Re: My top 15 CD's for 2003 (long)

On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 05:20:52 GMT, "GoPack!!"
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>KD's latest rules - glad you are enjoying it.  Same goes for DGM -- I hoped
>that would be up your alley.  As for Brainstorm - I'm not one that needs my
>bands to be unique and new.  They make great music, and I find them quite
>enjoyable - hence the high rating !

Thanks again for the DGM stuff.

>I can buy that, but I still think these two discs are deserved of my top 10
>status.   I did like each of their last releases better, but I feel both of
>these discs are very good still.

Definitely good.  Even bad Kamelot is better than 9 out of 10 Power
Metal bands.  I just found both disappointing, as I was hoping they
would jump to the next level.

>You are hard on Masterplan.  Jorn sings just as well on this disc as he has
>on anything else.  I also think this debut is much better than his Ark
>debut.  This disc isn't up there with Burn The Sun, but not much is.

Can't help but constantly compare this project to Ark when I listen to
it, given this is who Jorn chose over Ark.  And whenever I do so,
Masterplan loses badly.  But as you said, Jorn sounds great.

>I was never a big Savatage listener so it sounded somewhat fresh to me.  I
>think four or five tunes are quite excellent, and another four or so are
>good.  On a grade scale I would give this disc a B or so.

Me neither.  The fact that many of the songs have a strong Savatage
feel does nothing to diminish this disc.  It's the pace and the
quality of the latter half of the CD that drag it down for me.

>I think the songs are very non catchy.  The songs also don't play well live
>if you ask me.

I don't think it's fair to judge those songs based on the performance
we saw, given that Nevermore clearly didn't have their A game.  I'll
be curious to hear how those songs play when Nevermore comes around
again as a headliner and is hopefully more exuberant.

>I thought you were digging these guys more this past year.  This new disc is
>pretty solid - it's just that I wasn't compelled to continually play it over
>and over.

I've found a new love for their older stuff and for their live
performances.  But my new love has little to do with their new
material.

>I should have titled this deal "shit eater" instead of "dissapointment".  I
>didn't expect much from Tribe, so it wasn't what I would call a
>dissapointment either.  It's just a third consecutive sucky Ryche disc.

I think you may be being just a bit hard on this disc, due to who
released it.  If band X released it, you probably wouldn't find it so
offensive.

Greg in NJ