Mosh Presents: 2011 Music Releases Day 15,16,17: Maiden, Priest Dream Theater
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Onhell
Infinite Dreamer
Re: Mosh Presents: 2011 Music Releases Day 4
ream Theater-A Dramatic Turn of Events
I like both, mainly because of length, length, length. More importantly... purposeful length. It is difficult to write long songs without having them wander, become pointless and end up boring. IMO DT is good at avoiding that most of the time.
ream Theater-A Dramatic Turn of EventsI like both, mainly because of length, length, length. More importantly... purposeful length. It is difficult to write long songs without having them wander, become pointless and end up boring. IMO DT is good at avoiding that most of the time.
Re: Mosh Presents: 2011 Music Releases Day 4ream Theater-A Dramatic Turn of Events
ream Theater-A Dramatic Turn of EventsWithout any reason. I explained why Endless Sacrifice and Nightmare are too long. Black Wizard has not explained why Count of Tuscany is too long. What makes that "well done"?Forostar said:
Re: Mosh Presents: 2011 Music Releases Day 5 and 6: Chickenfoot-III/Queen Remasters
Chickenfoot-III
Let me start by saying, I absolutely loved the first Chickenfoot album. The best part was Joe Satriani was finally in a band, I love his guitar work, but I can never get into the instrumental metal of artists like him and Steve Vai. I was very excited to hear more, but as time went on, I didn't care as much anymore. And I wasn't too excited when this one came out, and it didn't blow me away the debut did. One of the best parts about the first album was that they just got together and wrote some songs, and it really shows. Here they are a band with a bigger audience waiting and they have to write an album, and that shows too. The jammy aspect of the first album, sadly isn't there anymore.
I also thought Hagar's voice was really showing its weakness on this one. I get that you can only belt it out like that for so long, but it still sounded forced.
Despite this, it has some great songs. It's just kind of a letdown from the immense debut album.
Best songs: Big Foot, Last Temptation, Up Next
Worst Songs: Alright Alright, Come Closer
Rating: 6/10
The 40th Anniversary Queen Remasters
Released to, what I felt, was little promotion. These remasters have been released in blocks. In fact, I don't think they are even all out yet. These remasters are very very good. The sound is amazing, and the booklets have the complete lyrics and photos. Nothing too over the top, and you get good music, which is what matters in the end. However, there is one problem that drags the ratings down on these. And that is the price. Here in the U.S, it costs about $15 for one of these. The reason for this is the fact that they decided to put the bonus tracks for each album (about 5 songs) on a separate disc. Now I'm not a big fan of slapping bonus tracks on a classic album because it kind of takes away from the full album feeling you get. However, I much rather have that than an extra disc that causes the price on the album to be raised.
The bonus tracks themselves vary from album to album, but overall, there is some cool stuff, like Flick of the Wrist and Tenement Funster BBC sessions, the alternate take of Keep Yourself Alive, and a Capella's of Leroy Brown and Bohemian Rhapsody.
Rating: 8/10
Chickenfoot-III
Let me start by saying, I absolutely loved the first Chickenfoot album. The best part was Joe Satriani was finally in a band, I love his guitar work, but I can never get into the instrumental metal of artists like him and Steve Vai. I was very excited to hear more, but as time went on, I didn't care as much anymore. And I wasn't too excited when this one came out, and it didn't blow me away the debut did. One of the best parts about the first album was that they just got together and wrote some songs, and it really shows. Here they are a band with a bigger audience waiting and they have to write an album, and that shows too. The jammy aspect of the first album, sadly isn't there anymore.
I also thought Hagar's voice was really showing its weakness on this one. I get that you can only belt it out like that for so long, but it still sounded forced.
Despite this, it has some great songs. It's just kind of a letdown from the immense debut album.
Best songs: Big Foot, Last Temptation, Up Next
Worst Songs: Alright Alright, Come Closer
Rating: 6/10
The 40th Anniversary Queen Remasters
Released to, what I felt, was little promotion. These remasters have been released in blocks. In fact, I don't think they are even all out yet. These remasters are very very good. The sound is amazing, and the booklets have the complete lyrics and photos. Nothing too over the top, and you get good music, which is what matters in the end. However, there is one problem that drags the ratings down on these. And that is the price. Here in the U.S, it costs about $15 for one of these. The reason for this is the fact that they decided to put the bonus tracks for each album (about 5 songs) on a separate disc. Now I'm not a big fan of slapping bonus tracks on a classic album because it kind of takes away from the full album feeling you get. However, I much rather have that than an extra disc that causes the price on the album to be raised.
The bonus tracks themselves vary from album to album, but overall, there is some cool stuff, like Flick of the Wrist and Tenement Funster BBC sessions, the alternate take of Keep Yourself Alive, and a Capella's of Leroy Brown and Bohemian Rhapsody.
Rating: 8/10
Onhell
Infinite Dreamer
Re: Mosh Presents: 2011 Music Releases Day 5 and 6: Chickenfoot-III/Queen Remasters
You think $15 is a lot for a CD? Do you not remember that not even 5 years ago the price for a CD was as high as $20? With NO bonus tracks, NO extra artwork, no nothing? Prices of CDs have come DOWN dramatically in the last couple of years. I think That is a great price, specially for the fact it does include a second CD with the bonus tracks.
Mosh said:
You think $15 is a lot for a CD? Do you not remember that not even 5 years ago the price for a CD was as high as $20? With NO bonus tracks, NO extra artwork, no nothing? Prices of CDs have come DOWN dramatically in the last couple of years. I think That is a great price, specially for the fact it does include a second CD with the bonus tracks.
Onhell
Infinite Dreamer
Re: Mosh Presents: 2011 Music Releases Day 5 and 6: Chickenfoot-III/Queen Remasters
That doesn't make sense. You just said it yourself, because they don't buy that many CDs that's why "these days" and not 6 years ago, the price is $15. The music industry RAISED the price on CDs with the rise of illegal and legal downloads hoping to recoop on losses. CLEARLY not the way to go. I'm glad they came to their senses. I will GLADLY pay $15 for album art, full lyrics AND bonus tracks, than 9.99 for some web download I'll lose the day my comp crashes, which is not a matter of IF but of WHEN, regardless of specs and system.
That doesn't make sense. You just said it yourself, because they don't buy that many CDs that's why "these days" and not 6 years ago, the price is $15. The music industry RAISED the price on CDs with the rise of illegal and legal downloads hoping to recoop on losses. CLEARLY not the way to go. I'm glad they came to their senses. I will GLADLY pay $15 for album art, full lyrics AND bonus tracks, than 9.99 for some web download I'll lose the day my comp crashes, which is not a matter of IF but of WHEN, regardless of specs and system.
Onhell
Infinite Dreamer
Re: Mosh Presents: 2011 Music Releases Day 5 and 6: Chickenfoot-III/Queen Remasters
My local store has new releases on sale, older bands (Dio, Black Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult, etc) under ten bucks (between $6.99-$9.99 usually) and then the uber deals that are finding a used CD. I bought Angra's Temple of Shadows with the Bonus Concert DVD used for like 8.99! THAT was an awesome find, but rare. They currently carry the Megadeth remastered albums at 13.99, which isn't bad, but I haven't gotten around to actually purchasing them.
My local store has new releases on sale, older bands (Dio, Black Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult, etc) under ten bucks (between $6.99-$9.99 usually) and then the uber deals that are finding a used CD. I bought Angra's Temple of Shadows with the Bonus Concert DVD used for like 8.99! THAT was an awesome find
, but rare. They currently carry the Megadeth remastered albums at 13.99, which isn't bad, but I haven't gotten around to actually purchasing them.
Re: Mosh Presents: 2011 Music Releases Day 7 and 8: Foo Fighters and Primus
Foo Fighters-Wasting Light
Wow, what an album! This really set the bar high for 2011 releases, Foo Fighter's recent releases had become somewhat stale, being overloaded with big rock anthems and the raw edge the band had early on seemed to be gone for good. But then they made this, a real return to the roots, made in a garage, all "old school" equipment, and just straight out rock songs. This album has jumped up in my rankings as my 2nd favorite Foo's album, behind only There Is Nothing Left To Lose, which up until now, was the last great Foo's album. I really have nothing bad to say about this record, there is not a bad song in this album. Even weaker moments such as A Matter of Time and Miss the Misery are better than a lot of the stuff the band has put out over the last 10 years. Such an amazing album.
Highlights: Bridge Burning, Dear Rosemary, Arlandria, These Days, Walk
Weak Moments: None.
Primus-Green Naugahyde
This is a pretty cool album. It has some great material, and is a fun album but it's nothing unexpected. Just another Primus album. That's probably the thing that keeps me from replaying it, there wasn't anything special about it. I went into the album with certain expectations, and they were all fulfilled, nothing more, nothing less. So it's a good album, it's just really forgettable. Which seems to be the case with a lot of Primus albums.
7/10
Highlights: Lee Van Cleef, Eyes of a Squirrel, Hennepin Crawler
Weaker Moments: 13 Salmon Men, Moron TV, Green Ranger
Anthrax-Worship Music
Anthrax is back with Joey Belladonna! This album took quite awhile to be put out, with lineup changes in between they finally got it together and put out this great album. Featuring some great thrash that made Anthrax great, and Joey is belting it out better than ever. There are some amazing songs on it, but in comparison to the classic Belladonna era albums, it is the worst. Still a great album, and that just shows how great those early Anthrax albums are.
Highlights: Earth on Hell, The Devil You Know, Crawl, Fight 'Em Til You Can't
Weak Moments: Judas Priest, The Constant, Revolution Screams
Foo Fighters-Wasting Light
Wow, what an album! This really set the bar high for 2011 releases, Foo Fighter's recent releases had become somewhat stale, being overloaded with big rock anthems and the raw edge the band had early on seemed to be gone for good. But then they made this, a real return to the roots, made in a garage, all "old school" equipment, and just straight out rock songs. This album has jumped up in my rankings as my 2nd favorite Foo's album, behind only There Is Nothing Left To Lose, which up until now, was the last great Foo's album. I really have nothing bad to say about this record, there is not a bad song in this album. Even weaker moments such as A Matter of Time and Miss the Misery are better than a lot of the stuff the band has put out over the last 10 years. Such an amazing album.
Highlights: Bridge Burning, Dear Rosemary, Arlandria, These Days, Walk
Weak Moments: None.
Primus-Green Naugahyde
This is a pretty cool album. It has some great material, and is a fun album but it's nothing unexpected. Just another Primus album. That's probably the thing that keeps me from replaying it, there wasn't anything special about it. I went into the album with certain expectations, and they were all fulfilled, nothing more, nothing less. So it's a good album, it's just really forgettable. Which seems to be the case with a lot of Primus albums.
7/10
Highlights: Lee Van Cleef, Eyes of a Squirrel, Hennepin Crawler
Weaker Moments: 13 Salmon Men, Moron TV, Green Ranger
Anthrax-Worship Music
Anthrax is back with Joey Belladonna! This album took quite awhile to be put out, with lineup changes in between they finally got it together and put out this great album. Featuring some great thrash that made Anthrax great, and Joey is belting it out better than ever. There are some amazing songs on it, but in comparison to the classic Belladonna era albums, it is the worst. Still a great album, and that just shows how great those early Anthrax albums are.
Highlights: Earth on Hell, The Devil You Know, Crawl, Fight 'Em Til You Can't
Weak Moments: Judas Priest, The Constant, Revolution Screams
Black Wizard
Pleb Hunter
Re: Mosh Presents: 2011 Music Releases Day 10: Queensryche-Dedicated to Chaos
They named a song after Judas Priest?
Black Wizard
Pleb Hunter
Re: Mosh Presents: 2011 Music Releases Day 10: Queensryche-Dedicated to Chaos
That's the kind of thing I'd expect Sabaton to do, not Anthrax.
That's the kind of thing I'd expect Sabaton to do, not Anthrax.
