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Logos 
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Joined: March 08 2005 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 2383 |
 Posted: June 25 2005 at 07:08 |
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Snow Dog
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: March 23 2005 Location: Caerdydd Status: Offline Points: 32995 |
Posted: June 25 2005 at 08:56 |
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Why?
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Logos
Prog Reviewer
Joined: March 08 2005 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 2383 |
Posted: June 25 2005 at 09:26 |
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Is this an acceptable review: "These guys just can't play metal. They suck hence 1 star." Cos that's just about what that review had to say in 2 sentences. And the comparison to early Floyd is utterly totally ridiculous: Blackwater Park has no resemblance whatsoever of Piper or Saucerful etc. This guy hasn't probably even heard the album. Edited by Logos |
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Snow Dog
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: March 23 2005 Location: Caerdydd Status: Offline Points: 32995 |
Posted: June 25 2005 at 10:18 |
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It seems ok to me, its just his opinion! |
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Gentle Ronnie
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Joined: March 17 2005 Status: Offline Points: 540 |
Posted: June 27 2005 at 06:01 |
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Does that mean I can give any random album 1 star, post two random arguments, and that would count as a "normal review"? Like, say, I review Genesis' Foxtrot, say that the album is a ripoff off Dream Theater and that they don't know how to play music and Phil drums worse than a drum machine and that review would be okay, simply because it is my opinion? No, sir, I say we have only helpful reviews on our site. |
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Snow Dog
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: March 23 2005 Location: Caerdydd Status: Offline Points: 32995 |
Posted: June 27 2005 at 06:15 |
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^ well its not my decision, I still think its ok even though you exagerate the point!
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geezer
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Joined: April 03 2005 Location: Cocos (Keeling) Islands Status: Offline Points: 606 |
Posted: June 27 2005 at 06:42 |
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^^
Firstly, I don't think that there is nothing inappropriate in that Opeth review. The guy is just stating his opinion and his arguments are not random. You can either agree or disagree with him.
Of course you can give any album 1 star, even Foxtrot, if that is your opinion and you have some arguments (not random) for it. You are just using a really stupid example because it is impossible that Foxtrot is a Dream Theater rip-off. You should at least have arguments that can be true in practise. If you think that they can't play music and the drums suck that is okay , nothing wrong with that. Edited by geezer |
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Borealis
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Joined: May 06 2005 Location: Neutral Zone Status: Offline Points: 599 |
Posted: June 27 2005 at 09:52 |
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I think most of Psychotic Waltz should be checked out. There is no Prog reviewer review in any of their album, just fanboys posting their stuff. Their first album got 15 five starts out of 15. The others album overall rating aren't far from perfection too. Somes are just plain awful reviews, worst than some stuff from the DT fans. I'll post somes: PSYCHOTIC WALTZ Into The Everflow Review (Permanent link) by Groovman @ 6:41:18 PM EST, 7/10/2004  — I bought the reissue last week!!! I'm Shocked, this is the best music i ever heard!!!!!!!! What the hell... I can't describe this album you have to hear it your self... Why this bands isn't well known to poeple??? I DEMMAND AN ANSWER!!! WHY???? CHECK EM OUT, STEAL, KILL but get their cds No comments...
PSYCHOTIC WALTZ Into The Everflow 100/5 on every albums?... Mhm...
PSYCHOTIC WALTZ Into The Everflow
Review (Permanent link) by rachel @ 7:38:49 PM EST, 6/30/2004 — I Agree with all the reviews in everything they say... It's the highest form of music ever born... Dan Rock (P.W.) guitarist said that a song is the most important relationship to us... It's like the greatest thing man can achieve the birth of a child... Buddy said (P.W. Voice) "I can't understand the reasons they compare us with bands like dream theater... we grew up in the streets of America not Musical Colegues..." and i put my hands in the fire damn he's really right, at this moment like any other psychotic waltz dudes bleed becouse they knew everything about this [%*!#]in world and Mike Portnoy is in a big building full of funcy useless poeple incuding him and he is achieving one more Drum Player Gold Cup...Psychotic Waltz are not just music, even if they play the best music in the world.... Will ever anyone really know about them??? Even prog-metaler hates DT... funny...
PSYCHOTIC WALTZ A Social Grace Review (Permanent link) by Azraelius2112 @ 7:57:47 AM EST, 6/27/2005 — Psychotic Waltz was and is a myth. This record forever will be a special observation by a band, which created a kind of music that couldn't be played from typical human beeings. When I listen to "songs" like ...and the devil cried, another prophet song, a psychotic waltz or nothing, I can dive in a world full of phylosophic questions which will be answered inside there and changes my picture of the world, it's out of sight, state of art and for sure out of mind. The creative ideas from this band came from smoking pot and stuff, that's the only possibility when you hear this complex beautiful heavy stuff. I won't try to compare the music here which other, because PW really stand alone on floor, even if there are big influences of Jethro Tull and Black Sabbath listenable here and there, but Waltz is Waltz and don't try to make a illusion out of it, to discover them, listening to their legendary music, it's a journey you'll never forget! No word about the music... just how orgasmic it is... |
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Vive le Québec libre!...
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Logos
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Joined: March 08 2005 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 2383 |
Posted: June 27 2005 at 10:13 |
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If the guy had said that Yes didn't know how to play prog-rock everyone around here would be demanding the guys head on a silver plate. It's just because people dislike Opeth since they play progressive death metal that totally uninformative reviews of their albums are just fine. So very typical of openminded progheads, is it not? |
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geezer
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Joined: April 03 2005 Location: Cocos (Keeling) Islands Status: Offline Points: 606 |
Posted: June 27 2005 at 11:41 |
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If somebody dislikes an album it is clearly useful if he writes a bad review of it. The more important thing is that is the band from a genre that he/she likes in general. I think it's useless to write reviews from a genre that you don't like at all. Now, when I read that Opeth review I got the impression that he likes that genre they belong to in general. If that is the case I still don't see anything wrong in the review. He just dislikes the album and their playing and expresses that. If I'm wrong then I agree that it's a useless review. |
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silvertree
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Joined: December 31 2004 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 317 |
Posted: June 27 2005 at 13:44 |
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About the reviews for Quella Vecchia Locanda's first album : 4 reviews are in Spanish. I thought we were supposed to write in English ? |
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Cygnus X-2
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 24 2004 Location: Bucketheadland Status: Offline Points: 21342 |
Posted: June 27 2005 at 15:38 |
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LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT - Liquid Tension Experiment 2 (1999)
Review (Permanent link) by Zack @ 1:50:17 PM EST, 6/27/2005 — I simply cannot fathom why this album deserves anything less than 5 stars- For what this album wants to be- its perfect- its an instrumental masterpiece!! There are heavy songs, light songs, long songs and shirter songs- its all around perfect- but when is there going to be a third one??? Please!!!!!! |
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Manunkind
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Joined: February 02 2005 Location: Poland Status: Offline Points: 2373 |
Posted: June 27 2005 at 15:42 |
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I have to disagree here. True, he knows the genre Opeth belong to, but he hates this particular sub-genre. In spite of the popular opinion death metal is quite a broad genre. However, just like in prog, there are a lot of death metal listeners who want to narrow down the use of 'death metal' to one or two sub-genres of it. So for example, if you tell a death metal fan that Opeth, In Flames or Soilwork (not to mention non-death metal bands such as Meshuggah or Slipknot) are death metal you're risking a glance similar to the one got by some people who consider DT prog. The reviewer is a conservative death metal fan. The bands he mentions (Nile, Entombed) are completely different death metal than Opeth. The most important thing here is that they (especially Nile) are A LOT more brutal than Opeth. And this is the gist - Opeth simply isn't brutal enough for the reviewer; hence in his ears it's not death metal; hence in his ears it's crap. He implies this by saying that Opeth just sneak in enough death metal into their compositions not to offend anyone. He feels his fav genre is being ridiculed and that Opeth are simply not brutal enough for his ears. He can't really appreciate this melodic, progressive sub-genre of death metal Opeth belong to, so he shouldn't review it anyway. |
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"In war there is no time to teach or learn Zen. Carry a strong stick. Bash your attackers." - Zen Master Ikkyu Sojun
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geezer
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Joined: April 03 2005 Location: Cocos (Keeling) Islands Status: Offline Points: 606 |
Posted: June 27 2005 at 16:14 |
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Thanks for explaining that Manunkind. I misunderstood the review because I'm not familiar with these bands (except some Opeth I have heard) and metal isn't really of my interest. I should just shut up when there's anything that relates to metal.  |
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Gentle Ronnie
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Joined: March 17 2005 Status: Offline Points: 540 |
Posted: June 28 2005 at 12:17 |
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Yeah, he obviously compares Opeth to Nile, which he shouldn't, seeing as how Opeth is extreme progressive metal and Nile is brutal death metal.
By the way, he also reviewed an another Opeth album, this time giving it two stars:
OPETH Still Life  — Opeth's Still life ,is basically Death Metal for listeners who cannot bring themselves to listen to the real thing like bands such as Nile,Entomed and Morbid Angel who play real epic style Death Metal.Still Life is OK ,but this type of music doesnt work well with soft guitars, soft vocals and soft melodies mixed with heavy Death Metal ,really it sounds a little boring and dull,its trys to please everyone.The recording is nothing spectacular either its at times too limited ,and a bit rudimentary but its not awful either,the drums sounds very earthbound flat.So basically Opeth's Still Life is overatted and offers nothing of real interest and is neither here or there,its a little bit boring. Same thing actually, although this time it seems he rated it, knowing that this review would not be deleted, as he posted more random excuses than the last time.
He NEVER described the tracks, the concept or the most interesting moments, how do you know he actually HEARD it?
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Manunkind
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Joined: February 02 2005 Location: Poland Status: Offline Points: 2373 |
Posted: June 29 2005 at 15:08 |
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DREAM THEATER Images And Words
Review (Permanent link) by Vinicius Melojusto @ 9:20:07 AM EST, 6/27/2005 — It's impossible rate this album with any rating different then 5 stars. And if I could, I would give 6 stars. Seven, maybe. This album is the better work on progressive of any kind (metal, rock, etc) since the time of the ancient dinosaurs.If you don't hear it, maybe you're crazy, maybe you understand nothing. Run, buy your copy, and give to your friends. Give to your enemies, too. Give to all. Maybe the people won't understand. Oh, poor guys. F***'em all, they'll be wrong. Misunderstood.
Again - this is not a review. |
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"In war there is no time to teach or learn Zen. Carry a strong stick. Bash your attackers." - Zen Master Ikkyu Sojun
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MikeEnRegalia
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 22 2005 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 21565 |
Posted: June 29 2005 at 15:31 |
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It's just uninformed, because Opeth's roots lie in Camel, not PF. Hence the Jazz guitar solos ... |
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Certif1ed
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 08 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 7559 |
Posted: July 02 2005 at 09:39 |
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I really hate to do this, but I think this (and the quoted "review") is inappropriate:
— " Ok, this is a great pop/alternative album. It has like five or six MTV hits, all of them with their nice commercial videos. In this record all of their lyrics are very bad and simple, so you can understand why their latest lyrics in the new albums talk about nothing now. Anyway, you're gonna love this CD if you've only heard Britney Spears and Backstreet Boys in your whole life, but you're gonna hate it if you've listened really good music like Genesis or Yes. "that review was so damn stupid i am puking right now in disgust...radiohead are not very comercial, successful and comercial are not the same thing, may i remind you that kid A sold a hell lot of copys with little to no advertising and marketing..anyway i just wanting to point that out, calling radiohead nothing but a [&*!#]ty pop band and comparing them to britney spears is pretty shallow, bad lyrics?, have you even heard the album?, to make a review short, the bends is one of the best albums of the 90s, not really progressive like ok computer but very original nonetheless...this is not a long, intelligent review with a whole bunch of details, for that i apologise for being so blunt and urgent, anyway, its a damn good album. Edited by Certif1ed |
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Fitzcarraldo
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 30 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1835 |
Posted: July 02 2005 at 09:58 |
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 CAMEL - Mirage (1974)Review (Permanent link) by Muhammad Al Fatil @ 9:21:40 PM EST, 7/1/2005  — No me parece que sea una obra inmortal del rock progresivo. Si lo es, estimo que es sólo porque es uno de esos discos accesibles y digeribles, que ayudan a quien no está familiarizado con la corriente a conocer sus parámetros principales, porque si de algo está lleno este disco es de clichés.Estructuralmente y musicalmente, aquí no se aportó mucho de nuevo: los solos de teclados y guitarra tienen una reminiscencia muy fuerte a bandas del Canterbury, especialmente el primer Caravan (la voz de Latimer recuerda mucho a la de Richard Sinclair, quien posteriormente se uniría a Camel), aunque debo reconocer que la banda muestra un fiato musical envidiable y una condición de buenos músicos que no puede refutarse -el que no sean muy originales es otro cantar-. Mis temas favoritos son "Supertwister" y "Nimrodel". Pero, pienso que Camel entregando su mejor obra no alcanza a colocarse en la primera división del progresivo, ese grupo elitista en el cual yo pongo a Genesis, King Crimson, Yes, Van der Graaf Generator, ELP o Jethro Tull... A lo mejor los conocí demasiado tarde... "Mirage" es un disco iniciático, por eso las tres estrellas. Rough translation:
It does not seem to me that this is an immortal work of progressive rock. If it is, I consider it is only because it is one of those accessible and digestible discs that help those who are not familiar with the genre to know its main parameters because, if this disc is full of something, it is cliches. Structurally and musically, not much new was contributed here: the keyboard solos and guitar give a very strong reminder of the Canterbury bands, especially the first Caravan (the voice of Latimer reminds one a lot of the voice of Richard Sinclair, who later would join Camel), although I must recognize that the band shows an enviable musical fiato [I don't know the translation of this word] and musicianship that one cannot refute - the fact that it is not very original is another matter. My favourite pieces are "Supertwister" and "Nimrodel". But I think that Camel delivering its best work does not manage to put itself in the first division of prog, that elite in which I place Genesis, King Crimson, Yes, Van der Graaf Generator, ELP or Jethro Tull... Perhaps I knew them too late... "Mirage" is a initiating disc, for that reason the three stars.
CAMEL - Mirage (1974)Review (Permanent link) by Stephen Lang @ 6:03:04 AM EST, 7/2/2005 — Good Heavens! Just where the previous reviwer was coming from? Three stars for "Mirage"...!? Apart from most of us don't speak his/her language, the rating in itself is akin to an insult/provocation!"Mirage" to me is one of the finest offerings by CAMEL. It came from the heart while all key personnel were still at the helm. You can't get much better than that in prog! Now, Stephen, I know a review you don't agree with -- presumably on the rating alone in this case, from what you've said -- is sometimes hard to swallow, but you've got to come up with something better than your first paragraph to justify your 5-star rating as a counter argument against Muhammad's earlier review.
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tuxon
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Posted: July 02 2005 at 10:24 |
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^ The spanish or portugese review is inapropriate, since reviews should be written in English. He should have added at least a rough translation himself, so the english speaking audience knows what the review is about. and wrong assumptions (like expressed by the bad review below) about the review are avoided.
Thanks for translating Fitz |
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Logos wrote:
The Drapery Falls
— Death Metal is Death Metal and bands like Nile and Entomed are the best at it ,epic style. Opeth are a band that typically skirt round the edges of Death Metal and tend just to add just enough so as not to offend the listener with this so called awful stuff.This is really all very pathetic and Opeth are a band that has no idea about how to play Death Metal so i really dont no why they bother with it at all.The fact is Opeth are a band that are hugely influenced by the atmospheric sound of early Pink Floyd and almost duplicate that sound , they also imitate the vocal harmonies of floyds, Rick Wright and Dave Gilmour almost perfectly,while layering their music with progressive/death style metal.The Death Metal vocals sound very out of place while mixed with soft acoustics and harmonies on Blackwater Park,which is very similar to Still Life,the production is better than Still Life which was very poor.Blackwater Park is perfect for anyone who enjoys recycled early Pink Floyd psychedelic material (pre Meddle era) and imitators of Death metal act Nile thrown in for good measure. 
