Consistently good bands.

GLaDOS

Personally I think Falling Into Infinity is pretty under-rated. Would definitely have it ahead of anything they produced after Train of Thought.

Joe_Dull

I agree it's an underrated album, although I certainly wouldn't prefer it to Black Clouds & Silver Linings or A Dramatic Turn of Events. Systematic Chaos, maybe.

Passenger

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Personally I think Falling Into Infinity is pretty under-rated. Would definitely have it ahead of anything they produced after Train of Thought.

Joe_Dull wrote: »

I agree it's an underrated album, although I certainly wouldn't prefer it to Black Clouds & Silver Linings or A Dramatic Turn of Events. Systematic Chaos, maybe.

Joe_Dull wrote: »

Disagree with you there, I really enjoy that album. I'd also say that LaBrie had and has one of the best voices in rock and metal, the injury impacted very little on the quality of his recordings and he's now made a full recovery.

Absolutely agree with the above posts. Falling Into Infinity is one of my favourite DT albums and I consider it vastly underrated. It is immaculately produced and one of their best produced albums IMO. If anything, DT could do with hiring an outside producer to reign them in and go back to the days when they were a tight unit. As a side note, Derek Sherinian's performance on Falling Into Infinity is almost perfect for a keyboard player, playing for the song and not overstating it.

People who harp on about the band not being the same after Kevin Moore's departure should reconsider Sherinian's subtle but brilliant contribution.

brilou23

open to abuse but am i only him fan in ireland

Passenger

brilou23 wrote: »

open to abuse but am i only him fan in ireland

Possibly on another forum. But posters are pretty sound and non-discriminatory here.

Angron

Now post that on metal Ireland and see what it gets you :pac:

PattheMetaller

Hope i don't duplicate any previously mentioned that I agree with:

Riverside; Agalloch; Beardfish; King's X; Marillion

RVD420

Nine Inch Nails
Jane's Addiction
Type O Negative

BlaasForRafa

Joe_Dull wrote: »

Disagree with you there, I really enjoy that album. I'd also say that LaBrie had and has one of the best voices in rock and metal, the injury impacted very little on the quality of his recordings and he's now made a full recovery.

He sounds good enough when singing DT's own stuff but when they covered Number of the Beast he sounded pretty weak in comparison to Bruce Dickinson.

DT would probably be even better with someone like Russell Allen of Symphony X on vocals.

120_Minutes

Karnivool.

BlaasForRafa

PattheMetaller wrote: »

Hope i don't duplicate any previously mentioned that I agree with:

Riverside; Agalloch; Beardfish; King's X; Marillion

+1 for Agalloch, very underrated band imo.

nocoverart

Defo Agalloch and Isis! and I think Godspeed You! Black Emperor proved how "consistently good" they are with their new album too.

Mushy

PattheMetaller wrote: »

Hope i don't duplicate any previously mentioned that I agree with:

Riverside; Agalloch; Beardfish; King's X; Marillion

What are Riverside like? Heard one song from new album, its class. Looking to get into more of their stuff?

roast

Gojira for sure.

Katatonia, I reckon. Style has changed quite a bit over the years (compare BMD with Dead End Kings, for example) but they've been consistently daycent.

PattheMetaller

Mushy wrote: »

What are Riverside like? Heard one song from new album, its class. Looking to get into more of their stuff?

You won't be disappointed Mushy. I'd summarise their music as Pink Floyd / Porcupine Tree / Opeth / Katatonia / Anathema.

I forgot earlier to say Woods of Ypres. They have an excellent catalogue of albums and were about to take the next big step only for the tragic death of David Gold!

Yellowledbetter

Pearl Jam

Elrollo

Denny M wrote: »

Now post that on metal Ireland and see what it gets you :pac:

only the finest ****storm of rage on the face of the planet!

For my contribution I'd say:
Blind Guardian
Bloodbath
Rage
Ihsahn
Judas Priest
Kreator
Fear Factory
Meshuggah

Just Like Heaven

+1 for Ihsahn.

breadman

Primordial are the best metal band in the world since Sabbath.
And they are Irish.














































Primordial are the best metal band in the world since Sabbath.
And they are Irish.Delicious riffs.

spiralism

PickledLime wrote: »

What about 'Falling Into Infinity'? Absolute cack IMO. They started going downhill after Kevin Moore's departure, and LaBrie never recovered properly after that accident he had with his vocal chords. Anyway...
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Not the first to take issue with it but I loved Falling Into Infinity. Same with Octavarium which many panned as well. DT are a band that everybody has their own favourite stuff by. For example I acknowledge Awake and Scenes From a Memory are classic DT but there's at least five of their albums id go to before either.

On that basis you'd have to say Dream Theater. Always look forward to anything they put out.

Tool are another but Keenan's disappointing lack of ability to remove his head from his hole and get some music out cancels that out a lot. Waiting 5 years + between each album is a complete pisstake.

120_Minutes

spiralism wrote: »

Tool are another but Keenan's disappointing lack of ability to remove his head from his hole and get some music out cancels that out a lot. Waiting 5 years + between each album is a complete pisstake.

5 years = writing/recording/touring/time off/sideprojects for each member isnt that much of a pisstake, but i'll admit i'll be a little annoyed if there's no new album this year.

Adam has artwork on the go
Justin has MT Void
Danny has volto and various session projects
Maynard has Pusifer, winemaking and a bit of APC

My guess is that Tool are being wound up and this will probably the last album. they're all mid to late 40's and danny is 50+

They're gonna go out on a stormer, just read an interview with danny that says justin is kicking their asses this time around, and that they want the album out this year. However, maynard was interviewed while promoting pusifers new stuff and even though his publicist told the interviewer not to ask about tool, he was asked about a new album and said "no new album this year, i've written no songs"

but the nard doesnt write songs on his own does he? plus i dont believe a word he says half the time anyway.

Mushy

Frost*...helps with only 2 albums, but just wow!

Pearl Jam...its a craft to them, so much passion flowing through it all.

Joe_Dull

BlaasForRafa wrote: »

He sounds good enough when singing DT's own stuff but when they covered Number of the Beast he sounded pretty weak in comparison to Bruce Dickinson.

DT would probably be even better with someone like Russell Allen of Symphony X on vocals.

I wouldn't have any interest in hearing bands play covers, so that doesn't bother me in the slightest.

rednik

Black Country Communion : Although they are only around a short time they have made three excellent albums and have also released a live double CD. They are a super band live (when they do tour ).