Progressive Savage

Well, well, well. Now would you now, Progressive Nation 2009 Europe features far better bands than the North American one. These are:

• Dream Theater
• Opeth
• Bigelf
• Unexpect

I’ve already mentioned Unexpect here and I’m really looking forward to seeing them live. Dream Theater and Opeth are the kind of bands that need no further introduction. As for the Bigelf, I’ve heard their recording some time ago and I think it’ll be interesting to see them perform live as well.

Man, I haven’t been so much excited about a gig for years. Łuczniczka Hall in Bydgoszcz, Poland is where I’ll be on September 30th.

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Since this is the last day of 2008, I thought about writing some kind of a “favorite releases of 2008″ post. Unfortunately, I didn’t came across any really groundbreaking albums this year. DT haven’t released anything except a live footage, and what’s groundbreaking about that? Long-awaited TSR is quite nice, but that’s all one can say about it, and frankly Ayreon’s 01011001 disappointed me. I never liked Marillion, so their recent album didn’t impress me at all. Neither did Pendragon.

On the other hand, I think Perihellium’s debut album is quite nice, and I heard that Opeth’s Watershed is pretty cool, too… though nothing can beat Blackwater Park.

Nonetheless, I thought about sharing with you my two recent revelations. Although these albums were released two years ago (2006), I got to know about them from my boss shortly before Christmas so I didn’t manage to include them in my letter to Santa.