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    Posted: August 14 2011 at 10:38
I am just listening to Arena's album "The Visitor", my mate sent me this and the following albums "Immortal?", "Contagion" & "Peppers Ghost", I had never heard anything by them until yesterday and I am impressed on 1st listen. Any long time fans out there?
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Points: 13249 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2011 at 11:04
Yep, and it's nice to see a thread opened for this great bandClap

I would recommend Arena to anyone who likes a lot of pomp and symphony in their neo prog, and the forthcoming new album should, I hope, be one of the highlights of 2011.
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Points: 15585 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2011 at 14:41
... and a new album coming soon too!
 
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Points: 5136 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2011 at 15:37
I have never been disappointed by one of their cd's. Great neo prog band! Looking forward to the new one...
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Points: 1305 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2011 at 23:43
I miss Rob Sowden. Cry
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Points: 617 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 15 2011 at 05:26
I'm excited about their latest album, especially with John Jowitt returning to the fold. Since Clive's been busy with Pendragon's big shift in musical direction and Mick Pointer's been hitting the nostalgia trail playing old Script for a Jester's Tear material, they must have quite the backlog of compositional ideas to fall back on in crafting the album.
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Points: 320 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 15 2011 at 06:09
Not really that keen, but good to see them included.
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Points: 26171 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 15 2011 at 14:46
Probably my second favourite neo prog band (although IQ are way out in front for me). Hope to see them at Summers End festival in October. You just know they wil be good
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Points: 166178 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 15 2011 at 19:25
Certainly top notch neo-prog. I really like Pride and The Visitor. Wasn't so keen on Immortal? but it's been ages since I listened to it.
 
And good to hear about a new album. I'll probably be checking it out.
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