Recent content by Nightmare1z

Agreed. I know this new guitar player has the chops to play the Smolksi era songs, but the couple videos I've seen of him have felt stale (if that's the right word) to me. The performance & technicality seem dead on, but the style of his riffing and the sounds coming out of the guitar just...

If you search for the Wacken Savatage group on facebook there's some interesting comments from one of the Circle II Circle guitarists (obviously he is close with Zach and others in band). He basically confirmed this show was to bury Savatage, that the official footage will never see the light of...

In regards to the sampler CD - isn't some of the recoup for the costs & this 'free' labor through the fees charged to the bands to get on the sampler? While we the attendees don't specifically pay for it (as has been stressed), it looks like it's ~$300 to get a song on the CD sampler...

Edit: Tickets have been sold!

I got my tickets for the section 107. I decided to go for an elevated seat vs. the general admission floor. I saw them when they came to NY last time and it was the most uncomfortable I've ever been at a concert in terms of getting pushed around, people jammed packed against you, and just...

I think the problem for most with the new SA material (new being Unia to now) is that it requires the listener to invest themselves in the albums. Just listening to it on a streaming site once, or casually listening to it looking for something to instantly grab you, causes it to fail with lots...

To each his own... Me - I personally always looked forward to Tolkki's output. Not everything was good or the same level as his peak days - but I still enjoyed a decent chunk of it. Revolution Renaissance was just starting to hit a stride I thought when he shut that down. The third album...

I just saw on Facebook that the album hit #2 in Amazon's hard rock/metal sales this week. Very cool!

I thought his comment more was referring to how when people say "prog" - it's automatically implying something credible and good. Like how 99% of bands always state their new releases are "heavy" or the "heaviest" thing they've done. It means nothing cause so overused I didn't think...

Just preordered it today from Amazon. Been staying away from most the samples as want to hear it fresh - but what I've heard I like! :dopey: Cool to see Stryper doing this, but isn't the truth behind this release that they doing this to basically get out of the contract with the label? (3...

Agreed.. I think this could be really cool and make the even bigger - or come off just totally lame and just fall flat. I know Tuomas loves movie scores, so this was probably his way to show his talent and bridge into that realm as well. But like mentioned before - a huge difference between...

I agree too - I think part of it has to do with most of these bands that can't just rely on the band to pay their bill - so they have jobs/careers outside of the band. I know with my profession and working with clients, me growing out my hair is considered a no-no. And really - I don't blame...

Angels from the Realms of Glory was last year's

I'm sure part of it was because they were playing 2 shows in Alabama the next day (one at 3 pm, the other at night).

I was there as well for Atlanta. Great show - as expected! The only complaint I would have of the show is the speed they play the material... (And Angus being a little overboard on his facial expressions - I think the man jizzed his pants everytime he solo'd :p) It seems to get slower and...