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Goodbye to 2012, welcome 2013! World didn't end, so let's once again take a look in the past. Here's some statistics of what I've been listening during last year.

Before diving into my top lists, I'll take a guess that Mokoma and Rush will be on very high positions on these lists, as they both released new albums. But enough guessing, let's begin, shall we?



My top 10 bands/artists of the past 12 months according to Last.fm:
1. Mastodon (915 tracks played)
2. Mokoma (894 plays)
3. Rush (734)
4. Metallica (605)
5. Iron Maiden (544)
6. CMX (542)
7. Bruce Dickinson (391)
8. Kylesa (352)
9. Guns N' Roses (312)
10. Korn (311)

Well, Mastodon tops both Mokoma and Rush. Which I think is because they were on tour and had a couple of gigs in Finland. I saw them all, of course.

Basicly this top list looks about the same as my top 10 of all time. With the exception of Kylesa, who also came to Finland.



Then my top 10 artists according to normalisr (which counts the minutes spent listening to each artirts…

1. Forgotten (Lost Angels) [Sacrament] SAME
2. In Your Words [Wrath] SAME
3. To The End [Resolution] NEW
4. Beating on Death's Doors NEW
5. Remorse For The Dead [Ashes Of The Wake] NEW
6. Everything To Nothing NEW
7. For You Malice [As The Palaces Burn] -4
8. The Undertow SAME
9. Omerta -5
10. Vigil NEW

Note: I've only listened to As The Palaces Burn, Ashes Of The Wake, Sacrament, Wrath & Resolution.

Check out my previous Lamb Of God top 10.

1. Forgotten (Lost Angels) [Sacrament]
2. In Your Words [Wrath]
3. For You Malice [As The Palaces Burn]
4. Omerta [Ashes Of The Wake]
5. More Time to Kill
6. Choke Sermon
7. Laid to Rest
8. The Undertow [Resolution]
9. Desolation
10. Insurrection

'Note: I've only listened to As the Palaces Burn, Ashes Of The Wake, Sacrament, Wrath and Resolution.

A month has passed since my last entry. Still working on the similar artists formula, but the program I'm running to test the formula has slowed down, so I'm gonna make some changes to the code and re-look at the formula. That will be discussed later. But let me discuss what is on my mind.

SUPER BOWL DEJA VU
Yeah, last week, was the Super Bowl...and another halftime guest that basically combined the flaws from the last 2 Super Bowls together (outdated The Who and the top 40-friendly Black Eyed Peas). It was Madonna, but to be honest, it wasn't really a disaster like last year. Not bad, but we need to start getting Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Muse and other 90s-2000s rock bands now.

But the main think I want to vent about were...the commercials. Usually the best part of the Super Bowl...this year, they all came out flat. Sad TBH. The beer commercials are usually the funniest ads...none of them were funny. And some ad campaigns just need to stop...godaddy, Etrade, you get the point.
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I think of CD collections as being an incredibly personal thing; even more so than your Last.fm library, because it's a collection of everything that you've grown up with. There are a lot of artists in my collection that I haven't listened to in seven or eight years, but I really can't stand to part with a CD, so they will forever remain part of my collection and part of my history.

This is by no means a summary of everything I own; I love buying CDs but these days I have fallen to purchasing online a significant amount, either out of convenience or necessity.

Abigail Williams - In the Shadow of a Thousand Suns
The Acacia Strain - Continent
After the Burial - Rareform
Aiden - Nightmare Anatomy
Aiden - Conviction
All Shall Perish - The Price Of Existence
Animals as Leaders - Animals as Leaders
Arch Enemy - Stigmata
Arch Enemy - Wages of Sin
Arch Enemy - Doomsday Machine
Arch Enemy - Rise of the Tyrant
Army of the Pharaohs - Ritual Of Battle
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A:
AC/DC - The Razor's Edge
Acedi - Lonely Soul
Adfail - Unkindness...
Agalloch - Pale Folklore
Alcest - Souvenirs d'un autre Monde
Alcest - Écailles de lune
Alcest/Angmar Split CD
Alcest - Les Voyages De L'âme ltd. Artbook edition.
Amesoeurs - Ruines Humaines
Anaal Nathrakh - Domine Non Es Dignus
Anathema - We're Here Because We're Here
Austere - To Lay Like Old Ashes
Apati - Eufori
Apati - Morgondagen Inställd I Brist på Intresse

B:
Blodarv - Soulcollector... The Thousand Years Tale
Burzum - Det Som Engang Var
Burzum - Daudi Baldrs
Burzum - Filosofem LP
Burzum - Belus
Bullet For My Valentine - The Poison
Bullet For My Valentine - Scream Aim Fire
Buckethead - Colma
Buckethead - Electric Tears
Buckethead - Electric Sea
Buckethead - Pikes #12 ltd. signed

C:
Coldworld - The Stars are Dead Now

D:
Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky
Darkthrone - Under a Funeral Moon
Dimmu Borgir - For All Tid
Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
Disneyland After Dark - Disneyland After Dark
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