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Nickelback v2.0?

Music = great. Vocals = weak point. Google Translate should get a lyrics credit. Egads.

I don't mind it, although likely wouldn't get a whole lot of repeated listens.

Second tune isn't awful, but the first is considerably better.

It showed great potential... right up until the lead singer opened his mouth. Yikes.

Meh. Didn't do anything for me.

Shows potential. Most of the passages on the sampler are verses rather than choruses, so I'm a bit uncertain about the consistency of the latter.

Yeah, this one really does nothing for me, sorry. Vocally it's a mess.

Upon further play, I am really digging this album. Also as far as prog goes, the new Magic Pie album is quite enjoyable as well. Both are on Spotify if you want to listen to the whole album.

Agreed. Without going back and re-listening to the whole kit and kaboodle, The Journey Will Never End is the album that is most memorable for me.

Jamming this one this morning. A bit Euro power metal, a bit thrash, a bit Judas Priest. Technically released in December 2014, but I didn't hear it until 2015.

Sounds like the hiatus has done them some good.

Damn it. I have no clue how this album slipped by me... and I loved White Darkness. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd_ohSnxOps

I'm really surprised there is no more discussion about this album, as it has serious (HA!) staying power for me. Too heavy for most folks here?

Uhhh... hopefully you nean that the other way around. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

That's interesting as hell. I wonder if it is associated with this or some other scam he was involved in. I remember a lot of people pissed off and blustering, but I don't recall anyone saying they had actually successfully gotten charges filed. Since it looks like there was some sort of restitution involved, I'm curious as to what it was for, as I doubt anyone here got anything out of him after the fact (we'd have heard about it by now).

Read lots of complaints over at the MR forum regarding the sound quality of the Frontiers pressing, that they overly compressed the mix, and that the Japan SHM pressing has considerably better SQ. That may be a large part of my complaint about the album: it doesn't have the sonic headroom or lushness of mix/production that previous Toto efforts have had. It's a bad practice in general, but to do it with a Westcoast AOR album where the sonic characteristics are a MAJOR part of the aural experience, borders on criminal...

Hopefully the material doesn't sound stale. The last few efforts have just sounded like retreads of Moving Target and Paradox. Don't get me wrong, those two albums are my faves (never could get into the John West era), but we don't need more material that just sounds rehashed.

"former In Faith singer Pete Godfrey..." Ehh? Band already defunct less than a year after their one album? Or did they sack the singer?

"This video is private." Lame.

Apologies if it's old news, as the video is 4 years old, but man would this be cool to visit.

Not me. Couldn't give a rats ass about those fuckers.

To add insult to injury, price including shipping ends up being US$32. They collect VAT even from customers in countries where no VAT is due. Pass.

Why not make it a poll question asking "Which Da Best" to quantify it...

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