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LooseCannon said:
Hey guys,

I was wrong to act the way I did the other day towards Judas - lashing out like that was below the standards I set for myself in this community. While there are reasons - which I won't share publicly, though people are welcome to reach out - please know that I am ashamed to have been so openly frustrated. I deeply and sincerely apologize to Judas and the community. I'm sorry, and I'll do better.

My ask as we continue this game is that we consider other people's opinions. Music is very personal for a lot of people, and while I - and others - know that most opinions shared here are done so with the right spirit, the words don't always convey that. A little tact can change a statement that appears dismissive into one that is merely opinion.

Anyway, I'll get this game back on track now.

Thanks,
LC
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I'd just like to remark that I appreciate that a post like this isn't easy to make and that I hope @JudasMyGuide will see it.
 
AC/DC - Highway to Hell it's a Rock Classic
(I love Dance of Death album except a couple of songs but there's no chance to play against a Rock icon album)
UFO - Lights Out (f***ing great songs on it) It's another great Hard Rock album with Schencker on it. Both very good albums but I prefer UFO
Motörhead - Inferno. It's a great Motörhead album. Very enjoyable album. Iced Earth is not my cup of tea to be honest with you.
Rush - Hemispheres. What can I say? Maybe the best Rush albums from the 70's and it's a classic. As Iced Earth I don't like Stratovarius and exaggerated Power Metal with all that virtuosism.
 
I don't particulary care about the Brian Johnson led AC/DC. None of those tracks have been able to hook me like like earlier material. Highway to Hell is their best record. This is also one of the first records I owned. For the people that haven't heard it before, I'm really not sure about the YT sound because the vinyl is very different, both warmer and more guitar-distorted.
 
LooseCannon said:
Hey guys,

I was wrong to act the way I did the other day towards Judas - lashing out like that was below the standards I set for myself in this community. While there are reasons - which I won't share publicly, though people are welcome to reach out - please know that I am ashamed to have been so openly frustrated. I deeply and sincerely apologize to Judas and the community. I'm sorry, and I'll do better.

My ask as we continue this game is that we consider other people's opinions. Music is very personal for a lot of people, and while I - and others - know that most opinions shared here are done so with the right spirit, the words don't always convey that. A little tact can change a statement that appears dismissive into one that is merely opinion.

Anyway, I'll get this game back on track now.

Thanks,
LC
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Hey there,

I got contacted by @Ariana outside the forum and I came back even before I read this.

I appreciate this and thank you, I know it's not easy to write something like this. I accept the apology and I understand.

And - especially on Ash Wednesday - let me be honest and clear - I’m not saying I’m not at fault altogether: I admit that I can be salty, harsh, provocative, abrasive. And yes, when I can go against the current, I genuinely revel in that, because I consider that to be a part of the search of the truth. You know, advocatus diaboli and so on. And yes, I admit I somewhat like being a provocateur.

Not all of that is necessary just my character, but like I hinted at in my posts, I feel as if I come under a lot of fire in general (not just around here), because of my philosophy, beliefs or even musical preferences etc (e.g. like everyone hates on Fear of the Dark and everyone - even outside the metal fandom - keep praising The Number of the Beast). Might make me harsher and more argumentative. Sorry if it's too much from time to time.

Also sorry for being too negative, not my intention. It's just a sports-team trash-talk, right? I usually am much more of a positive-thinking person, but competitions like these do not really help with that.

But also like I said before, I believe there is an objective truth and beauty and we must strive to find it. And I admit I might often do that in a wrong way, I get provocative too much, aggressive too much. In the end I'm probably not always setting the best standard for the fellow man.


I'm genuinely sorry if you're having a hard time you're hinting at - won't be inquisitive if you don't feel like sharing - but I will be praying for you (for what might that mean to you), wish you well and I also hope you haven't come under too much fire because you lost your nerve here, it happens.

I will be probably less active in the following few weeks, because of Lent, but I'll keep coming back.

I genuinely appreciate the work you do here and I imagine it can be a bitch.
 
JudasMyGuide said:
Not all of that is necessary just my character, but like I hinted at in my posts, I feel as if I come under a lot of fire in general (not just around here), because of my philosophy, beliefs or even musical preferences etc (e.g. like everyone hates on Fear of the Dark and everyone - even outside the metal fandom - keep praising The Number of the Beast). Might make me harsher and more argumentative. Sorry if it's too much from time to time.

Also sorry for being too negative, not my intention. It's just a sports-team trash-talk, right? I usually am much more of a positive-thinking person, but competitions like these do not really help with that.
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To be perfectly frank, your post was not really the cause, it was just the straw that broke the camel's back, and again, I sincerely apologize.

JudasMyGuide said:
but I will be praying for you (for what might that mean to you)
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It means that you care enough to do so, so thank you very much for thinking of me.
 
Will a Maiden album lose to AC/DC of all bands?
(FTR, it should. Highway to Hell is the epitome of catchy hard rock. Cheeky, focused, crackling with energy and — contrary to the stereotype — varied.)

Another round of good material
 
mckindog said:
Will a Maiden album lose to AC/DC
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For surely the biggest full-on rock band ever.
They sold less than Beatles, Floyd, Zeppelin, and Queen. They sold more than the Rolling Stones.

What's far more important is the album itself. It's one of the best rock albums ever from a band on the top of their game, vs Maiden's good later effort.
 
Highway to Hell to me is Touch Too Much, which I think is great, and the title track and then a lot of songs that don't do anything for me. Dance of Death has Rainmaker, No More Lies, the title track and Paschendale, and it already wins thanks to those. It's genuinely no contest to me.
I'm not a DOD fanboy. I think it's in the bottom half of Maiden's discography. There have been several cases in this game so far where I have voted for another album over DOD and no doubt there would be more up ahead, perhaps even all future matchups if DOD wins this time, but it's just not this one.
It's similar to why I've seemingly always voted for Hemisphere thus far. I'm not really a big fan of this album, but it's always been up against records I like less.
 
Dance of Death has come far enough and there is far too much Maiden in this game. It has absolutely amazing songs, but at this point I'll vote for anything with a fighting chance. Seems like AC/DC has a fighting chance here, so they get my vote.

Still Life is, IMO, the single most consistently awesome Opeth album. It has everything that makes them unique songwriters and might be their most technically complex record, without necessarily sounding like it is. Lights Out is a good album by a good band. But it is not Still Life.

Burnt Offerings is actually one of my least favorite Iced Earth albums, but I still prefer the good songs to pretty much most Motorhead.

A nice entry by Stratovarius, but Rush gets my vote again.
 
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