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Stuff I've recently gotten

Posted by Luxembourg - March 17th, 2010


Recently, I got the greatest album I've ever had. It's even better than Act III: Life and Death by The Dear Hunter. It's called Razia's Shadow: A Musical by Forgive Durden. It's essentially a two man composition by the last remaining member of the band and his brother, telling one of the coolest stories within music I've ever heard. It's fully orchestrated, but through synthesized instrumentation that's so well done it's almost better than if it were performed by a full orchestra. The story is cut into two main parts that I won' t explain in detail (though I want to, quite badly) because that would result in too much wordiness. The first part is of the creation of a world and the rise and fall of a great angel named Arihma who creates light for the world, destroys the light when he isn't given credit where it's due, and is condemned to rule the darkness left in the world. More specifically, he creates these great creations called the lamps, and his father, O the Scientist, creator of the world, receives credit for them. He's visited by a being of pure evil named Barayas the Spider whilst in frustration of not being acknowledged for his talents, who brainwashes him into destroying the lamps, after which he is judged and condemned to remain in the dark world he's created. The second part is about a descendant of Arihma who goes forth, leaves the world of dark, and falls in love with the princess of the world of light and brings the two worlds together and redeems his family and Arihma by overcoming a massive trial. It's really well told and EXTREMELY interesting when told in detail. All the characters, which there are a lot of, are sung by different members of bands. Arihma and his descendant, Attikias, are sung by the singer (and only member) of Forgive Durden. Some of the other characters are sung by Casey Crescenzo of the formerly mentioned The Dear Hunter, Brandon Urie of Panic at the Disco, and more than a dozen other singers. This album is fantastic, and if you like rock operas or musicals, you really need to grab this.

The next thing is Final Fantasy XIII. The main misunderstanding of this game is that people seem to have expected it to be perfect or just outright thought it would suck. It's not; no entries in this series have been. It's different, yes, though it feels more like a Final Fantasy when you get into the swing of things. This game is fantastic. It has a strong story and great characters (though, depending on your personality, there may be at least one character you'll hate) and, as is obvious, beautiful graphics. The gameplay seems different, and feels different at first, but as you adjust to it, it really does feel like a turn-based RPG; just a more active one. If you think change is blasphemy (which is an idiotic view; FF7 was drastically different from every previous entry in the series, was it not?), you should avoid this. I speak from the view of someone who actually liked FFXII. If you want an enjoyable experience with a strong story and, for the most part, likable characters and are willing to see beyond changes, you should check this out.
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Stuff I've recently gotten


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I read this entry two days ago, but forget to say anything. I checked out "Razia's Shadow", and ended up listening to the whole album. I must say, it is an amazing piece of work, with a fascinating story.

On a side note, I think you may like "The Clockwork Quartet". They only have two songs out as of yet, but I believe they're pretty solid compositions. It may not be your cup of tea, though.

Oh, cool! Someone actually read through this block of text. I'm really glad you liked Razia's Shadow; I've wanted to show people this discovery my brother and I made. I've tried to get some friends to download it, with little success. I'm really glad you like it!

I'll look up the clockwork quartet tomorrow, but two songs isn't much to base an opinion on.