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Guldbamsen 
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 Posted: November 27 2014 at 04:04 |
 No problem you delightfully silly girl. I can't say that I wouldn't have reacted in the same manner, if I'd contributed to the album in some way. I guess it takes thick skin to be in this business. And you're right punk is not an album, bad form 
Edited by Guldbamsen - November 27 2014 at 04:04
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
- Douglas Adams
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Kati
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Posted: November 27 2014 at 03:59 |
 Kati wrote:
Guldbamsen wrote:
To be fair Sonia, he only said that he doesn't like the band. Everyone states something along those lines over the forum at some point. I remember you saying the same about punk 
I mean, if we can't express our opinions, positive and negative, then this whole thing becomes one big pat on the shoulder. We're all individualist here with different tastes, opinions and musical preferences.
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Awww Guldbamsen, true, maybe I overacted, this could be true, the thing is that people vote and somehow after voting their favorites the only band they mention in a negative manner is CS the underdogs. Unfortunately this last comment got the wrong end of the stick with me, I try my best not to comment and certainly never post however I feel sad and just wish we all were happy  |
hihihi you pest  punk is not a band you silly thing! 
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Kati
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Posted: November 27 2014 at 03:57 |
Guldbamsen wrote:
To be fair Sonia, he only said that he doesn't like the band. Everyone states something along those lines over the forum at some point. I remember you saying the same about punk
I mean, if we can't express our opinions, positive and negative, then this whole thing becomes one big pat on the shoulder. We're all individualist here with different tastes, opinions and musical preferences.
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Awww Guldbamsen, true, maybe I overacted, this could be true, the thing is that people vote and somehow after voting their favorites the only band they mention in a negative manner is CS the underdogs. Unfortunately this last comment got the wrong end of the stick with me, I try my best not to comment and certainly never post however I feel sad and just wish we all were happy
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: November 27 2014 at 03:50 |
To be fair Sonia, he only said that he doesn't like the band. Everyone states something along those lines over the forum at some point. I remember you saying the same about punk I mean, if we can't express our opinions, positive and negative, then this whole thing becomes one big pat on the shoulder. We're all individualist here with different tastes, opinions and musical preferences.
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
- Douglas Adams
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Kati
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Posted: November 27 2014 at 03:22 |
One thing this band has fans, i.e. the reviews on here are real and if you carefully look at them, none of them went further as to rate other bands low. 
Edited by Kati - November 27 2014 at 12:47
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Kati
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Posted: November 27 2014 at 02:59 |
Hercules wrote:
The Road of Bones is probably the best album of this millenium so far.
Pale Communion is very good, the Logos and I am the Morning albums aren't bad, but I really don't like Corvus Stone at all. |
What is it with bands etc and Corvus Stone?! This is becoming too silly really even for me and I am as silly as one can be really I like Road of Bones, infact I shared a review by Tszirmay (one of my ultimate favorite plus so much fun to read reviewers ever) which had zero fb likes at the time copied below here:  Kati wrote:
Wow! Aww  This doesn’t seem fair to me, one review posted in May with no facebook likes? The other review posted just 2 or 3 days ago has 28 fb shares/likes?! Love or hate fb the fact is that this social network site has many active fans, band and music group pages. Writing reviews like this is an art form that requires a high level of skill and imagination. You can see and feel a lot of thought, time and effort have been put in writing these articulate reviews. Both reviews are a gem and like many other ProgArchives collaborator review's they deserve to be shared far and wide onto sites like facebook etc for other fellow moozik aficionados to appreciate them too. Hugs |
Like Corvus Stone or not that's your prerogative, of course, the fact is that they are happy to be here on ProgArchives. In order to show that this band is liked by some, I am posting here a printscreen of the rating at the time on Amazon (4th all time best sellers and number 1 hot new releases) sales by just one source here, however Amazon is legit too among others sites. Bands struggle very hard, all bands. This band is just happy to be here, they do NOT think they are the greatest, far from this. Please stop hating on them.  
Edited by Kati - November 27 2014 at 12:44
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Mormegil
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Posted: November 24 2014 at 05:48 |
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IQ, followed by Corvus Stone.
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Welcome to the middle of the film.
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odinalcatraz
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Posted: November 23 2014 at 13:01 |
richardh wrote:
I only have two of the albums , IQ and Corvus Stone. I'm amazed that Dream The Electric Sleep - Heretics is not making the top five buy hey ho. IQ's album is well overrated and I can say that as a long time IQ fan. Disc One is fairly uninspired 3 star stuff while the bonus disc admittedly rescues it somewhat and could be rated 4 stars on its on although that is not the main disc.Corvus Stone are creating something unique and should be judged on their own terms. Instead many are trying to shoehorn it into their own idea of what prog should be. Prog should fly and be challenging. It veers all over the place and maybe it lacks direction but I like it just the way it is. Its a lot of fun you know (yep prog can be fun!!) |
Sorry but I couldn't resist commenting on this! Something tells me that if everyone liked what we do straight away, it would have been a failure in a way. It would probably have meant we had become derivative of something or even ourselves. Some love it and that's a great thing. We must go forth and forth and even fifth! That was fun to read Mr H!
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http://www.corvusstone.com
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Olape
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Posted: November 23 2014 at 12:06 |
Daysbetween wrote:
Voted Opeth with Logos a close second but neither will be my album of the year. |
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richardh
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Posted: November 23 2014 at 10:28 |
I only have two of the albums , IQ and Corvus Stone. I'm amazed that Dream The Electric Sleep - Heretics is not making the top five buy hey ho. IQ's album is well overrated and I can say that as a long time IQ fan. Disc One is fairly uninspired 3 star stuff while the bonus disc admittedly rescues it somewhat and could be rated 4 stars on its on although that is not the main disc. Corvus Stone are creating something unique and should be judged on their own terms. Instead many are trying to shoehorn it into their own idea of what prog should be. Prog should fly and be challenging. It veers all over the place and maybe it lacks direction but I like it just the way it is. Its a lot of fun you know (yep prog can be fun!!)
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The Bearded Bard
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Posted: November 22 2014 at 19:49 |
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Haven't listened to any of them, yet, but I'll probably have checked them all out by the end of January.
Edited by The Bearded Bard - November 22 2014 at 20:36
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Kati
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Posted: November 22 2014 at 17:45 |
Wanorak wrote:
I want to downgrade my rating for Corvus Stone to 3 stars after listening to it a lot. It is good but lacks cohesion and meanders too much. It also lacks anything I would call memorable, other than Moaning Lisa. So, yes I rushed to judgement too quickly and gave it fours stars. I will remedy that as soon as the site allows me to. It seems to be having problems this week:( |
Wanorak, it's a pity you changed your mind however even 3 star rating is not bad at all to be honest. We all differ in music taste and this is a good thing too.
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Daysbetween
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Posted: November 22 2014 at 17:13 |
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Voted Opeth with Logos a close second but neither will be my album of the year.
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Man With Hat
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Posted: November 22 2014 at 16:53 |
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OPeth for sure.
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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
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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Hercules
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Location: Near York UK
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Posted: November 22 2014 at 16:49 |
The Road of Bones is probably the best album of this millenium so far.
Pale Communion is very good, the Logos and I am the Morning albums aren't bad, but I really don't like Corvus Stone at all.
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A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life.
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Rick Robson
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Posted: November 22 2014 at 16:27 |
I'm 'foreseeing' another RPI "boom!" for the sake of Progressive Rock hahahah , LOGOS all the way!
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 "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB
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Kati
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Posted: November 22 2014 at 16:05 |
To be honest, a lot of prog albums you need to give it a few spins. Yes I respect first impressions, I too have that, however with so many albums being released it's impossible to listen to all of them or dedicate much time to each one. Major bands will always have the upper-hand, this is fair too sometimes. However, the internet in this case is not helpful, because I remember the time when I used to save all my pocket money to buy an album and once I got it I enjoyed it to the fullest. What I don't like is putting the small label artist's down just for the sake of it. I doubt there is a band who use their own personal funds to release something that they have not put all their heart into it. Critique all you want in a review, this makes sense otherwise it's an unpleasant experience for others and not nice.
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Horizons
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Posted: November 22 2014 at 15:57 |
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My what
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Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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SteveG
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Posted: November 22 2014 at 15:33 |
Horizons wrote:
Angelo wrote:
Wanorak wrote:
I don't understand the love for Corvus Stone; I find it disjointed and too fragmented! |
Yet you gave it a 4-star rating. I guess an album must be extremely good to match your criteria ;-) |
*sigh*
Why do people think that 3* means "this is awful" |
Because too many albums are overrated In PA with 4 and 5 star ratings. But I think this has been mentioned a few (hundred) times already in other threads. I feel that Horizons' ratings are pretty fair, myself.
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Raff
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Posted: November 22 2014 at 15:22 |
progrockdeepcuts wrote:
Where is Knifeworld, Ut Gret, Necromonkey, Sonar, Univers Zero, Atomic Ape, etc etc?
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You'll very probably find in my own personal Best of 2014 - provided I have the time to write one ...
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