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MindRuler
Found in a lost world
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Free Man
Happy Birthday, @JudasMyGuide 
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
Happy Birthday @JudasMyGuide 
JudasMyGuide
The resident reactionary recalcitrant
The most unconventionally conventional conservative around
In the words of Ben Kingsley, I don't know whether to be flattered or offended by that
Thank you all very much.
Shmoolikipod
Stranger to the Light
Happy birthday @JudasMyGuide !
Happy birthday!
MrKnickerbocker
clap hands
Happy Birthday, Judas!
Happy birthday Judas! And also the legendary Mr Gers
JudasMyGuide
The resident reactionary recalcitrant
Thank you, thank you! 
As for the celebration, let me put here my favourite metal discovery of the past year. Even my usual eloquence fails me when I try to describe this probably basic, stupid, generic power metal track that nonetheless warms my heart in an unexpected way.
(heh, it's the main riff and the pre-chorus, definitely)
(sorry for the rather generic discovery - metalwise, I've been listening mostly to power metal this past year and I already know lot of the best stuff there )
As for the celebration, let me put here my favourite metal discovery of the past year. Even my usual eloquence fails me when I try to describe this probably basic, stupid, generic power metal track that nonetheless warms my heart in an unexpected way.
(heh, it's the main riff and the pre-chorus, definitely)
(sorry for the rather generic discovery - metalwise, I've been listening mostly to power metal this past year and I already know lot of the best stuff there
)
JudasMyGuide
The resident reactionary recalcitrant
Also, I'm slightly drubl, so there.
Magnus
Pica Serdica
Happy belated, @JudasMyGuide ! Hope you had a great one
Jer
The dotage of a dotard
In other @Magnus-related news…
www.aljazeera.com
North Korea condemns US sending battle tanks to Ukraine
Kim Yo Jong, the influential sister of North Korea’s leader, accused the US of fighting a ‘proxy war’ against Russia.
efekåseo_suomi
Educated Fool
Maiden went from having one of the most technically gifted lineups in hard rock (Dickinson-Smith-Murray-Harris-Burr) to having perhaps the most critizised lineup in music (Bayley-Gers-Murray-Harris-McBrain). It always seemed to me as if the band choose personality before technical skill. I love Maiden but they have such a strange approach to choosing new members.
Edington
Last Son of The Miracle
Shouldn't rise to that, but I'm going to. 
You're only really talking about Blaze and Janick there, as Steve and Dave had been there since the beginning and lots of people found Nicko a superior drummer to Clive. It's also not really a "strange approach" to choose personality over skill, of course they'd want someone in the band that they all liked and gelled with, why would they want someone who's technically brilliant but also a complete arsehole? The band knew Janick before he joined Maiden, as he'd played with Ian Gillan and on Bruce's first solo single/album so he was a natural fit, they also knew Blaze from playing with Wolfsbane. Also, what about Adrian? He wasn't that "technically skilled" when he joined Maiden (at least not as skilled as Dave, or as he would become) but he had history with them so he was also a natural fit.
You're only really talking about Blaze and Janick there, as Steve and Dave had been there since the beginning and lots of people found Nicko a superior drummer to Clive. It's also not really a "strange approach" to choose personality over skill, of course they'd want someone in the band that they all liked and gelled with, why would they want someone who's technically brilliant but also a complete arsehole? The band knew Janick before he joined Maiden, as he'd played with Ian Gillan and on Bruce's first solo single/album so he was a natural fit, they also knew Blaze from playing with Wolfsbane. Also, what about Adrian? He wasn't that "technically skilled" when he joined Maiden (at least not as skilled as Dave, or as he would become) but he had history with them so he was also a natural fit.