Blackbird, CoA, TLH. I feel like TLH is criminally underrated. I go on a journey every time I hear it. The tone and lyrics feel purposely angry and desperate at times and by the end the melody is so fittingly heroic. Not to mention both solos are killer. I completely agree. Every time I'm done list...

No. They must leave Farther than the Sun. One of my top 10 AB songs. They don't play a lot of what I love. Yet I love every song in the set. I've been watching their sets they're playing in Europe right now and they were apparently supposed to live premiere The Last Hero in Sweden I think but for so...

YES!!! I love this. 1. Burn It Down 2. Brand New Start 3. Man this is tougher than I thought it would be. Blackbird 4. Bleed it Dry 5. The Last Hero. And I want to clarify something. Everybody keeps saying Myles' solo kicks Marks's ass. Nah man. There's like a hidden part of the solo that makes it's...

I still maintain that Broken Wings guitar intro is one of the greatest guitar melodies ever written. It, like the solo in Brand New Start are very SRV to me. I feel like those two instances show his influence on Mark more than any other point in his discography. Myles is at peak-Myles to me in Broke...

Where the frick is track 6?!?! I've been waiting two whole days already!!!

This was as easy for me as any. Burn It Down is my absolute favorite song. Not just by AB, mind you. None of their songs go from so low to so high. Ending with the solo, my favorite AB solo, is something I think they should do more often. As a matter of fact, I can't think of another AB song that en...

Muffin McFluffin, I think you make a lot of great points but Prog element you speak of is something we've been begging for for years. It's the next step in a band like AB's evolution. V,C,V,C,B,C,C is for church music. Furthermore, I love, love, love Broken Wings, In Loving Memory, Brand New Start,...

Muffin McFluffin, I think you make a lot of great points but Prog element you speak of is something we've been begging for for years. It's the next step in a band like AB's evolution. V,C,V,C,B,C,C is for church music. Furthermore, I love, love, love Broken Wings, In Loving Memory, Brand New Start, ...

Agree about it being a great trilogy of songs. Twilight is probably number 6 on my list. I get an ODR vibe from it just as much as My Champion or You Will Be Remembered.

No particular order: The Other Side: Slow and creepy. People keep saying it's like Show Me A Sign's twin, but the more I listen, the more I disagree. SMAS is brooding and depressive. This feels more angry and brooding. The song is just massive. I'm glad they didn't add a solo because I think it's p...

YES!!! YES!!! YES!!! If you hadn't started this thread, I would have. Yes, Myles and Mark brought it of course but I think nobody brought it more this album than Flip and he MAXED OUT brought it on the title track. He is all over the place in that song and in a good way. I too am a drummer and what ...

I can understand Losing Patience. Though I wouldn't short this album any number of songs. But Twilight I love. It's like they threw in a non-ballad throwback in between all the heavy for those wanting a bit more ABIII-type AB. Anybody has having this problem.?: I've been listening to this album sinc...

Alright, a new guys overall thoughts on The Last Hero (not that anyone should care too much). I really like this album. For me, this is a continuation in a certain direction after Fortress that I hoped they would go. Fortress hinted at some of the prog-metal stuff they dove into a little more with ...

I'm not even sure it's close. It's The Last Hero for me. Even though I think it's about someone I don't care for. Structurally it's brilliant. I love Myles vocals on it. I love the solos. The heaviest part of the album comes right after Myles' solo. It's what I've known AB has been capable of for so...

I've never fancied myself having a "good ear." So that might be why I don't have a problem with the "muddled" sound of the album. I feel like it's just that heavy. And I honestly still love it. More than I did when I posted yesterday morning. The title track is exhausting but in ...

Full disclosure: I haven't loved any album I've ever ended up loving right out the gate. It usually takes a couple of weeks to warm up to it. That's happened with each AB album so far and each album takes up spots 1-4 on my all-time top 4 albums list. That being said...this one is taking a lot less ...

I've never put this down so this is good for me. 1) Burn it Down- AB's first epic. And to me still unsurpassed. Nothing they have, even still, goes from as low to as high in intensity. Mark's solo makes this song though and I love it!!! 2) Brand New Start- I love the intro and to me, they don't have...

The solo from Bleed it Dry is reminiscent of Brand New Start's solo. I love it. Because of it and the segue into said solo, I'm going with BiD. But Farther than the Sun is super legit and Outright, how it didn't make it onto the record is beyond me.