Quick thoughts on CDs I've (Steph) been playing, to be reviewed in a future update (all over the next few weeks) ... updated July 23, 2006
- Age Of Nemesis - Psychogeist (this is the Hungarian band formerly known as Nemesis, now signed to Magna Carta) - prog metal with a Dream Theater flavor.
- Brother Ape - On The Other Side
- Doppler, Inc. - Nu Instrumetal - jazz fusion
- Galleon - Mind Over Matter
- Glass Hammer - Inconsolable Secret
- Hackett, Steve and the Underworld Orchestra - Metamorpheus
- Tony Levin - Resonator
- Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
- Niacin - Organik - more Hammond based fusion
- Ozric Tentacles - The Floor's Too Far Away
- Presto Ballet - Peace Among The Ruins - melodic metal, somewhat proggy in Dream Theater-esque mode
- Under The Sun - Schematism - On Stage With Under The Sun - a live release from their NEARfest performance, given a "on the stage" pov
You can see, I was trying to get ready for NEARfest and CalProg... among others...
Not newer releases, but they have been in and out of the rotation...
- Arena - Contagion - dipped back to this in prep for last April's ROSFest... I like a lot...
- Edguy - Mandrake - more appealing to me than the EP that preceded their latest...
- Marillion - Brave - 90s-00's Marillion near masterpiece, haunting, hard-edged, subtle, all the best aspects of Marillion...
- Litto Nebia - El Vendedor... - 70s release with a soft-rock, jazz progressive feel for the most part - think Ambrosia, only sung in Spanish...
- Avantasia - Metal Opera (I & II) - yes, it's several years old now... epic power metal from Edguy vocalist Tobias Sammet...
- Melbourne - Night Star - expected pop... it is... kinda arty though with female vox...
Since folks are inquiring - and rightly so - "when are you going to review my CD?"... here's what's waiting in the immediate wings (in no particular order) -- and right now I am focusing on 2005 releases (and 2006)... and you'll also see a theme here... *
- Ticonderoga - The Helling-Levine LP (will the 2nd better the first?)
- DarXtar - We Came To Late
- Sympozion - Kundabuffer
- Dice - Without Vs. Within Pt. 1
- Dimmu Borgir - Stormblåst (yeh, more black/death/extreme metal)
- Seismic Cry - The Hopeless Flare
- Bryant, Gary Paul - Imaginary Piano
- Brainstorm - Liquid Monster
- Magellan - Symphony For A Misanthrope
- Allen, Russell - Atomic Soul
That's the plan for the next several weeks...
* if it came out before then, don't fret, I will review it... I promise. :-)
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