Re: Oh no -- Ryche looking into Mindcrime 2 ? -- and some Threshold news

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> "Brent Wiescamp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > "GoPack!!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > Did you ever check out Dead Soul Tribe?  I was wondering what you
> thought
> > of
> > > them.  They were another band I recommended to you a while back.  I
> > thought
> > > you might dig them because they have a Toolish sound.  If you were
never
> > > able to sample them to begin with - send me your address and I'll burn
> > both
> > > their discs for you.
> > >
> >
> > Are you still liking them? It's been in pretty heavy rotation for me.
The
> > last two songs, while a bit similar, get quite a bit of repeat play for
> me.
> > The Tullish flute stuff is pretty cool without being overdone. Overall I
> > like the disc quite a bit. I still haven't spent enough time on the
lyrics
> > yet though.<<<<<
>
> I'd say A Murder Of Crows is clearly in my top 3 or 4 this year.  I think
it
> is definately one of my more listened too discs of the year.  I also got a
> hold of the mp3's from thier s/t first disc, and it is also quite good as
> well.
>

Is it not available otherwise? I haven't looked for it yet but I'm gearing
up for another visit to The End sometime this week. I'll be  checking out
the SX lite band you've been talking about -- suggestions for a first
try(?).

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> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > > BoP is quite good.  I hope you can deal with some early Tate
> impressions.
> > > That's the only negative for me.   The songs themselves are good.
> Overall
> > > I'd give this disc a B.
> > >
> >
> > It's fine AFAIC. A "B" is about what I'd give it. I hear more Alder than
> > Tate. The one song that I absolutely cannot stand is "Wake Up Call" -- a
> > skip every time.
> > >>>>
>
> I've never spent a ton of time listening to FW so I rarely ever do any
voice
> comparrisons to Alder.  With John K. I hear Tate mainly - but only on a
few
> tunes.   Most of the time he's got his own sound.  I do hear a lot of
> Dickinson on The Eyes Of All The World.
>

Yeah, I forgot that FW is relatively "new" to you. I thought the same about
Dickinson on Eyes too.

>
> > > I'm suprised myself, but King Diamond's new on - The Puppet Master --
is
> > my
> > > #1 disc of the year so far.  Now I've always been a fan of KD, but I
> sure
> > > didn't expect anything like  Disc Of The Year material.
> > >
> > > Also, when Greg from NJ says he likes it - when he's never been a KD
> fan -
> > > you know it's got to be good.   I never would have figured that he
would
> > > give it chance to begin with.  Excellent stuff from the old pro !!
> > >
> > > KD has settled into an Alice Cooper style voice sound, with just a
> little
> > > falsetto these days, and it really works.  The voice probably isn't
> quite
> > > the turnoff that it used to be for some.
> > >
> >
> > Fuck man! Why didn't you say that in the first place? :)  I've always
dug
> > the music but couldn't get past the vocals. But if he's lost the total
> > falsetto stuff then it would probably be quite listenable.<<<<<
>
>
> I thought I did mention that he isn't going for those insane falsetto
vocals
> anymore.  There is a little falsetto there - kind of layered with the
Alice
> Cooper voice, but I think it's something you could easily handle.  Greg
from
> NJ - who previously hated KD and his vocals - is ranking this new one
pretty
> high in his favorites of the year too, so I take it the vocals are not
> holding him back.

You probably did mention the difference in vocals -- it's the AC reference
that kicked it over the top. Good enough for me. I've been looking for a few
things to pick up this week. Sounds like it ought to top the list.