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This site is pretty good for digging around and finding stuff to try. https://www.progarchives.com
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TheForgotton posted:
Maybe I'm missing something, but that song is far from patriotic.
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Jul 9, 2010 14:31
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david puddy posted:I totally agree but the chorus sounds so out of place it completely ruins it every time, haha. If any of you have the gear, The Incident in 5.1 is phenomenal (especially the sub-track The Incident) Yup, the chorus sounds like it was ripped from a The Killers song or something. It's a really good live song though.
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Jun 17, 2012 23:21
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Steve Hackett - Genesis Revisited Part II. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhtx_N7fjk8 Featuring Steven Wilson, Mikael Åkerfeldt and more. I wasn't really impressed with the first one, but I'll still get this because I'm a shameless Genesis and Steven Wilson fan. The small teasers in the video make it sound more like new recordings of the old songs, rather then the "re-imagenings" on part 1.
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Sep 4, 2012 20:35
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carborexic posted:I went and got the flac download of The Raven That Refused To Sing (before deciding on the vinyl edition) and it is brilliant. It is far and away the best thing I've listened to in years and if anything comes close this year I am going to be very surprised. I was really excited to hear that Parsons was involved and it definitely paid off bringing him on, as everything simply sounds amazing-- clear and rich. With Theo Travis and the original mellotron from Court featuring there are more than a few nods to early KC. I will absolutely be getting this on vinyl. Got the special edition in the mail today and I must agree, the album is outstanding. Better than Grace for Drowning in my opinion. GfD was very clear in it's inspiration from classic prog and lost some of it's identity to it, with the obvious nods and winks to the prog of the past (Sectarian, Raider II, Track One) mixed with the more modern sounding stuff (Index, No Part of Me) making it feel like two different albums forced into one. The Raven is more cohesive, and while it's also inspired by classic prog it seems fresher and more natural, rather then just aping someone else's style from 40 years ago. The 5.1 mix is also one of the best I've heard, if you're into that kind of thing.
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Feb 27, 2013 23:23
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I'm of the opinion that the Road Salt project was exactly what PoS needed after the mess that Be was and the letdown of Scarsick. And I think it works really well, their best stuff since Remedy Lane. A different approach to writing albums was probably what Gildenløv needed. Except for the production. I get what they were going for, but it just sounds like rear end.
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Mar 2, 2013 18:21
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Pain of Salvation's Be is the only album I can think of that could benefit from being longer. A double album would have given the (incredible complex, over the top, unnecessary, pretentious) concept room to breath more, so the album wouldn't feel like a barely coherent collection of excerpts from different ideas. I agree the voice work on RS is pretty good, even if it is a bit too loud in the mix. And I'm pretty sure there is a third Road Salt album coming. I might be mistaken but I seem to remember it going to be a trilogy.
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Mar 3, 2013 08:48
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RDreamer posted:Really? I don't remember anything like this at all. No wonder. I checked their homepage and it seems I dreamt it all up. My apologies.
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Mar 3, 2013 17:08
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Seventh Arrow posted:
Is that the album where he sings himself, and it's wonderfully bad?
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Mar 11, 2013 17:43
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FalseParadigm posted:Coincidentally, I am listening to Deadwing right now. http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/porcupine_tree_on_indefinite_hiatus.html On hiatus for the time being, with no plans of getting back together soon.
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Jun 29, 2013 16:40
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The first Blackfield album is really good. Classic soft-rock stuff. The second album was terrible and slightly annoying. I just assumed the rest of them were terrible too, is this correct?
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Jan 16, 2014 19:17
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strap on revenge posted:Anathema is touring in Australia in August yessssssssssssssssssssssss I've enjoyed the recent Anathema albums, but my god are they boring live. They have this aura of has-beens despite them never have being more popular.
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Mar 5, 2014 07:50
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BigFactory posted:Am I an idiot, or wouldn't an LP version defeat the point of a 5.1 mix? You can't have 5.1 on an LP, no. But since they're already remastering and reissuing stuff, a new mastered LP release would be nice. They did it for King Crimson with 5.1 mixes on Blu-ray and new stereo mixes for vinyl.
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Apr 15, 2014 14:38
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I can't find the interview now, but Steven Wilson said he only takes about a week making those 5.1 remixes for an album. That's pretty impressive considering how great a lot of them sound. I wish he could have done the Genesis remixes that were made a couple of years ago.
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Apr 18, 2014 00:21
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There really isn't much to say about Flower Kings in my opinion. They're talented musicians who make unremarkable and derivative prog rock. It's perfectly listenable, but I don't know why you'd want to. Except for Roine Ztoltz zpecial way of pronouncing when he zingz, of courze.
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Apr 19, 2014 21:11
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Gianthogweed posted:A better band than Flower Kings (but in the same vein) is Black Bonzo I like this song, but the band has the same problem as a lot of other "modern" prog bands in that they just ape stuff from the seventies. When the genre started it was all new and about experimentation and not really setting limits for yourself and whatnot, and now it's 40 years later and people are just copying it. It doesn't really make it bad, but it definetly makes it less interesting.
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Apr 19, 2014 23:26
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JAMOOOL posted:How bout The Tangent? I have their debut and like it fine...is it worth continuing? They're OK, I used to be a fan until I got bored of them. I'd check out The World that We Drive Through and A Place in the Queue. Those are pretty good albums, but they do have the same problem as I mentioned earlier with just copying other better bands. Very much Caravan influences, pluss KC and Genesis.
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Apr 21, 2014 16:57
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Speaking of swedish prog, here's a golden oldie. Kvartetten som Sprangde (The Quartet that blew up) only released one album as far as I know (Wikipedia doesn't have a page for them) and it's hard to come by. They recently re-released a limited run of 500 copies on vinyl and I think that's about what you can find of them in the physical format (I have one of these  ). But it is on Spotify anf Youtube.http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=kvartetten+som+spr%C3%A4ngde Instrumental, prog and jazz fusion stuff with a lot of swedish folk music undertones. poo poo's good.
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Apr 21, 2014 17:24
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Declan MacManus posted:
This is why I don't hate later Genesis or Yes, for example. I'd rather they evolve and do something else that I might not like, than to stagnate and just keep repeating themselves, trying to recreate the success of some album they made 20 years ago coughmetallicadeathmagneticcough. That's just sad.
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May 9, 2014 08:02
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Declan MacManus posted:I like later Genesis but I'm not a fan of later Yes, and I've never been sure why. It's probably because it's dreadful, but so is later Genesis. I'm just saying that's okay. The stuff they went on to do doesn't interest me, better that then them making foxtrot over and over 'till the point of tedium.
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May 13, 2014 20:59
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Maybe some Queen, 70's peter gabriel, marillion, i dont know.
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May 16, 2014 13:34
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not yet. Hopefully something will be announced.
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Jun 5, 2014 10:08
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For those GG fans. The Steven Wilson remix of Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory is now up for preorder. Comes in CD, vinyl, DVD and bluray. Both stereo and 5.1 remixes. You can get it on headphonedust. Probably going to get it, its a great album that allready sounded pretty good to beging with
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Jun 5, 2014 22:31
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I'm pretty sure Waters will be staying far away from the Pink Floyd album. There was a documentary made after they played at the Live Aid gig some years ago, and he seemed pretty sure that he wouldn't be working with them again. E: New Yes album? they haven't made much good music in 40 years, i doubt they'll start now.
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Jul 8, 2014 15:06
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I've only heard a couple of songs from the new Opeth album. It seems okay. I think it's a good thing that they are moving away from metal and trying something new, but I dont really know if this is the right direction for them.
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Jul 21, 2014 07:16
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Earwicker posted:In the middle of Supper's Ready instead of "a flower?!", Peter Gabriel yells "baba booey baba booey Howard Stern's penis!" this really comes alive in the 5.1 mix
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Oct 13, 2014 06:53
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the new Pink Floyd "album" is really underwhelming.
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Nov 8, 2014 07:48
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ThePutty posted:i'm coming into this thread to say jethro tull owns bones, that is all *whimsical flute solo*
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Nov 20, 2014 15:10
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deadwing posted:You're in luck, he released the title track last week! got a link? i can only find the teaser.
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Jan 10, 2015 15:28
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I like fugazi. But yeah, Clutching at Straws for fish-era and Marbles for the newer stuff.
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Jan 14, 2015 09:24
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Iucounu posted:I thought the first Blackfield album was pretty good. it is. the rest are garbage, though.
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Mar 8, 2015 12:24
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And Then They Were Three is an album filled solely with terrible keyboard sounds. Although, that album had a myriad of other problems too.
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Mar 13, 2015 10:01
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Seventh Arrow posted:I would say Oblivion Sun, Unitopia, Glass Hammer. Maybe Beardfish, to an extent. Also, the latest Opeth album is more classic-y. The Tangent, some of Steven Wilsons stuff, spock's beard maybe
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Mar 28, 2015 20:07
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hence the maybe. Some of their earlier stuff is okay.
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Mar 29, 2015 01:27
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future "post bad album covers" thread material. thank you steve.
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Mar 31, 2015 08:15
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why not? i've been curious about that album
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Apr 17, 2015 23:56
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Cheating the Polygraph by Gavin Harrison is pretty sweet. Just letting you know
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Jul 29, 2015 21:38
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spiralbrain posted:Its def not what you would expect. which is what makes it good. if it was just some PT songs played unchanged with brass instruments it would be rather boring, but the different arrangements and mood changes keep it interesting. also Harrisons drumming is superb.
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Jul 30, 2015 09:07
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Slaughterhouse-Ive posted:I feel like outside of the first album I like King Crimson on an intellectual level more than an emotional level if that makes any sense i get what you're saying and agree, except for discipline i guess.
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Nov 29, 2015 22:37
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Astrochicken posted:Is this the thread I go to to say that I think the best Porcupine Tree album is Recordings? tia yes, friend, share your thoughts on recordings. 'tis a good album.
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