"SIREN - 1991 Demo"

bigfootkit · Post by **bigfootkit** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:10 pm

Well, here we go, the feller with the "Siren - 1991 Demo" uploaded it for me.
I haven't had a chance to hear it yet myself, it's d/ling here as i type.
Dunno if it's genuine, if the sound's crappy, but here it is anyway.

"SIREN - 1991 Demo"

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SGC62XF8

Let's hear your opinions folks.

omen of hate · Post by **omen of hate** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 11:33 pm

Thank you !

steelangel · Post by **steelangel** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 10:58 am

downloading. Opinion after

rumblefist · Post by **rumblefist** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 6:19 pm

Thanks a lot ! I like this type of progressive power.

daniel · Post by **daniel** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 6:54 pm

This sounds much better than their 2nd album

Sound isn't very good, doesn't bother me, but won't be playing it on headphones haha.

Keir · Post by **Keir** » Sat Sep 04, 2010 4:37 am

Thanks for this! A piece of Siren history I wasn't even aware of. "Take It Away" is awesome, though I actually found "Evil Cloud" to be annoying. The other 2 tracks were very good but seemed to be missing some of the magic of their earlier material.

great_knuthulhu · Post by **great_knuthulhu** » Sat Sep 04, 2010 12:13 pm

Thanks for linking this. If it's better than the second album it should be really good - I like that one quite a bit.

bigfootkit · Post by **bigfootkit** » Sat Sep 04, 2010 6:27 pm

Glad there's some interest in this, i've only had the chance to hear it once myself, so my internal jury's still out.
"Take It Away", sounded pretty good straight away, but i'll need to give the demo a lot more listens before i know how i feel about it definitively.
Anyone got any opinions or info about this and it's provinence?
See here:
http://www.thecorroseum.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=4857
for the scant background we have so far.

omen of hate · Post by **omen of hate** » Sun Sep 12, 2010 1:40 pm

Good demo, mostly in the vein of the 2nd album, the 2 first tracks are great, "Take it now" killed me !! "Evil Cloud" and "Straight Jacket" are more average.

Post by **DaN** » Fri Sep 17, 2010 6:26 pm

Very happy to hear this one. I can only 2nd some other comments - it's definitely better than the 2nd LP, "Take It Now" is a ripper fo sho', but I really liked this demo a lot as a whole. Mighty cheerios, 'kit!

bigfootkit · Post by **bigfootkit** » Fri Sep 17, 2010 9:32 pm

Nice to see that the responses on this have been mostly positive.
I can only concur with most of what you guys said already, it sounds pretty good to me too, and "Take It Now" kicks arse most of all.
Still wish i knew more about the background to the recording, but it seems like no-one knows 'owt about it.
While i'm on the subject, can i recommend a listen to "Financial Suicide" to anyone who hasn't heard it in a while.
It isn't as good as "No Place Like Home", that's a given, but it's not as bad as everyone seems to recall.
Just different.

Post by **DaN** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 8:52 pm

It's not that FS is a complete suckfest or anything, it's just your typical US Powerthrash without the same originality and amazing songwriting of the more classic HM debut. On this demo they at least reconquered some of that initial original streak...

bigfootkit · Post by **bigfootkit** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 10:40 pm

DaN wrote:It's not that FS is a complete suckfest or anything, it's just your typical US Powerthrash without the same originality and amazing songwriting of the more classic HM debut. On this demo they at least reconquered some of that initial original streak...

I think if you'd heard "Financial Suicide" before hearing "No Place Like Home" then you'd be more inclined to enjoy both.
I concur that "FS" isn't a patch on the debut, but to me it's still a decent record.

Moonchild · Post by **Moonchild** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:55 am

Hey bigfootkit, can you please reupload this demo? I would very much like to hear it. I love this band. Thanks man.

bigfootkit · Post by **bigfootkit** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 1:28 am

Leave it with me Moonchild, i'll need to hunt for the disc it's on.