2012年 Jul 29日 Sunday, 11:02
I keep posting short reviews of new albums I buy on DeviantART, which I realized is counter-productive. Yes, most of my art are photo-manipulations of bands (Nightwish, Within Temptation, Delain, Indica, etc) but no one really cares beyond the pictures. As this is a music site, I feel posting them here will create more conversation. We'll see.
Imaginaerum is MAJESTIC, AMAZING, WONDERFUL, THE MOST ORGASMIC EAR FOOD IN THE UNIVERSE.
Nightwish is the nourishment of my soul.
I cannot pick a favorite, but the tracks most listened to so far are:
Last Ride of the Day Best song next to I Want My Tears Back in terms of "hyper," "epic," and melody.
I Want My Tears Back Oh, that interlude. I cannot sit still during that interlude. Even sitting, I'm headbanging and jumping as best I can. So hyper, and I love it!
Rest Calm I really adore this one because I've known so many people who've died; and I feel as if they are speaking to me through this song.
Turn Loose the Mermaids A beautiful ballad that I love to sing!
Ghost River A good "metal" song – nice imagery and many headbanging moments.
Song of Myself The first half with singing. I'm one of those people who don't like "Love." I know it will work in the movie, but there needed to be at least an album edit of the song. I don't want to listen to ten minutes of people jabbering…or at least that's what it sounded like as it kept going. Plus, some of the lyrics of "Love" are odd at best. Tuomas, you didn't connect with me there.
The Imaginaerum medley is nice in that it is a little taste of all the great compositions Tuomas made for the album, ingeniously combined and orchestrated.
Scaretale is a masterpiece just because it's so interesting to listen to. It's the one song I'm not yearning to sing, just experience. The epic of the album. Anette outdoes herself in her passion to distort her voice to create the mood. If this had been on the album of a new band and not Nightwish, people would be praising her, not still comparing her to Tarja.
The Crow, the Owl and the Dove is beautiful in its own way, but is a departure from metal in its simplicity. Not a complaint, it's a nice side road we're taken down as a rest from the bombastic power. Slow, Love, Slow and Turn Loose the Mermaids do this as well, but both in their unique way (the former jazz, the latter a soft ballad with a bit of a Western-esque interlude and a Celtic coda).
Slow, Love, Slow is like "Love" from Song of Myself in that people love it or hate it. I love it. It's not typical Nightwish, but that's the point. It's called evolving. Besides, it is the only song on the album of its kind, meaning Tuomas is not about to make Nightwish a "jazz metal" band. Am I the only one who feels that he is brilliant for even thinking of incorporating jazz into metal? Plus, Anette's vocal is stunning here.
I'm definitely learning the words to Taikatalvi. I wish it was longer. I love Marco crooning in Finnish.
(Troy and the uilleann pipe have my permission to become permanent members of the band. Yes, Tuomas, I'm talking to you).