Recent content by Dave The Templar

I highly recommend Edgard Varese, Igor Stravinsky, Anton Webern, Frank Zappa, Bela Bartok and Claude Debussy. All incredible :worship:

I suppose a lot of Frank Zappa's music could loosely be described as jam music. His bands were so highly rehearsed that they could improvise around the song's basic structure, adding different vocals, fills etc depending on the location in which they were playing. All of his solos were...

where the hell are the Dark Angel albums too??

I really have to recommend Kurt Vonnegut and Salman Rushdie!! Two of the most amazing authors of all time - funny, emotive, erudite, witty and thought provoking Check out: Salman Rushdie - Grimus, Fury, The Satanic Verses, The Ground Beneath Her Feet and The Moor's Last Sigh Kurt...

if anyone doesn't have this album, go buy it NOW!!!!! Shawn Lane, Brett Garsed(and his good buddy T.J Helmerich) and Frank Gambale play guitar on this bad boy This album is ridiculously good. Even if you don't like fusion you will love this it. Also, if you love this album get Truth In...

That's pretty damn good stuff. Some really nice riffs and good drumming!!

I was on the Borknagar forum and i read a post from Asgeir Mickelson(drummer in Spiral Architect and Borknagar) saying that Lars played only FRETTED bass on A Sceptic's Universe!!! He mentioned that lars will be using a fretless bass on the next Spiral Architect album though I personally...

The Norwegians were extremely brutal, but because of the fact that i am Irish i'm gonna have to go for the Celts!! long blond hair, tankard of mead in one hand and a battle axe in the other. It doesn't get much better than that

most holdsworth solos contain notes that reside outside the typical scales. But i think i know what you are talking about- probably something off 'The Sixteen Men Of Tain' or 'Heavy Machinery' . heavy machinery is holdsworth with the johansson brothers(jens and Anders). Ridiculously good...

Hey, this is my first post on the Borknagar forum but i have been a fan of Spiral Architect/borknagar for ages! i'm a huge fusion fan. Allan Holdsworth, Tribal Tech, Chick Corea Electric band, CAB, Greg Howe, Tony MacAlpine, Gordian Knot, bill bruford, Frank Gambale etc. are my favourites...

I just found a pretty damn accurate tab to the entire song on the website for anyone thats interested. It's guitar and bass only but thats okay cos it kicks ass!! :rock: It actually cuts off at the end of bar 353(Circe) That's the prob. with powertab, you can only throw so much into a file...

i'd love to post some of my playing but i have nothing to record it on!! When i get some sort of recording apparatus i'll post some stuff

What do you mean when you say that you don't want to be a technical player? like you want to be really tasteful and have emotion in your playing?

Hey everyone! I thought it would be a fun to see what songs you guys can play on your respective instruments. Also include specific riffs/solos if you want to aswell. I play the guitar(been playing since I was 13 - I'm 17 now) and can play the following songs: Symphony X - Thorns Of Sorrow...

What's your favourite song(s) off Hard Hat Area? I love Tullio, House Of Mirrors and Ruhkuhkah. I much prefer Secrets though as it is probably one of most beautiful albums ever! :kickass: