July 13, 200620 yr For a few months now, I have been very interested in Dream Theater. A few weeks ago I bought the Change of Seasons and Octavarium albums. The title tracks for these two CD's have since been playing pretty much non-stop. They are both more than twenty minutes long and tell a story. I was wondering if there are anymore songs out there simular to this. Thanks Venomai for this super sig and Kwimbob for the awesome avatar!
July 13, 200620 yr Not that a song's "epic" status is decided by length... but look here for a list of songs over 15 minutes long. The album "Be" by Pain of Salvation (if considered as a whole) is sort of similar. It depends whether or not it needs to be that genre of music, really. If not, then I'd reccomend Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick... and I can't actually think of anything else at the moment, sorry. deviantart account
July 13, 200620 yr Epic songs or albums? The Ayreon albums are good if you want to follow a story with your music. Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12
July 13, 200620 yr Oh, and if you've not got them, perhaps Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence and Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory, also by Dream Theater. But they're split into different tracks (although the latter is certainly a story). deviantart account
July 13, 200620 yr You can't beat classical music for this sort of stuff. None more so than Nessun Dorma This is how much you all raised for charity. Thank you.
July 13, 200620 yr You could also get some Haggard albums if you're going for the 'epic' sound. Although their longest song is 'only' nine and a half minutes long, the albums as a whole do tell a story though... Off the top of my head: After Forever - Invisible Circles Aina - Days of Rising Doom: The Metal Opera Avantasia - The Metal Opera Avantasia - The Metal Opera, Part II Ayreon - The Final Experiment Ayreon - Into the Electric Castle Ayreon - The Universal Migrator, Part 1: The Dream Sequencer Ayreon - The Universal Migrator, Part 2: Flight of the Migrator Ayreon - The Human Equation Haggard - And Thou Shalt Trust... The Seer Haggard - Awakening the Centuries Haggard - Eppur Si Muove These are all albums that tell a story... My Tip.It Times Articles (10 and counting) || The Varrock Library Author Index projectDo you dare to dream? - Part 19 added. || The Hospital (WIP) - New story!Necromagus looks like a viking ... with glasses.
July 13, 200620 yr Rush - 2112 Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond Tool - Third Eye Tool - Wings for Marie/10,000 Days Deep Purple - Child in Time I just posted according to what I think your definition of 'epic' is. There's alot of songs that are epic to me, because of what I connect them to or how they make me feel, but they might only be 5 minutes long. La lune ne garde aucune rancune.
July 13, 200620 yr NOFX-The Decline its long (18min) and builds up to a great ending, epic feeling to me :P
July 13, 200620 yr I consider Pink Floyd - Time epic. It feels just like Shine On You Crazy Diamond, just for a shortest period. I agree with Lateralus, epicness isn't about the lenght of the song, but about how it feels. ^The most disturbing signature on Tip.it^Last.fm|HELLY KAYLA!|Oh the mehagurtz!|#Siencemakers"they care less about their spelling mistakes then I." - Lionheart"apinagez... let me
July 13, 200620 yr Green Day - Jesus of Suburbia Muse - Knights of Cydonia Signature by Maurice SendakWhen the stars make you drool just like a pasta fazool, that's amore!
July 13, 200620 yr The Doors- The End Tenacious D- Tribute (lol) Red Hot Chilli Peppers- Under The Bridge Pearl Jam- Yellow Ledbetter :-w
July 13, 200620 yr Kansas' songs The Wall and The Pinnacle have an epic feel to them, they're both around 6-8 min. long and they tell a story with great music...also as before mentioned, if you like longer songs deffinitely Thick As A Brick by Jethro Tull. "El que no arriesga no gana"
July 13, 200620 yr Bandits Of The Acoustic Revolution - Here's to life. Really like it, and if i had to describe it, it would be 'a journey'. The song was originally done by Streetlight Manifesto (i think), but as you may have guessed it is done acoustically by the Bandits, which i think adds to the epic'ness. Off Topic: If anyone knows, if a band gives express permission to distribute their music freely, would i be aloud to post links to the music, or is it still illegal? It's just that this band alows their music to be shared for free, but their site is no longer working properly to my knowledge.
July 13, 200620 yr I'm pretty sure you can, Ad. ^The most disturbing signature on Tip.it^Last.fm|HELLY KAYLA!|Oh the mehagurtz!|#Siencemakers"they care less about their spelling mistakes then I." - Lionheart"apinagez... let me
July 13, 200620 yr Pink Floyd - Echoes London Philharmonic Orchestra - Requeium of a dream* *= something like that...
July 14, 200620 yr Green Day - Jesus of Suburbia Muse - Knights of Cydonia Good call on Knights of Cydonia. Reading my own name reminded me that Lateralus is epic as hell. La lune ne garde aucune rancune.
July 14, 200620 yr For a few months now, I have been very interested in Dream Theater. A few weeks ago I bought the Change of Seasons and Octavarium albums. The title tracks for these two CD's have since been playing pretty much non-stop. They are both more than twenty minutes long and tell a story. I was wondering if there are anymore songs out there simular to this. the song metropolis pt1 is the intro to the album metropolis pt 2 and all the songs on metropolis pt2 tell the same story its a great album Currently playing... WoW - C:SSTaking a huge break from rs.http://www.wowarmory.com/character-shee ... ar&n=Nelaz
July 14, 200620 yr Oh man! Get Symphony X - The Odyssey (the song) Or you can get the whole album, but the song is 24 minutes long and tells a story; it's great. Honestly, I like Symphony X more than Dream Theater. Also, you can try Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum, which is 32 minutes. It's Doom Metal though, and I dunno if you like that. Amazing lyrics in both of these songs.
July 14, 200620 yr Impossible to forget: Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries. That song makes me feel like going out and starting my own apocalypse. ^The most disturbing signature on Tip.it^Last.fm|HELLY KAYLA!|Oh the mehagurtz!|#Siencemakers"they care less about their spelling mistakes then I." - Lionheart"apinagez... let me
July 14, 200620 yr Just seen Apocalypse Now? :P Signature by Maurice SendakWhen the stars make you drool just like a pasta fazool, that's amore!
July 14, 200620 yr Just seen Apocalypse Now? :P Gotta love that scene :D Epic music? A lot of Pink Floyd stuff, Echoes, Wish You Were Here etc. I've always considered Stairway to Heaven to be reasonably epic. If you want storytelling in your music, it's not long but rock opera classics such as Tommy by The Who or The Wall by Pink Floyd are always safe bets. "Da mihi castitatem et continentam, sed noli modo"
July 14, 200620 yr Just seen Apocalypse Now? :P Never watched the movie and the song still gives me this feeling. :P Assassin: The only problem with Stairway to Heaven is that it has been overplayed. It's indeed a good song, but the fact it's considered THE song makes it ewwish. :P ^The most disturbing signature on Tip.it^Last.fm|HELLY KAYLA!|Oh the mehagurtz!|#Siencemakers"they care less about their spelling mistakes then I." - Lionheart"apinagez... let me
July 16, 200620 yr I'll add 'Beethoven's last night" by Trans Siberian Orchestra. "Metal isn't about violence or faggy whiny lyrics. It isn't even about who plays the heaviest and fastest. It is about invoking a sense of wonder and magnitude that no other genre can depict."
July 16, 200620 yr Sonata Arctica - White pearl, black oceans. That one is fairly 'epic'. It's only 7minutes long or so, but it tells a story. Sonata Arctica - The end of this chapter. That one tells one too, well, not as much as white pearl, black ocean. Still a good song though :XD: .
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