[Nicky007] Wednesday, December 23, 2009 5:20:22 AM
Mike, in my experience, it's not so much the fact that they made a concept album and brought some interesting themes together in a cohesive whole - yes, that's also surprising, and great - but it's more the music itself; it's so mature, and deep.
OK, now that I'v gone more into Priest music, I can see that they'v been seeking and experimenting all along, and they certainly have formed metal much more than metalheads outside of the Priest community are willing to acknowledge. There definitely is some unusual intelligence in several of the Priest guys.
When I hear Nostra, I get the picture of highly intelligent and innovative musicians, who have always been ahead of their big fanbase, but during those 40 years never willing to take the big risk that's probably been at the back of their minds for long. You hear some of it coming along in Jugulator and Angel.
The big risk is what Floyd took with all their Waters-albums, and thus they created masterpieces all along.
Now Priest have made that jump into the unknown ... and have been surprisingly successful with it imo. I think it's fully justified to compare Nostra with The Wall. They'r similar in many ways, except that the music is so clearly Priest's, and Priest's alone, nobody else comes close - they really broke ground with this one. People will be talking about Nostra for decades to come - I'm certain about that !!!
This might not be the right place to have this discussion, but I'v been on so many boards, and sufficiently thru the fave this and that, and I certainly prefer a discussion like this one. Hope nobody is disgruntled
Nicky. Edited at: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 5:21:47 AM Edited at: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 5:33:24 AM
