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2007:
Blind Guardian
Sonata Arctica
Evanescence
30 Seconds to Mars

2008:
Within Temptation
Nightwish
Tarja Turunen
Epica
Rufus Wainwright
Martha Wainwright
Cyndi Lauper
Paramore
Madonna

2009:
Xandria
Evanescence
Panic! At the Disco
Kylie Minogue
Lily Allen
Agua de Annique

Sanguine_Sky's top albums (7 days)
1. Dreamaker - Human Device (26) 2. Stream of Passion - Embrace the Storm (24) 3. Beautiful Sin - The Unexpected LTD.Edition (24) 4. Devin Townsend - Addicted (20) 5. Catafalque - Dialectique (20) 6. Ambeon - Fate of a Dreamer (20) 7. The Sisters of Mercy - First and Last and Always (19) 8. Orphaned Land - Mabool: The Story Of Three Sons Of Seven (17) 9. Eluveitie - Evocation I The Arcane Dominion (15) 10. Stream of Passion - The Flame Within (14) 11. Siebenbürgen - Revelation VI (13) 12. Darzamat - Solfernus' Path (13) 13. WitchBreed - Heretic Rapture (13) 14. Tiamat - Prey (13) 15. Niobeth - The Shining Harmony of Universe (13) 16. Blind Guardian - A Twist in the Myth (12) 17. Arkona - Ot Serdtsa K Nebu (12) 18. Elis - Dark Clouds in a Perfect Sky (12) 19. Distorted - Voices From Within (12) 20. Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray (12) 21. Stolen Babies - There Be Squabbles Ahead (12) 22. Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine: Biomech (12) 23. Agua de Annique - In Your Room (12) 24. Nile - Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka (11) 25. HDK - System Overload (11) 26. Akphaezya - Anthology II (11) 27. The Old Dead Tree - The Nameless Disease (11) 28. Manic Movement - Dark Glitter (11) 29. Octavia Sperati - Grace Submerged (10) 30. Fates Warning - FWX (10) 31. Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels (10) 32. Ador Dorath - Symbols (10) 33. Dark Tranquillity - Fiction (10) 34. Anathema - Alternative 4 (10) 35. Deströyer 666 - Defiance (9) 36. Ulver - Blood Inside (9) 37. Distorted - Memorial (9) 38. Behemoth - Evangelion (9) 39. Communic - Payment of Existence (8) 40. Ashes You Leave - Songs For The Lost (8) 41. Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio - Apocalips (8) 42. The Sins of Thy Beloved - Lake of Sorrow (8) 43. Silentium - Seducia (8) 44. Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale (8) 45. Saturnus - Veronika Decides to Die (8) 46. Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane (7) 47. Taake - Taake (7) 48. Alcest - Souvenirs d'un autre Monde (6) 49. Without Face - Astronomicon (6) 50. Ensiferum - Dragonheads (6)

So this then is my first journal at last.fm and I guess it will end up in a linguistic disaster, but nevertheless:

What I do experience at the moment is something like a revolution backwards, back to my musical roots when I started to listen to heavier music. For quite a long while now I am listening to Heavy Metal. Bands like Iced Earth, Blind Guardian or Metallica were the big profiteers, ending up in an absolutely dominant lead for Iced Earth in my overall charts.

What many don't know is, that the first "heavier" bands I listened to in the past were Nightwish and especially Evanescence. While my interest in both of them (and any other sort of female-fronted metal) has dropped in that Heavy-Metal-period, now it seems to come back. I nearly lost any sort of interest in Iced Earth actually and I don't really want to listen to any sort of Heavy/Thrash or Death-Metal at the moment at all.

That really is a surprise, as I just some months ago expected to see even more dominant Metal bands in the lead at my charts.

I think that has to do with the atmosphere of autumn, which really has arrived completely now, but somehow it could also mean something like a true revolution - just backwards. We'll see which bands will take the sceptre and crown now. Iced Earth is miles ahead of everybody else and nearly all Top-5 pursuers are not part of that "revolution"-Bands aswell, but who knows? Epica made up magnificent +400 plays in just three weeks, so did Stream of Passion which seem to come out of nowhere to conquer the Top 10 now. And still a big surprise is Amaran, which are to find in the Top-20 for a long time now, but only have released two albums before they split.


That might get really exciting in the future. I'm looking forward to the Novemer 2009 journal, if there are any changes to report :).

Greetings and have a nice November

empii


Statistics:

"Post your top fifteen bands/artists, the first song you heard of theirs, the song that made you fall in love, your favourite album and your current favorite song."

#1:
Sonata Arctica

-Replica
- This same one, along with Gravenimage
-Reckoning Night
-In the Dark

#2:
Blackmore's Night

-Shadow of the Moon
-Under a Violet Moon
-Secret Voyage
-The Circle

#3:
Loreena McKennitt

-The Mummers Dance
-The same above.
-The Mask and the mirror
-The Stolen Child

#4:
Opeth

-Hope Leaves
-In My Time of Need / The Drapery Falls
- Difficult One... xDDD I'll say Morningrise, but Blackwater Park is close too.
-The Twilight Is My Robe

#5:
Kamelot

-Memento Mori
-A Feast for the Vain (fall in love the first time) / Serenade (the second time)
-The Black Halo
-Too many... Wander and Karma, I'll say.

#6:
Andreas Vollenweider

-Eine Art Suite In Xiii Teilen
-The years in the forest
-Book of Roses
-The Golden Dancing Shoes

#7:
Iron Maiden

-Fear of the Dark
-Running Free
-Dance of Death
-The Clansman

#8:
Anathema

-I don't remember what it was... ._.U
-Are You There?
-Judgement and A Natural Disaster
-Fragile Dreams

#9:
Belle and Sebastian (LOL, although I don't listen to them lately...)

-Expectations
-This same one.
-Don't have a favourite.
-I Don't Love Anyone

#10:
Nightwish

-Nemo
-Creek Mary's Blood
-Oceanborn
-FantasMic

#11:
Queen

-I don't know... Bohemian Rhapsody? LOL
-This one, and It's a Hard Life
-A Night In The Opera
-Innuendo

#12:
Dream Theater

-Act I/ Scene Two: II. Strange Déja Vu
-Another Day
-Black Clouds & Silver Linings, though Images and Words is nice too.
-Currently, two: The Count of Tuscany and Panic Attack

#13:
U2

- I can't remember, actually.
-Walk On
-The Joshua Tree
-Where the street has no name

#14:
Yann Tiersen (although I've only heard the Amelie Soundtrack...)

-La Valse D'Amelie
-La Valse Des Monstres
-Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain OST (it's the only one I've heard... LOL)
-A quai

#15:
Blind Guardian

-The Bard's Song: In the Forest
-The Quest For Tanelorn
-Nightfall in Middle Earth
-A Past And Future Secret

My favorite artists by genre. Just making this so later on I can see how my taste has changed. At least 2 artists per genre, no more than 10. Artists can appear more than once if they work with many genres.


Ambient:

1. Solar Fields
2. Carbon Based Lifeforms
3. Banco de Gaia
4. Solar Quest
5. Cell
6. Aes Dana
7. Yagya
8. Hol Baumann
9. Adham Shaikh
10. Asura

General Chillout:

1. Adham Shaikh
2. Kaya Project
3. Moby
3. Angel Tears
4. Chicane
5. Enigma
6. SnakeStyle
7. Gaudi

Classical:

1 .Ludwig van Beethoven
2. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
3. Antonio Vivaldi
3. Johann Sebastian Bach
4. Frédéric Chopin

Dubstep:

1. Burial
2. Boxcutter

Hip- Hop:

1. Kaliber 44
2. Paktofonika
3. O.S.T.R.
4. Cannibal Ox
5. Coolio

IDM:

1. Kettel
2. Secede
3. Hibernation
4. Nalepa

Metal (all sub-genres included):

1. Iron Maiden
2. Falkenbach
3. Summoning
4. Arkona (Pol)
5. Korpiklaani
6. Blind Guardian
7. Burzum
8. Ensiferum

Neofolk:

1. Current 93
2. Blood Axis
3. Of the Wand and the Moon
4. Nature and Organisation
5. Kiss the Anus of a Black Cat
6. Death in June

Psychill and Psydub:

1. Shpongle
2. Ott
3. Androcell / Distant System
4. Slackbaba
5. Phutureprimitive
6. Puff Dragon
7. Aural Planet
8. Celtic Cross
9. The Peaking Goddess Collective
10. Tripswitch

Punk:

1. Misfits
2. Dezerter
3. Kazik
4. The Analogs
5. KSU

Rock:

1. Pink Floyd
2. Led Zeppelin
3. Dire Straits
4. The Rolling Stones
5. Guns N' Roses
6. The Doors
7. Kult / Kazik
8. The Who
9. Lynyrd Skynyrd
10. Queen

Singer-Songwriter kind of thing (I don't like this tag, but it works well here):

1. Bob Dylan
2. Lou Reed
3. Cat Stevens
4. Leonard Cohen
5. Iggy Pop

Sung Poetry:

1. Stare Dobre Małżeństwo
2. Raz Dwa, Trzy
3. Wolna Grupa Bukowina
4. Pod Budą
5. Grzegorz Turnau

Non-psychedelic Trance:

1. Art of Trance
2. Union Jack
3. L.S.G.
4. Cygnus X
5. Underworld
6. Orbital
7. Cosmic Baby

Psychedelic Trance (including goa, psytrance etc.):

1. Hallucinogen
2. Dimension 5
3. Blue Planet Corporation
4. Cosmosis
5. X-Dream
6. Filteria
7. Transwave
8. Jaïa
9. Man With No Name
10. Khetzal

So, as I'm going to download get a lot of new CDs, I want to take a look first at my charts, to see how they may change, and to review a little bit those artists I tend to listen to more =D Just a few words about them and if I think they may stay in my charts longer...

Soooo here we go


1- Emilie Autumn -> Oh my goddess... Well I think she is not only an exceptional singer but the best example of an artist, she makes art out of anything. And her music is just like woah! She is not easy to describe, some of her songs are very classical, some are a sweet voice and a violin (she's an excellent violinist), some of them are industrial, she can even grunt! if you want to listen to her you must know that you probably won't like her a first (it depends on the song you chose...) but listen to 3 or 4 songs from her (it's better if they're from different albums, at least some from Enchant and some from Opheliac) and you'll end up LOVING her, I promise :) (at least I do love her) Btw, seen once live, and it was the best show Ive ever been to. Long life to EA in my charts :)

2- Xandria -> Oh Xandria, this is like my tragical love story with a band. Its my favourite band, no doubt (i know they are not #1, but anyway). Oh Lisa, my Lisa, why did you left Xandria?! Everytime I think about it tears come to my eyes (ok Im exagerating lol but you get me). The new singer doesn't sound bad, but she is not Lisa, and we all know Lisa was more than a voice. NEVER seen live, and thats killing me (again, exagerating :P). And even if they come to Spain (which I doubt) it will never be the same... OH GOD! Well, long life to Xandria in my charts (at least the released CDs, can't promise to keep on listening to the new stuff with the same intensity...)


3- Epica -> I LOVE EPICA. Everybody loves Epica. And I love every single member of Epica! Well they are great musicians and great people (not that ive got to know them, though lol) Their new CD is a masterpiece to me, love love love it. I love their old stuff as well, but they all have improved sooo much in so many aspects... Well, Ive seen them 4 times, (the last time was last week, without Simone) and Ioved all their shows. Long life to Epica in my charts.


4- Jonathan Larson -> I should be ashamed that this is my #4 lol. Actually, this is the OST from the musical film RENT. It's not a masterpiece but it's nice, and if you get to identificate to one of the characters you will really FEEL the movie. And therefore, the one thing that's left to you is the songtrack (which wouldnt be any valuable if it wasnt because of the movie). But once the addiction dissappears, this doesnt make much sense. So sorry, the addiction has dissappeared. No much more Jonathan Larson in my charts.

5- Lyriel -> Yeah! Great and unfairly unknown band from Germany. I first listened to them thanks to my favourite Xandria's song "Like A Rose On The Grave Of Love", which features the singer from Lyriel. Love its celtic sound. Yeah, I hope they came to Spain, but i think its difficult... anyway, long life to Lyriel in my charts!

6- Within Temptation -> One of the first Symphonic Metal bands I heard about (as everybody, I guess), I used to love them, and I still do, but Im too used to them, they need to release some really new stuff... anyway I have to get their "new" CD (the acoustic one) because I dont want to lose them but im a bit tired of them... Anyway, long life to WT in my charts!

7- Sonata Arctica -> I dont know why they are in my #7... I mean, they are probably my favourite power malefronted metal band but i can't think of more than 10 songs from them... they are quite repetitive anyway... So I dont know... Ive seen them live once, and im going to see them again next month. Ill give their new CD (which is said to be more symphonic) a try, to see what happens... So, I dont know about their future in my charts!

8- Nightwish -> Oh, Nightwish! (how can they be below SA in my charts??) Anyway, the eternal discussion. Well, let's say it: I like both, their old and new stuff, but for me they are different bands. Ive seen them live once and for me, Anette singing Wishmaster is like... no!... well, sing your songs and leave Tarja alone! lol. The same would happen if Tarja sung Amaranth, but lets hope that never happens lol. Anyway, long life to both nightwishes in my charts

9- Mägo de Oz -> xDD No comments. Made in Spain, what could you expect? Theyve got some good stuff, and some terrible stuff. I had my "Mago de Oz era" but I guess now its over. I listen to some songs of them from time to time when Im on "random play" but nothing else...So no much more Mago in my charts.

10- Blind Guardian They are good, but I can get tired of them soon... Power malefronted metal hum... thats a bit tiring. But, yeah, objectively, they are better than SA...I also had my "Blind Guardian era" too. I wont give up listening to them but not as "woooooah Blind Guardian!". So Im not sure about their future in my charts.

11- Stream of Passion -> Great songs, great faliures lol. Love some of their songs from "Embrace the Storm", but I haven0t listened to their new stuff. It cant be the same without Lori, but Ill give them a try. The bad thing of them is that they've got too many slow songs...

12- Sirenia -> Great band too. Doesnt matter what they say, I preffer their new stuff (both last albums). I saw them life a couple of moths ago and, ok, Mortem should speak less lol, but apart from that, theyre good! Ailyn rocks, no matter what they say, and she's spanish! (yeah we can do good things too uuU). Michael is great! And well all of them are nice and rock. Long life to Sirenia in my charts.

13- Grup de Teatre Salesians de Sarrià -> Lol! Thats my theatre group! We do musicals and as Im part of the orchestra (I play the bass) i have to listen to the songs! So thats why this is here.Ill try to remove the songs from the new play so it doesnt appear here anymore.

14- AFI -> I was OBSSESSED to this band like more than 3 years ago. Now I listen to the from time to time. Yeah I sometimes like what they call "emo" music (not that I like the emo concept...). But no, no much more AFI in my charts.

15- Paramore -> Yeeeeaaaah I know. They are the typical band that teenagers love to see on MTV saying "look at us, we are rebels". But, musically, they are GOOD! I dont know why, I like them (yeah, hate me if you want to uuU). Ive been listening to them for like 2 months and they're already #15 :S. They wont be as high forever but i dont think theyll dissappear...

16- Evanescence -> I havent listened to antire album from them for ages. They were good, now... I dont know. They will be on my charts deppending on their new releases, if they release something, for Im not sure if they still exist... (they = Amy) (seen live once)

17- Delain -> Loooooooooooooove them. Ive seen them live once (without the singer - Charlotte) and loved them. And I hardly knew some of their songs went I went to the concert but now I love them.. Long life to Delain in my charts. End of story lol. (Btw Im seeing them again next moth)

18- Amanda Palmer -> Another great ARTIST difficult to describe. Love her songs, but she needs new stuff... Long life to Amanda Palmer in my charts.

19- Amberian Dawn -> Great band with a great live performance. Ok, they may not be very energetic, Heidi (the singer) NEVER does headbanging, but she doesnt make a single mistake in their shows (seen them twice) and they do a guitar solo in almost all their songs! great musicians, good tunes, strange but good lyrics (about mythology and such). Yeah very interesting band (of course, they're finnish). Long life to Amberian Dawn in my charts.

20- HIM -> What the hell are those guys doing here? I used to listen to them like... 6 years ago? lol. Well, I have only listened carefully to one of theire albums (I think it was a recopilatory, vol 666 i dont know what else). They had good stuff, I guess I have to listened to them some more. I dont know about their future in my charts lol

Ok so, 18 bands (my theatre group and jonathan larson doesnt count).Seen live: 9. 50%, not thay bad... (hey we're in spain, bands dont play here every week!)

Lets see what happens in the next months...

Qui sap, qui sap, podria ser que ...? (this is from Utena, in Catalan, I HAD to put this lol)