Similarities between Cain's Offering and PQ ?

[sam.totman1]

I think that the members of Cain's Offering have listen to Steve Williams songs before writing there own songs. What do you think about it ? :Spin:

http://www.cainsoffering.com/music/my_queen_of_winter_SAMPLE.mp3
http://www.cainsoffering.com/music/more_than_friends_SAMPLE.mp3
http://www.cainsoffering.com/music/dawn_of_solace_SAMPLE.mp3
http://www.cainsoffering.com/music/into_the_blue_SAMPLE.mp3

Cain's Offering is a new band with Jani Liimatainen (ex-Sonata Arctica) and Timo Kotipelto (Stratovarius)

 

[Alcaline]

*bums this*

EDIT: Ooh, Jani used some of his riffs from the demos he did on the young guitar DVD! [/nerd]

In all seriousness though, I don't think it sounds much like PQ. It's keyboard-laden like Sonata, but I think Steve might admit there's a couple of influences for himself there...

 

[MetalCodd]

They could have listening to any number of other melodic power metal bands out there. Hell they've even been in a couple.

Sounds good, though.

 

[Andiferum]

...those 2 were in the same band and nobody told me?

 

[Power_Metal_Dom]

...those 2 were in the same band and nobody told me?

Holy balls, I know! How did I miss that one?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cain's_Offering (EDIT: Have you seen that lineup? *drools* Some amazing musicians in there)

Sounds delicious, but decidedly Sonata-y rather than PQ-y.

 

[Andiferum]

Aye, I don't think it was very similar to PQ. Great stuff, though! Jukka Koskinen on bass too!

 

[Power_Metal_Dom]

Well I'm not sure about musical similarities but at 0:29 on the track 'Thorn In My Side' (thanks YouTube pirates) the lyrics say "you are the master of illusion"!

Also the new Celesty album 'Vendetta' has a track called 'Gates of Tomorrow' which is also a Japanese bonus

Oh btw, every track I've heard off YouTube is phenomenally good. I love this album A LOT.

 

[Andiferum]

I may well have listened to this album multiples times and love it. Only maybe, though...

 

[Alcaline]

I may have also mysteriously clocked up 110 plays on last.fm. I don't know how that happened.

 

[rdyfrde]

Sounds closer to Sonata Arctica to me. In fact, the lyrics sound like they were made for Tony's voice instead of Timo's.

 

[1928]

Sounds a lot like very early Sonata Arctica-lite, yea...