Topic: Evergrey (Read 6037 times)

Storm Rider · « **on:** 21 Mar 2006, 01:20 »

For those of you who care (read: maybe half a dozen), Evergrey's new album, Monday Morning Apocalypse, is to be released April 4th in the US, and even earlier (I think March 26th) in Europe. Considering how great their last 3 albums have been, I'm hoping that this will live up to the high standards.

Additionally, according to the band's website, they're hoping to tour the US in the near future. Now, this is a longshot as Mustaine has all but finalized the lineup, but it would absolutely make my year if Evergrey was signed on to Gigantour '06.

Discuss.

Trollstormur · « **Reply #1 on:** 21 Mar 2006, 02:29 »

I found them to be spectacularly mediocre.

Misereatur · « **Reply #2 on:** 21 Mar 2006, 06:26 »

Actually, as much as I dont like that type of progressive metal, Evergrey are quite good.

Hope their new album is good, I might try to get it.

Der Golem · « **Reply #3 on:** 21 Mar 2006, 14:54 »

I'll definately be checking that out. Evergrey are responsible for my new found interest in prog metal.

Btw. Storm Rider, any bands you reccomend for someone who likes Evergrey and is discovering prog?

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #4 on:** 21 Mar 2006, 14:59 »

I'll wait for others to get it, so I can see if it's good. Hell, I don't even own their other albums, but they're pretty awesome. I'm definitely going to see them when they play the House of Blues at Myrtle Beach (with In Flames, hell yeah!) and I'm considering seeing them when they play at ProgPower USA in Atlanta.

Misereatur · « **Reply #5 on:** 21 Mar 2006, 16:31 »

Der Golem, try Pain Of Salvation and Spastic Ink.

*sorry for jumping on Storm Riders thread, I just love recommending bands.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #6 on:** 21 Mar 2006, 16:31 »

Quote from: Der Golem

Btw. Storm Rider, any bands you reccomend for someone who likes Evergrey and is discovering prog?

I'm not sure exactly how much you're familiar with the genre, so I'm just gonna list a few of the bigger (which is of course a relative term) bands off the top of my head, and if you've heard of them or like them, then go a bit deeper into the more obscure territory.

Fates Warning is an obvious choice, but I would advise starting off on their earlier stuff, as their newer material is more ambient. Unless you're not particular to prog metal, in which case I could recommend a much larger variety of bands.

Symphony X is another of the more popular ones, and like Evergrey they have a lot of power metallish bombast to them, so if you haven't heard of them, you'd probably like them. Start at the end of their chronology and work back.

Star One's Space Metal. Just buy it, trust me. Hopefully the more it sells, the more Arjen will want to do a second one. For that matter, his main project Ayreon is great as well, but less heavy and very, very diverse.

Nevermore, of course. They don't really fall into the regular 'prog metal' stereotype, as they have no keyboardist, but Jeff Loomis writes some of the best riffs I've heard, period, and he basically crams as many as he can into a 6 minute song. I got into them through Dead Heart in a Dead World, but any of their albums (except their debut and the un-remastered version of Enemies of Reality) is really pretty awesome stuff.

Kamelot, especially their newest album The Black Halo. Terrific disc, I just ordered it off Amazon on Thursday and am waiting anxiously for the tracks I couldn't find to download.

Hopefully that'll get you started off pretty well.

EDIT: I totally agree with Miseraetur's suggestion of Pain of Salvation as well.

Kai · « **Reply #7 on:** 21 Mar 2006, 18:24 »

And of course, in terms of prog, you can't go wrong with the classics: Rush, Genesis, King Crimson, Emerson Lake and Palmer, and to a lessor extent, Jethro Tull and Uriah Heep.

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #8 on:** 21 Mar 2006, 18:48 »

Quote from: Misereatur

Spastic Ink.

!!!!? He's trying to get into prog, not already into prog and looking to move deeper. I mean, he's recently gotten into Evergrey. You may as well suggest Planet X, Gordian Knot, Cab (technically jazz fusion, but lots of ties to prog), etc.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #9 on:** 21 Mar 2006, 20:48 »

Obviously, Kai's suggestions are essential, but I was making my recommendations specific to prog metal. Listing all of my favorite prog bands would take all day.

And Gordian Knot is fucking great.

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #10 on:** 21 Mar 2006, 20:50 »

Agreed. I like all of the groups I listed, but they're all a little too prog for someone just getting into the genre.

nescience · « **Reply #11 on:** 21 Mar 2006, 21:47 »

Someone who wants to get into prog FIRST to get a handle on the genre before expanding into the many flavours of prog-metal might benefit from a start at the more melodic, early prog groups like King Crimson or Caravan (one of my personal favorites).

One good place to start as a sampler is Decca's Legend of a Mind anthology. This is a great intro to the stuff that eventually would be called prog and includes choice cuts from Giles, Giles & Fripp (essentially embryotic King Crimson), the German sensations the Rattles, early Moody Blues, and others. The compilation also prepares you for the ridiculousness that is prog song naming convention, throwing great names like "The Song of McGuillicudie/The Pusillanimous" and "C'lu Thlu."

Of course, you could blow this all off and go with ELO's Brain Salad Surgery.

Misereatur · « **Reply #12 on:** 22 Mar 2006, 06:35 »

Quote from: Bastardous Bassist

Quote from: Misereatur
Spastic Ink.

!!!!? He's trying to get into prog, not already into prog and looking to move deeper. I mean, he's recently gotten into Evergrey. You may as well suggest Planet X, Gordian Knot, Cab (technically jazz fusion, but lots of ties to prog), etc.

Spastic Ink are just good, I started listening to them before I knew POS and Evergrey or even any prog' metal. It's not essential to know alot of prog metal in order to listen to SI.

Oh, and on the subject of Gordian Knot, Aghora would be a good idea.
Sean Malone played bass on their first (and only) album.
More of a fusion metal then prog' but its still amazing stuff, plus, fucking Sean Malone.

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #13 on:** 22 Mar 2006, 09:11 »

The difference between fusion and prog is practically semantics these days. When it started out, there was a much larger difference. Now you have members of prog bands forming fusion bands, and subbing in (i.e. Tony McAlpine with Cab and Planet X, then getting Virgil Donati to fill in for Chambers when he had to tour with Santana).

Storm Rider · « **Reply #14 on:** 23 Mar 2006, 22:37 »

By the way, I forgot to fix this.

Quote from: Kai

And of course, in terms of prog, you can't go wrong with the classics: Rush, Genesis before Steve Hackett left, King Crimson, Emerson Lake and Palmer, and to a lessor extent, Jethro Tull and Uriah Heep.

Der Golem · « **Reply #15 on:** 24 Mar 2006, 05:17 »

Thanks for the suggestion everyone. I went and checked out Symphony X, very good stuff. Also, totally sorry for derailing the thread like that.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #16 on:** 24 Mar 2006, 21:12 »

Speaking of which, Symphony X is due out with a new album this year as well. They kept getting delayed in the writing process, but Michael Romeo says it should be finished recording within the next couple months, which means I would expect it to hit autumn-ish.

Kai · « **Reply #17 on:** 25 Mar 2006, 06:54 »

Yeah, I'm absolutely pumped about their new album.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #18 on:** 25 Mar 2006, 10:27 »

Actually, I think you'll like this: according to a chat session held with Romeo about a week ago, some of the songs are going to have Lovecraftian-influenced lyrics, because apparently their bassist was seriously delving into some of his stuff while they were doing the writing.

But goddammit, I'm off topic. Evergrey. Favorite album? I really like In Search of Truth and Recreation Day (despite the not-quite-understanding-English of the title track). I honestly can't decide between the two.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #19 on:** 28 Mar 2006, 00:09 »

OK, bumping the thread because I just found a couple of leaked tracks over the intarwebs (well, technically not leaked, since the album's already out in Europe). Englund's vocals are cleaner this time around, and I think I prefer this style slightly.

Here's my favorite from the three I found.

Misereatur · « **Reply #20 on:** 28 Mar 2006, 03:11 »

Listening to it now, it strikes as a pretty good prog' song on the first listen.
If the album is in that vein, I'm totally buying it.

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