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    Posted: December 20 2005 at 12:57
Im interested in this band, but dont know whats a good cd to get???? Someone told me ""impossible figures"" was pretty good..
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 20 2005 at 13:25
To t-bone....    try  ""symphony for a  Misanthrope""""
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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 20 2005 at 13:46
I think thay are definitely music. I like Test of Wills.
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Points: 3613 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 22 2005 at 21:14
It depends. I see two different "eras" to Magellan. Their first two albums, Hour of Restoration and Impending Ascension are more keyboard dominated, whereas everything after that is much heavier on metal guitar.

I'm an oddball and really like most of Impending Ascension, but if you're more into the harder sound of Magellan, I would recommend Test of Wills first and then if you like that, continue forward.


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Points: 31646 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 22 2005 at 22:47
Have only heard their two first albums. I think they're both very good. Nice mix of neo-prog and hard-rock/metal.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 22 2005 at 23:12

I have all of Magellans  works  and I think "Test of Wills" is their best effort , but you could perhaps try one of Trent Gardners side projects like  Explorers Club "age of impact" he also did a CD called  Leonardo "The Absolute Man" which is brilliant CD (IMO) features a great line up including James Labrie  (DT)  and  Mike Baker  (Shadow Gallery) and Steve Walsh (Kansas) plus many others  , but I`d be sticking with "Test of Wills" if its Magellan as a band you want to hear or perhaps try "Impossible Figures"  

 I  think the lyrics and keyboards on "Impending Ascension" are the best  out of all Magellans works unfortunaly this CD uses a drum machine for most of it and thats not to every ones taste 



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