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Trollheart · 06-04-2018, 10:38 AM

Sleeping Sun – (Four Ballads of the Eclipse) – Nightwish (1999)
Genre: Symphonic Metal

Shut up, just shut up, all right? I know, I know I slag Ki and MicShaz about Nightwish, and the truth is I don't like them, but I don't hate them either. Some of their material is okay. It's just that, in common with most SM bands, it often all sounds the same, and I doubt I could listen to two albums in a row. This is just an EP, four tracks, and while I could do without their interpretation of Aled Jones's “Walking in the Air” (if you've never seen The Snowman, do yourself a favour) there are a few really nice tracks on it. Not bad. Probably about as much 'Wish as I can stomach in one sitting though. Bloody random album generator!

~~MicShazam~~ · 06-04-2018, 10:43 AM

I don't even really like them either! I do like some of their catchier, more power metal like songs with Anette Olzon and Floor Jansen. I can't listen to anything from the old days anymore and was never really that into it anyway. I really don't like Tarja as a vocalist. This thing is from 1999, so I'd probably hate it. Relative to most people on MB, I'm a minor Nightwish apologist, and even I would never defend any of their ballads, and certainly not with Tarja.

That Snowman theme is pretty good though. Hardly to Nightwish's credit.

Trollheart · 06-04-2018, 03:56 PM

Tattoos and Tequila – Vince Neil – 2010
Genre: Hard Rock/Glam Metal

Ah, those albums that pop up and you think “where or why the **** did I download that?” I mean, I know this will warm the cockles of the heart of our new self-appointed Guardian of Glam, should he somehow tear himself away from his “I Hate Grunge” thread and read this, but while I know Motley Crue, I've never been their biggest fan, and why I would go for a solo album by one of their members is a mystery to me. More to the point, this is Neil's third solo album, his first in fifteen years, and he decides to make basically an album of rock covers, some of which I know, some of which I don't, but none of which I care about. Add in my lack of interest in anything Crue did on a solo level and you have an album I really don't care much about.

Of course, I wrote all that before listening to it. I kind of really like some/most of these songs, (yeah, even the Sex Pistols one) most if not all of which I'm hearing for the first time. Vince Neil 1, Me 0 it would appear. Yeah, and a power quartet to finish. Creedence's “Who'll Stop the Rain”, one of my favourites of theirs, “Viva Las Vegas” (I'm no Elvis fan, but who doesn't love that song?) “The Bitch is Back” by Elton John and the Tres Hombres themselves, with “Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers.” Man, I did not think I would enjoy this album but colour me surprised.

The Batlord · 06-04-2018, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Black Francis

Marisa Tomei and Jennifer Connelly will always beautiful. <3

I'm liking the new vid player, lookin pretty good there MB.

Had to listen to Vince Neil covering the Sex Pistols, and while he doesn't better the original by any means I'm still surprised that he did as well as he did and the production actually has real bite and doesn't sound too overproduced. But have you heard the original? It's majestically anti-social.

Trollheart · 06-05-2018, 08:04 AM

The Heisenberg Diaries Book A: Sounds of Future Past – Docker's Guild – 2015
Genre: Prog Rock

Well, here's a thing! A compilation album where this prog band interpret the classic sci-fi movies and series of our time. We open with the theme to Gerry Anderson's dark “Space: 1999”, go through “Flash Gordon”, “Barbarella”, “Red Dwarf”, “Doctor Who”, “UFO” and more. A real blast from the (future) past. Very enjoyable and really something different. Nice to see prog bands can let their hair down and enjoy themselves once in a while. Mind you, fifteen minutes of “Flash Gordon Suite” does get a little on the nerves, and their version of the “Red Dwarf theme” is stretched till it's just annoying, but overall the album is still great.

Trollheart · 06-26-2018, 08:33 PM

4:45 AM – Aisles – 2013
Genre: Prog Rock

Interesting. I've been waiting for a chance to listen to this ever since getting a link to it from an online prog magazine/blog I subscribed to. It's one of the first, maybe the first, Chilean bands I've heard, and their third album of four. Kind of not terribly impressed till the new-wavey “Shallow and Daft”, which has an – intentionally – American feel to it, and after that, yeah, the album really picks up and I've enjoyed it. I'll be looking forward to checking out the rest of their material. Good stuff, possibly great stuff.

Zhanteimi · 06-26-2018, 10:55 PM

You have excellent taste in music, Troll.

Trollheart · 06-27-2018, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Zhanteimi

You have excellent taste in music, Troll.

Thanks. Nobody ever says this, so I have to assume you've become a bot programmed to give yourself away by uttering completely unexpected phrases.

Trollheart · 06-27-2018, 09:45 AM

Back Again – Arti Tisi – 2017
Genre: AOR/Melodic Rock

All I can say is that this is yet another of those albums I don't remember downloading (though there will probably be a lot of them to come) and so far it's pretty generic, even low-grade AOR/hard/melodic rock with not a lot to offer. But we're only three tracks in, of a total of sixteen, so we'll see how it goes. I have no idea whether the band name is that of a person, or means something else. Either way, this is bargain basement stuff. Going to be hard to make it all the way through. Haven't heard anything yet that hasn't either bored me or made me roll my eyes. Oh no! They're doing “I Got the Music in Me”. Ah, you kind of don't, guys. Well to be fair, it picked up a little after that. I mean, it's still nothing special, but I got a little more interested in the last few tracks, bit more about them. Still wouldn't be rushing to hear anything more from these guys.

Note: since the videos show up so large now, I'm limiting YouTubes to two per album, as otherwise it just looks too clunky. If I can find a video for the full album, obviously, there will then only be one.

The Batlord · 06-27-2018, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Thanks. Nobody ever says this, so I have to assume you've become a bot programmed to give yourself away by uttering completely unexpected phrases.

Don't worry I randomly listened to it too and it was vicariously humiliating.

06-04-2018, 10:38 AM	#61 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Sleeping Sun – (Four Ballads of the Eclipse) – Nightwish (1999) Genre: Symphonic Metal Shut up, just shut up, all right? I know, I know I slag Ki and MicShaz about Nightwish, and the truth is I don't like them, but I don't hate them either. Some of their material is okay. It's just that, in common with most SM bands, it often all sounds the same, and I doubt I could listen to two albums in a row. This is just an EP, four tracks, and while I could do without their interpretation of Aled Jones's “Walking in the Air” (if you've never seen The Snowman, do yourself a favour) there are a few really nice tracks on it. Not bad. Probably about as much 'Wish as I can stomach in one sitting though. Bloody random album generator! __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

06-04-2018, 03:56 PM	#63 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Tattoos and Tequila – Vince Neil – 2010 Genre: Hard Rock/Glam Metal Ah, those albums that pop up and you think “where or why the **** did I download that?” I mean, I know this will warm the cockles of the heart of our new self-appointed Guardian of Glam, should he somehow tear himself away from his “I Hate Grunge” thread and read this, but while I know Motley Crue, I've never been their biggest fan, and why I would go for a solo album by one of their members is a mystery to me. More to the point, this is Neil's third solo album, his first in fifteen years, and he decides to make basically an album of rock covers, some of which I know, some of which I don't, but none of which I care about. Add in my lack of interest in anything Crue did on a solo level and you have an album I really don't care much about. Of course, I wrote all that before listening to it. I kind of really like some/most of these songs, (yeah, even the Sex Pistols one) most if not all of which I'm hearing for the first time. Vince Neil 1, Me 0 it would appear. Yeah, and a power quartet to finish. Creedence's “Who'll Stop the Rain”, one of my favourites of theirs, “Viva Las Vegas” (I'm no Elvis fan, but who doesn't love that song?) “The Bitch is Back” by Elton John and the Tres Hombres themselves, with “Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers.” Man, I did not think I would enjoy this album but colour me surprised. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

06-05-2018, 08:04 AM	#65 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	The Heisenberg Diaries Book A: Sounds of Future Past – Docker's Guild – 2015 Genre: Prog Rock Well, here's a thing! A compilation album where this prog band interpret the classic sci-fi movies and series of our time. We open with the theme to Gerry Anderson's dark “Space: 1999”, go through “Flash Gordon”, “Barbarella”, “Red Dwarf”, “Doctor Who”, “UFO” and more. A real blast from the (future) past. Very enjoyable and really something different. Nice to see prog bands can let their hair down and enjoy themselves once in a while. Mind you, fifteen minutes of “Flash Gordon Suite” does get a little on the nerves, and their version of the “Red Dwarf theme” is stretched till it's just annoying, but overall the album is still great. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

06-26-2018, 08:33 PM	#66 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	4:45 AM – Aisles – 2013 Genre: Prog Rock Interesting. I've been waiting for a chance to listen to this ever since getting a link to it from an online prog magazine/blog I subscribed to. It's one of the first, maybe the first, Chilean bands I've heard, and their third album of four. Kind of not terribly impressed till the new-wavey “Shallow and Daft”, which has an – intentionally – American feel to it, and after that, yeah, the album really picks up and I've enjoyed it. I'll be looking forward to checking out the rest of their material. Good stuff, possibly great stuff. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

06-26-2018, 10:55 PM	#67 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	You have excellent taste in music, Troll. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic

06-04-2018, 10:43 AM	#62 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	I don't even really like them either! I do like some of their catchier, more power metal like songs with Anette Olzon and Floor Jansen. I can't listen to anything from the old days anymore and was never really that into it anyway. I really don't like Tarja as a vocalist. This thing is from 1999, so I'd probably hate it. Relative to most people on MB, I'm a minor Nightwish apologist, and even I would never defend any of their ballads, and certainly not with Tarja. That Snowman theme is pretty good though. Hardly to Nightwish's credit.

06-27-2018, 09:45 AM	#69 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Back Again – Arti Tisi – 2017 Genre: AOR/Melodic Rock All I can say is that this is yet another of those albums I don't remember downloading (though there will probably be a lot of them to come) and so far it's pretty generic, even low-grade AOR/hard/melodic rock with not a lot to offer. But we're only three tracks in, of a total of sixteen, so we'll see how it goes. I have no idea whether the band name is that of a person, or means something else. Either way, this is bargain basement stuff. Going to be hard to make it all the way through. Haven't heard anything yet that hasn't either bored me or made me roll my eyes. Oh no! They're doing “I Got the Music in Me”. Ah, you kind of don't, guys. Well to be fair, it picked up a little after that. I mean, it's still nothing special, but I got a little more interested in the last few tracks, bit more about them. Still wouldn't be rushing to hear anything more from these guys. Note: since the videos show up so large now, I'm limiting YouTubes to two per album, as otherwise it just looks too clunky. If I can find a video for the full album, obviously, there will then only be one. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018