Talk:The Black Mages

Note
If someone could add a list of performances, that would be great. I've already added mention of the fanclub DVD release, but I don't have much information passed that about other performances.


 * I added all of the concerts. I'm pretty sure that's it. Still need descriptions and prices for a couple.222.152.0.165 03:17, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Genre?
At least I know The Black Mages has nothing to do with power metal (no double bass drums, no high vocals, not fast enough, no shredding etc.). It doesn't feel very right to call it progressive metal either. But I'm sure it's instrumental rock at least. I'll replace the genre with that if no one has anything against it. Also has anyone ideas for some more specific genre?


 * why do you think that they are not progressive metal? they clearly fit the description
 * Idon't see how a band that does covers of video game music can be called progressive. At all.
 * they are not covers, they are remixed into metal songs. besides, most of them write and composed the music
 * Regardless of whether they are covers of video game music or not, it can still be progressive metal. "Video game music" is not a genre in itself, but most of the songs The Black Mages arrange are progressive. What is needed is a reliable source for any genre they play in.--TheEmulatorGuy 22:16, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
 * This band is quite obviously Progressive metal and some songs do indeed have a power metal feel to them, the skies above, for instance. I believe that genre could be a debate here though, as it doesn't follow some rules for those genre tags.
 * It's confirmed and obvious they are instrumental rock, but it's not certain about their progressive sound. That's why I wrote the following in the article: "The band arranges Uematsu's musical compositions in a rock style often similar to progressive metal, achieved with the additional use of synthesizers." - this compromise should be level ground for everyone. --TheEmulatorGuy 03:27, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

They ARE Progressive Metal, they fit the description of prog. metal perfectlly, i'm not so sure about power metal though, isn't power metal heavier? I mean a couple of their songs might be debated, but for the most part they're prog. metal.Emo777 (talk) 07:10, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
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Tracks Confirmed on Third Album
Yay! I've been hoping for a arrangement of Premonition. That's one more off of my wish list. All that's left is Kefka's Theme, the Theme of Final Fantasy, Decisive Battle (Final Fantasy V) and Legendary Beast (Final Fantasy VIII). Here's hoping. —Preceding

New Members?
Hey, I saw a while back that the article said that the Black Mages were going to add two new members but a few days later it disappeared. Was that true or vandlism or what?Emo777 (talk) 05:35, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

See Also apearing in many articles like this one.
I've been looking into remix/cover/rearrangement bands recently, and I've noticed that many of them contain the fallowing:

See also
 * The Black Mages, a metal band founded by Nobuo Uematsu to play Final Fantasy arrangements.
 * The Advantage, another band which plays covers of Nintendo theme music.
 * The OneUps, another band which plays covers of video game music (although with a more jazz-inspired sound).
 * The NESkimos, another band which plays covers of Nintendo music, but adds a very heavy style to it.
 * MegaDriver, another band which plays covers of video game music, mostly of the Sega Genesis (or "Mega Drive" outside North America) but also plays Nintendo covers, with a heavy metal style.
 * PRESS PLAY ON TAPE, another band which plays covers of video game music (Commodore 64 tunes as rock).
 * The Megas, a band which covers Mega Man songs, adding lyrics to expand on the game's story.

(This was taken from The Minibosses, so of coarse, they aren't on there. Also, See also is supposed to be a header.)

I'm not suggesting that this be added, but rather the See also be replaced with something more apropriete, and that be added. I was thinking a page like "List of Popular Game-Music Cover Bands" could replace all the links in the See also, but I'm not very experienced with how Wiki works, so I didn't want to make that change to all of the articles without backing.

If anyone doesn't agree that the See also needs replacing, note that if something needs to change in the list, there are numerous articles the change would have to be made in. This also doesn't allow for very communal editing. Posted by: SoC (talk) -- Posted at:: 03:24, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Picture of the Band
Just that, I'll try and find one myself, naturally, but if I can't find one, I think it would greatly improve the article quality if we actually have a picture of the band. --Pstanton (talk) 20:23, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

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Question
Should the band members list at the articles bottom, listing when they were a part of the band, be cited? It is like a mini gameography... Judgesurreal777 (talk) 00:08, 21 May 2020 (UTC)