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I have not posted here in a week or two! As an update, I have stuck to my plans of maintaining at 30km/week so far. This consists of the following: Tue - 5km easy (~7:30/km pace) Wed - 5km easy (with 4x100m at ~4:15/km pace, this is my attempt at strides) Fri - 5km easy/tempo (running club at...

It's just a really boring album by Maiden's standards. That's it. Lifeless songs devoid of energy.

Voted for The X Factor and The X Factor alone because it's so much worse than all of the other albums it's unreal.

Ah, fair enough - they've just all appeared pretty early (with Victim of Changes presumably starting in Round 2).

Match 55 - Deep Purple - Hush I was excited to listen to a new Deep Purple song but I've definitely heard this one somewhere before and never realised it was them. Fantastic song, thanks for the earworm. I'm a big fan of the Van Halen song too but this wasn't a contest. Match 56 - Black...

Match 1 - Avenged Sevenfold - Afterlife This song came out slap bang in the middle of my teens and I've always considered it a (relatively) iconic song from that time. Buckethead is perfectly enjoyable too, but ultimately I want something I can sing along to. Match 2 - Megadeth - The Conjuring...

Song 37 - Thin Lizzy - Rosin Dubh Neither of these songs clicked with me initially, but I found myself enjoying Thin Lizzy more moving into the second half of the song. Song 38 - Firewind - Hate World Hero It's cheesy, it's bombastic, but that's why I nominated it: these are the qualities I...

Match 31 - System of a Down - Hypnotize I imagine a lot of people here dislike Linkin Park but I don't have strong feelings against them. Their top few songs are genuine bangers but Faint isn't one of those for me. I think SOAD have done better than Hypnotize as well, to be fair, but it's...

Looks like we're twins this round!

I'm shocked by the Def Leppard result, to be honest. Anyway, moving on... Match 25 - Dethklok - I Tamper with the Evidence at the Murder Site of Odin This was a strange round. I'm not keen on the harsh vocals of either, but I really enjoyed the instrumental parts of both. Fairly close here...

I'm a bit late, but a nice way to ring in the weekend! Match 19 - Helloween - Midnight Sun This felt like a pretty balanced matchup to me, but apparently not! Both are the brand of metal I really enjoy. Where both songs were let down were their vocalists, so I voted for Helloween because the...

You are 100% right about the lack of structure and I will definitely work your suggestions in, with two caveats: 1) not immediately; I haven't adapted to the increase to 30km a week yet so I don't think the added stress of speed work (having done none) is sensible for at least a couple of...

An update: I hit 40 VO2 max this morning, which feels like a nice milestone. My current plan for weekly running is as follows: Mon - Rest Tue - 5km Wed - 5km Thu - Rest Fri - 5km Sat - 5km Sun - 10km This gives me 30km a week, which I will repeat for a few weeks to consolidate before any...

Match 13 - Pantera - Domination This could've been literally any Slayer song I've ever heard and Pantera would've won. I will be the first to say I simply don't understand the love for them (or, indeed, most thrash metal). Match 14 - Gamma Ray - Gardens of the Sinner I didn't mind either...

Match 7 - Thin Lizzy - Cowboy Song Pretty easy round for me. The Girlschool song did nothing for me, whilst the Cowboy Song was the umpteenth reminder that I need to listen to more Thin Lizzy. Match 8 - Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker Both bands have much better songs than the ones here. I...

An end of week running update: I have now fully moved, so spent the last couple of days exploring the local area for running routes. I've got quite lucky; I'm in a fancy residential area with massive amounts of cycle paths so despite being relatively close to town it's really easy to run here...

Maiden survivor is simple. We all spend weeks voting and in the end, the Beckett song always wins.

Match 1 - Dio - All The Fools Sailed Away I mean, I did nominate it! This is my favourite Dio song, which is saying a lot given that he has a ton of really good ones. With that said, Take Hold of the Flame is really good. I hadn't heard it before (my Queensryche knowledge starts and ends with...

I'm surprised too - it's definitely on Switch, as I've been considering getting it to fill the gap between now and October 20th, when the new Mario releases.

Some thoughts after a once over of each album. All very early and speculative with indications of which songs I've enjoyed to start with: