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Kotipelto - Waiting for the Dawn (2002) Featured player: Michael Romeo Stratovarius singer Timo Kotipelto recruits Romeo for some guitar leads on his pedestrian power metal solo debut! Look, I'm not a fan of the traditional power metal sound (especially the vocals) and this is like a bad lesson...

It's not bad sounding, it's just not very good. The mix is pretty mid-heavy and not super balanced. That said, as it stands: it's amazing that any live Symphony X album even exists.

Live on the Edge of Forever (2001) The only Symphony X live album for some infernal reason is a true gem. Is it a great album? No. The mixing is pretty bad, a few of the songs are supppppppper rushed (looking at you, Rullo), and the tracklist is honestly kind of odd. But it is a wonderful...

I wouldn’t actually give it a 10/10 and I agree Red Lenses is pretty weak. Body Electric and Kid Gloves are also a couple notches down from the rest, but still solid. The other 5 songs are easy 10/10’s though. I rank it 3rd or 4th in the whole discography.

3 Rock in Rio [DVD] +3 2 Maiden England '88 +2 1 Eddie's Archive +1 (I guess...) 0 Dance of Death 0 "From Here to Eternity" [alt. gatefold] 0 The First Ten Years Weird round. One great cover, one good cover, and a bunch of half-assed, half-finished stuff.

You misspelled 10/10 for Grace Under Pressure

20 Killers +3 13 "Run to the Hills" +2 8 “Sanctuary" +1 1 "The Wicker Man" [alt. US promo] +1 0 "From Here to Eternity" 0 Donington Live 1992

16 “Fear of the Dark (Live)" +2 14 “Aces High" +3 7 "The Angel and the Gambler" [alt. picture disc] 4 Maiden Japan [alt.] +1 1 "Wrathchild" [Japan] 0 "Futureal"

Last night was John Bush (and Category 7 + Joey Vera) playing Anthrax tunes and it was absolutely incredible. John sounded insanely good and the band was very impressive. They also changed 2 songs from the previous set with ones that I was hoping for! Overall, 10/10 show.

Donald Trump, poster boy for small dick energy.

I’m able to take the things he has said, in the tone of voice in which he said them, with the mannerisms in which he said them, at face value. I’m able to deduce that when one incredibly wealthy playboy who says terrible things about young women (including his own daughter) takes a ton of...

Whaaaaaaat?! Conservative hypocrisy?! Surely you jest!

It doesn’t take any sort of media bias to hate a pedophile, rapist, racist, egomaniac con man pile of shit. Some people just suck.

Some people have empathy and basic human compassion. Some people are vile, putrid steaming piles of shit. Like Trump.

New Adrian interview with EonMusic: https://www.eonmusic.co.uk/interviews/adrian-smith-on-smith-kotzen-50-years-of-iron-maiden-playing-metallica-legends-greeny-guitar Really cool stories in there, especially the bits about Kirk Hammett, the Back in the Village riff, and the nugget that Infinite...