| re: NJC: Night Castle | |
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Vin 01:57 pm UTC 10/28/09 |
| In reply to: | re: NJC: Night Castle - EvilNickname 09:04 am UTC 10/28/09 |
| Yea, I was just reading reviews at Amazon and read about all the recycling and I'm thinking, "Good God, Paul O'Neil really does walk in Steinman's footprints." I mean, taking *forever* to produce an album with a lot of re-hashed material? But hey, at least Bat II was really good. Yesterday I was ready to walk to the record store and buy this album, and today I'm far less enthused about the prospect. > I pre-ordered it from Amazon.com (final price: $7.99, or > about two beers in real money ;-), but it hasn't arrived > yet. It certainly doesn't seem to be living up to the > expectations. > > And from what I hear, Jim's got competition in the > recycling department. A lot of Savatage material > [disclaimer: I'm a Savatage-fanboy] is said to be > re-appropriated. The Mountain is based on their version of > Hall of the Mountain King, two instrumental pieces are > based on Mozart & Madness, Believe is a flat-out cover, > and there are more pieces here and there. > > > > > Wanted to ask you about it yesterday! I also had mixed > > feelings while listening to it. Too much recycling, too > > much weak vocal work. Too repetitive and all in all too > > uninspired music wise. Nonetheless they offer some > > highlights. But 1 CD definitely would have been enough! > > > > Beethovenīs Last Night is much better and tighter IMO. > > > > Markus > > > > > In short, not exactly thrilled, too much recycling. O > > > Fortuna has been done better by others. > > > All in all Therion: the Miskolc Experience and a number of > > > other releases that lately came from Scandinavia are way > > > superior. | |
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