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Points: 1754 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 21 2014 at 16:21
Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Biggest surprise was Sigur Ros's new edgier side...

Really? Cool. I kind of wrote them off; I loved their first 3 albums (Agaetis Byrjun to Takk), but lost interest in their work after that. I'll definitely have to check out the new one, then. 


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Points: 4521 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 21 2014 at 03:53

Cult of Luna and Kayo Dot did really surprise me positively. Also a nice new melodic prog doom folk band Sisare.

Disappointments: Riverside and Leprous
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Points: 4214 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 20 2014 at 12:10
Also recent Nectar: Time Machine just didn't thrill me twice, although some 00's albums were superb and reminded their best records of the 70th in many ways
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Biggest surprise: Sigur Ros live. I went to the show unaware of their new direction with the latest LP, was blown away.

Biggest expectation: Valerinne's second LP. They announced a release for November still in the summer; some delays meant it was only ready in December. Expectations met.

Dearest LP: Heights by Damascus.

Biggest discovery: Ao Vivo Em Londrina by O Terço.

Greatest disappointment: PAs distancing from Math Rock.
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Points: 952 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 18 2014 at 22:59
For me the biggest surprise was Dream Theater. I did not expect too much, but when the album was finally out, I was totally blown away. One of their greatest!
Biggest disappointment: The lack of love for the last DT output here on the PA. Another disappointment for me is Days Between Stations. After their brilliant debut, the new album leaves me totally bored.
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*Five Storey Ensemble
*Circle Of Illusion
*Sound Of Contact
*Haken
*Birds & Buildings
*Ayreon
*Leprous
*Nemrud
*Days Between Stations
*Clive Nolan
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Haken~The Mountain was not really a surprise but an extreme breath of fresh air. Very musical, melodic, clean....the opening The Path, puts the cover art on the cover so to speak.
I am not an Ulver listener but that cover art got me interested to Messe I.X - VI.X, I like it, so a surprise for me.
Spock's Beard~Brief Nocturnes & Dreamless Sleep, big surprise was not expecting such a solid release by SB.
The Winery Dogs, excellent hard rock release, a surprise considering AM was bad!
 
Most of TFK~Desolation Rose I am not too thrilled about, it has moments and maybe I need to spin it more.
The more I listen to Dream Theater~DT, its just blah to me, really nothing exciting there anymore. Mike Portnoy is the missing link.
The Aristocrats~Culture Clash is a disappointment, after the superb self titled release I expected at least the new one to be on par...huge miss from an insane trio of musicians.
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Haven't heard a second of the new Russian Circles album, also had to miss them when they played live here with Chelsea Wolfe... but how much am I missing out on? I really liked Empros, so it's a shame if they've "jumped the shark" so to speak.
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Points: 10213 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2014 at 00:37
2013 was the glorious year for contemporary prog. So many great albums, especially the brilliant debuts.
As a largest positive surprise for me (by the artists who are already in PA), I would single out as particulary magnificent album Bilo 3.0 by Serbian prog metal guitarist David Maxim Micic.






As a "disappointment", I'd like to point out that lack of new iamthemorning LP.
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Surprise:
Haken - The Mountain. Excellent masterpiece, I really enjoy it. Genuine contemporary Prog rock!
 
Disappointments:
Big Big Train - English Electric, Part Two. After a very promising and widely appreciated "Part One" comes a mere materialized yawn only. A mixture of long, melancholic songs with absolutely forgettable melodies brings us somewhere to the beginnings of this mostly maudlin band, unfortunately.
 
Von Hertzen Brothers - Nine Lives. Weak and poor imitation of outstanding 2008 gem "Love Remains the Same" or still passable album  "Stars Aligned" from two years ago.
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Points: 31169 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 13 2014 at 16:09
Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Disappointments were.. 

Russian Circles

I definitely agree with this.  Was really a letdown, unfortunately.
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Points: 21108 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 13 2014 at 15:15
Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Originally posted by Toaster Mantis Toaster Mantis wrote:

Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Biggest surprise was Sigur Ros's new edgier side


No kidding, when I saw them live at Roskilde Festival they easily reached Neurosis or Swans levels of heaviness in some parts! Great concert by the way, with the type of light show I imagine Pink Floyd or Hawkwind to have had back in 1973.


Glad someone agrees!

Yea i saw them live in a semi-small venue (smaller the better!), and was blown away. Spot on sound and Jonzi's voice blew me away. 
 
Thirded, it's a very welcome change of direction for them & I liked the older stuff a lot.
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Points: 24465 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 13 2014 at 08:05
Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:


Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Disappointments were.. 
 Hubardo, 
Austin u drunk


Me two...
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Points: 18016 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 13 2014 at 07:39
Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Disappointments were.. 
 Hubardo, 


Austin u drunk
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Points: 16952 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 13 2014 at 07:06
Originally posted by Toaster Mantis Toaster Mantis wrote:

Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Biggest surprise was Sigur Ros's new edgier side


No kidding, when I saw them live at Roskilde Festival they easily reached Neurosis or Swans levels of heaviness in some parts! Great concert by the way, with the type of light show I imagine Pink Floyd or Hawkwind to have had back in 1973.


Glad someone agrees!

Yea i saw them live in a semi-small venue (smaller the better!), and was blown away. Spot on sound and Jonzi's voice blew me away. 
Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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Points: 24465 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 13 2014 at 05:16
Some interesting debut albums (Camelias Garden was the biggest surprise; others in my top 10 are Fright Pig and Ingranaggi della Valle), Haken releasing a true masterpiece.

Disappointment: Hubardo.
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Points: 5898 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 13 2014 at 04:44
Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Biggest surprise was Sigur Ros's new edgier side


No kidding, when I saw them live at Roskilde Festival they easily reached Neurosis or Swans levels of heaviness in some parts! Great concert by the way, with the type of light show I imagine Pink Floyd or Hawkwind to have had back in 1973.

Biggest surprise for me is Causa Sui's Euporie Tide. It's also a matter of national pride for me, that a Danish band has now placed themselves at the forefront of modern progressive rock and the current wave of 1960s/1970s psychedelia revivalism. With that album CS have shown themselves exactly how to continue the style while doing interesting new things with it.
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Points: 4339 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 12 2014 at 19:51
The Gentle Giant-ness of Haken's The Mountain was a nice surprise.
So was GORGUTS. Headbanger Especially the new lineup.
Also awesome to see one of the first prog bands I discovered on my own putting out an album since I started following them. (The Fierce and the Dead)


Hearing that Smurph is collaborating with Colin Marston is big news to me. Can't wait to see what happens! Big smile
Maynard turning 50 is a pretty big event. Smile Though I guess that's pretty young by prog artist standards. Wink
The announcements of new Tool, Animals as Leaders and King Crimson is awesome.
Really happy to hear that Beyond Creation managed to tour overseas.
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Points: 20645 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 12 2014 at 19:23
Originally posted by JD JD wrote:

Originally posted by Stool Man Stool Man wrote:

Bowie album was the biggest surprise, obviously.


I would agree, in that it was a huge surprise that Bowie would release such a dull, boring and uninspired album at a time in his life when he has all the time in the world to produce stellar work.

Ziggy ! ...pull up your socks and get'r done. We deserve and expect better from you.
Ziggy's an old man and getting mellow ......and he's lucky he has that album in him.
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Points: 9226 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 12 2014 at 17:33
Biggest surprise was watching Moon Safari (no, not Camel) live, interesting to say the least...

Biggest disappointments were Riverside and Fates Warning
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