I don't think I've talked about music for... must be at least five posts now. A number of people had mentioned the Music Genome Project, and I eventually decided to give it a try. I have to say that my initial doubt that it would extend to my taste was proved unfounded. After a less than successful search for bands like Iron Savior and Gamma Ray yielded only slightly off-key American punk stuff (one of which had the hilarious name "Doomtree"), I tried searching for bands like Sonata Arctica and am now trying to find out more about a Brazil-based band by the name of Angra. And this comes right after I thought I'd hit a wall as far as the diversity of music collection was concerned.
To put the band that I'm going to mention next in context, I think that Iron Savior needs a brief explanation. I think that the band is rather like Knightmare - they both have ridiculously involved storylines for what they are, and therefore fall into the category where you either think that the idea is absolutely amazing or just appallingly silly. In the band's case, their storyline revolves around a living battleship that was intended to guard Atlantis, but was broken into and turned against its creators, necessitating the change of plan to send it a 350-millennium-long round trip through deep space, after which time it returns to Earth.
Got that? Well, the Guardians of Time might as well be titled "If You Thought They Were Silly, Wait Until You See Us." I'm not entirely sure what their plot is, but it involves five immortal beings which chronicle the history of the Universe (the Past, Present, Future, Dream and the Parallel time periods - at least, that's what it says here), and each album of theirs is a chapter from one of them. The lyrics to their songs sound like they're from an 80s sci-fi cartoon.
The tone of the whole thing is exemplified in the old Flash intro to the site. It comes complete with their logo, quite possibly the most confusing symbol ever conceived.
To put the band that I'm going to mention next in context, I think that Iron Savior needs a brief explanation. I think that the band is rather like Knightmare - they both have ridiculously involved storylines for what they are, and therefore fall into the category where you either think that the idea is absolutely amazing or just appallingly silly. In the band's case, their storyline revolves around a living battleship that was intended to guard Atlantis, but was broken into and turned against its creators, necessitating the change of plan to send it a 350-millennium-long round trip through deep space, after which time it returns to Earth.
Got that? Well, the Guardians of Time might as well be titled "If You Thought They Were Silly, Wait Until You See Us." I'm not entirely sure what their plot is, but it involves five immortal beings which chronicle the history of the Universe (the Past, Present, Future, Dream and the Parallel time periods - at least, that's what it says here), and each album of theirs is a chapter from one of them. The lyrics to their songs sound like they're from an 80s sci-fi cartoon.
The tone of the whole thing is exemplified in the old Flash intro to the site. It comes complete with their logo, quite possibly the most confusing symbol ever conceived.
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