What got you into Evergrey?

Sargoth · August 9th, 2002, 05:27 PM

So, what got you into Evergrey?

I started to listen to them when I was about to see them, Dark Tranquillity, In Flames and Transport League in Gothenburg. I downloaded some songs a few days before the consert and I've been a big fan ever since...

Blackspirit · August 9th, 2002, 06:09 PM

This guy I knew saw them live two years ago and got
completly hooked. He sent me some mp3's and I fell
in love as well :o) "Words Mean Nothing" is what
really did it :o)

Bear · August 9th, 2002, 06:33 PM

Harvester of Sorrow's show on Seismic Radio three years ago!!!I heard Evergrey and a slew of others and that was it for me!!! I think it was Nosferatu..

Bear

FataMorgana · August 9th, 2002, 07:49 PM

My first experiece with Evergrey was thanks to LarryD! He sent me a sampler tape of The Dark Discovery a few of years ago. I can't pick one song that hooked me. But, it was the vocals that really caught my attention--both Tom's and Carina's. Great combination!!

Now I carry at least one Everygrey cd with me at ALL times!

I'm seriously addicted. LOL

Later,
Stacy

HI BEAR! How's life?

Demonspell · August 9th, 2002, 08:55 PM

A few online recommendations, and hearing songs from SDT on Progged Radio two years back...

Collapse Generation · August 10th, 2002, 02:18 AM

I heard them for the first time at a concert in Norway, featuring
Spiral Architect, Susperia and Gamma Ray. I bought S-D-T at
the concert, which I of course don't regret.

Strahd · August 10th, 2002, 04:46 AM

I heard them on a local radio station here in Gothenburg called Gordian Knot sometime around winter '97-'98. They talked about their upcoming album The Dark Discovery and played two or three tracks including "To Hope Is To Fear" and if I remember correctly "When The River Calls". I truly liked what I heard and as soon as the album was released I bought it. Haven't looked back since

AngelWitch73 · August 11th, 2002, 05:38 AM

I used swap CDs with Matt Coe of SnakePit and he introduced me to EVERGREY. Ever since then I´ve been hooked.

Marlies · August 11th, 2002, 05:47 AM

It must have been in '98 or '99 that Carl from Planet Music (his old cd shop near the Biebob in Vosselaar, Belgium) recommended The Dark Discovery to us. He said he sold it a lot to Iced Earth fans. Well, we loved it and Evergrey became one of our very favorite bands immediately! But no one knew the band and how on earth should we describe to others what Evergrey sound like?? All I could think of is compare them to Nevermore. Different style, but similar ingredients - emotional vocals, dark atmosphere, intelligent metal. Later on I was surprised to see some people on the Perpetual Motion board knew the band too, and there I found the URL to the website too. Wooh!

When word got out that Evergrey was playing Progpower 99, I knew I HAD to see them!!! Nico had to work, but I went to stay with my friend Els and we visited the festival together. SDT was just released in Sweden, but wouldn't be released in the rest of Europe until the next year, so I was sure they would bring some Swedisch copies to sell

. At the meet & greet before the festival, we met Tom, and when he told me they weren't allowed to sell the CD in a country where is wasn't released yet, I was SO disappointed that he decided to give me one of the few copies they brought for promotional use. "You owe me" he said.. well I think we've settled that score by now

After the show I hung out with the band and I made a few friends for life..

progmeister · August 11th, 2002, 05:57 AM

Saw them at PP2.0 in Atlanta last year and was totally blown away by thier intensity. I also liked the darker side to the lyrics that was not typical of the prog music I was listening to at the time.

progmeister · August 11th, 2002, 05:57 AM

Saw them at PP2.0 in Atlanta last year and was totally blown away by thier intensity. I also liked the darker side to the lyrics that was not typical of the prog music I was listening to at the time.

progmeister · August 11th, 2002, 05:57 AM

Saw them at PP2.0 in Atlanta last year and was totally blown away by thier intensity. I also liked the darker side to the lyrics that was not typical of the prog music I was listening to at the time.

ThePKH · August 11th, 2002, 11:40 AM

Downloaded few songs from internet shortly after the Solitude, Dominance, Tragedy -album came out..

Lady Of The Snow · August 11th, 2002, 02:01 PM

I'm kinda "new" to them although I've already known them since "Solitude..."

What got me into them?
1. Tom's wonderful voice
2. "Watching The Skies" (exactly this part) 2:30 - 2:47 that raw emotion, feeling and pain. And beginning from 5:02 to fade... there is some kind of a haunting feeling to it...

And this will ALWAYS be my favorite song by Evergrey. Period.

Silkie · August 11th, 2002, 03:29 PM

Dark Discovery

NFU · August 12th, 2002, 02:52 AM

Reading about them in metal magazines a few years back...i downloaded trust and betrayal...the rest is history.

Dark discovery is still my favorite album...but i loved everything theyve done.

Kalmakoff · August 12th, 2002, 07:04 AM

I read a review of 'The Dark Discovery' on a finnish metal magazine and went out and bought the cd.

Madrigal · August 12th, 2002, 09:00 AM

The cover of "Dark Discovery" was speaking loudly to me.....:
"This is music you will LOVE", it said.
I tested it in the shop and as soon as I heard Tom's voice for only just 2 seconds, I got hooked.

Lady Of The Snow · August 12th, 2002, 09:40 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Madrigal
The cover of "Dark Discovery" was speaking loudly to me.....:
"This is music you will LOVE", it said.
I tested it in the shop and as soon as I heard Tom's voice for only just 2 seconds, I got hooked.

Wahhh, you beat me by 8 seconds (meaning SX) ;-Þ

sexysuccubi · August 12th, 2002, 01:20 PM

I actually read a review of their performance at Prog Power and I had to discover for myself why everyone was so completely blown away. Once I heard the intensity and remarkable abilities of Tom's voice (particularly on the song "Mark of the Triangle") I was immediately addicted...

Thelix · August 14th, 2002, 12:52 PM

Good reviews made me buying "SDT" back in the end of 1999.

Dustin · August 15th, 2002, 06:05 PM

I heard them from a guy who played in a band that I did a session gig for in the studio.... I told him I was going to see them live in Atlanta and that I had never heard them before. He said he had "In Search of Truth" and popped it in the disc player.... it was a masterpeice!!!!!

Seeing them live only confirmed this bands greatness, streangth in unique songwriting and musicianship, and that they are flat our heavy as all hell....

"Mark of the Triangle" rules my ass

... I am still on a quest for the other albums which are eluding me still.

Lady Of The Snow · August 15th, 2002, 06:27 PM

I have already stated my way of getting into Evergrey.
But I have my brother, who is as picky as me, infected heavily with "Rulers Of The Mind". He was blown away and wants the album!

Mesh · August 16th, 2002, 05:11 PM

You did

Lady Of The Snow · August 16th, 2002, 07:31 PM

You noticed?

August 9th, 2002, 05:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
Sargoth Dimmans följeslagare Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Borås, Sweden Posts: 358	What got you into Evergrey? So, what got you into Evergrey? I started to listen to them when I was about to see them, Dark Tranquillity, In Flames and Transport League in Gothenburg. I downloaded some songs a few days before the consert and I've been a big fan ever since... __________________ It's a morbid world we live in...

August 9th, 2002, 06:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
Blackspirit there are no words left Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 4,276	This guy I knew saw them live two years ago and got completly hooked. He sent me some mp3's and I fell in love as well :o) "Words Mean Nothing" is what really did it :o) __________________

August 9th, 2002, 06:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
Bear Got Shred?? Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 3,457	Easy one for me Harvester of Sorrow's show on Seismic Radio three years ago!!!I heard Evergrey and a slew of others and that was it for me!!! I think it was Nosferatu.. Bear

August 9th, 2002, 07:49 PM	#4 (permalink)
FataMorgana Fates Warning!!! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: SE, TX, US Posts: 1,104	My first experiece with Evergrey was thanks to LarryD! He sent me a sampler tape of The Dark Discovery a few of years ago. I can't pick one song that hooked me. But, it was the vocals that really caught my attention--both Tom's and Carina's. Great combination!! Now I carry at least one Everygrey cd with me at ALL times! I'm seriously addicted. LOL Later, Stacy HI BEAR! How's life? __________________ http://www.myspace.com/cynthesisband Zero Hour MySpace Zero Hour Forum

August 9th, 2002, 08:55 PM	#5 (permalink)
Demonspell cheating the polygraph Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: dead between the walls Posts: 15,354	A few online recommendations, and hearing songs from SDT on Progged Radio two years back... __________________ "There is a concern that the Internet could be used to commit crimes and that advanced encryption could disguise such activity. However, we do not provide the government with phone jacks outside our homes for unlimited wiretaps. Why, then, should we grant government the Orwellian capability to listen at will and in real time to our communications across the Web?"" -- JOHN ASHCROFT, as a U.S. senator, from his Aug. 12, 1997 op-ed piece in the Washington Times, "Welcoming Big Brother."

August 10th, 2002, 02:18 AM	#6 (permalink)
Collapse Generation Son Of November Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Norway Posts: 320	I heard them for the first time at a concert in Norway, featuring Spiral Architect, Susperia and Gamma Ray. I bought S-D-T at the concert, which I of course don't regret. __________________ www.autumninspiration.com - new progmetal for you! Check my updated CD collection right here!

August 10th, 2002, 04:46 AM	#7 (permalink)
Strahd I am fine Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Gothenburg, Sweden Posts: 205	I heard them on a local radio station here in Gothenburg called Gordian Knot sometime around winter '97-'98. They talked about their upcoming album The Dark Discovery and played two or three tracks including "To Hope Is To Fear" and if I remember correctly "When The River Calls". I truly liked what I heard and as soon as the album was released I bought it. Haven't looked back since

August 11th, 2002, 05:38 AM	#8 (permalink)
AngelWitch73 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bayern Posts: 1,577	I used swap CDs with Matt Coe of SnakePit and he introduced me to EVERGREY. Ever since then I´ve been hooked. __________________ Thrash at www.witches-brew.org

August 11th, 2002, 05:47 AM	#9 (permalink)
Marlies veteran headbanger \m/ Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Regina, SK, Canada Posts: 1,973	It must have been in '98 or '99 that Carl from Planet Music (his old cd shop near the Biebob in Vosselaar, Belgium) recommended The Dark Discovery to us. He said he sold it a lot to Iced Earth fans. Well, we loved it and Evergrey became one of our very favorite bands immediately! But no one knew the band and how on earth should we describe to others what Evergrey sound like?? All I could think of is compare them to Nevermore. Different style, but similar ingredients - emotional vocals, dark atmosphere, intelligent metal. Later on I was surprised to see some people on the Perpetual Motion board knew the band too, and there I found the URL to the website too. Wooh! When word got out that Evergrey was playing Progpower 99, I knew I HAD to see them!!! Nico had to work, but I went to stay with my friend Els and we visited the festival together. SDT was just released in Sweden, but wouldn't be released in the rest of Europe until the next year, so I was sure they would bring some Swedisch copies to sell . At the meet & greet before the festival, we met Tom, and when he told me they weren't allowed to sell the CD in a country where is wasn't released yet, I was SO disappointed that he decided to give me one of the few copies they brought for promotional use. "You owe me" he said.. well I think we've settled that score by now After the show I hung out with the band and I made a few friends for life.. __________________ our homepage (weblog, pics etc): www.wobben.org! FEEL THE FIRE pages

August 11th, 2002, 05:57 AM	#10 (permalink)
progmeister Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: varies..curently South Korea Posts: 5	Saw them at PP2.0 in Atlanta last year and was totally blown away by thier intensity. I also liked the darker side to the lyrics that was not typical of the prog music I was listening to at the time. __________________ Later, The Progmeister

August 11th, 2002, 05:57 AM	#11 (permalink)
progmeister Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: varies..curently South Korea Posts: 5	Saw them at PP2.0 in Atlanta last year and was totally blown away by thier intensity. I also liked the darker side to the lyrics that was not typical of the prog music I was listening to at the time. __________________ Later, The Progmeister

August 11th, 2002, 05:57 AM	#12 (permalink)
progmeister Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: varies..curently South Korea Posts: 5	Saw them at PP2.0 in Atlanta last year and was totally blown away by thier intensity. I also liked the darker side to the lyrics that was not typical of the prog music I was listening to at the time. __________________ Later, The Progmeister

August 11th, 2002, 11:40 AM	#13 (permalink)
ThePKH A bad joke Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Jyväskylä, Finland Posts: 835	Downloaded few songs from internet shortly after the Solitude, Dominance, Tragedy -album came out.. __________________ http://personal.inet.fi/koti/hyvonen/thepkh

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Lady Of The Snow Incompatible Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 497	I'm kinda "new" to them although I've already known them since "Solitude..." What got me into them? 1. Tom's wonderful voice 2. "Watching The Skies" (exactly this part) 2:30 - 2:47 that raw emotion, feeling and pain. And beginning from 5:02 to fade... there is some kind of a haunting feeling to it... And this will ALWAYS be my favorite song by Evergrey. Period. __________________ Last edited by Lady Of The Snow : August 11th, 2002 at 02:09 PM.

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Silkie twillight child Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Border Of Reality Posts: 1,475	Dark Discovery __________________ ~~Silkie~~ www.tadmorose.com

August 12th, 2002, 02:52 AM	#16 (permalink)
NFU I like pie. Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 7,350	Reading about them in metal magazines a few years back...i downloaded trust and betrayal...the rest is history. Dark discovery is still my favorite album...but i loved everything theyve done. __________________

August 12th, 2002, 07:04 AM	#17 (permalink)
Kalmakoff Prototype of Simplicity Join Date: May 2002 Location: Land of the Thousand Drunks Posts: 2,328	I read a review of 'The Dark Discovery' on a finnish metal magazine and went out and bought the cd.

August 12th, 2002, 09:00 AM	#18 (permalink)
Madrigal MetaNOId Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: NoW&Here Posts: 178	The cover of "Dark Discovery" was speaking loudly to me.....: "This is music you will LOVE", it said. I tested it in the shop and as soon as I heard Tom's voice for only just 2 seconds, I got hooked.

August 12th, 2002, 01:20 PM	#20 (permalink)
sexysuccubi Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Fullerton, CA Posts: 14	I actually read a review of their performance at Prog Power and I had to discover for myself why everyone was so completely blown away. Once I heard the intensity and remarkable abilities of Tom's voice (particularly on the song "Mark of the Triangle") I was immediately addicted... __________________ www.staseraband.com

August 14th, 2002, 12:52 PM	#21 (permalink)
Thelix HeWhoWalksBehindTheLines Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Gothenburg Posts: 43	Good reviews made me buying "SDT" back in the end of 1999. __________________ Fear not darkness - it's hidden light

August 15th, 2002, 06:05 PM	#22 (permalink)
Dustin C-C-Cool Beans!!! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Posts: 1,413	I heard them from a guy who played in a band that I did a session gig for in the studio.... I told him I was going to see them live in Atlanta and that I had never heard them before. He said he had "In Search of Truth" and popped it in the disc player.... it was a masterpeice!!!!! Seeing them live only confirmed this bands greatness, streangth in unique songwriting and musicianship, and that they are flat our heavy as all hell.... "Mark of the Triangle" rules my ass ... I am still on a quest for the other albums which are eluding me still. __________________ Last edited by Dustin : August 15th, 2002 at 06:07 PM.

August 15th, 2002, 06:27 PM	#23 (permalink)
Lady Of The Snow Incompatible Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 497	I have already stated my way of getting into Evergrey. But I have my brother, who is as picky as me, infected heavily with "Rulers Of The Mind". He was blown away and wants the album! __________________

August 16th, 2002, 05:11 PM	#24 (permalink)
Mesh Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Borås, Sweden Posts: 39	You did

August 16th, 2002, 07:31 PM	#25 (permalink)
Lady Of The Snow Incompatible Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 497	You noticed? __________________