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Ayeka · November 28th, 2002, 03:59 PM

Yeah, Give 'Em Hell is a bit of a patchy affair. I was kind of surprised because they were trumped by Steve Harris as one of the better bands of the NWOBHM. The first song on the album, Leaving Nadir and "Joan of Arc, warrior queen..." one are my faves...really should dig it up to get the names but oh well!

I was kinda sad in a sense to see that they'd reformed...the way I see it, they weren't the best or most prolific of bands, you think if they hadn't been around for the NWOBHM there would've been no reason for the reformation. Certainly seems tragic that reforming a small 20-year old band is the best the guys can do now...but still, I hope to get to Bloodstock next year and if they put on a cracking set I shall eat my words with a healthy siding of humble pie!

Certainly would've been worth seeing them with Diamond Head, been watching to catch those guys for a bit now. Now there's a great NWOBHM band!!!

there is a vinyl copy of Borrowed Time placed teasingly in the window of a second-hand record shop near me, sadly I am unwilling to pay £9 for an album with a sleeve so faded it is nearly invisible, no matter how much I want to music inside...

Eagle · November 28th, 2002, 04:25 PM

Courtesy of Dragonmaiden the latest cd to be added to my collection is Axel Rudi Pell's Knights Live - It's very nice!

For NWOBHM stuff I tend to get it on Ebay. I was too young to properly appreciate that era but I think my fave bands from that time (Apart from the obvious Maiden, Def Leppard and Saxon) were Witchfinder General, Trespass, Tygers Of Pan Tang, Diamond Head and Praying Mantis.

There's some fairly good info on these bands at www.nwobhm.com

Kalmakoff · November 30th, 2002, 06:44 AM

My latest haul:

Axenstar - Perpetual Twilight, nice one, sounds a bit like Sonata Arctica

Pagan's Mind - Celestial Entrance, absolutely amazing! Might just be the album of the year!

Threshold - Clone, just great! Definitely one of the best prog metal acts!

WeekendWarrior · November 30th, 2002, 08:01 AM

Yeah, you're absolutely right about Pagans Mind K-mak.
Let's vote for celestial entrance album of the year!
Prog/power from Norway rules!

pits · December 2nd, 2002, 10:10 PM

POWERQUEST - WINGS OF FOREVER !!!!!!!!!!

WeekendWarrior · December 8th, 2002, 12:06 PM

Holy FUCK!
I bought the new "Visions of Atlantis" album yeaterday. It's called "Eternal Endless Infinity". This is great stuff! Melodic metal with operatic female vocals, and their music is very similar to Nightwish. The singer, Nicole, is only 18 years old, and she has a amazing voice..very soprano, heh..
My favorite tracks are "Lovebearing Storm" and "Lords of the Sea"..great songs!
If you're into Nightwish you should definetly check out this album..
it has a great cover btw

NP: VOA - Lords of the Sea

Ayeka · December 10th, 2002, 04:34 PM

The results of my mish today:

Michael Schenker Group - Assault Attack
Scorpions - Tokyo Tapes, Animal Magnetism
Tygers Of Pan Tang - Spellbound, Crazy Nights

All on vinyl for the combined total of a mere £11.50! I love second-hand shops!

Tet · December 10th, 2002, 05:12 PM

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Originally posted by Ayeka
Scorpions - Tokyo Tapes

Mmmmm. Brings back many good memories. I always thought that it if you were looking to summarise heavy metal in a single picture, the cover of "Tokyo Tapes" would be a pretty good attempt...

dragonmaiden · December 11th, 2002, 03:04 PM

Some excellent choices there Ayeka! Eagle and I are going to see Tygers on Saturday night! Hope they play some tracks of those particular albums!

Eagle · December 11th, 2002, 04:16 PM

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originally posted by Dragonmaiden Eagle and I are going to see Tygers on Saturday night! Hope they play some tracks of those particular albums!

I really hope they do 'Paris By Air' off 'The Cage' album - I know it's commercial but it's a very nice song!

Tet · December 11th, 2002, 04:36 PM

Let us know how it goes. I'm (probably) not going to be able to make it on Saturday.

Ayeka · December 11th, 2002, 04:48 PM

Cool! Hope you guys enjoy it, have 'em play Love Potion #9 for me

Tokyo Tapes is a damn good album, also

Today I bought Bent Out Of Shape by Rainbow, but the real meat was saved for the package that finally arrived today: EDDIE'S ARCHIVE!!!

*runs off to Maiden thread*

Symphony · December 12th, 2002, 01:53 AM

The only Tygers album I have I think is "Wild Cats". Trying to recall fave tracks....Euthanasia was pretty cool.

JayKeeley · December 12th, 2002, 08:46 AM

OK here's my recent haul of prog power:

Pagans Mind - Celestial Entrance
Wizards - The Kingdom
Mob Rules - Hollowed be thy Name
John West - Earth Maker
Pegazus - Headless Horseman
Wolf - Black Wings
Narnia - Long live the King

Of course I've yet to listen to any of them yet...any idea which should go into the CD player first?

Symphony · December 12th, 2002, 08:48 AM

Personally I would say you should go for Mob Rules and Pagans Mind. I haven't heard the albums in their entirety but what I have heard sounds great!

JayKeeley · December 12th, 2002, 08:52 AM

I've heard those two are standouts.

However, I hear Wolf are a very Maiden-esque band, which always sparks an interest. Wizards are supposed to sound like Angra.

I'll let you know when they get unwrapped....the PQ CD 'seems' to be stuck in my CD player so these other guys might have to wait a while.

Fragile Dreams · December 13th, 2002, 01:09 PM

Heres my latest purchases, all rather masterful and metal i might add \m/

Stratovarius, Destiny
Virgin steele, house of atryus act 1
Kamalot, The fourth crusade
Moonsorrow, Voimasta ja kunniasta
Running Wild, Under jolly roger

I love tower records 4.99 symphonies of steel specials!

Kalmakoff · December 13th, 2002, 01:55 PM

Bought a few cd's today:

Celesty - Reign of Elements, great epic power metal.
James Murphy - Feeding the Machine, haven't listened yet.
Myon - Ghost in Paradise, melodic hard rock/metal.
Symphony X - The Divine Wings of Tragedy, no words needed.

WeekendWarrior · December 14th, 2002, 02:05 PM

Today I bought :

Celesty - Reign of Elements
Very good power!

Lord of the Rings Two Towers Soundtrack
Howard Shore is a genius!
Going to see "the two towers" this wednesday! Can't wait!

I will buy Beholder's new album tomorrow..

NP: Beholder - The Ring of Freedom

Tet · December 14th, 2002, 02:14 PM

I've just got a couple of tribute albums. Powergod's "Bleed for the Gods", and Nuclear Blast's all star Maiden tribute, "A tribute to the beast". Both have some good tracks, but given the quality of both Powergod and the participants on the Maiden tribute, both were surprisingly lacklustre overall.

Symphony · December 15th, 2002, 03:18 AM

Damn...I've got to wait till Christmas for any new listening material...argghh! I can't wait....but I guess I'll have to!

JayKeeley · December 16th, 2002, 05:38 PM

Wizards - The Kingdom

Talk about being nicely surpised! If anyone likes Angra (and who wouldn't?), then check out this band. Very good, and very mature sounding considering it's a debut.

Symphony · December 17th, 2002, 01:59 AM

Sounds like a tip top tip JK. You can't go wrong with sounding like Angra in any shape or form. I'll look that album up after Xmas

JayKeeley · December 17th, 2002, 09:07 AM

Yeah just don't judge the book by the cover (they don't sound as cheesy as they look)....

WeekendWarrior · December 17th, 2002, 12:53 PM

They don't seem cheesy..:P
Maybe I will check them out..though, I don't think they have the album here in Norway..I mean, it's a pretty unknown brazilian band..hoping to get it after xmas

November 28th, 2002, 04:25 PM	#77 (permalink)
Eagle Raging Heathen! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Northern Shores Of The Humber Posts: 1,900	Courtesy of Dragonmaiden the latest cd to be added to my collection is Axel Rudi Pell's Knights Live - It's very nice! For NWOBHM stuff I tend to get it on Ebay. I was too young to properly appreciate that era but I think my fave bands from that time (Apart from the obvious Maiden, Def Leppard and Saxon) were Witchfinder General, Trespass, Tygers Of Pan Tang, Diamond Head and Praying Mantis. There's some fairly good info on these bands at www.nwobhm.com __________________ I will enslave all you fools The time has come You'll never conquer my powers You're just too weak My power's far too strong

November 30th, 2002, 06:44 AM	#78 (permalink)
Kalmakoff Prototype of Simplicity Join Date: May 2002 Location: Land of the Thousand Drunks Posts: 2,328	My latest haul: Axenstar - Perpetual Twilight, nice one, sounds a bit like Sonata Arctica Pagan's Mind - Celestial Entrance, absolutely amazing! Might just be the album of the year! Threshold - Clone, just great! Definitely one of the best prog metal acts! __________________

November 30th, 2002, 08:01 AM	#79 (permalink)
WeekendWarrior Patriot Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: norway Posts: 1,074	Yeah, you're absolutely right about Pagans Mind K-mak. Let's vote for celestial entrance album of the year! Prog/power from Norway rules! __________________ Not alone with a dream Just a want to be free With a need to belong I am a clansman ....Freedom!

December 8th, 2002, 12:06 PM	#81 (permalink)
WeekendWarrior Patriot Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: norway Posts: 1,074	Holy FUCK! I bought the new "Visions of Atlantis" album yeaterday. It's called "Eternal Endless Infinity". This is great stuff! Melodic metal with operatic female vocals, and their music is very similar to Nightwish. The singer, Nicole, is only 18 years old, and she has a amazing voice..very soprano, heh.. My favorite tracks are "Lovebearing Storm" and "Lords of the Sea"..great songs! If you're into Nightwish you should definetly check out this album.. it has a great cover btw NP: VOA - Lords of the Sea __________________ Not alone with a dream Just a want to be free With a need to belong I am a clansman ....Freedom!

December 12th, 2002, 01:53 AM	#88 (permalink)
Symphony PQ member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Southampton, UK Posts: 8,588	The only Tygers album I have I think is "Wild Cats". Trying to recall fave tracks....Euthanasia was pretty cool. __________________ Steve Williams - Keyboardist for Power Quest www.power-quest.co.uk https://www.facebook.com/groups/2312944524/?ref=ts http://www.facebook.com/pqsymphony?ref=tn_tnmn www.myspace.com/powerquest www.twitter.com/pqsymphony www.napalmrecords.com www.rock4success.com

November 28th, 2002, 03:59 PM	#76 (permalink)
Ayeka Hell Bent For Leather! Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 5,260	Yeah, Give 'Em Hell is a bit of a patchy affair. I was kind of surprised because they were trumped by Steve Harris as one of the better bands of the NWOBHM. The first song on the album, Leaving Nadir and "Joan of Arc, warrior queen..." one are my faves...really should dig it up to get the names but oh well! I was kinda sad in a sense to see that they'd reformed...the way I see it, they weren't the best or most prolific of bands, you think if they hadn't been around for the NWOBHM there would've been no reason for the reformation. Certainly seems tragic that reforming a small 20-year old band is the best the guys can do now...but still, I hope to get to Bloodstock next year and if they put on a cracking set I shall eat my words with a healthy siding of humble pie! Certainly would've been worth seeing them with Diamond Head, been watching to catch those guys for a bit now. Now there's a great NWOBHM band!!! there is a vinyl copy of Borrowed Time placed teasingly in the window of a second-hand record shop near me, sadly I am unwilling to pay £9 for an album with a sleeve so faded it is nearly invisible, no matter how much I want to music inside...

December 2nd, 2002, 10:10 PM	#80 (permalink)
pits Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: quebec canada Posts: 83	POWERQUEST - WINGS OF FOREVER !!!!!!!!!!

December 10th, 2002, 04:34 PM	#82 (permalink)
Ayeka Hell Bent For Leather! Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 5,260	The results of my mish today: Michael Schenker Group - Assault Attack Scorpions - Tokyo Tapes, Animal Magnetism Tygers Of Pan Tang - Spellbound, Crazy Nights All on vinyl for the combined total of a mere £11.50! I love second-hand shops!

December 11th, 2002, 03:04 PM	#84 (permalink)
dragonmaiden Lady of the Vale Forlorn Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Hartlepool, UK Posts: 1,162	Some excellent choices there Ayeka! Eagle and I are going to see Tygers on Saturday night! Hope they play some tracks of those particular albums!

December 11th, 2002, 04:36 PM	#86 (permalink)
Tet Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Harrow, Middx., UK Posts: 523	Let us know how it goes. I'm (probably) not going to be able to make it on Saturday.

December 11th, 2002, 04:48 PM	#87 (permalink)
Ayeka Hell Bent For Leather! Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 5,260	Cool! Hope you guys enjoy it, have 'em play Love Potion #9 for me Tokyo Tapes is a damn good album, also Today I bought Bent Out Of Shape by Rainbow, but the real meat was saved for the package that finally arrived today: EDDIE'S ARCHIVE!!! runs off to Maiden thread

December 12th, 2002, 08:46 AM	#89 (permalink)
JayKeeley Be still, O wand'rer! Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 26,190	OK here's my recent haul of prog power: Pagans Mind - Celestial Entrance Wizards - The Kingdom Mob Rules - Hollowed be thy Name John West - Earth Maker Pegazus - Headless Horseman Wolf - Black Wings Narnia - Long live the King Of course I've yet to listen to any of them yet...any idea which should go into the CD player first?

December 12th, 2002, 08:48 AM	#90 (permalink)
Symphony PQ member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Southampton, UK Posts: 8,588	Personally I would say you should go for Mob Rules and Pagans Mind. I haven't heard the albums in their entirety but what I have heard sounds great! __________________ Steve Williams - Keyboardist for Power Quest www.power-quest.co.uk https://www.facebook.com/groups/2312944524/?ref=ts http://www.facebook.com/pqsymphony?ref=tn_tnmn www.myspace.com/powerquest www.twitter.com/pqsymphony www.napalmrecords.com www.rock4success.com

December 12th, 2002, 08:52 AM	#91 (permalink)
JayKeeley Be still, O wand'rer! Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 26,190	I've heard those two are standouts. However, I hear Wolf are a very Maiden-esque band, which always sparks an interest. Wizards are supposed to sound like Angra. I'll let you know when they get unwrapped....the PQ CD 'seems' to be stuck in my CD player so these other guys might have to wait a while.

December 13th, 2002, 01:09 PM	#92 (permalink)
Fragile Dreams Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Herts UK Posts: 113	Heres my latest purchases, all rather masterful and metal i might add \m/ Stratovarius, Destiny Virgin steele, house of atryus act 1 Kamalot, The fourth crusade Moonsorrow, Voimasta ja kunniasta Running Wild, Under jolly roger I love tower records 4.99 symphonies of steel specials!

December 13th, 2002, 01:55 PM	#93 (permalink)
Kalmakoff Prototype of Simplicity Join Date: May 2002 Location: Land of the Thousand Drunks Posts: 2,328	Bought a few cd's today: Celesty - Reign of Elements, great epic power metal. James Murphy - Feeding the Machine, haven't listened yet. Myon - Ghost in Paradise, melodic hard rock/metal. Symphony X - The Divine Wings of Tragedy, no words needed. __________________

December 14th, 2002, 02:05 PM	#94 (permalink)
WeekendWarrior Patriot Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: norway Posts: 1,074	Today I bought : Celesty - Reign of Elements Very good power! Lord of the Rings Two Towers Soundtrack Howard Shore is a genius! Going to see "the two towers" this wednesday! Can't wait! I will buy Beholder's new album tomorrow.. NP: Beholder - The Ring of Freedom __________________ Not alone with a dream Just a want to be free With a need to belong I am a clansman ....Freedom!

December 14th, 2002, 02:14 PM	#95 (permalink)
Tet Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Harrow, Middx., UK Posts: 523	I've just got a couple of tribute albums. Powergod's "Bleed for the Gods", and Nuclear Blast's all star Maiden tribute, "A tribute to the beast". Both have some good tracks, but given the quality of both Powergod and the participants on the Maiden tribute, both were surprisingly lacklustre overall.

December 15th, 2002, 03:18 AM	#96 (permalink)
Symphony PQ member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Southampton, UK Posts: 8,588	Damn...I've got to wait till Christmas for any new listening material...argghh! I can't wait....but I guess I'll have to! __________________ Steve Williams - Keyboardist for Power Quest www.power-quest.co.uk https://www.facebook.com/groups/2312944524/?ref=ts http://www.facebook.com/pqsymphony?ref=tn_tnmn www.myspace.com/powerquest www.twitter.com/pqsymphony www.napalmrecords.com www.rock4success.com

December 16th, 2002, 05:38 PM	#97 (permalink)
JayKeeley Be still, O wand'rer! Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 26,190	Wizards - The Kingdom Talk about being nicely surpised! If anyone likes Angra (and who wouldn't?), then check out this band. Very good, and very mature sounding considering it's a debut.

December 17th, 2002, 01:59 AM	#98 (permalink)
Symphony PQ member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Southampton, UK Posts: 8,588	Sounds like a tip top tip JK. You can't go wrong with sounding like Angra in any shape or form. I'll look that album up after Xmas __________________ Steve Williams - Keyboardist for Power Quest www.power-quest.co.uk https://www.facebook.com/groups/2312944524/?ref=ts http://www.facebook.com/pqsymphony?ref=tn_tnmn www.myspace.com/powerquest www.twitter.com/pqsymphony www.napalmrecords.com www.rock4success.com

December 17th, 2002, 09:07 AM	#99 (permalink)
JayKeeley Be still, O wand'rer! Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 26,190	Yeah just don't judge the book by the cover (they don't sound as cheesy as they look)....

December 17th, 2002, 12:53 PM	#100 (permalink)
WeekendWarrior Patriot Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: norway Posts: 1,074	They don't seem cheesy..:P Maybe I will check them out..though, I don't think they have the album here in Norway..I mean, it's a pretty unknown brazilian band..hoping to get it after xmas __________________ Not alone with a dream Just a want to be free With a need to belong I am a clansman ....Freedom!