Waterlines

Excalion | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 24, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Lmp
• ASIN: B000N39IBG
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #45,240 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Wingman 3:57

2. Life On Fire 4:13

3. Losing Time 4:16

4. Ivory Tower 3:50

5. I Failed You 5:03

6. Arriving As The Dark 3:27

7. Streams Of Madness 3:53

8. Delta Sunrise 5:28

9. Between The Lines 4:26

10. Soaking Ground 6:30

11. Yövartio (bonus Finnish version) 3:25

12. Losing Time (bonus mpeg videoclip) 3:46

Editorial Reviews

Excalion, with singer Jarmo Pääkkönen, one of the countries greatest musical talents, is thee new Melodic Power Metal hope from Finland. The powerful, but at the same time incredibly melodious band presents ten perfectly composed and arranged Metal pearls. This album is a "must buy" for all fans of Stratovarius, Sonata Arctica or Nightwish.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCALION - WATERLINES, April 23, 2008

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thepaxdomini "The Book Review" (Tulsa, OK) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Waterlines (Audio CD)

"Waterlines" is the second release from Finnish melodic power metal band Excalion. There are some progressive stylings here, too, and, right or wrong, Excalion has drawn a lot of comparisons to Stratovarius and Sonata Arctica.

About half the songs on this album are flat-out amazing. The other half are decent, but have a generic, unmemorable feel to them. There are no "bad" songs on this album.

Jarmo Pääkkönen, the lead singer, makes this album great. He sings with more passion and exuberance than virtually any other vocalist. He makes the good songs great and the middling songs interesting.

On the whole, this album's good songs are good enough and the lead singer strong enough to carry this album.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding Cd, August 8, 2009

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Aaron Bruehl "Metal Jarhead" (Millstadt, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Waterlines (Audio CD)

Great Metal band from Finland with excellent vocals. This is the 2nd album for the group and was much better then the first album Primal Exhale which had some great songs, but didn't have what Waterlines brought out. Waterlines as a whole is a great album, but if you like epic songs listen to Soaking Ground. The first 3 tracks are also great. Buy this cd if you love good metal especially progressive/power metal. It's a must have.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More close to classic "prog" metal than modern power metal, August 16, 2008

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Timothy Shane Lamb "2112rules" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Waterlines (Audio CD)

It's a very solid album without any real fillers. It has a feel that is close to classic prog metal, because it doesn't have as much of the typical "horse hoof" drums as a lot of modern power metal or prog metal bands have. It has lots of good straight forward rythms, which keeps it from being too busy. I like complex intricate music, but it's nice to listen to more basic and straight forward sounding grooves in music too. The vocalist is mid range, but with a few higher pitches when it calls for it at the end of certain words, and could fit into the 80's progressive scene. The art work is nice too :)