Courntry: USA Genre: Progressive Metal Line-up: – James LaBrie / vocals – John Petrucci / guitar – Jordan Rudess / keyboards – John Myung / bass – Mike Portnoy / drums & percussion
Country: Sweden Genre: Progressive Metal Line-up: – Daniel Gildenlöw / lead vocals, acoustic guitar – Frederik Hermannson / Grand piano, harpsichord – Johan Langell / drums, percussion, vocals – Kristoffer Gildenlöw / acoustic basses, cello – Johan Hallgren / guitar, vocals
Pain of Salvation 的新專輯《BE》推出了好一段時間,雖一直說要好好研究,但總未能如願,呵,前衛專輯如果要好好研究真的很有的玩,尤其是 Pain of Salvation 這種每張專輯概念都頗為原創的好團!
Pain of Salvation(以下簡稱PoS)這次除了專輯本身,這次還額外推出了 Live DVD,現場把專輯所有曲目 cover 了一遍;PoS 從他們的第二張專輯就逐漸走出屬於他們的前衛曲風,個人覺得在上一張《Remedy Lane》已經完成屬於他們的聲音了!而新專輯《BE》則是更大膽的擺脫傳統前衛金屬的各種元素,不僅融入了民族樂風(了解《BE》的概念後,才發現這是有必要的融入,而非只是為融入而融入)、各種特殊音效,聽完整張專輯,腦中似乎也能描繪出 PoS 所傳達的意念與各個場景;展技的部分明顯減少,但是仔細去聽各個段落,卻又會發現是非常用心的編曲,儘管只是短短的 solo 也與該部分的概念相扣; 我必須說,這才是概念專輯,有確切的主題概念,音樂與歌詞也真正與其匹配,不是嘩眾取寵號稱概念專輯而已。 好了,不再多說其他,正式來談一下這張 Live DVD 的感想。
“Name” is one of my favorite songs of 1995. By delicately plucking four strings on acoustic guitar, Rzeznik (vocal of Goo Goo Dolls) sent us into a spin. It took everybody back to 1996 when, to quote the song, “all the dreams you never thought you’d lose were lost and thrown away.”