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