Metal, Prog, and Rock on High Resolution Audio Formats
Context: This of course is the second studio album from the legendary prog band, Marillion, released in 1984. The band had already worked super hard to amass a following by this point and Fugazi sold well enough to reach a very respectable position in the UK charts (back when getting into the charts meant anything … Continue reading Fugazi
Context: Opeth spawned from the dark mires of Sweden nearly thirty years ago as a death/doom outfit, gradually becoming more progressive over time until the metal element was lost entirely a few years ago. Ghost Reveries was their penultimate 'death metal' album; very progressive and complicated innately, it was released in 2005 via Roadrunner Records. Main man … Continue reading Opeth: Ghost Reveries
Context: Script for a Jester's Tear is, of course, Marillion's classic debut, released in 1983 by EMI - quite something for a progressive rock band to open their official recording career with some a label, although they had already worked themselves to deserving this by the time they were picked up for a deal. The … Continue reading Marillion: Script for a Jester’s Tear
Context: Realm of Chaos is the second album released by Birmingham (UK) -born Death Metal explorers Bolt Thrower, sometimes also known as Realm of Chaos: Slaves to Darkness. The album took a more sophisticated stance than the band's debut (In Battle There is No Law), although it is still thoroughly bred from the underground scene, such is … Continue reading Bolt Thrower: Realm of Chaos
Context: Clutching at Straws is the fourth studio album of British prog legends Marillion, dating back to 1987 two years following the hugely successful Misplaced Childhood and its associated singles. It was to be the last album with singer Fish (Derek Dick) before they moved into a different direction from that point on. Actually it … Continue reading Marillion: Clutching at Straws
Context: Death Cult Armageddon is the sixth studio album of Norwegian Black Metal veterans Dimmu Borgir, which continued an increasingly ambitious trend towards an orchestral, majestic classical slant on what paradoxically is commonly a stripped down to basics genre. It was released by Nuclear Blast records in 2003 during a prolific period in the band's … Continue reading Dimmu Borgir: Death Cult Armageddon
Context: Misplaced Childhood is Marillion's third album, released in 1985. It brought them the closest they ever got to mainstream attention with the singles Kayleigh and Lavender, both of which reached the top 10 in UK charts at the time (the same would mean very little these days). Probably as a result of those singles, the … Continue reading Marillion: Misplaced Childhood
Naturally, we love music. Heavier music specifically, the kind underpinned with electric guitars first and foremost, followed by any plethora of other assorted instruments and voices. Personally I've been into music for over thirty years, buying vinyl in the early days of course, before moving on to CD and eventually listening to sounds digitally via … Continue reading Why Are We Here?
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