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Deep Purple

Blue Öyster Cult

Thin Lizzy

Uriah Heep

Rainbow

Iron Maiden

The fourth Circle II Circle album, entitled Delusions of Grandeur, is set to be released on April 25, 2008.

I like the few Rage albums that I've heard.

Especially the older, more thrashy albums, like Perfect Man.

Jon Oliva's Pain - Global Warning (comes out March 21st)

Iced Earth - Something Wicked pt 2

Blaze Bayley

Skyclad

Angel Dust

Judas Priest - Nostradamus

Heaven and Hell

I can't stand the vocalist.

Loved Joey Comeau. Carnival Diablos and Waking the Fury are the finest thrash (or groove?) metal albums of the decade. Absolutely on par with any classic Annihilator album, ie. Alice in Hell or Never Neverland.

She looks like a starving latin Ethiopian boy.

Metal-rules.com's top 20 metal albums of 2007.

Here's the top 10 with personal comments in italics:

1. Nightwish - Dark Passion Play (I agree, liked it lots. Would have been my #3 pick)

2. Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos (didn't hear this one - haven't been following DT since Train of Thought, which I didn't like)

3. King Diamond - Give Me Your Soul... Please (didn't hear this either - the only KD I know is from the Dangerous Meeting compilation)

4. Amorphis - Dark Waters (quite good, although maybe not as good as Eclipse and maybe not a top ten album)

5. Behemoth - The Apostasy (haven't heard)

6. Gamma Ray - Land of the Free pt 2 (one of my favourites - only second to the new Chris Caffery)

7. Megadeth - United Abominations (didn't hear. Kind of haven't been into Megadeth that much for over a decade now. I remember listening to Youthanasia when it first came out...)

8. Helloween - Gambling with the Devil (a very nice release, great solos, borderline top ten or maybe low teens)

9. Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon (another good entry - quite a difficult release to get into though. I'd probably rank it just outside the top ten)

10. Symphony X - Paradise Lost (didn't hear)

CDs. Playing them and playing with them is fun.

First: Metallica - Metallica

Last: Axxis - Doom of Destiny

Regarding Nightwish: I never really liked Tarja's singing anyway.

And I haven't even heard the new Symphony X, sorry. Maybe I should, but lately I've been into more straight forward music.

I think so far my top ten would look something like this:

1. Chris Caffery - Pins and Needles

2. Gamma Ray - Land of the Free pt.2

3. Nightwish - Dark Passion Play

4. Therion - Gothic Kabbalah

5. Helloween - Gambling with the Devil

6. HIM - Venus Doom

7. Type O Negative - Dead Again

8. Saxon - The Inner Sanctum

9. Axxis - Doom of Destiny

10. Kotipelto - Serenity

70's funk and glam.

Couldn't someone else tally the votes from the other thread and finish up this one already?

That 'someone else' being someone else but me.

Rest in peace.

I know nothing of Toews other than he has a weirdass surname that isn't pronounced how it's spelt and that he scored possibly the greatest goal I've ever seen (shame it was against the Avs).

Damn, forgot this whole thread existed.

Here's a summary of the Hawks early season:

- Toews and Kane are difference-makers and if all goes well, should both be on Calder voting at season's end. Especially Kane has surprised me positively, being so ready to play right after being drafted. Toews I knew was awesome having watched him dominate at the World Juniors. Ruutu - Toews - Kane has been the best line so far.

- Havlat has some serious bad luck going against him. Luckily the Hawks ain't as dependant on him as they were last season. But when he comes back, the Hawks can ice three good lines.

- Robert Lang is a lazy fuck, but he most definitely has the skills. Or maybe he is just so sneaky he only looks like he doesn't care. But damn, he scores lots. And it's all been without Havlat - imagine when you pair the two up.

- Sergei Samsonov has certainly lost it. "It" being whatever people saw in him when he first broke out with the Bruins. At least he is trying though. He puts in an effort every night, but just doesn't get any results. Any chance someone will pick him up on waiver/re-entry?

- Patrick Sharp and Rene Bourque are the most explosive PK duo in the league. Certainly made a difference Saturday night against the Wings. But not only then - Sharp has been extremely effective shorthanded all season. And Bourque has pretty much developed into a specialist by now.

- The Hawks own the Wings.

- Khabibulin has actually played well consistently. Can't even express how happy that makes me.

- Hawks defense doesn't look like much on paper, but damn, James Wisniewski and Brent Sopel have both played very well. Sopel has been solid defensively, exceeding all expectations. Wizzy might be the best d-man in the team at the moment. Brent Seabrook hasn't really developed much from last year and neither has Duncan Keith. Zyuzin and Johansson have been total failures. But still better than Aucoin and Cullimore last year.

- Adam Burish has stone hands.

- I love David Koci.

- I LOVE Rocky Wirtz. Or at least the fact that he is the owner and not his late father. Finally some actual promotion, finally some fresh air, finally no Bob Pulford and finally the fans don't have to feel sick to their stomachs knowing where the money they spend on the team goes.

Oh yeah, how could I forget that one. A song from that album that is particularly describing war, and is not so much focused on the narrative of the story, is for instance "Starlight".

The best release I've heard so far this year.

I second the Motorhead song. And Iced Earth's "the Glorious Burden" album is basically all about historical conflicts.

The only song I can think of that has any sort of general approval is Stairway to Heaven. I personally don't think it's all that awesome. It's a good song, but nowhere near as epic as Savatage's "the Hourglass", but oh well.

My general perception of Evanescence is negative. And I'm a huge fan of melodic metal. Why can't people like really good music like Savatage instead?

Iron Maiden - Afraid to Shoot Strangers

Iron Maiden - The Aftermath

Iron Maiden - Fortunes of War

Definitely fits the recollections/tales of war description.

EDIT: oh yeah, and all the dog fight songs like 'Aces High' and 'Tailgunner'.

Well, I don't think Reign in Blood, Seasons in the Abyss and God Hates Us All, for instance, sound the same at all.

Top 2007 releases that I've picked up:

1. Chris Caffery - Pins and Needles

2. Nightwish - Dark Passion Play

3. Therion - Gothic Kabbalah

4. Kotipelto - Serenity

5. Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon

6. Type O Negative - Dead Again

7. Saxon - The Inner Sanctum

8. HIM - Venus Doom

9. Within Temptation - The Heart of Everything

10. Lake of Tears - Moons and Mushrooms

But there's more to come:

Helloween - Gambling with the Devil (already ordered online)

Gamma Ray - Land of the Free pt. 2 (also ordered)

Axxis - Doom of Destiny (will pick up this month)

Angel Dust - VII (not necessarily sure it will come out quite this year)

Judas Priest - Nostradamus

My favourite Slayer albums are Reign in Blood, Seasons in the Abyss and South of Heaven. I'd say any of those three is a good place to start.

Favourite songs:

Angel of Death

Piece by Piece

Altar of Sacrifice

Jesus Saves

South of Heaven

Mandatory Suicide

War Ensemble

Spirit in Black

Skeletons of Society

Born of Fire