 Susan - 03.01.2012 at 00:46
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Once again, another incredibly astute review. You really are 100% correct about the genre(s) of power metal and prog/power being drown out by mediocre releases from bigger bands (and many smaller bands, too). It's sad that Royal Hunt and DC Cooper mailed in this performance. They really missed an opportunity here. I am so glad that bands like Shadowside and Pagan's Mind are doing their part to keep this genre alive!
And great point about it being symphonic power metal and not prog power. These days, the same album would be prog/power with a male vocalist and symphonic/power with a female vocalist. No, testicles DON'T make your music progressive.  |
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Written by Susan on 03.01.2012 at 00:46
testicles
heh, you said testicles.
any way that being dealt with, I'm not usually a PM fan but this review makes me want to check it out. |
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| Check out The Mission by Royal Hunt, their best album by far. Amazing release. This, I couldn't care less about. |
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This review makes me not want to check this out, which means it was written perfectly.  |
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| I still haven't heard this one. I will soon enough, but i wonder if it's as bad as u say. I mean 26 votes with a 8.2 rating is really good. Have u heard Moving Target and Paradox? They are the 2 albums with DC on vocals and they are really good specially Moving Target. Also check DC out with Silent Force who i doubt will release anything again. He is an amazing singer. As for Pagan's Mind, i don't see the similarities between them and Royal Hunt. RH have this orchestral baroque feel unlike Pagan's Mind who have more progy riff based styled Power Metal... |
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Written by Troy Killjoy on 03.01.2012 at 01:05
This review makes me not want to check this out, which means it was written perfectly.
It is surely not your kind of music. |
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"and you understand why is the collective metal community slowly losing interest in power metal - the good releases don't come often and don't come from places you'd expect them, so people get bored of looking"
So true.
I didn't listen to the album and I won't bother but your general analysis of Powermetal is spot on, Imo. I already mentioned it on another thread: you write good reviews and, even though I'm not a Powermetal fan at all nowadays and don't enjoy the genre like you, your views on the genre as a whole often match my own views. |
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Susan - 03.01.2012 at 02:42
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Written by Mountain King on 03.01.2012 at 02:11
Also check DC out with Silent Force who i doubt will release anything again. He is an amazing singer.
Silent Force's last album was incredible. One of my top for that year. However, just because he was great on that album and on others doesn't mean he's incapable of mailing in a performance now and then. It happens to the best singers and bands from time to time. It's just becoming a trend with more establish power acts, is part of Mora's point I believe. |
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Written by Susan on 03.01.2012 at 02:42
Written by Mountain King on 03.01.2012 at 02:11
Also check DC out with Silent Force who i doubt will release anything again. He is an amazing singer.
Silent Force's last album was incredible. One of my top for that year. However, just because he was great on that album and on others doesn't mean he's incapable of mailing in a performance now and then. It happens to the best singers and bands from time to time. It's just becoming a trend with more establish power acts, is part of Mora's point I believe.
I know, i was just recommending good albums with DC. I still have to hear this album myself to judge... |
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Written by RavenKing on 03.01.2012 at 02:18
"and you understand why is the collective metal community slowly losing interest in power metal - the good releases don't come often and don't come from places you'd expect them, so people get bored of looking"
So true.
I didn't listen to the album and I won't bother but your general analysis of Powermetal is spot on, Imo. I already mentioned it on another thread: you write good reviews and, even though I'm not a Powermetal fan at all nowadays and don't enjoy the genre like you, your views on the genre as a whole often match my own views.
I'm not a big power metal fan myself, but I still check out releases in hope to find awesome stuff like I once did with Kamelot or Lost Horizon or some Firewind albums.
Anyway, DC is a terrific singer, but he did sound terribly uninspired 'ere. I'll try and check out previous stuff from the band to see if there is anything better. |
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I read the entire review, it's good 
About the album... I'll believe your words  |
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Written by Milena on 03.01.2012 at 03:07
I'm not a big power metal fan myself, but I still check out releases in hope to find awesome stuff like I once did with Kamelot or Lost Horizon or some Firewind albums.
Judging by the bands listed on your profile, you seem to be more a fan of prog, aren't you? |
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Written by Mr. Doctor on 03.01.2012 at 03:09
I read the entire review, it's good
About the album... I'll believe your words
Well, I think the power metal fans shouldn't avoid this as it's better than some other 2011 stuff I've heard, but I personally am fed up with this kind of thing. I wasted a lot of time with average power metal, just because I needed to hear entire discographies to form proper opinions instead of just staying the fuck away like most people do  |
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Written by RavenKing on 03.01.2012 at 03:11
Written by Milena on 03.01.2012 at 03:07
I'm not a big power metal fan myself, but I still check out releases in hope to find awesome stuff like I once did with Kamelot or Lost Horizon or some Firewind albums.
Judging by the bands listed on your profile, you seem to be more a fan of prog, aren't you?
Yeah, but that love is pretty recent, I've been into prog since 2009. Before that I thought a twenty minute song is just too much and I didn't dig a lot of music with harsher vocals either, was just meandering around, listening to awesome side bands of musicians in side bands of "main" Finnish bands, if that makes any sense. And even before that, I listened to a lot of classic metal and was checking out a lot lot of power metal bands. So when I say a power metal release is sub-par... I know what type of music I'm talking about. |
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Written by Milena on 03.01.2012 at 03:14
because I needed to hear entire discographies to form proper opinions instead of just staying the fuck away like most people do
My first "metal" years were mostly Power Metal so I hardly need to check out an album to know I'm not going to like it  There's nothign wrong with staying the fuck out of shit you just know you won't like. |
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Written by Milena on 03.01.2012 at 03:18
Yeah, but that love is pretty recent, I've been into prog since 2009. Before that I thought a twenty minute song is just too much and I didn't dig a lot of music with harsher vocals either, was just meandering around, listening to awesome side bands of musicians in side bands of "main" Finnish bands, if that makes any sense. And even before that, I listened to a lot of classic metal and was checking out a lot lot of power metal bands. So when I say a power metal release is sub-par... I know what type of music I'm talking about.
I see.
By the way, just to avoid any misunderstanding, I wasn't implying that you don't have good knowledge about Powermetal. You can explain your point very clearly. |
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Written by Mr. Doctor on 03.01.2012 at 03:20
Written by Milena on 03.01.2012 at 03:14
because I needed to hear entire discographies to form proper opinions instead of just staying the fuck away like most people do
My first "metal" years were mostly Power Metal so I hardly need to check out an album to know I'm not going to like it There's nothign wrong with staying the fuck out of shit you just know you won't like.
Yeah, I definitely don't buy or give anything a chance I know that I wouldn't like. With tracks streaming online, hardly any of my buys are bands I don't know or haven't heard and don't already like. That's why my collection has albums mostly rated on the higher end of the spectrum, cause I buy stuff I like. |
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Written by BlueMobius on 03.01.2012 at 03:55
That's why my collection has albums mostly rated on the higher end of the spectrum, cause I buy stuff I like.
Same here, it's not very often I give myself the luxury to take a chance. If I'm spending money, it better be good. |
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Written by RavenKing on 03.01.2012 at 03:26
By the way, just to avoid any misunderstanding, I wasn't implying that you don't have good knowledge about Powermetal. You can explain your point very clearly.
That was in for future reference although I doubt I'll be reviewing a lot of it in months to come, save of requests that are forwarded to me. |
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I still need to check this album but Royal Hunt weren't able to impress me with their latest albums and I gathered from this review that "Show Me How To Live" is unlikely to turn my impression about the band around...
Sad thing, I enjoyed their music a lot in my early metal days...
EDIT: I've listened to it. Definitely... It sounds uninspired. The music is not awful but it just doesn't capture my attention. |
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| Either the reviewer is suffering from a serious brain damage and has no sense for good music OR then he is Mark Boals' mother. The album is great and DC sounds awesome still after all these years. The new album has 7 polished diamonds, which sound better than anything on the two previous albums with Boals... |
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| Pictured above: Mark Boals' mother. |
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Written by Demikki on 12.01.2012 at 21:26
Either the reviewer is suffering from a serious brain damage and has no sense for good music OR then he is Mark Boals' mother. The album is great and DC sounds awesome still after all these years. The new album has 7 polished diamonds, which sound better than anything on the two previous albums with Boals...
If you actually read the review instead of skimming over it, you'd notice I made no comparison to the Boals era. But that's okay, happens all the time. |
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Written by Demikki on 12.01.2012 at 21:26
Either the reviewer is suffering from a serious brain damage and has no sense for good music OR then he is Mark Boals' mother. The album is great and DC sounds awesome still after all these years. The new album has 7 polished diamonds, which sound better than anything on the two previous albums with Boals...
Gratuitous and unfair accusations. |
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 K†ulu - 31.01.2012 at 21:19
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| I don't have good memories of X, so I won't even bother checking this one out. Great job on the review! |
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Written by K†ulu on 31.01.2012 at 21:19
I don't have good memories of X, so I won't even bother checking this one out. Great job on the review!
Thanks dude! |
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