Your top theme albums.
TEH SPOCK
21-02-2006, 12:30
0. 'Vinterriket - Landschaften Ewiger Einsamkeit'(Dark Ambient about lonely landscapes.)
0. 'Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale' (Avant-garde Metal with the emotions of a paranoid insane wikid evil masquerade.)
0. 'Viridian Sun - Solar Noise'(Ambient Noise that depects endless space without melody or rithm.)
Sdaeriji
21-02-2006, 12:49
Coheed and Cambria, "The Second Stage Turbine Blade"
Coheed and Cambria, "In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3"
Coheed and Cambria, "Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness"
Anarchuslavia
21-02-2006, 13:00
green day, american idiot - same guy, jesus of suburbia, becomes {or meets?} st jimmy in frisco, then realises he leaves the love of his life behind, all the while dissing america [ i think...]
does that even count, i dont even know if i get the idea
Super-power
21-02-2006, 13:27
Pink Floyd - "The Wall" (though the live versions of theses songs is much better IMHO)
Kyuss - "Welcome to Sky Valley"
Ancient Valyria
21-02-2006, 13:29
Dream Theater - Metropolis pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory
Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth
Dragonland - The Battle of the Ivory Plain & Holy War
BackwoodsSquatches
21-02-2006, 13:45
The greatest ever?
Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.-The Beatles.
Dark Side of the Moon.-Pink Floyd.
Pet Sounds.-The Beach Boys.
In that order.
Dream Theater - Metropolis pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory
Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth
Dragonland - The Battle of the Ivory Plain & Holy War
Beat me to it.
Also...
Fear Factory - Obsolete
Strathdonia
21-02-2006, 13:51
Rhapsody Albums 1-4 plus EP (ie Legendary tales, Symphony of an Enchanted land, Dawn of victory, Rain of a thousand Flames and power of the Dragon Flame) all the one story.
War of the Worlds: jeff wayne,(ok purely for Eve of the war...).
Pure Metal
21-02-2006, 13:51
Dream Theater - Metropolis pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory
Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth
*double nods*
plus Iced Earth: Horror Show (classic legends from history such as dracula and the phantom of the opera told through song... most excellent :))
Iced Earth: The Glorious Burden (an exploration of battle and war over the ages from Alexander The Great to the battle of Waterloo, and the 30 minute epic Gettysburg)
edit:
War of the Worlds: jeff wayne
oh hell yeah!
Megaloria
21-02-2006, 14:16
The Moody Blues: Days of Future Past
David Bowie: Outside
Neil Young: Greendale
Ancient Valyria
21-02-2006, 14:27
plus Iced Earth: Horror Show (classic legends from history such as dracula and the phantom of the opera told through song... most excellent :))
Iced Earth: The Glorious Burden (an exploration of battle and war over the ages from Alexander The Great to the battle of Waterloo, and the 30 minute epic Gettysburg)
those are great too :cool:
Jello Biafra
21-02-2006, 14:29
In addition to some of the ones mentioned,
Rush 2112
Diamanda Galas Vena Cava
Fates Warning A Pleasant Shade of Grey
Captain Lockheed And The Starfighters Robert Calvert (A mix of Hawkwind type space rock and comedy sketches about the notorious flying coffin.)
Brave Marillion (Bit of a downer.)
Trans Neil Young (Technology and palsy.)
Berlin Lou Reed (Another downer.)
SF Sorrow The Pretty Things (The first concept album.)
Hobbesianland
21-02-2006, 16:15
What's a theme album?
Lionstone
21-02-2006, 16:32
What's a theme album?
An album written with a particular theme/story in mind.
As such..
Gamma Ray - No World Order