Posted by Corey on May 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Let me start out by saying that Eternal Essence absolutely rocks. This is so good, I have to grab my pair of Sennhiser headphones for another listen while I write. My initial impression of this band was that it was heavily influenced by Dream Theater. You [...]
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Posted by Corey on April 22, 2009 · Leave a Comment
This one man band, namely Guy chambers, from the UK is too much. The sound effects are eerie, the beat is hypnotic, and the overall feel is like being drug underground and left in a dark cement walled tunnel with the echoes still bouncing around in your head to prove [...]
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Posted by Corey on April 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment
This week I stumbled across a group named Thyateira, a curious band from Crystal Lake, Illinois. I’m going to be honest with you right up front. I have rather mixed feelings about this band (whose name I assume comes from the fourth church of the book of [...]
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Posted by Corey on March 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Normally, I’m used to bands like Operatika having a male singer fronting the group. Forget that! Definitely better sounding with a woman fronting the band. Seriously, you’re going to want to give the volume knob on your stereo a turn to that Spinal Tap #11 for Slava Popova’s memorable vocals. [...]
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Posted by Corey on March 4, 2009 · Leave a Comment
After listening to this band, you might want to talk your pastor into booking them to play at your next church function. Okay, that might be a little too much for the old blue haired folks who sleep in the back rows. The reality is that Theocracy [...]
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Posted by Corey on March 2, 2009 · Leave a Comment
When I first ran across the band Spiral, I half expected their music to be modeled after the Japanese anime by the same name. The dark disposition of their music would seem to suggest that they might be Blade children in disguise, but we would have to check to see [...]
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