TGE Review Thread

[AndreasBlomqvist]

Here are some interviews that Lion has informed me about:

http://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=9859
90%

http://dontcountonitreviews.blogspot.com/2010/11/seventh-wonder-great-escape.html
80%

http://www.friday13thmetal.co.uk/albums/Page 6 - Reviews/pounding_metal.htm
80%

http://myglobalmind.com/2010/11/06/seventh-wonder-the-great-escape/
100%

http://www.artrock.se/artrock2010/recensioner2010_235.htm
90% [Swedish]

http://virtuosityone.wordpress.com/2010/11/15/seventh-wonder-the-great-escap
95%

http://www.rockunited.com/reviews2010_10_12.htm#seventhwonder_tge
100%

http://www.powerofmetal.dk/reviews10/seventh_wonder_review.htm
98%

http://www.stormbringer.at/reviews.php?id=5904
90%

http://www.dangerdog.com/2010-music-reviews/seventh-wonder-the-great-escape-review.php
80%

http://revelationz.net/index.asp?ID=3348
80% [album of the month]

http://usaprogmusic.com/joomla/inde...28&review=527-Seventh-Wonder-The-Great-Escape
95%

Enjoy!

 

[AndreasBlomqvist]

Please add new ones that you find that are not listed before. It's kinda cool to keep 'em in one place (even the sucky ones!)
//A

 

[AndreasBlomqvist]

http://www.imperiumi.net/index.php?act=albums&id=11342
90% [Finnish]

 

[tommidt]

http://www.imperiumi.net/index.php?act=albums&id=11342
90% [Finnish]

The reviewer mentions that he prefers this new one over Mercy Falls... He praises the album pretty much, so I wonder why so "low" percentage...? Well, 90/100 is pretty good too, I guess.

 

[fire_angel]

The 'score' of a written review is meaningless. One man's 40% is another man's 100% - All you should care about is the content of the review itself. Every score is subjective and impossible to justify - it's just an arbitrary value and should be treated as so.

All of that aside though, the reviews are all extremely positive! We should probably start a mini-review thread ourselves on the forum

 

[guitarrizer]

Probably first review in Polish:

http://www.rockhard.pl/main/service/seventhwonder/thegreatescaperec.html

In brief:
Still excellent release however "Mercy Falls" was a true masterpiece

 

[Frankgate]

http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=3210

rating 4.13 out of 5.00 on Prog Archives

consider that Mercy Falls got "just" 3.90

 

[korruption]

"Karevik has an ear for vocal melody that most would kill for" From the usaprogmusic.com review

Well said, well said.

 

[Frankgate]

Italian site METAL.IT

http://www.metal.it/album.aspx/13234/

8/10

I told Pippo he should have given a "9" at least

 

[Kazar]

Here's a review from a well-known Dutch metal-site:

http://metalfan.nl/reviews.php?id=6487

88%


Readers/members of the site can also give their thoughts as well, below the official review:
96%, 97% and 92% !

 

[Kazar]

Here's another one:

http://www.metalreviews.com/reviews/detail.php3?id=6787

88%

 

[AndreasBlomqvist]

http://www.powermetal.it/album_detail.php?id=01580
90% [Italian]

 

[Kazar]

You can't win 'em all, I quess (i.e. powermetal-lover reviewing progmetal-album).

http://www.metal-temple.com/site/catalogues/entry/reviews/cd_3/s_2/seventh_wonder_-_the.htm

"Good" - 7 out of 10 (which is not really bad, of course) .

 

[AndreasBlomqvist]

(posted an impulsive rant but decided to cancel...)

 

[MartinW]

Aww, I wanted to read it.

 

[JackWallabee]

Me too!

lol I just read that review.The reviewer seemed to have minimal knowledge of the subject matter. It's almost like he was bashing the album for being too progressive.

 

[Kazar]

.....The reviewer seemed to have minimal knowledge of the subject matter. It's almost like he was bashing the album for being too progressive.

Exactly! He didn't get a lot of things (the complexity/progressiveness, the why/the idea of the 30-minute song, the bass-sound....) but he got one thing right though, "....the songwriting. It is top notch."

 

[Frankgate]

the worst thing is to let review an album to someone who's not in touch with such gender

 

[Hacki]

Andreas - The guy is, from reading his text, not the sharpest tool in the shed. So IMO you should consider the rating just perfect. A 100% from him would imply he got all the complexity in the album, meaning that you're aiming low. Now I got the feeling a lot of stuff went over his head, and that's how it's supposed to be.

 

[RazielSR]

I received my copy yesterday. I didn't listen to anything from TGE, just Alley Cat in youtube. In short: FUCKING AMAZING. This album rules, this band rules and I'm really happy to know this band, this "new" band. I'm a big fan of Stratovarius, DT, Symphony X and Circus Maximus and this band it's part from me now too. I'm just fan since two months ago more or less.
The new album is fantastic and the prog genre is saved with this band. THANKS.