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Topic: The continuing saga...
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schroeder
VoivodFan
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posted February 11, 2010 19:53
    
I've always thought it was cool when bands continue the story of a song onto different albums. Not just one album that's a theme album but songs that appear on different albums through their career that continue story. My hands down favorite is OVERKILL's "Overkill" saga which includes: Overkill - Overkill 2 (the nightmare continues) - Overkill 3 (under the influence) - E.vil N.ever D.ies - Overkill 5 (the brand)
It was interesting that after using their first 4 albums to tell the story they waited until 2007's Immortalis album to revisit the theme, but I was thrilled that they did. I love the way the guitar riff is altered but still identifiable as the Overkill theme, and when all 5 songs are put together it's killer. It would be cool for them to do the entire story during a live performance. Other bands who have done this are Iron Maiden with "Charlotte the Harlot" & "22 Acacia Avenue". Metallica with "The Unforgiven 1, 2 , & 3". RUSH has the 'Fear Trilogy' which is actually 4 songs: The Enemy Within part 1 - The Weapon part 2 - Witch Hunt part 3 - Freeze part 4. So those are the main ones that I can think of, but I'm sure there's some others out there that I'm unaware of or forgot about. -------------------- yawn
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The Neverman
VoivodFan
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posted February 12, 2010 06:09
I can think of MEGADETH with "Hangar 18" and "Return to Hangar"...this was much helpful indeed because I recorded them at L'Atelier in Luxembourg on 18 February 2005 so I named my bootleg "Atelier, 18"...
when they played the same club in February of 2008 I didnt have the faintest doubt that I'd name the second boorleg "Return to Atelier"... not meaning to topic-jack your post Schroeder... alright, you said MAIDEN, there also is "The Prisoner" and "Back in the Willage"... I would mention EDGE OF SANITY with "Crimson" and "Crimson II", both concept-songs of around 30 minutes each... oh, and I always kinda figured that the song "Polaroids" was a pendant to "Warriors of Ice"... -------------------- I hear the things you say but tell me...
what do you mean?
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