Mike Pinnella's solo CD

[Liquid Shadow]

I can't wait to hear this

 

[Prog Maiden]

I'm definitely eager to check this out since Pinnella contributes to the songwriting almost as much as Romeo does (His name is mentioned on like 90% of the songs in the lyrical booklets). Romeo has already established his own sound with all the side projects and what not he's been apart of. It'll be cool to finally hear Pinnella do the same!

 

[Luis]

Mike Pinnella's solo project will be completely instrumental, with Pinnella playing all instruments. No guest musicians are involved in this project.

 

[The Wrath Divine]

^ What's wrong with that?

 

[The Metal Chick]

Yeah man, you can't get any better than that.

 

[dargormudshark]

I think it will be better that way anyway.

 

[Demonspell]

I'm guessing that an entire CD of nothing but keyboards (assuming he doesn't play any other instruments on it) could be potentially tiring to sit through...I'm confident that it will remain interesting throughout. and I agree with everyone saying that Pinella is as important to SX as Romeo.

 

[The Wrath Divine]

I'm guessing that an entire CD of nothing but keyboards (assuming he doesn't play any other instruments on it) could be potentially tiring to sit through...I'm confident that it will remain interesting throughout. and I agree with everyone saying that Pinella is as important to SX as Romeo.

I see your point, but there's such vast sounds and tones you can get with a keyboard I doubt it will be boring.

And to me that Piano concerto is worth the entire CD.

 

[noren]

Now you can find samples on the InsideOut site.

http://www.insideout.de/indexx.php?arg=AQcSBEtBQUyQAQ

Candy for my ears.

 

[Connauch]

While I hate InsideOut's way of sampling CD's (I'd kill for one high quality full song mp3 versus a ton of low quality short clips) you at least get a chance to hear part of every song on the CD. From these clips you can definetly feel the baroque/classical influence but it doesn't seem to dominate the sound on every track.

Clips I really dig are
Enter by the Twelfth Gate. Very atmospheric, seems like it should be the first track.

Welcome to my Daydream. Awesome synth sound, has a very 70's/80's prog rock vibe to it. Especially love the piano in backing the synth.

Third movement of the Piano Concerto. Sounds like the theme song for some supervillain. The violin is awesome combined with the chanting and the low piano in the back.

 

[The Metal Chick]

Totally awesome. I am gonna love the piano concerto when I hear it in its entirety.

 

[v01c354nd51gn5]

woah "Cross The Bridge" is awesome

 

[SilentRealm]

very diverse songs too, each has their own funky vibe, its great I cant wait to hear all of it.

 

[Liquid Shadow]

Sweet. Ness. Great stuff on there, I've definately gotta pick this up.

 

[symphonyXjapan]

A lot more interesting sounding than I thought it would be. When I heard it was going to be all keys and nothing else for the whole album I was a little skeptical, but it sounds like Pinella has pulled it off. I should have had more faith him....hehe

 

[symphonyx]

The album cover is stunning!!!!!!!!!!! I'm sure michael pinnella will blow my mind......
He is without of doubt the best keyboardist on the planet! I just love his music and I can tell only by seeing the cover that it's gonna be a kicka$$ !!!!!

 

[RequiemX]

I really hope the actual songs aren't as boring as the MP3 samples. (I hope I didn't just sign my death warrant here...)

 

[The Metal Chick]

boring?? Well I suppose not everyone would dig instrumental keyboard stuff. Sure, a lot of the tunes are pretty mellow, but the beauty's there. It's not for everyone I guess.

 

[karelrulez]

I don't care it's not symphonic metal, it's cool there's a lot of classical/jazz and even some funk, that's awesome man

 

[dargormudshark]

I liked them