Arena Appreciation Thread

^ right you are, Mr. Laz...right you are.

I've already muttered under my breath about a million times, " Just take my money...take it."

Hey Sam. I think there is such a strong connection between quality and Mr. Nolan. Arena is one of the very few bands on planet earth where I can say all their studio albums are real gems and essentials to buy. Their live albums/DVDs need some help here and there, but anyway I just don't see ARENA blowing it on album number 9. I think will be great and it will be so interesting to have another area album just 3 years apart.

You can bet I am very happy and excited for this news.

Michael! Manzi sure is still the force behind the mic. :)
Wow! I just got the update now from their website. Yup. I am vey shocked. I didn't think we would be hearing from ARENA for another 3 years at least!
Double vision? Yeah that does sound like a Visitor sequel, and why not? The Visitor' has to be one of their most complete albums to date. It's boarder line perfect to me.

Thanks to you Sam as well for the update.

We are spoiled proggers!

I hope to see Arena in Montreal if they tour their during the 2018 shows.

Great news! My most anticipated release as well. :)

If they release a DVD, for god sakes let's hope for a blu ray. Jeeeeze! Lol

Got to be a Visitor sequel then, I'm guessing.

Edited by RoeDent - July 31 2017 at 09:59

Nick, I came across four of their albums - `Pepper's Ghost', `Immortal', `Contagion' (a digipack version) and `Pride' - traded in at a second hand store down my way, it was a bit heartbreaking. I mean, if I didn't already have them I would have probably climaxed there on the spot and snapped them up in an instant!

But as opposed to usually spending an hour going through every CD in the store and maybe - MAYBE - coming across one or two prog related albums, I actually discovered on this most recent trip that someone seemed to have purged a complete collection of prog/kraut/psych/electronic discs....good for me to fill in a few gaps in my collection, but sad that someone decided to get rid of them.

I did tip off a friend about the Arena's, though, he went back and bought a few of them!

Oh, and I don't think the latest Arena live disc would have been any good on Bluray. The picture is blurry, murky and dark, and no matter how much you coat a turd in gold, underneath it's still a turd! The previous one from the `Separation' tour looked a lot fancier.

rdtprog wrote: progbethyname wrote: I'm very excited. I hope there is a blu ray edition. I'll be all over that. I just am so looking forward to hearing some of the Unquiet sky album performed live right in my living room. :) I'm really into concert DVDs lately with 5.1 surround sound codecs, so this is perfect timing. A must have for me in 2016! I believe February 12th is the release date. :) I would be surprised that they release a Blu-Ray later. And don't expect something spectacular with Metal Mind as far as the surround sound mix, it would be a ambiance surround sound.

Actually, that's pretty fair to say. Piotr Brezenski kind of blew it on the RAPTURE DVD audio engineering. I found the sound to be quite thin compared many others I've enjoyed.
I hope it's better. But yeah, good point. Metal mind need to clean up their act.

Sadly, I bet there won't be a blu ray edition. Standard DVD still in 2016? Come one.

I'm very excited. I hope there is a blu ray edition. I'll be all over that.

I just am so looking forward to hearing some of the Unquiet sky album performed live right in my living room. :)

I'm really into concert DVDs lately with 5.1 surround sound codecs, so this is perfect timing.

A must have for me in 2016! I believe February 12th is the release date. :)

Great news indeed. What an ugly cover though with the giant "XX"
The setlist seems very similar to the concert I saw. I bet more than 20 attended the concert they recorded in Poland, though

I've recently bought The Visitor and I think it's great. I also own the band's first two albums and prefer Arena's 90s albums to what Marillion were doing at the time. Yes, I've listened to Brave, but I prefer The Visitor as a 'dark concept album'.

geekfreak wrote: well here`s someone whom as NEVER listened to Arena at ALL. so ladies and gentlemen where should I start the magical journey into Arena...

For diversity.

In order.

Pride
Immortal
The unquiet sky.
The visitor.