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| Arena - XX (DVD) (2016)
Neo-prog rock from the United Kingdom, latest music DVD released in 2016.The gathering of ARENA's famous musicians makes a super-group: Mick POINTER (Ex-MARILLION) plays the drums, Clive NOLAN (PENDRAGON) the keyboards, and Keith MORE (ASIA) played the guitar until replaced by John MITCHELL (Ex-Kino).Vocalist Rob SOWDEN has been with the band since IMMORTAL? and the bass player is Ian SALMON. There have also been some guest appearances by Tracy HITCHINGS (singer of QUASAR, STRANGERS ON A TRAIN & LANDMARQ) and Steve ROTHERY (MARILLION's gifted guitarist).
"Songs From The Lion's Cage" is then a very professional Progressive rock, both close to MARILLION and hard-rock. "Pride", their second opus issued in 1996 (one year after the previous one) confirmed the high musical level of this band, at a time when they added a touch IQ to their music. Curiously the band's sound gained in heaviness after their 2 first albums, and the music quality increased a lot in originality and musicianship.
Recorded in 1998, "The Visitor" alternates passages inspired by Steve HOGARTH's group along with some dark instrumentation. "Immortal" shows a new heavier dimension that still remains anchored in the best neo-Progressive music. "Moviedrome" is an excellent twenty minute track. "Contagion" follows the glorious tradition of "Immortal", although I found it more hard edged and multidimensional from all aspects. This powerful and evoking concept album tells about the quest for redemption, through the vision of a dark and anguishing future. No doubt about it, people won't have to think for a long time before electing the best album of winter 2002-2003!
''Pepper's ghost'' from 2005 sees Arena entering the realms of a quite heavy and very symphonic sound with some metal elements, a real highlight of their career. Long-time members Rod Sowden and Ian Salmon left the band in 2010 and they were replaced by Paul Manzi and John Jowitt respectively, the latter starting his second stint with the band.''The Seventh Degree Of Separation'' offers a very fresh and pounding sound, but the song structures had now become a bit conventional. Same goes for their latest entry, the 2015 ''The Unquiet Sky'', here Jowitt's place has been taken by newcomer Kylan Amos.
One of the best bands on the English scene nowadays... HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!Arena Official Site2016 XX (DVD)Tracklist:
DVD - tracklist: 1. The Demon Strikes 2. Rapture 3. Double Vision 4. Crack in the Ice 5. Moviedrome 6. How Did it Come to This? 7. Butterfly Man 8. Bedlam Fayre 9. Serenity 10. The Unquiet Sky 11. Traveller Beware 12. The City of Lanterns 13. Riding the Tide 14. Hanging Tree 15. The Tinder Box 16. Solomon 17. Don't Forget to Breathe 18. Cryig for Help 7
Bonus video: Interview with Mick Pointer Interview with Clive Nolan
Extras: Photo gallery, Discography, Desktop images
Label: Metal MindQuality: DVD9 Format: DVD video Video codec: MPEG2 Audio codec: AC3 Video: NTSC 16:9 (720x480) VBR Audio: English (Dolby AC3, 2 ch) Audio 2: English (Dolby AC3, 6 ch)
Arena will release a live DVD entitled XX next month, they’ve announced.
It was recorded in Poland last year, during their 20th anniversary tour, which followed the launch of eighth album The Unquiet Sky.
The package is described as “a veritable feast for all prog fans” with “more than two hours of darkly sublime beauty, interviews with Clive Nolan and Mick Pointer, and more.”
XX will be released in DVD and 2CD formats on February 12 via Metal Mind Productions.
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