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    Posted: November 18 2010 at 22:56
I am a little surprised to find that so far, no one has started an Arena appreciation thread. With the band having re-formed after a fairly long hiatus for both a tour and a new album (The Tinder Box), now seems like a good time. To get things started, I'll pose a simple question. An obvious one, given the recent announcement of Paul Manzi as the new lead vocalist, is this:

Who is your favourite Arena vocalist so far?

1. John Carson
2. Paul Wrightson
3. Rob Sowden

Personally, while all of the band's vocalists so far have been excellent, I have to go with Rob Sowden, but it is very close between him and Paul Wrightson.

Anyway, and thoughts you might have on this great Neo-Prog band will be most welcome here.
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Paul Wrightson for me. I'm looking forward to the new oneBig smile


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Well, this thread did not take off the way I had hoped, and considering the respect that Arena tends to get from many people on this site, I admit to being a little surprised. That said, the new album Seventh Degree of Separation, is now less than two months away, and I am quite happy to see that John Jowitt is once again playing bass for the band. As Jowitt invariably ups the game of any band he plays with (an dI think her has played with enough of them to be labeled 'The Official Bassist of the Neo-Prog Sub-Genre Smile), his presence is one more cause for excitement where the new disc is concerned.
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Agreed.  I'm really looking forward to the new one.
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Originally posted by rod65

Well, this thread did not take off the way I had hoped, and considering the respect that Arena tends to get from many people on this site, I admit to being a little surprised. That said, the new album Seventh Degree of Separation, is now less than two months away, and I am quite happy to see that John Jowitt is once again playing bass for the band. As Jowitt invariably ups the game of any band he plays with (an dI think her has played with enough of them to be labeled 'The Official Bassist of the Neo-Prog Sub-Genre Smile), his presence is one more cause for excitement where the new disc is concerned.

Amusingly enough, I give the same title to John Mitchell, the officially sponsored guitarist of Neo Prog!
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Arena are one of the very few neo-prog bands that I actually enjoy and I'm mildly excited for their new album. I've enjoyed Pepper's Ghost quite a bit.
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I am the biggest Arena fun ever. The new album The seventh degree of separation is brilliant, Paul Manzi has a wide vocal range, suits the band perfectly. They have just finished their tour, hard working and talented guys!Clap
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So, the I was looking for a reaction image online to properly portray how incredibly disappointed I am with the new album, but nothing really gets there. I'm just going to listen the "The Shattered Room" and feel bad for a few minutes.
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Their guitarist is insane!!!
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Could explain this further, pls?

John Mitchell is a brilliant artists!!!!!
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I really like Arena, and ironicly it was the magazine Metal Hammer that introduced me to them in 2000, with the song Chosen (tho it was edited).   Reminded me of the Lost Boys song Cry Little Sister lol.    I did check out other Arena songs and in 2004 i did buy the album Immortal? (after hearing the song Butterfly Man aswell, i just had to buy it).
 
I only liked the dark sounding songs tho from that album for a fair while, didnt care about the more happier sounding songs for a fair while, but in time grew to like them aswell.   Wasent until 2007 onwards i bought other Arena albums.   But to date i have The Visitor (best album) , Immortal?, Contagion, The Cry, Contagium and Peppers Ghost (that ones a fair bit of a let down im affraid to say).   Top three albums from best to least best would have to be.
 
The Visitor
Immortal?
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I dont have their early albums and am only vaugley familiar with them, so cant comment there.  As for favourite frontmen?.....dont have a list there, all of them are good in their own way.
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This thread really has sunk hasn't it, which is a shame.
 
I have to say I was pretty disappointed with the latest album.  Don't get me wrong there's some great tracks on there, The Ghost Walks and Trebuchet for starters.  However they really miss Rob Sowden.  Manzi is technically great but it just doesn't seem right to me without Sowden.  I see he chose to leave as he didn't like the move into commercial territory and that was understandable.
 
TSDOS is not a patch on the previous four albums, all of which were tremendous.
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