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2011 sucked. I wasn’t even all that fond of my own nominee, which I won’t bother to mention. I’ll need to check out the rest of the nominees to see what I missed, if anything. EDIT: After trying out the competition I’ve actually returned to my own nominee here, Powerwolf’s Blood Of The...

??? I thought it was clear that your comment and our responses were all matters of personal opinion…

Oof, blasphemy! I couldn’t disagree more. That light touch applied to such complex rhythms, and his frequent introduction of melodic percussion, gave him a very unique feel.

Whatever stylistic direction it takes in the end, the songs are pretty much guaranteed to be heavy and anthemic, with a ballad or two thrown in. This has always been consistent in Bruce’s work. I don’t know anything about the songwriting styles of his new band members, other than Mistheria...

They’ve generally been quite good about putting out blu-rays for their tours, so I’ll probably go that route, since there aren’t any shows particularly close by, and Geddy was already starting to sound a bit rough on the higher end on R40…

Their last strong studio album, IMO. Dokken’s voice was completely shot after this one. Reb Beach and Jeff Pilson made for a great songwriting team, and they reunited most recently in the band Black Swan, which have put out two albums with a third on the way next year. Their second album...

Absolute zero love for Mekong Delta with this particular crowd. Interesting, and a shame.

I can hear that. Not too close, though…

Here are my detailed thoughts on Mekong Delta’s Wanderer On The Edge Of Time, which was my nominee for this year. I’ll offer some brief comments here, too. This is a concept album that’s best consumed as a whole piece, rather than as a collection of songs. It goes through a number of...

First single from the new Black Swan album, currently expected early next year.

An amazing album. Completely eclipses the movie itself.

Fair enough, but I expected to see more people fully represent! There were definitely older fans there — saw a couple who looked like a typical obese grandma and grandpa sitting calmly by the fireplace, except they were tapping their feet to “Gods Of War” instead…LOL. Plenty of somewhat...

Great show in Minneapolis last night. ~1800 capacity theater, every seat in the house had a great view. Bruce sounded amazing throughout, nailing every note he went for, even in stuff like . Was awesome to finally get a heaping helping of Chemical Wedding songs in person, too! I scanned...

@Dick Brucinson, there’s a whole section of the forum devoted to this sort of thing, so I’ll link to my SIT rating post from there. But since you’re technically asking for the answer in a different format, here it is: 1. Wasted Years (10/10) 2. Alexander The Great (10/10) 3. Sea Of Madness...

Endgame.

They were on CMC International in the U.S. per Discogs, and I can’t find any indication that the release date was any different. AI search summaries say simultaneous world release, though I couldn’t find anything specifically calling out the March 23, 1998 release date for the U.S. version.