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rushfan4 
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 Topic: A Bruising Poll
Posted: March 26 2008 at 19:32 |
I'm taking a break from the animal polls, for a more bruising poll. All of these bands are of the black or the blue variety and most are on the archives. There are some heavyweights on this one, so maybe it will garnish more interest.
My only request is that after you vote for your favorite heavyweight fighter that you post a little something about the lightweight contenders so that myself and others might learn about some of these other bands that nobody ever talks about. RIO/Avant is surprisingly missing from this poll, so I will probably lose 2 or 3 of my regular posters, but just about everyother subgenre is represented.
Edited by rushfan4 - March 26 2008 at 19:44
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laplace
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Posted: March 26 2008 at 19:41 |
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Black Mages recently put out a new album of cheese metal variations of Nobuo's themes for Final Fantasy games. I listened to it and it was terrible to behold, but also awesome in that "metal face" way, and faithful to the soundtracks if that's important to you.
(sadly the music for Edea's Castle, Honeybee Inn and the Moogle Theme remain unrevamped.)
I've listened to the new Virgin Black album and it's funeral doom. it reminded me of the more advanced examples of the genre - like Monolithe - but it's still funeral doom. I haven't heard any of their early work so they might still be a great band with one uncharacteristic release.
Lagger Blues Machine are neato, in a jammy and semi-inaudible way. I've only heard mp3s because the LP itself is fairly legendary...
My favourite here are GY!BE but I'll let other posters elaborate on how wonderful they are. "Antennas to Heaven" has too much guitar for me but all their other releases are gorgeous, expansive and creepy.
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Posted: March 26 2008 at 20:02 |
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of the bands on the list I've gotta pick Blue Oyster Cult. Forgive me PA!
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tszirmay
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Posted: March 26 2008 at 20:36 |
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Out of sheer, unrepentant and brutal rebellion, I voted Blackmore!
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I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth.
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The Quiet One
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Posted: March 26 2008 at 20:41 |
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Only 2 bands I like, both I love em!!!
Black Sabbath!! Their debut, Paranoid, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and Sabotage are supreme, faves of mine from the hard rock genre!
Black Widow a pitty for this band..Their debut is so magical and freaking awsome, with a mixture of Jethro Tull sound with there own touch, great!!
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: March 26 2008 at 22:16 |
Creative poll.  OW! 
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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jammun
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Posted: March 26 2008 at 23:06 |
Didn't vote, however:
I got a black cat bone
I got a mojo hand
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BroSpence
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Posted: March 26 2008 at 23:57 |
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SABBATH! BOC ANNNNND MOODIES!
I love all three of these incredible bands but had to go with Sabbath for several important reasons:
Black Sabbath
Paranoid
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Vol. 4
Technical Ecstasy
Heaven and Hell
Dehumanizer
and parts of Masters of Reality.
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moreitsythanyou
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Posted: March 27 2008 at 00:04 |
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I've really been liking the Moody Blues a lot lately. Really fun songs that don't lack the complexity makes for a winning combination.
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 <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR]
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avestin
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Posted: March 27 2008 at 08:07 |
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Posted: March 27 2008 at 08:17 |
 King By-Tor wrote:
of the bands on the list I've gotta pick Blue Oyster Cult. Forgive me PA! |
As the one who added BOC to the database, I salute you! 
Of course, I vote for Blue Oyster Cult and Black Sabbath - being the self-proclaimed Queen of Prog-Related   .
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laplace
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Posted: March 27 2008 at 10:20 |
rushfan4 wrote:
My only request is that after you vote for your favorite heavyweight fighter that you post a little something about the lightweight contenders so that myself and others might learn about some of these other bands that nobody ever talks about. RIO/Avant is surprisingly missing from this poll, so I will probably lose 2 or 3 of my regular posters, but just about everyother subgenre is represented. |
my condolences ;P
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cuncuna
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Posted: March 27 2008 at 10:29 |
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Maybe it's just me, but I truly believe Godspeed You! Black Emperor is simply superior.
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ĦBeware of the Bee!
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rushfan4
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Posted: March 27 2008 at 18:55 |
Quite surprising that the Moody Blues are leading the pack. I was expecting Gy!BE, BS, or BOC to run away with this one, with possibly a surprise contender from Blackfield because of the Steve Wilson factor. The Moody Blues are the only band on the list that I have seen live. I saw them 4 or 5 times. The last time was quite different without Ray Thomas, however. I guess for me it would probably be between them and Black Sabbath for my favorite from the list.
The one band on the list that I have been listening to the most frequently however, has been Black Bonzo. I really like their 2007 release Sound of the Apocalypse. Especially the title song, which is a must hear for symphonic fans.
Blackfield is probably the band that I have listened to the second most frequently in recent months. They are a really good Progressive Pop band, no matter what Ivan says about "Progressive Pop".
The other band that I have listened to some recently is Blackmore's Night. Candace Night is a gorgeous woman and has a gorgeous voice to match. They are musically quite different from my normal listening habits. And with a guitarist named Blackmore, they are quite different then what you might expect, but still enjoyable to listen to.
Edited by rushfan4 - March 27 2008 at 18:55
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Posted: March 28 2008 at 06:47 |
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black sabbath... with ozzy and dio..
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toolis
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Posted: March 28 2008 at 06:58 |
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i wonder how Mr Iommi would react if someone told him that a bunch of vain prog heads called his band proto prog metal?
true story:
"Greek Metal Hammer guy": how do you feel about doom metal?
"Tony Iommi": what do you mean? i created doom metal!!!!
Edited by toolis - March 28 2008 at 06:59
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-music is like pornography...
sometimes amateurs turn us on, even more...
-sometimes you are the pigeon and sometimes you are the statue...
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rushfan4
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Posted: April 14 2008 at 08:51 |
laplace wrote:
Black Mages recently put out a new album of cheese metal variations of Nobuo's themes for Final Fantasy games. I listened to it and it was terrible to behold, but also awesome in that "metal face" way, and faithful to the soundtracks if that's important to you.
(sadly the music for Edea's Castle, Honeybee Inn and the Moogle Theme remain unrevamped.)
I've listened to the new Virgin Black album and it's funeral doom. it reminded me of the more advanced examples of the genre - like Monolithe - but it's still funeral doom. I haven't heard any of their early work so they might still be a great band with one uncharacteristic release.
Lagger Blues Machine are neato, in a jammy and semi-inaudible way. I've only heard mp3s because the LP itself is fairly legendary...
My favourite here are GY!BE but I'll let other posters elaborate on how wonderful they are. "Antennas to Heaven" has too much guitar for me but all their other releases are gorgeous, expansive and creepy.
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I see that the new Black Mages album has been listed as the top album on the PA home page the last couple days. Are there any more comments to enlighten me here in the forums?
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crimhead
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Posted: April 14 2008 at 13:10 |
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I like the pre "Don't fear the reaper","Godzilla" BOC. Not prog but good fun heavy RnR.
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rushfan4
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Posted: April 22 2008 at 16:23 |
As a result of creating this poll, I recently purchased the Blue Shift album, "Not the Future I Ordered". It was released in 1997 and appears to be their only album. It is actually quite good. The vocalist sounds very much like Jon Anderson, so I think that they could appeal to Yes fans, or I suppose more likely to Starcastle fans, since I suspect that if you are prejudicial towards bands which heavily show their influences, then you might not take kindly to Blue Shift. At times, the music sounds like Yes and therefore fits the voice, and at other times the music sound more like ELP or Genesis or more metalish, and then the voice sounds kind of out of place. Sort of like the singer is singing "Close to the Edge, Down By the River", but the music is saying "Welcome Back My Friends to the Show that Never Ends". I don't know if that makes any sense or not, since it is a poor analogy but anyhow... They do perform an interesting cover of The Immigrant Song from Led Zeppelin, which I suppose was a better choice of song to cover than say, Illegal Alien from Genesis would have been.
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rushfan4
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Posted: April 30 2008 at 11:49 |
I just happen to run across this thread regarding the release of a new album by Blue Horses, so this post is just to add a link to that thread, in the case that anyone is interested.
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