Vanden Plas - Beyond Daylight review/etc
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Topic: Vanden Plas - Beyond Daylight review/etc
Posted By: Man Overboard
Subject: Vanden Plas - Beyond Daylight review/etc
Date Posted: August 11 2005 at 20:30
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Just reviewed it... wondering what other people's thoughts on the album are? http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=42509 - the review <3 ------------- https://soundcloud.com/erin-susan-jennings" rel="nofollow - Bedroom guitarist". Composer, Arranger, Producer. Perfection may not exist, but I may still choose to serve Perfection. Commissions considered. |
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Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: August 11 2005 at 21:49
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Good review Man Overbored, nice touch the added link to a VDP song I generally find them to be too plastic for my likes,but good moments throughout just love that guitars ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: Man Overboard
Date Posted: August 12 2005 at 03:01
 I LOVE THAT AVATAR.
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: August 12 2005 at 03:54
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Do you really think that the album is as good as Unfold the Future and Remedy Lane? A while ago you said in one of your posts that these were the only albums which you would rate 5 stars, unless I'm mistaken. I really like the album, but I think it seriously lacks originality. http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=40138 - http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=40138 ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa" rel="nofollow - Release Polls Listened to: 
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Posted By: Man Overboard
Date Posted: August 12 2005 at 12:18
That's a good question. I thought we were to compare it to other
albums in their own subgenre... in the melodic, song-driven
prog-metal genre, I think it's 5 stars. If it was to be overall
overall, against everything else to ever exist, I'd probably give it
4.5, if I could. But if I were simply to be comparing it to Dream
Theater, Symphony X, bands like that... yeah, 5 stars.  ------------- https://soundcloud.com/erin-susan-jennings" rel="nofollow - Bedroom guitarist". Composer, Arranger, Producer. Perfection may not exist, but I may still choose to serve Perfection. Commissions considered. |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: August 12 2005 at 12:55
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I agree that it makes sense to compare albums with their peers, rather than with all other prog albums. But which are similar artists/bands in this case? Threshold comes to my mind - and I'd prefer their albums over the Beyond Daylight anytime - Hypothetical and Critical Mass are better. and those aren't even the best in the genre - their album Subsurface is nearly perfect. So:
All IMO of course. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa" rel="nofollow - Release Polls Listened to:
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Posted By: Man Overboard
Date Posted: August 12 2005 at 13:10
 I can understand that
opinion. I *love* Threshold, though I don't get into 'em as much
as Vanden Plas. Hell, I even have Threshold's live DVD, and they
are PERFECT live... I'd possibly rate it higher than a VP live
album, but I still prefer Beyond Daylight over anything I've heard from
Threshold (though I prefer Threshold's Critical Mass over the other VP
albums).------------- https://soundcloud.com/erin-susan-jennings" rel="nofollow - Bedroom guitarist". Composer, Arranger, Producer. Perfection may not exist, but I may still choose to serve Perfection. Commissions considered. |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: August 12 2005 at 13:20
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Do you know Beyond Twilight? Great band ... I'm always confusing their band name with VP's album name ... ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa" rel="nofollow - Release Polls Listened to:
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Posted By: Man Overboard
Date Posted: August 12 2005 at 13:30
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I'm listening to a sample now... it's like... power
metal... there's a VERY fine line between prog metal and power
metal, but I prefer to stay on the prog side...
------------- https://soundcloud.com/erin-susan-jennings" rel="nofollow - Bedroom guitarist". Composer, Arranger, Producer. Perfection may not exist, but I may still choose to serve Perfection. Commissions considered. |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: August 12 2005 at 13:37
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Fair enough ... try this for something completely different: http://www.kaada.no/ - http://www.kaada.no/ In their discography you can listen to the albums, I recommend Kaada & Patton - Romances. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa" rel="nofollow - Release Polls Listened to:
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Posted By: Man Overboard
Date Posted: August 12 2005 at 13:44
 I LOOOOOOVE Kaada/Patton - Romances.
------------- https://soundcloud.com/erin-susan-jennings" rel="nofollow - Bedroom guitarist". Composer, Arranger, Producer. Perfection may not exist, but I may still choose to serve Perfection. Commissions considered. |