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2009 - Yearly and overall charts

3 Jan 2010, 22:27 by empii

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Iced Earth, Draconian, Opeth, The Gathering, Lacuna Coil, Blind Guardian, Kamelot, Evanescence, Nightwish, Grave Digger, Iron Maiden, Epica, Stream of Passion, Metallica, Anathema, Within Temptation, Seether, Amaran, Evergrey, Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree, Ayreon, Eluveitie, a-ha, Katatonia, Apocalyptica, Beseech, Joe Satriani, Battlelore, Tristania, After Forever, Children of Bodom, Subway to Sally, Dark Tranquillity, Demons & Wizards, In Extremo, Arch Enemy, Heaven Shall Burn, Megadeth, Pyramaze, Rammstein, A Perfect Circle, Bruce Dickinson, Die Happy, Extreme Music, X-Ray Dog, Pink Floyd, Riverside, Sirenia, Disturbed

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50 questions about my top 50 artists

3 Jan 2010, 16:01 by SeriousSpoon

1. How did you get into 29? Linkin Park
I don't remember.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? Arena
Witch Hunt

3. What's your favorite lyric by 31? Foo Fighters
DOA

4. How did you get into 49? Serenity
Saw them live as a support act for Kamelot

5. How many albums by 13 do you own? Ayreon
Five.

6. What is your favorite song by 50? Flight of the Conchords
Robots (aka Humans are Dead)

7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad? The Alan Parsons Project
Old And Wise

8. What is your favorite song by 15? Porcupine Tree
Trains

9. What is your favorite song by 5? Tommy Emmanuel
Lewis & Clark

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? OST
Bella's Lullaby by Carter Burwell from the Twilight Soundtrack.

11. What is the worst song by 40? Amy Macdonald
The Road To Home

12. What is your favorite song by 10? Bruce Dickinson
Jerusalem

13. What is a good memory you have involving 30? Howard Shore
The Lord of the Rings movies, obviously :)

14. What is your favorite song by 38? Breaking Benjamin
Blow My Away, from the Halo 2 Soundtrack.

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy? Metallica
Die, Die My Darling (I have NO idea why.)

16. Is there a song by 25 that makes you sad? Muse
Not really.

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23? The Kooks
Mr. Maker, I think.

18. What's your favorite lyric by 11? Stephen Lynch
Oh, they're all great! But if I have to choose one... Halloween.

19. Who is a favorite member of 1? Opeth
Mikael Åkerfeldt

20. Is there a song by 14 that makes you happy? Fiction Plane
Two Sisters

21. What is a good memory involving 27? Trans-Siberian Orchestra
When I was cycling to the train station and there were rain/thunder sounds in the song, and I thought it was actually starting to rain :P

22. What is your favorite song by 16? Kamelot
The Mourning After

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47?
I don't have a 47, only two 46s!

24. What is your favorite album by 18? System of a Down
Toxicity

25. What is your favorite song by 21? Targets
Such A Bore

26. What is the first song you ever heard by 26? Crowded House
Four Seasons In One Day

27. What is your favorite album by 3? AFI
Sing The Sorrow

28. What is you favorite song by 2? Iron Maiden
Rime of the Ancient Mariner

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32? Coheed and Cambria
Welcome Home

30. What is you favorite song by 8? Tenacious D
Beelzeboss

31. How many times have you seen 17 live? Poets of the Fall
Never :(

32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy? Uriah Heep
Easy Livin'

33. How did you get into 12? Coldplay
This one time I was at a store buying a CD, and the guy asked me if I wanted a free poster. I figured why not, so I accepted it, and it was a poster for Viva La Vida by Coldplay. I had it up on my wall for a while when I decided I should check out if the album was actually any good, and it was :)

34. What is the worst song by 45? Kayak
Undecided

35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34? Flogging Molly
Black Friday Rule

36. What is the first song you ever heard by 48? Demians
The Temple

37. How many times have you seen 42 live? Shadow Gallery
Never. And they don't do live shows :(

38. What is you favorite song by 36? Fleetwood Mac
Rhiannon

39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28? Pendulum
Girl in the Fire

40. What is you favorite album by 7? Snow Patrol
Eyes Open

41. Is there a song by 31 that makes you happy? Foo Fighters
None in particular.

42. What is your favorite album by 41? Nikolo Kotzev
Nostradamus

43. What is your favorite song by 24? Ignite
Live For Better Days

44. What is a good memory you have involving 46? The Avett Brothers and Skillet
TAB: The first time I heard of them when watching The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson on Youtube.
Skillet: None.

45. What is your favorite song by 35? Lostprophets
Driveakflasejfalskf

46. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy? John Mayer
Belief

47. What is your favorite album by 4? Pearl Jam
Ten

48. Who is a favorite member of 37? Paramore
No one.

49. What is the first song you ever heard by 43?
Don't have a 43, just two 42s :P

50. What is your favorite song by 20? Fiction Plane
Cold Water Symmetry

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My official Top 100 favorite albums, 2000-2009

3 Jan 2010, 03:10 by Rifugium

100. Per Nørgård - Nuit des Hommes
99. Mono - Walking Cloud and Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered and the Sun Shined
98. Phil Keaggy - Lights of Madrid
97. Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Mark O'Connor - Appalachian Journey
96. Infidel?/Castro! - Bioentropic Damage Fractal
95. Canvas Solaris - The Atomized Dream
94. Béla Fleck - Perpetual Motion
93. John Abercrombie - Cat 'n' Mouse
92. Katatonia - Night Is the New Day
91. Mastodon - Leviathan
90. Paul Gilbert - Get Out of My Yard
89. Into Eternity - Buried in Oblivion
88. Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther
87. Paatos - Kallocain
86. Antimatter - Lights Out
85. Homesick for Space - Unison
84. Ayreon - The Human Equation
83. Isis - Wavering Radiant
82. Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun
81. Toby Driver - In the L..L..Library Loft
80. Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite
79. The Gathering - Souvenirs
78. Type O Negative - Life Is Killing Me
77. Opeth - Deliverance
76. Transatlantic - Bridge Across Forever
75. Jaga Jazzist - What We Must
74. Blackfield - Blackfield
73. Katatonia - Viva Emptiness
72. Tom Waits - Blood Money
71. California Guitar Trio - Whitewater
70. Martyr - Feeding the Abscess
69. Daylight Dies - Dismantling Devotion
68. Corrosion of Conformity - In the Arms of God
67. Kaki King - ...Until We Felt Red
66. Deadsoul Tribe - A Murder of Crows
65. Alex Skolnick Trio - Transformation
64. Nevermore - Dead Heart in a Dead World
63. The Gathering - Home
62. Justin King - Le Bleu
61. Red Sparowes - Every Red Heart Shines Toward the Red Sun
60. Explosions in the Sky - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
59. Hiromi - Another Mind
58. Foo Fighters - In Your Honor
57. Opeth - Damnation
56. Amorphis - Eclipse
55. dredg - The Pariah, the Parrot, the Delusion
54. Paul Gilbert - Burning Organ
53. Russian Circles - Enter
52. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part
51. Mattias IA Eklundh - The Road Less Traveled
50. Umphrey's McGee - Mantis
49. Björk - Vespertine
48. Béla Fleck & Edgar Meyer - Music for Two
47. Anathallo - Canopy Glow
46. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
45. Behold...The Arctopus - Skullgrid
44. Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
43. Howard Shore - The Lord of the Rings [trilogy]
42. Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element, pt. I
41. Isis - Panopticon
40. Jerry Cantrell - Degradation Trip, vol. 1&2
39. Blackfield - II
38. Daylight Dies - Lost to the Living
37. Explosions in the Sky - How Strange, Innocence
36. Cynic - Traced in Air
35. Umphrey's McGee - Local Band Does OK
34. Transatlantic - SMPTe
33. Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself
32. Ambeon - Fate of a Dreamer
31. Swallow the Sun - Hope
30. Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way to Blue
29. The Gathering - if_then_else
28. Mastodon - Crack the Skye
27. Earth - The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull
26. maudlin of the Well - Part the Second
25. Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance
24. Isis - Oceanic
23. Antimatter - Planetary Confinement
22. Tool - Lateralus
21. Type O Negative - Dead Again
20. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
19. maudlin of the Well - Leaving Your Body Map
18. The Ocean - Fluxion
17. Agalloch - The Mantle
16. Béla Fleck & The Flecktones - Live at the Quick
15. Bohren & der Club of Gore - Black Earth
14. Blotted Science - The Machinations of Dementia
13. Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale
12. Earth - Hex; Or Printing in the Infernal Method
11. King Crimson - The Power to Believe

10. maudlin of the Well - Bath
9. Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane
8. Ben Folds - Rockin' the Suburbs
7. Tom Waits - Orphans: Bawlers, Brawlers and Bastards
6. Kayo Dot - Dowsing Anemone with Copper Tongue
5. Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain
4. Ron Jarzombek - Solitarily Speaking of Theoretical Confinement
3. Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
2. Kayo Dot - Choirs of the Eye
1. Opeth - Blackwater Park

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Podsumowując 09...

1 Jan 2010, 12:49 by Trapciol

Najważniejszy album roku:
1. Pure Reason Revolution - Amor Vincit Omnia

Album długooczekiwany przez fanów świetnego "The Dark Third". Wielu z nich rozczarował... tym że nie jest jego kopią! A wręcz zupełnie innym podejściem do muzyki.

2. Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition

Mariusz Duda z kolegami wciąż pewnie podąża wytyczoną parę lat temu drogą. Riverside jednak wciąż się rozwija wzbogacając swą muzykę o nowe elementy.

3. Crippled Black Phoenix - The Resurrectionists / Night Raider

Filmowo, floydowo, postrocokowo... kołysze ta muzyka. Mimo że album dwupłytowy, nie ma mowy o nudzie.

4. Tides From Nebula - Aura
5. George Dorn Screams - O'Malley's Bar
6. Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg
7. Radio Moscow - Brain Cycles
8. Rodrigo y Gabriela - 11:11
9. Phideaux - Number Seven
10. Cinemon - Cinemon

Pełna lista: http://rateyourmusic.com/list/Trapciol/2009

Najczęściej słuchani wykonawcy:
1. Nirvana Odsłuchanych utworów: 340 Czas słuchania: 19 g 44 min
2. Nine Inch Nails Odsłuchanych utworów: 171 Czas słuchania: 14 g 3 min
3. Kult Odsłuchanych utworów: 172 Czas słuchania: 12 g 19 min
4. Dżem Odsłuchanych utworów: 110 Czas słuchania: 9 g 36 min
5. Anathema Odsłuchanych utworów: 109 Czas słuchania: 9 g 32 min
6. Oceansize Odsłuchanych utworów: 103 Czas słuchania: 9 g 32 min
7. Crippled Black Phoenix Odsłuchanych utworów: 102 Czas słuchania: 9 g 12 min
8. Pure Reason Revolution Odsłuchanych utworów: 116 Czas słuchania: 9 g 5 min
9. Ayreon Odsłuchanych utworów: 108 Czas słuchania: 8 g 56 min
10. Porcupine Tree Odsłuchanych utworów: 98 Czas słuchania: 8 g 42 min

Najczęściej słuchane albumy:
1. Crippled Black Phoenix - The Resurrectionists / Night Raider
2. The Clash - Singles Box Set
3. Sonic Youth - The Eternal
4. Phideaux - Number Seven
5. Kult - Posłuchaj, to do ciebie
6. Jelonek - Jelonek
7. Django Reinhardt - Djangology
7. Pure Reason Revolution - Amor Vincit Omnia
7. Underground Fly - Between fiction and reality
10. Nirvana - Unplugged In New York

Najczęściej słuchane utwory:
1. Nirvana - About A Girl
1. Nirvana – Polly
1. Nirvana – Dumb
4. Nirvana – Come As You Are
4. Pure Reason Revolution – Victorious Cupid
6. Nirvana – All Apologies
6. Anathema – A Natural Disaster
8. Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
8. Nirvana - Pennyroyal Tea
8. Nirvana – Lithium

Najfajniejsze koncerty:
1. March Prog Day
2. Jam Session Ankh + Jelonek
3. Cinemon

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Top 50 Artists - related questions

31 Dec 2009, 20:52 by Nallis

Perhaps this year I will put some effort into something on some sites... Seeing as Last.fm is music, this seems a good place for it, seeing as it has helped me endlessly in my quest to find new music.

So, I stole this from somewhere, cos I r a thieving child I am... but it is questions relating to the top 50 artists if I understand correctly, so here goes...

(I do get the feeling that I have more of a top 20 to what I listen to most but nevertheless!)

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How did you get into 31?
Imogen Heap
I honestly have no idea, all I can recall is having an album of hers, (Speak for Yourself) and it coming on the iTunes party shuffle thingy while playing WoW and I got sickeningly hooked. Very strange stuff!

What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
Avantasia
I can't be certain at all, I know it was off one of the Metal Opera albums... I didn't listen to it in order at first because clever clogs me didn't realise >.<

What is your favorite lyric by 29?
Blinded by the Light - Manfred Mann

"Some silicone sister with a manager mister told me I go what it takes
She said 'I'll turn you on sonny to something strong,
play the song with the funky break'"

The lyrics aren't much to look at to be fair, but that song... does 'things' to me, lol. It is simply fantastic and that is that!

What is your favorite album by 49?
Diana Ross

I can't say yet, it's only recently I acquired more than the few albums I had so I'll need to get working on them first. I can honestly say though that the album 'Diana' that I'm Coming Out is from... I adore it simply cos it has that track!

How many albums by 13 do you own?
Rod Stewart
I have them all bar the one that came out this year... I have no idea how many albums that as cos all those songbook ones made it alot!

What is your favorite song by 50?
lynard skynard
Freebird

Is there a song by 4 that makes you sad?
Michael Jackson
Man In The Mirror

That is virtually impossible to not be sad about since he died, I was fine with it before.

What is your favorite song by 15?
The Human League
Mirror Man

What is your favorite song by 5?
Lindisfarne
Run For Home
...but I adore too many really.

Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
David Bowie
...eeee... I can't think of anything off the top of my head despite being in love with Bowie... :(

What is your favorite album by 40?
Steve Miller Band
I don't remember the album that Jungle Love is from?

What is your favorite song by 12?
Asia
Ride Easy or Days Like These

What is a good memory you have involving 33?
Ayreon
Day Sixteen: Loser or Day Seven: Hope
Both were songs I obsessively listened to during my break up period... both are quite empowering songs. I dare anyone to give up on anything when being egged on by such stuff.

What is your favorite song by 37?
Dan Hill
It's a Long Road... what else?

Have you ever seen.......I erased the number by accident........live?
REO Speedwagon
Never. :'(

What is the first song you ever heard by 17?
Bee Gees
Stayin' Alive? I don't know, I would have heard my first tracks when I was young and didn't care.

What is your favorite album by 11?
Queen
Impossible to have a favourite!

Who is your favorite member of 1?
Enya
Lol, well maybe, just maybe, Enya? MAYBE ofcourse!

Have you ever seen 14 live?
I forgot to answer this. >.<

What is a good memory involving 21?
Jimmy Ruffin
I'd say that's quite impossible.

What is your favorite song by 16?
Bloodhound Gang
The Bad Touch

What is the first song you heard by 47?
The Offspring
Self Esteem - I think, I amn't sure, I just recall buying two albums cos I heard something.

What is your favorite album by 45?
Sammy Hagar
Can't say I know enough, don't listen to Hagar on his own often enough!

What is your favorite song by 18?
Led Zeppelin
Carouselambra

What is the first song you ever heard by 38?
T.Rex
Children Of The Revolution, go figure

What is your favorite lyric by 3?
Accept
This is tough, and near impossible, but I'll go for something from Midnight Highway since it's such a positive song and I like the feeling of freedom I get from it:

"Midnight sky is bright and clear
New moon on the right
All at once, risin' haze
The freeway is my life"

What is your favorite song by 2?
Alice Cooper
Devil's Food (alternate version) or I Am the Future

What was the first song you heard by 32?
Journey
It feels likely that it was Don't Stop Believing

What is your favorite song by 8?
Joe Jackson
One More Time or Is She Really Going Out With Him

How many times have you seen 10 live?
Crowded House
0

Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy?
The Source ft. Candi Staton
You've got the love
That is like... nearly the ultimate happy-making song... bad word choice, but yeh!

What is your favorite album by 9?
Cyndi Lauper
Have none, I like one of the greatest hits ones due to the in concert version of Girls Just Want To Have Fun which is way different and fandabydosey, lol... 'Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)'

What is the worst song by 46?
Kate Bush
I haven't really listened to anything that I thought was 'omg awful' etc.

What was the first song you heard by 34?
Judas Priest
I have NO idea... I would of heard them in my childhood and not realised track names, but the first song I heard upon being reintroduced was Hell Is Home (yay).

What is your favorite album by 42?
(I think I've mucked up the counting... *cough*)
This would come in as Richard O'Brien... and, well, I love Rocky Horror.

How many times have you seen 39 live?
Mötley Crüe
Wouldn't want to.

What is your favorite album by 35?
The Police
What album is Don't Stand So Close To Me from? >.<

What was the first song you heard by 28?
Elton John
Err? I don't know at all.

What is your favorite album by 7?
America
Alibi

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EPIC WIN from the 00s

30 Dec 2009, 18:44 by StakerSen

Well, I suppose everyone's doing this now. If you're just passing by, check these out.

DISCLAIMER: this isn't proof read and I don't care if you spot mistakes. >_<
Also, I'm right, since I have the best musical taste ever. But if you do want to challenge me, recommend me something I haven't heard/missed this decade.

None of any of this is in any particular order.

Best albums from the 00s

In order to do this, I decided to write up a short list, and then a list of finalists, before the final 5:

Devin Townsend - Terria
Devin Townsend - Synchestra
Devin Townsend - Ziltoid The Omnicient
DragonForce - Ultra Beatdown
Between the Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect
Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain
Agalloch - The Mantle
Sylvan - Posthumous Silence
Shadow Gallery - Room V
Transatlantic - Bridge Across Forever
Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Dream Theater - Live Scenes From New York
IQ - The Seventh House
God Is an Astronaut - God Is An Astronaut
This Will Destroy You - This Will Destroy You

Not a bad set, but the chosen ones must be:

Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain
I chose this above their "magnum opus", The Mantle, for a number of reasons, but Ashes itself wasn't received well by the fans. The main reason for this was the lack of folk elements - there's still acoustic stuff, but not as much as before. It's heavier overall, which is brilliant. The album's dominated by more epic tracks, like an Opeth album. Falling Snow (mentioned later ^_^) has to be my favourite black/death metal song. Limbs opens it brilliantly. The epic at the end is also very good, particularly Bloodbirds. What does bring this down is the last track, which is actually just noise, but even without that, it's 52 minutes of post black metal. YES.

Devin Townsend - Synchestra
Ah man, this album has everything. It's the most varied of all my choice, in all aspects. There's the soft acoustic brilliance of the opener, Let it Roll, to the quirky and brutal Hypergeek, proggy Triumph, doom metal styled Judgement, gloriously overdrived A Simple Lullaby, the oddly relaxing Sunset, and a great finale from Notes from Africa and Sunshine and Happiness. Brilliant. If there ever was a man to nail my musical taste, it would be this genius right here.

Transatlantic - Bridge Across Forever
I can never neglect the good old fashioned symphonic rock bands such as Genesis or Yes. Transatlantic are brilliant because they're a super-group intent on bringing back that classic sound. Members of Marillion, Dream Theater, The Flower Kings and the one and only Neal Morse make an amazing sound together, crafting their music quickly but leaving it well refined. Their first album was good but this one really is great. The two epic which bookend the album - Duel With the Devil and Stranger in Your Soul - are up there with the immortal epics of the 70s, with the less brilliant Suite Charlotte Pike appealing particularly to Beatles fans. The album also features the awesome piano ballad Bridge Across Forever itself. I can't wait to see them live.

Shadow Gallery - Room V
Generic prog metal? Well, perhaps, but this album really is awesome. The second album in a series of 2 concept albums, Room V features everything it needs to succeed - amazing musicians (particularly the guitars, giving us amazing Encrypted), awesome vocals (RIP Baker), a cool story (cheesy as it may be, it's not quite Ayreon), intense riffs and mind blowing instrumental sections. I would go as far as saying this is better than anything Dream Theater has offered us this decade. Highlights include Torn, Vow The Archer of Ben Salem, and the utterly amazing Rain.

IQ - The Seventh House
I was surprised to see myself putting this down. Is it really that good? The Wrong Side of Wierd is a great opener. Erosion brings things down a little, but the is the title track is full of fantastic passages. IQ have always been "generic" prog, but that hasn't got in the way of it being awesome. The classic Supper's Ready finale deserves its place in this track. Zero Hour is awesome, building to a fantastic finale, and the almost perfect Guiding Light. This deserves to be here. It's definitely not the best one, but it's in the top 5.

So, top songs? I'll make this painless for you. Still no particular order:

A Three-Legged Workhorse
The most beautiful song ever. If only all Post Rock was like this. The riff is amazing, drums are spot on, the intensity, the emotion... ah, they may have arrived late to the scene, but This Will have a long, long career ahead of them.

Falling Snow
Mentioned above, this track really is a brilliant song. I'm no expert on black metal but I doubt, in my travels, that I'll find anything above this. Epic lyrics, brilliant riffs, crazy drumming...

Guiding Light
Also mentioned above, this is a piano ballad with a brilliant, indulgent, proggy instrumental section, strapped into the middle. Should it work? Maybe not, but if just flows together so well, particularity the ending, with a short but sweet, screeching guitar solo.

Stagnant
I could have equally chosen Slow Me Down here, since both tracks are similar in essence. They're short, heavy, and, admittedly, a bit poppy, but that won't stop me - the lyrics to Stagnant are uplifting beyond any power ballad, the solo is excellent, the vocals are amazing... I can't praise this enough.

Rain
EPIC WIN. Prog metal at its best.
My flesh and blood it's all that's left my heritage!
From life to death to dust so through the woods I search!
Complete disconnect!
Your shelter comes to cover meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...

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Music discoveries of December 2009

29 Dec 2009, 22:10 by adg211288

The first in a regular journal which I thought I might take up writing.

The best discovery for me this month was Transatlantic - a band which I'd been meaning to check out for some time because they share a drummer with Dream Theater in Mike Portnoy. One of their vocalists is also Neal Morse of Spock's Beard fame, neither of which I am really a fan of but I do like his voice, having heard him sing on an Ayreon song. Anyway I managed to check out their latest offering The Whirlwind, an album which features a 77 minute song on its main disc, with 4 originals and 4 covers on the special edition bonus disc. It's well worth owning for the main disc, though the extra stuff isn't bad in its own right. It's definitely one of the best albums I've heard from this year and the band has made such an impression on me I've ordered all three of their studio albums, SMPTe, Bridge Across Forever and the aforementioned The Whirlwind.

Another great discovery this month was Pharaoh, a power metal band, who had a thread made about them in my forum and I managed to get a hold of their most recent offering Be Gone. The band has re-kindled my interest in power metal and hope to see some recommendations in the comments section here. This discovery is also to thank for the next one.

Control Denied. The prog/power metal band formed by the late Chuck Schuldiner of Death fame. Same singer as Pharaoh, which was what finally got me around to checking them out, as I'd been meaning to for ages, being a fan of Death already.

Most recently I got around to checking out the music of Doro. Only just started listening this evening but I've been checking out the full tracks on her Last.fm page and sounding really good, classic heavy metal.

Amberian Dawn - a symphonic power metal act. Just been checking out their first album River Of Tuoni. Good vocals, good riffs. Managed to get their debut off of Play.com for the great price of £3.60, because apparently the CD case has a small crack in it. Big deal, I'll be having that!

Also did some re-discovering this month, the bands in question being Blind Guardian and Alice in Chains. I've had at least 1 albums by each of them but got my backside in gear to get some more Blind Guardian recently, buying the albums Follow The Blind, Somewhere Far Beyond, and Imaginations From The Other Side. For Alice in Chains in my opinion they made the album of the year with Black Gives Way To Blue, which made me order copies of Dirt and Alice in Chains, which completes my collection of their full length albums (when they come through my letter box anyway), with just the Sap EP missing from the major releases.

Until next month,

adg

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Top 15 most played albums of 2009

28 Dec 2009, 21:36 by Nasty-Lorelei

nasty-lorelei's top albums (12 months) 1. Untoten - Grabsteinland (124)
2. Untoten - Grabsteinland II - Herrschaft der Vampire (101)
3. Untoten - Grabsteinland III - Herz der Finsternis (101)
4. Ayreon - 01011001 (90)
5. Leaves' Eyes - Njord (86)
6. Leaves' Eyes - My Destiny (80)
7. Liv Kristine - Deus Ex Machina (78)
8. Vacuum - Seance at the Chaebol (73)
9. Theatre of Tragedy - Forever Is the World (68)
10. Untoten - Die Blutgraefin (Disc 1) (62) 11. Theatre of Tragedy - Aegis (58)
12. Korpiklaani - Spirit of the Forest (57)
13. Qntal - Purpurea-The Best Of Qntal (53)
14. Untoten - Die Hexe (48)
15. Theatre of Tragedy - Velvet Darkness They Fear (47)

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90.000 Scrobbled tracks

24 Dec 2009, 09:45 by logout

From April 28, 2004 till today December 24, 2009 90000 tracks have been scrobbled by last.fm. Track number 90000 was: Riverside - The Curtain Falls.

Top 10 of bands/artists:
1 Dream Theater (1,723)
2 After Forever (1,679)
3 Iced Earth (1,349)
4 Ayreon (1,235)
5 Nightwish (1,231)
6 Epica (1,219)
7 The Gathering (1,090)
8 Evergrey (929)
9 Queensrÿche (873)
10 Riverside (867)

Positions 6 and 7 traded places since my last milestone of 85k, current 9 and 10 kicked out System of a Down resp. Judas Priest since then

Last 3 months I listened a lot to these 10 bands: Epica, The xx, Devin Townsend Project, Riverside, Amaseffer, Arkona, VAST, The Tea Party, Guilt Machine, Roswell Six

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My Collection (CDs, tshirts, etc)

23 Dec 2009, 23:07 by The_Mercian

CD's

AC/DC – Live
Ajattara – Kuolema
Alestorm – Captain Morgan's Revenge
Amon Amarth – Once Sent From the Golden Hall
Amon Amarth – The Avenger
Amon Amarth – The Crusher
Amon Amarth – Versus the World (Viking Edition digipack - signed)
Amon Amarth – Fate of Norns (digipack)
Amon Amarth – With Oden on Our Side (digipack)
Amon Amarth – Twilight of the Thundergod (ltd box set)
Amorphis – Tales From the Thousand Lakes
Ancient Rites – Dim Carcosa
Ancient Rites – Rubicon
Ascension - Durin's Bane Demo
Axenstar – Far From Heaven
Axenstar – Perpetual Twilight
Axenstar – Inquisition
Axenstar – Final Requiem
Ayreon – The Final Experiment (remastered)
Ayreon – The Human Equation
Bad Company – 10 From 6
Bal-Sagoth - Battle Magic
Bal-Sagoth – Atlantis Ascendant
Basil Poledouris – Conan the Barbarian Soundtrack
Bathory – Blood Fire Death
Bathory – Hammerheart
Bathory – Nordland
Bathory – Nordlan II
Battlelore – Where the Shadows Lie (signed)
Battlelore – Sword's Song (digipack, signed)
Battlelore - Third Age of the Sun (Signed)
Battlelore - Evernight (signed)
Battlelore - The Last Alliance (signed)
Battlesword – Failing in Triumph (digipack)
Black Jade – Of Forest and Fire (digipack)
Black Sabbath – Under Wheels of Confusion (box set)
Blackguard - Profugus Mortis (promo)
Blaze – Silicon Messiah (signed)
Blaze – Tenth Dimension (digipack, signed)
Blaze – As Live As It Gets (promo, signed)
Blaze – Blood & Belief (signed)
Blaze Bayley – The Man Who Would Not Die (signed)
Blaze Bayley - The Night That Would Not Die (signed)
Blind Guardian – Follow the Blind
Blind Guardian – A Twist in the Myth (digipack)
Bolt Thrower – Realm of Chaos (remastered)
Bolt Thrower – The IVth Crusade
Bolt Thrower - ...For Victory
Bolt Thrower – Who Dares Wins
Bolt Thrower – Mercenary
Bolt Thrower – Those Once Loyal
Bretwaldas Of Heathen Doom – Battle Staffs in the Mushroom Woods
Carpathian Forest – Black Shining Leather
Celesty - vendetta (promo)
Children of Bodom – SomethingWild
Children of Bodom – Hatebreeder
Children of Bodom – Follow the Reaper
Children of Bodom – Hate Crew Deathroll
Chrome Division – Doomsday Rock 'n Roll
Cock Sparrer – Shock Troops/Runnin Riot in '84
Crystal Viper - Metal Nation (signed)
Cutting Daisy – The Fools Crowned Themselves Gods
Dark Moor – The Hall of the Olden Dreams
Dark Tranquility – Damage Done
Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult - The Pest Called Humanity
Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult - Follow the Calls for Battle
Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult - Nocturnal March
Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult - Evoking a Decade
Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult - Hora Nocturna
Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult - Saldorian Spell (digipack)
Darkthrone – A Blaze in the Northern Sky
Darkthrone – The Cult is Alive
Deathchain – Deadmeat Disciples
Deathchain – Deathrash Assault
Deep Purple – Made in Japan (remastered)
Destruction – The Best of Destruction
Dethklok – The Dethalbum (deluxe)
Diamond Head – Best of...
Dimmu Borgir – In Sorte Diaboli
Dissection – The Somberlain (ltd remastered boxset)
Dissection – Storm of the Lights Bane/Where Dead Angels Lie (digipack)
Dissection – Live Legacy (digipack)
Dissection – Reinkaos
Dragobrath – Scripture of the Woods
DragonForce – The Valley of the Damned
Dragonforce – Sonic Firestorm
Dragonforce – Inhuman Rampage
Dreamtale – Beyond Reality
Edguy – The Savage Poetry
Edguy – Mandrake
Edguy – Hellfire Club
Edguy – Superheroes EP
Edguy – Rocket Ride
Elexorien – Elexorien (signed)
Eluveitie – Spirit (signed)
Eluveitie – Slania
The Embodiment – Razor Cut Reality
The Embodiment – Legeon
Emperor – Emperial Live Ceremony
Endstille – Navigator
Ensiferum – Ensiferum
Ensiferum – Iron
Ensiferum – Dragonheads EP
Ensiferum – Victory Songs
Equilibrium – Sagas
Fairyland – Of Wars in Osyrhia (signed)
Fairyland – Fall of an Empire (signed)
Falconer – Falconer
Falconer – Sceptre of Deception
Falkenbach – Heralding the Fireblade
Finntroll – Nattfödd
Folkearth – By the Sword of my Father
Forefather – Ours is the Kingdom
Free - Live
Freedom Call – King of the Crystal Empire
Freedom Call – Eternity
Freedom Call – Live Invasion
Galadriel – The Mirror of Ages
Galadriel – Oblivion
Gorgoroth - Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam
Grave Digger – The Reaper
Grave Digger – Tunes of War (digipack)
Grave Digger – Knights of the Cross (digipack)
Grave Digger – Excalibur (digipack)
Grave Digger – Rheingold
Grave Digger – The Last Supper
Grave Digger – Liberty or Death
Graveland – Will Stronger Than Death (digibook)
Halford – Resurrection
HammerFall – Glory to the Brave
Hammerfall – Crimson Thunder (Comic Book Edition)
Hammerfall – Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken (box set)
Hanging Doll - Reason & Madness (signed)
Hawkwind – Space Ritual (digipack)
Hawkwind – Masters of the Universe
Hawkwind – Live Chronicles
Hawkwind – Epoch Eclipse; the Ultimate Best of...
Heidevolk – De Strijdlust is Geboren
Heol Telwen – An Deiz Ruz (digipack)
Highland Glory - Forever Endeavour (signed)
Hozz – Live (demo)
I – Between Two Worlds (digipack)
Iced Earth – Dark Genesis (Box Set)
Iced Earth – The Dark Saga
Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes
Iced Earth – Days of Purgatory
Iced Earth – Alive in Athens (3-disc edition)
Iced Earth – The Melancholy EP (reissue)
Iced Earth – Horror Show
Iced Earth – The Glorious Burden (digipack)
Iced Earth – Overture of the Wicked EP
Iced Earth – Framing Armageddon (digipack)
Iced Earth – I Walk Among You (Single)
Iced Earth – The Crucible of Man (digipack)
Icy Steel – Icy Steel
Immortal – At the Heart of Winter
Immortal – Sons of Northern Darkness (reissue digipack)
Immortal Souls – Once Upon A Time in the North (digipack)
Iron Fire – Thunderstorm
Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden – Killers
Iron Maiden – Number of the Beast
Iron Maiden – Piece of Mind
Iron Maiden – Powerslave
Iron Maiden – Somewhere in Time
Iron Maiden – Seventh Son of A Seventh Son
Iron Maiden – Maiden England
Iron Maiden - No Prayer For the Dying
Iron Maiden – Fear of the Dark
Iron Maiden – A Real Live One
Iron Maiden – A Real Live/Dead One
Iron Maiden – Live at Donington (reissue)
Iron Maiden – The X Factor (signed by Blaze Bayley)
Iron Maiden – Virtual XI (Signed by Blaze Bayley)
Iron Maiden – Ed Hunter (signed by Blaze Bayley)
Iron Maiden – Brave New World
Iron Maiden – Rock in Rio
Iron Maiden – Dance of Death
Iron Maiden – Death on the Road
Iron Maiden – A Matter of Life and Death
Iron Savior – Unification
Iron Savior – Interlude
Iron Savior – Condition Red
Iron Savior – Battering Ram
Iron Savior – Megatropolis
Ironically Maiden – Here's Your Sodding Demo Disk (Demo)
Jag Panzer – Thane to the Throne
Jag Panzer – Mechanised Warfare
Jeff Wayne – Musical Version of the War of the Worlds
Judas Priest – Sad Wings of Destiny
Judas Priest - Stained Class
Judas Priest - Killing Machine/Hell Bent for Leather
Judas Priest - British Steel
Judas Priest – Screaming For Vengeance
Judas Priest – Defenders of the Faith
Kamelot – Epica
Keep of Kalessin – Armada
Kreator – Past Life Trauma (1985-1992)
KromleK – Strange Rumours...Distant Tremors
Kult – Winds of War
Legion of the Damned – Sons of the Jackal
Leonard Rosenman – The Lord of the Rings Soundtrack (1978)
Luca Turilli – King of the Nordic Twilight
Lux Occulta - Dionysus
Manegarm – Vargstenen (digipack)
Marduk – Panzer Division Marduk
Marduk – Rom 5:12
Megadeth – Killing is my Business...and Business is Good
Megadeth – Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?
Megadeth – So Far, So Good...So What!
Megadeth – Rust in Peace
Megadeth – Countdown to Extinction
Megadeth – Youthanasia
Megadeth – Hidden Treasures
Megadeth – Cryptic Writings
Megadeth – Risk
Megadeth – The World Needs a Hero
Menhir – Hildebrandslied (digibook)
Mercenary – Everblack
Metallica – Kill 'Em All
Metallica – Ride the Lightning
Metallica – Master of Puppets
Metallica - ...And Justice For All
Metallica – Metallica
Metallica – Load
Metallica – Reload
Metallica – Garage Inc.
Metallica – S&M
Metallica – Live Shit: Binge & Purge (reissue box set)
Midnattsol – Where Twilight Dwells
Moonsorrow – Kivenkantaja
Mors Principium Est – The Unborn (digipack)
Mors Principium Est – Inhumanity
Motörhead - Overkill
Motörhead – Ace of Spades
Motörhead – Another Perfect Day
Motörhead – No Sleep 'til Hammersmith
Motörhead – Bastards
Motörhead – Take No Prisoners
Mountain – Twin Peaks
Municipal Waste – The Art of Partying
Muse – Black Holes and Revelations
Nebelhorn – Gen Helwegs Grund
Nightwish – 1997-2001 (Digibook)
Nightwish – Century Child
Nightwish – Once
Nightwish – End of an Era (ltd box set)
Nightwish – Dark Passion Play (digipack)
Olympos Mons – Conquistador
Olympos Mons – Medievil
Orden Ogan - Vale (signed)
Overkill – Hello From the Gutter
Pantera – Cowboys From Hell
Pantera – Vulgar Display of Power
Pantera – Far Beyond Driven
Pantera – The Great Southern Trendkill
Pantera – Offcial Live: 101 Proof
Pink Floyd – Delicate Sound of Thunder
Queen – Greatest Hits
Queen – Greatest Hits II
Queen – Greatest Hits III
Rhapsody – Legendary Tales
Rhapsody - Emerald Sword (single)
Rhapsody - Dawn of Victory (ltd box set)
Rhapsody – Rain of a Thousand Flames
Rhapsody – Power of the Dragonflame (dvd edition)
Rhapsody – Symphony of Enchanted Lands, Vol 2: The Dark Secret (digipack)
Rotting Christ – Sanctus Diavolus
Rotting Christ – Theogonia (digipack)
Running Wild – Masquerade
Satyricon – Now, Diabolical
Siebenbürgen – Loreia
Siebenbürgen – Grimjaur
Siebenbürgen – Delictum
Siebenbürgen – Darker Designs & Images
Silent Force – Walk the Earth
Silent Prophecy - Silent Prophecy Demo
The Sins of Thy Beloved – Lake of Sorrow
Slayer – Reign in Blood
Slechtvalk – The War That Plagues the Land
Sodom – Ten Black Years: The Best of Sodom
Status Quo – Whatever You Want
Storm – Nordavind
Stormlord – At the Gates of Utopia
Stormlord – The Gorgon Cult (signed)
Summoning – Minas Morgul
Taake - ...Doedskvad
Tankard – Beast of Bourbon
Teräsbetoni – Vaadimme Metallia
Thronar – For Death and Glory
Timeless Miracle – Into the Enchanted Chamber
Tuatha De Danann - Tuatha de Danann
Tuatha de Danann – Tingaralatingadun
Tuatha de Danann – The Delirium Has Just Began
Tuatha de Danann – Trova di Danu (digipack)
Twilight Guardians – Wasteland
Twisted Tower Dire Battle Hymns to the Pantheon
Týr – How Far to Asgaard? (signed)
Týr – Eric the Red (signed)
Týr – Ragnarok (digipack - signed)
Unleashed – Midvinterblot
Uriah Heep – The Collection
Various Artists - Blackend
Various Artists - Transformers: The Movie Soundtrack
Various Artists – Pagan Battle Tunes V
Various Artists – The Rock Box
Various Artists – Headbanger's Bible
Various Artists – Rock Star Soundtrack
Various Artists – This is Thrash
Various Artists – Noord Geldersch Metaal: Liederen Voor in het Vagevuur
White Skull – The Dark Age
Winters Bane – Redivivus
Wintersun – Wintersun (ltd with slipcase - signed)
Wizard – Odin
Wolfsbane – Lifestyles of the Broke and Obscure
XIV Dark Centuries – Jul EP
XIV Dark Centuries – Skithingi

DVDs
AC/DC - Live at Donington
Amon Amarth - Wrath of the Norsemen
Аркона - Live - For the Glory
Аркона - Noch Velesova
Blaze Bayley - Alive in Poland (signed)
Blaze Bayley - The Night That Would Not Die (signed)
Battlelore - The Journey (signed)
Dissection - Rebirth of Dissection
Ensiferum - 10th Anniversary Live
Iced Earth - Alive in Athens
Iron Maiden - Rock in Rio
Metallica - Live Shit: Binge & Purge
Nightwish - From Wishes to Eternity
Nightwish - End of an Era
Stormlord - The Battle of Quebec City: Live in Canada (signed)
Wintersun - Tour Edition DVD

Gig Memorabilia
Battlelore - Setlist (Signed, Manchester Moho w/ Finntroll 28.09.09)
Celesty - Plectrum (BOA 2009)
Crystal Viper - Red plectrum (sent free by manager)
Crystal Viper - Blue plectrum (sent free by manager)
Hanging Doll - Setlist (Signed. Metalfest, Dudley 27.09.09)
Highland Glory - Setlist (Skuret, Oslo 12.12.09)
Power Quest - Setlist (Signed. Metalfest, Dudley 26.09.09)

Shirts:
Amon Amarth - Versus the World (tshirt)
Amon Amarth - Viking (white longsleeve, signed)
Amon Amarth - With Oden on Our Side (tshirt)
Amon Amarth - Asator (tshirt)
Amon Amarth - With Oden on Our Side (flag)
Asphyx - Death...the Brutal Way (tshirt)
Battlelore - Sword's Song (tshirt)
Battlelore - The Last Alliance (tshirt)
Blaze Bayley - Kill & Destroy (longlseeve)
Blind Guardian - Twist in the Myth (tshirt)
Crystal Viper - Metal Nation (tshirt)
Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult - The Pest Called Humanity (tshirt)
Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult - Follow the Calls for Battle (tshirt)
Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult - Hora Nocturna (tshirt)
Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult - Saldorian Spell (hoody)
Death - Logo (workshirt)
Dissection - The Somberlain (ltd edition tshirt from remastered The Somberlain boxset)
Dragonforce - Valley of the Damned (tshirt)
Eindhoven Metal Meeting - 2009 (tshirt)
Elexorien - The Curse (tshirt)
Eluveitie - Spirit (tshirt)
Ensiferum - Ensiferum (tshirt)
Ensiferum - Ensiferum's Super (tshirt)
Falconer - Logo (tshirt)
Falkenbach - Heralding the Fireblade (tshirt)
Folkearth - Viking Head (tshirt)
Forefather - Shieldwall (tshirt)
Grave Digger - Rheingold (longsleeve)
Hail of Bullets - Death Metal Supreme (camo tshirt)
Hammerfall - Glory to the Brave (tshirt)
Heidevolk - Wodan Heerst (tshirt)
Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes (tshirt)
Iced Earth - Overture of the Wicked (tshirt)
Immortal - Sons of Northern Darkness (longsleeve)
Immortal - Reunion 2007 (tshirt)
Iron Maiden - Brave New World (football shirt)
Metal Fest - Festival shirt (tshirt)
Metallica - 5 (football shirt)
Metalliac - logo (polo shirt)
Motörhead - England/Everything Louder Than Everything Else (tshirt)
Olympos Mons - Logo (tshirt)
Sonata Arctica - Winterheart's Guild (tshirt)
Tankard - the Beauty and the Beer (tshirt)
Vader - Rycina All-Over Print (tshirt)
Wacken Open Air - Logo (workshirt)
Wacken Open Air - 2006 (tshirt)
Wacken Open Air - Roadsign (tshirt)
Wacken Open Air - Christmas 2007 (tshirt)
Wintersun - Beautiful Death (tshirt)
Wintersun - Snow and Sorrow (tshirt)
XIV Dark Centuries - Jul (tshirt)

Other Merch:
Amon Amarth - logo (beany hat)
Amon Amarth - With Oden on Our Side (Flag)
Amon Amarth - Logo (Belt)
Amon Amarh - Logo (Ltd Edition Bottle Opener)
Amon Amarth - With Oden on Our Side (Balloon)
Amon Amarth - Logo (Wristband)
Darkthrone - Logo (beany hat)
Iron Maiden - The Trooper (Belt Buckle)
Nightwish - Logo (Belt)
Wintersun - Logo (Wristband)

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