Wednesday, 28 October 2015

Sonata Arctica part 2 - Power Progressive metal - Reckoning Night

Here it is the second part of my Sonata Artica Post, this time about Reckoning Night, one again I will share some songs with you and share my extracted meaning form them, with you.
I Will start with Ain't Your Fairytale, it's a very strong song, there are lots of bands in metal who talk about werewolves as it is a fantasy common thing. But almost none talks about the Wolves on themselves.
Ain't Your Fairytale, shows us the story of I think an Ancient Wolf who shares the story of its ancestors to their young fellows. And talks how first man and Wolves had a pact to not attack each other, but then things changed. Wolves haven't being very lucky recently while being hunted as the ones from the same species, dogs are treated almost as kings. something is not that right in this equation.
The second one is Don't way a word, the second part of End of This Chapter trilogy, in this case he is back, he is decided to end what he has started, he is disposed to kill the girl to have peace, as sh says to the girl if she can't fulfil her part of the pact they might have done in the past, done she might be quiet. I don't know the third part that well, Juliet as I don't like the album where the song is, but for the name of the song, I think he really kills the girl on this song, his sickened ways arrive to an end.

The Third one, The Boy Who Wanted to be a Real Puppet, This one is quiet simple it's a boy who has so much anxiety to become a real puppet that allow his greed to take over, on the process the puppeteer turns him a puppet but soon the boy understands the life of a Puppet is hard, he realises he submitted to greed and says only a knife could end this story, being him a puppet now i think it's easy to understand what the knife would do

The 4th one, My Selene, a song that starts like a dream, he always awaits his Selene, every night, but as soon as he realises his Selene is a way for he, who was always alone, be able to feel less alone. But as he understands Selene will never apear, and the would never meet, the dream becomes a nightmare, and then his hope fades. At some point we understand the title Selene, with the reference to Endymion, because being she a goddess, goddess of the moon, being in love with a mortal can only bring pain.

The Last one Shamandalie, well this talks about a friendship become something else, and has he understands while becoming lovers and the situation ending the feelings he had for her seem like a sham and a Lie. More direct than this a song can't be. The song as lots of emotion associated

Sunday, 25 October 2015

Sonata Artica part 1 - Silence

 Today I bring you my Favourite period of Sonata Arctica the Albums Silence(2001) and Reckoning Night (2004)
I think what makes this two albums my favourite ones is the the presence of the progressive part, but mainly if in Silence we have Tony kakko, Jani Liimatainen and Mikko Härkin, in Reckoning Night we stil lhave the first two, where the presence of Jani is well noted. From this album the band has lacked the heart and the soul it had before.
In this first part I will share the ones from Silence, where I will share some of the ones who have more meaning to me, and try to share with you the meaning I found in them.
The first one: False News Travel Fast, with the participation of Timo Kotipelto from Stratovarius, This talks about how fast nasty and false news arrive everywhere and sometimes how someone may be hurt for somthing he might not have done
The second one: The end of This Chapter, here is the first part of a triology found by the fans. In this song, he contacts her beloved one, everyone told them to be put apart of each other and he never accepted, arriving to a point where he stalks her and sings bed side with her, but at this time he can't to anything. He assumes he is not stable and just wants to be sure she haven't forgot her, but does this in a real sick away
Third one, Last Drop Falls, this one is about love how sometimes a man in love accepts everything his partner does, and even at any repeated mistake she does he accepts her back. However at the end of the song he sweats the last word on their relationship will be from him and says he will scream out the love for her until the last drop. A bit dramatic song but if you like emotion, well here you have plenty
Now one of the most strong songs in content, Sing in Silence, maybe a lot don't know about this side of Sonata Arctica but sometimes they had some important stuff in their songs, not that love is not important, but share some other situations. Sing in Silence is an excellent Analogy to a drug addict, the monkey is the burden brought by the drugs, and how so many times our friends and family fail to notice, the "monkey" climbing on our back or even helps the monkey out. When the girl tries to shoo away the monkey she can, and the song ends:
How can I erase your pain and aid you
When Death wants to kiss you and you want kiss Him back... 
 At last I will share the Wolf and the raven, there were some others I could share too, but I don't want to make this post even bigger than it already is. Wolf and the Raven is a story, where a Wolf is being held captive and slavery controled by the raven, all time he begs for mercy to be set free and at a point the Wolf dreams of eating the raven. And the wolf talks about how enticed he is. In the song it's an analogy he shows how he is like the wolf tired of the situation and one day he will turn against the raven of his life.

Friday, 23 October 2015

Scott Walker - Out of metal/out of prog

Today I bring you something totally different, one of my recently pleasurable findings. Directly form late 60's, the first time I heard it, I intermediately started to love it. Scott Walker is an North American singer, born in Hamilton, Ohio, USA.
I stumble upon Scott Walker after while listening The Last Shadow Puppets, Age of the understatement, someone pointed the influence of Scott Walker there
Music to hear with pleasure, songs beautifully constructed, some from already existing ones in France and Belgium.

The first one I am going to show you is called "Jackie", From Scott 2, a song which is a remake of an original one from Jacques Brel.


This one is my favourite one, a Ballad from Scott 2 album, "Best of Both Worlds"



This one is a version of a Frank Sinatra's song, which on it's hand is a version of Ne Me Quittes Pas from Jacques Brel, it's called "If you go Away"


The last song is a strong one, very well composed with a sound more elaborated, from "Five easy pieces, 2nd album" Joanna.


Hope you enjoy this as much as me, After several day posting stuff I start to publish more spaced in time to let who may be able to read my blog to listen carefully what I bring
Greetings, and see you soon

Tuesday, 20 October 2015

Caligula's Horse - Progressive rock/metal

Today I present you Caligula's Horse a band from Australia, In this blog you will be presented with bands from all over the world, if there is a good band in a country  i hope to be able to find it.

The first song I bring to you is "The City has no Empathy" from Moments of Ephemeral City album from 2011, their first album


 Recently in 2015, they release a new album Bloom where I share with you "Firelight", Their sound is more near what a progressive rock band sounds like but here and there we see some of the elements from progressive metal. Check it out

Monday, 19 October 2015

Steven Wilson - Insurgentes, The Raven that Refused to Sing, Hand.Cannpt.Erase

This post is to evoke an amazing concert I was lucky to assist from Porcupine Tree mastermind Steven Wilson in September here in Portugal. As a good English artist one of the first concerts ever that started at supposed time, really good
The first song from Steven Wilson work I will share is the amazing Harmony Corine from 2011's album Insurgentes, energy, strength in a single music, simply amazing, when it plays live everyone notices immediately

From The Raven that Refused to Sing from 2013 I have to share both singles with you, such a strong message, don't know if Steven lost someone on his life, but this songs remind how when we tragically lost someone we knew and loved, sometimes is hard to let it go. This two Songs The Raven that Refused to Sing and Drive Home, shows us how in those moments, sometimes the biggest darkness is in ourselves, we forgot to live stuck in guilt, sometimes for something we are not guilty. enjoy

From the last album, I could have shared a lot of songs as all of them are amazing, but I will leave you today with Hand. Cannot. Erase song which is the same name as the album, release in 2015, this year.

Sunday, 18 October 2015

Prog Rock - Porcupine Tree Stupid Dream, In Absentia and Deadwing

Today I will share with you one awesome band which I ignored for quiet a while until my two months in India, where I started hearing it with much frequence. The soul of this band is Steven Wilson an amazing musician
The first Song I am going to share with all of you is "Don't hate me" from Stupid Dream album of 1999, I really enjoy this song is strong without being harsh at any point, helps soothe the soul

The second song I am going to share with you is called Trains, from In Absentia album release on 2002

The last song, they Have so wonderful songs/musics, check them all out if you don't know porcupine Tree, is Lazarus a strong song which Steven Wilson always dedicates to someone on concerts, this song is From 2005's album Deadwing


Saturday, 17 October 2015

Soen - Cognitive and Tellurian

Greetings
Today I am going to show you a band most of people never heard about before, for those of you who did it, it's never too much hear them again
I am talking about Soen
This band is composed by Martin Lopez(Opeth, Amon Amarth), Steve DiGiorgio (Death, Testament, Sadus), Kim Platbarzdis and Joel Ekelöf.
The main note here is the similarities with Tool, especially the vocalist Joel Ekelöf which sound so much like Maynnard James Keenan from Tool.
I don't know if it because of Bassist change, the first Album Cognitive is for me much better than the second one, Tellurian
The progressive elements are present, the presence of many musicians of progressive bands helps understand the influence, as their sound is not so dark in ambience as Tool's
               
Cognitive - 2012
Tellurian - 2014

The Song I will share from Cognitive is the official video, Savia. This song I think is about independence and autonomy of decision.
 
  
 From Tellurian I leave you Tabula Rasa. About this one I leave you to extract the meaning of this one.