Jay
Jay--Empire was pretty cool...man has it been that long?
I liked silent lucidity, but the title track was very good too. Operation mindcrime may still be their best, but it's been so long since I've heard anything by them. I just don't indulge too much in secular music these days--well at least not metal. The lyrics ruin it all for me.
But I've still got Satch and Vai!
The third track on Crystal planet is pretty cool--may be the title track? Satriani seems to be doing this amazing tapped rhythm if my ears aren't deceiving me...but there's probably echo in it as well that is masking everything he's doing.
Jay, do you know what's going on it that one? It's track 3 on that disc. really cool ending where the double bass kicks in and the tapped rhythm gets out of control.
The conan the barbarian soundtrack is one of my all time favorites--the grand battle themes are unmatched, but it's got a lot of beauty to it as well.
James