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One Cold Winter's Night... Gets me hot ;)

Advantages: Awesome
Disadvantages: you also have to sleep.

...says it is based on one of Norways first popsongs, so when the crowd recognizes it they start cheering, and I can not blame them. He makes the crowd sing the intro with him, and they do, they tie down, while the music plays greatly and then makes space for his vocals. Vocals are highly enjoyable, the lyrics are well suited, and great for singing along, the music is only dominating when it is the deal, so the entire song, even though its wild, its ...
...2 vocalists there is not one flaw to detect, I can not do anything else then giving this a 10, although They both deserve a 10, but since its Kamelots tour I can only give a 10. PS, seen this live, she windmills ( headbangs in a circle so her long orange/red hair turns around like a windmill ), awesome. Track 11: 'Moonlight' ~ Length: 5:10 ~ 10/10 Well, you are sad Simone left again, but that does not last too long, because when the music starts ...

GerlofL 24.04.2008 · Read full review
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Review of One Cold Winter's Night - Kamelot

Opeth - Ghost Reveries

Advantages: amazing musicianship, beautiful songs/vocals
Disadvantages: sucks to be you if you don't have this CD already!

...album they put out. Ghost Reveries is excellent from the minute it starts all the way until the end. Anyone familiar with Opeth's unique approach to songwriting and musicianship will not be let down with this album. It is intensely heavy and dark throughout and also is soft and melodic when it needs to be. The production quality is top notch on this record and the overall tone is subperb. The album kicks off with the classic Opeth death metal style ...
...groovy progressive song with great breakdowns and acoustic parts. The album continues on with a couple of great heavy/progressive songs. Hours of Wealth is one of the most beautiful pieces Opeth has ever done and will bring a tear to your eye. I would recommend this album to everyone who loves Opeth (if you do you probably already have this album!) and to anyone who is just a music lover in general. I would have to say this was the best metal album ...

satchjr2 21.02.2008 · Read full review
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Death Of A Dead Day

Advantages: More power tracks
Disadvantages: None

An impressive album which delivers track after track of powerful music. Starting with Bland Street Bloom, a take on modern day society blasting straight through other great songs 'Flogging the horses','Way beyond the old river' and 'Summer Rain' moving onto then a much slower and depending on your view meaningful song 'In this light' a song about being with a partner or person who despite being with them you feel alone due to them not listening to ...
...album back to its extreme rock and then into a seemingly standard for Sikth albums the odd track aka 'Mermaid Slur', more a poem than a song. The album then continues to power through 5 more songs giving the album the perfect end to the second full album produced by sikth. All in all a great album for fans of Dillinger Escape Plan, Meshuggah or Shellshock This album was bought for £11.99 at HMV and came with a signed poster by the band, a nice little ...

itendsnow 03.07.2007 · Read full review
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Another triumph of progressive metal

Advantages: Gives great appreciation for all styles of music
Disadvantages: if you just want Opeth's heavier stuff, you will be disappointed.

I have eagerly awaited the release of this album as I did with Ghost Reveries and it's predecessor. After Ghost Reveries, I did not know what to expect as that album included pretty much every style and influence of music into all of the songs. So let's look at which genres are included in most Opeth albums: Blast beating death metal ..... Check Classical guitar ....check classic rock.... check grunge .... check pop music ..... check jazz .... ...
...on.... And this is what I love about Opeth, to me they are primarily a metal band, but they open your mind to every other style of music and artistic expression. So onto this album Watershed, it ticks all the boxes for meshing all different types of genres into their signature sound and I think this album surpasses their other albums. It is not as heavy as other albums, but when they are heavy, e.g. in 'the lotus eater' they totally nail it and ...

worf22 26.07.2009 · Read full review
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Obzen

Advantages: Extremely tight and profound
Disadvantages: Lacks variation

Amazing. Swedish Mathmetal Meshuggah's latest studio effort is an all out combination of their previous work, which includes a blending of slow and fast tempo aggression rarely seen in any other music. Characterized odd time signatures and down tuned 8 string guitars provide a "chugging" (a term which has become increasingly part of meshuggah's critical vocabulary) sound which is unique, inhuman and mind-bending. This sound is experienced on pretty ...
...Thomas Haake's drumming is at its best, with rave reviews from all over the musical world for the unrepentant attack of his kit (again here: Bleed is exceptional) along with superb jazz influenced guitar solos and soundscaping from Fredrik Thordendal. It can be obviously heard that every band member is extremely skilled. 01.COMBUSTION: relentless, simple (comparatively to the other tracks) and fast, good intro to the album. 4/5 02. ELECTRIC RED: ...

Fifou 26.12.2008 · Read full review
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