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Well i made a journal back in 2006 to see how my music taste compared to the mainstream listeners, in that you had to mark down how many listeners each artist had at the time, now looking back on it i find its very interesting to see how they've grown over the years.
so i thought i'd record what each artist has currently so that again i can look back in a year or so and see how they've grown again.
i'm planning to mark down my top 50, but might take longer then i can be bothered tonight.

1. Venetian Snares
May '09 - 5,592,744 plays (184,534 listeners)
April '10 - 7,288,929 plays (232,377 listeners)
April '11 - 8,965,251 plays (279,538 listeners)
April '12 - 10,028,651 plays (309,220 listeners)

2. TrollfesT
Nov '06 - Unknown Plays (2287 listeners)
May '09 - 600,535 plays (17,839 listeners)
April '10 - 806,559 plays (27,197 listeners)
April '11 - 977,029 plays (35,236 listeners)
April '12 - 1,166,065 plays (42,222 listeners)

3. Korpiklaani
Nov '06 - Unknown Plays (20,758 listeners)
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It's no secret that we live in a hypocrithical world, a charachteristic which is as old as humanity itself and will never perish, albeit historically it had different degrees throughout the world. This is rather visible amongst all types of fetishists – religious, cultural or otherwise.

These fetishists (which go by the name of “fans” when we talk about subcultures or by most pseudo-extremists when we talk about religious fanatics or most political extremists or 99.99% of vegans and straight edgers, “ecologists” who wish that all the world would merely buy bourgeois “green” products and all the other subgroups of hipsters). These people cloak behind a trend, religion, etc. in order to disguise their sexuality in “higher ideals”. Don't believe me? Well, stay tuned.

I'll first start with subculture fetishists, and the one which I personally find to be the most annoying – at lest in my area: viking fetishists (which merged with paganism/asatru/odinism and God knows what type of crap)…

Recommended Songs (sorted by most recommended songs)

Wodan Heerst : Heidevolk (Score = 4.12)
Tvende Ravne : Svartsot (Score = 3.59)
Grim omens : Kromlek (Score = 3.4)
Urquell : Finsterforst (Score = 3.24)
Blacksmith : Kivimetsän Druidi (Score = 2.9)
Fragile Dreams : Anathema (Score = 2.74)
Auf zur Schlacht : XIV Dark Centuries (Score = 2.67)
Ruf In Den Wind : Equilibrium (Score = 2.64)
Herjan : Kromlek (Score = 2.62)
Jäässä Varttunut : Kivimetsän Druidi (Score = 2.48)
Longships and Mead : Glittertind (Score = 2.47)
Lauf der Welt : Finsterforst (Score = 2.47)
A Pagan Storm : Wolfchant (Score = 2.45)
Met : Equilibrium (Score = 2.42)
Fólkthing : Kromlek (Score = 2.31)
Mellom bakkar og berg : Storm (Score = 2.3)
Midnight Gathering : Wolfchant (Score = 2.29)
I trollberg och skog : Otyg (Score = 2.26)
Bergagasten : Månegarm (Score = 2.19)
Landet og havet : Isengard (Score = 2.11)
Ironbound : Einherjer (Score = 2.09)
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EDIT: Needless to say, upon reviewing this monolithic list nearly one year later, there are many choices that I would now omit, as well as bands I'd choose different albums from if I were composing it today.

After seeing them all over the place since 2010 started, I thought it was time for me to jump into the fold with one of these “end of the decade” lists of my own. These albums are maybe not the best to some of you but they are the ones I liked most over the last decade nevertheless. Therefore, I hope you’re able to find joy (or despair) in some of them as well.

Rules:
1) There is no order other than that they’re alphabetical.
2) As you might or might not have guessed, this deals solely with albums released in the years 2000-2009.
3) As much as I'd love to, each band gets no more than one album. I do break this rule once, however, but only once.

Agalloch- The Mantle
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/13/The_Mantle.jpg/200px-The_Mantle.jpg

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Well i made a journal back in 2006 to see how my music taste compared to the mainstream listeners, in that you had to mark down how many listeners each artist had at the time, now looking back on it i find its very interesting to see how they've grown over the years.
so i thought i'd record what each artist has currently so that again i can look back in a year or so and see how they've grown again.
i'm planning to mark down my top 50, but might take longer then i can be bothered tonight.

1. Venetian Snares
May '09 - 5,592,744 plays (184,534 listeners)
April '10 - 7,288,929 plays (232,377 listeners)
April '11 - 8,965,251 plays (279,538 listeners)

2. TrollfesT
Nov '06 - (2287 listeners)
May '09 - 600,535 plays (17,839 listeners)
April '10 - 806,559 plays (27,197 listeners)
April '11 - 977,029 plays (35,236 listeners)

3. Korpiklaani
Nov '06 - (20,758 listeners)
May '09 - 8,095,259 plays (150,483 listeners)
April '10 - 12,370,317 plays (199,765 listeners)
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My soulmate has published a review I wrote on her Metal Retardation web site. The review is of the 2008 Six Years Of Dormant Hatred album by Lebanese artist Ayat. It can be found here.

The rest of the web site contains a slide show of her semi-pro concert photos, including shots from the recent Pagan Knights Tour Event in New York City including Týr and photos of other artists from Chris Cornell to Septic Flesh, as well as a small collection of reviews she has written. The other reviews cover recent CDs by TrollfesT, Heidevolk, Chthonian and Ásmegin.

Visit soon!

Same as last year. No reviews, willing to elaborate on some albums if asked to.

1.Esoteric-The Maniacal Vale
2.Manilla Road-Voyager
3.Forefather-Steadfast
4.Ironsword-Overlords Of Chaos
5.Sauron-Satanic Assassins
6.Grand Magus-Iron Will
7.Acid Witch-Witchtanic Hellucinations
8.Hammers of Misfortune-Fields / Church Of Broken Glass
9.Blood Ceremony-Blood Ceremony
10.Týr-Land
11.Darkspace-Dark Space III
12.Gama Bomb-Citizen Brain
13.Darkestrah-The Great Silk Road
14.Hooded Menace-Fulfill The Curse
15.Kalevala-Tow Of Snowwhite Flax
16.Faal-Abhorrence-Salvation
17.Witchfinder General-Resurrected
18.The Lamp of Thoth-Portents, Omens & Dooms
19.Intestine Baalism-Ultimate Instinct
20.Torture Squad-Hellbound

21.Demians-Building An Empire
22.Heidevolk-Walhalla Wacht
23.October Falls-The Womb Of Primordial Nature
24.Taake-Taake
25.Deathhammer-Forever Ripping Fast
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Recommended Songs (sorted by most recommended songs)

Nightfall : Blind Guardian (Score = 210.88)
Black Diamond : Stratovarius (Score = 203.79)
Black Sheep : Sonata Arctica (Score = 179.05)
Emerald Sword : Rhapsody (Score = 177.49)
Somewhere Around Nothing : Apocalyptica (Score = 169.77)
Voices Within : Sirenia (Score = 160.43)
Emphasis : After Forever (Score = 155.55)
Farewell : Kamelot (Score = 143.94)
Center Of The Universe : Kamelot (Score = 141.96)
Farewell : Avantasia (Score = 141.34)
Wormwood : Tristania (Score = 137.06)
Af Helvegum : Ásmegin (Score = 134.96)
Imaginary : Evanescence (Score = 124.83)
Whisper : Evanescence (Score = 124.73)
Glory To The Brave : Hammerfall (Score = 119.54)
I Want Out : Helloween (Score = 118.98)
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