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Down are quality. The first album, 'NOLA', is class. Nothing better than waking up on a hot Saturday morning at Download, and seeing them play. I've only heard of a few of the bands which are listed, soo.. Dream Theater - 8/10 Dragonforce - 5/10 Down - 8/10 In Flames - 7/10 Machine Head - 9/10

Faith No More - The Real Thing and Pantera Reinventing Hell: The Best of Pantera are the only two cd's that I've been listening to lately. I bought Machine Head's The Blackening the other day, but I haven't got around to listening to it properly.

3 songs to chill out to Sevendust - "Trust" Deftones - "Passenger" Tool - "Eulogy" 3 songs to get hyper and happy to Blink 182 - "Feeling This" Sum 41 - "Fat Lip" The Offspring - "Come Out And Play (Keep Em Seperated)" 3 songs to psyche yourself up into an aggressive, angry or intense brooding state Slipknot - "Everything Ends" Soulfly - "Jumpdafuckup" Pantera - "Walk" 3 songs to play while walking the streets to 'feel superior' to those around you Tool - "Aenema" Rage Against The Machine - "Know Your Enemy" Slipknot - "Pulse Of The Maggots"

1. Deftones 2. CKY 3. 3 Doors Down

Opening Credits: The Prodigy - "Voodoo People" Waking Up: Dream Theater - "Sacrificed Sons" First Day At School: Panic! At The Disco - "Build God, Then We'll Talk" Falling In Love: Sevendust - "Going Back To Cali" Fight Song: Devildriver - "Ripped Apart" Breaking Up: CKY - "The Human Drive In Hi-Fi" Prom: Sevendust - "Licking Cream" Life's OK: Slipknot - "Vermillion, Pt. 2" Mental Breakdown: Fear Factory - "Bite The Hand That Bleeds" Driving: Sum 41 - "Summer" Flashback: Machine Head - "Bulldozer" Wedding: Blink 182 - "Asthenia" Getting Back Together: 3 Doors Down - "It's Not Me" Paradise lost: Rage Against The Machine - "Street Fighting Man" Birth of Child: Mastodon - "I Am Ahab" Final Battle: Blink 182 - "Story Of A Lonely Guy" Death Scene: Dream Theater - "Never Enough" Funeral Scene: Green Day - "Welcome To Paradise" End Credits: Bowling For Soup - "Almost"

I'm shocked. I thought he was on the mend. Condolences go out to his family and friends. This is terrible. RIP Paul.

3 Doors Down - 'The Better Life' 7/10 If you say that 3 Doors Down are your generic, no-thrills rock band, then you're right. Harmless, straight-up rock music. 'The Better Life' isn't a classic, nor is it the best of the three efforts the band as put out, as that title goes to 'Away From The Sun'. However, against the bands other efforts, 'The Better Life' has one key factor going for it, the popularity of its singles. The album starts with the instantly-recognisable 'Kryptonite', which gained the band fame in the first place, and rightly so, as it's one of the standout tracks on the album. 'Duck And Run', and perhaps the best track on the album, 'Be Like That', are all worth listening to. However, the rest of the album drifts in-and-out of generic rock obsecurity. It's a shame really, because 3 Doors Down are one of the better bands within its genre, but this album and its other efforts all lack something - as if the band is scared to change its sound, or try something new. 3 Doors Down just generally stick to the same formula, which prevents the album from standing out, and making it nothing more than a solid, but generic, rock album. Standout Tracks: 'Kryptonite', 'Duck And Run', 'Be Like That', and 'So I Need You'.

Nine Inch Nails - "The Downward Spiral" Rating: 10/10 A brilliant, brilliant album. I've listened to it countless times, and it has not once got old. Every track on the album has its place, from the mechanical gun shot beats of 'Mr. Self Destruct' to the classic 'Hurt'. None of the tracks are skippable, even the calm instrumental 'A Warm Place' is perfect. Standout tracks: 'Closer', 'Ruiner', 'Reptile' & 'Hurt'

Mope.

1. Tool 2. Sevendust 3. Blink 182 4. Nine Inch Nails 5. Rage Against The Machine 6. Red Hot Chili Peppers 7. Metallica 8. Opeth 9. 3 Doors Down 10. Marilyn Manson

1. Metallica at Download Festival 2006 - Epic. It was just immense. 2. Tool at Download Festival 2006 - I may be a little biased here, because Tool are one of my favourite bands, but just to chill out watching the visualisations on the big screens was great. 3. Soulfly at Download Festival 2006 - Insane. Loved it.

Pantera - "Cemetery Gates" Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Soul To Squeeze" Tool - "The Grudge" Nine Inch Nails - "We're In This Together" Rage Against The Machine - "Wake Up" Deftones - "Minerva" Trivium - "Ember To Inferno" Alice In Chains - "Would" Machine Head - "Seasons Wither" Opeth - "Bleak" My music tastes have changed quite a bit on the last two or so years, for the better, I think.

Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes is pretty simple. For RHCP, try Californication.

In no particular order.. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral Tool - 10,000 Days Tool - Aenima Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine Metallica - The Black Album Sevendust - Animosity Sevendust - Next Alice In Chains - Dirt Korn - Korn Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power

Top 5 1. Sevendust 2. Nine Inch Nails 3. Blink 182 4. Trivium 5. 3 Doors Down The other 15 bands change often, so I'm not even going to bother trying to put them in order. Tool The Offspring Sum 41 Slipknot The Prodigy System of a Down Slipknot Bullet For My Valentine Deftones Korn CKY Velvet Revolver Alice In Chains Avenged Sevenfold Shadows Fall

These are just my personal favourites, not generally "greatest hits" or whatever. Sevendust 1. Black 2. Bitch 3. Reconnect 4. Trust 5. Face 6. Broken Down 7. Rumble Fish 8. Ugly 9. Enemy 10. Home 11. Licking Cream 12. Born To Die 13. Failure 14. Face to Face 15. Desertion 16. Rain 17. Angel's Son

Sheffield Wednesday - Des Walker Chris Waddle David Hirst

10. InMe - "Safe In A Room" 9. Nine Inch Nails - "Every Day Is Exactly The Same" 8. Roadrunner United - "The End" 7. Trivium - "The Deceived" 6. Bullet For My Valentine - "Suffocating Under Words of Sorrow" 5. Mudvayne - "Happy?" 4. Sevendust - "Hero" 3. Sevendust - "Failure" 2. Trivium - "Like Light To The Flies" 1. Nine Inch Nails - "Right Where It Belongs"

Sevendust - Pieces - The Last Song - T.O.A.B - Face to Face - Home - Rumble Fish - Black - Speak - Face - Born to Die Machine Head - Imperium - Seasons Wither - Davidian

5. Hours by Funeral For a Friend Key Tracks: Streetcar & Roses For The Dead 4. Mesmerize by System of a Down Key Tracks: Sad Statue, Lost in Hollywood & Radio Video 3. With Teeth by Nine Inch Nails Key Tracks: The Hand That Feeds, Right Where It Belongs & Everyday is Exactly The Same 2. Next by Sevendust Key Tracks: Failure, Never & The Last Song 1. Hypnotize by System of a Down Key Tracks: Kill Rock N Roll, Soldier Side & Dreaming

Blink 182, purely for their catchiness. I can't help but like them. I'm prone to liking a few Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit tracks too, despite them not being the most popular of bands.

1. Nine Inch Nails 2. Metallica 3. Blink 182 4. The Offspring 5. Red Hot Chilli Peppers 6. Green Day 7. Trivium 8. Sevendust 9. Funeral For a Friend 10. Foo Fighters