Vanden Plas - Chronicles Of The Immortals: Netherworld (Path 1)
| Release date: | 21 February 2014 |
| Style: | Power metal, Progressive metal |
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127 have it 19 want it |
01. Vision 1ne
02. Vision 2wo - The Black Knight
03. Vision 3hree - Godmaker
04. Vision 4our - Misery Affection Prelude
05. Vision 5ive - A Ghosts Requiem
06. Vision 6ix - New Vampyre
07. Vision 7ven - The King And The Children Of Lost World
08. Vision 8ight - Misery Affection
09. Vision 9ine - Soul Alliance
10. Vision 10n - Inside
02. Vision 2wo - The Black Knight
03. Vision 3hree - Godmaker
04. Vision 4our - Misery Affection Prelude
05. Vision 5ive - A Ghosts Requiem
06. Vision 6ix - New Vampyre
07. Vision 7ven - The King And The Children Of Lost World
08. Vision 8ight - Misery Affection
09. Vision 9ine - Soul Alliance
10. Vision 10n - Inside
Reviews Produced by Vanden Plas. Co-produced by Markus Teske.
Release date: 21st of February 2014
Label: Frontiers Records
Rating:
9.1
9.1
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Rating: 9.1 |
The masters of heavy rock operas are back. Vanden Plas, from the city of Kaiserslautern, Germany, have been steadily grabbing dully deserved attention of late with their unique theatrical approach to music applied to progressive power metal. It has been 4 years already since they released the addictive concept album The Seraphic Clockwork. They took things even a notch farther in terms of theater performance by teaming up with fantasy writer Wolfgang Hohlbein to interpret his Netherworld novels on stage in the form of a rock opera for a few selected shows in Germany. With the bombastic title of Chronicles of the Immortals: Netherworld (Path I), this is the studio recording of the first half of those songs. Read more ›› |
Rating:
7.5
7.5
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Rating: 7.5 |
Fresh off reviewing Vanden Plas' newest duology, The Ghost Xperiment, and right in the middle of a Vanden Plas binge, this seemed like the perfect time to look back on Chronicles Of The Immortals: Netherworld. Okay, first let me establish that I absolutely hate this naming convention. Look, I get it's a concept album, but having two titles like this is A) bad for marketing and B) obnoxious, making tagging my mp3 and flac files much more annoying. Oh, and on top of that, they also decided to go ahead and give each track TWO TITLES, and they did that stupid thing where they put the actual number first and then add the rest of the spelled out number? Like "7ven" for example: it's dumb and I hate it. Having gotten all my ire for the naming conventions on display, I should say that I can be very harsh on the smallest details when it comes to this band, but I promise it's out of love. Vanden Plas is one of my all time favorite bands and I wouldn't even be writing this review if they weren't. Read more ›› |
02.03.2014
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If you know the band, you know what to expect. And you won't be disappointed. Chances are, you'll be amazed. Daniell's picks | More picks ›› |
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| thehondo Posts: 141  |
This is truly one of the best bands in the world! It will be tough to top their last effort. But they never disappoint. Its time for more international recognition.
---- No time like the present
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| Vintage Metaller Posts: 23  |
Man...the last two albums were BADASS!! Hope the new one continues the trend.
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| TheMAGAmvm Soycrusher Posts: 1086  |
This album is absolutely amazing... never experienced a good power metal ever since Kamelot's The Black Halo. Hands down.
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| JÄY Metal slave Posts: 1567  |
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| Daniell _爱情_ Elite Posts: 6103  |
Considering how good this album is, i'm surprised no one talks about it.
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| qlacs "The Quaker" Posts: 1547  |
Written by JÄY on 25.02.2014 at 06:04 +1 they had the concept but the few songs I checked online were pretty clueless and lacked inspiration..
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| theembryo Posts: 161  |
I do not have all of their many releases, but I was very pleased with this album. Good for the genre!
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| WorpeX Made of Metal Posts: 1353  |
Good album!! I'm enjoying it. I really like the "New Vampyre" song! My only issue is that the digital download didn't include a booklet. I really want to know what the story for this album is but I have no idea. For that reason, I can't rate this album higher then Seraphic Clockwork. I loved the story of the previous record and knowing it really enhanced the experience for me. Without knowing it, this album just feels like a collection of great songs without any cohesion. I learned my lesson though, from now on I will not buy digital albums of Vanden Plas...
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| robpal Proglord Posts: 207 |
Very good album. Need to run it a couple of times before deciding whether it's 8 or 9 
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| hellsmiles Posts: 207  |
Decided to listen while playing Skyrim (for added epicosity) and at times I found myself standing still in the game so I could listen exclusively to these fantastic songs. WOW. It's simply an amazingly epic album.
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| M C Vice ex-polydactyl Posts: 3408  |
Kamelot. Ayreon, Dimmu Borgir, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Saturnian, Serenity, Lingua Mortis Orchestra, I'm hearing bits of everyone on this.
---- "I'm here to nunchuck and not wear helmets. And I'm all out of helmets." "I'll fight you on one condition. That you lower your nipples." " 'Tis a lie! Thy backside is whole and ungobbled, thou ungrateful whelp!"
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| Mountain King K i K o Posts: 1361  |
It's a good album. I have listened to every album by this band, and while this one has many decent riffs and interesting songs it's not their best at all. Christ O remains my favorite...
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| Yugosaki Posts: 141  |
It's a excellent album !!!
---- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaEBpRWr2IA
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| Patrick. Posts: 249  |
Absolutely mesmerising album! Might even take the crown as my favourite 2014 release so far.  They way they blend together beauty, darkness, elegance, power, etc, etc is just incredible.
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