Oldghost
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Post by Oldghost on Mar 19, 2014 14:40:01 GMT -5
Samples os the website! Commenting on the ones I hadn't heard before: Heavy Metals: quiet songs. Pleseant one, ironically I thought it would be actually heavy. Reminds me of TaaB2. Enter the Uninvited: Funny beginning. Time changing a lot. Very good one. Nice keyboards. Puer Fox Adventus: Very interesting. Very interesting indeed. Nice vocals and hammond organ and guitar. Meliora Sequamur: Another quiet one, nice organ kind of churchy, with corals and so on. Interesting. The Turnpike Inn: Ok, a heavy one! Nice rythm, sounds promising. Aggressive flute playing. Tripudim Ad Bellum: Wow. That's a suprise. Really good. Intrumental only. Sounds very 70's. Loved it. New Blood Old Veins: Different. Brian sings a lot on this one. Liked it. Strong one. The Browing of The Green: Keyboards are very proggy. Looking good. Per Errationes Ad Astra: Spoken words! Ok, at least the first appereance. Hopefuly the only. Better than TaaB2 though. Might have some music in it after the words. This only gets better!!! After listening to all samples and 5 full songs, something is clearly telling me this is gonna be a bit stronger offer than TAAB2. If I only remember how 4 or even 5 songs into the album were needed to push TAAB2 in full motion, while this one makes a stun at the very beggining with the excellent opener and continues quite promissing (at least the samples suggest that way). The band's playing is tighter and more confident, while Ian's vocals are generally better than one would expect. I wouldn't even bother about those "heavy metal" forecasts, because till now it should be well dawning on everyone that after all these years Ian probably still doesn't have a clue what "heavy metal" is !....A few hard rock riffs or solos doesn't "heavy metal" make ! (and I'm quite happy with that). To follow Lucas's example I will try to shortly describe my impressions on those samples I haven't heard before: "Heavy Metals" : Funny...but I expected acoustic piece here. Sounds much nicer to my ears than "Upper Sixth Loan Shark" for example. "Enter The Uninvited" : Apart from revisiting "Hot Mango Flush" this might well be good enough track. "Puer Ferox Adventus" : This one is really a mistery to me. The longest track on the album. I don't quite like the beggining of the sample, but continuation is quite a bit more promissing. So it might turn out both ways...could be exciting, but could also turn out boring in the end...we will see! "Meliora Sequamur" : It sounds absolutely splendid...but not so much when Ryan starts his solo vocal part. "The Turnpike Inn" : I smell a filler here! "Tripudium Ad Bellum" : As far as I'm informed this is pure instrumental piece. I have high expectations for this one...this is a pleasant surprise, sounds splendid and much more convincing than "Pebbles Instrumental" ! "New Blood Old Veins" : This could have been easily the most convincing track on the album if not for the incredibly annoying "AWOL" insertion! The situation somehow reminds me on "Lost In Crowds" where the delights of a basicaly wonderful track are completely destroyed with some ugly intrusions! What a pitty!!  "The Browning Of The Green" : Not impressed so far....for now I have put it in the same drawer as "The Turnpike Inn". "Per Errationes Ad Astra" : Ahh...he just had to do this (wannabe narrator)  |
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homoDUNC78
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Post by homoDUNC78 on Mar 19, 2014 14:55:51 GMT -5
I think die-hard fans should be able to have our pre-ordered CD's / records at least 20 days in advance!.......this is just killing me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
not long to go, no long to go, not long to go..... it was easier giving up fags than waiting for this album
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Post by Dan on Mar 20, 2014 7:22:29 GMT -5
New sample wise, I'm liking "Puer Ferox Adventus" and with it being the longest song on the album ,I'm looking forward to the full version.
Dan
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Stjerky
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Post by Stjerky on Mar 20, 2014 8:13:28 GMT -5
I listened to all the samples and they sound great. I think the biggest problem with the album will be the same as with most albums nowadays. It is going to be far too long. I'm glad that the music doesn't seem to be mastered too loud. Over an hour long album with modern compression amounts is too much to listen. I really wish that artists would understand that sometimes less is more, with both album length and loudness. 45 minutes is good length for an album..
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homoDUNC78
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Post by homoDUNC78 on Mar 20, 2014 10:27:57 GMT -5
I listened to all the samples and they sound great. I think the biggest problem with the album will be the same as with most albums nowadays. It is going to be far too long. I'm glad that the music doesn't seem to be mastered too loud. Over an hour long album with modern compression amounts is too much to listen. I really wish that artists would understand that sometimes less is more, with both album length and loudness. 45 minutes is good length for an album.. It's shorter than Taab2. I added it up to be 51 mins. |
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Post by Lucas on Mar 20, 2014 12:31:41 GMT -5
I listened to all the samples and they sound great. I think the biggest problem with the album will be the same as with most albums nowadays. It is going to be far too long. I'm glad that the music doesn't seem to be mastered too loud. Over an hour long album with modern compression amounts is too much to listen. I really wish that artists would understand that sometimes less is more, with both album length and loudness. 45 minutes is good length for an album.. Don't think it to be that lenghty. Is only 6 minutes longer than 45. Guess you wouldn't like the most recent Nemo album, almost 1:30 hour of music. Awesome double album. |
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Post by Preston Platform on Mar 20, 2014 17:00:33 GMT -5
I am sure that this release will be an absolute grower ..but the samples and tracks available on the net have revealed some aspects which I find a bit disturbing. Is this a case of the muse visiting Ian or of Ian compelling himself to visit the muse ?
As some have suggested ..the songs appear to be lyrically overladen ,overblown .....even verbose ... appearing to create an uncomfortable relationship between delivery and melody
There appear to be many references to previous works , perhaps intentional , perhaps not, nonetheless they are very apparent . I hope that this will not prove to be the case throughout the CD , but I fear the worst
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Pax Brittanica is a track that I am sure that I will unfortunately skip when I get the CD . It appears to be an uneasy mishmash of aspects of TAAB , Last Man At The Party and Mayhem Maybe
The Turn Pike Inn appears to owe much of its phrasing and Melody to Kismet
Nevertheless, the samples suggest that there is going to be some creativity and quality to be enjoyed . For example ,
Tripudium Ad Bellum sounds like the band have been given some freedom to express themselves and could well be one of the strongest pieces on the album
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Post by Preston Platform on Mar 20, 2014 17:05:02 GMT -5
I listened to all the samples and they sound great. I think the biggest problem with the album will be the same as with most albums nowadays. It is going to be far too long. I'm glad that the music doesn't seem to be mastered too loud. Over an hour long album with modern compression amounts is too much to listen. I really wish that artists would understand that sometimes less is more, with both album length and loudness. 45 minutes is good length for an album.. Don't think it to be that lenghty. Is only 6 minutes longer than 45. Guess you wouldn't like the most recent Nemo album, almost 1:30 hour of music. Awesome double album. Le Ver dans le Fruit Great album Lucas ..in my top five for 2013 ..like your taste |
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Post by Lucas on Mar 20, 2014 20:03:14 GMT -5
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homoDUNC78
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Post by homoDUNC78 on Mar 21, 2014 4:58:27 GMT -5
This T-shirt is 100% FAB!! The email came through to me this morning from Burning Shed and pre-ordered one without hesitation. Can't wait to see what the tour ones will be like. |
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Post by TM on Mar 21, 2014 14:18:31 GMT -5
I do like the interlocking IA logo. Put that on a baseball cap sans flourishes and you have a mighty fine MLB style hat.  Now, what division do we put 'em in - North Eastern Hemisphere Division? |
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Stjerky
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Post by Stjerky on Mar 22, 2014 9:00:30 GMT -5
I listened to all the samples and they sound great. I think the biggest problem with the album will be the same as with most albums nowadays. It is going to be far too long. I'm glad that the music doesn't seem to be mastered too loud. Over an hour long album with modern compression amounts is too much to listen. I really wish that artists would understand that sometimes less is more, with both album length and loudness. 45 minutes is good length for an album.. Don't think it to be that lenghty. Is only 6 minutes longer than 45. Guess you wouldn't like the most recent Nemo album, almost 1:30 hour of music. Awesome double album. OK. I'm glad yo be wrong again. ;-) |
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Post by Dan on Mar 31, 2014 8:45:03 GMT -5
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