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I'm often asked, "Gee Noah, you're such a trve metalhead, but I haven't seen you post about DragonForce in the fail blog. What's up with that?" Well, I have one very simple answer for that.

I LOVE DRAGONFORCE!

That's right. Shit just got real.

But not only do I love Dragonforce, I love:

Alkemyst
Black Majesty
Dark Moor
Dragonland
Edguy
Fairyland
Gamma Ray
Hammerfall
Hibria
Labyrinth
Olympus Mons
Rhapsody
Seven Witches
Supreme Majesty

And more!

What now, bitch?!


POWER
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METAL



Despite my love for power metal, but I think all metal fans can agree it's the one metal genre with the most terrible bands. In fact, even if you only count terrible power metal bands, power metal would still contain more bands than any metal genre* (*If you consider all power metal bands terrible, this fact still holds). Where do they call come from? Why are they here? The world may never know…

Amon Amarth
• The Avenger
• The Crusher
• Fate of Norns
• Once Sent From the Golden Hall
• Surtur Rising
• Twilight of the Thunder God
• Versus the World
• With Oden on our Side
Amorphis
• Am Universum
• The Beginning of Times
• Eclipse
• Far From the Sun
• The Karelian Isthmus
• My Kantele
• Skyforger
• Tales From the Thousand Lakes
• Tuonela
Arch Enemy URL
• Anthems of Rebellion
• Doomsday Machine
• Tise of the Tyrant
• The Root of all Evil
• Wages of Sin
Ayreon
• 01011001
• Actual Fantasy
• The Final Experiment
• The Human Equation
• Into the Electric Castle
• Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer
• Universal Migrator Part 2: Flight of the Migrator
Battlelore
• Doombound
• Evernight
• The Last Alliance
• Sword's Song
• Third Age of the Sun
• ...Where the Shadows Lie
Catamenia URL
• Cavalcade
• Chaos Born
• Eskhata
• Eternal Winter's Prophecy
• Halls of Frozen North
• Location: COLD
• Morning Crimson
…

1. What's your favorite song by 15?
THERE IS NO 15 GASP
(Immortal & Kamelot share 14)
Immortal - One by One
Kamelot - March of Mephisto

2. How did you get into 20?
Emperor
Eh well... if you discover one of the old BM bands, you actually discover them all. I think.

3. Who is your favorite member in 1?
Katatonia
Renkse because I'm a sucker for his voice.

4. What’s your favorite lyric bit by 29?
Maybeshewill
To be honest, I've never bothered with their lyrics. Because they're motherfucking INSTRUMENTAL, bitches. :D
But still:
Now we're apart.
Though not through choice.
Do we stay mute?
Or raise our voice?
(Maybeshewill - He Films the Clouds pt. 2)

5. Have you ever seen 22 live?
Again, there is no 22. But I have seen neither Fairyland nor Queens of the Stone Age.

6. What's your favorite album from 10?
Rhapsody of Fire - Symphony of Enchanted Lands

7. Do you own any merchandise from 3?
Adagio
I have. …

(taken from Rowan5215)

Rules: Put your playlist on shuffle and write down the first 25 songs you get.

1. Avantasia - Crestfallen
2. Amorphis - Sky Is Mine
3. Kamelot - Across The Highlands
4. Avantasia - Your Love Is Evil
5. Beyond Twilight - The Devil's Hall Of Fame
6. Blind Guardian - Wait For An Answer
7. Dream Theater - II. About To Crash
8. Devin Townsend - The Fluke
9. Conception - Among The Gods
10. Star One - Human See, Human Do
11. Allen-Lande - Never Again
12. Masterplan - The Dark Road
13. Allen-Lande - Ask You Anyway
14. Freedom Call - The Circle Of Life
15. Demons & Wizards - The Gunslinger
16. Epica - Solitary Ground
17. Blind Guardian - Lost In The Twilight Hall
18. Agalloch - A Desolation Song
19. Stream of Passion - Haunted
20. Adagio - Kissing The Crow
21. Orphaned Land - Barakah
22. Carach Angren - A Strange Presence Near The Woods
23. Nevermore - Cenotaph
24. Turisas - As Torches Rise
25. Pain of Salvation - Scarsick

…

These are my favorite tracks from each (major) album of my top ten artists.
Keep under consideration that I'm only giving favorites for those albums that I have/like.

Artist
Album ; Track
etc

(favorite albums bolded)

Ayreon
The Final Experiment ; Computer-Reign (Game Over)
Actual Fantasy ; Beyond the Last Horizon
Into The Electric Castle ; The Mirror Maze
Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer ; The First Man On Earth
Universal Migrator Part 2: Flight of the Migrator ; To The Quasar
The Human Equation ; Day Twelve: Trauma / Day Two: Isolation
01011001 ; The Sixth Extinction

Katatonia
Brave Murder Day ; Rainroom
Discouraged Ones ; Stalemate
Tonight's Decision ; I Am Nothing
Last Fair Deal Gone Down ; Chrome
Viva Emptiness ; Walking by A Wire
The Great Cold Distance ; Journey Through Pressure
Night Is The New Day ; Idle Blood

Symphony X
Symphony X ; Absinthe And Rue
The Damnation Game ; The Edge Of Forever
…

Here are the physical albums I bought or some way received last year.

12/2010:
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
Devin Townsend - Terria
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine - The Battle Of Los Angeles
Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus - Rajaportti
Motörhead - Bastards
Studio 99 - A Tribute To Freddie Mercury


11/2010:
Rage - The Missing Link
Bloodhound Gang - Hooray for Boobies
Freedom Call - [album artist=Freedom Call]The Circle of Life
Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
Primal Fear - New Religion
Virgin Steele - Visions Of Eden
Running Wild - Blazon Stone
Helloween - 7 Sinners
Star One - Victims Of The Modern Age
Virgin Steele - The Black Light Bacchanalia

10/2010:
Grave Digger - The Clans Will Rise Again
Kraftwerk - Autobahn
Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity
Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express
Kraftwerk - The Man-Machine
Kraftwerk - Computer World
…

My Metal/Rock forum Heavy Metal Haven, recently finished voting on the top albums of 2010. The following list if a collective opinion from 15 people. My personal Top 20 may be viewed HERE.

1. Blind Guardian - At the Edge of Time

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2. Accept - Blood Of The Nations

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3. Haken - Aquarius

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4. Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier

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5. Star One - Victims Of The Modern Age

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6. Winterhorde - Underwatermoon

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7. Wuthering Heights - Salt
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