Recent content by xenith

I'm always happy to see a special exclusive show, but I have to admit I don't really understand this crowd's obsession with Savatage. I'm sure it'll be great, but I think I would enjoy a straight JOP set more. That said, this lineup is amazing -- the Pagan's Mind, Seventh Wonder, and Pain of...

Cheers: - All the bands, especially Circus Maximus, Myrath, Sabaton, Shadow Gallery. - Extra shout out to Rhapsody and Sabaton for the extra stage production and choreography, for making it more than just playing music. - Wolverine acoustic show. Really beautiful and emotional. - The...

Argh. Does anyone more connected than me know if this is the case for the NYC show? Nothing says sold out but live nation also has no tickets. Was so looking forward to it :( Sigh... well I guess I will pick up my tickets to the Turisas/Firewind show right now, just in case. Not at all used...

I think the low votes for Epica can be explained by the fact that they were the only band that didn't bring anything special. The setlist was predictable, no special guests, nothing unique about the performance. Even Symphony X played a rare song, and Russell Allen brought more energy (and...

The canceled tour was supposed to be the North American leg of the Pandemonium 2010 tour, not 2011. (The 2011 tour to which it's referring had it's own NA segment). Maybe in wake of the cancellation they just decided to count it as part of the next year's schedule, I dunno. It doesn't really...

Not true... we saw them together first! Should get that corrected :p

So are the set lists going to be substantially different than at ProgPower? I am still on the fence, with Within Temptation on Saturday that would make two complete weekends in a row (+ Thu/Fri) devoted to metal (and more annoyingly, travel). Not sure if I can handle it.

They posted on their forum that they have chosen a new drummer and will be making an official announcement soon. Where do you get that Andreas B is 'out of the picture'? I've not heard/read anything of the sort, but that'd be terrible news if true.

Well, crap... Arcturus is just a curiosity for me, so whatever. I've heard of Ihsahn but am not too familiar... my ambivalence aside, it sucks that the festival will have to endure misplaced anger (and likely fewer ticket sales?) for this. Oh well, nice work on the quick replacement.

(Fixed that for you)

Khan is not just important to Kamelot's image, he's critical for their artistic and musical direction. Khan wrote nearly all the lyrics to their newer albums and at least contributes to writing the music (dunno to what extent). I think most fans would agree that Kamelot really became the band...

This was my first progpower... everyone was awesome! Friday... Illusion Suite: Good start to the evening. Was good enough that I think I'll check out their catalog at some point. Blackguard: One of only two bands here I've seen before. I'm not normally a fan of death metal, but they...