Labyrinth: The RtHD sound is BACK!!!

[Harvester]

"6 Days to Nowhere" is an absolutely beautiful disc. The warmness has returned that has been missing ever since Olaf left the band. In order to accomplish that, they have sacrificed a bit of speed and that is just fine with me.

Okay..the blast beats and semi-growls were a bit of a shock on one tune, but even that was wrapped in some lush melodies.

Welcome back to the top guys.

 

[edgeofthorns]

"6 Days to Nowhere" is an absolutely beautiful disc. The warmness has returned that has been missing ever since Olaf left the band.

Okay..the blast beats and semi-growls were a bit of a shock on one tune, but even that was wrapped in some lush melodies.

Welcome back to the top guys.

That's good news, because RTHD is one of my all time favorites!

 

[The Fiddler]

With so many people for so many years wanting to see these guys at ProgPower, hopefully 2008 (PP9) will be the year. But then, the new album will have been out for well over a 1.5 years by PP9, they will likely be done touring and working on the next album which won't be realeased months after PP9 which would not bode well for the band making the PP9 roster (i.e. will not enough buzz about the band in 2008 as the new disc comes out early in 2007).

 

[adaher]

I don't think that will be a factor. Although it helps to have an album coming out that year, a large portion of bands on the roster have often just ended tours and are still working on a new album. Kamelot was at PPV while just finishing up Black Halo.

 

[MysticX9]

Man that's awesome news, I absolutely love RTHD and look very forward to hearing this one!!!

 

[MysticX9]

With so many people for so many years wanting to see these guys at ProgPower, hopefully 2008 (PP9) will be the year. But then, the new album will have been out for well over a 1.5 years by PP9, they will likely be done touring and working on the next album which won't be realeased months after PP9 which would not bode well for the band making the PP9 roster (i.e. will not enough buzz about the band in 2008 as the new disc comes out early in 2007).

Showcase (cough, cough)

 

[Metaldrumz]

Couldnt disagree more. I found this to be a major disappointment and pretty boring.

Production left little to be desired as well.

Love the singing but when I wanna hear him belt out tunes I'll put on my HEADRUSH CD (Alex DeRosso)

 

[Bryan316]

I will be terribly skeptical of this disc, but I will at least give it a listen. But I better be suprised... cuz they've lost tons of credibility with me for putting out such wimpy sterile poprock crap on Freeman.

 

[The Fiddler]

Couldnt disagree more. I found this to be a major disappointment and pretty boring.

In your opinion, where does the new disc rank compared to the others? Do you think it is worse than "Freeman"? What is you favorite Labyrinth disc? Just curious - not trying to be critical of your opinion.

Freeman was a disappointment for me and is my least favorite Labyrinth disc, but it grew on me enough that decided against trading it in. I like it more for the vocals than the music behind Tiranti. I had to put it down for a few months after the original listens and gave it a second chance which payed off.

Glenn's taste's run really close to mine, so I'm anxious to hear the new disc and won't hesitate buying it w/o hearing it first.

 

[The Invisible Guest]

Couldnt disagree more. I found this to be a major disappointment and pretty boring.

Production left little to be desired as well.

Love the singing but when I wanna hear him belt out tunes I'll put on my HEADRUSH CD (Alex DeRosso)

It didn't do much for me either. I actually fell asleep, but to be fair it was late, and I was very tired. I don't like the vocals either. I like RTHD, but I don't hold it in as high of regard as some. I didn't think this sounded anything like that. All in all I'm not a big fan of theirs I guess? I didn't even bother to listen to Freeman, but the one before that didn't do much for me either.

Britt

 

[Harvester]

Production left little to be desired as well.

I believe I know your recent tastes and it 100% makes sense that you and I disagree. However, I have to call you out to the mat on this one statement. Care to explain? Did you make your decision based on mp3s that you downloaded or from the actual disc itself? Or do you believe that there is not that big a difference between the two when it comes to how you evaluate the production of music? I'm not defending anything, but cannot help but be curious.

Before anyone jumps in with the downloading crap, I'll tell you now that I will delete that post. That is not what this response is about as DMan probably spends (and wastes more money on discs than the majority of the board per month). Head over to the Threshold thread to voice your opinion on the eternal download debate.

Btw, I guess I need to clarify my RtHD comparision. I did not mean that the overall heaviness and speed of that disc was back. Apologies if that is what you want out of Labyrinth. What I do believe is back are the lush melodies and strong song-writing along with soaring guitar leads.

 

[dcowboys311]

The new Labyrinth album kicks ass! It's one of the best discs I've heard in a while.

 

[Claus / Intromental]

I'm really looking forward to this, as Glenn and I seem to have the same taste in music more often than not.

However, I found this review:

http://www.powermetal.dk/reviews07/labyrinth_review.htm

where the journalist doesn't care much for the production ... :-(

c.

PS: why do people keep saying "Freeman" was bad? I really prefer that one over "Sons of Thunder" and "Labyrinth"

 

[Metaldrumz]

I believe I know your recent tastes and it 100% makes sense that you and I disagree. However, I have to call you out to the mat on this one statement. Care to explain? Did you make your decision based on mp3s that you downloaded or from the actual disc itself? Or do you believe that there is not that big a difference between the two when it comes to how you evaluate the production of music?

Before anyone jumps in with the downloading crap, I'll tell you now that I will delete that post. That is not what this response is about as DMan probably spends (and wastes more money on discs than the majority of the board per month). Head over to the Threshold thread to voice your opinion on the eternal download debate.

Btw, I guess I need to clarify my RtHD comparision. I did not mean that the overall heaviness and speed of that disc was back. Apologies if that is what you want out of Labyrinth. What I do believe is back are the lush melodies and strong song-writing along with soaring guitar leads.

Usually the mp3 VS CD quality doesnt change the "production" sound IMO. The only suffering from an mp3 is the compression you get. Usually anything 256 and above is hard to tell the difference unless you got headphones on. My ears are fussy, and I can hear compression a mile away. Never bothers me unless its 160 or below.

Anyways with that out of the way, this is straight from a CD. Scarlet Records promo out of Italy. Seems Underground Symphony (another Italian label) is creeping up on them!

I find the drums to have no balls, no depth, no UMPH as I call it. I find the melodies to be so so. Have you heard HEADRUSH with Alex DeRosso on guitars? His vocals and melodies are so much better fit for the Dokken-esque music IMO. The guitars have no pwer to them. To me its just really a weak recording throughout. The song "Just One Day" is like this doublebass tune, and the drums and guitars are just so weak sounding. The melodies are "ok" but overall doesnt grab me, and suck me in.

Theres a couple of ok songs but its really not impressing me as a whole at all. Theres just so many better releases flying out for me to care about this mediocre one.

While you're reading my post, check this band out (hahahaha) I think you'd dig em. Im trying to help push them, as I have become a big fan (the demo CD is amazing).

http://www.myspace.com/shadowland1

EDIT : Classic example.....the Threshold I 1st heard was mp3 source, and I thought the production was BADASS. Love it.

 

[The Fiddler]

Btw, I guess I need to clarify my RtHD comparision. I did not mean that the overall heaviness and speed of that disc was back. Apologies if that is what you want out of Labyrinth. What I do believe is back are the lush melodies and strong song-writing along with soaring guitar leads.

Just sold me even more. March can't come fast enough (not to mention that it's insanely cold up here in Wisconsin).

 

[The Fiddler]

The production on "Sons of Thunder" was pehaphs the worst production I ever heard on a metal disc. But if I remember, there was a riff between the original producer (Neil Kernon) and Olaf on how it should have sounded. I like a lot of the songs on the disc, but the production makes it absolutely painful to listen to. I bought the Japanese version on Victor as I was so pumped for this release and was just speechless at how bad the sound was.

 

[The Fiddler]

Have you heard HEADRUSH with Alex DeRosso on guitars? His vocals and melodies are so much better fit for the Dokken-esque music IMO.

Thanks much for posting this info which was news for me. I checked it out to make sure Roberto Tiranti was on vocals, and he is. Sound sample is great..a must get for me (a Tiranti fanboy, I am).

http://www.alexderosso.com/disco_pps.php?sez=discography

 

[booB]

This will be a blind buy for me -- and I rarely say that about any disc these days.

 

[Metaldrumz]

Thanks much for posting this info which was news for me. I checked it out to make sure Roberto Tiranti was on vocals, and he is. Sound sample is great..a must get for me (a Tiranti fanboy, I am).

http://www.alexderosso.com/disco_pps.php?sez=discography

You're welcome. Trust me I know my shit

Funny thing is the clip they have is the weakest on the CD haha.

Its one of the most underated CD's Ive ever heard. It slipped through the cracks sadly. One of my all time favorite hard rock discs. Alex DeRosso is amazing, and I cannot wait for his newest creation with Michele Luppi on vox (Vision Divine).

 

[The Fiddler]

You're welcome. Trust me I know my shit

Funny thing is the clip they have is the weakest on the CD haha.

Its one of the most underated CD's Ive ever heard. It slipped through the cracks sadly. One of my all time favorite hard rock discs. Alex DeRosso is amazing, and I cannot wait for his newest creation with Michele Luppi on vox (Vision Divine).

Just found another Headrush sample over at CD Inzane. Yes, it is better than the Frontiers sample which was pretty good:

http://www.cdinzane.com/MP3/HEADRUSH-ST.mp3

Yes, the DeRosso/Luppi project should be awesome. I really enjoyed Luppi's solo disc, "Heaven". And as you pointed out with Tiranti, I think Luppi's voice is better fitted for the hard rock vibe present on his solo CD. That said, he is also spectacular w/ VD. Two different animals with two very different sounds.