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After 5 years of recording silence and Spanish geography traveled hundreds of concerts without much influx trying every means to survive, the Madrid Beethoven R put on the market its fourth studio album: ... Better late than never!

This disc is Beethoven R 100%, with songs as the band's style which can be very little new. The subject of the songs come to be a combination of Sex and Rock & Roll to which we are accustomed, but maybe the songs are a bit lackluster than usual due to a rather mediocre production. The greatest flaw, coupled with little originality on the issues, causes the disc is a bit harder to digest than they were first.

But do not put all the blame sound and subject matter. The compositions and the lyrics are quite acceptable and instruments, despite the production, they sound pretty good. I think one of the major flaws of this work is precisely what was the great incentive that gave them so famous in the first two: the singer himself, Ivan Urbistondo.

Ivan is very far from being this very powerful demigod vocal left us all speechless at the beginning of Beethoven R or on stage in four cats. The bad life and not pay much attention to maintaining their vocal qualities makes this album sound very broken, drowned when trying to high tones, and without that magical ability to rise to tones that were once impossible. In this rather short album of the magical production arrangements, such defects highlighted more. And watch, I'm not saying do it wrong (still well above the likes of Andrea and Victor Jose Garcia), simply say it is not even a shadow of what it was.

Apart from that, as I said, the disc is pretty good. Good guitars, but without many frills, fulfilling their role, a low character because very little production but correct, a good battery and powerful sound.

In short, the fourth album by Beethoven R will please any fan of the band but does not get to the soles of his shoes to his first two and exceptional work. But I think it is still entirely subjective, here I put a sample for which ye yourselves opinéis. This is the song Crazy, I hope you enjoy.

Black Clouds & Silver Linings is the name of the latest album from Dream Theater Americans. Albums like this make you fall in love even more music. It is a delight for all ears that everyone, fans of Heavy Metal Progressive or not, should listen at least twice. A perfect instrumentation, complex compositions and mostly very melodic and flawless production make this one of the best albums of the year ... or the best.

The album, at least that I have, comes in three CD format. First we have the record itself with its 6 songs, then a 6-CD covers, and finally a bonus CD with 6 songs of CD1 in instrumental format. Some of you think you got a record of 6 songs is rubbish, but omitting the fact the 6 covers the second CD, the unsurpassed quality of the songs and most of them over 10 minutes in length changes things up.

We have everything from the dark, A Nightmare To Remember jeviorra with which opens up a melodic album The Best of Times or via Wither songs perfectly blend the virtues of the two. Among the versions of the second CD I would highlight their currado a topic already spectacular as Stargazer.

Finally, as in reality this disk is one of those cases where I could spend hours talking about them without even closer to what we can offer you better leave you a small sample that you may be that you yourselves valoréis. Since I know that this blog is visited not only metal fans I am going to put one of the more melodic and sentimental songs: The Best Of Times. The theme tells the story of a son and his father, rather the good memories that stays with the child when his father dies. Sad, sentimental and touching.

PD: I'd like to dedicate this song, with all the love in the world, my friends Jon and Veronica.

Your spirit led my life each day
My heart is bleeding bad
But I'll be okay
Your spirit guides my life each day

Speaking of Arjen Lucassen's talk about one of the greatest geniuses in the history of heavy metal, and talk about Guilt Machine is doing so on your next project. We say as we say a genius is a genius, and if someone like Arjen Ayreon leave their projects to create a new group with which to explore their musical interests that smells masterpiece.

Far from the themes of his operas Perect heavy metal On This Day, which was the name of this new disk group, we do not speak or science fiction or tell us a story through a few songs. In this case all the tracks on the album revolve around one concept: the destructive psychology of guilt. The introspective themes of the songs touch the sensitive fibers of guilt, repentance, or the lies we do to ourselves.

You see, some people are light years away from the cliches about metal music. On This Perfect Day will come out this August 31, and the members forming the Guilt Machine are:

• Vocals: Jasper Steverlinck (Arid)
• Drums: Chris Maitland (ex-Porcupine Tree)
• Lead Guitar: Lori Linstruth
• Backing vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass, songwriting, production, etc: Arjen Lucassen

And for all those who entered their curiosity here is the trailer of the album:

If you want to know more about this group and hear the odd advance you can visit his MYSPACE.

If we speak of discs that we have set for our lives I'm sure most of my generation enjoyed one of the 20 with this great album of Sonata Arctica. It was early in the new century and hit with a lot of power metal force in our country.

Yes, I speak of that kind of powerful trilladísimo now refrains and vibrant guitar solos accompanied by an omnipresent keyboard solo is also pitching in occasionally. I mean the time of the Avalanche and Red Wine in our country and Sonata Arctica, Stratovarius and many others in Europe. It was very simple music, but at our age we loved.

Silence (2001) was the second album by this Finnish band that achieved fame in 1999 from virtually conquer all lovers of Power with their debut album Ecliptica. In this second work before us today, Sonata Arctica formula that gave us even today continues to repeat ad nauseam: Riffs very rapid and direct, a keyboard present on every song, great guitar solos and a shrill voice in song and very melodic with repetitive choruses, but you were the first.

It trully makes the most beautiful music ...
Everything it has to give ....
It's everywhere, hiding the listener ...
Without it ... I could not live ...
.... Silence

With these words began one of the disks that I hear in my life, Silence of Sonata Arctica. I can not conclude this post with which I remember as remote and put that good times without VIDEOCLIP belonging to this record of mother that any child should have ever seen, certainly more than one will even remember this very great song ... Wolf and Raven