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| Underworld | 
 enlarge | Artist: Adagio
Label: Import
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 59323
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 667342992624
EAN: 0667342992624
ASIN: B0000UH5US
Release Date: September 15, 2003
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| Tracks:
| • | Next Profundis | | • | Introïtus/Solvet Saeclum in Fadilla | | • | Chosen | | • | From My Sleep... to Someone Else | | • | Underworld | | • | Promisses | | • | The Mirror Stage | | • | Niflheim | | • | Missa Aeterna |
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Album Description
Asian version featuring a bonus track: "Missa Aeterna".
Album Details
Asian Version featuring a Bonus Track: "Missa Aeterna".
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 a new step higher November 4, 2003
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
If you are, just like me,frustrated by the trillions of"power metal,symphonic or hollywood or progressive metal" coming mainly out of Europe,give it a last try with this one.Why frustrated you're gonna ask(if you ever read my non sense)?? Just because since Dream theater and a little bit later Symphony x popularised this style of music,so many completely untalented bands came out of every corner of Europe,saturating the market in a wrong way.I unfortunately had to rely on reviews from listeners to try out some new bands,hoping to find some as incredibly good as D.T and Sy X. Reviews were highly positive about numerous bands,like.All i got,following these advices and buying cds from all these bands were poor productions with sloppy guitar players who bend notes out of tune,horrible singers who give you suicidal tendencies after one track and songs cloning DT and Sy X but without the awesome musicianship.But,there are a few dudes who are really above the mass.Beside the 2 bands above mentionned,there is Adagio.They really take this genre of music one step above by having absolutely all the right ingredients in their formula.Insane compositions with real Symphonic orchestra(I know,they are not the only ones,nothing new here),top notch production and especially REALLY TRULY UNBELIEVABLE playing.
I really would love to know what modes from hell the new keyboard player uses,something I never heard in any other band,the singer has a super powerfull medium range voice and has beautiful melodies,the drums and bass are top quality and Stefan Forte on guitar is surely one of the 3 best players in this music style.He is the closest player in the verge to achieve the inhuman degree of virtuosity that Shawn Lane was displaying,and which is still a mistery among us, people who practice 12 hours a day for 20 years.
There is nothing bad in this album,in my opinion the most impressive since "scenes from a memory,one hour by the concrete lake and the divine wings of tragedy".It almost makes me forget that I bought at least 50 lousy albums before that,over the past 3 years and that the market is so oversaturated with mediocres products that the hype of this kind of music will probably fade away very soon before to completely disappear over the course of the next 3 years.ENJOY!!!!!!!!
Symphony X watch out! June 2, 2004
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
These guys have very obviously listened to a lot of symphony x -but they are great. The musicianship and vocals are first rate here -not a cheap copy. They do sound very much like x though-with more of the symphonic element-which I like very much.I wish x would stick with this format instead of going for the more guitar dominated sound on many of the tracks onThe Odyssey. That is what sets this band and X apart from the rest. There is no cheese here-just excellent heavy symphonic metal at its best! This is the best band since Symphony X and Pagan's Mind!
power, technical skills, darkness, intelligence - buy this! June 24, 2004
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
What can I say about this album that has not already been said? I think I'd agree with all the positive reviews so far and add something about the atmosphere, because the ambience is albeit an intagible, a very important element in the music. A criticism I have towards a lot of good prog bands these days is that they lack atmosphere. Well look no further than Adagio's sophomore release Underworld and you'll be crushed with atmosphere. The magestic orchestral arrangements, very heavy guitar riffs and powerful vocals give this music an edge few bands have. Multi-coloured arrangements with beautiful soaring harmonies and discordant atonal passages with choirs in the background blend here to form an atmosphere that is in overall pretty damn dark for a prog band. The orchestrations and interplay between guitars vary between a very technical Dream Theatery style to a more sombre and aggressive almost black metal vibe. In overall this album is an epic and multi-faceted pieace of music that will please the fans of Symphony X and Craddle of Filth alike and is a must have for any metalhead or musician.
 A predictable, though still enjoyable, continuation from their debut June 26, 2005
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
One thing is for certain: Adagio know exactly what they want to sound like. Underworld continues the classical-influenced, darkly-themed, progressive metal begun on Sanctus Ignis. The production quality sounds a little bit tighter here, and the composition of the songs is slightly improved.
What I find to still be lacking (though not quite as much as the first album) is variety of sound. The exception here is the beautiful ballad "Promisses" (sic). Even though the lyrics are just a bit over the hill into the realm of the sappy, David Readman's voice lends itself very well here, and Forte plays a subtly glorious solo, demonstrating the full capacity of emotional power the electric guitar is capable of.
There are a few other tracks that stand out. "From My Sleep... To Someone Else" has a great riff that picks up a few times in the song (and is repeated once in variation in the album's title track that follows this song). Stephen completed his instrumental "Niflheim" (which was released on the debut as a rough demo, shorter in length). It is a pleasant song with a decent climactic buildup.
Why only three stars? My complaint still stands that there is a general lack of variety. Most of the songs on both albums are fairly interchangeable. I don't feel like they are trying to push many new boundaries with this album. Also, the thematic content of the lyrics is starting to get a bit cliche.
Besides that, people on this site are generally too liberal with their grading systems, and as a result, every album has the same average rating. I give this album 7.3/10 or 3 stars (A recommended purchase, even though you may not listen to it all that often).
TRULY PROGRESSIVE TRULY MAJESTIC TRULY SOUNDTRACK-LIKE!!!!! May 7, 2004
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
First of all, this is music done with passion and dedication.
Why? Because you can hear it.No slouch can make this music.A lot of thought is put in the arrangements of every single instrument, all the musicians shine in their own right, not just the guitar player (and he is the brainchild behind all this).A musician friend of mine told me that the only thing that he misses are more catchy and powerful choruses.Well, in my opinion these qualities are here.
The style is sort of Symphony X (circa Divine Wings era) mixed with Star Wars soundtrack meets Castlevania 3 game soundtrack.The results are awe-inspiring.You just can not find anything else in the music world so classy and tastefully done.How can the band make something as good as this again?
Can't wait.
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