| [Tephra Rising] Saturday, June 21, 2008 8:06:01 PM | |
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For Spapad:
We......don't wanna belong.....
We said all along.....
We just wanna be.......
Left Alone!!!
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| [SCABBARDS REST] Saturday, June 21, 2008 7:44:54 PM | |
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| I don't have a favorite yet, but I like 'Alone' alot! |
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| [SCABBARDS REST] Saturday, June 21, 2008 7:42:31 PM | |
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Yeah it's been a good while! How thing's going? Just got back from Niagara Falls last week after the Maiden show in Cleveland. That f*#kin' rocked! The Falls was great but the city around it looks like it was bombed!! LOL!! I can't believe it. It was awesome growing up there. If the Casino wasn't there, nobody else would be either. Anyway, glad to be back on the board here. Nostradamus is great!! Are you going to Molson Center to see them? I'm going to the Pittsburgh show...
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by METAL MELTDOWN from Thursday, June 19, 2008 4:53:56 PM)| |  | METAL MELTDOWN wrote: | | RICK....Been a while. How ya been? Buffalo's just as shitty as ever!!! lol
| | | SCABBARDS REST wrote: | | I hear shades of Stained Class and Sad Wings of Destiny throughout Nostradamus, especially Rob's haunting expressive vocals and the mid-tempo doom of the guitars. But at the same time it's fused with the heaviness and depth of modern Metal. A very difficult and convincing feat!! I've only listened to it sparingly so far and I'm blown away! I can't wait to really dig into it several times. It's definitely NOT background music as someone already mentioned. I sat down last night with my fav beverages and really got into it. So far I rank it in the top six Priest releases! Maybe higher later.. |
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| [spapad] Saturday, June 21, 2008 5:28:10 PM | |
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It is a great one isn't it!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Brent 27744 from Saturday, June 21, 2008 5:25:48 PM)| | | Brent 27744 wrote: | | | Spapad: I agree. "Alone" is my favorite song on the album. |
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| [Brent 27744] Saturday, June 21, 2008 5:25:48 PM | |
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| Spapad: I agree. "Alone" is my favorite song on the album. |
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| [Bulldawg] Saturday, June 21, 2008 3:41:25 PM | |
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| Before I bought and listened to Nostradamus, I checked some early reviews. Some good, some not so good. Last night, I played it for the first time, and from beginning to end, and I cranked it baby. Normally, it takes me a few times of playing the whole cd to really start to enjoy it. But not this time. This cd is spectacular. The sound is huge. There is so much going on, you just sit there and say to yourself that no other metal band, and very few bands in general, have put together such a surrounding wall of music on one cd. I can't believe some of the bad reviews out there. One moron even referred to mediocre albums like Hell Bent and British Steel. That goes to show you how ridiculous some people are, to call those two classics mediocre. I will say, this album is not like anything they have ever done. Doesn't sound anything like SWOD. The sound is much "thicker" and heavier here. Lost Love is Before The Dawn taken to a new level. A truly beautiful song. I could go on and on. Give it a chance, you'll see. Judge for yourself and do not listen to any reviews at all! |
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| [spapad] Saturday, June 21, 2008 1:18:54 PM | |
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Help! I have developed a nervous twitch. I am unable to keep my finger from hitting the repeat button at the end of Alone! I know there is great music to follow but my finger just keeps hitting repeat. Hopefully it's not a permanent condition?
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by \m/ Metal Maniac \m/ from Saturday, June 21, 2008 10:58:10 AM)| | | \m/ Metal Maniac \m/ wrote: | | | Dare I say this is the best Priest album to date? |
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| [\m/ Metal Maniac \m/] Saturday, June 21, 2008 10:58:10 AM | |
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| Dare I say this is the best Priest album to date? |
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| [Brent 27744] Saturday, June 21, 2008 9:32:25 AM | |
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After listening to Nostradamus many times, I think it's a very good album. I'd be lying if I said every song grabs me or that I think it's a masterpiece. But I really appreciate Priest trying something different and using new sounds. I like the moody, gothic sounds, the mid-tempo, and Halford's restrained voice--gives the album some soul. "Alone" is my favorite, and I also like "War," "Conquest," "Persecution," and "Exiled." I will add these 5 to my Priest favorites.
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| [sergiodefenders] Friday, June 20, 2008 10:37:30 PM | |
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This record make feel PROUD about my favorite band. It's a fucking Masterpice, It's the way I see it. Nostradamus is a long travel to past, I mean the prophet's life and 70's Priest, reminds Sin after Sin or SWOD, guess what!!, I knew this would happening, there was not way to make a conceptual album about Nostradamus. Rob' vocal range is low but majestic, almost opheratic.., I loved Nostradamus, I hope that band will performing entire it in this tour, Judas, I'm Looking forward the gig in Santiago, Chile!!...
Priest !!, Priest !!, Priest !!, Priest !!, Priest !!, Priest !!, Priest !!, Priest !!, Priest !!, Priest !!, Priest !!, Priest !!, Edited at: Friday, June 20, 2008 10:39:08 PM
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| [Bluddy Hell] Friday, June 20, 2008 12:53:26 PM | |
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Nostradamus is an amazing work of art. Who could have ever imagined so many musical effects and rich orchestral movements mixed with heavy metal guitars. I am completely blown away...it is a metal masterpiece- of epic proportions.
I think it would be awesome to make this album into a feature length film, not unlike Pink Floyd's "The Wall", but bigger and heavier!!
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| [156555464] Friday, June 20, 2008 12:14:59 PM | |
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I may not have the cd. But I did hear to most of the songs from the cd. It's not that hard to figure out. You don't have to listen to the whole cd from begining to end to get a feel for it. It sounds like the old stuff. [Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by GRINDER * from Friday, June 20, 2008 11:04:42 AM)
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Nostradamus it's an album to listen to from the beginning to the end, you can't speak about a single song because one"bring" you to the other.
To me it's a melodic and powerfull album.
Defend The Faith
Grinder
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| [GRINDER *] Friday, June 20, 2008 11:04:42 AM | |
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Nostradamus it's an album to listen to from the beginning to the end, you can't speak about a single song because one"bring" you to the other.
To me it's a melodic and powerfull album.
Defend The Faith
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| [Return_of_Darth_Painkiller_0870] Friday, June 20, 2008 8:15:32 AM | |
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Agreed.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Head banger from Friday, June 20, 2008 7:14:53 AM)| | | Head banger wrote: | | true, he doesnt have the range rob does, never did, but a great voice, then and now.
| | | Darth_Painkiller_0870 wrote: | | But Dio only stays within and has never gone as high as Halford has been known for. They are simply not the same class of singer. Halford's got more in common with Bruce Dickinson and Geoff Tate with regards to vocal abilities than he does with Ronnie James Dio.
| | | Head banger wrote: | | dio still has it. saw H&H last year, awesome.
But, last I saw rob he did quite well, and some more chalenging songs.
| | | Darth_Painkiller_0870 wrote: | | I received my Deluxe Edition Tuesday, and immediately popped it into my laptop (I hooked in my external speakers for better quality sound). I am very much impressed by the production and the musicianship exhibited. Rob's vocals are incredible. I know the man can't scream like he did in his golden years, but seriously, who can? Robert Plant sure as hell can't, and in fact I think only Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden is the only one left out of the creme de la creme of top notch vocalists from the 80's who still can. But I don't let that deter from what I think of the songwriting. Overall, I think it's masterful and very well done (albeit with a couple Spinal Tap-like moments).
Like a few you, I agree that CD1 is much more heavier than the second disc. However, I think the uniqueness of that 2nd CD is what makes this such a special album. Pestilence and Plague, Death, Prophecy, and Nostradamus are the tracks which stand out the most to me. While I know there are plenty of you who don't care for the acoustic guitars and synths and those interludes between the main tracks, I personally enjoy them and love how everything is tied in so the album flows seamlessly!
All in all, an incredible CD. 9 out of 10. |
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| [Head banger] Friday, June 20, 2008 7:14:53 AM | |
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true, he doesnt have the range rob does, never did, but a great voice, then and now.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Darth_Painkiller_0870 from Friday, June 20, 2008 3:25:53 AM)| | | Darth_Painkiller_0870 wrote: | | But Dio only stays within and has never gone as high as Halford has been known for. They are simply not the same class of singer. Halford's got more in common with Bruce Dickinson and Geoff Tate with regards to vocal abilities than he does with Ronnie James Dio.
| | | Head banger wrote: | | dio still has it. saw H&H last year, awesome.
But, last I saw rob he did quite well, and some more chalenging songs.
| | | Darth_Painkiller_0870 wrote: | | I received my Deluxe Edition Tuesday, and immediately popped it into my laptop (I hooked in my external speakers for better quality sound). I am very much impressed by the production and the musicianship exhibited. Rob's vocals are incredible. I know the man can't scream like he did in his golden years, but seriously, who can? Robert Plant sure as hell can't, and in fact I think only Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden is the only one left out of the creme de la creme of top notch vocalists from the 80's who still can. But I don't let that deter from what I think of the songwriting. Overall, I think it's masterful and very well done (albeit with a couple Spinal Tap-like moments).
Like a few you, I agree that CD1 is much more heavier than the second disc. However, I think the uniqueness of that 2nd CD is what makes this such a special album. Pestilence and Plague, Death, Prophecy, and Nostradamus are the tracks which stand out the most to me. While I know there are plenty of you who don't care for the acoustic guitars and synths and those interludes between the main tracks, I personally enjoy them and love how everything is tied in so the album flows seamlessly!
All in all, an incredible CD. 9 out of 10. |
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| [DMAN66] Friday, June 20, 2008 4:13:27 AM | |
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I GOT THE CD LAST NIGHT BUT DID NOT GET A CHANCE
TO LISTEN TO IT UNTIL TONIGHT.... I AGREE WITH YOU KAT....IT HAS
ALOT OF THE OLD FLAVOR TO IT... I AM REALLY DIGGIN' IT SO FAR...
BUT LIKE YOU STATED FOR THE YOUNGER FANS OR EVEN MAYBE
OLDER ONES .... IT MAY BE HARD TO SWALLOW.... I THINK THAT IT IS
A BREATH OF FRESH AIR !! THEY HAVE EXPANDED THEIR HORIZONS
AND TRIED SOMETHING NEW.... NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT IN MY
BOOK.... STILL DEFENDING THE FAITH !! DMAN66  |
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| [Return_of_Darth_Painkiller_0870] Friday, June 20, 2008 3:25:53 AM | |
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But Dio only stays within and has never gone as high as Halford has been known for. They are simply not the same class of singer. Halford's got more in common with Bruce Dickinson and Geoff Tate with regards to vocal abilities than he does with Ronnie James Dio.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Head banger from Thursday, June 19, 2008 10:14:58 PM)| | | Head banger wrote: | | dio still has it. saw H&H last year, awesome.
But, last I saw rob he did quite well, and some more chalenging songs.
| | | Darth_Painkiller_0870 wrote: | | I received my Deluxe Edition Tuesday, and immediately popped it into my laptop (I hooked in my external speakers for better quality sound). I am very much impressed by the production and the musicianship exhibited. Rob's vocals are incredible. I know the man can't scream like he did in his golden years, but seriously, who can? Robert Plant sure as hell can't, and in fact I think only Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden is the only one left out of the creme de la creme of top notch vocalists from the 80's who still can. But I don't let that deter from what I think of the songwriting. Overall, I think it's masterful and very well done (albeit with a couple Spinal Tap-like moments).
Like a few you, I agree that CD1 is much more heavier than the second disc. However, I think the uniqueness of that 2nd CD is what makes this such a special album. Pestilence and Plague, Death, Prophecy, and Nostradamus are the tracks which stand out the most to me. While I know there are plenty of you who don't care for the acoustic guitars and synths and those interludes between the main tracks, I personally enjoy them and love how everything is tied in so the album flows seamlessly!
All in all, an incredible CD. 9 out of 10. |
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| [156555464] Friday, June 20, 2008 2:04:13 AM | |
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| I haven't got the cd yet. But I am listening to some of the songs from youtube. I think that Priest just went back to the old style. If you haven't been a fan for long time you probably won't {well I shouldn't say won't} but will have a hard time with the new cd. That's the style they started with. I like what I am hearing. Just reminds me of the old days. If you think of the song Dreamer Deceiver, That's what the new cd reminds me of. { I am listening to the song Alone} Alone has a lot of elements of Dreamer Deceiver. But this is just my opinion. I love the old stuff. Also Epitaph, comes to mind. If you havent heard the old stuff, you should go and listen to it. You'll find the it sounds similar. So they aren't really doing anything that is new to them. Most of the young fans aren't familiar with the old stuff. So they are going to question it. The use of a piano, is nothing new or acoustic guitars. |
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| [~ MG_Metalgoddess~] Thursday, June 19, 2008 10:49:06 PM | |
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Iam 8 miles outside Glacier Nat Park! But only until next Wed.. Then Iam moving to Winnipeg Canada, Actually a little North of the city!
Iam going to bed.. I have been batteling a migtain all day!
Talk to you later
Take care
MG~
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Tephra Rising from Thursday, June 19, 2008 10:41:01 PM)| | | Tephra Rising wrote: | | | Thanks MG.......I suppose my ever-so-slowly-receding hairline and more gray may give me away, but I still think of myself as young. I am definitely not my dad at 40. (He never liked Priest or metal, the poor sap, but that was his loss.) Whereabouts in MT are you? |
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| [Tephra Rising] Thursday, June 19, 2008 10:41:01 PM | |
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| Thanks MG.......I suppose my ever-so-slowly-receding hairline and more gray may give me away, but I still think of myself as young. I am definitely not my dad at 40. (He never liked Priest or metal, the poor sap, but that was his loss.) Whereabouts in MT are you? |
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