<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2263869571404495198</id><updated>2024-09-27T07:13:42.086+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Metal Inquisition</title><subtitle type='html'>Welcome home, it&#39;s been too long, we&#39;ve missed you...&#xa;&#xa;Welcome home, we&#39;ve opened up the gates</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://minquisition.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2263869571404495198/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://minquisition.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Sotis M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16030376326525141844</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHqoEdl5DxNFPP9PrunY7VY6cC1exGpGlwWCqtb3M70GW8SLQVCie2BKPh8AV7NJR2agZyxyGBJRHoPtpFnkdsAPq3YWY6jMRwC-BaHSs79T9qrItRi1DGFGniPwQdis8/s220/62870_1473982241817_1001491078_31068399_8245615_n.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>14</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2263869571404495198.post-1217144580678699233</id><published>2012-11-11T14:20:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2012-11-11T14:32:08.008+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Kamelot - Silverthorn (2012)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Genre:&lt;/span&gt; Progressive Melodic Metal&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Country:&lt;/span&gt; USA&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Members:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tommy Karevic&amp;nbsp;(Vocals)&lt;br /&gt;
Thomas 
Youngblood (Guitars)&lt;br /&gt;
Casey Grillo (Drums)&lt;br /&gt;
Oliver Palotai (Keyboards)&lt;br /&gt;
Sean Tibbetts (Bass)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Website:&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kamelot.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #888888;&quot;&gt;http://www.kamelot.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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It&#39;s been about one and a half year since &quot;Poetry for the Poisoned&quot; and thousands &lt;br /&gt;
of fans have been waiting impatiently for the next addition to Kamelot&#39;s album &lt;br /&gt;
list.The anxienty grew as rumors of Roy Khan&#39;s departure from the band emerged and &lt;br /&gt;
many (including me) believed that Kamelot would never recover from this blow.Thus, &lt;br /&gt;
it was to my great pleasure when the band announced that they where working on a &lt;br /&gt;
new album and that a new singer had been found to fill the gap Kahn left &lt;br /&gt;
behind.Time passed, the album was released and so here is my humble opinion on its &lt;br /&gt;
many aspects.&lt;br /&gt;
This album&#39;s music style seems like a mixture of &quot;Ghost Opera&quot; and &quot;Black Halo&quot; &lt;br /&gt;
with more of the former and less of the latter.This is by no means bad since this &lt;br /&gt;
new style is a combination of darker and lighter themes which intertwine to create a &lt;br /&gt;
unique atmosphere.While listening to the album you&#39;ll probably feel like you&#39;re &lt;br /&gt;
walking through a shady scenery which is sporadically illuminated by rays of &lt;br /&gt;
light.In order to achieve this, Kamelot have masterfully used their skill in &lt;br /&gt;
creating beautiful melodies and guitar reefs in combination with melodic vocals.&lt;br /&gt;
The rhythm is surprisingly catchy and you&#39;ll find yourself remembering it for quite &lt;br /&gt;
some time after listening to the album.The guitars and keyboards perform &lt;br /&gt;
excellently, focusing more on the complexity of melodies rather than that of &lt;br /&gt;
technique (which is absolutely fine by me).Tommy Karevik&#39;s vocals were the most &lt;br /&gt;
pleasant surprise for me in this album.His voice is very melodical and he manages &lt;br /&gt;
to perform astonishingly in both low and high notes.Also, the backing vocals are &lt;br /&gt;
top quality (as ever) and they add a lot to the album&#39;s style.&lt;br /&gt;
All in all, I believe this album is a very good piece of work by Kamelot and is &lt;br /&gt;
absolutely worthy of being part of the band&#39;s great collection of &lt;br /&gt;
masterpieces.Keep up the good work guys...&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;My favourite songs on the 
album:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: white;&quot;&gt;- Sacrimony (Angel of Afterlife)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: white;&quot;&gt;- Ashes to Ashes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: white;&quot;&gt;- Torn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: white;&quot;&gt;- Veritas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Performance: 9.4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Lyrics: 8.6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Music: 9.0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Genre:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Thrash / Power / Heavy Metal&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Country:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;USA&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Members:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Jon Schaffer - Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Stu Block - Lead Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Troy Seele - Lead Guitar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Freddie Vidales - Bass Guitar&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Brent Smedley - Drums&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Website:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.icedearth.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.icedearth.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This is it. I&#39;d been periodically checking Youtube for a taste of what Stu and ICED EARTH sound since Matt&#39;s departure, about twenty days before the official album release I bumped into a good sample that really cheered me up; a remake of the song &quot;Dante&#39;s Inferno&quot; showed that Stu would fit well in ICED EARTH, bringing his own elements in the band but not carving a brand new route in metal. &lt;u&gt;Dystopia&lt;/u&gt;&amp;nbsp;is far better than the 2008 album if you ask me (the crucible of man. You can read the minquisition &lt;a href=&quot;http://minquisition.blogspot.com/2010/12/iced-earth-crucible-of-man-something.html&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;). The album is more power than thrash, yet with the same, well known thrash riffs by the ingenious soul of ICED EARTH, Jon Schaffer. As written above, Stu Block carried with him a part of his former band (INTO ETERNITY, Canada, melodic, death, power, thrash, almost every genre of metal, worth giving it a try), such as the remarkably high pitched vocals at times. There are some people saying &quot;I could swear that this was Barlow&quot;, they are not quite off the point. The harsh and low vocals are left unchanged, there is no great change in the singing in general and this is, to my mind, a proof that Stu is really open minded, versatile and hard-working. This switch won&#39;t bother the loyal fan, I really welcomed Stu.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;Talking about the instruments&#39; parts, ICED EARTH have added more melody to their songs than in their last album releases. At least I can hear some solo parts that are quite interesting and not simple as it used to be (this adds to the fact that the album is more into power metal), and the two ballads can make &lt;u&gt;Dystopia&lt;/u&gt;&amp;nbsp;sound quite complete. &quot;Anguish of Youth&quot; firstly gave me the impression that it is the successor of &quot;I died for you&quot; from the Dark Saga album. &quot;Tragedy and Triumph&quot;, the longest track on the album, has a dim connection to the Iron Maiden song &quot;Murders in the Rue Morgue&quot; (the second riff really brings me that song to mind) and to &quot;the Incurable Tragedy&quot; by Into Eternity (the last chorus sung by Stu is quite alike to the song&#39;s main melody). This doesn&#39;t make the whole album boring at all, on the contrary, it&#39;s really interesting, the new singer can draw even more attention.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;To sum up, I highly recommend &lt;u&gt;Dystopia&lt;/u&gt;. Counting 2-3 legendary songs and about the same number of interesting songs can&#39;t go unnoticed. The Deluxe Edition can be really good gift for any metal fans!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;My favourite songs on the album:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- Dark City&lt;br /&gt;
- Anthem&lt;br /&gt;
- Anguish of Youth&lt;br /&gt;
- Iron Will&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Genre:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Thrash / Melodic / Death Metal, Metalcore&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Country: &lt;/span&gt;England&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Members:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Josh Middleton - Lead and Rhythm Guitars, Vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Alex Bailey - Lead and Rhythm Guitars&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Carl Parnell - Bass Guitar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Rob Callard - Drums&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Website:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sylosis.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.sylosis.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Although SYLOSIS had been formed about a decade ago, back in 2000, their fist album was released in 2008, showing already their potential in composing music. &lt;u&gt;Edge Of The Earth&lt;/u&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a charm, a proud continuation of &quot;Conclusion Of An Age&quot;. Dynamic and heavy as hell, all the band-mates cooperate perfectly to have an album that won&#39;t let anyone get bored or indifferent. The guitar riffs and the drum playing are phenomenically repeated through the songs and look alike to each other, but this makes the album more compact rather than a plain copy of rhythms and melodies. If you ask me, what makes the album extinctive is the catchy guitar melodies (including the crazy solos and the greatly attached arpeggios), the speedy drum-playing and the diacritical bass line. All these won&#39;t unveil at once but through the time, as the album is played again and again and again...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;There is not much time to relax while listening to &lt;u&gt;Edge Of The Earth&lt;/u&gt;; that&#39;s probably the main con that may bother one that is not that familiar with that music genre. But it&#39;s never too late to make a fresh start!! You can easily give it a try.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;My favourite songs on the album:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;- Empyreal (Part 1)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;- Awakening&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;- Apparitions&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;- Sands Of Time&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Genre: &lt;/span&gt;Instrumental Progressive Metal&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Country: &lt;/span&gt;Norway&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Members: &lt;/span&gt;Jarle H. Olsen - Guitars&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Espen Austestad - Guitars&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Tore Christer Storlid - Bass Guitar&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Bjarte K. Helland - Drums&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Website:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jarleholsen.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.jarleholsen.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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I never thought this album was ever gonna sound like this. So complete, so interesting, so mature, and last but not at least not at all boring or annoying. And I would like to focus on the last characterisation; It is quite common for many Instrumental bands/albums to make the impression that they lack of something, that there is something missing from the whole project. That&#39;s probably (well, apparently speaking for myself but that may be your concern, too) because of the vocals that don&#39;t exist alongside with the instruments, to complement one another. But you don&#39;t have to worry, Quadrasonic is way different than what I wrote just above. It&#39;s almost like having the guitars singing. Jarle H. Olsen, the founder of JARLEHOSLEN (giving his name to the band) is a pretty talented guitarist, having spent a lot of time to come to the point of making his writing come to reality through playing the guitar. And that&#39;s because of the technical difficulties a mediocre (or even higher) guitarist could face trying to play the Uuadrasonic&#39;s songs. Nice prog and heavy riffs, catchy and ingenious solos, relaxing and sexy slow parts are some of the main points of the album. I must not forget to do mention the oriental melodies used at times. The first band that came to my mind while listening to JARLEHOLSEN was SYMPHONY X (probably because of the guitarists, Jarle and Romeo have some common elements).&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;To sum up, this is the album where inspiration meets technique. You gotta give it a try, I highly recommend this to any metal fans. If you like melody and progressive playing, you are gonna love this.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;My favorite songs on the album:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- Pro-10&lt;br /&gt;
- Enigmatic Mind&lt;br /&gt;
- From Deep Within&lt;br /&gt;
- Osiris - Journey to Duat&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Genre:&lt;/span&gt; Power / Melodic / Death Metal&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Country:&lt;/span&gt; Sweden / Denmark&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Members:&lt;/span&gt; &amp;nbsp; Elize Ryd -Female Vocals (2008-present)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Johan Andreassen - Bass (2009-present)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Morten Lowe Sorensen - Drums&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Olof Mörck - Guitars, Keyboards&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Andy Solveström - Harsh Vocals / Screams&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Jake E Berg - Clean Vocals&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Website:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.myspace.com/amaranthemetal&quot;&gt;http://www.myspace.com/amaranthemetal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Sweden is home to some of the most talented metal music artists nowadays.Many bands with worldwide fame come form there and it is very common to see Swedish musicians in a lot of other great bands as well.Apparently many Swedish musicians love to play Metal music that actually &quot;feels&quot; good when you listen to it.One band that consists of such skillful musicians is Amarathe.Their music is a combination of Power and Melodic elements intertwined with Brutal parts.Some might say that sometimes all this mixture of different kinds might end up being tedious but I assure you that this is not the case here.Just as other great innovative bands like Scar Symmetry have done before, Amaranthe blended together the beautiful with the wild and created some real masterpieces.&lt;br /&gt;
The songs in this album consist of beautiful melodies and very nice rhythms.The solos are very powerful (as required) and add to the general progressive style of the songs.Besides this, great work has been done with the keyboards which accompany greatly the melodic / brutal voices of the singers, with Elize&#39;s voice being the most captivating of all.&lt;br /&gt;
All in all, Amaranthe have done quite the job in this debut album of theirs and it seems that their future will be bright.This year they were a support band for Kamelot , though you shouldn&#39;t be surprised to see them have their own tour a couple of years from now.My opinion is that they have set the right base and they have great potential for becoming one of tomorrow&#39;s great Metal bands.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Some of my favorite songs in this album:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- Leave Everything Behind &lt;br /&gt;
- 1.000.000 Light years Away&lt;br /&gt;
- It&#39;s All About Me&lt;br /&gt;
- &amp;nbsp;Act Of Desperation (best song for me)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Genre: &lt;/span&gt;Progressive Melodic Death Metal&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Country: &lt;/span&gt;Sweden&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Members: &lt;/span&gt;Lars (Lerta) Palmqvist - clean vocals&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Roberth Karlsson - brutal&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Per Nilsson - Lead and Rhythm Guitars&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Jonas Kjellgren - Rhythm and Lead Guitars&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Henrik Ohlsson - Drums&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Kenneth Seil - Bass Guitar&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Website:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.scarsymmetry.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.scarsymmetry.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;Well, what to begin with? I&#39;d been waiting for that release for about 2 weeks, it was highly anticipated. I just hoped that this album wouldn&#39;t let me down (to be honest with you, the previous SCAR SYMMETRY album called &quot;Dark Matter Dimensions&quot;, the edge point where the two singers replaced Christian Alvestam and his uncommon talent, wasn&#39;t as good as I expected). And it didn&#39;t! This is SCAR SYMMETRY return, a return back to the old quality songwriting, where lyrics and instruments are combined in a way that only the Swedish metallers can achieve. The first song on &quot;the unseen empire&quot; called &quot;the anomaly&quot; reminds me a bit the band&#39;s hit &quot;the illusionist&quot;, that&#39;s a promising start...&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;The album contains both high and low tempo songs, both soft/smooth/sexy and heavy parts. Creativity is again a main element, and it seems to me that the equilibrium between the clean and brutal vocals has been achieved greatly. Lars and Roberth have found courage, strength, support and experience to overcome the high obstacle called &quot;Christian Alvestam&quot; and the two have established their role in the band&#39;s performance far clearly than in &quot;Dark Matter Dimensions&quot;. I like the fact that synthesizer is wisely used now and then in the songs. SCAR SYMMETRY have more emphatically entered other metal fields as well as our beloved Melodic Death metal, having Progressive metal to be probably the easiest spotted one. Lyrics, talking about the unseen empire that is taking decision over the most important things, are pretty interesting, too.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;To sum it all up, &quot;The Unseen Empire&quot; gets a &quot;thumbs up&quot;, SCAR SYMMETRY do still write great music, and as a consequence this album is a must buy for a prog-melodeath metal fan. The versatility of the album, though, can attract ears from all metal genres.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;My favourite songs on the album:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- The Anomaly&lt;br /&gt;
- Domination Agenda&lt;br /&gt;
- Astronomicon&lt;br /&gt;
- The Draconian Arrival&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Genre:&lt;/span&gt; Progressive Melodic Metal&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Country:&lt;/span&gt; USA&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Members:&lt;/span&gt; Khan (Vocals)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Thomas Youngblood (Guitars)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Casey Grillo (Drums)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Oliver Palotai (Keyboards)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;               &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Sean Tibbett (Bass)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Website:&lt;/span&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kamelot.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.kamelot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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I have to admit that writing this review was pretty difficult for me.This was mainly because Kamelot is one of my favorite bands and I had to try really hard not to misjudge them due to  the great respect I have for them.But it seems that even gods may bleed sometimes, though,for Kamelot even this has its own special beauty.Poetry for the Poisoned is Kamelot&#39;s latest album and, as you can see from it&#39;s title and album art it has a rather &quot;dark and mysterious&quot; aspect.Of course other Kamelot albums had it too, but not to such extent.All this reflects the shady feelings you&#39;ll probably have while listening to it&#39;s songs.A very clever use of guitar reefs at the right moments accompanied by beautiful keyboards here and there show once again the band&#39;s great skills and charisma.The rhythms are also very captivating although sometimes it feels like they are being repeated through different songs.So, in terms of melodies and rhythm, I would say that most of the songs in this album do not come as a surprise.The vocals on the other hand have proven to be more than satisfactory.In fact, I believe it is Khan&#39;s melodic and beautiful voice that this album is based on.Harmonic changes of notes and an ever present&amp;nbsp; &quot;hidden&amp;nbsp; pain&quot; in it compose the true magic of the songs and show what this album is all about.The lyrics speak of illusions created by sin and dark feelings, thus crafting a more insidious image of our world.Finally, I must mention that in this album there are contributions from other great artists like Simone Simons (from Epica) and Gus G. (from Firewind). Generally, I believe that Poetry for the Poisoned is a good album, though inferior to the band&#39;s previous ones.For those of you who have listened to Kamelot before it might seem a bit different than what you would expect.Nonetheless, I suggest that you listen to it and see how the world looks from the dark side.......&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;My favorite songs in this album:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- The Great Pandemonium&lt;br /&gt;
- House On A Hill&lt;br /&gt;
- My Train Of Thoughts&lt;br /&gt;
- Once Upon A Time&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style=&quot;color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;G&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;enre: &lt;span style=&quot;color: white;&quot;&gt;progressive metal, mathcore, metalcore, experimental rock, djent&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Band Members: &lt;span style=&quot;color: white;&quot;&gt;Alex Bois - guitars, live backing vocals&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: white;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Jake Bowen - guitars, programming&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: white;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Matt Halpern - drums, percussion&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: white;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Misha &quot;Bulb&quot; Mansoor - guitars, programming, producer&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: white;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Tom Murphy - bass guitar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: white;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Spencer Sotelo - lead vocals &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Website:&lt;span style=&quot;color: white;&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.myspace.com/periphery&quot;&gt;http://www.myspace.com/periphery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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This is the debut album by the band. To be honest with you, I just recently discovered PERIPHERY. By the first guitar riffs I was pretty sure that these guys were bound to amuse me. Misha Mansoor, the band&#39;s founder, had been working on the album for quite a long time, and I have no doubts that he is fired up by the outcome. In this album complex and progressive math metal riffs are combined with great vocal and lead guitar melodies. Almost in every song there are two rhythm guitars and a lead one, mostly responsible for the groovy and catchy melodic parts.&amp;nbsp; This is music from the future! Being influenced by the likes of&amp;nbsp; MESHUGGAH and CYNIC, PERIPHERY have probably released a masterpiece, an imminent landmark of metal music. All the songs together contribute to the image that the album stresses, and walking through each one of them helps the listener unveil the band&#39;s character and potential. To be impartial with my review/ inquisition, here are some cons I spotted. It has to do with Spencer Sotelo (vocalist), the vocals/ lyrics are quite straight up but too much metalcore-ish at times. Furthermore, the growls/ sceram vocals are not that powerful, but it seems that Spencer is getting better on that over time, so no need to to worry about that!&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp; PERIPHERY have a bright future ahead, all they need to do is to stay focused, hold their feet on the ground and keep downloading good music from their heads. Enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;The best songs on PERIPHERY&#39;s self-titled album:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
-Letter Experiment&lt;br /&gt;
-All New Materials&lt;br /&gt;
-Racecar&lt;br /&gt;
-Icarus Lives!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Country: &lt;/span&gt;USA&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Genre: &lt;/span&gt;Hard rock, heavy metal, metalcore&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Members&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;M.Shadows - vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Synyster Gates - lead guitar, backing vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Zacky Vengeance - rhythm guitar, backing vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Johnny Christ - bass guitar, backing vocals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Mike Portnoy - drums (guest)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Website:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.avengedsevenfold.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.avengedsevenfold.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;On December 28, 2009 James &quot;the Rev&quot; Sullivan (drummer) was found dead at his home at the age of 28. That was a calamity for the band. Nevertheless, AVENGED SEVENFOLD asked DREAM THEATER&#39;s drummer Mike Portnoy to fill the gap. The Rev had already played the majority of the drums part in the album and Mike worked on the legacy that James had left behind. The outcome is at least remarkable, &lt;u&gt;Nightmare&lt;/u&gt;&amp;nbsp;is to my mind one of the best A7x (AVENGED SEVENFOLD abbreviation) and for sure one of the best releases in 2010. This album has come to take its place amongst other masterpieces of the past, some of which may be &quot;7th son of a 7th son&quot; or &quot;and justice for all&quot;. The drums here don&#39;t simply accompany&amp;nbsp;the guitars and the whole melody, but they stand out so dynamic. Avenged Sevenfold have decided not to include orchestral parts (like on the previous album), so Nightmare turns out to be much heavier and straighter than the earlier albums. Being Influenced by bands such as IRON MAIDEN, METALLICA, GUNS&#39;N&#39;ROSES, A7x recent work is gonna attract far more metal fans to the band. A couple of ballads, the presence of some more powerful songs, the whole atmosphere that Nightmare has created would make the Rev feel thankful and proud of AVENGED SEVENFOLD. This album is set to be a landmark in metal music.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;I picked my favourite songs here (tough decision...):&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;- Nightmare&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;- Buried Alive&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;- God Hates Us (maybe the band&#39;s heaviest song ever)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;- So Far Away (probably dedicated to the Rev)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Members:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Jon Schaffer - Rhythm and Lead Guitars, Backing Vocals&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Matt Barlow - Lead and Backing Vocals&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Brent Smedley - Drums&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Website:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.icedearth.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.icedearth.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Yes, this is Matt&#39;s return! I know that lots of fans had been waiting for that moment. If you ask me, I would say that Owens was great, too. I wouldn&#39;t be bothered if ICED EARTH had to continue with the Ripper, both singers rock (in their own special way). But &lt;u&gt;the crucible of man&lt;/u&gt;&amp;nbsp;has just let me down. It seems to me that maybe Iced Earth were not ready to release a new album, it&#39;s like they pushed themselves to do so, subsequently to getting Barlow back. Inspiration is missing in most of the songs, and thus repetition took its place. It&#39;s my firm belief that the interludes should be missing, and serve the maxim &quot;quality over quantity&quot;. I can accept this band&#39;s work because it is them, a great metal band. I like the guitar playing, the solos are pretty good, but i believe that most of the songs are quite meaningless. Typical ICED EARTH riffs,&amp;nbsp;simple and interesting solos&amp;nbsp;deluge the album. But at the end of the day, I stay rather indifferent than wowed.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;My favourite songs on the album:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
- Come What May&lt;br /&gt;
- Behold the Wicked Child&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Genre:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Melodic Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal / Alternative Metal (recent)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Members:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Bjorn &quot;Speed&quot; Strid - Vocals&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Peter Wichers - Guitars&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Dirk Verbeuren - Drums&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;If you are a SOILWORK fan for ages, I am afraid that this album won&#39;t fit completely your imaginations, as the swedish metallers seem to have left the straight melodic death style of the past, heading to a more&amp;nbsp;commercial metal. You&#39;d better return to the earlier releases! Ok, competent and&amp;nbsp;skillful, not outstanding effort though.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;On the other side of the coin, that doesn&#39;t mean that &lt;u&gt;The Panic Broadcast&lt;/u&gt;&amp;nbsp;lacks of what one chases in metal music. It seems to me that the band has spent the appropriate amount of time in order to create an album pretty much versatile but complete as an entity, too; pure clean vocals and screamos, mostly high tempo in the songs (double pedal on drums dominates here!), catchy choruses ( I can&#39;t help singing &quot;two lives worth of reckoning&quot; and &quot;deliverance is mine&quot;), melodic guitar parts and solos whenever needed (some intrigued, some less complex). The album doesn&#39;t long much (48 minutes) but that&#39;s not a bad sign, as no&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 21px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;mental and aural fatigue is evoked, if I could use such an expression.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 21px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Give it a try, but to be honest I am cautious over the opinion you are gonna &amp;nbsp;draw about SOILWORK recent release!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 21px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;border-collapse: collapse; color: #cc0000; line-height: 21px;&quot;&gt;Songs that I have stressed, songs that I picked as the better over the others on The Panic Broadcast:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 21px;&quot;&gt;-Two Lives Worth Of Reckoning&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 21px;&quot;&gt;-The Thrill&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 21px;&quot;&gt;-Deliverance is Mine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 21px;&quot;&gt;-Let The River Flow&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Genre:&lt;/span&gt; Power Metal&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Country:&lt;/span&gt; Finland&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Members:&lt;/span&gt; Jarmo Paakkonen - Vocals&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Jarmo Myllyvirta - Keyboards&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Vesa Nupponen - Guitar&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Henri Pirkkalainen - Drums&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Tero Vaaja - Bass&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp; &lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Website:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.excalion.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.excalion.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Have you ever wondered how many different genres of Metal are in existence today? If you search through your music collection, then perhaps you will find out there are bands that cannot be &quot;categorized&quot; as Power, Epic, Heavy, Thrash etc. simply because their style is a combination of many of the above. Seeing how this tends to be the direction in which most of the bands nowadays turn towards, you might think: &quot;What of the original genres of Metal? Are there any bands that still stay loyal to them?&quot;. Well, in the Power Metal genre, Excalion&amp;nbsp;is one of these bands. Coming from cold Finland, they will surely set your feelings ablaze with their powerful songs. Their music is a combination of power-filled drums, awesome guitar reefs and solos and a masterfully placed keyboard support. As for the songs, their deep meanings are greatly empowered by Jarmo Paakkonen&#39;s melodic and clean voice which gives them an &quot;out-worldly&quot; sense.&lt;br /&gt;
This album contains 10 songs and a bonus track which is different in the European and the Japanese version. In general, i would say that &quot;Waterlines&quot; fully deserves to belong to the &quot;Power Metal&quot; genre since it&#39;s songs have &quot;power&quot; in every aspect of them. It&#39;s one of my favorite metal albums and I think that at least one of them should be in your playlists in order to get your spirits high and remind you that power metal is and always will be AWESOME !!!.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Some of the best songs in this album&lt;/span&gt; (in my opinion):&lt;br /&gt;
- The Wingman&lt;br /&gt;
- Losing Time&lt;br /&gt;
- Streams of Madness&lt;br /&gt;
- Soaking Ground &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;#top-top&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Return to top&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://minquisition.blogspot.com/feeds/3009803674535265149/comments/default' title='Σχόλια ανάρτησης'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://minquisition.blogspot.com/2010/12/excalion-waterlines-2007.html#comment-form' title='0 σχόλια'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2263869571404495198/posts/default/3009803674535265149'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2263869571404495198/posts/default/3009803674535265149'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://minquisition.blogspot.com/2010/12/excalion-waterlines-2007.html' title='Excalion - Waterlines (2007)'/><author><name>Metas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05979891225144233775</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsOzO5MQy4yuhZAuHlK7yG8MVKoGV4o_gmIL-dDBosk7q4jauog74O5tqDPBygmCDJNHKOLHf65zgRJLN6-Y1lXkfwXqHjhNNz9IMjFyz6f0YNysrhPcN63XnkMFgtgV2GkZ8ilRgX1n0f/s72-c/waterlines_disco_web.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2263869571404495198.post-1497954337433517596</id><published>2010-11-26T02:37:00.011+02:00</published><updated>2010-12-23T05:20:20.786+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Scar Symmetry - Symmetric in Design (2005)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOWN9FDnTnYkLhpHMpaEuWvWcMA8My4chDaEto-Su5G711bBDJV6IAyJSYQSNie3jD1_CLsjSYLAI5NAtsINRKkO16jqRjCeuxb6sbw266DjDShf7Ob99by2Qkd2YV-y9eKTNzNsOWAF6s/s1600/Symmetric.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOWN9FDnTnYkLhpHMpaEuWvWcMA8My4chDaEto-Su5G711bBDJV6IAyJSYQSNie3jD1_CLsjSYLAI5NAtsINRKkO16jqRjCeuxb6sbw266DjDShf7Ob99by2Qkd2YV-y9eKTNzNsOWAF6s/s200/Symmetric.jpg&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Genre:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Melodic Death Metal&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Country: &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Sweden&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Members:&lt;/span&gt; Christian Älvestam − clean vocals, growls (2004–2008)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Per Nilsson − lead and rhythm guitar, keyboards (2004–present)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Jonas Kjellgren − rhythm and lead guitar, keyboards (2004–present)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Kenneth Seil − bass guitar (2004–present)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Henrik Ohlsson − drums, lyrics (2004–present)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;Website:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.scarsymmetry.com/&quot;&gt;www.scarsymmetry.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;u&gt;Symmetric in Design&lt;/u&gt; is the debut album by Swedish melodic death metal band, SCAR SYMMETRY. Heavy riffs, dynamic drums, brutal vocals. All these blended with outstanding clean vocals, melodic parts of guitar playing (crazy but not &amp;nbsp;tiring solos) and a pinch of synthesizer wherever needed. I count this album as a definite purchase, whatever metal fan you are. Words like &quot;death, brutal&quot; may be appalling to many, but at least you need to try that band. This album (and the 2nd SS album called &quot;Pitch/Black/Progress&quot;) was the reason why I got into death metal.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;You will surely find at least remarkable the way Christian Älvestam (vocalist) can get that high pithes and in the next second do death vocals and growls. Yes, it&#39;s the same person, no there are not 2 different vocalists here!! At least in the first 3 SCAR SYMMETRY albums...&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;I also admire Per Nilsson (mostly lead and secondly rhythm guitarist) because of the inspired melodies and solos he is performing in the album.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;My favorite songs here&lt;/span&gt; (if I had to pick some):&lt;br /&gt;
- Dominion&lt;br /&gt;
- 2012 - The Demise of the 5th sun&lt;br /&gt;
- Chaosweaver&lt;br /&gt;
- The Eleventh Sphere&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;Symmetric in Design is in my top-albums list. The band can mix complex but catchy rhythms and every style of singing known to metal in general.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp; This is an album with no boundaries at all!&lt;br /&gt;
Symmetric in Design is, to my mind, a must buy.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Feel free to tell us your opinion on how we judged the album. Was this helpful? I hope so!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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