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Post by siberia on Apr 25, 2008 11:23:35 GMT 1
What do you think about these bands?And what do you think about their last albums - "After forever" and "The divine conspiracy"?
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Post by magicmist82 on Apr 25, 2008 12:23:41 GMT 1
I've listened to he whole discography of After Forever and they're just not my thing. First thing that puts me off this band are the growls, I cannot stand those as they ruin everything wherever they are. I know people now will start saying what a deep meaning growling has against clear vocals and all that but I don't see it. Growling is not welcome in the music I like. Putting that aside, I do have a few songs (four to be precise) by AF in my music library and they're great. I really love the musical composition of "Estranged" and "Face Your Demons" is really good lyrically. All in all, I can't say that After Forever is a bad band, just not something to satisfy my taste. I'm not really familiar with too much of Epica's stuff. Everyone seems to love them, so I might just have to dedicate some time to listen to all their songs and see whether they're any good or not, so I'll get back to you when I do  |
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Post by Nienerhausen on Apr 25, 2008 13:27:15 GMT 1
I LOVE After Forever (yes, that was an understatement). I love all their albums, but I find the older ones a bit more 'gothic' than the others. My Fave album of theirs is Invisible Circles  Of their self-titled album I really love 'Dreamflight'; that song has just everything AF stands for these days. LOVE LOVE LOVE it! Epica... well... I kind of have a love/hate thing going on with that band. I was absolutely appalled by their debut album; I bought that one because many reviews said it was like WT, AF and great stuff combined and, well, the reviews were a load of bullcrap in my opinion. The one exception is 'Cry For The Moon', but the rest of the songs don't appeal to me at all. Consign to Oblivion was much better, especially the title track, but the songs did seem to lack a certain dynamic element. I like The Divine Conspiracy the most because it's so much darker and complex than their previous albums. There's many good songs on that disc and I think their hiring Ariën van Weesenbeek has been a good decision. Epica sounds MUCH better now. |
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Post by siberia on Apr 25, 2008 14:41:08 GMT 1
I love Sander grunts especially in "De-energized" and "Withering time"!My favourite album is the last one.Best songs from this album for me:
Withering time - I especially like fast moment,arghhhh!!!
De-energized - Jeff Waters's solos are cool!
Dreamflight - it's so fantastic!
Transitory - drive!!!
Lonely
Album is excellent - 5/5.
I also like "Decipher" and "Prison of desire" for their mystic atmosphere and "Invisible circles" too.These four albums in my album TOP 10.Floor is one of my favourite singers.
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Post by Nienerhausen on Apr 25, 2008 16:01:47 GMT 1
Oh yes, 'Transitory'... that song is so great. Crazy Joost... Sander's grunts are okay. I don't find them bringing down the songs. They're quite well-distributed in their material and they do seem to fit in with the lyrics and atmos. Floor's really developed her voice over the years. It sounds much more versatile nowadays. I hope she'll do an opera-style solo album; there's really too little straight-on opera yodeling in their songs. I was glad she did lots of that on the new Ayreon album |
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Post by Markje on Apr 25, 2008 17:58:15 GMT 1
Both are great bands, in my opinion. AF has really grown the last few albums, and Epica as well. Epica was described well by Nien, yes. Crap debut, better second album, absolute grandness on the third. |
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Post by siberia on Apr 26, 2008 12:11:52 GMT 1
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Post by magicmist82 on Apr 26, 2008 13:08:24 GMT 1
Floor's probably the most masculine female singer in metal I've ever seen. I mean there's no feminine warmth in her whatsoever, her dress sense doesn't help either. And she needs to lose that ridiculous nose ring too, she's not a bull in corrida. Can't say anything negative about her vocal abilities though. The end  |
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Post by Markje on Apr 26, 2008 14:08:09 GMT 1
*drools*  |
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Post by Nienerhausen on Apr 26, 2008 14:39:44 GMT 1
i don't think she needs to dress well to be noticed anyway... i remember her doing a song live whilst wearing half a sleeping bag.
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Post by magicmist82 on Apr 26, 2008 14:51:07 GMT 1
Only half of the bag? Which bit was it missing then? Front? Back? Side? haha
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Post by siberia on Apr 26, 2008 15:24:11 GMT 1
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Post by magicmist82 on Apr 26, 2008 16:19:20 GMT 1
Is this a Floor picture thread or?
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Post by siberia on Apr 26, 2008 23:46:04 GMT 1
Do you want some Simone pics?I don't have.Because I'm not her fan.
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Post by magicmist82 on Apr 26, 2008 23:57:02 GMT 1
No, I want some elaborate replies instead of pictures or links to them.
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