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Post by alpha128 on Dec 3, 2022 19:19:20 GMT
I will give it a try. Thanks for the recommendation! Thank you. Let me know if you liked it. I'm not affiliated with Talas or Billy Sheehan but the band is a huge part of my misspent youth. me personally, I liked the album. I finally got a chance to listen to the entire album, and I liked it too. My favorite tracks were the opener "Inner Mounting Flame", which reminded me of Fifth Angel's "The Night"... ... and "The Power to Break Away" which I found reminiscent of Dio's "Faces in the Window": I also got Y&T vibes from "Crystal Clear". Thanks again for sharing!
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Dec 3, 2022 20:17:14 GMT
Thank you. Let me know if you liked it. I'm not affiliated with Talas or Billy Sheehan but the band is a huge part of my misspent youth. me personally, I liked the album. I finally got a chance to listen to the entire album, and I liked it too. My favorite tracks were the opener "Inner Mounting Flame", which reminded me of Fifth Angel's "The Night"... ... and "The Power to Break Away" which I found reminiscent of Dio's "Faces in the Window": I also got Y&T vibes from "Crystal Clear". Thanks again for sharing! I appreciate your input.
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Post by alpha128 on Dec 4, 2022 17:46:49 GMT
I finally got a chance to listen to the entire album, and I liked it too. My favorite tracks were the opener "Inner Mounting Flame", which reminded me of Fifth Angel's "The Night" and "The Power to Break Away" which I found reminiscent of Dio's "Faces in the Window". I also got Y&T vibes from "Crystal Clear". Thanks again for sharing! I appreciate your input. I just came back here to listen to "The Power to Break Away" again. It was playing on my "mental jukebox" and I wanted to hear it again for real.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Dec 4, 2022 17:58:51 GMT
I just came back here to listen to "The Power to Break Away" again. It was playing on my "mental jukebox" and I wanted to hear it again for real. I listened to it again. It's very good but the Old Talas was so much better. Strange that they never hit it big but making it in the music business is such a crapshoot. I'd bet there was scores of bands like them who had gobs of talent but never hit the big time. I'm hoping they do another album.
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Post by alpha128 on Dec 4, 2022 19:00:50 GMT
I just came back here to listen to "The Power to Break Away" again. It was playing on my "mental jukebox" and I wanted to hear it again for real. I listened to it again. It's very good but the Old Talas was so much better. Strange that they never hit it big but making it in the music business is such a crapshoot. I'd bet there was scores of bands like them who had gobs of talent but never hit the big time. I'm hoping they do another album. I'm sorry that the albums by the old Talas aren't available for purchase on Amazon.com. I don't want to listen to them on YouTube if I can't own them. It just makes me angry when I can't buy an album I really like. Speaking of power trios that had gobs of talent but never hit the big time, are you familiar with The Rods? I bought their "Live" album on vinyl many years ago, and rebought on CD more recently. Here is the YouTube playlist for the entire album.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Dec 4, 2022 19:21:00 GMT
I listened to it again. It's very good but the Old Talas was so much better. Strange that they never hit it big but making it in the music business is such a crapshoot. I'd bet there was scores of bands like them who had gobs of talent but never hit the big time. I'm hoping they do another album. I'm sorry that the albums by the old Talas aren't available for purchase on Amazon.com. I don't want to listen to them on YouTube if I can't own them. It just makes me angry when I can't buy an album I really like. Speaking of power trios that had gobs of talent but never hit the big time, are you familiar with The Rods? I bought their "Live" album on vinyl many years ago, and rebought on CD more recently. Here is the YouTube playlist for the entire album. Yep, definitely. They were from around Syracuse or the Finger Lakes region. I had the Wild Dogs album, the one with the three headed dog on the cover. They were big around Rochester. Damn, I haven't thought about them in years.
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Post by alpha128 on Feb 25, 2023 20:26:31 GMT
RIOT CITY's debut was one of my favorite 2019 albums, and my latest 2022 purchase is their sophomore effort "Electric Elite". The album was released on October 14th, 2022, but I did not get a chance to listen to it until recently. The reviewer at the Metal Observer gives "Electric Elite" an 8.5/10 rating and wrote: I've linked to a sample RIOT CITY song, and their entire 2022 album, in the first post of this thread. |
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Post by Roberto on May 24, 2023 1:20:16 GMT
Imperial Age - New World
9/10
Visions of Atlantis - Pirates
8/10
Lacuna Coil - Comalies XX
7/10
Billy Talent - Crisis of Faith
6/10
Michael Romeo - War of the Worlds // Pt. 2
6/10
Yours Truly - is this what i look like?
6/10
Battle Beast - Circus of Doom
5/10
James LaBrie - Beautiful Shade of Grey
5/10
Stand Atlantic - F.E.A.R.
5/10
Epica - The Alchemy Project
4/10
Allen/Olzon - Army of Dreamers
4/10
Florence + The Machine - Dance Fever
2/10
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Post by alpha128 on May 24, 2023 1:58:20 GMT
Battle Beast - Circus of Doom 5/10 Of all the bands you mentioned here and in the 2023 thread, I'm most familiar with Battle Beast. I own their first two albums "Steel" (2011) and "Battle Beast" (2013). But I didn't like what I heard with "Unholy Savior" (2015), and lost interest in the band. I actually heard some of the song "Master of Illusion" from this album, but I wasn't impressed. |
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Post by alpha128 on Aug 1, 2023 2:14:05 GMT
My latest 2022 purchase is "Dealer of Souls" by GOMORRA. I only recently discovered this Swiss group, despite their history going back to the mid-90's. The album was released on December 9th, 2022. Reviewer Matt Coe at Dead Rhetoric gave "Dealer of Souls" an 8.5/10 rating and wrote: I've linked to a sample GOMORRA song, and also their entire 2022 album, in the first post of this thread. |
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Post by alpha128 on Aug 18, 2023 23:17:07 GMT
My latest 2022 purchase is "Skulls of My Enemy" by RESISTANCE. I only recently discovered this American band, despite their history going back to the mid-80's. The album was released on July 22nd, 2022. The reviewer at Metal-Rules.com gave "Skulls of My Enemy" an 4/5 rating and wrote: I've linked to a sample RESISTANCE song, and also their entire 2022 album, in the first post of this thread. |
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Post by Roberto on Aug 19, 2023 21:08:26 GMT
Imperial Age - New World9/10 Visions of Atlantis - Pirates8/10 Lacuna Coil - Comalies XX7/10 Billy Talent - Crisis of Faith6/10 Michael Romeo - War of the Worlds // Pt. 26/10 Yours Truly - is this what i look like?6/10 Battle Beast - Circus of Doom 5/10 James LaBrie - Beautiful Shade of Grey5/10 Stand Atlantic - F.E.A.R.5/10 Epica - The Alchemy Project4/10 Allen/Olzon - Army of Dreamers4/10 Florence + The Machine - Dance Fever2/10 Seems I have listened to a bunch more since my last post
Infected Rain - Ecdysis 7/10
Nocturna - Daughters of the Night 6/10
Megadeth - The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead! 4/10
Avantasia - A Paranormal Evening With the Moonflower Society 4/10
Serj Tankian - Perplex Cities 1/10
League of Distortion - League of Distortion 1/10
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Post by alpha128 on Aug 20, 2023 0:20:26 GMT
Seems I have listened to a bunch more since my last post
Infected Rain - Ecdysis 7/10
Nocturna - Daughters of the Night 6/10 Megadeth - The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead! 4/10 Avantasia - A Paranormal Evening With the Moonflower Society 4/10
Serj Tankian - Perplex Cities 1/10 League of Distortion - League of Distortion 1/10
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