ithritin-lth:

Guilt Machine - Leland Street

This album gets better every fucking listen. I swear I’ll still be listening to Arjen’s music when I’m 80. Jasper Steverlinck’s (vocals) voice is so well suited to this, especially considering had no idea what progressive metal was when he was asked to sing for this album.

Gotta admit, I originally found this album very difficult to listen to, but it grew to be one of my all-time favourites now. Like you’ve said; it gets better and better with every listen.

I still can’t believe people criticised Guilt Machine for sounding too much like Ayreon, though; it doesn’t sound like Ayreon at all (probably why I didn’t fall in love with it immediately; I was perhaps expecting something exactly like Ayreon or Star One, so when I got this instead it came as a huge shocker). Extremely underrated, such a shame.

spoon-shapedharpy:

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Today I’ve been looking for any and all recordings of Irene Jansen singing. I think I’ve found almost everything there is (except for the demo she made with her now-defunct band, Karma). There’s not much out there, which is a real shame. She’s absolutely fantastic.

Irene is the best Merlin ♥

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