Recent content by Diesel 11

Currently a tie for third place, would be cool if someone broke it.

No AMOLAD?

Just got Mariah’d. No Wham yet.

You’re right that most of the songs may have been bettered, but even then the flow and energy is incredible. Also it’s got easily the best version of “Flight of Icarus”!

Wrong.

Actually insane how this went from “forgettable cover” to “possibly the greatest metal cover on possibly the greatest metal live album” so fast.

Rush Moving Pictures (1981) 1. Tom Sawyer - Drum and bioluminescent synth plunge you into the cold waters of the modern-day Mississippi, where rafts are in short supply but factories line the river. Geddy's opening lines echo through the emptiness of a cold world of conformity. Tom Sawyer is...

What’s the original cover?

It’s because it was released three different ways. Different bonus tracks on different CD releases, similar to “The Angel and the Gambler” and “The Wicker Man”. I didn’t want to get too bogged down into all the art from the band because I figured the game was already long enough. The only...

And we're back to the bottom of the barrel. 3 "The Final Frontier" +3 2 "The Wicker Man" +2 1 Somewhere Back in Time - The Best of: 1980-1989 +1 0 "Different World" 0 "Virus" [alt. 1] 0 "Different World" [DVD] The singles from The Final Frontier are so cool, inspired by comic book...

Promoted to the Finals: The Number of the Beast - 33 points Promoted to Round 2: "The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg" - 20 points Virtual XI - 16 points Eliminated from the Tournament: Live at the Rainbow - 5 points "Virus" [alt. 2] - 2 points Nights of the Dead, Legacy of the Beast: Live in...

Yeah, we went into the mountains to visit my partner’s grandparents. Listened to a lot of country and folk lol.

I don’t usually listen to much in the way of new music, but I will say that Ethel Cain’s first release this year, Perverts, was a super interesting project. It’s a drone album, so lots of drawn-out, slow, repeating passages, that marry the sound she established on her debut with something even...

I’ve been on vacation! New round tonight, hopefully.

There are a few possibilities for 2027: Mixing and releasing the new Iron Maiden live album. Solo work. New Bruce Dickinson album/tour. New British Lion album/tour. New Smith/Kotzen album/tour. New Dave Murray & the Hawaii 5 O’Clock Quartet album/tour. New Iron Maiden ‘The Trooper’ beer. New...