Recent content by Postulate

Night on Bröcken is pretty much NWoBHM, but Spectre Within is more USPM, which is a subtle but important distinction. It's also really, really fucking good. Parallels is sort of to blame for the direction prog metal took away from the edgy, slightly thrashy and experimental tone it had up...

I think Jim is more essential, but I really did prefer the band's music when Mark was playing. I also like their later stuff as a one-guitar band better than two. Their early material demands two guitars, but this later stuff doesn't, even if I do like Frank. Running Wild is releasing a new...

OK, new FW. There's nothing wrong with it, it's immaculately produced and perfectly played, sounds super 'modern.' But I just don't feel anything listening to it. And I think the guitar is kind of drab and suffocating, and Jarzombek's drumming is not as tasteful as Zonder's.

I'm not going to go all out defending the CM track, but there the keys are the focus. Maybe their fault for putting the guitar too high in the mix there. I think this is a little harsh on Redemption. They have some interesting vocal melodies (although some people I've talked to said they...

There are a couple moments in that CM track that uncannily channel Subsignal. I guess I feel the same way about the direction of both bands -- they need a little more muscle.

Headspace - All That You Fear Is Gone I'm not quite acclimated to it yet but so far it's impressive.

Yeah, I'd had the plagiarism of Kansas pointed out to me from The Wall at some point too, and it was off-putting. Overall I think their sound was a lot more varied in the beginning, drawing more from Iron Maiden, Metallica, Queensryche, and Fates Warning, but as they settled they took a lot from...

It's not bad. I see it more as a 'theatrical' release. It's similar in tone to IQ's Subterranea, but a little less clever. I'm not huge on DT generally but I might buy this one, still thinking about it. Generally I have a high tolerance for cheese with this sort of thing, I really like thematic...

Panzerballet - Breaking Brain

I liked, "My strings ring hollow." Nothing else on the album really got me. As for bad lyrics...well, whatever.

Well, Conception's Missionary Man is a truly excellent track.

At least half the tracks on this album could have been played without Michael Pinnella. Please stop lying bout his presence on this album, really. (And a couple are, for all intents and purpose, played without him). Imagine a track on this album with no guitar, no drums, or no bass, or where its...

What album are all the people mentioning Pinnella's keys listening to...what, did he do a good job sleeping while everyone else played? Is that the performance we're praising...?

Man, Through the Looking Glass is so good... LOL carrying half the songs by...not doing anything? Maybe if they fired Pinnella outright people would praise the next album as having the best keyboards yet.

First impressions: Overture - aight m8 Nervermore - Not crazy about it, but I like some of the vocal melodies. Dead Pinnella. Underworld - Interesting mix of vocal styles for Russ. Thrashy. Pinnella confined to the role that keyboards usually have in metal bands w/o full-member keyboardists...