tenbones
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Damn man. THAT IS the soundtrack to my CP gaming! Spot on.Queensryche, Body Count, Orbital. The soundtrack of Cyberpunk gaming.
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Damn man. THAT IS the soundtrack to my CP gaming! Spot on.Queensryche, Body Count, Orbital. The soundtrack of Cyberpunk gaming.
Van der Graaf Generator fans will dig the heck out of `The Past is Past', a ten minute epic in the classic storytelling/character- driven approach of many a vintage prog album. Jamison Smeltz's saxophone that darts through the track reminds of how effectively the instrument was incorporated into Seventies rock albums, the vocal chameleon that is Matthew Parmenter moves through everything from everything from bluesy raspy croon to deranged Peter Hammill-esque theatrical snarl, and Fred's mischievously devilish keyboard runs carry a wink in their eye!
Wishbone Ash is one of those too prog for the rock crowd, too rock for the prog crowd kind of bands. Of course--at times--that means they are right up my alley. Here are some of those times.
For me Wishbone Ash always excelled with their instrumentals like the McDuff cover and 'Phoenix.' The vocal tracks feel mediocre compared to the inspired instrumentals and for me their best albums are the self-titled and Pilgrimage. I know a lot of fans think Argus is their best but I'm not feeling it.
If someone were to buy just one Wishbone Ash LP, which one should he buy?While Wishbone Ash's singers' vocals are definitely not a dealbreaker for me, it's hard to argue against their instrumentals being their best works.
While Wishbone Ash's singers' vocals are definitely not a dealbreaker for me, it's hard to argue against their instrumentals being their best works.
If someone were to buy just one Wishbone Ash LP, which one should he buy?
If someone were to buy just one Wishbone Ash LP, which one should he buy?
If someone were to buy just one Wishbone Ash LP, which one should he buy?
As you mention Goblin, the theme for Deep Red (Profondo Rosso) was epic at the time.
The Suspiria soundtrack is better IMO.
Dunno whether the strange step-daughter of prog-rock has made an appearance in this thread or not, but she should!
Dunno whether the strange step-daughter of prog-rock has made an appearance in this thread or not, but she should!
Overall my latest prog purchase, Glass Hammer's "Chronomonaut" didn't really do it for me. The final track "Fade Away" is very powerful, as good as anything they've ever written and quite possibly worth the price of admission in on it's own. However for the most it's a case of "I can see what their doing, it's just not what I'm looking for".
It did leave me with a Glass Hammer hankering so I've bought "Ode to Echo". We'll see how that works out.
It did leave me with a Glass Hammer hankering so I've bought "Ode to Echo". We'll see how that works out.
On the one hand my lack of disposable income means I can't buy more records at the moment, but on the other hand it means I'm spending quality time re-listening to what I have so far. As you guys know, my son has adopted Tarkus as his favorite non-soundtrack LP and both kids are into Trespass, but now my daughter has decided that Mirage by Camel is her album of choice.
(My son asked if I have "more albums like Tarkus," but when I showed him some other ELP records he balked because they don't have the cool sci fi armageddon armadillo on the cover.)
Ok so what you need is Ronnie James Dio. A rare beast, as he was in not one, not two but three bands that are straight up legit legends.I appear to have fallen slightly down a power metal rabbit hole trying to find fantasy concept albums.
Now I know that RJD isn't exactly prog, though Rainbow sailed close to those topographic oceans from time to time. But there's so much great imagery to pillage in his lyrics that he's well worth checking out. Despite the lack of concept albums.