Comments on: Just release the damn album already! https://didacticmind.com/2015/03/just-release-damn-album-already.html Strategic Defence of the Mantle of Responsibility Sat, 29 Aug 2020 20:45:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Didact https://didacticmind.com/2015/03/just-release-damn-album-already.html#comment-3785 Sat, 21 Mar 2015 08:53:10 +0000 #comment-3785 In reply to Midknight.

Yeah, Once was their creative high-point- though there is an awful lot of filler on that album. I do really like Imaginaerum, there is a lot of good stuff on it; "Last Ride of the Day", "I Want My Tears Back", "Rest Calm", etc. The perpetual fanboy slapfest about which vocalist is the best really doesn't bother me with that one; Annette's voice suits the newer material well enough, though she could never pull off the older stuff.

Floor, on the other hand, has the chops to do it all. Which is why I'm quite surprised that, in the two songs released so far, she sounds pretty tame. That woman has astonishing versatility as a singer.

SABATON have quickly become one of my favourite bands ever. They're beyond silly, but they're unquestionably great at what they do- I once called them the "Pacific Rim" of metal. And they're one of the best live bands around- they love the fans, and we love them.

]]> By: Midknight https://didacticmind.com/2015/03/just-release-damn-album-already.html#comment-3784 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 02:25:45 +0000 #comment-3784 I like both tier Tarja era albums and their later stuff, but while Once in ways has their best songs on it overall, I keep coming back to Dark Passion Play, and Imaginareum (especially Last Ride of the Day…)

Thanks for the posts – and for getting me hooked on Sabaton

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