Is Jon Oliva a better songwriter than he was 15 years ago?

SoldierUnderCommand wrote:

Olaf hit the nail on the head, and glad to hear you finally got it, DB.

I am too and this might kick Khymera out of number 1. Of course the year is not yet half way over so only time will tell. I actually like this more than MR, definatly a kick arse album!

I loved it at the first spin.

SoldierUnderCommand wrote:

I loved it at the first spin.

Same here which is a good thing considering I paid import price ($29.95) for the damn thing. I could have had the store send it back but then I'd have to wait another 2-3 weeks to finally get it.

Funny about the mention of doing a more "heavy" record in the vain of DB.
Oliva and I were working the other night and straight from the mountain kings
mouth: "The next one is going to leave teeth on the floor....we are going to
come right out of the gate and just plow the fans down for the first 4-5 songs...this will be a nice twist to the JOP catalog while still leaving us plenty
of room for some experimenting".

The follow up to "Firefly" is already in the works and it's going to be something
very special indeed!

Cheers and many thanks for the kind words and enthusiasm. It constantly motivates us to work harder while always trying to satisfy what we would appreciate as fans of good music.

\m/

No prob, Kong, thank you for posting here.

no he steals riffs from metallica and black sabbath. for Pain Anyway

TheGooch wrote:

no he steals riffs from metallica and black sabbath. for Pain Anyway

TheGooch wrote:

no he steals riffs from metallica and black sabbath. for Pain Anyway

Wow , what a ridiculous statement!!

TheGooch wrote:

no he steals riffs from metallica and black sabbath. for Pain Anyway

You're more ignorant than I originally thought.

spectrefate wrote:

TheGooch wrote:

no he steals riffs from metallica and black sabbath. for Pain Anyway

You're more ignorant than I originally thought.

well when i saw them two of the songs i played had a surprising resemblance to Eye of the Beholder and Heaven and Hell and i am talking an almost note for note resemblance

now i think about it that statement was pretty bad as i have no savatage albums so is he a better than fifteen years ago i dont know but my comment about some of the Pain riffs sounding familiar i still stand by

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now i think about it that statement was pretty bad

Yes it was, but at least you admitted it. That's a start.