Hey guys, sorry it's been a little while since my last post. Or a song on YouTube. I guess a couple things have been up.
1st off, I just haven't found a really good album to listen to. I would start to listen to it, then a few songs in, I just don't really want to listen to more. Then I would try to find more, and same thing would happen. Then I would try to find just songs I like on YouTube. Took a little while. Just have those times I guess.
BUT lately I have heard some REALLY good albums, and I think I'll mention them in another post once I put together playlists for them.
2ndly, I had plans for a video to do, where I actually talk to you guys personally. I had bought some awesome CDs, 5 of them, and want to tell you about them (I probably will talk about a few channels I'm subscribed to too). Thing is, I bought them on Amazon instead of from a local store. So you have to put in the shipping time too. Well, I wanted to do a video when I had all 5 CDs. I'm still waiting on 1 of them... it's coming from Japan (or rather, Taiwan). It's supposed to arrive between the 1st and 26th of November. Talk about a huge time difference. Actually, another CD was supposed to get here between the 2nd and 26th, but I got it a few days ago, but it came from the UK. Just gotta wait for that last CD. Kind of funny since it's the one I'm looking forward to the most >.>
I am also planing on making another video about another CD I got recently, and I would put it in with the other video (especially since all the CDs are blue, or mostly blue xD) but it isn't a metal CD, it's Celtic music, and if the people watching the video for that might not want to hear so much talk about metal CDs (maybe some do, and of course they can stay, but I imagine a good amount of people that like music like the Heather Dale album I uploaded won't like metal. Just the way it goes.)
Also recently, my dad came home saying he bought a CD, and I should check out the first song at the very least. So I did. And it was amazing, and I continued to listen to the entire CD. It's one of the best albums I heard in a little while. It's one of the really well known albums by a pretty well known guy from back in the day (Well, I actually don't think it's too far back, until I realize it's from 20 years ago. But then again, it was made the same year I was born.) I'm actually kind of ashamed that I haven't heard it before. I posted a status about it on my Facebook, and pretty much everyone heard of it and were like "Come on man, you have to listen to the classics every now and then" Yeah, I should spend more time listening to classics xD I'll probably mention this CD in the video with the 5 others (It's also blue xD)
Lastly, I'm not a 100% sure that I'll be making any videos. My webcam isn't the greatest, since it's the one built in. I think I just have to make sure that I'm recording it when it's light outside, because if it's dark and I have the overhead light on, it's still dark to the webcam. And when I do the light compensation thingy, the video lags. But I'll play around with it once I have all the CDs.
Well, that's all for now. I'll post more and upload more later.
Monday, October 29, 2012
Monday, October 1, 2012
News in the Metal World
So when I made this blog, I didn't really think I would post much about news in the world of music, as I thought of this as more of a personal thing, and although I do keep up with somethings, I don't dedicate a whole lot of time for news. I mostly just listen to the music. But after today, I figured why not post some things. Today I saw Nightwish's news, so I thought I would post my two cents (before it hits the currency exchange for your country :P) about it. And since I'm such a big fan of Keldian, I'll talk about their news here too.
Okay, I know that every metal site that at least recognizes power/symphonic metal will have a post to do with this, but since I'm a big fan of Nightwish, I'm posting about it too.
Recently (September 29th), while Nightwish was touring here in the US, along with Kamelot, their vocalist Anette was in a hospital, and the guest female singers for Kamelot (Elize of Amaranthe and Alissa of The Agonist) covered for her as well as the crowd. The next day, Anette seemed to be fine and was singing along with Nightwish.
Today, Nightwish posted this Press Statement basically saying that Anette is no longer in Nightwish, although they left on good terms.
So, does this mean that Nightwish recognized they don't sound like their old selves? Did they give in to all the old fans complaining that they miss Tarja? Whatever their reason, they don't like the direction they are going in. Personally, I enjoyed their last two albums, as well as their previous five. So wherever they go in the future, I'll be there to welcome them with big arms. (If you recall from my first post, I like both new and old Nightwish :) )
This leaves me to wonder, who will be the next vocalist? Well, Elize and Alissa covered for her at the one show, but for the rest, Floor Jansen (of the now split up After Forever and currently with ReVamp) will be singing in her place. So in my mind, the possibilities are Elize and Floor, or someone else we haven't heard of quite yet. Now, I haven't listened to a whole lot of After Forever (I know, this may be blasphemy to some of you) I only really listened to their last album, which was pretty phenomenal, and I have ReVamp's album which I liked a few songs from. She has a great voice, and I've even seen around the web that some think Nightwish were a successful After Forever clone. I would need to listen to more After Forever to see how similar they are, but I like both, and respect both. But this would mean that Floor would make a pretty good replacement singer for Nightwish.
A little while ago, I wanted to find out more about Elize, and one of the pages I ended up on, was Kamelot's page for her. Just as I was typing this up, I went back to that page to talk about something I found there. But since I last visited, that part has been removed. Now, finding it so interesting, I posted it on a page dedicated to metal among my friends on Facebook, and put the quote on there. So I'll post what I saw on Kamelot's page here, but now with a grain of salt. I mean, why did they remove it? Maybe it wasn't true? Here's the quote:
"It was the beginning of a strong and fructuous friendship between Jake, Olof and Elize. It's around the same time that the band NIGHTWISH showed some interest in Elize for the spot of front singer, as a replacement for Tarja Turunen. However, at this moment Elize had just graduated from a three year long education at Gothenburg's Performing Arts School - School for Professional Musical Artists - and her interest in joining Olof and Jake's project was already aroused."
A friend and I talked at the time, and he said that Nightwish should have taken Elize when they could have (He really dislikes Anette being in Nightwish). I had said, based on what the quote said, it sounded like Elize turned down Nightwish, not the other way around. My friend then replied saying something like if she could have been in Nightwish, she would have, because at the very least, it would've really helped with her career. I lastly said that maybe she just wanted to be a band with her friends instead of being with someone else, but I understand that maybe she wasn't offered a chance for joining Nightwish.
I talked with another friend around that same time about this, wondering what Nightwish would be like if Elize did join. That would probably mean no Amaranthe. Since I love both of Anette Nightwish's albums, and love Amarathe's album, I am satisfied the way things turned out.
Today, on the same page for metal I mentioned earlier, we were talking about how Anette left Nightwish, and one of us said they hoped that Elize would be next up for Nightwish. I said that I'd rather her focus her time with Amaranthe, since they're such a great band. But since Amaranthe is currently recording their 2nd album, maybe once they're done with that, Elize will also join Nightwish. It would be pretty good timing. Things would work out pretty well.
All in all, we'll just have to wait, time will tell. We don't know everything yet. And as I said before, I will be welcoming Nightwish in the future.
Now on to Keldian! xD
The other day, they just made a post saying that they wanted to share a little bit about their history with us. This history, is early incarnations of Keldian, being Protos Nemesis, the Japanese bonus track for Heaven's Gate (which I'm pretty sure is "Hope") and possibly another incarnation of Keldian called Keld? I'm not 100% sure on the last two because Keldian hasn't given us the information on them quite yet. Hopefully soon. Anyways, you can download the songs from their page, or you can listen to it from my YouTube playlist.
Also, theirs a person from Mexico who claims that they're the world's number one fan. I gonna fight for that title :P
So that's all I have to say for now. I might post more in the future. Maybe not. We'll see xD
Okay, I know that every metal site that at least recognizes power/symphonic metal will have a post to do with this, but since I'm a big fan of Nightwish, I'm posting about it too.
Recently (September 29th), while Nightwish was touring here in the US, along with Kamelot, their vocalist Anette was in a hospital, and the guest female singers for Kamelot (Elize of Amaranthe and Alissa of The Agonist) covered for her as well as the crowd. The next day, Anette seemed to be fine and was singing along with Nightwish.
Today, Nightwish posted this Press Statement basically saying that Anette is no longer in Nightwish, although they left on good terms.
So, does this mean that Nightwish recognized they don't sound like their old selves? Did they give in to all the old fans complaining that they miss Tarja? Whatever their reason, they don't like the direction they are going in. Personally, I enjoyed their last two albums, as well as their previous five. So wherever they go in the future, I'll be there to welcome them with big arms. (If you recall from my first post, I like both new and old Nightwish :) )
This leaves me to wonder, who will be the next vocalist? Well, Elize and Alissa covered for her at the one show, but for the rest, Floor Jansen (of the now split up After Forever and currently with ReVamp) will be singing in her place. So in my mind, the possibilities are Elize and Floor, or someone else we haven't heard of quite yet. Now, I haven't listened to a whole lot of After Forever (I know, this may be blasphemy to some of you) I only really listened to their last album, which was pretty phenomenal, and I have ReVamp's album which I liked a few songs from. She has a great voice, and I've even seen around the web that some think Nightwish were a successful After Forever clone. I would need to listen to more After Forever to see how similar they are, but I like both, and respect both. But this would mean that Floor would make a pretty good replacement singer for Nightwish.
A little while ago, I wanted to find out more about Elize, and one of the pages I ended up on, was Kamelot's page for her. Just as I was typing this up, I went back to that page to talk about something I found there. But since I last visited, that part has been removed. Now, finding it so interesting, I posted it on a page dedicated to metal among my friends on Facebook, and put the quote on there. So I'll post what I saw on Kamelot's page here, but now with a grain of salt. I mean, why did they remove it? Maybe it wasn't true? Here's the quote:
"It was the beginning of a strong and fructuous friendship between Jake, Olof and Elize. It's around the same time that the band NIGHTWISH showed some interest in Elize for the spot of front singer, as a replacement for Tarja Turunen. However, at this moment Elize had just graduated from a three year long education at Gothenburg's Performing Arts School - School for Professional Musical Artists - and her interest in joining Olof and Jake's project was already aroused."
A friend and I talked at the time, and he said that Nightwish should have taken Elize when they could have (He really dislikes Anette being in Nightwish). I had said, based on what the quote said, it sounded like Elize turned down Nightwish, not the other way around. My friend then replied saying something like if she could have been in Nightwish, she would have, because at the very least, it would've really helped with her career. I lastly said that maybe she just wanted to be a band with her friends instead of being with someone else, but I understand that maybe she wasn't offered a chance for joining Nightwish.
I talked with another friend around that same time about this, wondering what Nightwish would be like if Elize did join. That would probably mean no Amaranthe. Since I love both of Anette Nightwish's albums, and love Amarathe's album, I am satisfied the way things turned out.
Today, on the same page for metal I mentioned earlier, we were talking about how Anette left Nightwish, and one of us said they hoped that Elize would be next up for Nightwish. I said that I'd rather her focus her time with Amaranthe, since they're such a great band. But since Amaranthe is currently recording their 2nd album, maybe once they're done with that, Elize will also join Nightwish. It would be pretty good timing. Things would work out pretty well.
All in all, we'll just have to wait, time will tell. We don't know everything yet. And as I said before, I will be welcoming Nightwish in the future.
Now on to Keldian! xD
The other day, they just made a post saying that they wanted to share a little bit about their history with us. This history, is early incarnations of Keldian, being Protos Nemesis, the Japanese bonus track for Heaven's Gate (which I'm pretty sure is "Hope") and possibly another incarnation of Keldian called Keld? I'm not 100% sure on the last two because Keldian hasn't given us the information on them quite yet. Hopefully soon. Anyways, you can download the songs from their page, or you can listen to it from my YouTube playlist.
Also, theirs a person from Mexico who claims that they're the world's number one fan. I gonna fight for that title :P
So that's all I have to say for now. I might post more in the future. Maybe not. We'll see xD
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