As you might have notice this blog plays around the progressive word, The main objective is to help on the promotion of metal and trying to change the perspective metal=noise.
However, Expect the unexpected. Mainly focussed on progressive metal or rock, but easily going to catch some good stuff to bands with only some progressive elements. And sometimes also going totally out of the progressive genre and of metal. Help you discovering what has been done of value around the world in my opinion.
As I really enjoy the sound of these guys, I searched for older material. I found Fake "Lights album" the sound found on "In These Waters" has something that sent me to the sound of Impure Whilemina, not so in shoegaze but more into doom rock/metal. These Guys Seem to keep on amazing me
The second and last song I'm showing you is "The Theme", Here we clearly are into shoegaze/alternative/post sound they evolved in the later works. The dark ambience of the sounds will always amaze me.
Still walking around some of my favorite progressive bands which members have other side projects. Today is time for the amazing side-project from Mariusz Duda the frontman of Riverside. A progressive sound you cannot loose if you are inside the sonority of Riverside, Anathema and so on. I happen to stumble upon on the amazing songs of the album in a forum I am a regular on. The song is called Gutter, has that vibe you can recall in bands I already mentioned I bet you all will enjoy. Cheers
Today, Yeah yesterday I didn't noticed I haven't prepared any new post to be aired . oops maybe
To compensate that, today I am showing you a different band with tones of folk, medieval and ambience sounds. A bit different around here.
The first Song is one of my favourites, is called Álomszövő, let your brain travel through this amazement
To end this trip on Poets of The Fall material, I present you the album which preceded Clearview, Jealous gods from 2014
It
starts with power and strength with Daze, lots of Falsetto, but
everything fits, the video is connected with the lyrics, pay attention
The second song is the self-titled , Jealous Gods, it fits pretty well here
The third song is rumours, It's about love destruction by others, check out, one of my favourites
The 4th one of the album is Brighter than the sun a fast and powerfull one
the
5th one, Love will come to You is an acoustic one, that is plainly
beautiful, pretty, melodic, and the video simply majestic being so
simple at the same time.
the 7th one is Rebirth which is soft, kind and gentle with a soft pace, one of my favourites
the
last one I will show you is Choice millionaire, about how decisions
maybe important, this has some political message behind, to act and
react.
With this I end my Poets of the Fall marathon, let's see what November will bring to the blog.
Today I bring you to date their most recent album Pale Communion, From here I can only share with you their official video from this album, Cusp of Eternity, As I don't know this album that much to advise you in which or not to hear, just didn't want to not post this one
To compensate my lack of knowledge in this album, I will go back in time a little and share with you Isolation Years from Ghost Reveries album from 2005, in this song you can now feel the loneliness of the woman present
One of this days a bit after I made my first Antimatter Post, I stumble upon a band not only with the voice of Mick Moss from antimatter but also the musicians from Painted Black, a mixture of dark voice and doom musicality, the stuff I really like obvisouly with progressive in it, I was really amazed, I have to listen better this album, but coming from Luis Fazendeiro from Painted Black and Mick Moss I only expect something amazing
The video which came out, War, enjoy, while I prepare my next posts, This song gives me shivers is the best I can say about it.
There were another albums I could have chosen to make this second post like To my Parents from 2012 for example, but I decided to go with this double album for one simple reason, it's the one where there are more differences, the sound gained a darker and stronger atmosphere, o Hymn to the Immortal Wind the sound resembled us the pureness of snow, the white color, now the Black, the darkness gain more strength, but with that the band didn't lose their energy and quality, it's just a change in the way they were following
Rays of Darkness and The Last Dawn (Double album, 2014)
From Rays of Darkness I leave you one of the most heavy songs I know from them, more connected to Metal then anything they have, Recoil, ignite
From The Last Dawn I leave you, Where we Begin, another marvelous music in sequence with some of the sound we heard in Follow the Map.
Today I'm only passing by to post my latest addiction
I'm hearing this ones in repeat by now, and so decided to share it with you
Water's on Fire from The Ocean at the End album from 2014
I will also share with you, Black Roses from the same album
Here the lyrics of Water's on Fire, for you to follow
Here we stand hand in hand
See those stars those shifting sands
If I stay it falls apart
It's sad but true
I'll break your heart
I know that river still flows
On and on
But that hatred has tainted my soul
So the story goes
Close but far back again
Lovers lost sweet lament
If I stay it falls apart
It's sad but true
I'll break your heart
You shouldn't stay here with me
For all you know
What was, what is will now be
For all the world to see
I feel no shame, I was to blame
(The) Water's on fire
I feel no shame, I will not change
(The) Water's on fire
Here we are one last chance
Can we share this final dance
If I stay it falls apart
It's sad but true
I'll break your heart
You shouldn't stay here with me
For all you know
What was, what is will now be
For all the world to see
I feel no shame, I was to blame
Water's on fire
I feel no shame, I will not change
(The) Water's on fire
You thought the truth was only you
My love or desire
I feel no shame, I will not change
(The) Water's on fire
Gimme the fire
Ahh ohh
Water's on fire
Ahh ohh
Water's on fire
Water's on fire
One more post predicted before 2015 ends, stay tuned
Well how Could I knew that a couple of days after I posted my last post on the blog, about Seventh Wonder. The band itself would release the single for their new album.
On June 27th of this year 2014, they announced the new video on their Facebook account, follow them if you feel like it https://www.facebook.com/seventhwonderofficial?fref=ts
The New video it's called Inner Enemy
I really enjoyed the song, it continues a bit from where they kept on The Great Escape, however now the progressive and power metal styles pratically had a fusion that resulted in this song, hope for more progressive songs in the album at the moment without a name
I am really glad. knowing that between The Great Escape and this new material Tommy Karevik started their presence on Kamelot is good to know that he kept true to himself and Seventh Wonder, it's not easy to find Kamelot influences on Tommy when he is with Seventh Wonder and that's hard to achieve.
So I leave you with Inner Enemy and the lyrics, posted by the band today on facebook. During the next week I hope to be able to write about another band of one of the singers I already talked about, will not be easy to guess of who am I talking and about a band that is more into black/progressive metal, which released new material on last month, stay tuned
For a man that never prayed upon salvation It’s quiet when the world is breaking down But when the neon light is calling Gotta search for one more fix A rat race for a man-made crown
Please... Help me! Help me, somebody… My heart is open wide! Save me and just maybe I'll survive...
You gotta get up and go... Hey! Tonight is the night And I'm gonna face my Inner Enemy! Get up because Hey! This is your life And it's time to kill your Inner Enemy…
Cause we are pushing through as flashing lights go by us Our good intentions pave the way for greed So we are running through an endless maze A wicked society With smoke and mirrors, ecstasy…
Please... Help me! Help me, somebody… My heart is on the line! Save me and just maybe I'll survive...
Chorus
Not gonna make it on your own Trying to fly But you keep falling like angels to the ground You brought the world to its knees And forced us to rise To kill the limelight that blinded your eyes
Chorus
I'm gonna give myself One fighting chance To face my inner enemy Get up because One too many have died And it's time to kill your inner enemy…