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Going to keep this short and simple, so even you idiots can understand.
This is an opinion so you're welcome to counterpoint.


1. Downloading music without paying for it allows you to have many many times more music than you could possibly ever afford to pay for.

2. Consequentially, you are bound to share the music you think is best with friends, random internet users, or use last.fm to find similar artists.

3. Therefore, many many more people find out about the artist than they would otherwise, and also find out about similar artists.

4. The people who aren't complete douchebags (and there are more than you'd think) buy the music that they feel the artists deserve their money.


AMIRYTE?!

In celebration of http://www.angra.net/ being down, (jk I'm on the floor crying), I am listing the 6 Angra albums in order. This is fact, there is no disputing it.


1) Fireworks
Every song on this album is atmospheric, emotional, heartfelt, amazing, and there is nothing else like it in the world. Paradise is quite possibly the epicest song in existance. Not the best, but epicest. Rainy Nights is perfect. I challenge you to find a weak song on this album. Before you start- That's right. You can't.


2) Aurora Consurgens
Every song on this album is fantastic as well, although there are a few places they went wrong, such as the beginning of The Course of Nature should have been a separate track, and Edu sounds like he has laryngitis on this album for some reason. I wish he'd just sing clean all the time, he can do it, he just chooses not to. Tracks 1-5 are all just orgasmic, then it falls off a bit where the only other stand-out track is Scream your Heart Out. Breaking Ties is one of the best ballads I've ever heard. I also appreciate the fact that this album is a bit more progressive than most of their others.


3) Rebirth
Almost every song is a winner on this album, too. Heroes of Sand is an amazing ballad, Unholy Wars is unbelievably epic, and it falls off a bit after that but the songs are still great, though not as memorable. I kind of played them out a year ago before I discovered last.fm's similar artists feature, therefore I'm basing this journal on year old memory. Running Alone is simple but great.


4) Temple of Shadows
I honestly don't understand why everyone is "OMGROFLAMAZINGHANSIKURSHMAO" about this. It's fairly generic power metal, while it's easy to catch onto it gets old because of this. It was my favorite at first until I found songs like Carry On, Wings of Reality, Carolina IV, Nova Era, Unholy Wars, Heroes of Sand, etc. Honestly, the only superb songs on there are Spread Your Fire, Winds of Destination (not because of Hansi), Wishing Well, and Gate XIII is a fantastic finale. But the rest are rather meh in my opinion. as i said.


5) Holy Land
Nothing to Say and Carolina IV are fantastic, but other than that, ehhh. Even the finale, Deep Blue and Lullaby for Lucifer are uninspired and dull. Overall I'd say most of the songs take too long to get to the point (such as Holy Land), or do not have one.


6) Angels Cry
This was tough to place, but as with Rhapsody's first album, it is the weakest overall. Songs lack the energy found on later albums. The best song is Carry On, followed by Angels Cry, but the rest are a tad lame honestly. This album would be #5 if Queen of the Night and Reaching Horizons were on it, but they were for some reason cut for worse songs. Reaching Horizons just soars. Painkiller should have been on there too :D


Heh, this made me remember why they are my favorite artist. *drool*

Please don't break up! *tear*
1 Play Angra
622
2 Play Mago de Oz
457
3 DJ Mystik
451
4 Play Kamelot
425
5 Play Metallica
421
6 Play Black Sabbath
401
7 Freedom Call
311
8 Play Mr. Big
280
9 Play Red Hot Chili Peppers
267
10 Play Helloween
255
11 Play Emerson, Lake & Palmer
248
12 Play Arch Enemy
247
13 Play King Diamond
230
14 Play Rush
227
15 Play Sonata Arctica
218
16 Play Stratovarius
212
17 Play Rhapsody
191
18 Play Nightwish
184
19 Play Rapture
183
20 Play Bob Marley & The Wailers
175
21 Play Dethklok
169
21 Play Down
169
21 Play The Click Five
169
24 Play Scorpions
168
25 Play Alice Cooper
166
26 Play Yngwie Malmsteen
164
26 Play Dio
164
28 Play Eternal Tears of Sorrow
163
29 Play Elvenking
162
30 Play Megadeth
158
31 Play Blind Guardian
154
31 Play System of a Down
154
33 Play Bruce Dickinson
150
34 Play The Beatles
149
35 Play Moby
147
36 Play Dark Tranquillity
142
36 Play Iced Earth
142
38 Play Avantasia
141
39 Play Ozzy Osbourne
140
40 Play Eric Martin
137
41 Play Bee Gees
134
42 Play All Time Low
132
43 Play Symphony X
129
44 Play Primal Fear
127
45 Play Sofa Surfers
125
46 Play Chumbawamba
123
47 Play Dark Moor
122
48 Play Dschinghis Khan
120
49 Luca Turilli
115
50 Play At Vance

1) Click here, and enter in your equivalent date and time to Sunday at 12:00:00 GMT (For example, Eastern Standard time for today would be "March 30 2008 8:0:0"), save the output somewhere.

2) Do the same for exactly one week before that time ("March 23 2008 8:0:0")

3) Open the following in a new tab or window:


http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/1.0/user/hurricane_mario/weeklyartistchart.xml?from=1206273600&to=1206878400


And replace:
-"hurricane_mario" with your user name
-The "from" number with the number found in "2)"
-The "to" number with the number found in "1)"

If you want weekly top tracks or albums, replace "artist" with "track" or "album"

---------------------------------------------
That's it!

How does this work? The raw XML data is gathered through the week, and the data is finalized at about 16:00:00 GMT Sunday (It varies, but it is much sooner than the graphical chart on each user page). Then, the next two days are spent converting this into a graphical format for each and every one of the 100 million or however many users on last.fm. But why not get it right when it's available? :P

Feel free to copy this journal entry and spread the word!

(Credit goes to Fulvian and others that first figured this out.)

---------------------------------------------
Side-note: Seems many people don't know how to ghost link, so I'll put that here too. Type:


(url=(artist)Angra(/artist)(artist)Metallica(/artist))(/url)


but use [ brackets instead. And put as many artists (or tags or songs) as you want in there! :)

Update 6/23: Use c_o_l_o_r or a_l_i_g_n intestead of u_r_l (without underscores, maybe im paranoid but they disabled url ghostlinks soon after i wrote this. Thanks goes to Fulvian yet again. At least I figured out the original method myself :/ )

The thing i've noticed most in the past month is the large influx of n00bs. That's good though, people are finally starting to realize the value of this site.

When I first got this account, my taste was incredibly limited. Basically, my top 10, minus DJ Mystik and Mr Big was all I listened to last March-April. But then I found the 'similar artists' on the side of every page. Through that, recommendations from friends and people I don't know, and randomly finding some stuff (For example, finding Crystal Viper while searching for Viper, or Sofa Surfers being the first thing to come up on "ambient tag radio" while I was trying to prove to someone that ambient music isn't actually music, which it isn't. Ambient is exactly what the name says, it's ambient noises, no different than listening to the natural noises outside. But I will admit it's nice for a change, I listened to Project Divinity just a few days ago. Anyway, Sofa Surfers is not ambient and whoever tagged it as such is an idiot... but thanks, because that's how i found it. :D )

I've also noticed that last.fm gathers your itunes data when you sign up now. I'm actuall kind of glad it didn't have that feature when I signed up, or my charts would seem even MORE limited.

And another thing, this window is so horribly slpow when you tag more than 50 artists. Must it check every 3 seconds if I added new connections? oh well.

Current Top 50:
Angra,
Mago de Oz,
DJ Mystik,
Kamelot,
Metallica,
Black Sabbath,
Freedom Call,
Mr. Big,
Red Hot Chili Peppers,
Emerson, Lake & Palmer,
Arch Enemy,
Helloween,
King Diamond,
Rush,
Sonata Arctica,
Stratovarius,
Rhapsody,
Nightwish,
Bob Marley & The Wailers,
Elvenking,
The Click Five,
Dethklok,
Yngwie Malmsteen,
Down,
Scorpions,
Alice Cooper,
System of a Down,
Megadeth,
Dio,
Blind Guardian,
Eternal Tears of Sorrow,
The Beatles,
Avantasia,
Bruce Dickinson,
Iced Earth,
Dark Tranquillity,
Eric Martin,
Rapture,
Primal Fear,
Bee Gees,
Ozzy Osbourne,
Dschinghis Khan,
Chumbawamba,
Dark Moor,
Luca Turilli,
Edguy,
At Vance,
Paul McCartney,
Infectious Grooves,
Xandria

First Week's Top 50: (Sorry for bad formatting, this is how it copies and it's not worth fixing)

Unique Artists: 116
Total Tracks: 503
Total Plays: 569

1 Freedom Call
48
2 Play Kamelot
47
3 Play Black Sabbath
43
4 Play Journey
27
5 Play Angra
26
6 Play Megadeth
23
7 Play Metallica
18
8 Play The Beatles
16
9 Play Manowar (No Talent)
15
10 Play Sonata Arctica
13
11 Play Bob Marley
12
11 Play Mago de Oz
12
13 Play Trans-Siberian Orchestra
9
13 Play In Flames (No Talent)
9
15 Play Emerson, Lake & Palmer
8
15 Play Elvenking
8
17 Play Bee Gees
7
17 Play Nightwish
7
17 Play Linkin Park (No Talent)
7
17 Play System of a Down
7
21 Play Dschinghis Khan
6
21 Play Red Hot Chili Peppers
6
23 Luca Turilli
5
23 Play Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley
5
23 Play Avantasia
5
23 Play Rhapsody
5
23 Play Iron Savior
5
28 Play Jimi Hendrix
4
28 Play Killswitch Engage (I totally do not rememeber listening to them a year ago... good for me)
4
28 Play Kalmah (I should listen to them more)
4
28 Nintendo
4
28 Play Beastie Boys
4
28 Play Opeth
4
28 Play Queen (Massively overrated)
4
28 Play Frank Sinatra
4
28 Play Porcupine Tree
4
28 Play Lynyrd Skynyrd
4
28 Play Elton John
4
39 Play Led Zeppelin
3
39 Play Dave Matthews Band
3
39 Play Apocalyptica
3
39 Play Dio
3
39 Play Rainbow
3
39 Play Rush
3
39 Play Tenacious D
3
39 Play Jethro Tull
3
39 Play Santana
3
39 Play Rammstein
3
39 Play Elf
3
39 Play Chumbawamba
3


Last Week's Top 50:

Unique Artists: 244
Total Tracks: 668
Total Plays: 716

– 1 Play I Am Ghost
36
49 2 Play Elegy
25
3 Play Electric Light Orchestra
19
3 Play Peter Bjorn and John (Best Indie band by far)
19
5 Play Silent Force
17
5 Play Muse (Very good Indie band. Btw, Radiohead has no talent.)
17
7 Play Thrice
15
43 8 Play Primal Fear
14
2 9 Play Mercenary
12
9 Play Saosin
12
5 11 Play Alkemyst
11
4 11 Play Metallica
11
13 Play Elvenking
10
13 Play Five Finger Death Punch (I would say underrated, but it appears they've become painfully mainstream in the past 2 months)
10
13 Play Flowing Tears (One of the few Gothic bands I don't despise.)
10
13 Play Shadow Gallery
10
13 Play Converge
10
13 Play As I Lay Dying
10
17 19 Play Atreyu
9
19 Play Tony Martin (The "other" vocalist of Black Sabbath, he's better than Ozzy but worse than Dio)
9
17 19 Play Yngwie Malmsteen (Mark Boals Era > All)
9
19 Play Probot
9
23 Play HORSE the band
8
– 23 Play Third Day
8
23 Play Summoning
8
19 23 Play All Time Low
8
27 Play Circa Survive
7
27 Cycle Sluts From Hell
7
27 Play Brand New
7
30 Play Twilightning
6
21 30 Play Outworld
6
30 Play Jimmy Buffett
6
23 30 Play Sinner
6
34 Play Hawthorne Heights
5
2 34 Play Dio
5
34 Play Avantasia
5
34 Mario Galaxy Orchestra (hawt)
5
6 34 DJ Mystik
5
39 Forever Slave
4
39 Play Yoko Kanno
4
39 Play Beyond Twilight
4
39 Play Cat Power
4
39 Play Project Divinity
4
39 Play Power Quest
4
39 Play Megadeth
4
16 39 Play Dropkick Murphys
4
11 39 Play Black Sabbath
4
12 48 Play Ozzy Osbourne
3
48 Play Story of the Year
3
48 Play David Bowie
3


One more thing, does anyone else find these numbers Ironic?

Registered: 25 Mar 2007
Tracks played: 25,268
Posts: 256 (view history)
Journals: 25

(All 25's :P)

1. Put your music player of choice on shuffle, and then write down the 30 songs that come up and at the end of each title add 'In My Pants'.
2. Bold the ones that work the best.
3. Laugh hysterically.
4. Pass it on.

Winner:
Last Days of Humanity – Acute Palatable Hemorrhage In My Pants

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AC/DC – Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap In My Pants

Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast In My Pants

WarCry – Luz del Norte In My Pants

Joell Ortiz – Brooklyn Remix (feat. Cashmere, Maino, Big Daddy Kane, Solomon) In My Pants

Volbeat – Another Day Another Way In My Pants

Eric Martin – Sucker For A Pretty Face (Acoustic Version) In My Pants

Dream Theater – Honor Thy Father In My Pants

Rapture – Farewell In My Pants

Kenji Yamamoto, Minako Hamano, Masaru Tajima – Ending In My Pants

Pantera – Shattered In My Pants

Dschinghis Khan – Pas Auf, Der Krache Kommt In My Pants

Steve Thorne – The White Dove Song In My Pants

Kamelot – Karma In My Pants

Grave Digger – The Terrible One In My Pants

Dark Tranquillity – Razorfever In My Pants

Death – Symbolic In My Pants

Yoko Kanno – Gravity In My Pants

Infectious Grooves – Do What I Tell Ya! In My Pants

Underoath – Returning Empty Handed In My Pants

Heitor Pereira / Hans Zimmer – Nyah In My Pants

Dragonland – Sole Survivor In My Pants

Jon Oliva's Pain – Timeless flight In My Pants

Skyclad – Trance Dance (A Dreamtime Walkabout) In My Pants

Twisted Sister – It's only rock 'n' roll (live) In My Pants

Deftones – RX Queen In My Pants

Ronnie Dio and the Prophets – I Told You So In My Pants

Aerosmith – Mama Kin In My Pants

Dark Tranquillity – Not Built to Last In My Pants

Kamelot – Don't You Cry In My Pants

Thunderstone – Let the Demons Free In My Pants

Tierra Santa – La Sombra De La Bestia In My Pants

Tears of Anger – I'm Coming Home In My Pants

Iron Savior – Headhunter In My Pants

Dschinghis Khan – Robinson In My Pants

Tarja Turunen – Marian Polka In My Pants

Moby – Landing In My Pants

Pantera – Walk In My Pants

Gojira – Love In My Pants

The Who – Unholy Trinity In My Pants

Stormwarrior – Attack of the Metal Hellstorm In My Pants

Mr. Big – Temperamental In My Pants

Paul McCartney – Jet In My Pants

Hermes House Band – All Come Together In My Pants

Bob Sinclar ft. Steve Edwards – World Hold On In My Pants

Kenna – Say Goodbye to Love In My Pants

...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead – Blight Takes All In My Pants

Iron Maiden – The Thin Line Between Love And Hate In My Pants

Last Days of Humanity – Acute Palatable Hemorrhage In My Pants

Kalmah – With Terminal Intensity In My Pants


Electric Wizard
4b52ef0a-78c3-4b52-b4ee-658ac47ff889,739,Nasum
04fc15f9-2555-4699-9215-2ee6c84a2346,583,Crowbar
ea0f2a37-7007-4217-a812-396227f5013a,548,Kyuss
0cdb0359-5698-487d-9aae-a25fb4dcdc4d,534,Clutch
5dd81e10-dd50-4c09-a433-d9255fb4116d,425,Deadbird
5873b20e-347c-4acf-8313-b370bb9f688e,341,Stinking Lizaveta
742e54f5-debd-4fc1-a7c1-00edf9b673a5,278,Eyehategod
31745282-b1ea-4d62-939f-226b14d68e7c,255,In Flames
5c0d3974-33d5-4f7a-bebc-8f50c057927e,221,Pig Destroyer
21f3573f-10cf-44b3-aeaa-26cccd8448b5,216,The Black Dahlia Murder
5e521e8c-0ab2-44c4-8fd8-14d8d3321265,200,Isis
6cba59a1-6fa4-4d6c-acaf-451c46281d15,185,Orchid
34dd3adc-f118-4106-bfac-71820a804f4c,181,Foreign Beggars
01d7231d-af73-454d-90fc-2a4a1daaeca5,179,Blood Island Raiders
9bf82496-9d7b-43ac-b3ee-076c90ada9d7,171,Anaal Nathrakh
97bb32a9-a490-403f-8eda-cd33d9466059,171,Big Business
7b88d629-5885-41c0-9096-f21cec310692,166,Orange Goblin
66fc5bf8-daa4-4241-b378-9bc9077939d2,161,Tool
6d32856e-60ae-4525-a6fd-400491c3522c,155,Lazarus Blackstar
ae933d70-b1c7-4628-8631-9aa71a2c1b0e,151,Arsis
72448406-ba82-43a7-9e13-d9a47ff333f4,138,Botch
c93d9f16-47b3-4fda-8056-90e02dd6b7da,137,Sourvein
,135, Oroku
c064d097-4a1e-4e81-bd6f-22ba86ee2904,134,The Berzerker
7dc8f5bd-9d0b-4087-9f73-dc164950bbd8,129,Queens of the Stone Age
5b11f4ce-a62d-471e-81fc-a69a8278c7da,129,Nirvana
56abaa47-0101-463b-b37e-e961136fec39,127,Venetian Snares
a9416fb3-4d28-4575-abae-f0d160be83ed,124,Neurosis
bc5e2ad6-0a4a-4d90-b911-e9a7e6861727,113,Mastodon
ba0d6274-db14-4ef5-b28d-657ebde1a396,107,The Smashing Pumpkins
5fa05d18-d5db-4a01-b321-8e10a79e8e77,97,Teen Cthulhu
,96,Straight Line Stitch
fe8ab7ee-c664-4d44-aec1-5b58ae937a5c,96,Pitchshifter
a4af0b62-ca53-4c79-9484-4964da5212dd,90,Buzzov-en
e3ac388d-f9ee-4441-bdc8-15ae2eec03cd,86,Taint
8b8b33a3-0a11-48b4-8f5a-aaa79f4282a8,85,Acid Bath
1cb64205-1888-4fa0-9920-23c4701f6bd9,85,Sofa King Killer
335356bf-9070-4a55-9fc5-283343a8583d,84,Warhorse
,84,Afgrund
028505e2-3cfb-477d-b58d-5c2cfebe85c8,83,Colour Haze
,81,The Abominable Iron Sloth
fecd5da2-d4b1-4458-8626-dd0eb1f5cdf1,80,His Hero Is Gone
4d2949b4-eb5f-4296-b71a-04603c6a9802,77,Rotten Sound
23775dad-057c-4d84-9d8d-9767eed3c0f6,77,Hezzakya
16f979fd-be76-4eb0-b171-90412585d20d,76,IIron Monkey
d347406f-839d-4423-9a28-188939282afa,76,Cult of Luna
5182c1d9-c7d2-4dad-afa0-ccfeada921a8,75,Black Sabbath
6e242b12-bbc0-48e2-a7ca-27a886f6ddb6,68,Iniquity
24cf1eac-69b5-4cdf-9ad3-792b495106b4,67,Rabbit Junk

Radiohead
The Beatles
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Muse
Coldplay
60,118 listeners
430,477 plays
6 Metallica
58,620 listeners
518,748 plays
7 The Killers
57,043 listeners
435,431 plays
8 Linkin Park
56,644 listeners
557,988 plays
9 Foo Fighters
55,521 listeners
414,465 plays
10 Nirvana
53,994 listeners
382,045 plays
11 Pink Floyd
51,580 listeners
522,957 plays
12 Led Zeppelin
48,143 listeners
362,075 plays
13 System of a Down
47,611 listeners
467,746 plays
14 Daft Punk
46,978 listeners
354,423 plays
15 Arctic Monkeys
46,163 listeners
441,505 plays
16 Green Day
45,891 listeners
281,911 plays
17 The White Stripes
44,992 listeners
250,769 plays
18 Queen
43,384 listeners
294,363 plays
19 Placebo
42,562 listeners
398,731 plays
20 Bloc Party
Angra, Kamelot, Black Sabbath, Mägo de Oz, Freedom Call, Metallica, DJ Mystik, Sonata Arctica, Arch Enemy, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Rush, King Diamond, Mr. Big, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blind Guardian, Dethklok, The Click Five, Rhapsody, Stratovarius, Megadeth, Iced Earth, Down, Eternal Tears of Sorrow, Scorpions, Yngwie Malmsteen, Dio, Luca Turilli, Helloween, Dschinghis Khan, Chumbawamba, Nightwish, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Dark Tranquillity, Elvenking, Eyes of Shiva, Linkin Park, Alice Cooper, System of a Down, Heaven's Guardian, Pain of Salvation, Dark Moor, In Flames, Bee Gees, Labyrinth, Devin Townsend, Rammstein, Amon Amarth, Xandria, Beastie Boys, Avantasia

I got a rar file that only half downloaded from a blog I will not mention. The track names were the URL of the blog and nothing else, there was no track number or album or artist. To do something like this, you actually have to GO INTO the track information, delete all the data, and changed the track names to your blog. Then, because that's not enough, create a RAR file, make ABSOLUTELY SURE that it's corrupted and will never download correctly, then upload it to [spam] F*CK YOU. Here is my tribute to you, YOU F*CKING IDIOTS:

http://www.last.fm/music/Billionaire%27s+Boys+Club/_/01+01+01+01+1+1+3+88+Track+artist+album+01+track+albumPROMO+promo+PROMO%21%21%21111+Track+01+01+11111+1+1+11+1++1+1+1++1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+2+BIllionairz+Boyx+cub+Billionsaires+BILLIONARES+Boys+club+CLU+Cluc+Track+01+1993+1776+album+ALBUM+TITLE+simething+SOMETHING



Electric Wizard
4b52ef0a-78c3-4b52-b4ee-658ac47ff889,739,Nasum
04fc15f9-2555-4699-9215-2ee6c84a2346,583,Crowbar
ea0f2a37-7007-4217-a812-396227f5013a,548,Kyuss
0cdb0359-5698-487d-9aae-a25fb4dcdc4d,534,Clutch
5dd81e10-dd50-4c09-a433-d9255fb4116d,425,Deadbird
5873b20e-347c-4acf-8313-b370bb9f688e,341,Stinking Lizaveta
742e54f5-debd-4fc1-a7c1-00edf9b673a5,278,Eyehategod
31745282-b1ea-4d62-939f-226b14d68e7c,255,In Flames
5c0d3974-33d5-4f7a-bebc-8f50c057927e,221,Pig Destroyer
21f3573f-10cf-44b3-aeaa-26cccd8448b5,216,The Black Dahlia Murder
5e521e8c-0ab2-44c4-8fd8-14d8d3321265,200,Isis
6cba59a1-6fa4-4d6c-acaf-451c46281d15,185,Orchid
34dd3adc-f118-4106-bfac-71820a804f4c,181,Foreign Beggars
01d7231d-af73-454d-90fc-2a4a1daaeca5,179,Blood Island Raiders
9bf82496-9d7b-43ac-b3ee-076c90ada9d7,171,Anaal Nathrakh
97bb32a9-a490-403f-8eda-cd33d9466059,171,Big Business
7b88d629-5885-41c0-9096-f21cec310692,166,Orange Goblin
66fc5bf8-daa4-4241-b378-9bc9077939d2,161,Tool
6d32856e-60ae-4525-a6fd-400491c3522c,155,Lazarus Blackstar
ae933d70-b1c7-4628-8631-9aa71a2c1b0e,151,Arsis
72448406-ba82-43a7-9e13-d9a47ff333f4,138,Botch
c93d9f16-47b3-4fda-8056-90e02dd6b7da,137,Sourvein
,135, Oroku
c064d097-4a1e-4e81-bd6f-22ba86ee2904,134,The Berzerker
7dc8f5bd-9d0b-4087-9f73-dc164950bbd8,129,Queens of the Stone Age
5b11f4ce-a62d-471e-81fc-a69a8278c7da,129,Nirvana
56abaa47-0101-463b-b37e-e961136fec39,127,Venetian Snares
a9416fb3-4d28-4575-abae-f0d160be83ed,124,Neurosis
bc5e2ad6-0a4a-4d90-b911-e9a7e6861727,113,Mastodon
ba0d6274-db14-4ef5-b28d-657ebde1a396,107,The Smashing Pumpkins
5fa05d18-d5db-4a01-b321-8e10a79e8e77,97,Teen Cthulhu
,96,Straight Line Stitch
fe8ab7ee-c664-4d44-aec1-5b58ae937a5c,96,Pitchshifter
a4af0b62-ca53-4c79-9484-4964da5212dd,90,Buzzov-en
e3ac388d-f9ee-4441-bdc8-15ae2eec03cd,86,Taint
8b8b33a3-0a11-48b4-8f5a-aaa79f4282a8,85,Acid Bath
1cb64205-1888-4fa0-9920-23c4701f6bd9,85,Sofa King Killer
335356bf-9070-4a55-9fc5-283343a8583d,84,Warhorse
,84,Afgrund
028505e2-3cfb-477d-b58d-5c2cfebe85c8,83,Colour Haze
,81,The Abominable Iron Sloth
fecd5da2-d4b1-4458-8626-dd0eb1f5cdf1,80,His Hero Is Gone
4d2949b4-eb5f-4296-b71a-04603c6a9802,77,Rotten Sound
23775dad-057c-4d84-9d8d-9767eed3c0f6,77,Hezzakya
16f979fd-be76-4eb0-b171-90412585d20d,76,IIron Monkey
d347406f-839d-4423-9a28-188939282afa,76,Cult of Luna
5182c1d9-c7d2-4dad-afa0-ccfeada921a8,75,Black Sabbath
6e242b12-bbc0-48e2-a7ca-27a886f6ddb6,68,Iniquity
24cf1eac-69b5-4cdf-9ad3-792b495106b4,67,Rabbit Junk

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7 The Killers
57,043 listeners
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8 Linkin Park
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9 Foo Fighters
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10 Nirvana
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11 Pink Floyd
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12 Led Zeppelin
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13 System of a Down
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14 Daft Punk
46,978 listeners
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15 Arctic Monkeys
46,163 listeners
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16 Green Day
45,891 listeners
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17 The White Stripes
44,992 listeners
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18 Queen
43,384 listeners
294,363 plays
19 Placebo
42,562 listeners
398,731 plays
20 Bloc Party
Angra, Kamelot, Black Sabbath, Mägo de Oz, Freedom Call, Metallica, DJ Mystik, Sonata Arctica, Arch Enemy, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Rush, King Diamond, Mr. Big, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blind Guardian, Dethklok, The Click Five, Rhapsody, Stratovarius, Megadeth, Iced Earth, Down, Eternal Tears of Sorrow, Scorpions, Yngwie Malmsteen, Dio, Luca Turilli, Helloween, Dschinghis Khan, Chumbawamba, Nightwish, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Dark Tranquillity, Elvenking, Eyes of Shiva, Linkin Park, Alice Cooper, System of a Down, Heaven's Guardian, Pain of Salvation, Dark Moor, In Flames, Bee Gees, Labyrinth, Devin Townsend, Rammstein, Amon Amarth, Xandria, Beastie Boys, Avantasia

I'm up at 4:30 after lying in bed for over 2 hours with no luck. Anxious for school to start already. BAH! Anyways:

Angra Found these guys back when I used to have the "ministore" in iTunes, back before I had last.fm. The most talented Progressive Power Metal band out there, in my opinion. Oh, and NO ONE CARES WHICH SINGER IS "BETTER", it's like comparing an apple and an orange. New album probably 2009, looking forward to it.

, Kamelot Friend recommended them... I got addicted to Epica, I listened to the other albums, including Ghost Opera and none are as good. Epica just flows perfectly from song to song and is always fun to listen to. Haven't been listening at all lately but it's always good to go back to.

, Mägo de Oz Spanish Cheese Metal! Found them out about the same time as Kamelot... started with one album, and grew to every song they ever made. La Ciudad de Los Arboles is a perfect folk metal/ folk rock album. Just wish I was fluent in spanish. :-/

, Black Sabbath Classic. 'Nuff said. But I'll say more. Most of what I've listened to is the first 2 or 3 albums by Ozzy and the three by Dio- Dehumanizer, Heaven And Hell, Mob Rules. Went to see him TWICE last year because I love them so much. Looking forward to the likely new album this year. According to Dio they could crank out an album in 2 weeks (he says so somewhere in the bonus features of the live at Radio City DVD, yes i own it and watched every second of it)

, DJ Mystik The best trance artist, He could be the only trance artist. He put out 34 mixes in like 3 years to get him through school and they're all amazing. Never gets old.

, Metallica There was a program called "Manditory Metallica" on my favorite radio station (there still is), I stayed up every night to listen even though 11pm was late, lol its 4:46am right now. Best album is ...And Justice for All but I love them all. Yes, Including St. Anger. Every song is catchy and well-composed, even if it was cut and pasted together. New album comes out May (???????) 2008 (9? 10???) and it's supposedly styled as a mix of And Justice for all and The black album = 1989 which was their peak IMO.

, Freedom Call Found out about them by chance, The songs are so happy and awesome.

, Mr. Big The best straight Rock Band. Admittedly 2/3 of these plays are from their last album, my favorite album, Actual Size. Billy Sheehan on bass. Hoping for a reunion, but for now Eric Martin will do. (See Below)
, Red Hot Chili Peppers A favorite since I heard their Californication stuff on the radio. I have every album, single, unreleased song they ever made and it's all awesome.

, Arch Enemy If you're going to listen to one Melodic Death Metal band make it this. Amazing(ly hot) singer and perfect music.

, Emerson, Lake & Palmer Got into this from my parents XD. But I love them for the variety, theres no other band like them and every album is different. Reunion? Haha everyone hated their first reunion but I like the 90's albums as well, again, theres nothing like them.

, King Diamond Clerks 2. Watch it, then get addicted to King Diamond. It's just awesome, words cannot describe. Again there's nothing like it. Im PISSED cause he broke his back and the tour was cancelled. GET WELL SOON! (like now)

, Sonata Arctica Randomly saw it in a CD store and got addicted. Saw a concert last year and its the best one I ever went to. It's maybe the only power metal band with well-thought-out lyrics. And they definitely bent the definition of the genre with their latest album, Unia.

, Rush Classic Rock at it's finest. Got into it because it's my dad's probably #2 favorite behind the Who. Snakes and Arrows is amazing. Went to a concert with my dad which was amazing.

, Stratovarius I heard about them since they are similar to Sonata Arctica. But, not really. Every album is different and great in its own ways. Personally I think it is the "best" power metal band, there's something special no other band has. Go listen to it.

, Nightwish Found them on youtube while looking at Sonata Arctica videos :). Annette can't hit the high notes so well but composition-wise Dark Passion Play is the best to date.

, Helloween It's classic, I dunno how I heard of it just everyone should listen. The new album is some awesome power metal,, "The Saints" is my favorite song off it.

, Rhapsody My dad found this online or something so now I've heard every song by them.

, The Click Five Friend told me about them but i got addicted (look at my top track :P). Good rock/pop boy band. *Gasp I cant believe he put those words in the same sentence OMG*

, Bob Marley & The Wailers Perfect Reggae. Other artists have tried but none compare. Also did Ska spawn off Reggae? Ska is crap either way.

, Dethklok The embodiment of all that is metal. infinte \m/

, Blind Guardian Dont listen that much but it's good.

, Elvenking Great Folk Power Metal. The Scythe would be album of the year if more than 1000 people heard of it. /exaggeration but seriously they're underrated.

, Eternal Tears of Sorrow Meeeeelllloooooooooooodiiiiiiiiiicccccccccccc Death metal. Did I mention they're melodic? Red Dawn Rising and Sinister Rain are just perfect.
, Iced Earth I do like the new album despite the fact the singer sucks. All the others are great too.

, Megadeth I used to hate them but, meh. I've been to a concert, craziest concert ever and I lost half my hearing but it was quite enjoyable.

, Alice Cooper Saw them live with Heaven and Hell tour (Black Sabbath) and got the discography when I got home :)

, Dark Tranquillity Another really melodic death metal band. Notice a trend? haha I love it. I think the piano in Fiction is really distinctive.

, Down Also with Heaven and Hell (the other time). They're just so damn heavy and Phil is amazing singer.

, Dio STAND UP AND SHOUT!

, Bee Gees Yeah so they had those 5 number one hits that but some other albums I enjoy too. Children of the World, High Civilization, Size Isn't everything, Spirits Having Flown, This Is Where I Came In (their last one :'( ), and of course One Night Only and Story (live and best of)

, Yngwie Malmsteen Some of it I don't like but the rest is really cool. Crucify is just amazing.

, Chumbawamba Yeah you think of Tubthumper. That song is SHIT compared to some of their other albums. Anarchy, WYSIWYG, Un are perfect. Give The Anarchist A Cigarette is a great song no one has heard of, and so is every track on Un.

, Dschinghis Khan ytmnd.com! But I have heard it all and it's just fun to listen to.

, Scorpions ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRICANE! The new album, Humanity Hour 1 is amazing.

, Dark Moor superpower metal? Yeah I just made that up but songs like "The Chariot" are just so powerful.

, Luca Turilli Rhapsody's Guitarist. Some of his stuff is actually better, I can't even name a song because they are all great. Latest two albums show a bit of a decline however, but are still great.

, The Beatles What can I say that hasnt been said? Haha

, Eric Martin Mr. Big's vocalist. He's one of my favorites as you can see on my left. His best song is Fly, youtube it. New album 2008 supposedly.

, Ozzy Osbourne His singing is unique but not all that "good". However, many of his songs are amazing. Shot in the dark, I'm Not Gonna stop, etc

, Primal Fear Glad this guy didn't join Judas Priest because he went on to create a band that's much better. Listen to the latest album.

, Xandria I only have two clean female singer bands in my top 50, wow. For good reason. This is amazing. My favorite song is India

, Devin Townsend His music makes me have orgasms!

, Infectious Grooves Formed but the Suicidal Tendencies guy. It has Robert Trujullo (now in Metallica) and its so groovy and... infectious... haha. They have a lot of great ones but I like Die Lika Pig

, Rammstein ytmnd.com again. Really great hard rock/heavy metal that I wish I could understand. Damn germans. Whens another album coming? /im lazy to look

, Avantasia A collaboration of like 3 million guys formed by Tobias Sammet, but you know that if you're reading this. New album comes 25th in case you don't know. Lost In Space EP is amazing, though the song sounds like a B-side to "Superheroes"

, Pain of Salvation Really good prog metal, one of my favorites.


, Aquaria THE power metal band you need to listen to if you haven't heard of it. Chances are you haven't.


, Astral Doors Nils Patrik Johannsen. I cant spell his name but click his pic on the left to go uh, wherever i linked it to.

, Labyrinth - 90% of these plays are from No Limits, the album with Fabio Lione of Rhapsody.


That's it folks. I'll try to get some rest now before I wake up in like 5 hours.

In No order:

Excalion, Epica, Code, Biomechanical, Wizard, Nightingale, The Dogma, Evans Blue, Ill Nino, Nemesea, Knight Area, Autumn, Heaven Shall Burn, Heart Of Sun, SoulTakers, Wintermoon, Wildpath, Crystal Ball, Vanishing Point, Northern Kings, Still Remains, Stainless Steel, Amorphis, Alchemist, Dreamland, Nanowar Of Steel

Kudos If Youve heard of any of those. They are mostly power/progressive metal but a few are rock.

I got most of them here if you want to try them: (remove the space)

http://r ockypage.blogspot.com/

and Nanowar of Steel here:

http://r apidshare.com/files/69385934/Nanowar07CD1.rar
http://r apidshare.com/files/69390113/Nanowar07CD2.rar


Enjoy! :)


P.S. Ghost tags! OoooooOOOOOOOHHH! BOO!

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Angra, Kamelot, Black Sabbath, Mägo de Oz, Freedom Call, Metallica, DJ Mystik, Sonata Arctica, Arch Enemy, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Rush, King Diamond, Mr. Big, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blind Guardian, Dethklok, The Click Five, Rhapsody, Stratovarius, Megadeth, Iced Earth, Down, Eternal Tears of Sorrow, Scorpions, Yngwie Malmsteen, Dio, Luca Turilli, Helloween, Dschinghis Khan, Chumbawamba, Nightwish, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Dark Tranquillity, Elvenking, Eyes of Shiva, Linkin Park, Alice Cooper, System of a Down, Heaven's Guardian, Pain of Salvation, Dark Moor, In Flames, Bee Gees, Labyrinth, Devin Townsend, Rammstein, Amon Amarth, Xandria, Beastie Boys, Avantasia