It's been a slow and boring holiday weekend so I figured I post a little somthing diffrent today 
I haven't bought any CD's for a while and finally went on a small haul....
Devin Townsend - Physicist & Infinty
This guy is a musical genius! Both albums are completely diffrent from each other. One is close to sounding like a Straping Young Lad album... the other is more meloncholy and ambiant.
I am totally digging the Wrath of Kahn sample from the track "Material" off the Physicist album!
Nightingale - I
Why I never bought any Nightingale material earlier is beyond me... I think I have been listening to this more than any other CD I have bought in the hual. It's got everything, every song stands out. I am now officially a Dan Swano fan! This album is a must for fans of the Retro-progressive movement like Spocks Beard or The Flower Kings.
Vanderhoof - A blur In Time
This is the second album from Metal Church guitarist Kurdt Vanderhoof. I LOVED the first album, I wore that thing out waiting for this album! This one is quite diffrent from the first album... it's more laid back and more retro in production. I have spun it a few times and it's really starting to grow on me in a big way, but it's got a long way to go to beat out their first album. Don't get your hopes up if you buy this album expecting to hear Metal Church part II....
Nocturnal Rites - Shadowland
This ones taking some time to grow on me. I totally loved the "Afterlife" album, but this one doesn't seem to be matching up to it. The new vocalist who debut on the last album is amazing, reminding me of ex-Loudness/Obssesion screamer Mike Vescera. The songs are pretty solid, but it seems they are going back to the writing style of the first 3 albums, which is okay, but I really liked the raw aggresion and chunk of "Afterlife" which was more in the Angel Dust/Nevermore vein. Either way... it's still a vast improvement since the old days.
Eldritch - Seeds of Rage
I have been hunting fot his album since I got the bands 2nd & 3rd albums a few months back. These guys are becoming one of my favorite Progressive/Power metal bands to come out of Italy! I can't get enough of the vocalist Terance Holler who closely resembles ex-Metal Church vocalist MIke Howe. I even bought Terence & Sean's (Keyboardist) AOR project band Vicious Mary This album is much more Progressive than the others, but it's Eldritch non the less! I still need to get their latest album "Reverse" which I was told is the bands most experimental and heaviest to date!
so... thoughts anyone?

I haven't bought any CD's for a while and finally went on a small haul....
Devin Townsend - Physicist & Infinty
This guy is a musical genius! Both albums are completely diffrent from each other. One is close to sounding like a Straping Young Lad album... the other is more meloncholy and ambiant.
I am totally digging the Wrath of Kahn sample from the track "Material" off the Physicist album!
Nightingale - I
Why I never bought any Nightingale material earlier is beyond me... I think I have been listening to this more than any other CD I have bought in the hual. It's got everything, every song stands out. I am now officially a Dan Swano fan! This album is a must for fans of the Retro-progressive movement like Spocks Beard or The Flower Kings.
Vanderhoof - A blur In Time
This is the second album from Metal Church guitarist Kurdt Vanderhoof. I LOVED the first album, I wore that thing out waiting for this album! This one is quite diffrent from the first album... it's more laid back and more retro in production. I have spun it a few times and it's really starting to grow on me in a big way, but it's got a long way to go to beat out their first album. Don't get your hopes up if you buy this album expecting to hear Metal Church part II....
Nocturnal Rites - Shadowland
This ones taking some time to grow on me. I totally loved the "Afterlife" album, but this one doesn't seem to be matching up to it. The new vocalist who debut on the last album is amazing, reminding me of ex-Loudness/Obssesion screamer Mike Vescera. The songs are pretty solid, but it seems they are going back to the writing style of the first 3 albums, which is okay, but I really liked the raw aggresion and chunk of "Afterlife" which was more in the Angel Dust/Nevermore vein. Either way... it's still a vast improvement since the old days.
Eldritch - Seeds of Rage
I have been hunting fot his album since I got the bands 2nd & 3rd albums a few months back. These guys are becoming one of my favorite Progressive/Power metal bands to come out of Italy! I can't get enough of the vocalist Terance Holler who closely resembles ex-Metal Church vocalist MIke Howe. I even bought Terence & Sean's (Keyboardist) AOR project band Vicious Mary This album is much more Progressive than the others, but it's Eldritch non the less! I still need to get their latest album "Reverse" which I was told is the bands most experimental and heaviest to date!
so... thoughts anyone?