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Maiden, Metallica, Rush. If I could have picked a fourth from that list I would have picked Scorpions.

Yes indeed, though Bruce and Adrian had already been playing a pretty killer version on Bruce’s solo tours, like the one I personally saw in 1997…

You’re not wrong. I do think the MBTP version is better than the original, though. The original is pure cheese to my ears.

Werewolves Of London?

There was no remaking or re-recording on MBTP, they only added new layers of sound on top of the original. In a lot of cases I think it enhanced the original recording, but I can see why others might disagree.

They absolutely mixed it, but the mastering is what was called into question. I thought they stuck with the mastered version in the end, though there were some leveling issues on BTATS and a couple of other places that got cleaned up in the 2015 remaster. The vocals sound drier than month-old...

Rob must have some really good nights and some really bad nights, then, because he sounded surprisingly good when I saw them on the Invincible Shield tour…

Late 90s Gamma Ray would like to have a word with you, sir…

OK, now I’m completely lost about what you thought or were trying to say. I took the “(+/-)” as “more or less”, and my laugh emoji was genuine, based on the absurd premise you were putting forth. But it sounded to me like you were being serious. Now it sounds like maybe you weren’t. I don’t...

Not a chance. The songwriting on The X Factor can’t hold a candle to most of Accident Of Birth, much less The Chemical Wedding. And the word “masterpiece” has no business being used anywhere near The X Factor.

I was joking, of course.

Juanita!

No kidding. 12 years now since the last Gamma Ray album, but they won’t come out and admit the band is broken up…

Yep. Just subpar “journalism”.

Hard to pick just one. Everything mentioned so far is a valid contender. Let me toss another honorable mention into the ring — the original mastering of Dance Of Death. Incredibly muddy and ugly to listen to in places, especially when all 3 guitars are playing riffs simultaneously. They had...