The Beardfish Thread

I thought we should have a thread dedicated to this great band. I couldn't find a pre-existing one, so I thought I'd start one. I love Beardfish, and their new album "The Void" has been getting rave reviews on other sites, I've even seem comments that it's as good as Sleeping In Traffic Part 2.

My local shop has "The Void" and I'm picking it up tomorrow. 

Edited by darkshade - August 26 2012 at 14:16

I heard that The Void will be more of a prog-metal album. Is that true, or am I dreaming?

Anthony H. wrote: I heard that The Void will be more of a prog-metal album. Is that true, or am I dreaming?

Horizons wrote: Anthony H. wrote: I heard that The Void will be more of a prog-metal album. Is that true, or am I dreaming? It appears so, i've seen a video where, once again, they make their sound much more heavier.

That discourages me. Mammoth was a bit disappointing.

I like Mammoth. I originally gave it 5 stars, but after the excitement died down, I lowered it to a rightful 4 stars. It's on the same level as Destined Solitaire IMO, just a little shorter, a maybe a little heavier. Their last 4 albums have been four stars, with Sleeping In Traffic part 2 five stars. That's a good one to start with too, Ambient Hurricanes, unless you want the full concept and get SIT1 first.

Apparently the first half of the album is heavy, whereas the second half, the epic in particular, is something completely different; according to a couple fans at the Dream Theater Forums. But you know what, even though they've been getting heavier, they still have that symphonic edge to them, with some quirkiness; they are under Eclectic Prog on PA.

Either way, I sense the music will be different even though they've been heading in a heavier direction.

I don't know why that I failed time by time in the past, I know today, just because I'm unstable and don't insist all the time.
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Edited by DamoXt7942 - August 27 2012 at 00:11

I like Sleeping In Traffic pt.1 very much, still need to check the other albums

zumacraig wrote: darkshade wrote: They have side projects, particularly Rikard, who writes most of the music, as far as I know, but they are obscure I think. They were in The Tangent, but they're not featured on any studio albums, maybe a live album, but I don't even think there's that. Funny though, Andy Tillison from The Tangent makes an appearance on the new Beardfish album. Zumacraig, I started with Sleeping In Traffic part 1 and went forward chronologically, and it worked for me. I later checked out The Sane Day, which is an earlier album, but haven't checked out their debut yet. listening to Traffic 1 on spotify.  good stuff.  thanks for the recommendation.  i think one of the dudes has an organ/drum duo.  that sounds interesting. the tangent connection is crazy.  can you imagine being in a band that is actually two bands with different sounds and ideas about music ;-)  now that's progressive.

Cool! SIT1 is my least favorite of their last 4 albums, not counting the new one which I haven't heard yet. The sequel SIT2 is the best one I think.

I would love to have had a Tangent album with the lineup just being Beardfish, and Andy Tillison.

Just finished The Void, and while I can't make much comments and will need to give further listens, I can say that while the band have been moving in a heavier direction lately, this new album is pretty different from the last two albums.

I came here to mention that I'm on my 4th listen of The Void, and it's starting to grow on me. I was kinda disappointed on the first listen too, except for Ludvig & Sverker which I liked right away (and the bonus piano version even more). The only thing I'm not getting is the epic "Note". It just seems to be there, for 16 minutes. But epics take time to appreciate so we'll see.

The band really upped the riffage and 'metal' in their sound, at least for the first 4 tracks (not including the introduction). But they still write great melodies. I didn't expect such a departure in their sound for those early tracks, but like I said, it's been growing on me.

Edited by darkshade - August 30 2012 at 10:20