Color me one happy fan after reading the Blabbermouth news... now I just have to wait for "Torn" which has been rumored as coming in September.
Evergrey have inked a record deal...
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Harvester
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J-Dubya 777
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AngraRULES
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I look forward to hear them redeeming themselves after the boring, emotion-less, mediocre Monday Morning Apocalypse.
Haha. They must have realised how badly their last one sucked, so they issue the typical "back to our roots/ most popular album" statement. Fucking pathetic.
rockyracoon
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Perhaps it would be pathetic if the trailers didn't sound consistent with their comments. But they do. Maybe you should take a listen first.
EDVANTASIA
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I Like MMA alot. I don't think there is 1 bad song. Many are catchy as shit. Oh well, I seem to always be in the minority when it comes to musical tastes
Face it - they tried to sell out with MMA. They failed. Now they've gone back to their old days for fear that they're gonna lose their older fans too.
This is pathetic.
J-Dubya 777
It NEVER ends
Dammit you beat me to it Rocky! 
The old tired back to our roots kind of thing does get a little tedious, and doesn't hold out to be true in a lot of cases, but yeah, I hope you've actually LISTENED before forming an opinion. I'm not a die hard EG fan, but I do like them, and I'm in the minority who thinks that that the excessive bashing MMA took was unwarranted. Was it their strongest release? Not in my opinion, but I don't think it was "bad" enough for the slagging it got...
The old tired back to our roots kind of thing does get a little tedious, and doesn't hold out to be true in a lot of cases, but yeah, I hope you've actually LISTENED before forming an opinion. I'm not a die hard EG fan, but I do like them, and I'm in the minority who thinks that that the excessive bashing MMA took was unwarranted. Was it their strongest release? Not in my opinion, but I don't think it was "bad" enough for the slagging it got...
rockyracoon
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MMA is my least favorite EG album, but frankly I'm not really concerned with what has motivated them to return to something more similar to their older stuff. Evergrey has great catalog and it's understandably tough to constantly be one-upping yourself, or even just staying on par. I don't understand why trying something new or different(or as you call it, selling out) means you can't justify going back to your original sounds.
I distinctly remember how Tom said they were willing to keep working with that pop producer cause it was so damn easy that way. But now he says and does the opposite. I personally think the mindset of the band who wrote and released In Search of Truth is simply not there anymore, so even if they attemp to recreate the past they'll never fully achieve it. Why? Primarily because of the new drummer -- his terribly predictable and straightforward drumming will never match that of Patrick Carlsson.
nailz
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It's amazing how you make judgements on events that have yet come to pass. Can you predict the lotto numbers too?
Valarien
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Evergrey's getting darker? geez. I'm more of a happy music guy. Couldn't Evergrey write an album titled "I like furry bunnies"?
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booB
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Just my opinion -- but I haven't heard Evergrey be dark since Solitude Dominance Tragedy. If this album is as dark as Glenn indicates it is, I'll be one perky booB.
Rick Pierpont
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+1 for MMA. While it isn't close to my favorite EG, I still did enjoy it. Definitely more straightforward than past releases, but crunchy, heavy riffs were there and it definitely had hooks. With that said, I personally am looking VERY forward to the new one and don't think that they are done.
You can hear snippets of the new Evergrey here.
(this is a link to their blog where they post updates, videos, etc)
MMA isn't my favorite album from them either, but I like it for what it is, and Still in the Water is a fucking awesome track.
(this is a link to their blog where they post updates, videos, etc)
MMA isn't my favorite album from them either, but I like it for what it is, and Still in the Water is a fucking awesome track.
edgeofthorns
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No, you're not alone. I freakin' love MMA! It's actually what got me into the band. I have no clue where a few people get that it's a bad release? Basically, I don't give a shit! MMA is a great release, period.
~Brian~
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