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A fairly recent one which could be something for this thread - Wildness - Ultimate Demise (2020). Small Swedish band, reeeeally good record, but what the hell am I looking at? Robocop and a man with a bra? It's so bad it's good... Captures the bad 80's art vibe perfectly - has to be intentional...

Not sure I agree on that one. He took all the joy out of that solo.

My favourite way of doing it was Hardcore Superstar's take in the late 00's. Record a super-polished album with fantastic backup vocals? Yes (for example Dreamin' in a casket, 2007). Go tour as a quartet, no extra add ons except for taped intro? Sure. Backup vocals sounded rough as hell...

I have an Korean LTD Kirk Hammett, limited & numbered Nosferatu, and while I think that is a 2016, I wouldn't hesitate to buy an LTD again. Excellent quality guitars. My oldest ESP is a 2009 ESP Eclipse 1CTM, made in Japan Standard Series. I see a slight bit of a difference between a 1000-Series...

I saw him when he was doing Rage for Order and Empire in full during a single show after the pandemic... I don't know if you're a longtime fan, or anything, but it was really good. I recommend going! Saw Kent in Stockholm this weekend. Reunion show, big thing - 6 concerts at 3Arena (40,000...

There's been a lot of discussion about what is happening. Poor defence is a given. Team is built around a flashy offence, winning no games 1-0; 2-0 but rather 6-4. Or if losing, losing 4-5. Scoring the most amount of goals, winning top scorer and most points with big margins (having 4 out of 10...

Read The Shards (2023) by Bret Easton Ellis and found it excellent. Beautifully executed, proper literature. Also read The Last One at the Wedding (2024) by Jason Rekulak, a book I found to a quick read and an okay thriller but nothing more. Currently reading The Kaiju Preservation Society...

Saw Mickey17 (2025) at the pictures. A pretty decent movie based on Edward Ashton's excellent Mickey7. As the title change might suggest, it plays pretty loosely with the source material. I'm not too keen on the heavy handed political satire and would much rather have stayed in the...

Just a question, if your team's starter goalie had a save percentage of 88.66 towards the end of the season - is it the goalie's fault or the coach continuing to let him start?

Honestly? The key change is anything but pointless. It's one of the most effective key changes in their entire catalogue and a great example of how to (not-so-subtly) increase the energy and an understated but nonetheless bombastic arrival of the verse riff - which is simple, but really cool. I...

Read The Future (2023) by Naomi Alderman. A dystopian thriller about the approaching end of the world and how the leaders of the biggest tech-companies (not so covertly parodized verions of Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos etc.). plan their survival while our main character, a survival influencer...

Read Cage of Souls (2019) by Adrian Tchaikovsky. A dying Earth science-fiction novel, written like a fictional memoir. Riffs on (I'm not sure Tchaikovsky would use this word) everything within the subgenre from H.G. Wells and onwards - personally I found it very reminiscent of China Miéville's...

Another one if you are into melodic hard rock / AOR. Wildness - Avenger released January 24th on Frontiers.

Well put. Even with 5% vocal capacity left compared to his prime, the last album was recognizeable Dokken. Jon Levin plays almost exactly like Lynch, maybe a bit more precise and less chaotic. It was never Lynch guitarplaying which made Dokken great. It was everything, including that.

Vote coming in for best song and video of the year. It's January 20th, and I'm pretty set.

Your points are valid and well-put. Especially regarding Blaze's vocal production and space in the mix - listen to how crazy good he sounds when Sneap produced him! But regarding the guitars and drums my very personal opinion is that they have never sounded better on a Maiden album. I strongly...

Read Those Beyond The Wall (2024) by Micaiah Johnson. An indirect sequel to her debut, The Space Between Worlds (2020). Definitely one of the best science fiction writers out there right now. Heavy on social commentary, great use of language and intriguing stories. This is one of the finest...

Watched The Count of Monte Cristo (2024), Episode 1-8. English language French/Italian TV production directed by Bille August and starring Sam Claflin, with Jeremy Irons as Abbé Faria. I enjoyed it a lot. Some things are done really well here, but not all.

Zero chance of Jackson-made pickups. They don't make pickups, never have. Only OEM Jackson-branded pickups that exist are in lower quality imports, but those ain't made by Jackson - neither guitars or pickups, or any part really.

In the Swedish Hockey League right now, the top three points scorers all belong to Färjestad after 20 rounds played (of 52). We have scored 80 goals this season, with the second team in that statistic at 65. And yet, here we are at 5th place in the series. Our goaltenders are placed dead last...