Subject: New Babylon A.D. album in November Mon Aug 28, 2017 9:27 pm
Babylon A.D. will release a new album "Revelation Highway" through (who else?) Frontiers Records this November.
The label just unveiled the video for the first single, "Crash & Burn." What sayest thou, gang?
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tohostudios King Of Kaiju
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Subject: Re: New Babylon A.D. album in November Mon Aug 28, 2017 9:59 pm
That song is OK IMO; certainly much better than that Autograph single.
But I think it also sounds like what it is; a late 80s/early 90s band trying to recapture the fleeting success they had back then. It's also not very memorable either.
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Fat Freddy Metal, Movies, Beer
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Subject: Re: New Babylon A.D. album in November Tue Aug 29, 2017 10:53 am
tohostudios wrote:
That song is OK IMO; certainly much better than that Autograph single.
...and way better than the new Quiet Riot
I agree with you tho. It's not bad but it's missing that certain "somethin' somethin'." It's catchy enuff that I wanna hear more though.
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nevermore Metal is my Life
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Subject: Re: New Babylon A.D. album in November Tue Aug 29, 2017 12:16 pm
I thought it was ok. Nothing earth shattering.
007 Metal is my Life
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Subject: Re: New Babylon A.D. album in November Tue Aug 29, 2017 12:57 pm
Another just ok tune. Oh well, I doubt I would have gotten it either way.
Dark Horseman Metal Wanker
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Subject: Re: New Babylon A.D. album in November Tue Aug 29, 2017 1:28 pm
It's decent, nothing special. Are all these Frontiers bands making it? They've flooded the market with a lot of very similar sounding bands.
Eyesore Metal is my Life
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Subject: Re: New Babylon A.D. album in November Tue Aug 29, 2017 7:03 pm
It's aight. Derek still sounds great, though.
Hadley Metal master
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Subject: Re: New Babylon A.D. album in November Wed Aug 30, 2017 3:16 pm
Sounds heavier than the first two albums (then again, B.A.D. never really wrote many fast songs IIRC, most of their stuff were anthems, the occasional ballad, and bluesier stuff on the second album).
exact33 The King
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Subject: Re: New Babylon A.D. album in November Fri Sep 01, 2017 3:18 pm
its good but i am not hearing the music that made their first one so good.
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Subject: Re: New Babylon A.D. album in November Sat Dec 30, 2017 10:08 pm
I got an Amazon gift card for Xmas so I used it to order the Babylon AD disc -- listened to it quite a few times today, sounds good but it's not a must-have. If I hadn't had that gift card to burn, I probably wouldn't have gone out of my way to grab this.
By the way, four of the ten songs are re-treads of old tracks from when they were still called "The Persuaders," before they got signed to Arista back in the day. The original versions of those songs are on the "In The Beginning: Persuaders Recordings 86-88" compilation.
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Fat Freddy Metal, Movies, Beer
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Subject: Re: New Babylon A.D. album in November Sun Dec 31, 2017 12:01 pm
After repeated spins of Revelation Highway I may have to retract some of my earlier comments - I am diggin' this one much more than originally expected. (it's been getting WAY more play time than the new Warrior Soul, which I purchased at the same time, that oughta tell you something).
Working on a review of the disc for my blog, will post link when it's completed.
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