>
>This is the last post for the evening, honest. I was going to redeem a
>free cd that i'm getting through cdnow, and I was wondering which one of
>these two would be better to go with.
>
> Ice Age "The Great Divide"
> Cairo "Cairo"
>
>I've listened to sound clips from both, but they were off the magnacarta
>site, and the quality was pretty poor. If anyone else is familiar/into
>either one of these bands, then please let me know a little more about
>them & their sound. Private email works fine, but maybe others on the
>'jam would want to know about these bands as well. Thanks a bunch.
>
Cairo concentrates on the keyboards as the lead instrument,
kind of in the style of ELP but with fewer good melodies (though they
have an occasional good melody such as in "Silent Winter"). The CD
has some pretty cool keyboard work here and there. Overall, their sound
is fairly light. I think I'd like them better if their vocals would
improve. The vocalist just doesn't do much for me -- he has a mid-
to high-pitched voice and it comes across as a fairly soft delivery
most of the time. He occasionaly adds a bit more power (again in
"Silent Winter") which helps but it's not quite enough.
Ice Age has a somewhat heavier sound with more use of guitar
and a somewhat darker keyboard sound. The keyboard isn't used as a
lead instrument as often as on the Cairo CD. They are a bit closer in
sound to DT than Cairo, due to the melding of the keyboards and
guitar (don't expect DT here though). Their vocalist could also
be better, but I think I prefer him to Cairo's vocalist. He sings
with a bit more emotion and has a bit more of a typical prog-metal
singing style (which I'm not all that fond of really). He doesn't
try to get too annoyingly operatic or scream too much though which
is good. The songs on this CD start sounding a bit the same after
a while, and none really stand out as a classic, but it's pretty
good overall.
All IMHO of course. :)
Steve
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