But why should any hardcore fan be disappointed that the band didn't play for the millionth time Open your eyes, Come to life, Rise today, Isolation or even Blackbird? whatever... Are they just fans of these specific songs or the band? They could change the setlist every tour, fans would always be h...

Amazing - compared to basically all in-door concerts in relatively small venues I've been to in the past, even though AB obviously don't play in really small venues anymore. Myles' voice was always very audible, same goes for both guitars, even though Mark's could've been a bit louder in Berlin and...

Blackbird wrote:Myles just played Wonderful Life spontaneously, without it being on the setlist. Mark was confused as hell and I was happy as hell.

How was the sound in these concerts in Germany?

I enjoy all songs but it has to be Blackbird, my favorite song of all time.

Blackbird
This Side of Fate
Waters Rising
I Know it Hurts
The Bitter End
Down To My Last

Why did they stop playing Buried Alive and Burn it Down?
With the exception of new songs, the setlist has been boring. The same songs all over again...

Coming Home, The Uninvited and Still Remains are 3 of my favorite AB songs and it sucks not to vote for all of them. But I have to choose Coming Home. I love everything about the song, especially the bridge and Flip's work. The drumming is awesome. Coming Home The Uninvited (I think this one could b...

Sometimes I wish I could see what is so special about Ghosts (the same applies to Open Your Eyes).
But I have the feeling that one day I'll be a fan of that song. I really enjoyed the acoustic performances and the live version with the orchestra surprised me a lot too.

Man, tough choice between Bleed It Dry and The Other Side. I think depends on the mood but I went to the first one.

Bleed It Dry/The Other Side
Brand New Start (close second)
Open Your Eyes/Ghosts/In The Deep (don't care about these 3)

A few years ago I would vote Come To Life easily, today I think it is tied with Addicted To Pain and The Writing On The Wall. Since it had no votes, I chose WOTW. I think it deserves more appreciation, it's such a cool song. People love Isolation, but I find it boring most of the time, don't know wh...

After listening to all the albums again

Fortress
The Last Hero/ABIII
Blackbird
Walk The Sky
One Day Remains

Cry of Achilles
Slip to the Void
Find The Real
Show Me a Leader
Ties That Bind
One Life

I would love to see Myles sing One Life instead of being played from a tape.

After a few more listens, most of the songs are growing a little bit more, others not so much, quite the opposite. Take the Crown, In the Deep, The Bitter End and Tear us apart are just meh. So I disagree when some people say it's a consistent album. A shorter album with 11, 12 songs would be better...

Yesterday i would choose Forever Falling over Clear Horizon, but now the top 5 goes to

Indoctrination
Clear Horizon
Pay No Mind
Walking in the sky
Dying Light

After a few listens, I think it's a solid album, better than I expected. Even some of the pre-released songs sound a lot better listening the album in full. I don't think it's their best album, but there are some interesting/new things here. This album will, certainly be a grower. Indoctrination, Fo...

I don't really get the hate towards Elvis... I mean he produced not only the "bad sounding" records but also Blackbird! So, if you have anyone to blame, blame the band. They chose Elvis in the first place and they decided to let him produce their other records as well... so... True. Watch...

I like some of their ballads but they work better in acoustic. I think they should have recorded it that way for the albums instead of full band. Watch Over You is a good example of this. The album version is so generic and cheesy (I always skip it) but when I hear the acoustic performances it seems...

I consider Wayward One and Show me a Sign epic too. In the end it's all subjective.

Oh man, Mark was absolutely amazing. He could do the vocals more often, maybe Open Your Eyes too?
I hope they keep Burn It Down in the set.

Tarja - In The Raw