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

"Rager93" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>
> Evanescense - What do they say about the star the burns to brightly too
> quickly?  Rumors are that, at a mimimum, founding member and guitarist
> Ben Moody has left the band and that the band may in fact have already
> called it a day once this tour is over.  Seriously bumbed if this is
> the case.  I supposed be seeing them on Nov 23.<<<<<

I heard about that -- but I also heard this Moody fella has done that a few
times previously.  Maybe he'll come to his senses and realize what he's
passing up.

If they breakup jump to the Lacuna Coil camp.  Rumor has it that they have
just been picked up on by mainstream rock radio, and will be playing soon on
70 stations in the USA.  The song "Heaven's A Lie" is going to be the first
to air.  I like their chances for good success.


>
> Godsmack..Finally picked up Faceless....Good but not great.
> >>>

Not into these guys


> Maiden - Dance of Death.  Hasn't really captured me.  It a solid effort
> but still falls short of BNW to me and isn't close to the glory days of
> NotB, PoM, and PS.  Hey just call me "Old School".<<<


I think this is in line with BNW, but I haven't been compelled to spin this
over and over again.  Other things have caught my attention.  Lanfear, DGM,
Balance Of Power, Brainstorm, and the new King Diamond have me pretty
occupied.


>
> Mudvayne - Heard them a while back but they never really did it for
> me....until my 14 year old daughter was cranking their latest single.
> Fuck Me!!  Great stuff.
> >>>

These guys are from about 40 miles to the west of me.  I've never given them
the time of day music wise.  I've seen a video or two, but I'm pretty sure
it's not my thing.


> Disturbed - Well I think most people know how I feel about this band
>
> A Perfect Circle - Loved Mer de Noms.  Really like Thirteenth Step.
> Reminds of a cross between Opeths Damnation and some Porcupine Tree at
> times.
> >>>

Not bad for rock radio, but I can definately live without them.


> Nevermore - Finally picked up Enemies of Reality (along with Dreaming
> Neon Black).  It's official....The Klingon must DIE!  He has now single
> handedly destroyed the sound of 2 of the greatest bands in Metal.  God
> what a utter total production abomination this album is.  Van Williams
> sounds like he's beating on tin cans, Loomis' guitars are muddy, and
> separation between the instruments is non-existent.  It's a testament
> to how good these songs really are that I still find myself enjoying
> the hell out this album.  More on this later.  Nevermore went from
> having one of the greatest sounding Metal albums in history (Dead Heart
> in a Dead World) to having one that is rivaled only by Metallica's St
> Anger in it's shittiness.  Total fucking travesty.  Kelly "let's muddy
> the mix" Grey needs to stick with Candlebox and Slave to the System and
> keep his fucking hands off of anything that remotely resembles Metal.
>
> Later
> Phil<<<<

I told you to watch out for this one.  It's painful to listen too.  It's so
non-catchy, and the production is utter garbage.  Overall this has to be my
dissapointment of the year.  I will say though that EOR will grow on you
some if you keep plugging away.  Still, for me this is a huge dropoff from
the last three Nevermore albums.