I am fairly new to edguy music with my first experience being Hellfire club, which I really liked, It was hard but melodici. King of fools is a super song. their next cd i think was called rocket ride I really enjoyed also. Clearly this album was more commercial but still had some good rocking songs. After that I never bought their next two albums, mainly because of mostly bad reviews and with being in the states the album was an import so pretty expensive. however a few weeks ago i found their newest age of the joker for a good price and bought it. I really like this album. More in line with rocket ride than hellfire club with some really catchy tunes but still very good hard rock/metal. was surprsied as some bad reviews on it. I know nothing of their stuff before hellfire club but from what I have read they were a miuch harder band who has over the years gone a ilttle more poppy and commerical. opinions? also the album between age of the joker and rocket ride, i cant remember the name right now but started with a T ...is that cd a similiar style? Davidhttp://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,924875,924875#msg-924875Sat, 18 May 2013 19:20:53 +1000 Phorum 5.2.16 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,924875,924985#msg-924985 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,924875,924985#msg-924985
I'm not a fan of the whole double kick from start to finish standard power metal fare and prefer it when these bands slow it down and show some real power...............a good example is Stratovarius - to me boring when going full speed but awesome when slow and powerful in tracks like Uncertainty, Kiss of Judas.]]> the ORIGINAL brent NoticeboardSun, 30 Dec 2012 14:35:27 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,924875,924977#msg-924977 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,924875,924977#msg-924977 Ydde NoticeboardSun, 30 Dec 2012 13:27:20 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,924875,924971#msg-924971 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,924875,924971#msg-924971 rocknut NoticeboardSun, 30 Dec 2012 10:19:51 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,924875,924909#msg-924909 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,924875,924909#msg-924909
From there on in whilst the albums were good, I dont think any of them really approached the greatness of the earlier material.

If you like more the melodic route then I'd suggest these albums in order (brackets are my personal ranking):

Rocket Ride (5)
Age Of The Joker (6)
Tinitis Sanctus (7)
Mandrake (3)
Hellfire Club (4)
Theater Of Salvation (1)
Vain Glory Opera (2)
Kingdom of Madness (8)]]> Melodinikos_74 NoticeboardSat, 29 Dec 2012 10:43:29 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,924875,924894#msg-924894 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,924875,924894#msg-924894All the Avantasia albums are quality- Scarecrow is the best of the bunch though.]]> lowdz NoticeboardSat, 29 Dec 2012 07:30:01 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,924875,924888#msg-924888 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,924875,924888#msg-924888 infinity NoticeboardSat, 29 Dec 2012 05:21:57 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,924875,924879#msg-924879 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,924875,924879#msg-924879 Julian H NoticeboardSat, 29 Dec 2012 03:15:56 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,924875,924875#msg-924875 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,924875,924875#msg-924875
however a few weeks ago i found their newest age of the joker for a good price and bought it. I really like this album. More in line with rocket ride than hellfire club with some really catchy tunes but still very good hard rock/metal. was surprsied as some bad reviews on it.

I know nothing of their stuff before hellfire club but from what I have read they were a miuch harder band who has over the years gone a ilttle more poppy and commerical.

opinions?
also the album between age of the joker and rocket ride, i cant remember the name right now but started with a T ...is that cd a similiar style?

David]]> deflep7 NoticeboardSat, 29 Dec 2012 01:57:54 +1100