Bloodbath

Opeth's "Damnation" album is a great album to fall asleep to.

The The has gotta be up there with some of the worst. A as well.

1. Mercenary 2. Taproot 3. Dark Tranquillity 4. Pantera 5. Lamb of God 6. Nevermore 7. Mendeed 8. Arch Enemy 9. Mudvayne 10. Black Label Society

The Eastpak Antidote Tour on Saturday in Glasgow. Mainly going for Dark Tranquillity but I wouldn't mind sticking around to see Soilwork. Don't care for the other 2 bands.

Surprised at the lack of Father Ted... http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rsISf1HW_nU

Mercenary - Lost Reality Taproot - So Eager Dark Tranquillity - Misery's Crown Angra - Waiting Silence Hearse - Avalon

It's been almost a year now, and I still can't stop listening to Mercenary's 'The Hours That Remain' album. It's tragic that these guys don't get much recognition outside of Scandinavia. They're definitely one of, if not, the best bands to come out of that place.

Losing My Religion - Graveworm [REM] Incarnated Solvent Abuse - Arch Enemy [Carcass] Aces High - Arch Enemy [iron Maiden] Zombie - Mendeed [The Cranberries] Turn The Page - Metallica [bob Seger] I Want Out - Sonata Arctica [Helloween]

Edguy - Superheroes

If you can, try and get a hold of Taproot's "Blue Sky Research" album. Quite heavy at parts and lots of melodic bits, but mostly just straight up rock...well worth checking out. If you're looking for something a bit heavier, anything by Black Label Society would be a start (their latest material seems to be a lot more bland/radio friendly...it's still decent, just nothing on their older stuff).

Far too many gigs that I'm not gonna be able to afford probably (bolding the gigs/bands I'm desperate to go to/see)... The Misfits The Eastpak Antidote Tour (Soilwork, Dark Tranquillity, Caliban, Sonic Syndicate) Dream Theater/Symphony X The Get Happy Tour (Bowling For Soup, Bloodhound Gang, Zebrahead and some other band I don't care about) Kataklysm/Aborted (Same night as Capdown's last ever gig in Glasgow...oh well, Kataklysm win every time) Sanctity (Not a big fan, but it's £7 a ticket) Heaven & Hell/Lamb of God/Iced Earth Alice Cooper/Motorhead (Same night as Meshuggah) The Black Crusade (Machine Head, Trivium, Arch Enemy, Dragonforce, Shadows Fall) I'm probably only gonna be able to afford about 3 of them...I'll definitely be going to see Dark Tranquillity, Kataklysm and Heaven and Hell unless they sell out before I can afford them. Would like to see Arch Enemy to hear some of the new stuff live (Missed them at Bloodstock due to leaving early). Everything else is just a matter of how much money I have at the time.

Anything by Andrew WK Korpiklaani - Happy Little Boozer

Pantera - Drag The Waters That's all I can really think of right now...

Death By Stereo - Forever And A Day Mercenary - Lost Reality Black Label Society - The Last Goodbye Armageddon - Well of Sadness Zakk Wylde - Too Numb To Cry Masterplan - After This War (cheesy but still pretty sad) Mudvayne - World So Cold Taproot - Birthday (Mostly just the chorus)