Diamond Dreamer/Eternal Dark [Import]

Picture | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 2, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• ASIN: B00005K26Q
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #690,721 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Lady Lightning

2. Night Hunter

3. Hot Lovin

4. Diamond Dreamer

5. Message From Hell

6. Youre All Alone

7. Lousy Lady

8. The Hangman

9. Get Me Rock And Roll

10. Youre Touching Me

11. Eternal Dark

12. Griffons Guard The Gold

13. Make You Burn

14. Battle For The Universe

15. The Blade

16. Flying In Time

17. Into The Underworld

18. Tell No Lies

19. Power Of Evil

20. Down And Out

Editorial Reviews

Dutch Two On One reissue combines the metal act's 1982 album, 'Diamond Dreamer' with the 1984 album, 'Eternal Dark', together on one CD. 2001 release.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Leather, motorcycles and pure Heavy Metal!!!, May 5, 2001

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Daniel Schenker (Brazil) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Diamond Dreamer/Eternal Dark (Audio CD)

This is what I call an forgotten band. It's pretty hard to find their records, or people who heard about 'em. Despite this , they're very good! From the early eighties, these are their 3rd and 4th album. Far from being an ordinary band, they sound very distinct. It's pure and true heavy metal. Extremely loud, "in your face" guitars, a real big voice from a powerful vocalist, melodic and heavy at the same time. In my opinion,"Diamond dreamer" is a little better. Begins with the exciting tune "Lady Lightning", followed by "Night Hunter", "Hot lovin" and you feel high voltage waves filling in your brain. There's a very beautiful ballad with tons of blasting guitars called "You're touchin me". An earth shaking tune called "Message from hell", then "You're all alone", "Get me rock'n'roll", "Lousy Lady", and the high rockin' title track. "Eternal Dark" is darker as it suggests, and the guitar sounds heavier on their tones, kind of...in the shadows. I strongly recomend this Cd's for those who aprecciates pure heavy rock, from a time that this kind of music had only on name: Heavy Metal.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Really Rocks, March 20, 2007

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Fred Rayworth (Las Vegas, NV United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Diamond Dreamer/Eternal Dark (Audio CD)

I've been fascinated with Picture since I first saw their albums in a record shop in Madrid, Spain. I bought this double album Diamond Dreamer/Eternal Dark along with Every Story Needs Another Picture (to be reviewed at a later date).

I only listened to it once or twice but never enough to appreciate it. Recently I burned it to CD and have been listening to it over and over again. This is great heavy metal. Diamond Dreamer is a little rawer than Eternal Dark (which shows signs of leaning toward the hair metal camp). However, Eternal Dark is not quite there yet (hair metal-wise) and has some great playing on it.

There is a distinct difference between the two, though the styles are close. Schmoulik Avigal and Pete Lovell are both great singers. Jan Bechtum is my favorite here as guitar players go. The guys on Eternal Dark may be more technical and speedy in their playing, but I like Jan's old-school approach better and also Jan has more spirit, more feel and is what really gives Picture their sound.

If there is one thing wrong with this album, it is that many of the songs have the same tempo and beat from song to song, even comparing Diamond Dreamer to Eternal Dark. There are a few exceptions like the great ballad You're Touching Me, which breaks up pace a bit. Then again, these songs all rock and to tell the truth, I really don't find that consistent tempo to be much of a problem, even after listening to it at least twenty times. It is no different than many other music genres and actually fits in quite well with any metal releases of the era.

Overall, this is great stuff and I highly recommend Picture to anyone into good, old school metal. And, my hat's off to Rinus Vreugdenhil for sticking it out to the end. If you can find this album somewhere, you are in for a real treat.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The loudest band in all of Holland, May 22, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Diamond Dreamer/Eternal Dark (Audio CD)

PICTURE were a great band from 1980 through 1983. Diamond Dreamer and Eternal Dark being the two best efforts. This is the way metal or hard rock should sound. The production on these two LP'S is crisp and clean with Diamond Dreamer sounding a bit better. The producer is Pete Hinton from SAXON fame, you can't miss with this disc in your collection.