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<h2><a name="sec1" id="sec1"></a>
The Bands I Like the Most</h2>

<h3><a name="sec2" id="sec2"></a>
Skyclad</h3>

<p class="first">Skyclad is incredible folk metal. The first two albums (<em>Wayward Sons
of Mother Earth</em> and <em>Burnt Offerings for the Bone Idol</em>) are Testament
style thrash with a bit of fiddle and keys. The third album, <em>Jonah's
Ark</em>, blunts the edge of the guitars and adds a lot more fiddle and is
really where the band goes from making good to incredible
music.</p>

<p><em>Prince of the Poverty Line</em> is about as 'heavy' as the first two
albums, but the the song structures are far more worked out and there
is an interesting infusion of folk and power metal into the sound. The
songs are mostly scathing social critiques of the state of society at
the time. The follow up, <em>Silent Whales of Lunar Sea</em>, is a decent album
but is scarred by terrible recording quality and mixing. It has
listenable songs (with &quot;The Present Imperfect&quot; and &quot;Another Fine Mess&quot;
standing out), and the only really noteable aspect is the slight
change toward a much less thrashy riff structure.</p>

<p><em>Irrational Anthems</em> more than made up for <em>Silent Whales of Lunar
Sea</em>. The less thrashy and slightly more punkish riffing structure
takes over here and the songs are all fast paced with guitar and
fiddle duels taking place often</p>

<p>The next two albums see the electric guitar deemphasized and the band
making something more like heavy rock than heavy metal. The EP <em>Oui
Avante Garde a Chance</em> starts out with a fast paced fiddle oriented
song, moves into a nearly entirely fiddle and acoustic guitar song,
and then goes into a few slow songs dominated by keys and fiddle. The
albums picks up in intensity with <em>Bombjour</em>, and then has an acoustic
version of a song from the previous album. The new material ends with
the slow and intense <em>Badtime Story</em>. A couple of covers and an
instrumental version of a song follow to pad the EP to album length.</p>

<p><em>The Answer Machine?</em> is my favorite album in my entire collection. Most
of the songs have a fuzzy electric guitar and an acoustic guitar going
at the same time, and the album is music that I have found is
listenable to people who don't like metal. The fiddle, violin, and
piano dominate and are backed by interesting bass and just the right
amount of guitar. The album is a pseudo-concept album; each song is
about a different quest for the answer to life.</p>

<p>The last two Skyclad album with Martin Walkyier (the original singer)
see a two step return to a more metal style, but this time something
resembling <em>Powerslave</em> era Maiden with heavy folk overtones rather than
Testament. Both albums lack any weak songs, and have a few that are
among the best Skyclad has ever done: &quot;Cancer of the Heart,&quot; &quot;A Well
Beside the River,&quot; and &quot;Vintage Whine&quot; on <em>Vintage Whine</em>, and &quot;The
Antibody Politic,&quot; &quot;The Disenchanted Forest,&quot; and &quot;Think Back and Lie
of England&quot; on <em>Folkemon</em>.</p>

<p>Alas, after <em>Folkemon</em> Martin left, and the band seems to have lost its
magic. It is much like At the Gates; the core members meshed quite
well together and lost some magical chemistry upon a major component
leaving. Skyclad's first album with the new singer was ok, and perhaps
the next one will be better. Sadly Martin Walkyier decided to abandon
music forever.</p>


<h3><a name="sec3" id="sec3"></a>
Kevin Moore</h3>

<p class="first">Kevin Moore is the first keyboardist of Dream Theater who left after
<em>Awake</em>. His work since then has surpassed the quality of everything
Dream Theater has produced since then for he posesses a unique
songwriting style and wonderful artistic ability.</p>

<h4><a name="sec4" id="sec4"></a>
Chroma Key</h4>

<p class="first">Chroma Key is Kevin Moore's primary project. It is mostly electronic
and fairly mellow.</p>


<h4><a name="sec5" id="sec5"></a>
OSI</h4>

<p class="first">OSI was originally a collaboration between Kevin Moore, Jim Matheos
(guitarist of Fates Warning), Mike Portnoy (drummer of Dream Theater),
and a few other prog rock/metal people. The first album, <em>Office of
Strategic Influence</em> was a moderately heavy and good album that sounded
quite similar to <em>Disconnected</em> Fates Warning with Kevin Moore on vocals
and complicated drumming.</p>

<p><em>Free</em> followed three years later and is completely different from the
first. This time the album was done with Kevin Moore and Jim Matheos
alone, and it finds a much nicer balance between keyboard and
guitar. The first OSI sounded too much like Fates Warning with more
ambient keyboarding; this one has a sound of its own. My ears have
heard this album many times, and will listen again many more.</p>


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	17	<a href="#sec1">The Bands I Like the Most</a>
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	22	<a href="#sec2">Skyclad</a>
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	25	<a href="#sec3">Kevin Moore</a>
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	30	<a href="#sec4">Chroma Key</a>
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	45	<h2><a name="sec1" id="sec1"></a>
	46	The Bands I Like the Most</h2>
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	48	<h3><a name="sec2" id="sec2"></a>
	49	Skyclad</h3>
	50
	51	<p class="first">Skyclad is incredible folk metal. The first two albums (<em>Wayward Sons
	52	of Mother Earth</em> and <em>Burnt Offerings for the Bone Idol</em>) are Testament
	53	style thrash with a bit of fiddle and keys. The third album, <em>Jonah's
	54	Ark</em>, blunts the edge of the guitars and adds a lot more fiddle and is
	55	really where the band goes from making good to incredible
	56	music.</p>
	57
	58	<p><em>Prince of the Poverty Line</em> is about as 'heavy' as the first two
	59	albums, but the the song structures are far more worked out and there
	60	is an interesting infusion of folk and power metal into the sound. The
	61	songs are mostly scathing social critiques of the state of society at
	62	the time. The follow up, <em>Silent Whales of Lunar Sea</em>, is a decent album
	63	but is scarred by terrible recording quality and mixing. It has
	64	listenable songs (with "The Present Imperfect" and "Another Fine Mess"
65	standing out), and the only really noteable aspect is the slight
66	change toward a much less thrashy riff structure.</p>
67
68	<p><em>Irrational Anthems</em> more than made up for <em>Silent Whales of Lunar
69	Sea</em>. The less thrashy and slightly more punkish riffing structure
70	takes over here and the songs are all fast paced with guitar and
71	fiddle duels taking place often</p>
72
73	<p>The next two albums see the electric guitar deemphasized and the band
74	making something more like heavy rock than heavy metal. The EP <em>Oui
75	Avante Garde a Chance</em> starts out with a fast paced fiddle oriented
76	song, moves into a nearly entirely fiddle and acoustic guitar song,
77	and then goes into a few slow songs dominated by keys and fiddle. The
78	albums picks up in intensity with <em>Bombjour</em>, and then has an acoustic
79	version of a song from the previous album. The new material ends with
80	the slow and intense <em>Badtime Story</em>. A couple of covers and an
81	instrumental version of a song follow to pad the EP to album length.</p>
82
83	<p><em>The Answer Machine?</em> is my favorite album in my entire collection. Most
84	of the songs have a fuzzy electric guitar and an acoustic guitar going
85	at the same time, and the album is music that I have found is
86	listenable to people who don't like metal. The fiddle, violin, and
87	piano dominate and are backed by interesting bass and just the right
88	amount of guitar. The album is a pseudo-concept album; each song is
89	about a different quest for the answer to life.</p>
90
91	<p>The last two Skyclad album with Martin Walkyier (the original singer)
92	see a two step return to a more metal style, but this time something
93	resembling <em>Powerslave</em> era Maiden with heavy folk overtones rather than
94	Testament. Both albums lack any weak songs, and have a few that are
95	among the best Skyclad has ever done: "Cancer of the Heart," "A Well
96	Beside the River," and "Vintage Whine" on <em>Vintage Whine</em>, and "The
97	Antibody Politic," "The Disenchanted Forest," and "Think Back and Lie
98	of England" on <em>Folkemon</em>.</p>
99
100	<p>Alas, after <em>Folkemon</em> Martin left, and the band seems to have lost its
101	magic. It is much like At the Gates; the core members meshed quite
102	well together and lost some magical chemistry upon a major component
103	leaving. Skyclad's first album with the new singer was ok, and perhaps
104	the next one will be better. Sadly Martin Walkyier decided to abandon
105	music forever.</p>
106
107
108	<h3><a name="sec3" id="sec3"></a>
109	Kevin Moore</h3>
110
111	<p class="first">Kevin Moore is the first keyboardist of Dream Theater who left after
112	<em>Awake</em>. His work since then has surpassed the quality of everything
113	Dream Theater has produced since then for he posesses a unique
114	songwriting style and wonderful artistic ability.</p>
115
116	<h4><a name="sec4" id="sec4"></a>
117	Chroma Key</h4>
118
119	<p class="first">Chroma Key is Kevin Moore's primary project. It is mostly electronic
120	and fairly mellow.</p>
121
122
123	<h4><a name="sec5" id="sec5"></a>
124	OSI</h4>
125
126	<p class="first">OSI was originally a collaboration between Kevin Moore, Jim Matheos
127	(guitarist of Fates Warning), Mike Portnoy (drummer of Dream Theater),
128	and a few other prog rock/metal people. The first album, <em>Office of
129	Strategic Influence</em> was a moderately heavy and good album that sounded
130	quite similar to <em>Disconnected</em> Fates Warning with Kevin Moore on vocals
131	and complicated drumming.</p>
132
133	<p><em>Free</em> followed three years later and is completely different from the
134	first. This time the album was done with Kevin Moore and Jim Matheos
135	alone, and it finds a much nicer balance between keyboard and
136	guitar. The first OSI sounded too much like Fates Warning with more
137	ambient keyboarding; this one has a sound of its own. My ears have
138	heard this album many times, and will listen again many more.</p>
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