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Re: A non-Metal singers take on 5 greats now I really do feel sorry for the guy, starting his own solo career and producing nothing but sub-par music, although it has to be said that he hasn't exactly had much guidance in that regard, with the exception of Judas Priest he's performed with a band who used up all their riffs two albums before he joined them and have been recycling ever since, and someone who has absolutely no idea how to properly structure a song

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now I really do feel sorry for the guy' date=' starting his own solo career and producing nothing but sub-par music, although it has to be said that he hasn't exactly had much guidance in that regard, with the exception of Judas Priest he's performed with a band who used up all their riffs two albums before he joined them and have been recycling ever since, and someone who has absolutely no idea how to properly structure a song[/quote'] His debut with Priest was one of the best Priest albums of all time. Top three no question. I don't think they used up all their riffs either. Demolition wasn't a good Priest album but it was full of new ideas and riffs. They seemingly ran out when Halford came back. At least Nostradamus redeemed that dismal excuse of an album. I actually waited anxiously for him to release something on his own like Blaze did, but his efforts were way to little too late. The first two Blaze albums are excellent. Where as Ripper is only good with an established act.
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Re: A non-Metal singers take on 5 greats I was actually referring to Iced Earth, don't think they've had an original riff since The Dark Saga, and the other comment was directed towards Yngwie, the guy only knows how to write solos, and rip off classical music, I like what Ripper did with Priest though, and I didn't like what Blaze did with Maiden, for some reason his voice just irritates me

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I was actually referring to Iced Earth' date=' don't think they've had an original riff since The Dark Saga, and the other comment was directed towards Yngwie, the guy only knows how to write solos, and rip off classical music, I like what Ripper did with Priest though, and I didn't like what Blaze did with Maiden, for some reason his voice just irritates me[/quote'] I couldn't agree more with you regarding Iced Earth. I love the Dark Saga, if Matt hadn't be the vocalist it probably would've been their best. Yngwie's worth seeing, not owing. Being his vocalist would be a boring job. I thought Blaze did excellent work with Maiden, I just thought his vocals were a bit low for what we've been accustomed too. It did work however.
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Re: A non-Metal singers take on 5 greats I've always found Dark Saga to be extremely overrated, like a watered down version of Burnt Offerings that fans could for some reason never stop salivating over. The riffs on Something Wicked This Way Comes are far better, as are the overall song and album structure, with its massive ending epic only being trumped by their Dante's Inferno epic. Dark Saga tries way too hard in every area and falls flat on its face, I even like Horror Show better than that album.

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Re: A non-Metal singers take on 5 greats It (the Dark Saga) was intentionally stripped down and simplistic, as opposed to what followed. I've never thought it tried to be Burnt Offerings II. Both stand on their own merits, the one exception being Matt could actually sing on BO and vocally rapped DS. Either way the bulk of IE's catalog is shit.

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getting back to good singers though Sanctuary's singer (at least on "Refuge Denied") has some incredible talent' date=' that guy hits high notes that would put Rob Halford to shame, especially on the track "Battle Angels"[/quote'] WTF? No. Warrel is a great singer but Halford is a much better screamer.
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