them in Boston and then the next night in Providence. I can count on one hand how many shows I've been drunk at, but the Providence show was one of them. It was a really small crowd. At the end of the show, I literally jumped on stage and shook Joey's hand. He was like What's up dude? lol

I was um..escorted from the stage.

[jjrock88]

Van Halen- VH1

Guns N Roses- Appetite for Destruction

AC/DC- Back in Black

[Trav86]

UFO - No Place to Run

[TAC]

UFO - No Place to Run

 

[Trav86]

UFO - No Place to Run

 

Yep!

[wolfking]

Some good stuff there, Kade!

That AS was indeed excellent.

So I saw them twice on that tour. I saw them in Boston and then the next night in Providence. I can count on one hand how many shows I've been drunk at, but the Providence show was one of them. It was a really small crowd. At the end of the show, I literally jumped on stage and shook Joey's hand. He was like What's up dude? lol

I was um..escorted from the stage.

You are a madman.  Love it, that's so awesome! 

[Lowdz]

UFO - No Place to Run

 

Yep!

Played that last week in the car. Great album. I think it was actually my first, even before I got Strangers.

[Trav86]

UFO - No Place to Run

 

Yep!

Played that last week in the car. Great album. I think it was actually my first, even before I got Strangers.

I think this was my first time listening to the entire album. It was killer.
 

[WardySI]

Phenomenal 3 track EP. I have all of their stuff Saved on my Spotify already.
This has a 1970's "heavy metal" feel to it. Vocals sound like Eric Bloom/early Chuck Billy.

That was a rather exceptional listen cheers

[nick_z]

[nick_z]

In addition to the classics you have in this batch, I just want to add a shout out for this one. What a great album. This and "Bleed" were such personal takes on the power genre of that period. I thought there was some talk of a comeback...?

[Buddyhunter1]

I gave Leprous another shot. Grabbed their new album...I couldn't make it through the first song and a half.

You bought it (if I got you right), the least you could do is give it one full listen. The last song is the most metal.

Barely.

[nick_z]

UFO - No Place to Run

 

So, I think my past UFO exploration stuck to the albums with Michael Schenker (including Walk on Water), which I find fantastic. Are you all saying I'm missing out? Anyone willing to give me a list of the best ones, outside of Schenker's tenure? 

[Stadler]

UFO - No Place to Run

 

So, I think my past UFO exploration stuck to the albums with Michael Schenker (including Walk on Water), which I find fantastic. Are you all saying I'm missing out? Anyone willing to give me a list of the best ones, outside of Schenker's tenure? 

At a bare minimum, you need to check out the Paul Chapman era.  Mechanix is a top three UFO album for me (find the version with the bonus track, "Heel Of A Stranger").  He is WAYYYYYYY underrated.  Schenker is a better soloist in terms of the notes he plays and the tone, but Chapman has a real knack for writing well-though out solo spots.  They are like mini-compositions within the bigger song.   I love them. 

[twosuitsluke]

Rounding of the bank holiday weekend with a few more new releases.

Hooded Menace - The Tritonus Bell
Turnstile - GLOW ON
White Stones - Dancing into Oblivion
Sculptured - The Liminal Phase

[nick_z]

At a bare minimum, you need to check out the Paul Chapman era.  Mechanix is a top three UFO album for me (find the version with the bonus track, "Heel Of A Stranger").  He is WAYYYYYYY underrated.  Schenker is a better soloist in terms of the notes he plays and the tone, but Chapman has a real knack for writing well-though out solo spots.  They are like mini-compositions within the bigger song.   I love them.

Noted! Thank you 

[TAC]

UFO - No Place to Run

 

So, I think my past UFO exploration stuck to the albums with Michael Schenker (including Walk on Water), which I find fantastic. Are you all saying I'm missing out? Anyone willing to give me a list of the best ones, outside of Schenker's tenure? 

Well, you could spend a few days reading this thread!
https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=55669.0

 


The 4 Paul Chapman albums are terrific. Stadler recommended Mechanix, but my pick of the 4 is easily The Wild The Willing And The Innocent. Paul's solo to close out Profession Of Violence is amazing.

They also did a couple of one off albums, both excellent, with other guitarists.

Of the 5 Vinnie Moore Era albums, I would recommend The Visitor. To me, it's the most consistently good, but they are all growers. Warning: the Vinnie albums are a Shred Free Zone. He displays some immaculate chops, but UFO goes gown a a path of a bluesy but heavier version of the Rolling Stones.
You Are Here, the first with Vinnie is also quite good too.

If you go on to do a little UFO exploratory run, chronicle it in the thread I posted.

[Stadler]

I don't spend a lot of time with the Vinnie Moore years, but I'm a fan of The Monkey Puzzle.

[TAC]

I don't spend a lot of time with the Vinnie Moore years, but I'm a fan of The Monkey Puzzle.

Drink Too Much (One of the best Vinnie Era tracks, might actually be my favorite after The Wild One), Who's Fooling Who, Some Other Guy....such great songs!

[wolfking]

I'll put a vote in for Making Contact in relation to the Chapman albums.