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Well, the fact of the matter is that viewers like the longer shows...it's a talk show after all. And yes, I do love my previous Deep Purple!

Which is precisely why I started the YouTube channel. Running the SoT webzine since 2001, we saw a significant drop off in people wanting to read written reviews and interviews, and since I started...

Thanks, I appreciate that!

To be honest, I prepare quite a bit and do know these albums quite well, but when you are discussing hundreds of albums each and every month across MANY shows, expecting someone to remember the exact...

Well, that's the point of what we do on SoT, is to hopefully discuss bands/albums that many people aren't familiar with and might take a chance on. Though for many folks on here, shows on PFM, Banco,...

Well, the truth is if we don't show the CDs and hold them up, hundreds of people complain in the comments. That's the reason we always try to show and hold up the physical media.

Our weekly panel show dedicated to nothing but prog, with a rotating guest list-here's the latest:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6edhWq3RV_8&t=1229s

Hey everyone,

We recently came up with a new program idea for the month of March over on Sea of Tranquility YouTube channel. It's called 'Dream Setlist' and yesterday's band choice was Yes. I put...

Very sad news...RIP Vitaly.

Comic lovers- just launched a new youtube channel with a buddy of mine, called 'Comic Book Geezers'. If you are a fan of '60s & '70s Marvel & DC comics, check us out and subscribe. We'll be looking...

Eddie has his 'stable' of bands that he loves, and knows everything about (UFO, KISS, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Motley Crue, Black Sabbath, Van Halen, etc) but as you mention, his knowledge or...

Sea of Tranquility pays tribute to the late John Wetton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uDYaqz-P2w

He's moving to a new URL

We pay tribute to Greg Lake over at SoT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Dbb73_oS-s

A legend has passed, and hopefully this is the last in this dreadful 2016 where we've lost too many. As I sit here in shock, my first thought is to go down memory lane to all my favorite vocal...

Very strong and fun album, which we reviewed recently over on SoT: http://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=19349

I've ordered a few from DJTees and haven't had any problems, in fact, just ordered a couple more.

Wow...digging it!

Wow, this thread is still going strong! Good to see. Anyone check out the new album from Italian act Arcana 13? Quite good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhW24eMm8BU

I was at the Radio City show in NYC as well. I've seen DT well over 20 times, basically every tour since Images and Words (and on more than a few occasions multiple times per tour), and I have to say...

Wow, a LONG time follower!!! I still have copies of those old magazine issues somewhere, which I bet are collectors items by now. I see you are also a New Yorker-I'm over in the Hudson valley, a...

I always liked Broken Heroes! But I can see, compared to most of their other material, that it can be seen as a tad boring. Certainly different, for them.

Try Cynic, Atheist, Pestilence, Nocturnus, and Gorguts. Also, a newer band called Gruesome just released an album that is a pure tribute to Death. Could have easily been a long lost Death album from...

A- I enjoy this one, though not as much as the few that came before it. Black Sunday is a monster track, and Crossfire, Flyingdale Flyer, and Batteries Not Included are solid songs.

Broadsword- an...

Great band! I also agree their debut is essential. Fantastic live performance - thanks for sharing!

And I'm sure if would have made others too Robert had they the opportunity to hear your very fine album!

Duncan, I wouldn't expect any other statement from you! LOL

Hey Yves!! I've only heard a few of the ones from your list (Malady, Agusa, Echolyn, and Steven Wilson). Both the Malady and Agusa are very good, and were on my original list of 100+. If you look at...

In case anyone is interested, we do a weekly video blog show on youtube, and my Top 12 of 2015 are discussed in this week's edition:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLosnioHkvI

I keep saying with every release of theirs that I don't know how they will be able to 'top that one' and they always do!

I was on that like lightning! LOL

It is indeed Jon!

And for those kind words, I thank you! The reason we do what we do (for over 15 years now!) is to give the bands the exposure they so desperately need, and choices of new music to check out for our...

Thanks for catching that typo!!

You'll find that we have a staff with a wide assortment of interests; some prefer more of the metal side of things, some prog, some more classic/hard rock, and a...

Thanks for the kind words...

Hi All,

Our Staff's picks for Best Albums of 2015 are now live, including a summarized list of the Top 50...feel free to peruse and vote for your favorite from our Top 50:
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Don't overlook their last few albums, which kick plenty ass and are as strong, if not more so, than anything they've done over the last 20 years. Their latest Battering Ram is excellent!

I held off on accepting this band at first due to the whole gimmick thing, but man, they have the musical skills and songwriting to back it all up. New album is amazing!

I think most of these LZ remasters have done a great job of bringing Jones & Bonham more to the forefront of the mix. To my ears, I can hear them much more clearly thanks to Page's tinkering.

Yes, I picked up all three. Bonus material on Presence and ITTOD is nothing to write home about, but there's some really cool stuff on the Coda bonus discs. All three remasters sound fabulous, and...

Just came out today-anyone hear this yet? Brilliant! Fantastic mix of their more recent, heavier material and the prog leanings of their mid period albums. Killer guitar work, soaring vocals, loads...

Twin Barrels Burning & Raw to the Bone both have a much harder edged sound (the band trying to compete with the many New Wave of British Heavy Metal acts then coming on to the scene perhaps), and...

Nice to see some love for A Grounding in Numbers. Liking that one more and more these days.

I second that!

Don't have nor have heard A Black Box, but judging by the responses here, I think I need to rectify that soon!

Enjoying the recent VDGG 'Merlin Atmos' live album, and it has prompted me to get on a real kick for the old studio albums as well as the early PH solo material. Was just curious as to everyone's...

My favorites:

1) Benefit
2) Thick as a Brick
3) Minstrel in the Gallery
4) Aqualung
5) Stand Up
6) A Passion Play
7) Heavy Horses
8) Songs From the Wood

Eden's Curse have a new 2CD live set-great stuff, catchy melodic metal, features a lot of their best tunes.

Being a huge Deep Purple & Whitesnake fan, I'm actually looking forward to SOMEONE dusting out all these great MK III & IV DP classics. Coverdale's vocals these days might be a shadow of what they...

Saw them last summer here in the NY area (first time) and was blown away by how good they were. Though they have a slew of singers in the band, they all work together to recreate those classic Brad...

Blues Pills are an amazing new international band, all very young, who play a cool blend of blues rock & 70s styled hard rock. Almost like a modern interpretation of Free with a strong female...

Dedicated one of our recent youtube shows to the LZ remasters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvOkJzsac30

Yeah, I have to say I love the new CD as well. Most of the songs hook you in from the first listen. Plenty of good riffs to these ears too!

Longtime follower of this band, and we've given them a lot of coverage on Sea of Tranquility over the years. Just got their new CD, and I'm pretty impressed as always. Very cool packaging too I must...

Didn't see an existing thread on this, so figured I'd start up a new one. Hearing a lot about the recent Jimmy Page remasters that have been coming out-first 3 albums released in these new formats...

Very cool to see that live Avatarium clip. Love that album and they pull that tune off so well live!

The latest from Apostle of Solitude is quite good, titled Of Woe and Wounds. Great early Sabbath, Candlemass, Saint Vitus styled doom, crushing riffs, powerful vocals.

Thanks for everyone's patience-we are back in business!

Sad news. Loved his playing in Wild Turkey & Paris as well.

Saw the Radio City show a few weeks ago-had a great time and the band can still clearly deliver. To be honest, I wasn't as overly thrilled as some when I heard it was going to be a 'CTTE/Fragile'...

I like 13 quite a bit. While it perhaps (for me anyway) doesn't get up to the lofty standards of the first 6 albums, or the first 2 with Dio, or Born Again for that matter (huge fan here of that...