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Mellotron Storm 
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 Topic: Anekdoten openers
Posted: June 08 2015 at 06:47 |
 TeleStrat wrote:
I briefly considered Nucleus but then listened to the new CD a second time.Shooting Star (10:10) gets my vote. Long musical passages with heavy organ and hot guitar solos and subtle, but intense, vocal parts. Add to that an interesting guitar/organ "playoff" midway through.
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Yes Per Wiberg certainly lets it rip on the organ in that opener and it's interesting that Anekdoten only have three tracks in their discography over 10 minutes including that one. At least from studio albums. 
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN
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Mellotron Storm
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Posted: June 08 2015 at 06:42 |
Olape wrote:
Karelia over The Great Unknown. The new album is great! |
Another mention of The Great Unknown, cool, and Karelia continues to lead with Nucleus second. Nice to see the last four album openers getting some love.
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN
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TeleStrat
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Posted: June 07 2015 at 19:52 |
I briefly considered Nucleus but then listened to the new CD a second time. Shooting Star (10:10) gets my vote. Long musical passages with heavy organ and hot guitar solos and subtle, but intense, vocal parts. Add to that an interesting guitar/organ "playoff" midway through.
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Olape
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Posted: June 07 2015 at 19:10 |
Karelia over The Great Unknown. The new album is great!
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Mellotron Storm
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Posted: June 07 2015 at 10:12 |
Nightfly wrote:
Nucleus. |
Weird thing for me was that I liked the later openers better than the early ones. Some insanity on that Nucleus album though. Thanks Paul!
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN
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Mellotron Storm
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Posted: June 07 2015 at 10:10 |
Progmind wrote:
Karelia, love the mellotron
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2 more votes from you and Phil and it is leading the way, barely.
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN
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Mellotron Storm
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Posted: June 07 2015 at 09:58 |
Horizons wrote:
From Within. The second it starts i get excited. The perfect opener. I like Anekdoten when they're doing their moody grooves that just explode. |
I love this album for the way they seem to extend everything and jam. It just sounds so good.
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN
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Mellotron Storm
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Posted: June 07 2015 at 09:56 |
Sean Trane wrote:
It'll be hard for them to ever do better than Karelia, because it's so anthemic of what was to come.... even if they never used so much cello than on that debut album.
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You and Sleeper pick the opener off of the debut which I thought my win this poll. Again like the "Nucleus" track we get lots of sharp edges if you will.
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN
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Mellotron Storm
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Posted: June 07 2015 at 09:26 |
TeleStrat wrote:
I can't vote right now. I only have Vermod and Until All The Ghosts Are Gone.I'm waiting for From Within and A Time Of Day to be delivered. I'll check back in a couple of days. |
Cool!
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
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Mellotron Storm
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Posted: June 07 2015 at 09:26 |
The.Crimson.King wrote:
I love the 1st set of tracks from Nucleus best  |
Man they really had the angular guitar and powerful sound going on in spades with that album.
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN
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Mellotron Storm
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Posted: June 07 2015 at 09:24 |
someone_else wrote:
Shooting Star. The whole new album is incredible and one of the greatest post-2000 albums. |
I can't disagree with those statements, they really hit one out of the park with "Until All The Ghosts Are Gone". Shooting Star or Monolith would be my runner-up to The Great Unknown.
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN
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Mellotron Storm
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Posted: June 07 2015 at 09:21 |
Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:
Yeah, I'm still waiting for my next Syn-Phonic order to get the new one, but I think I'm going to go with the opener from `A Time of Day' and choosing `The Great Unknown' myself, John! Nick B's vocals were sounding confident, and those Mellotron blasts hit beautifully after the chorus each time! |
That was my pick and I really like the lyrics too.
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN
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Mellotron Storm
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Posted: June 07 2015 at 09:19 |
Tom Ozric wrote:
Haven't got the new album yet (  ) but I have to say probably From Within. |
I listened to these songs in the order they came out and I did prefer From Within to the first two by quite a bit.
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN
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Nightfly
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Posted: June 07 2015 at 06:38 |
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Nucleus.
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Posted: June 06 2015 at 21:26 |
sleeper wrote:
Karelia for me.
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Yep
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
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Posted: June 06 2015 at 20:16 |
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Karelia, love the mellotron
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Horizons
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Posted: June 06 2015 at 19:00 |
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From Within. The second it starts i get excited. The perfect opener. I like Anekdoten when they're doing their moody grooves that just explode.
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Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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Sean Trane
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Posted: June 06 2015 at 17:51 |
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It'll be hard for them to ever do better than Karelia, because it's so anthemic of what was to come.... even if they never used so much cello than on that debut album.
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sleeper
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Posted: June 06 2015 at 15:55 |
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Karelia for me.
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Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005
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TeleStrat
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Posted: June 06 2015 at 15:46 |
I can't vote right now. I only have Vermod and Until All The Ghosts Are Gone. I'm waiting for From Within and A Time Of Day to be delivered. I'll check back in a couple of days.
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