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First, make a list of your top-20 artists overall. Then, for each of these artists, add the 8 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, count up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 9 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 160 represents an extremely varied one.

1.In Flames
-Soilwork
-Dark Tranquillity
-Sonic Syndicate
-Children of Bodom
-Arch Enemy
-Scar Symmetry
-Passenger

2.Morbid Angel
-Immolation
-Suffocation
-Nile
-Malevolent Creation

3.Entombed
-Dismember
-Death Breath
-Grave
-Unleashed
-Gorefest
-Nihilist
-Asphyx

4.Dream Theater
-Liquid Tension Experiment
-Jordan Rudess
-James LaBrie
-John Petrucci
-Transatlantic
-Symphony X
-Pain of Salvation

5.Obituary
-Pestilence
-Autopsy
-Bolt Thrower

6.Sepultura
-Soulfly
-Cavalera Conspiracy
-Slayer
-Nailbomb
-Kreator
-Pantera
-Ektomorf

7.Death
-Control Denied
-Atheist
-Necrophagist

8.Deicide
-Vital Remains
-Krisiun
-Hate Eternal

9.Carcass
-Napalm Death
-Blackstar Rising
-At the Gates

10.Metallica
-Megadeth
-Iron Maiden
-Anthrax
-Machine Head
-Motörhead

11.Opeth
-Bloodbath
-Katatonia
-Cynic
-Porcupine Tree
-Gojira
-Riverside

12.Alice in Chains
-Mad Season
-Jerry Cantrell
-Soundgarden
-Mother Love Bone
-Temple of the Dog
-Stone Temple Pilots

13.Pearl Jam
-Eddie Vedder
-Stone Gossard

14.King Diamond
-Mercyful Fate
-King Diamond & Black Rose
-Metal Church
-Halford
-Venom
-Judas Priest
-Running Wild

15.Absu
-Deströyer 666
-Melechesh
-Aura Noir
-Razor of Occam
-Averse Sefira
-Gospel Of Horns
-Archgoat

16.Cannibal Corpse
-Six Feet Under
-Dying Fetus

17.Al Di Meola
-Return to Forever
-John McLaughlin
-Paco De Lucia, Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin
-Allan Holdsworth
-Pat Metheny Group
-Jean-Luc Ponty
-Chick Corea

18.Bloodbath
-Hypocrisy
-Vomitory
-Decapitated

19.Atheist
-Gorguts
-Nocturnus
-Martyr
-Obscura

20.Led Zeppelin
-Pink Floyd
-Page & Plant
-Jimi Hendrix
-Robert Plant
-The Doors
-Cream
-The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Recommended Songs (sorted by most recommended songs)

The Bends : Radiohead (Score = 285.46)
Lazy Eye : Silversun Pickups (Score = 183.34)
Hang Me Up to Dry : Cold War Kids (Score = 180.9)
America : Razorlight (Score = 171.7)
An Honest Mistake : The Bravery (Score = 169.05)
Munich : Editors (Score = 166.86)
Losing My Religion : R.E.M. (Score = 163.72)
Are You Gonna Be My Girl : Jet (Score = 162.84)
Everlong : Foo Fighters (Score = 161.72)
Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt : We Are Scientists (Score = 155.8)
Fuck Forever : Babyshambles (Score = 150.34)
Moving to New York : The Wombats (Score = 148.69)
Loser : Beck (Score = 147.42)
Fight Test : The Flaming Lips (Score = 144.14)
An End Has A Start : Editors (Score = 143.94)
Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors : Editors (Score = 142.91)
Bohemian Like You : The Dandy Warhols (Score = 142.79)
Rock & Roll Queen : The Subways (Score = 139.32)
Delivery : Babyshambles (Score = 135.72)
We Used to Vacation : Cold War Kids (Score = 132.36)
Oxford Comma : Vampire Weekend (Score = 131.99)
Believe : The Bravery (Score = 131.09)
Buddy Holly : Weezer (Score = 129.17)
Maps : Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Score = 127.83)
Say It Ain't So : Weezer (Score = 126.47)
Cheap and Cheerful : The Kills (Score = 126.11)
Sour Cherry : The Kills (Score = 123.56)
Dakota : Stereophonics (Score = 121.47)
I Predict A Riot : Kaiser Chiefs (Score = 117.95)
Mansard Roof : Vampire Weekend (Score = 117.13)
Do You Realize?? : The Flaming Lips (Score = 115)
Ruby : Kaiser Chiefs (Score = 114.7)
Here It Goes Again : OK Go (Score = 114.36)
Teen Age Riot : Sonic Youth (Score = 113.29)
No Cars Go : Arcade Fire (Score = 113.02)
Last Goodbye : Jeff Buckley (Score = 112.33)
Daylight : Coldplay (Score = 112.07)
Phantom Limb : The Shins (Score = 111.32)
Let's Dance To Joy Division : The Wombats (Score = 111.12)
In The Morning : Razorlight (Score = 111)
Kool Thing : Sonic Youth (Score = 110.41)
Is There a Ghost : Band of Horses (Score = 110.18)
Such Great Heights : The Postal Service (Score = 109.45)
Grace : Jeff Buckley (Score = 109.14)
Wolf Like Me : TV on the Radio (Score = 109.05)
Epic : Faith No More (Score = 106.78)
Undertow : Pain of Salvation (Score = 103.48)
Only Happy When It Rains : Garbage (Score = 102.95)
E-Pro : Beck (Score = 102.03)
Never Miss A Beat : Kaiser Chiefs (Score = 101.99)
Fluorescent Adolescent : Arctic Monkeys (Score = 100.39)
Gonna Leave You : Queens of the Stone Age (Score = 100)
Prophets of War : Dream Theater (Score = 100)
Sympathy For The Devil : The Rolling Stones (Score = 100)
Faust Arp : Radiohead (Score = 100)
Four Sticks : Led Zeppelin (Score = 100)
A Whisper : Coldplay (Score = 100)
Yellow Moon : Akeboshi (Score = 100)
Sacrificed Sons : Dream Theater (Score = 100)
Lovers In The Backseat : Scissor Sisters (Score = 100)
Zero : The Smashing Pumpkins (Score = 100)
Ulysses : Franz Ferdinand (Score = 98.99)
Mistaken for Strangers : The National (Score = 97.32)
Music Is The Victim : Scissor Sisters (Score = 96.74)
Killing In The Name : Rage Against the Machine (Score = 96.61)
Under My Thumb : The Rolling Stones (Score = 94.94)
Dance With Somebody : Mando Diao (Score = 93.76)
No Rain : Blind Melon (Score = 92.76)
Universal Mind : Liquid Tension Experiment (Score = 92.68)
Hurricane Jane : Black Kids (Score = 91.98)
Repentance : Dream Theater (Score = 91.7)
Day Three: Pain : Ayreon (Score = 91.16)
3 Libras : A Perfect Circle (Score = 90.96)
Fun That We Have : Julian Plenti (Score = 90.85)
The Root of All Evil : Dream Theater (Score = 90.73)
Can You Tell : Ra Ra Riot (Score = 90.07)
Wake Up : Arcade Fire (Score = 88.8)
Maybe Tomorrow : Stereophonics (Score = 87.25)
Where Boys Fear To Tread : The Smashing Pumpkins (Score = 87.08)
Men's Needs : The Cribs (Score = 86.85)
Middle of Nowhere : Hot Hot Heat (Score = 86.44)
Cath... : Death Cab for Cutie (Score = 86.17)
Look What You've Done : Jet (Score = 86.12)
Midlife Crisis : Faith No More (Score = 85.54)
Get Free : The Vines (Score = 83.95)
Run : Snow Patrol (Score = 82.62)
Man on the Moon : R.E.M. (Score = 82.17)
Keep The Car Running : Arcade Fire (Score = 81.9)
Drive : Incubus (Score = 81.79)
Red, Yellow & Blue : Born Ruffians (Score = 81.54)
Hands Open : Snow Patrol (Score = 81.11)
Banquet : Bloc Party (Score = 80.7)
Sex On Fire : Kings of Leon (Score = 80.07)
Panic Switch : Silversun Pickups (Score = 79.88)
Death : White Lies (Score = 79.81)
O Valencia! : The Decemberists (Score = 79.43)
The Distance : Cake (Score = 79.06)
Dull Life : Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Score = 78.31)
Damage Control : John Petrucci (Score = 78.04)
Crack The Shutters : Snow Patrol (Score = 77.11)

Photo Gallery: Dream Theater @ Brisbane Convention Centre 3 December 2009

Awesome show and guitarist John Petrucci... amazing!

See the FULL Gallery at LifeMusicMedia.com

http://lifemusicmedia.com/?p=5795

Alright, as we near the end of this first Y2K decade, it's time to take a look back at all the best Albums that have been released in the last 40+ years.

I'll start off this extensive research with 2000, up until 2009. I'll then go back to 1980, all the way up to 1999, to then wrap things up with the 70s and before.

I'll be choosing my Top 25 Albums for each year; an ordered Top 10, and ~15 others worth mentioning. I'm also considering the live albums and EPs (~5), but they have their own section since songs on these have usually been released on official releases. The final result will be a Top 1000 for Official Albums, and Top ~250 for Live/EP albums.

These are general rankings of how I see them today, and based on my Last.FM songs playcounts (2005-now) put through the formula:

Total Sum of each Album's Song's (running time X playcount)
DIVIDED BY
Album's Total Running Time

Thanks to MediaMonkey and its amazing scripting abilities, that formula gives an Album's REAL playcount, taking into consideration every song's lenght & playcount in relation to the overall album's lenght and # of songs on it.
You'll see the result (# of times I've really listened to an album since 2005) besides each, along with my 10* Rating. (x/x)
Besides each Year, you get the Total of all Albums' Playcounts and the average of all Albums' Ratings. (x / %)

Note that I haven't necessarily discovered and enjoyed all these albums on their released years, some I discovered years later. So these are also based on how important (to me) some of these albums were at the time.

(**) are the complete albums I was into at that time;
(*) are albums that contained only a few song(s) I was into or listened to at that time;
and those without (*) are albums I discovered years later.

=======================
Favorite albums (1970-1979)
Favorite albums (1980-1989)
Favorite albums (1990-1999)
=======================

2000 (~140 / 81%)



1) Furnished Souls for Rent (48/10) (**)
2) The Screen Behind The Mirror (9/9) (**)
3) Universe (6/9) (**)
4) Dead Soul Men (6/9)
5) undefined (1/9)
6) A New Day Yesterday (1/9)
7) CAB (4/9)
8) Another Spin Around The Sun (5/8) (*)
9) Origin (9/8)
10) Stiff Upper Lip (1/8)

Live/EP:

-) S&M (-/10)
-) Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live (-/10)
-) Half the World Is Watching Me (-/9)
-) Earth, Sky and Everything in Between (-/9)
-) Spirit of Live (-/8)
-) Not Enough Shouting (-/8)

worth mentioning:

-) Awake (3/8)
-) The Perfect Element, Part I (1/8)
-) SMPTe (3/8) (*)
-) Don't Give Me Names (1/8)
-) if_then_else (2/8)
-) You Go Now (6/8)
-) Rated R (6/8)
-) Outbound (1/8)
-) Brave New World (1/8)
-) Flamenco.A.Go.Go (1/8)
-) The Sickness (4/7)
-) Lightbulb Sun (3/7)
-) Shuttlecock (2/7)
-) Mer De Noms (3/7) (*)
-) My Favorite Headache (2/7)
-) Crush (9/7) (*)
-) Ice Cycles (2/7) (*)
-) Crack a Smile... and More (1994 album w/ Blues Saraceno) (1/7)




2001 (~100 / 84%)



1) Leitmotif (23/10)
2) Alive in an Ultra World (8/10) (**)
3) The Pleasure and the Greed (10/10) (**)
4) Amélie (3/10)
5) Huron Street (6/9)
6) Toxicity (3/9)
7) Contact (2/9)
8) Emalgamation (1/9)
9) Days of the New III (4/9)
10) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2/9) (**)

Live:

-) Live Scenes From New York (-/10) (**)
-) One Wild Night (-/10) (*)
-) Half Life (-/9)
-) Live at the Baked Potato (-/9)
-) The Deep End (-/8)
-) Pyramidion (-/8)
-) Live Frogs (-/7)

worth mentioning:

-) Lateralus (7/8)
-) Everyday (2/8)
-) Inertia (6/8) (*)
-) Manic Moonlight (1/8)
-) Feeding the Wheel (3/8) (*)
-) Bridge Across Forever (1/8)
-) Origin Of Symmetry (3/8)
-) Tantric (1/8)
-) Almost Heathen (3/8)
-) Invincible (1/8)
-) Unleashed Memories (1/8)
-) 2 (2/8) (*)
-) 10 000 Hz Legend (1/8)
-) The Interzone Mantras (1/7)
-) The Idiot King (2/7)
-) Buck Fever (1/7)
-) Book M (1/7)




2002 (~270 / 85%)



1) Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (25/10) (**)
2) Population 1 (36/10) (**)
3) Moon Babies (15/10) (**)
4) Songs For The Deaf (21/9)
5) 67 (28/9) (**)
6) Move (12/9)
7) In Absentia (11/9) (*)
8) Freak Guitar (3/9)
9) Saturate (25/9)
10) El Cielo (13/9)

Live/EP:

-) Live From Oz (-/10) (*)
-) Stolen Babies EP (-/9)
-) And All That Could Have Been (-/9)
-) Not for Your Ears (-/8)
-) Boozed, Broozed & Broken-Boned (-/7)

worth mentioning:

-) Bounce (4/9) (*)
-) X (13/8) (**)
-) By the Way (2/8) (*)
-) Exit Elvis (11/8) (**)
-) Weight of the World (3/8)
-) Steal This Album! (3/8)
-) So, It's Like That (1/8)
-) Remedy Lane (2/8)
-) Diorama (4/8)
-) Audioslave (6/8) (*)
-) Vapor Trails (7/8) (*)
-) From One (4/8)
-) Dead Soul Tribe (1/8)
-) The End of the Beginning (1/8)
-) Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones (3/7) (**)
-) Independent (3/7)
-) Believe (4/7)




2003 (~240 / 90%)



1) Train of Thought (41/10) (**)
2) The Quicksilver Meat Dream (35/10) (**)
3) Office of Strategic Influence (38/10) (*)
4) Frengers (24/10)
5) The Moon is Falling (3/10)
6) Robot Monster (10/10) (**)
7) Re-Foc (12/9)
8) Summercamp Nightmare (2/9)
9) Good Bye Lenin! (1/9)
10) Absolution (14/9) (*)

Live:

-) Live at the Astoria (-/10) (**)
-) Rush in Rio (-/10) (**)
-) This Left Feels Right (-/8) (*)
-) 10 anos ao vivo (-/8)
-) Spatial/Design (-/8)
-) Animals Should Not Try To Act Like People (-/7)

worth mentioning:

-) Faceless (4/8)
-) Souvenirs (2/8)
-) Black Utopia (4/8)
-) In Lake 'ch (2/8)
-) Black Like Sunday (1/8)
-) Blues Deluxe (8) (*)
-) Little Worlds (1/8)
-) Jeff (1/8)
-) A Murder of Crows (1/8)
-) Walking on a Thin Line (1/8)
-) A Natural Disaster (2/8)
-) Fallen (21/8) (*)
-) St Anger (7/7) (*)
-) Quadropus (1/7)
-) Emergent (1/7)
-) Voyageur (4/7)
-) Thirteenth Step (2/7)




2004 (~160 / 83%)



1) We Are Not Alone (33/10)
2) Come Again (24/9) (**)
3) Mythology (10/9)
4) Live Manchester And Dublin (16/9)
5) Wake Pig (4/9)
6) Dreamcatcher (3/9)
7) The Big Eyeball in the Sky (1/8)
8) Time (1/8)
9) Rhythm of Time (2/8)
10) Fraktal (1/8)

Live/EP:

-) Live At Budokan (-/10) (**)
-) Hallucino-Genetics (-/10) (**)
-) Cloon Demo (29/9)
-) Live In Hyde Park (-/9)
-) Live All Over the Place (-/9)
-) 12:5 (-/9)
-) Anywhere But Home (-/9) (*)
-) Sessions From Room 4 (23/8) (**)
-) The Other Side (-/8)
-) Sleepy Buildings (-/8)
-) Southside Double-Wide: Acoustic Live (-/8)
-) Feedback (1/7)

worth mentioning:

-) The January Tree (1/8)
-) Wheel of Life (1/8)
-) Kallocain (3/8)
-) After We Go (2/8)
-) Legs to Make Us Longer (2/8) (*)
-) Seven Circles (2/8)
-) One Day Remains (3/8)
-) Talkie Walkie (3/8)
-) Blackfield (1/8)
-) Had to Cry Today (1/8)
-) Is There Love in Space? (1/8)
-) Passion for Life (1/8)
-) Amplifier (1/8)
-) Out of Myself (3/7)
-) Graveyard Mountain Home (3/7)
-) This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In) (4/7)
-) Perpetual (3/7)




2005 (~310 / 84%)



1) Love (76/10) (**)
2) Octavarium (62/10) (**)
3) Panzerballett (7/10)
4) Deadwing (30/9) (*)
5) Freak Guitar: The Road Less Traveled (7/9) (*)
6) Suspended Animation (17/9) (**)
7) Real Illusions: Reflections (11/8) (*)
8) Mesmerize (17/9) (*) & Hypnotize (1/8)
9) S.U.S.A.R. (8/8)
10) Catch Without Arms (9/8)

Live:

-) R30 (*) (-/10)
-) Montreal (-/9)
-) Jagged Little Pill Acoustic (-/9)
-) Gluttons for Punishment: Live in '05 (-/8)
-) Over the Years and Through the Woods (-/8)

worth mentioning:

-) Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (8/8) (**)
-) Art of Motion (3/8)
-) Organic (2/8)
-) 44 (2/8)
-) The Art of Navigating by the Stars (1/8)
-) And The Glass Handed Kites (6/8)
-) riddle (1/8)
-) Ten Thousand Fists (7/8)
-) Second Life Syndrome (1/8)
-) Leva-me P'ra casa (17/8) (*)
-) Ogre Tones (1/8)
-) Stand Up (1/8)
-) Elements of Persuasion (6/8) (*)
-) Lullabies To Paralyze (2/8) (*)
-) Octane (1/8)
-) Duality (2/7)
-) Out of Exile (5/7) (*)
-) World Play (1/7)




2006 (~200 / 84%)



1) Rodrigo Y Gabriela (34/10) (**)
2) Free (59/10) (**)
3) A Posteriori (22/9) (**)
4) The Lost Book Of Malchus (1/9)
5) Revelations (7/9) (*)
6) Development (5/9)
7) Black Holes and Revelations (9/9) (*)
8) The Butcher's Ballroom (2/8)
9) 10,000 Days (8/8) (*)
10) Leaving Lotus (1/8)

Live/EP:

-) Score (-/10) (**)
-) Cloon EP (11/10) (**)
-) Live At The Fillmore (-/9)
-) Raw (-/8)
-) Home (-/8)
-) Two Nights In North America (1/8)
-) Tour EP (1/8)
-) Yeah! (2/7) (*)

worth mentioning:

-) Phobia (12/8) (*)
-) The Hidden Land (1/8)
-) Erotic Cakes (1/8)
-) IV (2/8)
-) The Open Door (4/8) (*)
-) Upside Down (1/8)
-) There Be Squabbles Ahead (1/8)
-) Blood of the Snake (6/8) (*)
-) Home (1/8)
-) Milliontown (1/8)
-) BE (1/8)
-) The Dark Third (3/8)
-) Stadium Arcadium (1/8)
-) You and Me (1/8)
-) Palace Of Mirrors (1/7)
-) Karmacode (1/7)
-) Insider (1/7)




2007 (~160 / 90%)



1) Snakes and Arrows (16/10) (*)
2) Systematic Chaos (30/9) (**)
3) Quantum (14/9) (**)
4) Sound Theories Vol. I & II (4/9) (*)
5) Ultra Payloaded (21/9) (**)
6) The End is Begun (9/9) (*)
7) Fear of a Blank Planet (22/9) (*)
8) The Gates of Gnomeria (2/8)
9) Art Metal (1/8)
10) Blackbird (2/8) (*)

Live:

-) The String Quartet Tribute to Dream Theater (-/10)
-) Made In Australia (2/9) (*)
-) MTV Unplugged (-/9)

worth mentioning:

-) Spontaneous Combustion (2/8) (*)
-) Clinophobia (2/8)
-) Spot De Rue (2/8)
-) Sloe Gin (1/8)
-) Scarsick (1/8)
-) Fates (5/8) (*)
-) Who Did It to Michelle Waters? (1/8) & Creepy Tales for Freaky Children (1/8)
-) Rapid Eye Movement (4/8) (*)
-) Libertad (1/8) (*)
-) A Lullaby for the Devil (1/8)
-) Era Vulgaris (3/8) (*)
-) Young Modern (2/8) (*)
-) Into the Presence (1/8)
-) Pocket Symphony (1/8)
-) Blackfield II (1/8)
-) Into the Wild (2/8)
-) Acid Test (1/8)




2008 (~120 / 83%)



1) Saudades de Rock (44/10) (**)
2) Death Magnetic (16/9) (**)
3) Seven Lives Many Faces (7/9) (**)
4) Existence (5/9) (**)
5) Starke Stücke (4/9)
6) The Cosmic Year (2/9)
7) Songs From The Sparkle Lounge (10/8) (**)
8) XV (3/8) (*)
9) Black Ice (1/8)
10) Chapter VII: Hope & Sorrow (8/8) (**)

Live:

-) Snakes & Arrows Live (-/10) (**)
-) Chaos In Motion (-/10) (**)
-) Live in Japan (-/10) (**)
-) Live At Mile High Music Festival (-/10)
-) Smart People (-/10) (*)
-) Playgrounds (-/9)
-) The Thing That Came From Somewhere (-/9) (*)
-) Reality Dream (-/8)
-) Hindsight (-/8)
-) Il Grande Silenzio (-/7) (*)

worth mentioning:

-) The End Begins (2/8) (**)
-) Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock (1/8)
-) Diffusion (1/8)
-) The Garden (1/8)
-) Experiments in Mass Appeal (1/8)
-) The Atomized Dream (1/8)
-) Sleeping In Traffic: Part Two (2/8)
-) Equilibrium (1/8)
-) Who's The Boss In The Factory? (1/8)
-) Chinese Democracy (1/8)
-) God Is An Astronaut (1/8)
-) Orquid (1/8)
-) Palmystery (1/8)
-) Black Sun (1/8)
-) Hope (1/7)
-) Cheat The Gallows (1/7)
-) Indestructible (*) (2/7)




2009 (~80 / 92%)



1) Black Clouds & Silver Linings (18/10)
2) Blood (19/10)
3) 11:11 (5/10)
4) Land of the Freaks (1/10)
5) Sing-Along Songs for the Damned & Delirious (3/9)
6) Idmen (1/9)
7) Street Sweeper Social Club (1/9)
8) Molecular Heinosity (6/9)
9) Them Crooked Vultures (1/9)
10) The Incident (3/9)

Live:

-) Where The Wild Things Are (-/10)
-) Liquid Tension Experiment (-/10)
-) Ilosaarirock (-/10)
-) Revisions (-/8)
-) When The Keyboard Breaks: Live In Chicago (-/7)

worth mentioning:

-) Hart Genossen (1/9)
-) Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King (1/9)
-) Chickenfoot (1/9)
-) No More Stories (1/9)
-) Amor Vincit Omnia (4/9)
-) The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion (2/8)
-) Tiny Pictures (4/8)
-) Sol Eye Sea I (1/8)
-) Don't Panic (1/8)
-) Anno Domini High Definition (1/8)
-) The Whirlwind (1/8)
-) The Ballad Of John Henry (1/8)
-) Of Fungi and Foe (1/8)
-) Mind Control (1/8)
-) The Resistence (1/8)
-) Chapters (1/8)
-) Dear Agony (1/8)
-) Magnified (1/7)




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3, 7for4, A Perfect Circle, AC/DC, Air, Alanis Morissette, Alter Bridge, Amplifier, Anathema, Andy McKee, Anekdoten, Antoine Dufour, Attention Deficit, Audioslave, Baby Animals, BeardFish, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, Bigelf, Big Wreck, Black Label Society, Blackfield, Blues Saraceno, Bon Jovi, Breaking Benjamin, CAB, Canvas Solaris, Caspian, Chevelle, Chickenfoot, Chroma Key, Cloon, Collective Soul, Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains, Cosmics, Cosmosquad, Counter-World Experience, Dave Matthews Band, Days of the New, Deadsoul Tribe, Def Leppard, Derek Sherinian, Devil's Slingshot, Diablo Swing Orchestra, Disturbed, Don Ross, Don Ross & Andy McKee, Dr Sin, DramaGods, Dream Theater, dredg, Eddie Vedder, Edwin, Enigma, Erik Mongrain, Estradasphere, Evanescence, Extreme, Flesh, Freak Kitchen, Frost, Gambale Donati Fierabracci, Geddy Lee, God Is an Astronaut, Godsmack, Gordian Knot, Gov't Mule, Guano Apes, Guns 'N Roses, Guthrie Govan, Hammer of the Gods, Harem Scarem, I Mother Earth, Indukti, Interférence Sardines, Into The Presence, Irepress, Iron Maiden, James LaBrie, Jeff Beck, Jesse Cook, Joe Bonamassa, Joe Satriani, Joel Hoekstra, John Petrucci, John Williams, Jon Gomm, Jonas Hellborg, Jordan Rudess, Kaki King, Karma to Burn, Karmakanic, King's X, Kingdom Come, Korn, Lacuna Coil, Les Claypool, Liquid Limbs, Liquid Tension Experiment, Liquid Trio Experiment, Lucia Moniz, Mattias IA Eklundh, Mechanical Poet, Metallica, Mew, Michael Jackson, Mourning Widows, MullMuzzler, Muse, Nine Inch Nails, Nuno Bettencourt, OSI, Ozric Tentacles, Paatos, Pain of Salvation, Panzerballett, Perry Farrell's Satellite Party, Pink Floyd, Planet X, Platypus, Poison, Population 1, Porcupine Tree, Primus, Pure Reason Revolution, Queens of the Stone Age, Ra, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Riverside, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Rush, Sam Aliano, Secret Chiefs 3, Sevendust, Sieges Even, Silverchair, Soul SirkUS, Spock's Beard, Street Sweeper Social Club, Steve Stevens, Steve Vai, Stolen Babies, Super TransAtlantic, System of a Down, Tantric, The Gathering, The Les Claypool Frog Brigade, The Mayan Factor, The Tea Party, Them Crooked Vultures, Thomas Leeb, Thornley, Tool, Transatlantic, Tribe of Judah, Unitopia, Velvet Revolver, Victor Wooten, Wolfstone, Yann Tiersen.

I've had a long list of artists I need to listen to or need to listen to more of sometime for some time now and felt I should put it up on Last.fm incase anyone is willing to suggest me tracks or albums for the listed artists. Forgive me if any of the artist have been placed under the wrong genres. Most of these artist are there for me to refer to sometime in the future whenever I'm wanting to listen to more of a certain genre.

black metal

1349
Abaddon Incarnate
Agatus
Bal-Sagoth
Belphegor
Blut aus Nord
Dark Funeral
Darkthrone
Dragonlord
Graveworm
Hellhammer
Immortal
Leviathan
Mercyful Fate
Negurã Bunget
Primordial
Rotting Christ
Summoning
Ulver
Vintersorg

death metal (including melodic death metal)

Atheist
Dark Tranquillity
Gojira
Kalmah
Mael Mordha
Necrophagist
Norther
Obituary
Vader

doom metal

Aarni
Accept Death
Bongzilla
Buried at Sea
Burning Witch
Cathedral
Cirith Ungol
Daylight Dies
Doomsword
Grand Magus
Grief
HeavyLord
High on Fire
Hooded Menace
Iron Monkey
Lazarus Blackstar
Mammatus
My Dying Bride
Neurosis
OM
Pentagram
Place of Skulls
Reverend Bizarre
Rwake
Saint Vitus
Solitude Aeturnus
Spirit Caravan
The Hidden Hand
Trouble
Ufomammut
Umbra Nihil
Void of Silence
Warning
Weedeater
Yearning

folk metal

Alkonost
Bucovina
Cruachan
Equilibrium
Odroerir
Scald
Skyclad
Svartby
Waylander

traditional metal/hard rock/misc.

Angel Witch
Anvil
Armored Saint
Battlelore
Blue Öyster Cult
Brocas Helm
Budgie
Def Leppard
Dokken
Grim Reaper
Hawkwind
Iron Butterfly
King Diamond
Nevermore
Omen
Samson
Scorpions
Satan
Thin Lizzy

industrial metal

KMFDM
Ministry
Mnemic

power metal

3 Inches of Blood
Axenstar
Brainstorm
Circle II Circle
Dark Moor
Dragonland
Dream Evil
Firewind
Freedom Call
Heavenly
Jag Panzer
Kamelot
Machine Men
Magica
Majesty
Pagan's Mind
Power Quest
Primal Fear
Pyramaze
Rage
Skylark
Stormwarrior
X JAPAN

progressive metal

Age of Nemesis
Ayreon
Blotted Science
Communic
Dysrhythmia
Evergrey
Gordian Knot
James LaBrie
John Petrucci
King's X
Pain of Salvation
Planet X
Platypus
Psychotic Waltz
Spastic Ink
Threshold
Vanden Plas
Zero Hour

progressive rock

Genesis
Jethro Tull
Spock's Beard
Tool

speed metal

Animetal
Exciter

symphonic metal

Epica
Haggard
Therion
Trans-Siberian Orchestra

thrash metal

Annihilator
Destruction
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
Evile
Exhorder
Testament

All recommendations are appreciated.

1. How did you get into 29? Kamelot
I think I found them out by friends recommendation in 2003. After that, I was so addicted to them. When they released The Black Halo in 2005, I must have played that 10 times on day of release. One of my favorite Progressive/Power Metal bands for sure.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? Týr
That would be just like every other Týr fan: Hail to the Hammer. :P

3. What’s your favorite lyric by 33? Turisas
From the track: Cursed be Iron
"Did thy father, or thy mother
Did the eldest of thy brothers
Did the youngest of thy sisters
Did the worst of all thy kindred"

4. What is your favorite album by 49? Equilibrium
Sagas without a doubt. Mana is one of the most epic songs ever. Just imagine Wintersun made a 16 minute song, it would sound a little like this. :P

5. How many albums by 13 do you own? Ensiferum
All four:
Ensiferum
Iron
Victory Songs
From Afar
Their EP:
Dragonheads :D

6. What is your favorite song by 50? Vital Remains
Dechristianize for sure.
Dave Suzuki is awesome.

7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad? Rage
Beauty is a track that can be pretty sad. It's the saddest part of 'Suite Lingua Mortis', to my knowledge. You really need to hear this 21 minute Progressive Metal piece (Suite Lingua Mortis, not Beauty of course) btw, it's epic.

8. What is your favorite album by 15? Korpiklaani
Tales Along This Road of course. This was Korpiklaani at their best so far.

9. What is your favorite song by 5? Opeth
Forest of October without a doubt. It's pure awesomeness. :D

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? Edge of Sanity
Crimson because it's just so good. I smile every time i hear this epic piece :D

11. What is your favorite album by 40? Akercocke
Choronzon obviously.

12. What is your favorite song by 10? Black Sabbath
Ah the almighty Sabbath.Don't care what anyone says, Dio was better in Sabbath than Ozzy, even though I like both. My favorite track is: Die Young.

13. What is a good memory you have involving 30? Carcass
Yep. Seeing them live at Bloodstock Open Air 2009, of course. :D

14. What is your favorite song by 38? Wintersun
It would have to be: Winter Madness because amazing solo is amazing.

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy? Children of Bodom
Why yes, it's: Kissing the Shadows. Seriously, who can deny the awesomeness in that solo?

16. How many times have you seen 25 live? Symphony X
Once, opening for Dream Theater. What a dream line up that was.

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23? Metallica
Errm...controversial band. :P
I believe my first track to be Creeping Death. It's been a favorite of mine for about 7 or 8 years.

18. What is your favorite album by 11? Tarot
It's got to be Suffer Our Pleasures literally for the song Rider of the Last Day, otherwise my favorite would be Follow Me Into Madness. I believe Marco Hietala could be God, if he exists whether he's in Tarot, Northern Kings or Nightwish, his music is pure awesomeness.

19. Who is a favorite member of 1? Dream Theater
You seriously want me to pick between John Petrucci, Jordan Rudess, James LaBrie, John Myung and Mike Portnoy? Well I'll pick Petrucci but only because he could co into World domination mode. Though Rudess can probably open portals with his keyboarding skills, but LaBrie can break things and people with his high F's in Learning To Live. Myung, that Korean could probably control nuclear weapons with his bass guitar. Portnoy could create Black Holes with his time sig changes while drumming. Let's face it, Dream Theater will probably be what is behind 2012 and the so-called "end of the world" ;P Ok, I pick Petrucci.

20. Have you ever seen 14 live? Alice in Chains
Nope, going to in December maybe though.

21. What is a good memory involving 27? Porcupine Tree
Listening to The Incident for the first time is the last good memory I had with this brilliant band. Which was in September so =)

22. What is your favorite song by 16? Bloodbath
That would obviously be Bathe in Blood. I love the guitar tone on it and Mikael's growls are awesome.

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47? Jeff Loomis
It was Devil Theory I believe. Jeff only has one album out anyway but this is my first and my favorite by him. One of the greatest guitarists ever and I place him next to the likes of Michael Romeo and John Petrucci for that.

24. What is your favorite album by 18? Kreator
Even though most plays are for the newer albums, nothing they release will be better than Extreme Aggression. That is my favorite album by Kreator.

25. What is your favorite song by 21? Edguy
It's gotta be We Don't Need a Hero. Great band this.

26. What is the first song you ever heard by 26? Satyricon
It was Mother North. I just happened upon the video and it was awesome. :D

27. What is your favorite album by 3? Nevermore
Nevermore's This Godless Endeavor has to be my favorite. Seriously, it's just awesome and I think these guys get better every album. Lets hope The Obsidian Conspiracy is better. :D

28. What is you favorite song by 2? Iron Maiden
My favorite band despite being second most played. :D
This has to be a four way tie between Hallowed Be Thy Name, Fear of the Dark, Only the Good Die Young and Caught Somewhere in Time.

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32? Avantasia
It was this beautiful track called Farewell.

30. What is your favorite song by 8? Helloween
That would be the 13 minute Power Metal masterpiece: Halloween. Kai Hansen is awesome.

31. How many times have you seen 17 live? Amon Amarth
Twice. Third time coming up this Sunday.

32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy? The Agonist
I'd say Business Suits and Combat Boots because it helped my find the band.

33. What is your favorite album by 12? Ayreon
It has to be The Human Equation. That album is not only Arjen's finest piece of work, but it's an album in my top 5. James LaBrie, Heather Findlay, Mike Baker, Mikael Åkerfeldt and the rest, they all just rocked. I wanna listen to it now... :D

34. What is the worst song by 45? Gamma Ray
There isn't one bad song.

35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34? Guns N' Roses
I believe that to be Paradise City. It's one of those songs I heard as a little chillen.

36. What is your favorite album by 48? Evile
Infected Nations by miles.

37. How many times have you seen 42 live? Mastodon
Once, I believe.

38. What is your favorite song by 36? HammerFall
It's gotta be a 3 way tie between Natural High, Templars of Steel and Stronger Than All.

39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28? Norther
I believe it to be Last Breath.

40. What is your favorite album by 7? Megadeth
Has to be So Far, So Good...So What!. It's definitely Mustaine's finest piece of work and it's underrated as hell.

41. Is there a song by 31 that makes you happy? Sonata Arctica
What? Almost all Sonata Arctica songs make me werry werry happeh! :D This mostly though Wolf & Raven.

42. What is your favorite album by 41? Katatonia
The almighty Brave Murder Day wins. :D I do like all Katatonia though. I see people bitch about them "going soft" and whatever. :P

43. What is your favorite song by 24? Warrel Dane
It's gotta be Messenger or When We Pray. Either way, they're both catchy as hell and well written. Dane is a great lyricist.

44. What is a good memory you have involving 46? Darkthrone
Hearing A Blaze in the Northern Sky for the first time.

45. What is your favorite song by 35? Tenacious D
Has to be Master Exploder. Jack Black is cool. :D

46. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy? System of a Down
Of course. There's loads :D but I would have to say most of all Vicinity of Obscenity because it's so damn hilarious.

47. What is your favorite album by 4? Pink Floyd
I love the Floyd. My favorite would have to be either Meddle or The Wall.
Echoes is such a fantastic song.

48. Who is a favorite member of 37?Rage Against the Machine
Zach De La Rocha is the man.
"FUCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME!"

49. What is the first song you ever heard by 43? Candlemass
I think that was Mirror Mirror. The riffs are so heavy on that, it's awesome.


50. How many albums do you own by 20? Alestorm
I own all 2 albums. Both great.

Fri 23 Oct – Progressive Nation 2009




Si, lo vivimos, estuvimos alli. El mayor festival itinerante de musica progresiva visitaba Madrid


Acompañado de dos amiguetes, aparecimos por la cubierta a eso de las 2 de la tarde, encontrando a un grupo no muy numeroso de gente mas madrugadores de nosotros. Tras la busqueda de un kebab por parte de Pablo y mia, Petru ya se habia echo colega de un grupo de albacete y de una chica de Estepona. Las horas entonces se nos pasaron volando.

A las 6 de la tarde, abrieron puertas y tras un cacheo y muestra de entrada, entramos como locos corriendo hacia el escenario. Conseguimos un hueco en la primera fila, un poco escorados a la izquierda, con la intencion de tener cerca a Myung y a Rudess.

Innauguraron el Progressive Nation la banda de Death/Black sinfonico progresiva Unexpect. La banda con una estética muy cuidada, sobre todo el bajista y la cantante, sufrió el maldito eco de la cubierta de leganés que nos fastidiaria la noche hasta la llegada de las dos bandas mayores. Mostraron sus capacidades y la verdad es que son un conjunto muy interesante, que pueden aportar novedades a esto llamado Metal. Con una actuacion de poco mas de media hora, dejaron el escenario.

A continuación y tras el descanso correspondiente, viajamos en el tiempo a la decada de los setenta. Sobre el escenario destacaban dos organos Hammond, y una bateria simple con un logo psicodélico: Bigelf. Se apagaron las luces y para sorpresa de todos, no sono otra cosa que la Marcha Imperial de la guerra de las galaxias, que fue coreada por toda la multitud alli congregada. Aparecieron los musicos, la verdad cons pintas, el lider (cantante y teclista) nos deleitaba con traje de terciopelo y sombrero de copa, mientras que el bateria era un completo hippie de woodstock y el bajista lucia unos negros pantalones de campana y un look a lo Tony Iommi. El sonido de la cubierta no les respetó demasiado, pero la verdad es que su musica fusión de Pink Floydcon Black Sabbath suena realmente interesante. Bienvenidos sean de nuevo los setenta.

Y la gente se preparaba para lo gordo. Gran cantidad del publico baja de las gradas al ruedo de la plaza, y Opeth salió a escena. Heir Aparrent fue la cancion de su brutal inicio, siendo Watershed el disco mas tocado, incluyendo en el set list Lotus Eatery Hex Omega. Me fascinó especialmente Windowpane, que no habia podido disfrutar la ultima vez que les vi en la sala Heineken. Akerfeldt es un total genio y un magnifico front man, que se gana al publico rapidamente con sus chistes y comentarios inteligentes. El viernes nos felicito la navidad, ademas de confesarnos que fue el profesor de Petrucci, y que le escribe las partituras a Rudess. La voz de este hombre es algo a tener muy encuenta, es de un nivel melódico impresionante capaz de calmar a cualquier bestia, teniendo a su vez una capacidad de cambio increible, pudiendo llegar al gutural mas poderoso. La musica de Opeth como siempre una auténtica delicia. La oscudridad hecha melodia. Por cierto, ¡Pua de premio!


Finalmente llegaba el plato fuerte: Dream Theater. Se hizo la oscuridad absoluta y empezo a sonar una lluvia, seguida de una tormente enorme con focos simulando potentes rayos. Cayó el telón negro que habia servido de fondo para las demás bandas del festival, y se nos mostró un fondo de nubes de lluevia (black clouds ^^) y una enorme pantalla para proyecciones. Aparecieron los cuatro musicos estadounidenses, y arrancaron con A Nightmare to Remember. El canadiense James Labrie salio a escena como loco, aunque en esta ocasión estuvo más discreto que en su actuación en el Palacio de deportes, debido en parte a los largos pasajes instrumentales con los que nos deleitaron. Sorpresón en el setlist con The Mirror y Lie unidas de manera maravillosa, y sobre todo con ese Pull Me Under, que tan pocas veces se puede disfrutar en directo. El Greatest Hit del grupo fue coreado a mas no poder por el publico, a causa de lo cual mi garganta aun se resiente, y los musicos se sentian mas agustos que nunca. Rudess ataviado con su sombrero de mago hizo genialidades, e incluso aprovecho aplicaciones personalizadas de su iPhone para deleitarnos con los sonidos más extravagantes. Pero si en el concierto del palacio habian sido John Petrucciy Jordan Rudess los grandes protagonistas, esta vez fueron la parte ritmica, Mike Portnoy y John Myung, los heroes de la noche. El bajista estuvo espectácular, y más activo de lo que acostumbra, eso si, siempre de forma discreta, encambia Mike, aparte de lanzar guturales a modo de coros cada cierto tiempo, se dio un paseo alrededor de su enorme bateria de tres bombos, tocando de pie, e hizo maravillas con sus baquetas (momento epico ese en el que lanzo una baqueta a un pipa y esta le fue devuelta con fuerza.cogiendola y golpeando con ella como si nada hubiese pasado). Acabaron la primera parte coreados por el publico, pero todos esperabamos la sorpresa final. Y llego en forma de masterpiece progresivo. The Count of Tuscany fue la canción de cierre del concierto. Un maravilla epica de 20 minutos, que en directo fue pura delicia para los oidos y la vista. El pasaje entre teclado y guitarra a lo Pink Floyd consiguió arrancarme una lagrima de emoción, y lo que le siguió, esos 6 ultimos minutos son el final perfecto, no mejores palabras para describirlo, pero esta pieza musical realmente me fascina.

Acabó el Progressive Nation 2009 y nos quedará para siempre su maravilloso recuerdo.

Esperemos que este festival vuelva otra vez a Europa, y que tenga su parad por Madrid.


Si hay que ponerle alguna pega, desde luego es el lugar, La cubierta no esta pensada para conciertos de calidad.
Y tambien, por pedir, que Opeth hubiese colaborado con Dream Theater. Ver a Akerfeldt cantar con los americanos podria ser maravilloso.

Opeth:

Heir Apparent
Reverie / Harlequin Forest
The Lotus Eater
Windowpane
Deliverance
Hex Omega

Dream Theater:

A Nightmare to Remember
The Mirror
Lie
Keyboard Solo
A Rite of Passage
The Dance of Eternity
Solitary Shell
Pull Me Under

Encore: The Count of Tuscany

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