Recent content by Kyra

I have tickets for this show if anyone needs them. $17.50, less than the door and certainly less than a TM outlet. I'm happy to meet up with anyone in the metro area who is interested. And you'll be helping Mellotron, because that's who I'm getting the tickets from. :) And yes, Sonata Arctica...

Glenn, I really think that you should continue to do what you have been doing, with slight modifications as necessary. If you can't get headliners who are quite as big or as exclusive as in the past, I still think the basic ProgPower formula will work. To answer your question above, I think...

Hi all! I wanted to delurk for a minute to mention a new prog metal band here in Detroit called Mellotron. I've seen them a few times and they put on a very high energy performance at each show. Their original material is very strong. It's heavy, which is perfect for a live setting, but also...

Hi Glenn! Can you post this year's house music? I heard some good stuff but didn't always catch the name of the artist/song. thanks!

I have 2 tickets for the Wednesday Jon Oliva show - please PM me if interested. thanks!

As MetalAges said, I think I'll enjoy Threshold regardless of who is singing. They are great songwriters and as long as they get a quality singer, I think they'll be able to make it work. But I'm with you as well - I can't imagine anyone filling the vacancy right now. Certainly it wouldn't be...

I couldn't agree with you more on that.

Glad to know I'm not alone in feeling that way. I can certainly handle one band every year. I'm sure it's not easy to create the line up each year, and I don't expect that all 10 bands will be to my personal liking each time. :)

I've been attending the festival since 2002, and I would also hate for it to feature too many bands with death or growling vocals. Give me bands like Threshold, Redemption, Symphony X, Dreamscape, Circus Maximus, etc, over progressive death or doom any day. There may be obvious DT (and Rush)...

Mac is indeed the voice of Threshold for me. I love each Threshold album, and I really believe that Damien Wilson is a terrific singer. I have nothing negative to say about his vocals whatsoever, and it's great that he is able to step it and do these shows. However, over the course of...

I completely respect that. And as I mentioned before, I think it's great that you are putting this festival on and hope it's a great success. As someone who would be traveling from out of town, I definitely appreciate learning this in advance. I hope to go to a future Barfest at some point...

What do you mean? I thought it was a Visa issue? I can't even express how dissapointed I am - I was so looking forward to seeing Angra. First as part of a U.S. tour, which they mentioned in some interviews. Then it was announced that they would be here, and I was excitedly making...

What happened? Does anyone know if they will play any data in Canada?

That has been my experience as well. I only know a handful of people who are aware of PP and aren't on the forum, but they seem very excited about Threshold, Vanden Plas, Redemption, and also Pagan's Mind. They, and I, think this year's line up is much stronger than last year's. Our tastes are...

Well, I don't have any trouble sleeping at night. :) I stayed for about 4 songs, and that was enough for me. They just didn't interest me - everything seemed kind of bland and I didn't care for the vocals much at all. I'm sure they are a fine band, just perhaps not my thing. Me not knowing...