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Trollheart · 04-13-2015, 01:22 PM

Woo-hoo! Another fan of Wild cat! Sadly, as mentioned at length in my journal, they watered down their sound towards a more AOR one for the next albums, Cox left and the magic was gone. I love this album, and always will. Delighted it spoke to you, Jansz! Great review too.

Incidentally, their name comes from that of an island in Michael Moorcock's "Elric of Melnibone" series, so it's actually quite cool.

From Wiki:

Theleb K'aarna: A human sorcerer of the Pan Tang isles. After being displaced as Queen Yishana's advisor and chief sorcerer by Elric, he seeks revenge and uses sorcery to hinder several of Elric's plans.

Unknown Soldier · 04-13-2015, 03:36 PM

Looks like Trollheart has found another sucker for this album too, it can't hold a candle to the classic Spellbound album though.

Like Trollheart said a nice review.

**Janszoon** · 04-13-2015, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Woo-hoo! Another fan of Wild cat! Sadly, as mentioned at length in my journal, they watered down their sound towards a more AOR one for the next albums, Cox left and the magic was gone. I love this album, and always will. Delighted it spoke to you, Jansz! Great review too.

Incidentally, their name comes from that of an island in Michael Moorcock's "Elric of Melnibone" series, so it's actually quite cool.

From Wiki:

Theleb K'aarna: A human sorcerer of the Pan Tang isles. After being displaced as Queen Yishana's advisor and chief sorcerer by Elric, he seeks revenge and uses sorcery to hinder several of Elric's plans.

Thanks for the feedback! I was hoping you'd respond to one of my reviews at some point since you were so instrumental in helping me come up with my list.

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

Looks like Trollheart has found another sucker for this album too, it can't hold a candle to the classic Spellbound album though.

Like Trollheart said a nice review.

Gracias! I may have to check out Spellbound, though TH's comments make me a little trepidatious.

Trollheart · 04-13-2015, 07:31 PM

Meh, Spellbound is not the worst; the rot only really sets in with 1981's Crazy nights. Maybe the strain of putting out two albums in six months was to blame. But Cox is definitely gone as a vocalist and John Deverill, his replacement, is a totally different singer.

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Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Woo-hoo! Another fan of Wild cat! Sadly, as mentioned at length in my journal, they watered down their sound towards a more AOR one for the next albums, Cox left and the magic was gone. I love this album, and always will. Delighted it spoke to you, Jansz! Great review too. Incidentally, their name comes from that of an island in Michael Moorcock's "Elric of Melnibone" series, so it's actually quite cool. From Wiki: Theleb K'aarna: A human sorcerer of the Pan Tang isles. After being displaced as Queen Yishana's advisor and chief sorcerer by Elric, he seeks revenge and uses sorcery to hinder several of Elric's plans. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

04-13-2015, 07:31 PM	#4 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Meh, Spellbound is not the worst; the rot only really sets in with 1981's Crazy nights. Maybe the strain of putting out two albums in six months was to blame. But Cox is definitely gone as a vocalist and John Deverill, his replacement, is a totally different singer. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018