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Monthly Top Tracks

May-2007
Tokio Hotel : Durch den Monsun (17 plays)
Jun-2007
Mylène Farmer : Dans Les Rues De Londres (7 plays)
Jul-2007
Tokio Hotel : Der letzte Tag (12 plays)
Aug-2007
Isgaard : Earth Song (10 plays)
Sep-2007
Lacuna Coil : Falling Again (7 plays)
Oct-2007
Nightwish : Astral Romance (14 plays)
Nov-2007
Isgaard : Man on the Moon (11 plays)
Dec-2007
Savage Garden : Break Me Shake Me (29 plays)
Jan-2008
Savage Garden : Break Me Shake Me (14 plays)
Feb-2008
Schiller : Dream of You (26 plays)
Mar-2008
Daft Punk : Aerodynamic (20 plays)
Apr-2008
Era : Hymne (21 plays)
May-2008
Serj Tankian : The Unthinking Majority (51 plays)
Jun-2008
Lacuna Coil : Our Truth (14 plays)
Jul-2008
Serj Tankian : Saving Us (28 plays)
Aug-2008
Mylène Farmer : C'Est Dans L'Air (26 plays)
Sep-2008
System of a Down : Forest (33 plays)
Oct-2008
Mylène Farmer : Vertige (20 plays)
Jan-2009
30 Seconds to Mars : The Fantasy (8 plays)
Feb-2009
Guano Apes : Open Your Eyes (14 plays)
Mar-2009
The Prodigy : Omen (24 plays)
Apr-2009
Breaking Benjamin : So Cold (18 plays)
May-2009
Crossfade : Cold (18 plays)
Jun-2009
ATB : Let U Go (13 plays)
Jul-2009
Coldplay : Viva La Vida (5 plays)
Sep-2009
Nightwish : Escapist (6 plays)
Oct-2009
Scooter : We Are the Greatest (14 plays)
Nov-2009
Neuroticfish : I Don't Need the City (7 plays)
Dec-2009
Chorus of Tribes : Marakesh (4 plays)

This is what I did instead of finishing Gulliver's Travels and studying for finals.

First, make a list of your top-20 artists overall. Then, for each of these artists, add the 7 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 7 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 140 represents an extremely varied one.

1. Emilie Autumn
2. Regina Spektor
3. Tegan and Sara
4. Sonata Arctica
5. My Chemical Romance
6. Evanescence
7. Blackmore's Night
8. Superchic[k]
9. After Forever
10. Nightwish
11. Krypteria
12. Epica
13. Thousand Foot Krutch
14. Edenbridge
15. Relient K
16. Skillet
17. Lacuna Coil
18. Celtic Woman
19. Garbage
20. Within Temptation

1. Hannah Fury
2. The Birthday Massacre
3. Helalyn Flowers
4. Angelspit
5. Ayria
6. Jack Off Jill
7. Rasputina
8. Fiona Apple
9. Ingrid Michaelson
10. Jenny Owen Youngs
11. Kate Nash
12. St. Vincent
13. Tori Amos
14. Rachael Yamagata
15. An Horse
16. Tegan Quin
17. Rachael Cantu
18. Uh Huh Her
19. The Cliks
20. Northern State
21. Tender Forever
22. Stratovarius
23. Northern Kings
24. Avantasia
25. Kamelot
26. HammerFall
27. Nightwish
28. Edguy
29. Pencey Prep
30. The Used
31. Panic at the Disco
22. My Chemical Romance and The Used
23. Fall Out Boy
24. Aiden
25. The Used & My Chemical Romance (hey, 25 and 22 have different artist pages, so I can count them as separate)
26. Amy Lee
27. Within Temptation
28. Lacuna Coil
29. Flyleaf
30. Epica
31. Seether (Feat. Amy Lee)
32. Ritchie Blackmore
33. Loreena McKinnet
34. Мельница
35. Хелависа
36. Clannad
37. Mediæval Bæbes
38. An Danzza
39. BarlowGirl
40. TobyMac
41. Krystal Meyers
42. ZOEgirl
43. Audio Adrenaline
44. Sanctus Real
45. Newsboys
46. Tristania
47. Xandria
48. Elis
49. Leaves' Eyes
50. Delain
51. Sirenia
52. Tarja Turunen
53. Visions of Atlantis
54. Lunatica
55. Nemesea
56. Edenbridge
57. Imperia
58. After Forever
59. Pillar
60. Skillet
61. Falling Up
62. Disciple
63. Kutless
64. Red
65. Decyfer Down
66. Atargatis
67. Hawk Nelson
68. Switchfoot
69. House of Heroes
70. Stellar Kart
71. Everyday Sunday
72. Three Days Grace
73. Breaking Benjamin
74. Theatre of Tragedy
75. Mairead Nesbitt
76. Lisa Kelly
77. Orla Fallon
78. Chloë Agnew
79. Méav
80. Hayley Westenra
81. Celtic Spirit
82. Angelfish
83. The Cardigans
84. No Doubt
85. Republica
86. Auf der Maur
87. Hole
88. The Cranberries

88/140. Arg. I was on a roll until I hit all that symphonic metal, my not-so-secret weakness. I am actually less diverse than I was in May 2008, when I took this quiz on my old account. Back then I got 94: http://www.last.fm/user/lydia_is_cool/journal/2008/05/09/fkh6v_how_musically_diverse_is_the_lydster%3F

Thirdstryker1's Top 15 2009

Enjoy.

1. Sybreed - The Pulse of Awakening


2. Amesoeurs - Amesoeurs


3. Hacride - Lazarus


4. Pure Reason Revolution - Amor Vincit Omnia


5. Katatonia - Night Is The New Day


6. Gigantic Brain - World


7. Stendeck - Sonnambula


8. Devin Townsend Project - Addicted


9. I Will Never Be The Same - Standby


10. Abysmalia - Quid Humanum Est


11. Mistaken Element - Mind Over Matter


12. Seven - Cymatics


13. Miseration - The Mirroring Shadow


14. En Declin - Domino / Consequence


15. Scar Symmetry - Dark Matter Dimensions


Song of 2009

Hacride - To Walk Among Them

Worthy Mentions

Faunts - Feel.Love.Thinking.Of.
Gigantic Brain - Betelgeuse (EP)
Gigantic Brain - I swallow 16 red planets
Hi-Tech - Annihilation
Karnivool - Sound Awake
Lo-Pro - Letting Go (EP)
Porcupine Tree - The Incident
Threat Signal - Vigilance

Disappointments

Arkaea - Years In The Darkness
Lacuna Coil - Shallow Life
Riverside - Anno Domino High Definition

Yes I have some things to do but I don't want to, so I'm writing another meme-like blog XD


1. How did you get into 29? Evanescence
From the theatrical trailer of Daredevil xD I listened to Bring Me To Life in the radio too, but never paid it much attention until I knew Going Under. That was when I decided to listen to them.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? Kari Rueslâtten
Don't really remember ^^U

3. What’s your favorite lyric by 33? Stream of Passion
Out in the Real World without any doubt.

4. What is your favorite album by 49? Emma Shapplin
I like both of her albums almost the same!! I should say Carmine Meo because my most favourite song, Cuor Senza Sangue is from it =P

5. How many albums by 13 do you own? Visions of Atlantis
None at the moment

6. What is your favorite song by 50? Dead Can Dance
In Power We Entrust the Love Advocated

7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad? Elvenking
A Poem for the Firmament u_u

8. What is your favorite album by 15? Ayreon
Mostly The Dream Sequencer. Most of my personal favourites are there.

9. What is your favorite song by 5? Enya
The Memory of Trees

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? Sirenia
Euphoria *_*

11. What is your favorite album by 40? The Cranberries
Mmmhh Bury The Hatchet I think =)

12. What is your favorite song by 10? Tristania
Pale Enchantress <3

13. What is a good memory you have involving 30? Hans Zimmer
The beautiful Gladiator Soundtrack makes me think about my high school years =)

14. What is your favorite song by 38? Alestorm
Captain Morgan's Revenge :D

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy? WANDS
AWAKE

16. How many times have you seen 25 live? Loreena McKennitt
None ;_____; she MUST come to Mexico dammmmn ¬¬

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23? Leaves' Eyes
Into Your Light, I think

18. What is your favorite album by 11? Theatre of Tragedy
Aêgis is very near perfection.

19. Who is a favorite member of 1? Blind Guardian
I should say Hansi Kürsch because I met him and spoke with him a little haha, but I love all members, and of course Thomen even if he's not in the band anymore. They make a GREAT team.

20. Have you ever seen 14 live? Emilie Autumn
No U_U

21. What is a good memory involving 27? Haggard
One of my first symphonic bands!! :D brings back good old memories n_n

22. What is your favorite song by 16? The 3rd and the Mortal
Why So Lonely *_*

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47? Stratovarius
Black Diamond

24. What is your favorite album by 18? Tori Amos
Little Earthquakes!!! *_*

25. What is your favorite song by 21? Dimmu Borgir
Eradication Instincts Defined

26. What is the first song you ever heard by 26? Nightwish
Come Cover Me

27. What is your favorite album by 3? Within Temptation
Mother Earth forever and ever <3

28. What is you favorite song by 2? Sarah Brightman
Deliver Me

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32? Abney Park
All the Myths Are True

30. What is your favorite song by 8? Era
Enae Volare Mezzo

31. How many times have you seen 17 live? Draconian
No one =/

32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy? Kalafina
serenato

33. What is your favorite album by 12? Xandria
Kill the Sun *_*

34. What is the worst song by 45? Epica
I should choose Cry for the Moon because in my opinion it's one of their most OVERRATED songs and I think they've made lots of better songs!! And it's not bad. But I'm sick of that haha

35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34? Mark Mancina
Diva omfgs!!!! It was instant love!! (and the thing that made me decide to watch Blood+ xDD)

36. What is your favorite album by 48? Tiamat
Skeleton Skeletron :D

37. How many times have you seen 42 live? Angtoria
None.

38. What is your favorite song by 36? Helium Vola
Selig

39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28? Alberto Cortez
Pobre mi Patrón xDDD

40. What is your favorite album by 7? Edguy
Hellfire Club. In my opinion their fuckin very best album!!! :') I actually loved the album before being a fan of the band!! XD

41. Is there a song by 31 that makes you happy? Dark Sanctuary
Mmmh none o_O its a very depressive band xD

42. What is your favorite album by 41? Aesma Daeva
Dawn of the New Athens

43. What is your favorite song by 24? The Gathering
In Motion #1 is THE song =)

44. What is a good memory you have involving 46? Orphaned Land
Mmmh I don't think so xD

45. What is your favorite song by 35? Ophelia's Dream
Ladonna Wosh <3

46. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy? Autumn
Skydancer *_*

47. What is your favorite album by 4? Lacuna Coil
Comalies forever *_*

48. Who is a favorite member of 37? Gregorian
I don't know XDDD

49. What is the first song you ever heard by 43? Forever Slave
Don't really remember

50. How many albums do you own by 20? After Forever
None =/

So 2009 isn't quite over yet, but here is my top 40 artists chart for the past year, with short explanations for some of the artists:

1 Dark Moor: 569 scrobbles
Still my favorite band, the band that got me into power metal as well as metal in general.
2 Blind Guardian: 489 scrobbles
Maybe a bit artificially high on my charts because of the number of tracks in Nightfall in Middle Earth, but still deserving of a high spot.
3 Dream Theater: 468 scrobbles
Saw them in July in Asheville, and listened to Black Clouds & Silver Linings about a million times before the show.
4 Queen: 466 scrobbles
5 Helloween: 398 scrobbles
6 Nine Inch Nails: 390 scrobbles
I probably wouldn't have listened to NIN half as much if it wasn't for the fact that The Slip is free and Ghosts I-IV is really cheap. Thanks, Trent.
7 Led Zeppelin: 385 scrobbles
8 Opeth: 349 scrobbles
Everyone should listen to Opeth. Even if you don't like metal.
9 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: 342 scrobbles
Easily the most metal artist on my charts.
10 King Crimson: 298 scrobbles
11 Machinae Supremacy: 263 scrobbles
Another good free album, Deus Ex Machinae put this artist high on my charts.
12 Extol: 250 scrobbles
Listened to The Blueprint Dives a lot. If nobody told me, I would never be able to guess that they are the same band that made Burial, which is also great, but in a completely different way.
13 Tool: 247 scrobbles
14 Lacuna Coil: 245 scrobbles
15 Iron Maiden: 230 scrobbles
16 Holy Blood: 227 scrobbles
Of the bands I started listening to in 2009 for the first time, I think Holy Blood is my favorite. I can't wait to hear Oskord once they release something...
17 Nightwish: 222 scrobbles
18 Talking Heads: 206 scrobbles
19 Rush: 196 scrobbles
20 Rhapsody of Fire: 190 scrobbles
21 Yes: 188 scrobbles
There used to be an artist image of Chris Squire with a zebra stripe jacket and triple neck bass with a caption that read something like: "Scientists have determined that it is physically impossible to find a picture more prog than this." That always made me laugh.
22 Angra: 185 scrobbles
23 JT Bruce: 164 scrobbles
I have to say something for all the artists with free stuff - JT Bruce is great if you like technical instrumental prog metal. You can download three albums for free on Jamendo, and you can buy his latest (and best) album, Universica on his website.
24 Sonata Arctica: 163 scrobbles
25 Tourniquet: 153 scrobbles
26 The Allman Brothers Band: 146 scrobbles
27 Theatre of Tragedy: 142 scrobbles
28 Antonio Vivaldi: 141 scrobbles
I listened to a lot more "classical" music this year than I used to, which is something I'm happy about.
29 Cynic: 138 scrobbles
30 Narnia: 134 scrobbles
31 Ensiferum: 127 scrobbles
Saw them at Volume 11 Tavern in Raleigh in November (my car was hit and had to be towed along the way, forcing us to walk part of the way, but it was worth it).
32 Frédéric Chopin: 120 scrobbles
33 Depeche Mode: 118 scrobbles
34 NESkimos: 112 scrobbles
Their albums have tons of short songs, so they are a bit overrated on this chart. Video game cover bands are one of my guilty pleasures.
35 ZAO: 109 scrobbles
I've had The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here for years, but it wasn't until 2009 that I really started listening to it a lot. Usually I'm sort of turned off by metalcore, but I think Zao is pretty good regardless of their genre.
36 XOC: 107 scrobbles
Another video game band with lots of short songs and an unusually high number of scrobbles...
37 Black Sabbath: 106 scrobbles
37 VNV Nation: 106 scrobbles
39 Johann Sebastian Bach: 103 scrobbles
40 DragonForce: 101 scrobbles
DragonForce? How did this get here... I guess when their new album came out I listened to it a lot.

2010 predictions:
Jazz Fusion - I've been listening to Billy Cobham and I'd like to hear more of this. I've always wanted to listen to more Jazz, but I've found it inaccessible. I think I'll enjoy fusion a bit more.

Melodic Death - Since I like Ensiferum and Blackguard, I'd like to listen to more.

Thrash - I really enjoyed Gama Bomb (another artist with a free album available on their website), and I've never really explored thrash metal outside of Metallica/Slayer/Megadeth.

Less Power Metal - I'll probably keep listening to Dark Moor, Helloween, Blind Guardian, and the other artists I like, but I'll probably stop looking into new power metal bands in favor of some of the other genres I listed.

In no particular order:

1- Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition
2- Isis - Wavering Radiant
3- Freak Kitchen - Land of the Freaks
4- Transatlantic - The Whirlwind
5- Porcupine Tree - The Incident
6- Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings
7- Loch Vostok - Reveal No Secrets
8- Megadeth - Endgame
9- dredg - The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion
10- Stream of Passion - The Flame Within
11- Flyleaf - Memento Mori
12- John Mayer - Battle Studies
13- Breaking Benjamin - Dear Agony
14- Kings of Convenience - Declaration Of Dependence
15- Pearl Jam - Backspacer
16- Phoenix Effect - Cyanide Skies
17- Pain of Salvation - Linoleum
18- Between the Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect
19- Chickenfoot - Chickenfoot
20- Alexisonfire - Old Crows / Young Cardianls


There are also 2 DVDs that I think everyone who's into heavy metal has to watch:
1- Iron Maiden - Flight 666
2- Pain of Salvation - Ending Themes


The albums that disappointed me a bit this year:
1- Creed - Full Circle
2- Lacuna Coil - Shallow Life
3- Queensryche - American Soldier
4- Stratovarius - Polaris


Overall I think it was a great year for heavy metal. I had a hard time putting in order the albums i liked so i decided to make the list randomly. It means that there were some really good albums this year :)

Looking forward to an even heavier 2010!

Cheers..

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1. C/A/T - We Are Still Alive
2. [:SITD:] - Catharsis [Heal Me, Control Me]
3. NOVAkILL - We Work
4. KMFDM - Never Say Never **req**
5. Stahltischler - Schwarz-Weiss [Pedro Tischler remix]
6. Antythesys - Powders And Heels
7. Assemblage 23 - Spark [Sonik Foundry remix]
8. Ext!ze - Orchestral Infection **req**
9. iVardensphere - Diatribe
10. PsyBorg Corp. - Bionic Enhancement
11. Metallspürhunde - Mach Es Wieder Gut
12. Level 2.0 - Vexxy

Interview with Nick Deflaminis of Sonik Foundry
13. Sonik Foundry - Mechanized
14. Sonik Foundry - Stigmata
15. Sonik Foundry - Columbine Soldiers
16. Sonik Foundry - My Experiment
17. Sonik Foundry - 5e7en 51nz

18. E.I.D and Lady Industrial - My Nightmare
19. Vigilante - Resistr [live]
20. Wynardtage - Demons Right Behind You [remixed by Grendel]
21. I:Scintilla - Prey On You [Studio-X Hard Dance Remix]
22. Lacuna Coil - I Want It [Interface remix]
23. Vanished Empire - Combat-Hi=Psychosis
24. Proyecto Crisis - American Scandals
25. Feindflug - Wintergedanken [Spekulatius Mix]

First Year on Last FM: 12/06/08 - 12/05/09

Total number of scrobbles: 17421

Most Listened To Artists of Year 1:



1. Flowing Tears (843)
2. Autumn (802)
3. Within Temptation (713)
4. Kamelot (675)
5. U2 (615)
6. Lacuna Coil (571)
7. Stream of Passion (549)
8. Epica (540)
9. After Forever (475)
10. Coldplay (430)
11. Daughtry (424)
12. Darren Hayes (390)
13. Conception (363)
14. Kells (348)
15. Seal (346)
16. WitchBreed (332)
17. Xandria (321)
18. Tori Amos (288)
19. KT Tunstall (271)
20. Delta Goodrem (266)


Most Listened To Albums of Year 1:



1. Flowing Tears – Thy Kingdom Come (494)
2. Autumn – Altitude (402)
3. Kells – Lueurs (346)
4. Stream of Passion – The Flame Within (323)
5. WitchBreed – Heretic Rapture (298)
6. Flowing Tears – Serpentine (295)
7. Amanda Somerville – Windows (264)
8. Luna Obscura – Feltia (238)
9. Kingfisher Sky – Hallway of Dreams (227)
9. Conception – Flow (227)
11. Kamelot – The Black Halo (221)
12. Autumn – My New Time (212)
13. Coldplay – X&Y (209)
14. Dejafuse – DejaFuse (208)
15. Amberian Dawn – River Of Tuoni (202)
16. After Forever – After Forever (190)
17. Dendura – New Life (189)
17. Daughtry – Leave this Town (189)
19. Lacuna Coil – Comalies (187)
20. Karmina – Backwards into Beauty (185)


Most Listened To Songs of Year 1:



1. Flowing Tears – Pain Has Taken Over(75)
2. Flowing Tears – The War We Left Behind (66)
3. Autumn – Skydancer (63)
4. Autumn – Paradise Nox(61)
5. Flowing Tears – Rain of a Thousand Years (57)
6. Autumn – Altitude (55)
6. Autumn – A Minor Dance (55)
8. Luna Obscura – The Ancient One (48)
8. Flowing Tears – Orchidfire (48)
8. Flowing Tears – Grey(48)
11. Flowing Tears – Colossal Shaped Despair (46)
12. Flowing Tears – Children of the Sun (45)
13. Kells – Avant que tu...(42)
13. Flowing Tears – For Tonight (42)
15. Flowing Tears – Merlin (41)
16. Flowing Tears – Thy Kingdom Gone (40)
16. Epica – Dance of Fate (40)
16. Conception – Cardinal Sin (40)
19, WitchBreed – Thy Eclipse (39)
20. Flowing Tears – For My Enemies (38)
20. Dendura – Isis (38)


I guess Flowing Tears took over my life musically this past year, huh? *lol*


Most Used Tags in Year 1: