Widescreen Mode - Until The End(2007) and The Hanging Man(2009)

Some time passed since my last post in this format. One of these days I remembered a band I used to hear a lot from Finland, no I am not talking about Poets of the Fall this time. They are or were, don't know their current status, called Widescreen Mode, If such thing as doom rock even exists they would be really close to that sound, dark lyrics and sounds, amazed at the time 2008/2009. But forgot about them for some years.

Starting with "Serotonin", a song about a neuroreceptor is always something different right? this is a good way to talk indirectly about depression and mood problems, as Serotonin usually regulates our moods. This song comes in "The Hanging Man"

The Other song from the 2007 album, "Until the End" and is my favourite, Dead Inside. Both song and video are pretty violent talking about a sudden turn in life that leaves you thinking if "it" is still worth it or not. For those darker days this sounds so good.

This is a more usual song from rock/metal, called Everlasting Bomb. But I think is always good to show at least three songs to help you decide what you think about the bands whenever I can.

Oceanwake - Lights Flashing In Mute Scenery(2019)

Something new this way comes. I would put Oceanwake somewhen between Doom, Black and Post-metal. a Really dark atmosphre where the Growls are justified for me. The music is also pretty dark and it something to absorve.
The first song, called "Posthuma", has all the said parts pretty evident to me

The Second song, called "Travelogue" has a slightly different beat to it right in the beginning of the song, being more what I imagine from Doom and less of the others.  The voice also helps a lot to this idea to me.

Amorphis - Queen Of Time(2018)

Its right on 18th May when there will be a new album release by Amorphis, this is one of those bands I keep on comeback once and again cause I really liked their song.
I will be honest The Bee is a good song, but I am not that fond of growling myself in an extent this song has. But for those who do, this is a must hear:

  

The second song "Wrong Direction"they released... well that one is amazing for me makes me remember the dark feelings and emotions of The Wanderer, one of my favorite Amorphis song, I get myself hearing this one once and again and I will hear it much more times in next days. Here you still can expect growling in specific points where it makes the difference for me.

Trees of Eternity - Hour of the Nightingale (2016)

Today a band within progressive rock and progressive metal, the song I'm sharing with you is beautiful, amazing voice but sadly the vocalist died recently. I want to hear the album as soon as it comes out, for those who enjoy sounds like Porcupine or Antimatter with the touch of Ava Inferi that's something you can't loose. The song also present in their first EP is called Black Ocean

Poets of The Fall - Jealous gods (2014)

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.

Poets of the Fall - Twilight Theater(2010), Alchemy vol.1(2011) and Temple of Thought (2012)

From Twilight Theater I will show you three songs, all really emotional, probably the album with more emotion they have
The first song of the album "Dreaming Wide Awake" deals with the Death of a loved one and how life is joking with us

The second song of the album is "War", another song from Alan Wake game, about how our partner in war sometimes is nearer then what we think

The Last song I'm showing you from this album is the 5th one, called "Given and Denied"

From Alchemy Vol. 1  I want to show you "No End no Beginning", the lyrics are strong, I really loved this song on this best of.

From Temple of Thought, I want to show you the official track "Cradled in love". I think the first time we hear the Falsetto of the vocals Marko Saaresto

Next week the last album before the Clearview I already posted about, there we will go to 2014, see you there.

Poets of The fall - Revolution roulette (2008) and Alan Wake Soundtrack song (2010)

The album from 2008 has less so impacting songs, but we still have some to point up
We start today's journey with "Ultimate Fling", probably one of their earlier faster songs.

Follows the official video from this album Diamonds for Tears, more experimentalist, less direct, but with it they opened new sonorities.

 
the songs which ends this album is just marvellous, it's Called Where we draw the line, it's effectively and amazing song

As this album has few songs noteworthy, I will share with you the song that was on Alan Wake, a different video game, when you end it you will understand everything, until there you will be a bit lost. The Song is called "The Poet and the Muse", it's how a writer finds it's inspiration for the rapture of his loved one.

Next week a medley of their works of 2010,2011 and 2012

Poets of the Fall - Carnival of Rust (2006)

Today I bring you the second album form Poets of The Fall, Carnival of Rust

All the album is amazing, only the Drums changed for personal reasons from their first to this album.
It starts it great power with the song, Fire

The next song I'm showing you is the third of the album and homonymous song of the album, Carnival of Rust, amazing videoclip where you can see the passage of the drums in the middle

The third song I'm showing you is the fourth one of the album, another official video, and it's called Locking up The sun, more of a poppish sound but that doesn't make it sound bad, just different

The 6th one, King of Fools is an lyrically heavy song, really harsh and with the music following, one of those heavy feeling songs

The next one, the 7th is Roses, more soft that the last one does the optimal passage

Follows the 9th song of the album, one of my personal favourites if you have been paying attention, I enjoy emotional songs, and this has all I would need in a song, it's called All the way 4 you.

The last song I'm showing you is the 11th one, and it's called Maybe Tomorrow is a Better Day,it's kind of ironic song, It's a perfect song to end this post.

Next week we will have the 2008's album, see you there

Poets of The Fall - Signs of Life (2005)

Hey folks. New Month old material, isn't that what people say? no? well this month will be 100% Poets of the Fall based. Why? because I posted last month their late work, but is their former material which brought me to this amazing band. Some say they sound like Muse, I don't agree, may have some similarities here and there in the songs, but nothing else.

This week will be about their first album Signs Of Life form 2005

It starts with an amazing rock song, with what I would call some progressive elements at some points, here we have "Lift"

Next I will show you the third song from this album, "Late Goodbye" which is simply amazing, slower pace than lift, more progressive elements and change of paces. This song was part of the game Max Payne 2

Next we have, a in the sixth song of the album, "Stay", another slow pace song, more for a romantic type, enjoy

Now enters the song which brought me to Poets of The Fall, the 11th song of the album, illusion & Dream, the song makes us wander through our wake dreams

The Last song is a sweet song, like a going to sleep one to end the album, It's called Sleep, aafter my introduction who would expect that?

Next Week we will go ahead to 2006's album, see you next week


 

Poets of The Fall - Clearview (2016)

Today I bring you the new single for the new album of Poets of The Fall, one of my favourite rock bands, with several songs with a touch of the progressive feeling. Hope you enjoy it, soon I will share with a post for album of them, you will like it.

PowerMetal - Leverage - Circus Colossus 2009

Yeah it's right, finally a post in a Wednesday, the reason is simple, to make the transition between progressive bands I always try to post something different so in the next progressive band you will be more ready to hear it properly. So Today I bring you Leverage from Finland, this band is for me, in sound, what we can expect coming form power heavy metal, a song of emotion, meaning. This one talks about being stuck to someone, someone we love, someone we thought we loved but the fact is we are stuck in that person. as the song says:

 The wolf's growling in my soul
Screaming let me out

From Circus Colossus, Wolf and the Moon, can't say if the album is good or not as I never heard the album as a whole, but this song is surely great to hear if you're in power metal

Altaria - Divinity (power progressive metal)

As I was checking my scheduled posts, I spotted a big gap between Sonata's artica posts and the next one, and being that one not that rich, I decided to share something today.
So I decided to post Altaria, something I am entering right now, it's power metal band with elements of progressive, some might also consider it white metal(yes it exists, white metal is christian metal).

But that is not what makes me post this, it is their good sound, so I will leave you until the next post with Prophet of Pestilence and Unchain The Rain from 2004's Album Divinity