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Planet X originally began as the solo project
of Derek Sherinian after he had left Dream Theater in 1999. Today Planet X is
a real band featuring Australian drummer Virgil Donati and guitarist Tony
MacAlpine. As you might expect the music is a lot more keyboard based than
that of Dream Theater but it is also more experimental and fusion like.
Actually it sounds very much like the Liquid Tension Experiment albums but
more structured. If you enjoyed those two LTE releases you will probably like
Planet X as well. "Live From Oz" is a live album and was recorded at the
last show of the band's Australian tour in June last year which took place in
Virgil's hometown of Melbourne. During this tour the bass duties were handled
by Dave LaRue (Dixie Dregs, Steve Morse). As usual when it comes to the live
albums of today the production is sterile and the live atmosphere has been
removed almost completely which is a shame. The music is still good though but
personally I think the music of Planet X is a little too progressive and 70's
sounding for my taste. Derek Sherinian is a classy musician and Tony MacAlpine
deliver some nice solos though which makes this band well worth checking out
if you are into progressive rock / metal. If I were you I would rather look
into their debut release "Universe" or the soon to come
follow-up.
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1. Ignotus Per Ignotium 2. |
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Inside Black 3. Dog Boots Atlantis 4. Apocalypse |
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1470 BC 5. Sea Of Antiquity 6. Lost Island 7. |
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Derek Sherinian Solo 8. Warfinger 9. Virgil Donati Solo |
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10. Warfinger Reprise 11. Tony Macalpine Solo 12. Her |
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Animal 13. Europa 14. Pods Of Trance 15. - |
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