Frost* Appreciation Thread
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Topic: Frost* Appreciation Thread
Posted By: King Crimson776
Subject: Frost* Appreciation Thread
Date Posted: August 17 2014 at 04:17
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I couldn't find a thread to gush about the guitar solo in Black Light
Machine so here it is. It just keeps going and is perfect all the way
through. It's easily in my top 5 solos of all time. These guys have some
of the best 'softy' parts in all of prog. They aren't as good with the
heavy parts and certain transitions, but overall a great band. Post any thoughts or news on the band here (unless there's a substantial thread already around, in which case feel free to bump and use that one, but I think a fresh thread is good sometimes). |
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Posted By: O666
Date Posted: August 17 2014 at 11:27
I agree . 
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Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: August 17 2014 at 12:17
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Well, I've long admired John Mitchell's guitar playing whether he's with Arena or Frost* or whoever, he always brings a lot of emotion into the music he performs. That solo in Black Light Machine is fantastic, but I also love that ending solo in the title-track off Arena's The Visitor. Absolutely sublime. ------------- “Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime is not enough for music.” - Sergei Rachmaninov |
Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: August 23 2014 at 00:54
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How about "Serenity" from The Visitor? Otherworldly stuff. Was there going to be a Frost* album this year? I suspect it's going to be even further in the streamlined direction of Experiments. I think that album is excellent too, but any further in that direction and it might start to f**k with the melodies. Plus I kind of want them to write more epics. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 23 2014 at 02:35
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I would recommend the Rockfield Files DVD from last year. The playing and the sound is just so good. I wrote a gushing 5 star review if anyone is interested http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=1094600" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=1094600
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Posted By: O666
Date Posted: August 23 2014 at 08:47
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richardh wrote:Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: August 23 2014 at 18:15
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here is an other prog band not heard there music... ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: Roland113
Date Posted: August 24 2014 at 08:43
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Ahh Frost*. This band is in my top five bands, I just wish there was more to listen to. Black Light Machine is a favorite. I actually had the initial keyboard loop as my ringtone for a while. I hadn't heard of a new album, but I've been out of the loop for a while. Would love to have new Frost*. ------------- -------someone please tell him to delete this line, he looks like a noob------- I don't have an unnatural obsession with Disney Princesses, I have a fourteen year old daughter and coping mechanisms. |
Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: August 27 2014 at 02:43
^ Totally agreed. The wait/anticipation is becoming increasingly frustrating. Jem said he was working on the new one in about 2010  . I know he had some health issues but was under the impression he was back to 100% about 3 years ago. Another one to add to the annals of Floyd, Guns and Roses, Boards of Canada, Aphex Twin (Kate Bush perhaps?). We like to keep 'em waiting.
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Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: September 05 2014 at 10:19
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which album is the starting point of listening to the band... ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: Roland113
Date Posted: September 05 2014 at 11:32
I'd start with Experiments in Mass Appeal, it's a little less proggy and less epicy than Milliontown so there's less of a disappointment if you go that way. Both albums are great, but Milliontown gets the nod as the better one in my opinion. ------------- -------someone please tell him to delete this line, he looks like a noob------- I don't have an unnatural obsession with Disney Princesses, I have a fourteen year old daughter and coping mechanisms. |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: September 08 2014 at 04:20
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thanks Roland113, will go your way I think. so many thanks... ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: September 08 2014 at 04:33
| I think most of us here find proggy/epicy to be much more accessible than the lean, more alt-ish sound. Given that, I'd start with Milliontown, and also because I'd almost always go chronologically (starting with the first significant album). |
Posted By: CityZen
Date Posted: September 10 2014 at 00:01
| Any news on the next LP coming sometime soon-ish? |