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Poll Question: Which is your favourite album?
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

^^ well, would I be correct in assuming that when you joined PA 16 years ago, you were already very familiar with Nightwish?
 
Yes, Angels Fall First is one of the four albums I actually own in this poll, but all of the remaining albums are completely new to me, and I can happily drop Dimmu Borgir from the second poll, now I've discovered they don't sound anything like a Symphonic Metal band. The only question now is, who do I replace them with.  Ermm
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Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

^^ well, would I be correct in assuming that when you joined PA 16 years ago, you were already very familiar with Nightwish?
 
Yes, Angels Fall First is one of only four albums I actually own in this poll, but all of the remaining albums are completely new to me, and I can happily drop Dimmu Borgir from the second poll, now I've discovered they don't sound anything like a Symphonic Metal band. The only question now is, who do I replace them with.  Ermm


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I agree, Wishmaster and Century Child remain my favourite... I saw them in Birmingham on the DPP tour back in 2007, though...
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^^ there you go... same as me, except Paul is now very kindly trying to introduce us to their music, like we've never heard it before...  Ermm

I listened to early Nightwish a few weeks ago, still my favorite work from them. 
They do nothing much for me after Once. 

Apparently they're working on a new album. Marko has quit the band, left a huge void TBH. 
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^^ there you go... same as me, except Paul is now very kindly trying to introduce us to their music, like we've never heard it before...  Ermm
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Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

^^ well, would I be correct in assuming that when you joined PA 16 years ago, you were already very familiar with Nightwish?

If I remember right, I listened to Nightwish very early 2000s.
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^^ well, would I be correct in assuming that when you joined PA 16 years ago, you were already very familiar with Nightwish?
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Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

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It may be the case that you are in fact introducing yourself to new material, and are learning while you post... but you must understand that many here (myself included) have been familiar with this repertoire for the past 15-20 years and you aren't telling us anything new...  

argh crap, now I feel old. LOL
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

It's dissolved into some form of chat room, but to keep you entertained - hopefully - here's the first album from Nightwish, led by operatic soprano, Tarja Turunen. Is she Finnish?
 No, she's only just got started. Tongue

Paul, whatever you do, please don't try to sign up for the Diplomatic Corps, will you?  Embarrassed

It may be the case that you are in fact introducing yourself to new material, and are learning while you post... but you must understand that many here (myself included) have been familiar with this repertoire for the past 15-20 years and you aren't telling us anything new...  
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

Well, it's just that we are allegedly in Symph Metal Heaven... everyone who has any interest has voted and are at the point of losing interest in the subject, or faith in there ever being a follow-up poll for a 2nd album.. they've picked up their jackets and gone home, leaving you two in the corner, discussing the merits (or otherwise) of Opeth, who are about as Symph as Nine Inch Nails...

... would that be a reasonable assessment of the present state of affairs??

I concur with Dr. Spock's entirely logical assessment of the situation. Big smile
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Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

Forgive me for asking, but does this thread have any point or purpose now, or has it dissolved into some form of chat room?

It's dissolved into some form of chat room, but to keep you entertained - hopefully - here's the first album from Nightwish, led by operatic soprano, Tarja Turunen. Is she Finnish?
 No, she's only just got started. Tongue




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Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

Well, it's just that we are allegedly in Symph Metal Heaven... everyone who has any interest has voted and are at the point of losing interest in the subject, or faith in there ever being a follow-up poll for a 2nd album.. they've picked up their jackets and gone home, leaving you two in the corner, discussing the merits (or otherwise) of Opeth, who are about as Symph as Nine Inch Nails...

... would that be a reasonable assessment of the present state of affairs??
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Well, it's just that we are allegedly in Symph Metal Heaven... everyone who has any interest has voted and are at the point of losing interest in the subject, or faith in there ever being a follow-up poll for a 2nd album.. they've picked up their jackets and gone home, leaving you two in the corner, discussing the merits (or otherwise) of Opeth, who are about as Symph as Nine Inch Nails...

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Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

^^ I wasn't telling criticizing, merely asking if it was actually going anywhere... 

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^^ I wasn't telling criticizing, merely asking if it was actually going anywhere... 
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Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

Forgive me for asking, but does this thread have any point or purpose now, or has it dissolved into some form of chat room?
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Forgive me for asking, but does this thread have any point or purpose now, or has it dissolved into some form of chat room?
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I must admit, Opeth's first album started off well enough - with its Iron Maiden-style power chords - but as soon as I heard the cookie monster growling vocals, that was it, I just couldn't stand to listen to any more of the album. and anyway, Opeth aren't included in this poll, so I have a perfect reason to give them a wide berth from now on. Smile
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^ Opeth's debut is awesome. 
I don't listen to artists and albums that way, there are bands I enjoy just an album or two. 
There are also bands that have a lot of albums, some of them not so good, I'm skipping on those. 

Check this out, I dare you Evil Smile
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

^ I'm sorry, I can't get past the first Opeth album, so it's better if I leave them well alone and move onto a Symphonic Metal band that's more to my tastes, like Nightwish for instance, who are coming up here tomorrow. Smile

Again, I meant in the future you can give Opeth a chance, just stick with the albums that are not progressive death metal. 
 
Just try listening to:

Damnation
Heritage
Pale Communion
Sorceress
In Cauda Venenum

Thanks for the suggestion, but it's either all or nothing with me, where I'll either listen to all of the albums by a band or none at all, depending on whether or not I like the first album. The video below is a sample of  the dreadful racket I heard on Opeth's first album, so I've now saved myself a lot of time by not needing to listen to any further Opeth albums. Smile


I can think of a thousand bands I'd rather listen to than Opeth, so why would I waste time listening to a band I don't like from the outset? Ermm


Edited by Psychedelic Paul - March 13 2022 at 11:47
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