Universe

Planet X | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 6, 2000)
• Original Release Date: June 6, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Inside Out U.S.
• ASIN: B00004TKRL
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #209,048 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Clonus

2. Her Animal

3. Dog Boots

4. Bitch

5. King of the Universe

6. Inside Black

7. Europa

8. Warfinger

9. Chocalate

10. Pods of Trance

11. 2116

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Undaunted Kings of the Universe, July 13, 2000

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"dr_diapason" (Seyfert galaxy) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Universe (Audio CD)

This album is an infernal machine, a time bomb in your stereo just waiting for a virtuosic detonation. The guitar playing is a unique blend of hybrid picking, position shifting, scale-combining, and string-skipping at supreme quality. Virgil Donati(drummer)is undoubtly one of the few drummers in the business with the alacrity of a cheetah on the double bass pedal, and the skilled hands of a stonemason. As for Derek Sherinian(former Dream Theater keyboardist), his odd time signatures and warm tones complete the trinity of these incomparable musicians. This is a classic for any Macalpine/Donati fans, and any connoisseur of technical/avante-garde music.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 4 and 1/2 Stars, January 13, 2001

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Bill R. Moore (New York, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Universe (Audio CD)

Planet X's Universe is a truly outstanding progressive metal instrumental effort. Tony MacAlpine's heavy riffing and throwback shredding bode well with Derek Sherinian's typical stellar synth playing. Drummer Virgil Donati also displays his considerable chops and has solo writing credits for two of the songs. One of them, Dog Boots, is in many ways the album's standout tracks. It's riff-heavy intro is quickly punctuated by the incoming keyboards with a nice melody. It gets stuck in my head a lot. I think it would be a good song to use in a film. Other standout tracks include Clonus, Bitch, King of the Universe, Pods of Trance, and 2116. My only complaint about the album is that there isn't that much actual variety. Most of the songs have the same basic sound. Still, this is a worthwhile purpose for fans of heavy instrumental music or of any of the musicians involved.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Heavy, heavy, heavy, January 25, 2001

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Sven B. Schreiber "rawol.com" (Fürth (Bayern)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Universe (Audio CD)

This is a joint venture of Derek Sherinian (keys), Tony McAlpine (guitar), and Virgil Donati (drums). If you know the solo album "Planet X" of former Dream Theater member Derek Sherinian, you know at least the musical category of this album - except that it's got more heavy guitars on it, thanks to Tony McAlpine. This album is so loud, heavy, dissonant, dense, depressive, and ear-hurting, that it's a real joy to listen to it. Stylistically, the music is probably a mixture of progmetal and fusion. Anyway you might name it, it's a breath-taking tour-de-force for your ears. Not for the faint-hearted!