Not that I was wondering how would be the band without MP (new drummer → A.J. Pero), but I thought it could take awhile for them record a new album, but I am glad I was wrong! The new album is totally mind-blowing, it's worth buying for sure, fucking awesome!
Adrenaline Mob - Men Of Honor
01. The Mob Is Back
02. Come On Get Up
03. Dearly Departed
04. Behind These Eyes
05. Let It Go
06. Feel The Adrenaline
07. Men Of Honor
08. Crystal Clear
09. House Of Lies
10. Judgement Day
11. Fallin’ To Pieces
Buy It!!
too bad They came here last year, to support Halestorm... C'mon this band is inferior compared to AM, btw the "pop" that the music industry feed us is the shit we do in toilet, and the people who listen to that could be compared to this big crowd of crap!
despite of all the reasons
despite of all the pain
I know you were always there
through all the changing seasons
through all the good and bad
I know you were always there
I just couldn't see it
now it's crystal clear
Where do i go from here ?
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The new Transatlantic album is not disappointing and even after so many years of great musical contributions, They are still sounding terrific. I won't say too much about them, mainly cuz I am kinda fan these guys, not only for their contributions with Transatlantic, but for their contributions with their bands, anyway the new album is a masterpiece, highly recommended for who likes prog rock with some old school nuances, great!
Transatlantic - Kaleidoscope
1. Into the Blue
2. Shine
3. Black as the Sky
4. Beyond the Sun
5. Kaleidoscope
Buy It!
the dreamer and the healer
await for you - they wait for you
the caller and conceiver
believe you will
they're calling you into the Blue...
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I started to enjoy his tunes because this EP, another interesting work that doesn't bring the will to turn to another track, it's really worth!
Plini/Sithu Aye - I
1. Plini - Orm
2. Plini - Rupture
3. Sithu Aye - Solstice
4. Sithu Aye - Moonrise
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I learned about this great guitar player when my YT page indicated me Plini's EP, btw Sweet Nothings is great, but when I heard Sithu Aye work I found it greater. Sometimes I wonder How many great guitar players are popping up it's really magical, it's kinda as someone else said: it's like these guys are born with a 7 string guitar since their mom's womb, that's really terrific!
Sithu Aye - Invent The Universe
1. Invent the Universe
2. Grand Unification (feat. David Maxim Micic)
3. Expansion
4. Baryogenesis
5. Particles Collide (feat. Plini)
6. Nucleosynthesis
7. Recombination
8. Dark Ages
9. Formation
10. Pale Blue Dot
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And The Dream Theater Guys to wish a Happy Holidays to every fan, in the last days of 2013 They presented their fans with 13 songs taken of their ADTOE tour, btw this record is really well done, but the reverb sometimes clouds the great performance on this dtholidays gift, it's worth remembering that They played only old songs, great stuff.
Dream Theater - Happy Holidays
CD1:
01 Under A Glass Moon (Phoenix, AZ 12/4/11)
02 Forsaken (London, UK 7/24/11)
03 Peruvian Skies (London, UK 7/24/11)
04 Endless Sacrifice (Austin, TX 10/26/11)
05 Drum Solo (Austin, TX 10/26/11)
06 YtseJam (Austin, TX 10/26/11)
07 The Great Debate (London, UK 7/24/11)
CD2:
08 Another Day (Austin, TX 7/7/12)
09 Through My Words/Fatal Tragedy (Montreal, QB 10/7/11)
10 To Live Forever (Huntington, NY 7/19/12)
11 Learning To Live (Tel Aviv, Israel 7/19/11)
12 The Count of Tuscany (London, UK 7/24/11)
13 As I Am (Shibuya, Japan 4/24/12)
Download It
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I had never paid attention for the previous Samuel Arkan projects, but this one, at the first listening I really love it. He managed to gather many great names of prog power metal scene: Tom Englund (Evergrey), Mike Lepond (Symphony X). Leo Margarit (Pain of Salvation), Simone Mularoni (DGM), Ida Haukland (Triosphere), Mathi Marinelli, Tezzi Persson, and They created an epic album, fucking great!
Epysod3 - Fantasmagoriᴧ
01. File - 4180-2
02. The Arch
03. Morning Rose
04. Venom
05. The Black Parade
06. T.H.O.R.N.S.
07. Garden Of Exile
08. Raven’s Curse
09. Living Fortress
10. Fantasmagoria
11. The Inheritance
12. Now And Forever
13. Forgotten Symphony
14. Unreal
Buy It!
Samuel Arkan statement
The quite unusual thing is that all these guests came to the Noise Factory studio (Belgium) to track down their parts. Nobody recorded his/her parts at home, like with some many other projects.
“I wanted the whole thing to get a real “band” feeling”, Arkan says. “Therefore having all vocalists and musicians here was very important to me. We got to know each other better and better while spending time together. The new material sounds very fresh, dark, heavy, modern and "true" with "straight in the face" guitar riffs, intense voices and melodies, massive work on progressive atmospheres and orchestral parts. All the artists who participated in this album gave their soul to it, gave their best, they travelled deeper into sensitivity and sincerity. That's probably the best words which define this next album... sincerity & spontaneity! This album comes from the heart of each musician and vocalist who worked on it, and you can feel it when you listen to this new EPYSODE album.”
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Here I stand at the end of the year again...
Behold the best of the year in the view of this impermanent being...
Dream Theater - Dream Theater: I think I don't need to state too much about DT, mainly because the new album speaks for itself. They are back! although for many they had never been absent..
TesseracT - Altered State: here is an album that is clearly what music was supposed to be, with great Djent work, moving songs, vocals. It's not only about music but it's also to take u to another state of mind, to evolve as human being.
Mandroid Echostar - CITADELS: this band really surprise me this year, since of their EP to their Citadels, it's also the way that music should be made. Hell Yeah!
Subsignal - Paraíso: The new Subsignal album is really a great progressive work, with great lyrics, vibe, without songs that are too long, but it really works.
Masterplan: I think as the album title says, it's really a new beginning for these guys, probably the best prog power album of the year.
DGM: Their new album is really awesome and "Reason" influenced me a lot this year.
The Flower Kings - Desolation Rose: One more year and.. They are really kicking asses again. The new album, in my opinion, is really one of the best of their career. I think they are more inspired than ever.
Big Big Train - Suite, English Electric Part I, Part II, Make Some Noise: it's not at random They win Progressive Music Awards 2013, They are great!
Spock's Beard - Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep: and when everyone (me) thought it wouldn't work, They made it. I cannot say I don't miss Nick, but They are really sounding like SB. They really pulled an elephant out of the hat, great work guys!
I'd like to thank God for being the windmaker, also to thank my friends for all advices and support, everyone who stopped by, my subscribers, everyone who belongs to this circle of hope, boldness and progness, thanks!
-HH-
Meaningful phrases of 2013:
When the ship starts to sink, don't pray. Jump!
Beware the 3 obstacles to jumping ship:
* fear of regret ( that the loser will turn out to be a winner when you've bailed-out )
* Unwillingness to abandon part of an investment ( become willing to abandon )
* Difficulty of admitting you made a mistake.
"We are what we do, but we are mostly what we do to change what we are ..."
"The answers always clear
the spaces in between
we're choosing now to change
we see the need to leave
And we openly know where we belong
Justice will prevail as the regimes fall "
"Take this doubt and fear to your grave
This life of stone
The hand of god I'm too tempted to bribe
I'm getting old and growing paralyzed
We're all alone
Until we let our minds take to the skies
Our blood runs cold yet we remain alive "
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