Recent content by JesterCircle

Thanks everyone... I know about BW&BK and Progpower USA... but I'm in Massachusetts, unfortunately. I wish that just before or after Progpower they'd pull at least an east coast tour with another band on the Progpower bill or something... at the last Symphony X show I saw, they said they'd be...

First of all, I'm new here, and Evergrey has recently broke into my top three favorite artists list... Right now it's Opeth, Evergrey, and a tie between Symphony X and Dream Theater. Hi everyone! Whatever happened to Evergrey doing a US tour? First I thought they were going on the road with...

Many of the people on this board have got to be the touchiest and most arrogant guys I've ever seen... Linkin Park has no right to release an album? All of you seem to have forgotten something. AN ALBUM IS A PRODUCT. IT IS DESIGNED TO BE SOLD. MAKING MONEY IS THE SOLE PURPOSE OF RECORDING...

This is what I was attempting to express.

You know, when I posted that I was talking about the people who were dissing the thread starter... because joking around or not, the people making fun of him aren't making him feel welcome in any respect. Joking around with each other is different from making fun of a person because he finds...

I've never heard any Pain Of Salvation... any place I can get a few samples to check out(I don't use file sharing software)?

Ignorant post of the day there, in my opinion. I've got a few things to say myself... and they are mainly in favor of Linkin Park, though I'm not a fan of theirs. There's two ways to think of being a musician. As a profession, and as a lifestyle. When you think about music as a way of...

The song is killer... every time I listen to it, I am still always blown away by the power it carries. It's like a huge blast of raw force and emotion that threatens to knock you right off your feet. There is an intangible quality to it I've never heard anywhere else... something that places...

So much for my little hope that Opeth fans would be slightly more sophisticated than the average metalhead... I guess listening to advanced music doesn't make you any more advanced yourself after all.

Well you know... it would become evil if Opeth were to play a show in the woods there in the middle of the night... full moon... mist... :flame:

That's my point really... we cannot believe we are above the bands and blame them for everything we don't like about pop culture. And to CladIn Darkness, I don't mind if fans stop listening to a band when it changes... I just think it is wrong for said fan to accuse the band in question of...

Hondo, you play Neverwinter Nights? If you ever get the Still Life idea off the ground and want some help, I'd love to give some input.

I think Mikael's growling is extremely accessible. He manages to somehow make his voice monsterous and menacing without sacrificing vocal quality or enunciation. He's the only singer who can simultaneously soothe and terrify me, and through it all, I can understand each and every one of his...

I think repetition is just another technique in songwriting and has quite a bit of value if it is used properly. For instance, Bleak has a chorus that is repeated twice with the lyrics "Devious movements in your eyes..." marking the beginning. The first time it is played, it sets a beautiful...

Melodic death metal is indeed becoming more and more mainstream... but that's not a bad thing in my opinion. Melody, hooks, and catchiness do not have to be our enemies. They are elements of music that anyone with an open mind should try to appreciate. Everyone gets something different out...