That's a shame. I was hoping it would be better than the last 2, which I think are pretty bad.
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That's a shame. I was hoping it would be better than the last 2, which I think are pretty bad.
Kenneth R.
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If you pick the good tracks off their whole catalogue you could end up with a single good album though. None of those picks would come from the recent two (3) albums.
Kamelot is mostly the same way.
Kamelot is mostly the same way.
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Hmm...I think "White Pearl, Black Oceans" would make a good movie track. That's the only song of theirs I can recall enjoying.
Kamelot's pretty consistent - I enjoy their earlier (even Eternity) and later stuff, though obviously there were technical problems with the singer in the first two albums. Siége Perilous is my favorite by them - I like the sober, old-school prog metal feel more than the "film score" sympho metal like Epica, Nightwish, etc...
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Kamelot: Black Halo/Epica/Siege Perilous are solid, Ghost Opera: bad. GO is everything that's wrong with "modern" "prog metal".
I just read that one of SA's new song titles is "Shitload of Money". Maybe they can go on tour with Adrenaline Mob
I just read that one of SA's new song titles is "Shitload of Money". Maybe they can go on tour with Adrenaline Mob
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I might actually even enjoy the stuff they did with Vanderbilt more than the earliest stuff with Khan. As for the old school prog metal feel, if I feel like having some of that with Khan on vocals I'll just go for some Conception.
And I don't think Ghost Opera is bad at all, although it is the weakest of their latest albums.
And I don't think Ghost Opera is bad at all, although it is the weakest of their latest albums.
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Fourth Legacy through Black Halo are pretty phenomenal albums, in my opinion. Though they occasionally drift into "generic" territory musically, I think Kahn's vocals elevated the band above other power metal artists. There's barely a track I skip on any of those albums (including the bizarre transitions that sound Renn faire lute music).
Ghost Opera has some incredible songs, and a lot of filler. Poetry for the Poisoned is, well, forgettable at best.
Ghost Opera has some incredible songs, and a lot of filler. Poetry for the Poisoned is, well, forgettable at best.
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It's not bad. Although I felt like Roy Khan sounded like he had a cold throughout the whole thing...and some of the songs are generic or clearly recycle Kamelot motifs ("Hunter's Season" comes to mind, since it sounds a lot like "The Human Stain" in places).
EyeballKid
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The Zodiac is a cool song. The title track is decent if you edit it all together instead of listening to a bunch of 2 minutes sound bites. I love House on a Hill, but it's clearly redundant in their catalog.
Exactly. The songwriting is either boringly straightforward and derivative (of themselves) OR completely muddled and over-layered with vocals that serve no distinct melody.
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I can understand how you might feel this way about the album,
but I can't think of a single instance of this happening.
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Hey, I have an opinion on Kamelot!! In fact, I wasted 6 years of my life having an opinion on Kamelot...
Eternity-Dominion: Barely ever heard them.
Siege Perilous: Good songs, but poor production.
Fourth Legacy: Good songs, sounds a lot better than Siege; Kinda cheesy at some points.
Karma: Their 2nd best album; solid songs and while they are a little cheesy, it's still cool and listenable.
Epica: Is it me, or are there like 5 songs on this album that sound exactly the same? It's cool and conceptual, but it runs together.
The Black Halo: By far their best album. Some of the best songs they ever did are on this album, and it influenced me a lot musically in high school.
Ghost Opera: The first 3 songs are cool, but then it kinda gets ordinary and I start to agree with Kenneth as the album goes on.
Poetry for the Poisoned: It entertained me when it first came out. There are a few tracks I spin frequently, but they hyped it up way too much for what the final product was.
Another note about Poetry for the Poisoned: You can hear all the issues that Roy Khan was having at the time in his voice; he didn't sound too motivated or enthusiastic about it, like he did on previous albums. I love Roy Khan and all, but he just didn't have the same magic on Poetry that he did on The Black Halo.
Eternity-Dominion: Barely ever heard them.
Siege Perilous: Good songs, but poor production.
Fourth Legacy: Good songs, sounds a lot better than Siege; Kinda cheesy at some points.
Karma: Their 2nd best album; solid songs and while they are a little cheesy, it's still cool and listenable.
Epica: Is it me, or are there like 5 songs on this album that sound exactly the same? It's cool and conceptual, but it runs together.
The Black Halo: By far their best album. Some of the best songs they ever did are on this album, and it influenced me a lot musically in high school.
Ghost Opera: The first 3 songs are cool, but then it kinda gets ordinary and I start to agree with Kenneth as the album goes on.
Poetry for the Poisoned: It entertained me when it first came out. There are a few tracks I spin frequently, but they hyped it up way too much for what the final product was.
Another note about Poetry for the Poisoned: You can hear all the issues that Roy Khan was having at the time in his voice; he didn't sound too motivated or enthusiastic about it, like he did on previous albums. I love Roy Khan and all, but he just didn't have the same magic on Poetry that he did on The Black Halo.
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