Bruce solo album

[spawn]

Amidst IRON MAIDEN’s Dance Of Death world tour, frontman BRUCE DICKINSON has been secretly putting together material for the anxiously-awaited full-length followup to his highly-praised Chemical Wedding release (from 1998). Dickinson and guitarist/producer Roy Z have been working on a number of songs including a track that was meant for the much-hyped THREE TREMORS project (which also featured JUDAS PRIEST frontman ROB HALFORD and QUEENSRYCHE singer Geoff Tate). Dickinson says three songs total have been written and to expect the album in late 2004/early 2005.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

 

[spawn]

Hey Blitzy, what Dio album was it that you and Sydo were saying was really good? Was it Strange Highways or Angry Machines?

 

[Spruce Goose]

 

[Spruce Goose]

Strange Highways is alot better than Angry Machines. The title track roxors!

Both albums are similar, and really different to other 'classic' dio albums

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Strange Highways IS a classic DIO album, one of my all time favourite albums and one of DIO's finest alongside Holy Diver and Heaven And Hell.

Angry Machines is DIO's worst album. It has it's moments, and is worth a listen if you see it cheap somewhere, but even comparing it to SH is criminal.

 

[spawn]

Ok, Strange Highways it is, im glad, its cheaper than Angry Machines is on amazon

 

[Spruce Goose]

Both Strange Highways and Angry Machines are similar sounding albums

 

[Blitzkrieg]

You just inspired me to put it on. Awesome album.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Yeah, they do have a similar sound, but one is full of excellent material, and the other is the left over dregs.

 

[spawn]

Like Number Of The Beast and Dance Of Death then?

 

[Blitzkrieg]

No, not at all.

Don't have any expectations when you listen to it because it is very different. It is very Sabbath influenced (very stonery, it is surprising the lack of rainbows ), but still DIO with big guitars etc. May take a few listens to get into, but give it a chance, it fucking rocks.

 

[Spruce Goose]

No. I meant that the sound on those two albms are alot different to the sound on Dios other albums. Only Dios voice is consistent. The music is alot like the Dehuminizer album he did with Sabbath. That album is a different sound than Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules. That is what I meant

 

[spawn]

COMPUTER GOD!

 

[Spruce Goose]

Exactly Blitzy. I posted before I read what you said

 

[Spruce Goose]

I

 

[Blitzkrieg]

I believe that is why I love Strange Highways so much, because I think it is material that Ronnie wrote for the follow up to Dehumanizer, but then gave it a DIO makeover with big guitars etc, so it sounds like an excellent mix of classic DIO and Sabbath. Some of it is pretty dark stuff, I can easily imagine the title track and Give Her The Gun, and some other stuff as Sabbath.

If you like Dehumanizer and you like other DIO, you should love it.

 

[Spruce Goose]

I say Give her the Gun

 

[Blitzkrieg]

 

[KoichCPA]

Strange highways sounds like white zombie with dimebag playing guitar, and Dio singing.