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No, I meant lyrics attributed to different characters. 'The Singer' by Suspyre.
Ah, gotcha. The lyrics for that album were influenced by Sufi poetry, mostly Rumi. Don't know if you've read any of that, but you might appreciate the attitude behind it. He speaks in a few different voices, depending on who he's addressing. Akercocke was a big influence when I was writing that album, too, you're absolutely right.
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I'm also definitely looking forward to the new release! NP: Burn Your World advance mixes of the new album. Yep, I'm being "that guy" and listening to my own band, but you gotta listen to the tracks on different speakers to get a better idea of how others will hear it. Also listening for mistakes that flew under the radar.
I listened to NTNR frequently even after it was finished. Now it's almost weird for me to hear songs from it because I usually just hear us playing the songs live in my head when I think of them. I almost find the album hard to listen to now, which I'm sure if being overly self critical, but we've come a long way since then with the new material. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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'Symphony For The Quiet" by Serenity. This new album is good - it's Serenity - but it's not as consistently driving as Death and Legacy and unfortunately doesn't go back to the prog-power splendor of Fallen Sanctuary. There are some good standout tracks here and the vocal performances are great, but I keep wishing they'd make stuff like Rust Of Coming Ages again.

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'Nailed' by Theocracy. One of maybe two or three of the better songs from As The World Bleeds. Still, none of these songs live up to the amazing album art: THEOCRACY-As-the-world-bleeds-COVER.jpg
I REALLY liked that Laying the Demon to Rest song. It's everything prog metal should be IMO, wonderfully composed, perfectly executed and complex, and it's still fucking metal. Too often peog gets limp-wristed and wanky, but they still had the heaviness that metal needs. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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I REALLY liked that Laying the Demon to Rest song. It's everything prog metal should be IMO' date=' wonderfully composed, perfectly executed and complex, and it's still fucking metal. Too often peog gets limp-wristed and wanky, but they still had the heaviness that metal needs.[/quote'] Tower of Ashes and Martyr from the Mirror Of Souls album were also great. The problem is that Matt Smith seems to be a very talented guy but his vocals can be downright awful if he's not trying. I get the impression that he could do a very polished power/thrash band with a strong melodic sense but he keeps getting caught up in stupid power metal tropes. It's as if he wants to make ReinXeed instead of Rob Rock. Pity.
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