[Flipside]

Meh, considerig the band swapping that used to go on between Black Sabbath, Rainbow etc, and considering that even Pink Floyd could kick out someone who was believed to be 'The Band' and are still going strong, I don't really think you should start worrying too much about Nightwish

[pyro-manic]

Ahh, but Dio-era Sabbath (and all subsequent eras, in fact) were ****e.

[Flipside]

They may be ****e, in your opinion, but the members of that band are still a lot richer than either of us I don't think much of Nightwish to be honest, but then, this isn't about how good we personally find them.

[Nuke]

Yeah but i heard Stormblast's american release is going to be delayed because they want to include bonus stuff. Also, what makes Stormblast the album of choice that they're choosing to redo? Is it better than any of the "Modern" Dimmu (PEM, DCA)?

It's apparently very highly regarded as one of the best bm albums to use synths heavily (at the time when the scene was generally dead against keyboards and the like), and a minor classic of the genre. But the original production was the typical piss-weak rehearsal-room sound, and nowadays the band have a pretty polished sound. So I'm guessing they just wanted to modernise it a bit.

it is a bit more polished, the guitars are cleaner and abit more agressive, the syth is more modern. the drums are better (i believe thanks to hellhammer). the cd makes use of more of the audio spectrum. so its worth it if you liked the original album. they replaced sorgens kammar, a really cool piano solo on the original album, with an entirely new song with the same name, im assuming its a part 2. like the original the album's done in old norwigian. its worth getting if you liked the original.

[KappaWing]

I have the entire DCA and bits and pieces of their other stuff. I really liked Alt lys er svunnet hen so yeah i'm probly gonna get it.

Anyone know when Samael is gonna release something new? (Besides more singles)

[pyro-manic]

Their last album was only out last year, so it might not be for a while yet...

[Nuke]

the us release will come with a few live tracks from ozzfest and some other bonus material i think. i just torented the european release if i see it in a record store, which around here is very unlikely, il buy it. i loaned my dca album to some chick i went out with back in the spring and never saw it again. she also ran off with therion's early death metal album, before they started doing all that symphonic/operatic stuff.