Glass Hammer - Valkyrie

[Glass Hammer]

A new album in the works!

http://teamrock.com/news/2016-06-17/...ie-bogdanowicz

[Jondon4]

Sounds interesting. Happy to hear of Susie's increased role but it begs the question, "What happened to Carl?"

[Rick]

Sounds interesting. Happy to hear of Susie's increased role but it begs the question, "What happened to Carl?"

yeah, will miss Carl here. actually, the only Glass Hammer album I have is Culture of Ascent that Carl is the main vocalist. for some reason, the album clicked with me. i think the heavy Yes influence is why other releases have not hooked me in. just not a big Yes fan.

that being said, i am listening to some samples from Breaking of the World. sounds pretty good..

but, i approach each Hammer release with interest. would like to hear some new samples.

[Progatron]

Auto-buy. Love the hammer!

[moecurlythanu]

I'm all about more Susie in GH. Will definitely pre-order this.

[Gizmotron]

I am always up for another Glass Hammer CD!

[JKL2000]

Sounds interesting. Happy to hear of Susie's increased role but it begs the question, "What happened to Carl?"

Carl's always coming and going...

[Yodelgoat]

Excellent. Another great band still releasing material to an ever disinterested world. I'll buy three just to make up for the indifference of the general public. (and to give to my kids because they love prog, but it has to be spoon fed to them).

You have to admire these guys for their patience and heart. Such great stuff.

[ca1ore]

GH has always be a 'revolving door' when it comes to the lead (male) vocalist. With one exception, I've liked them all. Looking forward to this one. Auto buy.

[BarryLI]

Autobuy for me, as ever.

[progmeister]

Autobuy for me, as ever.

ditto

[dropforge]

Please Hammer don't hurt 'em!

[rickawakeman]

Always look forward to a GH release. Have been fortunate enough to have seen GH twice (Nearfest, Bearsville for "Breaking of the World" mini-tour a couple years back) and they are among my favorite American symph bands.

[Soc Prof]

I'm hoping it has the version with Elmer Fudd singing "Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit..." Oh, sorry, that's "Flight of the Valkyries." My bad.

[selmer]

One of the GH guys sang the lead on one of the recent albums. Would like to hear the other founding member as a lead vocalist on this one as well.

[Yodelgoat]

So is the band no longer working with Jon Davidson?

[JKL2000]

So is the band no longer working with Jon Davidson?

Good question! (Davison)

[moecurlythanu]

So is the band no longer working with Jon Davidson?

We can only hope.

[bondegezou]

So is the band no longer working with Jon Davidson?

He became too busy with Yes. He wasn't on the last album, and was only one of several vocalists on the one before that.

Henry

[dgtlman]

He became too busy with Yes. He wasn't on the last album, and was only one of several vocalists on the one before that.

Henry

Which is a good thing IMO. Although JD is a great fit for Yes, I do not think he worked particularly well with GH music... it made them sound too "Yessy".

[ThomasKDye]

Just don't change it at the last minute to "Gravitas."

[Yodelgoat]

Sorry, I missed the guys name. I hadnt heard anything about him for so long I forgot his last name.

Am I a bad person for this?

I liked some of his GH work, but Ive liked just about anything GH has released, and his contributions are not the highlight of the music. He's not bad, but he is no Jon Andersen (see how I did that - again?)

[selmer]

I liked Groves on Culture Of Ascent but was not a fan of his work on these recent ones. I liked Davison better, thought that his range was wider and more subtle.

If this next one will go back to its roots, meaning - the founding members get to sing lead too - I'm all for it. A change is welcome after the Groves/Davison stint.

[bill g]

I liked Groves on Culture Of Ascent but was not a fan of his work on these recent ones. I liked Davison better, thought that his range was wider and more subtle.

If this next one will go back to its roots, meaning - the founding members get to sing lead too - I'm all for it. A change is welcome after the Groves/Davison stint.

Davison and Susie are my favorites as well. Happy to see she has a bigger role on this one. I'm sure it will be great as usual.

[JAMOOL]

the dude I always liked as a lead singer in GH was Walter Moore. he doesn't appear a whole lot but he does bring the fire. oh well.

either way I'm sure the Hammer will make it work, they always do. if this is indeed on the scope of the Inconsolable Secret (as the members of GH have alluded to) then this is big news indeed.