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I've been listening to this album almost nonstop for weeks now. Truly their best.

What really impresses me about Rush is that after decades Geddy Lee somehow sounds as good as ever, myabe even better now since he shows a bit more restraint on the annoyingly high sections. I'm probably in the minority here, but I'd put Snakes and Arrows among Rush's best work. Also, if anyone...

I also saw Inglourious Basterds the other day, and i think it may be my favourite Tarantino movie, not that I'm a huge fan. It was an odd movie, half slow and well-acted period piece (despite zero historical accuracy, though it's intentional), half pure escapist fun. Brad Pitt and Christoph...

I saw Opeth live last year. They put on a really solid performance but what really surprised me was how much fun the band members were. Mikael Akerfeldt especially. Between songs he'd have fun stories about growing up in Sweden, getting drunk with his friends and listening to Abba and Bathory in...

For any fans of Nevermore, their singer, Warrel Dane, released his first solo album just this year. The writing and guitar-work are both excellent, and Dane's vocals, well, some will love them and some will hate them.

I agree on Pure Evil. The intro riff is still my favourite to play on guitar.

I recently discovered a fairly new melodic death band called Be'lakor. I'm tempted to say the best of their kind that I've heard since Dark Tranquility's early work, plus there's a really really Maidenish quality to the guitars. Thought some people here might be interested...

I think another concept album would be interesting. It would be great if they brought back the keyboards and majestic atmosphere of Brave New World, kept the long instrumental interludes from AMOLAD and brought back the anthemic choruses of their early days. Nothing quite as long or as overtly...

I recently finished American Gods by Neil Gaiman. It's an odd but cleverly written book with a plot too weird for me to even try to summarize. It's based on the premise that every every god and deity that mankind has dreamed up at any point is real, and many have immigrated to america with their...

Exactly, so long as you don't take the band too seriously and don't mind the repetition Dragonforce can be a lot of fun. The music only gets annoying once you get two albums and realize it's all the same.

Re: Helloween & Gamma Ray - current poll: "Land Of The Free" (G) 1. Rebellion in Dreamland - brilliant beginning, memorable hooks, excellent guitar work throughout 2. All of the Damned - great singing and melody and probably the best riffing on the album 3. Land of the free - Great chorus...

Glad I could be useful. New Era is the second best power metal album I've heard this year after Pyramaze's Immortal. It's nothing new or groundbreaking but it's a consistently solid album with some impressive talent involved (including Tobias Sammet on a few tracks.)

What I find most impressive about Michael Kiske is that his quality as a singer has only improved over the years. I don't think he's ever sounded better that on Revolution Renaissance's New Era which just came out this year. For those who don't know, Revolution Renaissance is a side project led...

I recently got After Forever's self-titled album, and while I'm not the biggest fan of gothic/symphonic metal, I really love this album. The songs are all accessible without sounding to poppy and beautiful without sacrificing heaviness. Floor Jansen is one of the best if not the best voice in...

Death Magnetic has leaked online yesterday and I've listened to it a few times. Overall, I'd say it's a solid album that sounds like it would fit right in between ...And Justice for All and the Black Album. Most of the songs are a bit too long and the riffing gets a bit excessive at times, but...

Fry: Its just like the story of the grasshopper and the octopus. All year long the grasshopper kept burying acorns for winter while the octopus mooched off his girlfriend and watched TV. Then the winter came, and the grasshopper died, and the octopus ate all his acorns and also he got a racecar...

Overall, I'd say it's a solid track, I could easily see it being a single on the black album.

I took the other quiz and I'm doom metal. I'm surprised, I've never listened to much doom metal.

Iced Earth. Also, Dream Theater have released 8 studio and at least 2 live albums with their current line-up.

I just finished reading Watchmen by Alan Moore. I've never been much of a comic book reader, but this one just blew me away. It's so far the only comic book I've read that I'm willing to call a serious work of literature. The characters are all memorable and the philosophy is brilliant. The plot...