Arjen Lucassen's Guilt Machine

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Exactly what the poll says. I' give a further opinion after I see a few initial responses, but I voted the last choice.

Poll Question: What is your opinion?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Same as Ayreon, it's great!	5	[20.00%]
Same as Ayreon, boo, no progress	4	[16.00%]
Really Different, I hate it	0	[0.00%]
Really Different, I like it	16	[64.00%]
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Failcore Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 27 2006 Status: Offline Points: 4625	Topic: Arjen Lucassen's Guilt Machine Posted: March 21 2010 at 18:48
	Exactly what the poll says. I' give a further opinion after I see a few initial responses, but I voted the last choice.


cold103 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 12 2005 Location: California, USA Status: Offline Points: 297	Posted: March 22 2010 at 03:46
	I don't think I've heard enough of Guilt Machine yet to be able to vote. I love Ayreon though. Edited by cold103 - March 22 2010 at 03:46

Windhawk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 28 2006 Location: Norway Status: Offline Points: 11400	Posted: March 22 2010 at 05:13
	The approach and sound is somewhat different, but the musical themes used, the way the songs build up and the overall mood is highly similar to Ayreon. In fact, -many- themes from Ayreon's latest are reused on Guilt Machine. Good music though, even if it doesn't offer anything really new from Arjen.
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martinprog77 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: December 31 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2511	Posted: March 22 2010 at 05:25
	is a little different ,maybe the only deferences are that insets of using 16 singers now is only one guilt machine sounds more like a band sounds more dark that ayreon anyways is a really good album Edited by martinprog77 - March 22 2010 at 05:30
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Mr ProgFreak Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 08 2008 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 5195	Posted: March 22 2010 at 05:29
	It's different, and I like it. To those who find Ayreon and/or Guilt Machine lacking progress, I would say that sometimes writing good songs with interesting topics is preferable to cramming the music with progress/experimentality for the sake of progress/experimentality, or because fans demand it. But of course that's only my opinion.

Failcore Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 27 2006 Status: Offline Points: 4625	Posted: March 23 2010 at 01:21
	I actually thought it was very different than Ayreon, minus Twisted Coil. The melodies were a lot more subtle and dissonant, the production not nearly as bombastic. I agree with all the people that noted a darker turn. Especially sounded great on Leland Street. Overall, I think it's a great progression, w/o throwing out his Ayreon roots. Looking forward to many more Guilt Machine releases.


CCVP Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: September 15 2007 Location: Vitória, Brasil Status: Offline Points: 7971	Posted: March 24 2010 at 08:21
	Similar to Ayreon and great. It is really hard for me to find a bad space rock album, really. One of my favorite (if not THE favorite) genres in prog rock.