Recent content by Ascendingthethrone

Adrian didn’t seem like a jolly guy on Rock in Rio when I first watched it as a 13 year old. He is much more relaxed nowadays.

I’ve been listening to En Vivo a lot during the past few weeks. I haven’t listened to it in ages.

Live After Death

I do. I have always felt they should marked big performances with a CD or download. However, Steve’s ‘perfectionism’ would never let this happen. Pearl Jam have been the champions of this approach for decades. I remember many years ago I bought their new studio album and got a code to download...

Interesting take. I would agree on The Book of Souls. The title track and SOTV are better than the Smith contributions. As I said before, I think H was burnt out writing proggier songs after TFF. Senjutsu I am not sure. Maybe it is a tie. TWOTW and DOFP are great. But so is Stratego. The Time...

Wrathchild just loves to pop up second in the setlist. Here’s what the rest of the setlist thinks.

But what happens if we need more seagull sound effects?

I will second Sanctuary but this version. They were clearly having the time of their life during the instrumental section!

The title says it all. I’ll start. Not only is this performance a complete force of nature, I always get a smile on my face during the final verse beginning with ‘Weary limbs fatigued away’. Adrian’s windmills, Bruce’s stance and the energy. It is just amazing. Plus Adrian is clearly loving...

I really enjoy The Final Frontier but it is such a lopsided album. They should have mixed the shorter songs and epics.

I know what you mean about AC. He lives in Reynosa. A bit sketchy but he loves it.

Sounds brutal! My older brother lives in Mexico!

What’s your AC situation like? It’s non-existent here in the UK.

I love the sound of the clean guitars on this album. The intro to Ghost of the Navigator is gorgeous. Both the melody and chords. I don’t think they have ever matched that lush sound since.

Senjutsu. The overall mix is great, but the arrangements are lazy. In my mind, I am counting that as production.