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"Boy and the Ghost"is indeed a great song, but I wasn't too impressed with the rest of the album. I wasn't expecting it to sound like Nightwish, but something's missing in my mind. Been listening to Leaves' Eyes quite a bit, but I'm afraid to play "Vinland Saga" and "Njord" back-to-back. I have a feeling I'd actually turn into a Viking if I did!
That's a lot of songs about longboats and "New Land"!
I wish I had time to listen to a lot more stuff. I would if I didn't work such long hours and watch too many DVDs. I also need to stop listening to "Black Symphony" so much...
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I'm really enjoying "My Winter Storm", there's quite a few good songs on it. As for something missing, maybe the Nightwish band? :) I didn't expect this to sound at all like Nightwish so maybe that's why it doesn't seem like anythings missing,
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Oh, no, I TOTALLY expected that there would be no Nightwish influence. I just didn't expect THAT much of a departure. I should give it a fw more spins...haven't listened to it in a while...
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Damn, I placed my order with CMDistro over a week ago, 8 days as of today. Just got an email stating that it will ship soon and, within the US could take up to 2 weeks..WTF? Very poor customer service to take that long to get 2 CDs. Doubt I'll return to them unless it's a rare must have.
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CMDistro has been a bit slow lately. It took nearly two weeks to get my last two orders (oh, how I dread my next credit card bill). The "two week" window they give for delivery is just to cover their a**es, my last order arrived two days after the e-mail said it had been shipped. It is also the first time I've seen that the postage needed to send my order exceeded the S&H charge...
I revisited Midnattsol's "Where Twilight Dwells" this morning. I have to admit that after a few "spins," it has finally grown on me...
EDIT: I just remembered that I should also mention that CMDistro threw Lacuna Coil's "Karmacode" in with my order as a free gift (it said so on the sticker). Too bad I bought it years ago. I'm going to "re-gift" it...
Edited by Don Giro - 10/6/09 at 10:29am
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Got my CD's this morning, I'm happy and at 10 days it is a bit too slow for me (I'm used to Amazon) but I'm glad it didn't take longer. Listening to Njord now, liking it a lot.
Edited by Ron-P - 10/7/09 at 12:29am
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I've only heard one D.S.O song so far...they my be strange, but they definitely deserve mention!
The new Epica ("Design Your Universe") goes on sale in the US on Nov. 3rd, two weeks after the European date. Does anyone know if there's a difference between the editions?
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I have the new Epica preordered, I'm very excited.
As for Leaves' Eyes. Hmmmm, not too impressed. The music is good, the death metal is good, but the lead's voice, very soft, rangeless, and for the most part she's drowned out by the music. I do like their style but I should have given more of their stuff a listen on YouTube before buying in, as I would not have after listening to these two CD's of theirs.
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Yeah, I've heard that quite a bit about Liv, but I have to admit I like her voice. It's kinda "ethereal." I'm still on the fence regarding her voice in a live setting...
Anyone ever seen the OFFICIAL live video of the song "Venus" she did when she was in Theatre of Tragedy? QUITE different from the Liv of today. She dressed kinda fetishistic in black vinyl dresses, gloves, and boots...
I'm ordering the new Epica today...
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I spun them both again today, I am liking Njord the least, it's almost like one long song, not a lot of character between the songs. Vinalnd Saga is getting better the second time around, it's got a bit more life to it then Njord. It's good music, just not Epica or Nightwish good.
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I see that there's a version of the new Epica that has a bonus track called "Incentive," on the CM Distro site, but it's $28.50! They do have a pretty cool CD/T-Shirt combo, too, but it's the standard edition...
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The shirt is kinda hokey so it's not a deal worth $25 for me. Add to that, CM takes way too long to ship and I cannot wait. Amazon will have it to me much, much faster.
Their playing the Key Club in West Hollywood in February and at $23 a ticket you can bet I'll be there.
Edited by Ron-P - 10/12/09 at 8:51pm
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My band t-shirt days are behind me, but it's the only Epica shirt I've seen...
I may have to pony up the $28.50 for the bonus track...
EDIT: Holy CRAP! Amazon wants $40 for the deluxe edition!
American Tour? Dives? I'm there!
EDIT 2: Revolver magazine just released their annual "Hottest Chicks in Metal" issue. Although the feature is a tribute to two decades of women, Simone is nowhere to be found. I don't care if you're a fan of the genre of symphonic metal or not (Revolver is geared toward death/emo/goth/nu metal..in other words, 75% of the bands they cover all sound the same), but Simone is one of the most beautiful women on the planet.
I can understand Maria Brink of in In This Moment being featured, and Cristina Scabbia is listed again (deservedly so), but Wendy O. Williams? Corey Parks? The keyboard player in Bleeding Through (though she poses in Dita Von Teese-like outfits these days)?
The saving grace is that they DO feature Simone as the May pinup in their "for sale" calendar, but damn, how did she not make the cut?
Oh, and the cover gal from Halestorm (strictly average in sound) is pretty damn hot. Then again, I'm a sucker for long legs...especially when those legs are in 6" ankle-breaking heels...
. But that's just me...
P.S. Day-ummm, doesn't Cristina look HOT in the calendar or what?
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Edited by Don Giro - 10/14/09 at 3:44am
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My Epica tickets are on the way to my door. Now, if their new CD would get here...
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After several more rounds of the Leaves' Eyes CDs I have come to enjoy them, very much. For some reason this group needed to grow on me. Thanks again for the suggestion guys. I still like Vinland Saga better then their latest Njord though.
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To tie me over until the release of Epica's [b]Design Your Universe[/b] I just ordered the following...
Leaves' Eyes - We Came With the Northern Winds - En Saga I Belgia (2DVD / 2CD)
The Road to Paradiso
The Classical Conspiracy
Dark Passion Play
Looking very forward to all these arriving in the next couple of days. I think I might have a addiction. I've listened to nothing but symphonic metal since I discovered this music. It's just so damn good and moving I cannot get enough. Is there a group I can join or something, SMA, or sum such. Symphonic Metal Anonymous maybe...
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I did, it has Pirates, Empire and the Spiderman score.
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I just completed my entire Xandria discography. I still can't find "Atlantis" by Lunatica, though...
The 2+ hour documentary on the Leaves' Eyes live DVD/CD package is pretty entertaining.
I knew "The Road to Paradiso" came with a book, but I was (pleasantly) surprised at the SIZE of it, since I was expecting a CD-sized book.
I think you'll really enjoy "Dark Passion Play." The thirteen-minute "Poet and the Pendulum" is well worth the price of admission. I hope you got the 2-disc special edition (Instrumental versions of the entire album).
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...and they arrived today...WOOOHOOOO!!
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ARGH! I can't believe I missed Pinky Doodle Poodle!!!
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Aaron, were you at that festival, or are you just busting ba**s? If you WERE there, we need a detailed report of the bands that played. ALL of them
.
I'm
NOT kidding!
Have any of you heard the track "Fleurs du Mal" from Sarah Brightman's "Symphony" album? It's my vote for "Best Symphonic Metal Song that Within Temptation Never Wrote":
Sarah Brightman - Fleurs du Mal - Fashion On Ice in HQ
Sorry, I can't get any kind of link going. Just copy and paste the above into YouTube...
I love this song. Every couple of years or so, she puts out a song that blows my mind. And I chose this particular clip of the song because of her
boots...
Edited by Don Giro - 10/20/09 at 4:15am
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Here's the link...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHi4mk3rDXE
That's damn impressive.
Sarah Brightman made a serious impression on me many, many, years ago when she played Christine in "The Phantom of the Opera" at the Ahmanson here in LA. That was a show I will never forget.
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