Label: The End
Category: Music
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Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 5099751119128
ASIN: B00008NUWR
Release Date: 2003-05-01
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Circle II Circle
Label: The End Category: Music Average customer rating:
Format: Enhanced Media: Audio CD Number Of Discs: 1 EAN: 5099751119128 ASIN: B00008NUWR Release Date: 2003-05-01 |
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The Best MUST HAVE album of 2003!.......2003-08-14
Best CD of 2003 (so far)!.......2003-07-04
After listening to the title track for months and months before the release of the album, my expectations were set extremely high. It sounds like a lost Savatage track! Needless to say, I bought the album a couple of weeks ago and not only did it not disappoint, but I can easily say that it's my favorite CD of 2003 so far.
The disc opens up with a great, heavy rocker, "Out Of Reach". No, it doesn't sound very much like Savatage, but that's not a bad thing at all. It's good to know that Circle II Circle have their own sound, but it's also good to know that the Savatage influences are there on several other tracks. "Sea Of White" follows and again, doesn't sound like Savatage. This song flat out rocks. It starts out with a killer bassline and the chorus is top-notch! Aaaaah, up next we have my favorite song on the album - "Into The Wind". It starts off very ballad-esque with beautiful vocals and then kicks into a KILLER chorus that is full of energy and emotion. I can listen to this chorus for hours on end, it's just perfect! And that riff that comes in in the middle of the song, wow, just wow! The title track follows. Great song, beautiful piano work, beautiful vocals. "Forgiven" is up next. This is probably my 2nd favorite on the album. The verses are very dark sounding and even contain Jon Oliva contributing some of the vocals! The chorus, again, is top-notch and reminds me a lot of some stuff on The Wake Of Magellan. "Lies" is my least favorite on the album, but it's still very cool. It's very heavy and not very melodic but there are cool riffs. It reminds me A LOT of "Complaint In The System" from Magellan. It has distorted vocals and has the same type of riffs (I can't explain what I mean by that, but if you hear it, you'll understand). The next song is great - "Face To Face". This isn't very Savatage-esque either. It's slower paced and very different sounding from anything else on the album. The next song, "Walls", is simply sublime. It starts off with beautiful piano and beautiful vocals and then acoustic guitars are added. The chorus is so beautiful and emotional. It has a Savatage feel to it, but still doesn't sound like anything they have ever written before. "The Circle" is another heavy rocker and one of my least favorites, but I really do enjoy it a lot (that just goes to show how much I love this album!). I didn't like it at first, but it really grew on me. The final song, "F.O.S." (Fields Of Sorrow), is amazing. It starts off slow and beautiful and then becomes heavier with fast vocals. The ending to this song contains the overdubbed vocals that Zak is famous for. This is the most Savatage-esque moment on the entire CD!
Wow, this review is getting too long, but I just can't stress enough how much I love it. And if you liked Zak's vocals with Savatage, his voice will blow you away with this album. Like I said, Zak used to be ONE of my favorite singers; now he's my favorite singer. I can't wait to see what this band is capable of in the future!
They don't break the circle..........2003-07-04
Watching In Silence is a full-out, ballsy metal production with obvious Savatage tendencies in melody and composition. That's not surprising considering Oliva and Caffery contributed alot toward the writing of the songs. If you've heard and like Savatage, particularly the Edge Of Thorns album, you'll like this as well. However, don't expect a carbon copy of Savatage. While there are heavy Sava-influences, this album stands alone quite well.
For those of you not familiar with Savatage, this album is a musical tapestry of heavy mid-tempo riffs blended seemlessly with the occasional soft spot to touch your heart. If you are looking for superfast double bass drumming and galloping guitar licks ala power metal bands like Iron Maiden, Helloween, Kamelot, and Stratovarius, you won't find it here. This is just a very straight-forward, somewhat progressive, heavy metal composition that should please anyone who was into 80's heavy metal and many who are into the current metal scene.
I have to give the Florida-based Circle 2 Circle band five stars on this effort because it comes highly recommended from me. It's quickly become part of my primary playlist and is a great pacifier until the next Savatage masterpiece comes out next year.
Copy Protected CD = crippled.......2003-07-02
Awesome? That word falls FAR short!!!!.......2003-06-15
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Music CD
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Mentally Vexed ~ Crown of Thorns
Chewing on the Bit ~ Dirty Looks
Solo lo Mejor de Atahualpa Yupanqui ~ Atahualpa Yupanqui
Carmen Nebel Presents ~ Brunner & Brunner
Live in Luzern: 27th July, 2004 ~ Stray Cats
Batman Returns: Original Motion Picture Score ~ Danny Elfman