Recent content by AsoTamaki

Those first two Arch albums never seemed too special to me. Most of it's a pretty standard NWOBHM kind of style that I don't care for. Awaken The Guardian is fantastic though and I'd put it ahead of No Exit and these recent ones. For me, Perfect Symmetry, Parallels and APSOG are their three...

Haha, you sound like me talking about the last record. This new Fates is an improvement over it, I think. Most of what I criticized that album for is still an issue with this one, but I think it's a just a little bit more ambitious and creative overall. Biggest thing for me is probably how...

No way! Wow, man... The "worst case scenario" setlist I imagined in my mind wasn't even this bad. That damned "Serpent's Kiss" is never going away, is it? And why are they playing the first 2/3 of the album all in order at the front of the set like they did with V? It's not even a concept...

It's really just the subject matter. I see zero difference between the lyrics on that song and most Symphony X lyrics as far as the composition style goes.

I think it's just supposed to be about the seven deadly sins, sung from the perspective of Satan/Lucifer.

I would say the vast majority of Romeo's solos have feeling. That's what made me prefer his stuff over other neoclassical or prog virtuoso guitarists. I guess only the solos on ballads or songs with slower tempo rhythm sections lend themselves to the kind of playing that people normally...

Hmm. Yeah, it's impossible to definitively pick ten. Many of the best ones are shared guitar/keyboard solos or duels or otherwise long instrumental sections with multiple things you could call solos, but I excluded those and only focused on individual guitar solos. That made it slightly...

(Oculus Ex Inferni) Underworld Kiss of Fire Inferno Heretic Church of the Machine Swan Song (through the the guitar solo) (Pinnella piano solo) Paradise Lost Charon The Eyes of Medusa King of Terrors Absence of Light Legend ---------- Iconoclast Of Sins and Shadows Five songs...

I don't know, man. I do think there'll be 5 songs from Underworld, but I feel like they have to play less of the other recent stuff. Romeo said they made a conscious decision to try and include more elements for the older fans to enjoy on this new album so I would think they'd do the same with...

Hey, Electric Messiah is my favorite chorus from Iconoclast too. The ad-libs in the final chorus are especially great. I love that entire song though. So many killer unique parts and yet it all flows so well. Perfect example of how you can be heavy, progressive and catchy at the same time. I...

I'd go so far as to say they've graduated from the elementary grades. Yeah, it's the best lyrically since The Odyssey. It's all passable stuff. The "Kiss of Fire" bridge was the only part that stood out and it's not as bad as Iconoclast's worst moments anyway. But there's no way you can convince...

Thomas Miller resurfaced and posted some amazing footage of "Dressed to Kill" on his YouTube channel. Wow. So awesome to see and the quality is fantastic for what it is. I had no idea something like this existed. It's so much better than the stuff that ended up on the PL DVD. Hopefully...

Not really, man. The DAW itself will have little effect on your workflow. We're talking about hosting the software as a plugin. The keyboard shortcuts and the location of menu options will be a little different, but that's about it. It's the interface, engine and scripting of whichever sample...

He has mentioned using VSL in interviews before. He could've switched to one of the newer, easier to use Kontakt libraries though because there isn't any detailed orchestration on this album with solo instruments etc. I think he did say something about getting new software in a recent interview...

The last songs were pretty easy to decide, but the openers were harder. Especially since you said not to consider how they serve as actual album openers. I did include the debut unlike you and counted "The Odyssey" as the last song from that album. You should've at least used "Frontiers" if you...