Riverside

^I don't get the hype about Buckethead either. No need to crap on this thread, Mr. Silly Putty.

rushfan4 wrote: Does anyone know what the story is with ID.Entity?  Amazon is only selling the CD for $50+.   InsideOut seems to indicate that they are out of stock on the CD but will re-stock and send out in a few weeks.  Does anyone have a first impression on the new album?

I discovered this great band twenty years ago. I bought their first CD with the Polish artwork and I was really impressed. Now, I've got 11 of their albums: LPs, EPs, live.

Edited by PhideauxFan - February 07 2023 at 03:21

geekfreak wrote: Odd one out here...never listen to Riverside! can yous please point me the best album to start with?

2nd life Syndrome is a great place to start. It is their heaviest album.
Then do Love, Fear and The Time Machine which is their least heaviest album.

Lastly. Get the double CD Eye of the Soundscape. You’ll hear them exploring the electronic end of things.

Those 3 albums offer up amazing diversity from the band. You can’t lose out on difference.

Edited by progbethyname - February 07 2023 at 18:58

progbethyname wrote: lazland wrote: rushfan4 wrote: Does anyone know what the story is with ID.Entity?  Amazon is only selling the CD for $50+.   InsideOut seems to indicate that they are out of stock on the CD but will re-stock and send out in a few weeks.  Does anyone have a first impression on the new album? Scott, my dear chap, if you ever want a first impression on the new album, just take yourself over to your old mate’s website for a cool and considered opinion. My review is at https://lazland.org/album-reviews-2023/identity  It is a very good album and I had no regrets in shelling out for it. Same. My dear friend. Spent about 80$ CAN on the hardcover blu ray media book edition. Surprisingly, it is worth it. I dig the artwork as well. A nice atmospheric bonus if I may say.

So after upon getting several decent spins of I.D entity
I’m easily putting into my top 3 with Riverside rankings in my own mind.

I adore the instrumental tracks with “Age of Anger” and “Together Again”

Such a great complement to the album. I’ve also really enjoyed this album in the 5.1 mix codec. So much fun and very immersive.
I hope more people buy the media book edition with the blu ray. It is worth it in my humble opinion.

I like their first thee albums--with 2005's Second Life Syndrome being, in my opinion, one of prog's great achievements of the 21st Century--but have been turned off by the odd divergences since. Are they a metal band or an off-shoot of Mariuz' atmospheric Lunatic Soul identity? Part of me thinks that after REM they were out of original ideas and could only be bothered to coopt others'. This latest album definitely seals this verdict for me: they're barley more than a tribute band now.

progbethyname wrote: So after upon getting several decent spins of I.D entity I’m easily putting into my top 3 with Riverside rankings in my own mind. I adore the instrumental tracks with “Age of Anger” and “Together Again” Such a great complement to the album. I’ve also really enjoyed this album in the 5.1 mix codec. So much fun and very immersive. I hope more people buy the media book edition with the blu ray. It is worth it in my humble opinion.