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    Posted: September 19 2011 at 03:57
how about Damian Wilson
 
 
 
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Edited by Dean - September 19 2011 at 11:11
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I would support this; this guy is affiliated with the great Ayreon after all, and Threshold.
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Prog Metal, then?
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Points: 8072 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 19 2011 at 14:09
His work with Threshold, Landmarq, Ayreon etc. was tremendous, and he has one of the best singing voices anywhere - but the solo stuff I've heard from him is hardly cutting edge prog (ie. the albums Cosmas & Let's Start A Commune). Great AOR material, with some beautiful ballads on Cosmas in particular and a couple of more rocky uptempo numbers on Commune, but if he's to be included on here I can't see it being anywhere other than in prog related - which he deserves because of his involvement with the bands mentioned above.
 
2 Typical songs from Cosmas:
 
 
 
 
Beautiful music indeed, but is it prog? - It certainly won't excite the prog metal guys too much!!
 
Just for the record, he has a 2-disc solo career spanning compilation coming out in October called "I Thought The World Was Listening (1997 - 2011)".
 
 
 
 
 
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Points: 7971 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 19 2011 at 19:02
I'll listen to one of his solo albums and then come up with a decision about wether he'll be evaluated or not.
 
Thank you for the suggestion regardless.
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Points: 8072 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 19 2011 at 20:31
The DVD that he released earlier this year is quite something: Available from either vidiArtsgroup (who are responsible for making the DVD, and supply either a 2 or 3 disc version of it) http://www.vidiarts.eu/index.php?id=shop or Just For Kicks Music (2 disc version only, I think) http://justforkicks.de/detail.asp?sid=195102M87N209N109N81&uid=0&id=12621&lid=1.
 
The 3 disc version has about 8 hours of footage, but some of it is rather old and video quality may not be the very best. The 2 disc version has about 5 hours, but both sets include a full concert from October 2009 (Boerderij, Zoetermeer) with a really excellent band:  - Damian on vocals, Ruud Jolie on guitars (MAIDEN UNITED), Kristoffer Gildenlöw (PAIN OF SALVATION, DIAL) on bass, Chris Mars on keyboards, Dirk Bruinenberg (ELEGY, PATRICK RONDAT) on drums and special guests Nic Slack on keyboards and Paul Jude Wilson on vocals. It includes some tracks that were originally sung by him in his prog/prog metal days with the other bands he was in. The 2 disc version is €24,95 (incl VAT), & the 3 disc version €34,95 (incl VAT).
 
Here's a YouTube sample of the sort of thing to expect:
 
 
 
 
And Here's LiveProg's very thorough review of the package:
 
 
 
 
 
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Points: 22989 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 20 2011 at 08:35
I agree with yam yam. 
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Going on the samples posted here that's a definite no.
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The samples are pretty representative of his whole solo catalogue. I've listened to all the albums now - there's not a scrap of metal in them, and barely anything you could really call prog. It's simply a case of whether he gets approved for addition to prog related in recognition of his excellent contributions to the other bands he sang with. That's not to say that his solo stuff isn't worth listening to - there are many stunningly beautiful AOR ballads to savour, but it's not the sort of material that would typically qualify for addition on here in its own right.

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Points: 4521 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 21 2011 at 16:20

^ That would be like adding Phil Collins co's he sang with Yes and drummed with King Cimson
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Points: 7971 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 21 2011 at 18:58
Originally posted by Bonnek Bonnek wrote:


^ That would be like adding Phil Collins co's he sang with Yes and drummed with King Cimson
I can only agree with you Karl, really a spot on comment.
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Points: 4521 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 23 2011 at 09:58
Originally posted by CCVP CCVP wrote:

Originally posted by Bonnek Bonnek wrote:


^ That would be like adding Phil Collins co's he sang with Yes and drummed with King Cimson
I can only agree with you Karl, really a spot on comment.


Then I must get more lucid with the glasses of wine I consume.
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