massimilianogoi on 15/4/2010 at 23:29
On progarchives there are alot of bands that aren't prog, but just that they had some little influence.
quinch on 15/4/2010 at 23:56
How could you cats forget Jeff Wayne and The War of the Worlds?
Or maybe it's just music for magicians to saw women in half to. :(
EDIT: Surprised not to see Gerry Rafferty in those archives.
fett on 16/4/2010 at 01:35
Quote Posted by dethtoll
Well at least we agree that James Labia is a terrible vocalist. I cannot listen to Dream Theater because of him.
He's not easy to listen to, but since Train of Thought, I think he's gotten much better. They've been experimenting with vocal effects lately and he's singing in a lower register. There's still something distinctly 80's about him. Portnoy seems to be trying to take the edge off it by helping out as well. There's definitely something changing about the way they approach vocals on the last 2 albums at least.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZNZAgbgMeY) A Rite of Passage
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkF4JD2rO3Q&feature=related) The Dark Eternal Night
massimilianogoi on 16/4/2010 at 02:50
Damn! Adobe doesn't permit the flash download, there is a problem now, since YouTube required to upgrade to the latest Flash version ://
I was curious to listen the two last songs, if it's true that Labrie changed tonality....
massimilianogoi on 16/4/2010 at 06:47
OK, this doesn't seems prog at all to me, it seems what I played ten years ago. LOL Uh, I noticed just now the variations of the voice in the riffs: evidently stolen from Marilyn Manson.
Let's hear the second song:
LOL!! James Hetfield! hahahah No, jokes apart. This song is copied from Metallica. Also the Labrie's look seems Hetfield.
fett on 16/4/2010 at 14:10
...you never noticed before that they sound like Metallica? :confused:
massimilianogoi on 17/4/2010 at 03:12
No. Excuse me, but I don't follow them anymore, since Derek Sherinian was out. Their best album, imo, remains, despite of what the majority says, "Falling Into Infinity", because is more pop-oriented than the others. I remember that they also made their first apparition on MTV here in Italy in that period, that's because they were at the peak of their businness success. After the Sherinian's defection they oriented in another style, less hearable.
fett on 17/4/2010 at 15:57
Weird. Metallica is a huge influence of theirs. In terms of musicianship, DT is in a whole 'nother class though.
june gloom on 17/4/2010 at 18:10
I prefer DT, DT, and DT.
(Dark Tranquillity, Darkthrone, and Doors, The)
