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[LooseCannon]

You know I know, old chap.

 

[Forostar]

Gamma Ray and Helloween have many likeable songs. I can understand why many Maiden fans like their style. It's fast, contains lots of melodic guitar work and especially the old Helloween (but also some later) have a very raw, aggressive edge to it. Next to Maiden, later Helloween and Gamma Ray are two bands that are melodic and powerful at the same time. Also, like Maiden, they are more complex than the average metal band.

I like old Helloween more than old Metallica or Slayer. It's rough, it's fast, cool drums, cooler guitar solos, cooler harmonies, cooler melodies. And: cooler vocals. What I think is that a few of you don't like the vocals, but really, the music has lots to go for. At times, the rhythm guitars are outstanding. Very fast, cool patterns. Speaking of patterns... With Markus Großkopf (or Grosskopf) Helloween have an ace in their ranks. This guy possesses a phenomenal combination of speed and melodic feel. One of the best and most original bass players I've heard in metal.

I remember a discussion on the vocals, if some would like to check that, enjoy here:
http://forum.maidenfans.com/threads/dragonforce-are-good-but-they-suck-live.17997/
It starts with DragonForce, then it's about Kiske, and later it's about Halford.

By the way, I do NOT like Helloween and Gamma Ray because they made a few happy metal songs. I am NOT a fan of Future World and other childy, happy melodic songs with silly lyrics. Thankfully, there's lots of other stuff as well...

Besides the two lengthy Keeper songs, Helloween made a number of adventurous epics later on as well, such as:

1993 (Godly solos and gotta love those mesmerizing riffs!)

1998

Maybe too adventurous or too proggy for some, but to me it shows the band has various sides, keeps willing to experiment, while still staying melodic and heavy at the same time.
The best 10 Helloween songs alone I'd take over the complete Saxon, Metallica and Slayer discographies, any day, anyplace, anytime.

 

[Perun]

Hmm, looks like I trolled. Well, there you go.

 

[Wästed The Great]

Haha!! Nah, I think that was a fair statement to make. I think people have been saying "Per, you really need to get into Helloween" for years.

You know I know, old chap.

I do.

Phew, they can really wear me out.

 

[Travis The Dragon]

Helloween and GR have some great stuff for sure!

 

[Forostar]

Hmm, looks like I trolled. Well, there you go.

Eh, not at all. If that it so then I trolled as well.
Everyone their own taste! And you know me, once in a while I like to "promote" a band I like, so I don´t mind.

 

[Perun]

You could call me a troll, because your post was pretty much exactly what I predicted.

Anyway, I don't want to come across as a hater, I just had to make the definite conclusion that I don't like these two bands. I enjoy Future World and Keeper of the Seven Keys by Helloween, and Rebellion in Dreamland and Heaven or Hell by Gamma Ray, and that's it.

And speaking of things I do like, I'm currently coming to the conclusion yet again that A Matter of Life and Death is one of my absolute favourite records... ever.

 

[Wästed The Great]

So should you change your nick to 'Trollun"?

 

[Dr. Eddies Wingman]

This doesn't belong in the Official Football Thread, so I'll post it here.

I'm in love

 

[Wästed The Great]

Where do we go now...... where do we go? Oh, where do we go now?


(nice video!)

 

[Forostar]

You could call me a troll, because your post was pretty much exactly what I predicted.

So you were actually sure I would react, let alone know what I would do? Damn I feel like a puppet.

Anyway, I don't want to come across as a hater, I just had to make the definite conclusion that I don't like these two bands. I enjoy Future World and Keeper of the Seven Keys by Helloween, and Rebellion in Dreamland and Heaven or Hell by Gamma Ray, and that's it.

Can't really understand why just two songs per band. The songs are pretty different from each other as well. But never mind.

And speaking of things I do like, I'm currently coming to the conclusion yet again that A Matter of Life and Death is one of my absolute favourite records... ever.

I think it's my favourite one of the current line-up. It dropped 2nd when The Final Frontier came out, but it has crawled back to the top again.

 

[Shadow]

Always fun when you update your Flash plug-in and Flash stops working.

 

[Wästed The Great]

Did you reboot? Sometimes that helps. Or just uninstall it, reboot and redo it.

In related news, I'm about dome with Firefox. 7 versions in the last year and its a huge pig? Meh.

 

[Albie]

In related news, I'm about dome with Firefox. 7 versions in the last year and its a huge pig? Meh.

They [Mozilla] did say they will be doing a "rapid release" programme - but yeah, it did seem like it wasn't that long ago when we were on FF4. It still remains my favoured choice of browser.

 

[Forostar]

I'm in love

This reminds me of the following: an Ukrainian girl tried to make an item about the Dutch marching to the stadium. Standing in the middle of that march is asking for uncomfortable recordings! Check it out: http://nos.nl/ek2012/video/384379-oranjefans-pesten-reporter.html

 

[Dr. Eddies Wingman]

Poor girl ... The TV station should probably have a less attractive person do that job . However, I guess the presence of a camera would be enough to bring out some of that behaviour.

 

[Perun]

So you were actually sure I would react, let alone know what I would do? Damn I feel like a puppet.

That's the point of trolling.

Can't really understand why just two songs per band. The songs are pretty different from each other as well. But never mind.

I don't know why, it's just that way. I don't care for the subject enough to figure it out, to be honest.

 

[Wästed The Great]

TROLL!!!!!!

 

[Dr. Eddies Wingman]

Trolls eh?

 

[Forostar]

I was in Trollhättan once!