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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:

Big fan of seeing the nominators. Less of a fan of the glam slander. Looking forward to when it begins!

Both look fine to me.

I wasn't planning on going through the live releases, but Forever will almost certainly be included in some capacity!

I've finally committed to a deeper dive into the Stratovarius discography, including everything from Fourth Dimension onwards. Once I've been through them all a couple of times I'll attempt to curate a playlist of my favourites (knowing me it'll probably mainly be power ballads :p) but for now...

Stratovarius - 4000 Rainy Nights

Stratovarius - Elements

It quickly became clear that a comprehensive running playlist would be far too big, so I've instead typed up a half marathon playlist that's very similar to ones I've used in the past:

I don't have a playlist on hand because I regularly make and delete them before each run so as to mix it up. If you give me some time I can collate a Spotify playlist containing most of the songs I choose from though!

Congratulations - massive improvement on what looks like a challenging course (or perhaps I am too used to extreme flats). I will have to have a listen to the songs I do not recognise and see if there's anything I want to cannibalise. There's some overlap already - One Shot at Glory was on my...