[Prog War] Dead Soul Tribe - The January Tree

i'm so glad i finally found a true prog band in my music! ;) ah ah! it was high time! and on top of that i think this is a good one! better be!lol the music is original with the use of samplers in addition to the synth, the vox are also varied and actually the music reminds me sometimes of stuff like ministry... but not as brutal of course! the album is almost always heavy and yet the musicians never lose the atmosphere in favour of it so in the end the listener enjoys a work that is very well balanced =) as the previous one their ambiances are also great as the use flutes or other instrument to give a traditional dimension to ther music ... hope you like it \m/

Dead Soul Tribe - The January Tree
Genre: Progressive Metal
Tracklist:
01 Spiders and Flies
02 Sirens
03 The Love of Hate
04 Why?
05 The Coldest Days of Winter
06 Wings of Faith
07 Toy Rockets
08 Waiting for the answer
09 Just Like a Timepiece
10 Lady of Rain

the last blow before victory!

[Prog War] Alogia - Secret Spheres Of Art 2005

This is a band from Serbia and before writing that presentation i decided to search for stuff about them cause they are not that famous! lol...and there i found many harsh reviews actually! fortunately for them i had listened to the album long before so i had already an opinion of my own (and they are quite lucky indeed, the vocalist is not taking too much room! ah ah)! well i read one saying for instance that it was the most unoriginal album ever! ah ah! of course dude! but if we keep only the truely innovative then we can discard 95% of styles and bands! to me the music is typical prog/power metal which is very well composed and played, with several classical cliches that have been used and abused for centuries by thousands of musicians like most recently ...symphony-X, Dream Theater ...and so on and so forth...so what's the big deal!?? the production is also very decent...there is an unfathomable dearth in my stuff with regard to prog so i may be wrong!lol

Alogia - Secret Spheres Of Art 2005
Genre: Progressive Metal
Tracklist:
01 Secret Spheres
02 Journey into the Dawn of Life
03 Politics of War
04 Legend of a Stolen Heart
05 Falling Asleep
06 Kontinuum
07 Mystica Aegyptiorum
08 Amon
09 Beyond the Time
10 Lament
11 Astral Horizons
12 As the Time Passes By
13 Overture Solemnis
14 Samson

Between the bombs!

[Prog War] Fair To Midland - Fables From A Mayfly 2007

Well, i'm just back and it seems the war is realling raging!lol better proceed with caution! =) Fair To Midland has been the last band spinning in my stereo, and by chance it happens that they play prog so i knew they were gonna turn out quite handy here, ...especially since they are from Texas!!ah ah i didn't know that band before but as many times before i got hooked by the cover on their album and decided to lend an ear to their stuff...woooww!! the vox have something of A.P.C to them but not that much whatsoever [i know APC is not the cuppa tea of some of you! don't be afraid!lol ;)] and the music is really brilliant and "opened"...they do not stick to the usual recipe and i must say it's rather tasteful!ah ah! enjoy!!


Fair To Midland - Fables From A Mayfly 2007
Genre: Progressive Metal (and much more!)
Tracklist:
01 Dance of the Manatee
02 Kyla Cries Cologne
03 Vice/Versa
04 Wife, The Kids, And the White Picket Fence
05 April Fools and Eggmen
06 Seafarer's Knot
07 Wolf Descends Upon the Spanish Sahara
08 Walls of Jericho
09 Tall Tales Taste Liek Sour Grapes
10 Upgrade^Brigade
11 (When the Bough Breaks) Say When

Cowboys from Hell!

[Live Earth] Spheric Universe Experience - Anima (2007)

Spheric Universe Experience...ever heard about that one? they are from france and formed in 2002...and they play some prog stuff! this album is pretty good, though it's certainly not the most original work ever done and released! The guitar style is very much in the line of Vanden Plas, that is powerful...the music is likewise powerful but it's perhaps more in the jazzy / psyche style of Dream Theater because of the keyboard player...as you know the big black dot are the vox for me!...well, i would say the vocalist is walking a fine line along the fringe of what i can bear! it depends on the songs! ah ah! but overall he's alright to me, so no cat/pig's squealing! ah ah!! hope you enjoy!
ps: i love the last track! \m/

Spheric Universe Experience - Anima (2007)
Genre: Progressive
Tracklist:
01 Sceptic
02 Being
03 The Inner Quest
04 Neptune’s Revenge
05 Stormy Dome
06 World Of Madness
07 End Of Trauma
08 Heal My Pain
09 Questions
10 The Key
11 Black Materia


Black Materia for your head!

HEADLINE - Escape 1997

Yes you read well, i played power metal!lol (shame on me! the devil'll kick my ass for that! ah ah!) well Headline i believe is pretty unknown! no wonder they are french!...perhaps they are famous in TW as many unknown French band manage to get famous there! actually i bought that one quite a while ago, about 10 years or so perhaps (it's their first album)! cause the guitarist of that band is pretty good and comes up with catchy riffs and hot leads (he plays a 7-strings)...i must admit i don't like their singer much ...yet it's a female!...but she's eons away from the sweet voices of Asian chicks!lol ... well the album is rather good anyway, she's not so horrible! the one i have is a collector edition so if you want the other CD played (acoustic version of these songs) ask me ...and it's done! =) enjoy!

HEADLINE - Escape 1997
Genre: Power Metal, Progressive Metal
Tracklist:
01 Avalon
02 The Time of Lords
03 Fever
04 You're what you've got
05 Who are we
06 Sad Clown
07 Thru the Daylight
08 Masquerade
09 Escape
10 The Night is over
11 What can I do

Escape if you dare! ;)

Diablo Swing Orchestra - The Butcher's Ballroom 2006

Proud sailor stand still and prepare to enter a realm never explored before...a sharp intrument may come in handy so don't forget it!lol run all sails up, full power ahead, brace yourself cause you'll have to face so many style at once that only the mighty ones will come out with their four limbs still on! ah ah! actually here's a foretaste of the upcoming battle...about Symphonic and Progressive Metal, you already know but Flamenco, Jazz, Gothic Metal, Swinging stuff, and Orchestral genres will also try to lead you astray! an uncontrollable whirlpool will suck you to the very bottom of that blistering ocean where you'll be wrapped in dark and grandiose ambiances, you can get out but you'll have to be willing to...and don't wander too far or you'll be lost forever in the abysmal pit of hellish melodies!
\m/

Diablo Swing Orchestra - The Butcher's Ballroom 2006
Genre:Opera, Progressive Metal, Experimental
Tracklist:
Act 1 :
1 Balrog Boogie (03:53)
2 Heroines (05:23)
3 Poetic Pitbull Revolutions (04:52)
4 Rag Doll Physics (03:53)
5 D'Angelo (01:54)
6 Velvet Embracer (04:05)
Act 2:
7 Gunpowder Chant (01:51)
8 Infralove (04:54)
9 Wedding March For A Bullet (03:14)
10 Qualms Of Conscience (01:16)
11 Zodiac Virtues (04:48)
12 Porcelain Judas (04:09)
13 Pink Noise Waltz (06:07)

Heretic Masterpiece!

BOOK OF REFLECTIONS - Chapter II: Unfold The Future 2006

BOOK OF REFLECTIONS - Chapter II: Unfold The Future 2006
Genre: Progressive Metal, Hard Rock

Björn Jansson (vocals)
Martin LeMar (vocals)
Anand Mahangoe (guitar)
Mistheria (keyboards)
Lars Eric Mattsson (guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals)
Eddie Sledgehammer (drums)

Progressive is not my style at all, but i must tell this is nevertheless a very good album, ...and actually i find it doesn't really sound like most of the stuff we (or i) call progressive!lol...of course it's lyrical and technical but to me, this band sounds closer to stuffs more or less like Iron Maiden! and if you like guitarist, Anand Mahangoe from Sphere of Souls is a fine musician who know how to stay original while playing very cool melodies and powerfull riff...or nice ballads! =)

Tracklist:
1 Unfold the Future
2 Bringer of the Torch
3 Free My Soul
4 Heal Me
5 Uncover the Lie
6 Ashes to Ashes
7 Make Sure You Don’t fall
8 Deep Inside
9 Blink of an Eye
10 Got to Get Low
11 Love Conquers All

Let my ears bleed!

Derek Sherinian - Blood of the Snake [2006]

In the dead of night, there's always time to listen to intricate musical pieces! actually that's when i come to understand them best ...cause i'm not at all into progressive (especially when singing is involved!lol which fortunately is not really the case here)! The star is of course a keyboardist and not a guitarist (the former keyboard hero from dream theater)! but there's so many guest on this one album that it's better to remain concentrated on the music,... indeed, the musicianships flies high on that album. This is progressive/jazz metal in the pure vein of the style, most of the tracks have a malmsteen-esque feeling (you'll hear why!) and bear the mark of that insatiable being! luckily i happen to enjoy him a lot!lol so check this out, it's good for your health!

Derek Sherinian - Blood of the Snake [2006]
Genre: Progressive Metal
Tracklist:
1 CZAR OF STEEL
2 MAN WITH NO NAME
3 PHANTOM SHUFFLE
4 BEEN HERE BEFORE
5 BLOOD OF THE SNAKE
6 ON THE MOON
7 THE MONSOON
8 PRELUDE TO BATTLE
9 VIKING MASSACRE
10 IN THE SUMMERTIME

Musicians:
Derek Sherinian (Keyboards)
John Petrucci (Guitar)
Zakk Wylde (Guitar)
Yngwie Malmsteen (Guitar)
Simon Phillips (Drums)
Tony Franklin (Bass)
Brad Gillis (Guitar)
Brian Tichy (Drums)

Special Guests:
Billy Idol (Vocals)
Slash (Guitar)

ps:track 2 is faulty at 3'27, but it's worth it anyway!

Let my ears bleed!