Well, I'll start this one off:

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Why does every slayer solo sound like a horse being jerked off?
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Have you witnessed such an event?
I have... lets say its not very noisy, but it is nasty. Slayer solos don't sound like that... I'm not sure what they sound like (besides crap :p )

Slayer/CoB/Lamb of God/Mastodon/Thine Eyes Bleed concert on the 17th of June... I'm just going to miss it :( :( :(


Looks like I have to do some counting now.

o.O Ooooooookay... :bad:

I like the few slayer songs I have heard, and I didn't hear any horse noises... :p IMO Iron Maiden sounds all the same to me. I thought I woulod like them, but after listening to 3 different albums, all I could think was, "Wow, hear one song, and you've heard them all..." :skeptic: :rolling:

Iron Maiden sounds all the same to me. I thought I woulod like them, but after listening to 3 different albums, all I could think was, "Wow, hear one song, and you've heard them all..." *shrugs* Yeah. The most striking example of that was the Dance of Death album. A sorry excuse of a Maiden album...

Slayer solos don't sound like that... I'm not sure what they sound like (besides crap [Razz] ) Hey! The solos in Angel of Death are killer!

You might like "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son", "Killers" or "Powerslave" Kitrax. They are pretty varied, unlike the sorry excuses for the 90 and beyond albums...

I think Brave New World rocked! :D

I have been listening to a lot of Our Lady Peace recently. I know you guys don't like them, but for me, they are great. One of my favorite bands ever.

Meh...file OLP away with P.O.D. and other crap like that. :bad:

Hmmm...what's this? A Motley Crue album? Don't mind if I do... :thumb: :rolling:

Hey Kitrax. I got Red Hot Chili Peppers tickets... they had sold out in 2 hours, but my friend has an inside man, and we got VIP passes (or somesuch... I think its in a box) for 135 bucks each... its me, my girlfriend, and my best friend.


Now I play the waiting game... (October 20th, Boston)

I'm tired of the waiting game. Let's play Hungry Hungry Hippo.

But on topic, I bought my first CD in over three years today. John Lee Hooker - "Blues Legend". I've always wanted to listen to more Blues music.

"Wow, hear one song, and you've heard them all..."This could be said about a number of bands, really. Often it has more to do with how much you like them than the actual similarity between the songs. Some of my friends hear my beloved thrash metal bands as monotonous and repetitive, every song sounding the same, but I hear a lot of intricate differences. Some bands that I find are just repeating one song type over and over are the height of rich and multisided expression to some people I know.
*shrugs* Yeah. The most striking example of that was the Dance of Death album. A sorry excuse of a Maiden album...I personally have enjoyed the post-reunion albums immensely, and found a lot of variation there, even breaking the admittedly narrow Maiden-formula here and there. Who would have thought of slide guitars or an acoustic song on a Maiden album in 1985?

But to each his own. That's just my :2c:

I think I have just added Ensiferum to my list of favourite bands. Unfortunately, it has made The Gods Made Heavy Metal feel slow.

John Lee Hooker rules :thumb: But, Harbs, why did you buy Blues Legend? Besides 'Boom Boom' there are none of his legendary songs on it. There should be far better compilation albums available.

this whole ESC thing had me dig out my old Lordi albums...s till think get heavy is the best one. Devil is a Loser and Would You Love A Monsterman are just plain awesome :D

I'm REALLY spending too much money on new albums!

But, Harbs, why did you buy Blues Legend? Um, because it was cheap.........

I get my albums from Russia, so I pay very little.

HMV price - £15
Russian price - £4

The only issues with the albums are that they have printed on them "Not to be sold outside of Russian Federation blah blah blah", but sometimes they have Russian only bonus tracks.

Well, if you buy them while you are in Russia, then who cares if you take them out :p

/me resists the urge to badger Cúchulainn into bringing some Dima Bilan for her

i swear, this guy is addicting. I have no idea what the hell his songs say, and the ones I can actually understand are kind of gibberishly, but... he is just awesome :D

its me, my girlfriend, and my best friend. Can I be your best friend? :p :shake:

There's a Def Leppard/Journey concert comming to the SLC area this August. My fiance wants me to take her to it...I'm still undecided. :bad: :rolling:

Hah, Kit, sure, as long as you bring cookies. No cookies, no friend...


I didn't get to listen to music today! I left my iPod and headphones at home... oh well, there's always tomorrow.


:rolleyes: Taylor Hicks won American Idol. If only he could sing.

That show sucks donkeyballs, but it is annoying when 62.5 million people pick someone who sucks more donkeyballs than the actual show.

If the price is right, go for it Kitrax, I am sure they will play all the classic songs

I am going to see Lordi live on June 9th! :D :D :D

Wow another Sigh fan! Instead of highjacking the other thread, let's post that here!

Yeah, Sigh pwns! Have you listened to "Gallows Gallery", their new album? I heard it's good.

Yes its very good, but I prefer 'Imaginary Sonicscape'. To be fair, I only got Gallows Gallary a few days ago, so its still growing on me.

Sigh are one of the many reasons that I never get bored of heavy metal. They keep doing something fresh and different each album, like Solefald!

One the 6 June 06 I am going to N.Ireland's first metal festival. Nevermore are headlinging with a band called Devildriver. I heard that DD is the guy from Coalchambers new band, so I don't have great hopes, but I will keep an open mind. If they do turn out to be crap, than it gives me a chance to get a few :beer:

Devildriver is crap. I saw them, and they just sounded... bleh.

My neighbours are planning to have a barbacue in the backyard. I think I'll provide them with proper music :evil:
Any suggestions?

Tough Guy Hardcore will make anybody hate you... so go with that :D

And incase you guys didn't notice, I updated the MBP History... Undertaker, I overtook you in the standings... you dissapoint me.

;)

Yes its very good, but I prefer 'Imaginary Sonicscape'. To be fair, I only got Gallows Gallary a few days ago, so its still growing on me.

Sigh are one of the many reasons that I never get bored of heavy metal. They keep doing something fresh and different each album, like Solefald! True, true. I'm more into the early Sigh (Scorn Defeat, Infidel Art, Ghastly Funeral Theatre, Hail Horror Hail), but yeah, it's refreshing that they dish out something different, and never stagnate. I just hope that Mirai's time-killing in Necrophagia won't mean the end of the band.

So, guys, since you are expertsa on rock concerts and such - what sort of shoes should I wear if I want to be able to walk afterwards? :D

and more on topic, I really should listen to more Heather Alexander. I forget how gorgeous her voice is.

So, guys, since you are expertsa on rock concerts and such - what sort of shoes should I wear if I want to be able to walk afterwards? Without a doubt, Shelly's Rangers. (http://www.boots4all.com/index2a.htm)

Mine are the 14 eyelets blue rub-off ones, and I've had those for years, and I will buy a new pair anytime soon. I have been having my eyes on Tredair's 14-eyelets, burgundy rub-off ones. They're plain gorgeous.

/me wipes drool off the keyboard

Wish I could afford a pair of those.... too bad I canpt. :( Right now I am contemplating wearing my chunky-heeled boots but have no idea if my feet could take it...

Nothing open-toed... if you do, you will probably lose most of your toes.

My neighbours are planning to have a barbacue in the backyard. I think I'll provide them with proper music [demonic]
Any suggestions? One word: Abruptum.

Well...the library has almost added RHCP's "Stadium Arcadium" to the system...they will be adding 22 copies, and so far there are 59 hold requests (I'm #59 :doh: ). You are allowed to have a CD for 3 weeks, and at this rate, I have to wait for 37 people after the initial 22 get the first copies...which means I'll get my hands on the album in about 3 to 4 months if everyone keeps the CD for less than 3 weeks each. :bang:

I had to return their 'Greatest Hits' CD today, and 6 out of the 8 songs I liked were so badly scratched that I am going to have to re-check out the CD and hope for a better copy. :grr:

Oh well... :rolling:

@DotW: sorry, I don't own any of their albums

@DotW: sorry, I don't own any of their albums WHAT!?!?

/me pokes Undertaker with De Profundis Mors Vars Consumet

Go buy it already!!!

had to return their 'Greatest Hits' CD todayOne of their best songs is Save the Population, which wasn't released until Greatest Hits... I love that song.

You are allowed to have a CD for 3 weeks Bah, that's tough. At our library, you are only allowed CDs for one week, so everybody gets a turn. Although our library would never have 22 (!) copies of any CD. I doubt they have more than 2 of any CD.

I think he goes to a huge public library... my libraries would not have more than 2 of any CD either.

The early Sigh songs are great, especially "At my funeral". I am currently putting a band together and this would be a great song to cover.

On Saturday afternoon I had a little fun re-working some Moonsorrow Waylander and Einherjer songs into tinwhistle, bodhrán, button accordian and bouzouki. All I need to do is find a harp and Uilleann bagpipe player.

Its pure :evil: to see old grannies clapping away to Köyliönjärven Jäällä

I realized how much like Autograph Def Leppard sounds.

Was Steve Plunkett in Autograph? I have one of his solo album's that has the (excellent) song 'My Attitude'.

The early Sigh songs are great, especially "At my funeral". Hell yeah!

Zyklon day today, kiddies. All three albums are in my stereo, so nearly 3 hours of pure scorching noise... :evil:

I have a chance to see Down live soon. I think I'll go for it.

I can't wait for the concert.. i am already bouncehappy about it. and am glad that I got my tickets when i did, they are being sold out real fast...

The two songs I wanna hear really bad are Deqadite Girls Gone Wild and Who's your daddy :D

and I will be wearing something quite like there (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/Arabwel/GringoGentsAnkleImitStrap.jpg) ;D

I have a pair of those boots. I always called them my 'hobnails'

@DotW: I don't plan to buy any new album right now :p

Nothing like the burgundy 14-eyelets Tredair on Boots4all... my own Rangers are getting pretty old... stashing my dough to get them, they're too damn gorgeous.

Enough off-topic now.

Undertaker, BLAH! Get the damn album! Your neighbors will turn insane after two songs... :evil:

You mean there are more then 2 songs on their albums :p :p :p ?

Bah, that's tough. At our library, you are only allowed CDs for one week, so everybody gets a turn. Although our library would never have 22 (!) copies of any CD. I doubt they have more than 2 of any CD. That sucks. :(
I think he goes to a huge public library... my libraries would not have more than 2 of any CD either. Exactly! I'm a member of the 'Salt Lake County Library System' (http://www.slco.lib.ut.us) . There are 19 different libraries with in the Salt Lake County, and though each library may only have 1 or 2 copies of any item, they transfer books, CDs, DVDs, and just about anything else you can check out between all the locations on a daily basis. If there's something you want, and it's checked in, but it's at a library that's 20 miles away, put it on hold, and it'll will be transferred to the nearest library that you choose within two days or so. :thumb:

It's good to live in the suburbs of a large city! :thumb:

You mean there are more then 2 songs on their albums?Actually, there is one album (I forgot the title) on which there is only one 61 minutes (!!!) song.

That's even worse than Edge of Sanity's Crimson, which apparently lasts about 40 minutes.

IIRC, the Abruptum one is a tie with Green Carnation's Light of Day, Day of Darkness, which is also a one-song album.

Hmmm...anyone here like Lamb of God?

One of my co-workers said they are really good, and that I should give them a listen. I've never heard them before, and I don't even know what kind of metal they are... :rolling:

They have one great CD - As the Palaces Burn. The other stuff is alright, but not great. Check out that CD first.

i will be seeing Lordi live on Halloween, too! :banana:

Nice :)

Kitrax, As the Palaces Burn is thrash. I'm not sure about the rest of LoG's stuff.

LoG is...nice

Was that a sarcastic nice, or an actual nice?

Something in between :p

Just listened to the new Celtic Frost album... not bad.

The new Sodom album kicks some serious butt! :evil:

I saw a System of a Down video on a pop music TV show today. Does that mean that they are now too "commercial" and "mainstream", so some of you won't like them any more? And just what is "a Down" anyway? I'm sure that name makes no sense.

I saw a System of a Down video on a pop music TV show today. Does that mean that they are now too "commercial" and "mainstream", so some of you won't like them any more? And just what is "a Down" anyway? I'm sure that name makes no sense. /me pokes Caveboy with a 20-foot pole

System of a Down always was commercial crap. I never liked them. And you're right, Harby, the name makes no sense whatsoever - just like them.

I like their first album, that one is golden, definitely not mainstream: PLUCK (http://84.19.180.52/downloads/radio/?autoplay=7)

System of a Down did sell out... their new stuff sounds nothing like their old stuff, which might have been able to pass as alright. I heard their new stuff and the only reason I could tell it was them was because at one point his voice sounded like it used to.

I just founfd out that Dima Bilan got signed up byy BMG... I hoe this means there's gonna be an album in English from him - as fun as listenin g to Russian pop is, I would LOVE toactually understand waht he is signing about.

And I also hope whoever writes the lyrics has a better grasp of the English language as the ones whop did Never let you go and Girlfriend.

I like some songs where they mess up the English language:

Sodom - "Masterbate to kill yourself"

Destruction - "Blood the oil, our greasy sky" (or something along those lines)

Stratovarius "I am a dust in the wind"

or strange pronounciations:

Korpiklaani - "wild-der-ness" (wilderness)
Cadaveria - "fu-near-ee-al" (funeral)
all florida death metal bands "toi-mmmmm" (time)
most bands from South Ireland - replace any "th" words with just a "t" so "thrash" becomes "trash", "thursday" becomes "torsday"

The worst are all those rap bands, and English is their first language!

I saw a System of a Down video on a pop music TV show today. Does that mean that they are now too "commercial" and "mainstream", so some of you won't like them any more? And just what is "a Down" anyway? I'm sure that name makes no sense. SoaD is, was, and always will be crap! :toofar:

Their crummy new song 'Lonely Day' has a grand total of one sentence for lyrics, and just like my other "most hated" band, The Foo Fighters, they repeat the same stupid lines over, and over. :bang: Count how many times the FF scream, "the best!"...and while you're at it, count how many times SoaD whines, "Such a lonely day...". :nono:

It's all about *quality*, not quantity. :thumb: :rolling:

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The Foo Fighters were good with their old album... I liked 'Learning to Fly' by them. But their new stuff is crap. Especially since it is always on the radio. Damn "No Way Back From Hell"... I hate that song.

I don't think SOAD were a metal band anyway. Some idiots call them ethnic rock :rolleyes:

To me they are just a standard rock band, who cannot get through an interview without mentioning they are Armenian (even though they are American).

Still, some idiots have said there was a link between SOAD and 11 September because we all know that all terrorists are Middle-Eastern :rolleyes:

I just listened to the Tiananmen Square version of Faith by The Cure (in all its bootlegged glory...). Very oomphy.
'This is for everyone that died today in China.'

The new Celtic Frost album is excellent. I was scared it would be another half-arsed comeback album from a bunch of ancient rockers, but they proved me wrong :thumb:

Less than 24 hours till I get to see Lordi, wheee!
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i have never even heard of wither one of the warmup acts, but I figure they can't be too bad.... I hope. :D

Oh, lordy, you're going to see Lordi?

Saw them when they had this HUGE gig right here in Helsinki, when we were celebrating our first Eurovision song contest victory.

I'm not a fan or anything, but they sounded great in front of an audience of at least 60 000 people. :D

I envy you, Iku-Turso.... I wanted to be there!

adn you're a bit low there. there was more thank 80 000 people there :D

and yes, I am going to see Lordi at rovaniemi :D

Whee! So you're finnish, or at least in Finland currently! Congrats! :D

And some estimated that there were something like 100 000 people, but I thought that estimating it at least to 60 000 would be on the safe side.

By the way, if you're from Lapin lääni, I salute and thank you for voting Lordi into the contest in the first place! :roll:

Finnish, born and bred. and not that far North - in the biggesst small town in the country :p

and to make this more OT, I wish the next ESC would be in Rovaniemi and that Dima Bilan would participate again. cause, you know, I would SO stalk him :D

Tsch! :hahaerr:

Cooome opn, don't teöö me htat you wouldnät if you were appropriately oriented! THat boy is PRETTY! :p

Further to what I said last week about having bought my first CD in 3 years, I have now bought 7 in the last week. For anyone who is interested, they have been:

1) John Lee Hooker - "Blues Legend"
2) Alanis Morissette - "Now is the Time"
3) KT Tunstall - "Eye to the Telescope"
4) Alanis Morissette - "Alanis"
5) Hayley Westenra - "My Gift to You"
6) Coldplay - "Parachutes"
7) Heather Nova - "Siren"

Lots of new food for iTunes.

The radio dj back announces songs I know. Why don't they do that for songs I don't know? :mad:

COLDPLAY? HB, you dissapoint! Coldplay is terrible! Every song is exactly the same, and they are all awful! Some say they are the new U2, and I slap all of those people. How dare they insult U2 by implying that Coldplay is similar to them in any way! U2=good, Coldplay= donkeyballssuckers

In other news, Pink Floyd rocks.

I agree that many of Coldplay's songs do sound similar to each other, hence the reason why I only paid $7 for that CD from TradeMe. I wouldn't pay full price for a Coldplay CD, but "Parachutes" has a few good songs on it.

Coldplay isn't bad but Chris Martin has lost all his credibility when he allowed his kid to be named Apple. :nono:

That's not as bad as Shiloh Pitt. That's a shocker. A complete pile o'......

Heee, 12 hours till Lordi! :banana:

**tuts @ Lordi** 1 pop song with a catchy beat and people seem willing to forget that most every other song they've made sucks. Sure i voted for them at Eurovision and was glad they won, but my tongue was firmly in cheek when they were interviewed or performed.

Spend your money on some actual Finnish Death Metal instead of that 80's style pop rubbish.

Finally! I got my own copy of new Celtic Frost album :banana:

Cooome opn, don't teöö me htat you wouldnät if you were appropriately oriented! THat boy is PRETTY!Uh, well, I guess so, but I'm heavily against endorsing mullets.

edit: And Pseudospawn, you're forgetting that you're talking about the latest national pride in Finland here. It's not just the music, it's that Lordi gave us our first ESC victory. And who knows, maybe Ara's a fanatic Children of Bodom fan?

Alas, no. CoB is not one of my favortites... Nightweish, too.

also, I am absolutely shameless about the fact tghat I listen to Britney Spears - so no one is going to make my musical taste go anywhere.

As for the gig... oh dear GOD; there was.... OH. I practically died there... Am still pissed that was about 2 people fromt he banniester thanks to my host getting us lost and arriving late.

I even got showered in sparks from the pyros :D

Lordi is awesome on stage - they are awesome anyweay, but ons tage? OMG. and not just the pyros. they.. there's no words how they take everything over. it was practically hypnotic.

the amusing part of the evening was hearing two teenage girls talk about their favorite osongs. one of them named Devil is a Loser her favorite, and then added: "But who the f*** is Gene Simmons?"
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O tempora, o more...

Cough, cough...You're listening to WHAT? :outta:

To each their own...oh well.

Not a fan of CoB either, my nick for them is "Children of Boredom". Sorry. But no matter how talented musicians they would be, my opinion is that they should either be a) groundbreaking and innovative, in the sense that they would search for new ways in making that type of music - or b) appeal to my sense of harmonious melody.

They do neither. But mostly this is because I've not ventured much into that particular field of music with any great interest or for a longer duration of time.

"Children of Boredom" I'll have to remember that one.

I'm currently listening to an underground grindcore (think death metal on speed) talent from the south shore of Quebec... in fact, we used to play shows with those guys back in the days... I'm glad to see them still going... and still are as brutal. [Insert headbanging smiley here]

You heard that right. Britney Spears. Also Enrique Iglesias, the Spice Gurls, Christina Aquilaera, Shakira, the Backstreet Boys..... do I need to go on?

And yeah, those arte ont he same playulist as Nightwish, Lordi, Dimmu Borgir, AC/DC and a LOT of other stuff. I am omnivorous :D :evil:

Dimmu BorgirBlech! Demon Burger sucks!

I'm actually thinking of buying Juanes' latest album. I kind of liked La Camisa Negra, Volverte a Ver and Rosario Tijeras.

My rule concerning buying records is that if an album has at least 3 songs that I like, I start considering of buying it.

I consider myself to be omnivorous when it comes to music, but...there are limitations...it's not like anything goes, but I do agree that you can get used to, and even learn to like any kind of music if listened to frequently enough. (edit: That's how I started to like metal as well.)

So as for this moment I detest Britney Spears, I consider it possible that I might some day even like it. It's just one of those 'when hell freezes over' -type of situations, or the chances of that happening are just about the same as the chances of survival of a paper mouse in hell while chased by asbestos cats.

It's not the music per se I dislike, it's the persona an the industry behind it I strongly disagree with. It's so sad when non-musical attributes affect someones taste for music, but that's just me...

Incidentally, talking about the Lordi condert is the only time I have bneen able to use the phrase "You could barely hear the buzzsaw over the music" :D

What is this Lordi thing you keep going on about?

They won this years Eurovision, a song contest you probably never heard about :p

www.Lordi.org (http://www.Lordi.org) - 5 guys (ok, 4 guys and a chim) in monster costumes who play heavy rock with a serious horror theme :love:

I am rather sad that I won't be seeing them live again until October :(

Monster costumes? Oh dear. What's a chim?

In fact they are Kiss of 21st Century :p

*chick. 4 guys and a chick. or more like a mummy (amen, guitar), an undead sorceress (Awa, keyboardas), a bulltaur (oX, bass) , an alien (Kita, drums) and of course the esteemable no one knows what the hell he is Mr. Lordi :D

@Undertaker: that they are... they are alos going to throw a promo gig in the US with KISS. it is awesome cause Mr. Lodi is a HUGE KISS fan, and they even mention Gene Simmons in one of their songs :D

Why am I not suprized :p

Ah, that reminds me of GWAR. (http://gwar.net/?q=node/106) They sucked. Majorly. I think I already described them here once...

Down seriously whopped ass. Marvellous, brilliant. The best concert in a long time. Uncle Phil likes his red wine, but it only affects his speeches between songs - not his singing. That's being a real pro.

I saw them on the 8th. No, it didn't take me this long to recover, I had technical problems.

The new Celtic Frost album (first since 1990! ) kicks ass! :D

Woah, first album in 16 years? What happened?

Suisipasti - what are you talking about? I don't understand a word of that post.

I mean I saw a band called Down on the 8th of June, and it was a great gig. The singer was drunk, but he is so good that it didn't hamper his singing.

Gabriela Robin. People need to listen to her. Now.

Her songs are mostly made up of nonsensical lyrics (lyrics that don't mean anything/made up from a language created by the writer) that range to truly bizzare (Cats on Mars) to beautiful (Moon, Grace).

A good rock band needs to be drunk, stoned, or have some sort of an altered state to be good on stage! :p

!order :headbang: smiliey... :thumb: :rolling:

A good rock band needs to be drunk, stoned, or have some sort of an altered state to be good on stage! [Razz] Ha! Then our shows must have totally pwned because I can't remember doing any single show NOT stoned. MJ makes death vocals easier.

:hippy: (even though I'm an ex-stoner) :headbang:

Dave Mustaine certainly needs to lighten up. The last time I seen Megadeth live I was not exactly 'blown away' as every single member appeared to be glued to the stage. I really like Megadeth, but I don't think I will see them live ever again.

Dave Mustaine certainly needs to lighten up. *shrugs* Mustaine is Mustaine, dude. If he'd get all bouncy on the state and be über-happy I'd burn my Megadeth CDs. I personally prefer a pissed-off, dark looking and sarcastic Mustaine. How he answered to the guy who annoyed him with a laser pointer during a show was simply hilarious. Go Dave!

Here's a few hilarious quotes I heard:

- “If you guys are going to be throwing beer bottles at us, at least make sure they're full.”

- “In our ‘life’ there is ‘if’
In our ‘beliefs’ there is ‘lie’
In our ‘business’ there is ‘sin’
In our ‘bodies’ there is ‘DIE’”

- "I see you have a laser, you little ********. Oh I saved all my allowances from mommy so I can buy a laser and shine it at Dave. Now, how about you be cool so the people here won't have to beat your ****ing brains in? Thank you."

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The best concert I have ever witnessed was Judas Priest/Scorpions in the Odyssey Arena, Belfast. It seemed like an unusual combination, but it worked out great! These guys know how to entertain, and they have excellent songs to back up the stage shows (unlike Gwar).

I am still kicking myself for missing WASP in Dublin.

Hmm, playing around with my 'equaliser'. No idea how to get the right combination.

I am still kicking myself for missing WASP in Dublin Hehe, I'm going to see W.A.S.P. (again) in one month along with Twisted Sister and Crimson Glory. Celtic Frost and Moonspell play in the same festival too, but I can't stand them so I must find something to kill time when they will be on stage and beer drinking is not an available option because I'll have to drive after the concert.

That sounds like an excellent festival, but I have no idea who Crimson Glory are.

Its a shame that you cannot have a few :beer:

Crimson Glory are one of the best american power metal bands of 80s. Their first two albums, "Crimson Glory" and "Transcendence", are classics. My recommendation to you is to buy these two albums, I guarantee that you will not regret it.

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If they are as good as Riot and Virgin Steele, I will definately check them out.

What is Dragonforce's best album, if they are worth listening to?

What is Dragonforce's best album, if they are worth listening to? Sonic Firestorm, without the shadow of a doubt.

Have you heard their new album, Inhumane Rampage?

They (DragonForce) put on a good show, but there is something about their albums that I don't like. I would rather listen to Gamma Ray, Hammerfall, Rhapsody and Luca Turilli.

Dragonforce's best and only worthwile album was Valley of the Damned.

I'm just not a big fan of 'wank-metal' like Dragonforce so its no suprise that in the two times i've been able to see them i was sorely unimpressed. That sort of sound is amusing if you're the one playing it but they're no fun to watch and the music sounds hollow.

I am greatly looking forward to getting my hands on Vaadimme Metallia by Teräsbetoni.. the fisrt single, Älä Mene Metsään is pretty awesome so i am definitely eager to hear more :D

DotW, how about Dark Tranquility? I know you like them, what is their best stuff?

DotW, how about Dark Tranquility? I know you like them, what is their best stuff? Oh ****, good question, it's been AGES since I last listened to them... ehh... IIRC, the first three albums and two EP are the best. I lost interest in them when they released Projector, and I haven't bothered listening to any of the new stuff.

A special mention to the song "Insanity's Crescendo", however. It whips serious butts, and the clean singing is... haunting.

Yes DT are much better than Inflames.

Hey DoTW, are you a fan of Dragonheart? Its strange to see Eric outside of Testament.

When did people all of a sudden start hating In Flames?

It's bad enough they're now being called nu-metal, at least theyre had the initative to change & develop their sound over the past decade then stay in the same rut as most every other metal band.

So, how many of you resident metalheads are really into extreme (http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/columns/genres_battles/101_rules_for_extreme_metal.html)? :D

Hey DoTW, are you a fan of Dragonheart? Its strange to see Eric outside of Testament. Yes! I definitively dig Dragonheart. Peterson's a surprisingly good vocalist, I must say. I haven't had a chance to listen to the second album, but Rapture kicked solid ass, especially the songs "Wolfhunt" and "Spirits In The Mist", with Darkane's ex-vocalist as guest... it's too damn good.

When did people all of a sudden start hating In Flames? Hmm, let's see. When they began taking a commercial path and ended up releasing crap album after the other, and when they began calling fans of their early stuff poseurs, that's when.

They aren't nu-metal, they are still the same type of music, even though each album sounds different. I like their newest album, although it is not as good as Clayman. I am listening to Reroute to Remain right now, and it is alright.

I like their newest album, although it is not as good as Clayman. I am listening to Reroute to Remain right now, and it is alright. Let me put it this way: Everything after The Jester Race sucks donkey balls. In fact it sucks SO bad I played freesbee with my friend's dog with the Whoracle album. He even dished in his own copy of Clayman once the dog was through with Whoracle.

In Flames sucks. Get the point.

Now, on a different note. Undertaker, you were right, the new Celtic Frost album really pwns. Did you got to listen to the new Sodom album? Unbelieva****ingble. :headbang:

DotW i hate to be the one to break this to you, but Celtic Frost suck.

Not just suck as in they're bad, suck like fat kids at sport, suck like the elderly at controlling bodily functions.

I think its right to compare them to bands like Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth. They deserve to be grouped with the other pied-pipers of metal. Those now talent-less has-beens that are destroying the genre they created.

DotW i hate to be the one to break this to you, but Celtic Frost suck. *shrugs* I'm actually listening to To Mega Therion as I'm typing this.

I hate In Flames, you hate Celtic Frost, our tastes differ, and that's mighty fine with me.

@DotW: nope, I wasn't able to listent to that album yet (to be sure I don't own it yet :o )

So off I go to listen to Celtic Frost's new album \m/(><)\m/

Yaay

Just got the latest Tool and RHCP albums, much happiness here :D

Nah, Jester Race is teh best, but WHoracle and Clayman are good. The new one is good too. The others suck though.

Igor Cavalera has left Sepultura :( :( :(

Igor Cavalera has left Sepultura About damn time. The new Sepultura is crap.

Was their new CD (Dante XVII, or something like that?) any good?


And I don't think we should say certain bands suck, because if someone likes them, they can't really suck, but we can say we don't like them. Except for emo, rap, and hiphop. All of those actually suck donkeydick.

Igor finally seen the light, however Andre is a lost cause...

Does anyone know any good industrial bands? I like some industrial tinged black and death metal bands, but I never liked Stabbing Westward or NIN.

Rammstein is industrial :p
As for other good industrial bands: Strapping Young Lad, Fear Factory, late Samael and Theatre Of Tragedy
You might also like The Kovenant

I do have 'Anamatronic' and 'Nexus' (when they were Covenant) - excellent albums. But are these bands pure industrial, or they just industrial rock/metal?

The only pure industrial bands mentioned are Fear Factory, Rammstein and SYL.

Strapping Young Lad... hahahaha!

I saw them in concert... its 3 45 year old guys :lol: (or it looked that way), and they did not do a good job at all. I don't know how they sound on a CD, but they were terrible live.

Cool - my 1991 Alanis CD that I bought from some guy in Ontario off eBay just arrived. God bless international online auction sites. You can find anything, even out-of-production items like that.

its 3 45 year old guys Gene Hoglan is an excellent drummer, dude. His work in Dark Angel simply pwns.

I just got Sky Dancer by Dark Tranquility, and I am not very impressed. I thought it would be 'folky' like the first few Inflames albums. Hopefully its a 'grower'.

Gene Hogland is one of the best drummers ever. I just loved his drumwork on Death's Individual Through Patterns and Symbolic albums :D

So I jsut got my first-ever music DVD.

the official Eurovision one. :evil:

I had it taped for me, isnce I was in London at the theatre at the time

:lol: eurovision on DVD... Arabwel you sure have some humor.
I just heard Ænema by Tool. Sooo good!

I don't know what kind of evliness could be incuded on that disc :confused:

Gene Hogland is one of the best drummers ever. I just loved his drumwork on Death's Individual Through Patterns and Symbolic albums Indeed.

I was just listening a few early Kiss albums and I have realized that Gene Simmons is actually a really good bass player :eek:

Tom Angelripper is also an excellent bass player.

I'm going to watch Joe Satriani tuesday! Thats ought to be fun - and good I hope, never seen hime live before.

Brutal death metal concert tomorrow! :D Lot's of headbanging, beer and growls. Yeah!

Currently listening to the new Sodom album. It truly kicks ass... I *really* got to refresh the songs on my mp3 player and drop it in...

I update the songs on my iPod Shuffle on a daily basis.

iPod Shuffle iPod=crap. I'll stick with my Creative MuVo, thank you very much.

My iPod Shuffle is great.

I wouldn't trade my Creative Zen for 1000 iPod's.

I am vaguely content with my cheap-ass, no-idea-what-its-make-is, came-as-a-freebie MP3 player :D

Its probably still much better than an Ipod :lol:

Oh, quite definitely :D

iPods make pod people!

I'm still in the ancient era of CDs :p Yay for original albums :bigeyes:

Its probably still much better than an Ipod I wouldn't trade my Creative Zen for 1000 iPod's. You got a Zen? I wanted to get that one to, but my budget only allowed the cheaper, 512MB flash memory MuVo... still, it performs pretty well, and doesen't convert songs into some weird format like the ipod does. And I wouldn't trade my MuVo for 100000000 iPods.

My iPod works perfectly and there is nothing wrong with it. Some of you guys are really snobby about whatever happens to be popular or bestselling. Apple sucks because its popular. Microsoft sucks because its popular. Pop music sucks because its popular. Brazil soccer team sucks because they're popular. Talk about tall poppy syndrome.

Apple sucks because its popular. Microsoft sucks because its popular. Pop music sucks because its popular. Brazil soccer team sucks because they're popular. Talk about tall poppy syndrome./me grabs a can of Monster and downs it in a single gulp to calm the fcuk down

You're in no position to speak! M$ sucks because they're crap, yet, *you* remain with it because *"it works"*. Before you say we hate M$ because it's popular, why don't you try Linux, and once you tried then we'll speak. Linux completly pwns all the dung M$ ever dropped on the market!

And as for the iPod, don't get me started on this piece of trash! My bro had one and it sucked so bad the piece of trash ended it's days under work boots! The damn thing had charger problems (swapped chargers and iPods *THREE* times), and it just wouldn't gobble some songs! The iPod's bad reputation is more than deserved because it's trash.

/end of rant

Your brother's iPod may have been trash, but mine isn't. Of course I stick with things that work! I use my iPod and my Microsoft products everyday and they work fine. Other products are great too. I'm sure that Linux and Zen are great. But just because they are great doesn't make everything else junk. Anyway, getting a bit off-topic here. back to music!

Hey Undertaker, heard anything regarding a new Megadeth album?

Harbs, f*** M$. Give Linux a shot.

What I have heard:
-the recording is finished
-there will be 11 tracks with no titles yet
-album is to be released 31 October 2006

I think my musical tastes are starting to drift towards the eighties...

Go the Eighties!

I'd trade my MP3 player for 1000 Ipods...

Then i'd sell the Ipods on Ebay and buy a new MP3 player ;)

I don't know where you got the idea that I hate anything thats popular. What would be the point of that?

After 3 friends letting me know that their iPods crashed and lost all of their songs, I decided to upgrade my Sony MP3 CD player to a Creative Touch for 2 reasons:

1 It appears to be more reliable
2 I can get more space for much less.

The only thing the iPod has going for it, is that its smaller and looks better.

Hey Ara, if you like 80's you are probably familiar with the Finnish band To/Die/For? They did an excellent version of Cutting Crew's 'I just died in your arms tonight'

Eighties were golden times for heavy metal :grin:

*pauses Sisters of Mercy album*

The 80s? Best decade ever. Of course, my birth was the high point. :D

I decided to upgrade my Sony MP3 CD player to a Creative Touch Good choice! :thumb:

The only thing the iPod has going for it, is that its smaller and looks better. That's only one person's opinion. I persoanlly like the more chiseled look of the Zen Sleek Photo, the Zen Micro Photo is what I will upgrade to next, and the new Zen V Plus looks pretty cool too. IMO they all look better than the iPod...but besides the fact that the iPod is smaller, they offer *way* more features and aren't constriced to iTunes. :thumb: :rolling:

Oh well, I like my iPod and you like your Zen, so everybody's happy! What a wonderful world.

Your life would be a lot better if you had a Zen. :p

Speaking of Zen...I wonder if it's possible to achive a Zen like state while listening to metal... :confused: :rolling:

@Kitrax: it is possible :grin:

Your life would be a lot better if you had a Zen. [Razz] I have a MuVo Slim. Does that count?

Your life would be a lot better if you had a Zen. No it wouldn't, because I'd be poorer.

Kit, Cúchulainn... arguing with Harbs is like chasing windmills: a waste of time.

Back on topic, currently listening to some old Exodus.

I have heard To/Die/FOr, and I didnöt particularly like them... *shrugs* I tend to go for specific artists that strike my fancy rahter than genres in general.

Still listening to Exodus. I can't decide who between Paul Baloff and Steve Souza is the best vocalist.

I have corrupted others into loving Lodri :evil:

I fo hope my dark master gives me a sizeable bonus for the new minions :D

Just got my hands on an original vinyl of Celtic Frost's "To Mega Therion" album! :bigeyes: :bigeyes: :bigeyes: :bigeyes: :bigeyes: :bigeyes: :bigeyes: :bigeyes:

Finally I got that new Sodom album! :D It sure rocks :grin:

You could have had mine DotW, I don't use my LPs anymore, unfortunately.

When I return home, I will listen to "Stormtroopers of Death" - "Speak English or Die" - just great - in my MuVo.

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Listening to CHildren of the Night in a dark room late at night is.... :eek: no words for it.

I hid them under the floor; for they being here made me sore
And on that day I felt kinda hazy
Now they still gotta be there, ´cos there not going anywhere
Whith severed limbs - or call me crazy?
But there are voices in the darkness
In my house every time I close my eyes...

this song is :love:

Finally I got that new Sodom album! [Big Grin] It sure rocks Hell yeah!

Finally Iced Earth got a new guitarist (http://www.metalstorm.ee/events/news_comments.php?news_id=2818)! :D Now all they need is a new bass player.
Me waits patiently for new album :)

arguing with Harbs is like chasing windmills: a waste of time. Because I'm always right? Or because I'm like Don Quixote?

I now have 1,058 songs on my iTunes. Probably not many compared to the amount of music that some of you will have, but I'll soon need a new hard drive.

Because I'm always right? Or because I'm like Don Quixote? You? Always right? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Don't make me laugh, old man. No, it's rather because you're exasperating.

Listening to some old Sodom. Had forgotten how good it is.

I have just ordered:

"Under Rug Swept" by Alanis Morissette; and
"Anthology 1" by the Beatles

so they should be arriving any day now. I wonder what album I will purchase next.

HB, arguing with you is like trying to explain how to use a computer to the Amish...you know by the blank stares that they don't understand a word you're saying, but for some reason, you keep talking. :skeptic:

I have some Korn, Iron Maiden, and some Slayer CDs on hold at the library. The first copies should be ready for pick up by next Monday or so... :D :rolling:

HB, arguing with you is like trying to explain how to use a computer to the Amish...you know by the blank stares that they don't understand a word you're saying, but for some reason, you keep talking. [skeptical] Hehehe. The Amish would more likely describe a computer as a TV (the screen), the piano (the keyboard) and the box. :shake:

Back on topic, Sodom pwns.

in my MuVo. Another MuVo owner? Which one you got? I have the MuVo Slim 512 Mb.

I wish I could be in Moscow next week... cause damn, i would love to see both Lordi and DIma Bilabn on stage at the same open air festival :D

Just ordered the 1992 Bruce Springsteen album "Human Touch" but it might take a week to show up. At least SP will get a cut because I ordered it from Fishpond.

The track listing and artwork of the new Iron Maiden album have been announced, but of course the release date is yet to be known.

Is the Slayer EP out yet?

Up The Irons! :D

Oh btw, only one month till new Slayer album! :banana:

The artwork for the Maiden alnum is pretty damn chilling - I love the way Eddie looks compared to the others.

"For The Greater Good of God"? "Lord Of Light"? WTF? Don't tell me that Maiden have turned into born-again Xtians...

Bruce and Nico have already turned. It was only a matter of time for the rest of the band to convert...

Man, got a Creative Zen Sleek Photo thingum for my bday, how am I ever going to fill 20 GB?? :D

Back to iPods... I am fine with mine because I can hold 5k songs (I have 3000 and still plenty of space), play them nicely (good quality), and thats that. It does what its supposed to. What I don't like is the fact that video battery life is 1.5 hours, or that is is expensive (Apple makes too much money...), or that you have to use iTunes, the biggest piece of **** ever, for it.

I haven't tried anything else yet, so I can't compare.

iTunes, the biggest piece of **** everAppearently you've never used SonicStage, the program you need to upload songs to a Sony MiniDisc player. MiniDisc is great, but SonicStage sucks donkey balls.

The battery life on my iPod Shuffle seems almost limitless. It never ever seems to even get close to running out, or even going 'amber'.

And Mesmero is right about SonicStage. Boy, what a nightmare. I found iTunes to be much easier and practical.

iTunes, the biggest piece of **** ever Indeed, it is a big piece of ****. It's evident you guys never used Creative Media Organizer. It stomps iTrash flat in terms of user friendly and ease of use.

Creative Media Organiser must do it all for you in your sleep then, because iTunes is super easy to use, even for a thicko like me.

But it is extremely slow, slows down the rest of my computer, forgets where my music is (its in the ****ing itunes music folder, you dumb****, right where you put it :rolleyes: ), and does stuff without telling me. Like making it default for music and video and ****. Gar, I wish something else worked with iPods.

Saber, you forgot that it converts your MP3s into some weird format.

Creative pwns. I will NEVER buy anything else than a Creative when it comes to MP3 players. NEVER. **** the iPod and **** iTrash.

I have never experienced any of the problems mentioned in the previous 2 posts. My iTunes always works perfectly. Maybe I have just been lucky.

The converting into un-mp3 format sucks...

I think they convert it to .avi or something useless like that. You should change the settings Harbs.

I think they convert it to .avi or something useless like that. No, .avi is a type of movie codec, IIRC. iTrash converts it into some crap IIRC "apple audio codec" or .aac, but I'm not 100% sure.

I have no idea what it converts to. The music plays fine so I don't need to know what the technical format actually is.

The problem with .aac is that only iTunes can use it. You can't use the music on any other media player or on any other device...

That's fine because I don't have any other music playing devices.

Man, got a Creative Zen Sleek Photo thingum for my bday, how am I ever going to fill 20 GB?? :D Nice isn't it? :thumb:

I don't use the Creative MediaSource to organize my Zen Micro...I use the 'Creative Zen Micro Media Explorer' which is based on the Windows Explorer. It's super easy to use (drag and drop for the most part), and it's fast. You can move files on to and off of my Zen Micro, rip music directly on to it, create and edit playlists, and sync music and data between Outlook Express and the player. :D
And it works with .mp3 and .wmv with or without that "Play for Sure" DMR stuff... :banana:


In other music related news, I picked up two Korn CDs from the library. The first thing Jessica said when she saw them was, "Korn? Ewwww!"
And this is comming from someone who listens to Richard Marks... :rolleyes: :rolling:

Yeah, I got a couple of songs in .wma into my MuVo and it played them without any problems.

Appearantly battery life is greater when using the WMA format in 64 bits... any truth on that, Kit?

I think my friend has the coolest bass ever... she got it off eBay, and it arrived today. damn, but it is awesome... a BC Rich from the 1980s, complete with bullet holes.

Yeah. Bullet holes.

:evil:

Ahh, B.C. Rich, now these are mighty fine guitars! My bass was a Warlock Bronze, and it was truly a fine one. Sadly, it was stolen. *sigh* I've been stucked with an old Ibanez one ever since. **** you, Ibanez. You suck!

Why the hell would she buy a bullet hole-ridden guitar? Its gotta have a curse on it or something... ever see the Twilight Zone episode with the guy who gets the guitar from a guy who shot himself? Everyone who touches the guitar dies... :eek:

My choice of guitars would be Jackson. Sadly they're not available in Finland anymore. I did get one when it was still possible, and it still is my best guitar. Better than my LTD (ESP's sub-brand) with neck-through body and active pickups.

Those bullet holes...you don't mean *actual* bullet holes, do you? :mommy:

I do mean actual bullet holes - as in, that damn bass has been actually shot by someone.

Apparently bad repairs fromt hat one have affected the entire thing and so my friend has to do some extensive repairs I understand jack about....

And why precisely dos she want it? cause the damn thing has HISTORY. and character :D

My choice of guitars would be Jackson Meh. They're good guitars, yes... but I prefer B.C Rich. And as for ESP... just like Ibanez: no good.

Just bought the new Muse album, Black Holes and Revelations yesterday.

I've listened to it pretty much non-stop, it's awesome. Knights of Cydonia (the final track) is fantastic, as is their 1st single from the album, SuperMassive Black Hole.

Highly recommended

I just bought the new All That Remains album, The Fall of Ideals... I don't really know what to think yet, I have only listened once. Its good, but they overuse the double-bass, which can get a little annoying. After a few more listenings though, who knows?

I somewhat crammed up 250 songs in my MuVo just by activating the "SmartFit" option. It packs the uploaded mp3s into WMA, 64kbps, and they somewhat end up sounding just as good as the said mp3s. :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

Over-using the double bass is one of the cardinal sins. So many bands just do a continuous bakabakabakabaka all the time and it just loses its power, its charm. It's much more interesting to play patterns with variation, do some things with the guitar riffs, stuff like that. That way when you do start with those machine gun 16th notes, it actually sounds like something.

I think ESP is okay, but not spectacular. Ibanez is pretty much crap. I've never tried a BC Rich, though. Never happened to come across one.

And why precisely dos she want it? cause the damn thing has HISTORY. and characterIf it's worth all the extensive repairs, why not. I wouldn't buy an instrument for someone else's history myself. On the other hand, I still have my first guitar, a long-suffered Squier Strat, and I'm unlikely to ever get rid of it, 'cos it's my own personal history, even though I never play it anymore.

Geez, couldn't you've said something a month ago, before I bought my Ibanez? :p

It's actually my first bass, and I didn't want anything too expensive. In my totally inexperienced opinion it's nice enough to learn playing on.

Heh, B.C. Rich Fat Bob, now I'd be interested in seeing that. Anybody got a picture?

I somewhat crammed up 250 songs in my MuVo just by activating the "SmartFit" option. It packs the uploaded mp3s into WMA, 64kbps, and they somewhat end up sounding just as good as the said mp3s. [Eek!] [Eek!] [Eek!] [Eek!]
I had to create an MP3 encoder/decoder when I was doing my intern so I had to do some research on the subject. MP3 is an old encoding, more than 10 years old now. Many other music encodings have surpassed it in terms of quality/file size, including Realaudio, Ogg Vorbis, aac, and the latest WMA.
From a Programmer/Pratchett-fan point of view I totally support Ogg Vorbis, because it is open source, is named after 2 Discworld characters and even offers better quality than WMA and Realaudio.
Creative still doesn't support Ogg though, boooo!

In other news, I found one slight problem with the Creative Zen. It can't play mono, that is not a problem with only Zen of course, but with every modern player. They only support stereo!! With my hearing disability I can hardly hear anything coming from the right, so I am missing a lot from every song. For example, the guitar in RHCPs Snow (Hey oh) only comes from the right and I hear it barely.
*me whips up wordpad and starts writing a program to change mp3's to mono*

Heh, B.C. Rich Fat Bob, now I'd be interested in seeing that. Anybody got a picture? Warlock Series Bass (http://www.bcrich.com/basses/warlockshape.asp) mine was the Warlock Bronze, which is probably the cheapest - but don't be fooled, it performs superbly well.

Well, I wasn't interested in your bass to be totally honest :p , I probably didn't make myself really clear. On the Wikipedia page of B.C. Rich it says they have guitar shaped like a Fat Bob gas tank; I was just curious what that would look like, because I couldn't find it on their website.

I think ESP is okay, but not spectacular. Ibanez is pretty much crap. I've never tried a BC Rich, though. Never happened to come across one.
Yup, Ibanez is trash. Never tried an ESP, but B.C. Rich pwns. If I ever buy a new bass, it'll be a B.C Rich because I'm fed up of my old Ibanez which sounds and looks like ****.

It's official...I don't like Slayer. I listed to 'God Hates Us All' and not one of the songs on the album sounded good to me. :bad:

I've also taken a step back to 1999 when I used to listen to Korn. They still have a few good songs. :rolling:

It's official...I don't like Slayer. I listed to 'God Hates Us All' and not one of the songs on the album sounded good to me. [bad] Give old Slayer albums a shot. I too didn't liked God Hates Us All. In fact, I stopped listening to them when Divine Intervention came out. Show No Mercy, Reign In Blood, Hell Awaits are all awesome albums.

I don't get why people are so "ZOMG!!" over Rufus Wainwright. :confused:

Give old Slayer albums a shot. I too didn't liked God Hates Us All. In fact, I stopped listening to them when Divine Intervention came out. Show No Mercy, Reign In Blood, Hell Awaits are all awesome albums. I've still got Hell Awaits on hold at the library, so once I get it, I'll give it a listen. :D

I don't get why people are so "ZOMG!!" over Rufus Wainwright. Who? :skeptic: :rolling:

Slayer is funny. I appreciate what they did for metal, but I honestly don't like their stuff that much. I will listen to them more to try and like them, but they're just 'eh' for me.


And I don't like their solos *shudders*.

I've still got Hell Awaits on hold at the library, so once I get it, I'll give it a listen. [Big Grin]
Now you're talking!

i am starting to like last.fm (http://www.last.fm/) qyuie a lot - any of you guys use it?

I don't get why people are so "ZOMG!!" over Rufus WainwrightI like his La Complainte de la Butte (from Moulin Rouge), but when I listened to his albums I thought it to be rather pessimistic and dark.
I much more prefer his father. The Acid Song i.e. or Career Moves.

My girlfriend uses lastfm, but I haven't started... Always a good time to start up, eh?


Does it catalog my previously played tracks, or do I have to listen to everything again?

You have to listen to everything again - basially, it keeps tack of what you listen on week-by-week basis. So obviously it gets better the longr you use it.