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Fri 20 Nov – Alice Cooper, Interitus

Ještě loni jsem se obával, že svého nejoblíbenějšího interpreta naživo nikdy neuvidím a rok poté odcházím podruhé nadšen z jeho koncertu v Čechách. Tentokrát jsem navíc jakožto plzeňák nemusel řešit žádné problémy s dopravou a okolo páté natěšeně opouštím domov.

Těsne před šestou dorazila naše skupinka před hokejovou halu ČEZ a byla mile překvapená, že je mezi prvními nadšenci. Musím pochválit organizaci. Tak hladce jsem se už dlouho nedostal k podiu. Naprosto nic se neprotahovalo a okolo sedmé se otevřely dveře haly. Rychle čapnout nějaký časopis a hurá na plac. Ulovili jsme druhou řadu uprostřed a čekání začalo. Díky časopisům a lidem okolo mě ta hoďka utekla vcelku rychle. A byl jsem mile překvapen, že všechno šlapalo. Začla osmá hodina a Interitus naběhl na scénu. Jejich vystoupení nijak hodnotit nebudu, nejedná se o muziku, která by mě jakýmkoliv způsobem brala. Jen si snad rýpnu do toho, že ač jsem nikdy nešel na jejich koncert, díky jejich předkapelování znám už jejich tvorbu téměř zpaměti. Naštěstí Interitus po cca 40ti minutách poděkovali publiku a uvolnili podium pro velkého principála.

Velká plachta byla natažena a za ní už se chystaly rekvizity, kterých rozhodně nebylo málo. Něco málo zvučení, plachta jde dolů a největší hudební divadlo se rozjíždí. A rozjíždí se opravdu ve velkém. Dave Mustaine (Megadeth) často prohlašuje:"Prostě to do lidí od začátkku sypeme, není potřeba slov." Tohle Cooper splňuje na sto procent. Jeho show jede a jede. Jakmile začíná jedna písnička, člověk už vůbec netuší, co se stalo v předchozí. Intro v podobě School's Out a následná úvodní Department of Youth jasně ukazuje, že všichni muzikanti dorazili ze své poslední slovenské štace bez problémů a jsou v úžasné pohodě. Za bicími sice nesedí král rocku Eric Singer, který se momentálně věnuje aktivitám s KISS, ale Jimmy DeGrasso (bývalý bubeník Megadeth) je výtečnou náhradou. Škoda, že přes fotografy jsme první 4 písničky viděli jen minimum, za což si muži s fotoaparáty vysloužili řadu nadávek. Alice mě mile překvapil, že v setlistu se alespoň dotkl mého oblíbeného alba Brutal Planet a hned ze začátku do nás nasypal Wicked Young Man, při níž si to mašíruje před lidmi. Popisovat show nemá smysl. Nevěřili tomu ani ti, kteří jí viděli na vlastní oči. Smrt se tentokrát konala hned čtyřikrát. Gilotina hned zkraje, šibenice také na Alice nezabrala, tak zkusila jeho dvorní nemocniční sestra Tiffany Lowe ještě injekční stříkačku během Poison. Během ní se už probudili i ti, kteří první část koncertu chytali dech. Na závěr byl ještě král schockrocku prošpikován bodáky a přesto opět ožívá a valí do lidí další hity. Neuvěřitelný návrat v podobě skladby Vengeance is Mine nastartoval poslední třetinu. Tato skladba stejně jako loni získala naživo ještě silnější atmosféru než na desce a Alice Cooper jakožto pavouk, lezoucí po schodech nad hlavami všech platících, byl pro mě jeden z mnoha vrcholů večera. Následná smršť nemá obdoby. Jen zkoukněte setlist, co všechno stihli muzikanti nasypat do lidí během své show. Publikum chytá korálě při Dirty Diamonds, dolary u Billion Dollar Babies, či si háže s balóny u opakování School's Out.

Nepopsatelný zážitek a stejně jako loni se pro mě stalo tohle divadlo koncertem a hudebním vrcholem roku. Klidně bych si z Alice udělal předvánoční tradici. Rozsvícená světla, nepořádek všude kolem a vyčerpáni odcházíme domů. Krásné.

Vrcholy koncertu šíleného fanouška: Department of Youth, Go To Hell, Cold Ethyl, Vengeance Is Mine, Dirty Diamonds, Under My Wheels

Setlist:

School's Out (part only) / Department of Youth / Eighteen / Wicked Young Man / Ballad of Dwight Fry / Go To Hell / Guilty / Welcome To My Nightmare / Cold Ethyl / Poison / The Awakening / From The Inside (w/ extended instrumental) / Nurse Rozetta / Is It My Body / Be My Lover / Only Women Bleed / I Never Cry / The Black Widow (Instrumental) / Vengeance Is Mine / Devil's Food / Dirty Diamonds / Billion Dollar Babies / Killer / I Love The Dead (excerpt) / No More Mr. Nice Guy / Under My Wheels / Schools Out (full version)

Introduction

These are all the artists from the Beginner and Medium Thrasher series. Overtime the 3.0 series will be added. There are also quick links to the whole series from here.

Beginner Series

1. A.R.G -
2. Assassin -
3. Anthrax -
4. Artillery -
5. Annihilator -
6. Aggression –
7. Avenger Of Blood -
8. Accept –
9. Acid Drinkers -
10. Agent Steel -
11. Abattoir -
12. Betrayer -
13. Battered -
14. Blessed Death -
15. Blood Feast –
16. Blind Illusion -
17. Believer –
18. Bywar -
19. Bewitched -
20. Bonded By Blood –
21. Cerebral Fix -
22. Cranium -
23. Carnivore -
24. Cryptic Slaughter -
25. Coroner -
26. D.A.M –
27. Dead Horse -
28. Dead Head -
29. Dekapitator -
30. D.B.C. -
31. Dark Angel -
32. Death Angel -
33. D.R.I. –
34. Destroyer 666 -
35. Destruction -
36. Evildead -
37. Exciter -
38. Exumer -
39. Excel -
40. Exhorder -
41. Evile -
42. Exorcist –
43. Exodus -
44. Flotsam and Jetsam -
45. Forbidden –
46. Gama Bomb -
47. Hirax -
48. Hexenhaus -
49. Heathen -
50. Holy Moses -
51. Holy Terror –
52. Iron Angel -
53. Invocator -
54. Intruder (US) -
55. Kreator -
56. Living Death –
57. Laaz Rockit -
58. Legion of the Damned -
59. Mortal Sin –
60. Metal Church -
61. Morbid Saint -
62. Merciless Death -
63. Megadeth -
64. Metallica –
65. Municipal Waste -
66. Nuclear Assault -
67. Nasty Savage –
68. Overdose -
69. Overkill -
70. Onslaught-
71. Protector –
72. Re-Animator -
73. Realm -
74. Razor -
75. Rigor Mortis –
76. Sepultura -
77. Sanctuary -
78. Sacred Reich -
79. Sacrifice -
80. S.O.D. -
81. Suicidal Tendencies -
82. SSS (a.k.a Short Sharp Shock) -
83. Sodom -
84. Slayer -
85. Stone (FIN) -
86. Sarcófago –
87. Sabbat –
88. Twelfth Gate -
89. Testament -
90. Tankard -
91. Toxik -
92. Toxic Holocaust –
93. Wargasm -
94. Warbringer -
95. Whiplash -
96. Voivod -
97. Vulcano -
98. Volcano -
99. Vio-Lence -
100. Xentrix -

Medium Series

1. Accuser
2. Acid Reign
3. Annihilated
4. Asmodis
5. Atrophy
6. At War
7. Bitter End
8. Blitzkrieg
9. Ceremony
10. Cyclone
11. Deathrow
12. Demolition Hammer
13. Desaster
14. Dyoxen
15. E-X-E
16. Eliminator
17. Executioner
18. Forced Entry (US)
19. Fuck Off (SPA)
20. Fueled by Fire
21. Gammacide
22. Gothic Slam
23. Grinder
24. Hallows Eve
25. Hatesphere
26. Hellish Crossfire,
27. Hypnosia
28. Imagika
29. Lich King
30. Mace
31. Manipulated Slaves
32. Mega Mosh
33. Meliah Rage
34. Meltdown (US)
35. Negligence
36. Num Skull
37. Obliveon
38. Ripping Corpse
39. Ritual Carnage
40. Sacrament
41. Sadus
42. SDI
43. Serpent Obscene
44. Skullbreaker
45. Space Eater
46. Temple of Blood
47. Vendetta
48. Viking
49. Violator
50. Violent Force
51. Voice of Destruction
52. Watchtower
53. Wehrmacht
54. Wolf Spider

Links

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jasper-d's top albums (overall)
1. Skid Row - Skid Row (614) 2. CRASHDÏET - Rest In Sleaze (525) 3. KISS - The Very Best Of Kiss (406) 4. Murderdolls - Beyond the Valley of the Murderdolls (399) 5. Skid Row - Slave to the Grind (348) 6. Hardcore Superstar - Hardcore Superstar (345) 7. Vains of Jenna - Lit Up Let Down (340) 8. Blackrain - License to Thrill (315) 9. Equilibrium - Sagas (295) 10. Equilibrium - Turis Fratyr (278) 11. W.A.S.P. - Inside the Electric Circus (274) 12. Blitzkid - Trace of a Stranger (266) 13. Blitzkid - Five Cellars Below (255) 14. Sister - Sister (241) 15. The Texas Drag Queen Massacre - Skele-Tunes (236) 16. Skid Row - Subhuman Race (230) 17. Hardcore Superstar - Dreamin' In A Casket (229) 18. Mötley Crüe - Greatest Hits (214) 19. W.A.S.P. - Helldorado (192) 20. Mötley Crüe - Shout at the Devil (180) 21. Shotgun Messiah - Second Coming (180) 22. Death - Scream Bloody Gore (172) 23. Exodus - Tempo of the Damned (166) 24. Children of Bodom - Are You Dead Yet? (160) 25. Various Artists - Suicide Season (157) 26. Vader - The Ultimate Incantation (155) 27. Misfits - American Phsycho (153) 28. The 69 Eyes - Motor City Resurrection (153) 29. Macabre - Behind the Wall of Sleep (147) 30. Peppermint Creeps - Cover Up (143) 31. Hanoi Rocks - This One's For Rock'n'roll - The Best Of Hanoi Rocks 1980-2008 (140) 32. L.A. Guns - Tales From the Strip (138) 33. Children of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll (134) 34. Aiden - Conviction (130) 35. Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction (130) 36. Marilyn Manson - Eat Me Drink Me (127) 37. Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction (123) 38. Hardcore Superstar - Beg For It (122) 39. W.A.S.P. - Dominator (122) 40. Death - Symbolic (Remastered) (122) 41. Mötley Crüe - Saints Of Los Angeles (120) 42. Mötley Crüe - Dr. Feelgood (114) 43. Cannibal Corpse - Evisceration Plague (111) 44. Legion of the Damned - Feel The Blade (111) 45. Finntroll - Ur Jordens Djup (109) 46. Mista Min - Mista Min (107) 47. Bring Me the Horizon - Count Your Blessings (106) 48. Obituary - Xecutioner's Return (103) 49. Michael Giacchino - Lost: Season 4 (103) 50. Children of Bodom - Blooddrunk (DVD) (102)

1. What's your favorite song by #15 (Brand New)?
- Jude Law and a Semester Abroad

2. How did you get into #20 (Linkin Park)?
- Umm. I remember I had heard some of their songs before, but I actually didn't know anything about Linkin Park or that they were theirs. In 2005 I saw them performing Breaking the Habit in Live 8 concert (yeah on TV of course) and I was like "hey this sounds familiar !". I fell in love, and when I started listening to more of their songs, I realized I had heard many of them before. :3

3. Who is your favorite member in #1 (Relient K)?
- Dave. He will always be part of Relient K <3

4. Whats your favorite lyric bit by #29 (Zebrahead)?
- I got a girlfriend only she don't know it yet (The Anthem)

5. Have you ever seen #22 (Sublime) live?
- No. :<

6. What's your favorite album from #10 (Bullet For My Valentine)?
- The Poison

7. Do you own any merchandise from #3 (Boys Like Girls)?
- No I don't. :<

8. What is a good memory you have of #7 (Take Notice)?
- Well, I have talked with Trey and Noah on Facebook. XD

9. Is there a member of the same age as you in #2 (Allister)?
- No there isn't.

10. When did you first get into #8 (Green Day)?
- In 2004 when American Idiot was released.

11. Who likes #4 (Pinhead Gunpowder) along with you?
- I dunno. I hope somebody does :DDD

12. Which song did you first hear from #16 (Panic! At the Disco)?
- The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage

13. What song made you fall in love with #5 (Sum 41)?
- Subject to Change

14. Which song do you not like by #18 (Megadeth)?
- Prince of Darkness, I guess.

15. Why do you like #14's (Mest) songs?
- They are so energetic and I love Tony's voice.

16. Where did you first hear #6 (Avenged Sevenfold)?
- At home when playing Guitar Hero II or SSX On Tour. I guess it was SSX On Tour first.

17. How long was #19 (P.O.D.) a band before you liked them?
- Umm this is hard. At least for 10 years. I had heard Youth of the Nation many many years ago, but I started listening to them for couple of years ago.

18. Does #13 (The Click Five) have a song that gives you a bad memory?
- Actually no. :D

19. When did you get into #17 (Kaiser Chiefs)?
- Couple years ago.

20. How long have you been into #9 (Simple Plan)?
- Ah Simple Plan :DDDDDD It was the first real pop punk band I ever found (and I found them by accident !) in summer of 2005. So, for 4 and ½ years. Still love their music. :)

21. If #11 (Firevision) had a concert 300 miles away, would you drive there to see them?
- Yeah sure. But I think they aren't active anymore. :<

22. How many CDs do you own of #12 (AFI)?
- Only 2. I should get more.

23. Does #21 (My Chemical Romance) have a song that makes you cry?
- Oh yes it does.

24. Does #27 (blink-182) have a song that makes you happy?
- Definitely. Lots of them :>

25. Does #23 (Fall Out Boy) have a song that makes you smile?
- Yeah. They have many songs that are nostalgic to me.

26. What's the last song you've listened to from #28 (DragonForce)?
- Heartbreak Armageddon

27. Is there a song by #32 (Beastie Boys) that you've listened to more than 30 times?
- Probably no.

28. What is a song from #50 (The White Stripes) that you've only listened to once?
- You Don't Know What Love Is [You Just Do As You're Told]

29. Is there a song you are sick of hearing by #24 (Rise Against)?
- Nope. :]

30. What song got you into #40 (Dream Theater)?
- Pull Me Under

31. What is your favorite single by #25 (Bad Religion)?
- American Jesus

32. If #49 (Mae) hated you, what would you do?
- Umm well. I guess I would get confused cause I have been their fan for many years, and their music is really important to me.

33. What would you say if one of the members from #42 (Eleventyseven) asked you out?
- I would say yes :DDD Love them all

34. Would you care if #41 (Rush) had a boyfriend/girlfriend?
- XDDDDD lol. Well, to be honest, I wouldn't care at all.

35. Who has the best voice in #46 (Cartel)?
- Will, I guess. I haven't heard anybody else singing.

36. Do you think #26 (The Hives) is/are good-looking?
- Yeah sure.

37. How many times have you listened to your favorite song by #36 (Bonobo)?
- 28.

38. How many CDs do you own of #30 (Just Surrender)?
- One.

39. Is there a song from #38 (Fenix TX) that makes you mad?
- No there isn't. :D

40. Which member from #31 (MC Lars) do you want to see go solo?
- Well he's already. :D

41. What does your favorite song from #3 (Boys Like Girls) remind you of?
- :DDDDDDD About somebody :3

42. Did you hate #43 (The Acro-brats) at first?
- No

43. Does your best friend also listen to #33 (Hellogoodbye)?
- No

44. Do you think your parents would like #37 (Sugarcult)?
- Probably no

45. Does #47 (Minor Threat) have a song that makes you want to dance?
- No xDDD

46. Have you ever seen #34 (Tickle Me Pink) in person?
- No

47. Do you like #44's (3 Doors Down) name?
- Yes

48. Is there someone in #45 (Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives) that you want to go out with?
- I dunno

49. Do you know anyone that hates #39 (Millencolin)?
- No I don't

50. Have you ever danced to a song from #35 (Jesse McCartney)?
- No :D

Intro

Well, a few days ago I realised it was my 3rd anniversary. Unfortunately, it was my 3rd birthday back on the 9th October. So, in true Martinesque fashion this journal is well over a month late. So I apologise for this very late journal, hopefully the content is worth the wait.

My 3rd Year

It’s been a bit of a funny old year really. I am sure I haven’t bought as many albums as I had this time last year. Were as last year, I was largely filling in the gaps of my music collection, this year almost all of my purchases have been new artists (except from a few new releases from bands already on my ipod). This seems to have largely been based around my attendance to a few gigs and trying to get as much of the bands back catalogue as possible both before and after the gigs. As well as new artists been added to my charts, there has been some movement in amongst my charts for the more established artists. From about 6 downwards, there has been movement. The top 5 still remains, but below there has been major movement which is an encouraging sign. The top 5 looks like it could finally get broken in the near future too. I feel this is last year’s purchases taking effect which have established some artists into higher positions.

The Gigs

Well since October last year, I have been to some cracking gigs. My first of that period was Priest Feast back in February of this year, were I saw Judas Priest, Megadeth and Testament. Now I had seen Megadeth before and was quite familiar with they’re material (see my charts ;-)) but I hadn’t had the pleasure of seeing Judas Priest or Testament or hearing they’re material. I checked both bands material and frankly both of them were very good. Testament were my favourite of the two though, but I must say that Judas Priest were the best of the bunch live. I have bought almost of each bands material now, which just demonstrates how gigs are a great way of finding great music.

My next gig was in April, with The Prodigy supported by Dizzee Rascal playing at Sheffield. I knew all of The Prodigy material however wasn’t expecting much of Dizzee Rascal and wasn’t intending to check out his material. But despite my low expectations for the bloke, he was brilliant. He had so much energy and he pulled off the beats brilliantly. In fact the whole venue was rocking, including myself! Despite Dizzee Rascal been somewhat of a positive surprise, The Prodigy would truly blow me away. They were absolutely phenomenal and remain the best act I have ever seen. They were so intense and I think I must have lost about a pint in sweat! I came out absolutely fucked and was still fucked in the morning.

The next gig was Progressive Nation in October. This was a good gig, but it wasn’t as good as it could have been. Despite me boning up on some Opeth, the majority of their set was from other albums. The same problem happened with Dream Theater, though this time it was even worse as I actually owned quite a few of their albums, yet they still barely played any material from them! Very disappointing, but just bad luck I suppose.

As a result of these gigs, I have checked out some quality bands who will make an impact on my charts within the next year or two. I am going to see Rammstein next year too, so I am checking out they’re material as we speak :-)

Hip-Hop: A Youtube Phenomenon?

One of the more bizarre events of this last year on Last FM was my “discovery” of Hip Hop via You Tube. Don’t ask me why, but one day I decided I would check out some Hip Hop/Rap on You Tube. I was at work and was a little bored. I decided rather than spend my time browsing the internet; I would design a signature for another site I post on. I started having a go, but couldn’t concentrate. I needed some music, but unfortunately my ITunes library at work was out of action. So I turned to You Tube and sat they’re thinking what I could listen to. I didn’t want to listen to rock/metal, I wanted something different or maybe something I hadn’t heard before. In the end, I thought of what was the opposite of metal. In a split second I thought Rap and decided to check some out. I instantly thought of Wu Tang Clan because I had heard Gravel Pit a few times and kinda liked it. That was the beginning of the end and I started checking out other Wu Tang Clan stuff. In a strange way, it helped me concentrate; I could appreciate the intelligent word play as well as the subtle beats in the background. Amongst my favourites of Wu Tang Clan were Protect Ya Neck, Da Mystery of Chessboxin' and Triumph. I then checked out some N.W.A, BodyCount and some Skee-Lo. So, for a genre I once hated, I discovered stuff I liked within a week. I haven’t bought any Hip Hop stuff, but it’s certainly a genre I would want to check out in future. So, watch this space guys!

Stats

As with the last “Last FM Birthday” journal I will analyse my top 10 and what’s happened well since last October/November within my top 10.

1. Megadeth

Overall Plays – 4,312
Plays Since Last Birthday – 1,193
Summary – Still top by a comfortable margin and frankly not much has changed. A new album gave these guys a boost but I think by and large these guys are living off the sheer amount of material I have of theirs already. They’re large discography allows them to have a heavy presence in the shuffles I play, so it’s certainly going to be a long time before these guys from the top spot. Not saying they are not a great band, but I have been listening to them a while and I am not as much of a fan boy as I used to be.

2. Iron Maiden

Overall Plays – 3,658
Plays Since Last Birthday – 1,078
Summary – Much the same as the Megadeth situation really. No new material for a while now and I say they are less likely to release new material than Megadeth are. Iron Maiden are, unsurprisingly, another non mover.


3. Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Overall Plays – 2,981
Plays Since Last Birthday – 862
Summary – Yet another band who have “stagnated” really. A new album is supposedly on its way. But I can’t see it making enough impact to move the RHCP’s into the top two. The only way is down really, especially as I have been listening to them even longer than I have Iron Maiden or Megadeth.

4. Led Zeppelin

Overall Plays – 2,445
Plays Since Last Birthday – 779
Summary – A band that I hold in higher esteem than RHCP’s but not Iron Maiden or Megadeth. I have by and large got they’re material except the odd live album and session album which I would be interested in. Unfortunately that’s not going to happen, because frankly I want to concentrate on either new bands or artists near the bottom of my charts who have little material. Another band I expect to go downhill in my charts, despite the new material I feel this will be of minimal impact.

5. Thin Lizzy

Overall Plays – 1,984
Plays Since Last Birthday – 586
Summary – Man o man, I cannot remember the last time I bought an album by these guys. A cracking rock band too. Despite been one of the more established artists in my charts, I still have plenty of material to purchase of theirs. I am very surprised they are still in the same place in my charts to be honest, they are obviously still relying by and large on the plays from the double disc greatest hits album I bought ages ago. Expect them to maybe fall before making a rise again once I get more material.

6. Madness

Overall Plays – 1,836
Plays Since Last Birthday – 791
Summary – A great year for these guys, they have moved up three places in my charts. They even have had more plays in the last 12 months than both Led Zeppelin and Thin Lizzy. Frankly it’s deserved after they have released what must be one of the albums of 2009 in Liberty of Norton Folgate. I still have plenty of material to check out and they are looking increasingly likely to be the first band to break the “big five”.

7. Jimi Hendrix

Overall Plays – 1,832
Plays Since Last Birthday – 741
Summary – Hot on heels of Madness, Jimi Hendrix is another artist that will break into the top five in my opinion. The man is an absolute genius and produces music that is simply out of this world. I still have a few more albums to purchase of his and like Madness, he has had more more plays in the last 12 months than Led Zeppelin and Thin Lizzy.

8. Black Sabbath

Overall Plays – 1,783
Plays Since Last Birthday – 505
Summary – A terrible 12 months for Black Sabbath. They have dropped like a stone by two places and could drop even further. However, like Thin Lizzy, there is hope. I do not own the majority of their albums, so hopefully they guys might “recover” if you like. Black Sabbath are another band who have been riding high on a greatest hits package and a few albums, only for the plays to dry up as other bands have developed and they haven’t. In fact, they are only rated 22nd out of 36 bands with regards to plays for the last 12 months. I think that tells its own story.

9. The Prodigy

Overall Plays– 1,761
Plays Since Last Birthday – 835
Summary – Well, the electro punks have finally gate crashed the party. I can’t think of many bands that I rate higher right now. The wall of noise they produce is downright astonishing and they are certainly trailblazers in my charts. They are the only electronica band in my charts and for them to even reach the top 10 is fantastic. They’re live show is fantastic and they’re new album is a return to form. I must say the amount of brilliant b-sides which I downloaded from ITunes recently won’t exactly have hindered they’re progression. Expect them to overtake Black Sabbath.

10. Electric Light Orchestra

Overall Plays – 1,703
Plays Since Last Birthday - 724
Summary – Certainly the nicest band in my top ten, and I can’t help feeling they’re feeling the benefit of been great revising music. But, let’s not take anything away from them. They make lush, layered, progressive rock music. They are innovators and they’re whole sound fits in well together. It helps having a cracking front man and songwriter in Jeff Lynne too. They have produced classic albums and I have barely scratched the service with these guys really. Potentially another band who could find themselves moving up my charts.

Conclusion

Boy, I never realised what an interesting year on Last FM it has been until I actually sat down and thought about it. It’s been a nice surprise really, rather than simply filling in gaps in my music collection I have found myself integrating new bands into my music library. This is down to the gigs mainly, which have forced me to discover some cracking music. Judas Priest, Testament and Opethall have exciting futures ahead of them in my charts. I am checking out Rammstein as we speak because I am seeing them in February, which should be cool. While I am in the mode of checking out new stuff, I thought I might as well action some recommendations that Stubbsy67 gave me aaaggeesss ago - Machinae Supremacy and Soulcage. So do not despair Shaun, I have been listening ;-) So another exciting year of music beckons and frankly I can’t wait to get my teeth into it. Keep your eyes peeled for my next journal by the way, which will be my top 10 album discoveries of 2009.

Hope you enjoyed reading this journal, your comments would be much appreciated :-)

Cd's I bought today:
Misery Index - Discordia
Voivod - Voivod

(All Bought)
!T.O.O.H.! - Rad A Trest
3 Inches of Blood - Advance and Vanquish
3 Inches of Blood- Trial Of Champions
Aborted - The Archaic Abattoir
The Absence - From Your Grave
...and Oceans - A.m.g.o.d.
Abaddon Incarnate - The Last Supper
Absu - Absu
Acid Bath - Demos: 1993-1996
Agathodaimon - Higher Art of Rebellion
Agathodaimon - Serpent's Embrace
The Agony Scene - The Darkest Red
Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Honky Reduction
Akercocke - Choronzon
Alice In Chains - Dirt
American Head Charge - Can't Stop The Machine
American Head Charge - The Feeding
American Head Charge - The War of Art
Amon Amarth - Fate of Norns
Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thundergod
Amon Amarth - Verses the World [2 CD Edition]
Amon Amarth - With Oden on Our Side
Amorphis - Far From the Sun
Anaal Nathrakh - The Codex Necro
Anal Cunt - It Just Gets Worse
Angel Corpse - Of Lucifer and Lightning
Animosity - Animal
Anthrax - Among The Living
Anthrax - Attack of the Killer B's
Anthrax - Sound of White Noise
Anthrax - Spreading the Disease
Apocalyptica - Plays Metallica By Four Cellos
Arch Enemy - Anthems of Rebellion
Arch Enemy - Black Earth
Arch Enemy - Burning Bridges
Arch Enemy - Dead Eyes See No Future
Arch Enemy - Doomsday Machine
Arch Enemy - Rise Of The Tyrant
Arch Enemy - Stigmata
Arch Enemy - Wages Of Sin [Special Edition]
A Tribute to the Four Horsemen
At the Gates - The Red in the Sky Is Ours
Austrian Death Machine - A Very Brutal Christmas
Austrian Death Machine - Double Brutal
Austrian Death Machine - Total Brutal
Bathory - Nordland
The Beavis and Butthead Experience
Behemoth – Demigod
Behemoth - Pandemonic Incantations
Behemoth – Satanica
Behemoth – The Apostasy
Belphegor - Pestapokalypse VI
Benümb - Withering Strands of Hope
The Berzerker - Dissimulate
The Berzerker - World of Lies
Beyond The Embrace - Insect Song
Biomechanical - The Empires of the Worlds
The Black Dahlia Murder - Deflorate
The Black Dahlia Murder - Unhallowed
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath - Children of the Grave
Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Black Sabbath - Sabotage
Blo.Torch - Blo.Torch
Bloodbath - Breeding Death
Bloodbath - Nightmares Made Flesh
Bloodbath - Resurection Through Carnage
Bloodbath - The Fathomless Mastery
Bloodbath - The Wacken Carnage
Bloodbath - Unblessing The Purity
Blood Duster - Blood Duster
Blood Red Throne - Come Death
Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal
Bonded By Blood - Feed The Beast [2 Disc Special Edition]
Borknagar – Epic
Bring You to Your Knees: A Tribute to Guns 'n Roses
Buried Dreams – Necrosphere
Burn the Priest - Burn the Priest
Burzum - Hliðskjálf
Callenish Circle - Forbidden Empathy
Cannibal Corpse - The Bleeding
Cannibal Corpse - Bloodthirst
Cannibal Corpse - Butchered at Birth
Cannibal Corpse - Centuries Of Torment: The First 20 Years DVD
Cannibal Corpse - Evisceration Plague [Special Edition]
Cannibal Corpse - Eaten Back to Life
Cannibal Corpse - Live Cannibalism
Cannibal Corpse - Gore Obsessed
Cannibal Corpse - Kill
Cannibal Corpse - The Wretched Spawn
Cannibal Corpse - Vile
Cannibal Corpse - Worm Infested
Carcass - Necroticism-Descanting the Insalubrious
Carcass - Heartwork
Carcass - Reek of Putrefaction
Carcass - Swansong
Cardiac Necropsy - Scumwhore Superstar!!!
Carnal Forge - Who's Gonna Burn
Carnifex -The Diseased And The Poisoned
Cattle Decapitation - Karma.Bloody.Karma
Cattle Decapitation - To Serve Man
Cavalera Conspiracy - Inflikted
Celtic Frost – Monotheist
Century Media 2006 Sampler
Century Media Distro Spring Sampler Volume 3
Cephalic Carnage - Anomalies
Cephalic Carnage - Conforming to Abnormality [Reissue]
Cephalic Carnage - Exploiting Dysfunction
Cephalic Carnage - Xenosapien
Children of Bodom - Are You Dead Yet?
Children of Bodom - Follow the Reaper
Children of Bodom - Hatebreeder
Children of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll
Children of Bodom - Trashed, Lost & Strungout
Chimaira - Chimaira
Chimaira - Impossibility of Reason
Chimaira - The Infection
Chimaira - Pass Out of Existence
Chimaira - Resurrection
Circle of Dead Children - Exotic Sense Decay
Coal Chamber - Chamber Music
Coal Chamber - Coal Chamber
Coal Chamber - Dark Days
Coal Chamber - Giving the Devil his Due
Coldworker - The Contaminated Void
Contaminated 5.0: Relapse Records Music Sampler
Contaminated 6.0: Relapse Records Music Sampler
Contaminated Vol. 7 Relapse Records Music Sampler
Council of the Fallen - Deciphering the Soul
The County Medical Examiners - Olidous Operettas [Special Edition]
Cradle of Filth - Bitter Suites to Succubi
Cradle of Filth - Cruelty and the Beast
Cradle of Filth - Damnation and A Day
Cradle of Filth - Lovecraft & Witch Hearts
Cradle of Filth - Midian
Cradle of Filth - Nymphetamine
Cradle of Filth - Thornography
Criminal - Dead Soul
Cryptopsy - Once Was Not [Special Edition]
Cryptopsy - None So Live
Cryptopsy - The Unspoken King
Cryptopsy - Whisper Supremacy
Daath – Hinderers
Dalmerot's Kingdom - Ha'mistorin Ha'nitzchi
Damageplan - New Found Power
Danzig - Danzig
Danzig - The Lost Tracks of Danzig
Darkane - Rusted Angel
Dark Tranquillity – Character
Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done
Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery [Deluxe Edition]
Dawn of Azazel - Sedition
Death - Individual Thought Patterns
Death - Symbolic [The Expanded Edition]
Death - Scream Bloody Gore
Death Angel - Act III
Death Breath – Let it Sink
Death Breath - Stinking Up the Night
Decapitated - Organic Halucinosis
Deeds of Flesh - Inbreeding the Anthropophagi
Dekapitator - Storm Before the Calm
Dethklok - The Dethalbum
Dethklok - Dethalbum II
Disgorge – Gorelics
Dismal Euphony - Autumn Leaves - A Rebellion Of Tides
Deicide - The Best of Deicide
Deicide - Insineratehymn
Deicide - Legion
Deicide - Once Upon the Cross
Deicide - Scars of the Crucifix
Deicide - Stench of Redemption [Box Set Edition]
Deicide - Til Death Do Us Part [Special Edition]
Demon Hunter - Summer of Darkness
Destruction - Inventor of Evil
DevilDriver - Devildriver
DevilDriver - The Fury of Our Maker's Hand
DevilDriver - The Last Kind Words [Bonus Track]
DevilDriver - Pray For Villains [Special Edition]
Dimmu Borgir - Death Cult Armageddon
Dimmu Borgir - For All Tid [Special Edition]
Dimmu Borgir - Godless Savage Garden [Reissue]
Dimmu Borgir - In Sorte Diaboli [Digipack]
Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
Dimmu Borgir - Spiritual Black Dimensions
Dimmu Borgir - Stormblåst
Dimmu Borgir - Stormblåst [Reissue]
Disbelief – Disbelief
Disbelief – Infected
Disturbed – Believe
Disturbed - The Sickness (Signed)
Disturbed - Ten Thousand Fists (Signed)
Divine Heresy - Bleed The Fifth (Signed)
Divine Heresy - Bringer Of Plagues
Drawn and Quartered - Return of the Black Death
Drawn and Quartered - Merciless Hammer of Lucifer [Limited Edition]
Dream Evil - United
Dream Theater - Awake
Dying Fetus - Descend Into Depravity
Dying Fetus - Destroy the Opposition
Dying Fetus - Killing on Adrenaline
Dying Fetus - War Of Attrition
E-Force - Evil Forces
Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse
Enforsaken - The Forever Endeavor
Ensiferum - Iron
Entombed - Entombed
Evile - Enter the Grave
Exhumed - Gore Metal
Exodus - Fabulous Disaster
Exodus - Shovel Headed Kill Machine
Faith No More - Album of the Year
Faith No More - The Real Thing
Fear Factory - Archetype [Digipack]
Fear Factory - Demanufacture [Digipack]
Fear Factory - Digimortal
Fear Factory - Hatefiles
Fear Factory - Obsolete [Digipack]
Fear Factory - Soul of a New Machine [Digipack]
Fear Factory - Transgression
Finntroll - Ur Jordens Djup
Five.Bolt.Main - Venting
Fleshcrawl - Structures of Death (Digital Release)
Freddy Vs. Jason OST
Gadget – Remote
Gama Bomb - Citizen Brain
Goatwhore - A Haunting Curse
God Dethroned - Into the Lungs of Hell [Digi-Pack] (Signed)
God Dethroned - The Toxic Touch
God Forbid - IV: Constitution of Treason
God Forbid - Gone Forever
Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh
Gorgasm - Masticate to Dominate
Gorgoroth - Antichrist
Gorgoroth - Pentagram
Gorgoroth - Twilight of the Idols
Gorguts - Considered Dead
Gorguts - The Erosion of Insanity
Gorguts – Obscura
Graveworm - (N)utopia
Grimfist - Ghouls of Grandeur
Gwar - America Must be Destroyed
Gwar - Beyond Hell
Gwar – Hell-O!
Gwar - Scumdogs of the Universe
Gwar - Violence Has Arrived
Hammerfall Sampler
Hatebreed – Perseverance
Hatebreed - Rise of Brutality
Hatebreed - Supremacy
Hate Eternal - I, Monarch
The Haunted - The Dead Eye [Special Edition]
The Haunted - Made Me Do It
The Haunted - One Kill Wonder
The Haunted - rEVOLVEr [Digipack]
The Haunted - Versus
The Heart of Roadrunner Records
Heaven Shall Burn - Antigone
Heavy Metal 2000 OST
Hecate Enthroned - Kings of Chaos
Hellhammer - Demon Entrails
Hypocrisy – Abducted
Hypocrisy - The Arrival
Hypocrisy - Into the Abyss
Hypocrisy – Virus
Hyngd - Demo
I – Between Two Worlds
Iced Earth - Days of Purgatory
Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon
Identity 5: I Defy
Identity, Vol. 8
Impaled - Medical Waste
Impaled Nazarene - Pro Patria Finlandia
Impending Doom - Nailed. Dead. Risen.
Imperanon – Stained
Incantation - Mortal Throne of Nazarene
In Flames - Come Clarity [Digipack] (Signed)
In Flames – Colony
In Flames – Clayman
In Flames - Lunar Strain/Subterranean
In Flames - Reroute to Remain
In Flames - Soundtrack to your Escape
Into Eternity - Buried In Oblivion
Into Eternity - The Scattering of Ashes
Ion Dissonance – Minus the Herd
Jagermeister Rareties 2004
Jungle Rot - Dead and Buried
Kataklysm - In the Arms of Devastation
Kataklysm - Prevail
Kataklysm - Serenity In Fire
Kataklysm - Shadows & Dust
Kataklysm – Sorcery & The Mystical Gate of Reincarnation
Killswitch Engage - Alive or Just Breathing
Killswitch Engage - As Daylight Dies [Special Edition]
Killswitch Engage - The End of Heartache
Killswitch Engage - Killswitch Engage
King Diamond - Abagail II: The Revenge
King Diamond - Conspiracy
King Diamond - The Puppet Master [Digipack]
King Diamond - Them
Kingdom of Sorrow - Kingdom of Sorrow
Kreator - Enemy of God
Krisiun - Bloodshed [Special Edition]
Lamb of God - Ashes of the Wake
Lamb of God - As the Palaces Burn
Lamb of God - New American Gospel
Lamb of God - Sacrament
Lamb of God - Wrath
Lay Down Rotten - Reconquering the Pit (Digital Release)
Lollipop Lust Kill – My So Called Knife
Machine Head - The Blackening
Machine Head - The More Things Change
Machine Head – Supercharger
Machine Head - Through the Ashes of Empire
Maddface – Denatured
Mahavatar - From the Sun, the Rain, the Wind, the Soil
Malevolent Creation – Envenomed
Man Must Die - The Human Condition
Manowar - Louder Than Hell
Marduk -Dark Endless
Mastodon - Crack The Skye
Mastodon - Leviathan
Megadeth - Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?
Megadeth - So Far, So Good...So What!
Megadeth - The System Has Failed
Meshuggah - Catch Thirtythr33
Meshuggah -Chaosphere
Meshuggah -Nothing
Meshuggah - Obzen
Metal For The Masses Vol. 2
Metal For The Masses Vol. 3
Metal For The Masses Vol. 4
Metal Massacre XIII
Metallica - ...And Justice for All
Metallica - Death Magnetic
Metallica - Kill 'Em All
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Metallica - Metallica
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Misery Index - Discordia
Misery Index - Retaliate
Misery Index - Traitors
Mnemic - The Audio Injected Soul
Moonspell - Darkness and Hope
Morbid Angel - Covenant
Morta Skuld - Surface
Motograter - Motograter
Mudvayne - L.D 50
Mudvayne - The Beginning of All things to End
Mudvayne - The End of All things to Come
Mudvayne - Lost and Found [Dual disc Edition]
Municipal Waste - The Art of Partying
Mushroomhead - Savior Sorrow [3-D Artwork]
Mushroomhead - Superbuick (Signed)
Mushroomhead – XX
Mushroomhead – XIII
The Music of Grand Theft Auto IV
My Dying Bride - A Line of Deathless Kings
Nachtmystium - Assassins: Black Meddle Pt. 1
Naglfar – Diabolical
Napalm Death – Conspiracy in Capitals
Napalm Death – Diatribes
Napalm Death - Leaders Not Followers: Part 2
Napalm Death - The Code is Red...Long Live the Code
Nasum - Grind Finale
Necrophagia - Black Blood Vomitorium
Necrophagia - Season of the Dead
Necrophagia - Slit Wrists and Casket Rot
Necrophagist - Epitaph
Necrophagist - Onset of Putrefaction
Nevermore - Dead Heart in a Dead World
Nevermore - Enemies of Reality
Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
Nile - Annihilation of the Wicked
Nile - In the Beginning
Nile - Ithyphallic
Nile - Legacy of the Catacombs
North - Na Polach Bitew
Nothingface – Skeletons
Novembers Doom - Into Night's Requiem Infernal
Nuclear Blast: Weapons of Musical Destruction 2006 Sampler
Obituary - The End Complete (RR two from the Vault)
Obituary - World Demise (RR two from the Vault)
Obscura - Cosmogenesis
ohGr - Devils In My Details
Omnium Gatherum - Spirts and August Light
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Origin - Antithesis
Origin - Informis Infinitas Inhumanitas
Overkill - Killbox 13
Overkill - Years Of Decay
Ozzfest 2001 Summer Sampler
Ozzfest 2001: Second Millennium
Ozzfest 2002 Summer Sampler
Ozzfest 2003 Summer Sampler
Ozzfest Live 2002
Pantera - Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits
Passenger – Passenger
Pig Destroyer - Phantom Limb
Plague Bringer - As the Ghosts Collect, The Corpses Rest
Plague Bringer - Life Songs in a Land of Death
Polterchrist - Engulfed by the Swarm
Possessed - Seven Churches
Powerman 5000 - Tonight The Stars Revolt!
Powerman 5000 - Transform
Primus - They Can't All Be Zingers
Probot - Probot
Protest - The Truth Enslaves Us
Psychostick - Sandwich
Psychostick - We Couldn't Think of a Title
The Punisher OST
Rage - Speak of the Dead
Rage Against the Machine - The Battle of Los Angelas
Rammstein - Mutter
Rammstein - Reise, Reise
Rammstein - Rosenrot [Special Edition]
Rammstein - Sehnsucht
The Red Chord - Clients [Deluxe Edition]
Requiem for a Scream - Requiem for a Scream
Relapse Records Extreme Music Sampler
Resident Evil O.S.T
Resident Evil Apocalypse O.S.T
Rise Against - Appeal To Reason
Roadrunner Records Fall 2005 Sampler
Roadrunner United (The All-Star Sessions)
Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe
Rob Zombie - House of 1000 Corpses Soundtrack
Rob Zombie - Past, Present, & Future
Rob Zombie - The Sinister Urge
Rotting Christ - Passage to Arcturo
Rumpelstiltskin Grinder - Living for Death, Destroying the Rest
Samael - Era One
Samael - Lesson in Magic
Satyricon - Now, Diabolical
Satyricon – Volcano
Savatage - Power of the Night
Scar Symmetry - Pitch Black Darkness
Sceptic - Unbeliever's Script
Septic Flesh - Sumerian Daemons
Sepultura - Against
Sepultura - Chaos A.D.
Sepultura - Roots [Digipack]
Sentenced - The Cold White Light
Shadows Fall - The Art of Balance
Shadows Fall - Destroyer of Senses
Shadows Fall - Threads of Life
Shakra - Fall
Sigh - Imaginary Sonicscape
Six Feet Under - Bringer of Blood [Digipack]
Six Feet Under - Graveyard Classics 2
Six Feet Under - Maximum Violence
Six Feet Under - True Carnage
Skinlab - Nerve Damage
Skinless - Foreshadowing Our Demise
Skinless - Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead
Slayer - Christ Illusion
Slayer - Diabolus in musica
Slayer - Divine Intervention
Slayer - God Hates Us All
Slayer - Haunting the Chapel
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
Slayer - Show No Mercy
Slayer - South of Heaven
Slayer - Undisputed Attitude
Slipknot - Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.
Soilent Green – Confrontation
Soul Demise - In Vain
Soundgarden - A-Sides
Staind - Dysfunction
Static-X - Beneath... Between... Beyond
Static-X - Cannibal
Static-X - Cult of Static
Static-X - Machine
Static-X - Shadow Zone
Static-X - Start a War
Static-X - Wisconsin Death Trip
Stone Sour - Stone Sour [DigiPack]
Strapping Young Lad - Alien
Strapping Young Lad - SYL
Strapping Young Lad - The New Black
Suffocation - Blood Oath [Limited Blood Red Edition]
Suffocation - Souls to Deny
Suffocation - Human Waste
Suffocation - Suffocation
Superjoint Ritual - A Lethal Dose of American Hatred
Sworn Enemy - Sworn Enemy
Testament - First Strike Still Deadly
Testament - The Gathering
Testament - Low
Testament - Practice What You Preach
Testament - The New Order
Throwdown - Venom & Tears
Today is the Day - In the Eyes of God
Tool - Ænima
Tool - Lateralus
Type O Negative – Life is Killing Me
Unleashed - Viking Raids
Vader – Blood/Reign Forever World
Vader - The Art of War
Vader - The Ultimate Incantation
Venom - Black Metal [Reissue]
Venom - Metal Black
Vital Remains - Dechristianize
Vital Remains - Icons of Evil
Voivod - Voivod
Voivod - War and Pain
Vomitory - Terrorize Brutalize Sodomize
Warbringer - War Without End
Watch Them Die - Watch Them Die
Wednesday 13 - Transylvania 90210
White Zombie - Astro Creep: 2000
White Zombie - La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol. 1
White Zombie - Supersexy Swingin' Sounds
Winds of Plague - Decimate the Weak
Zimmers Hole - When You Were Shouting At The Devil...We Were In League With Satan

515 Albums
Itunes Stats:
Songs-9456 Songs
Playing Time-26 Days, 16 Hours, 03 Minutes, 43 Seconds
Size- 45.79gb

...Top 30 on Last.FM over the last 7 days...

Darwin's Waiting Room - 52
Chevelle - 49
Coal Chamber - 42
Megadeth - 36
American Head Charge - 33
Lifer - 32
Endo - 30
Entombed - 19
Queens of the Stone Age - 16
White Zombie - 16
Downthesun - 13
Kittie - 12
Epidemic - 10
Powerman 5000 - 8
Immolation - 8
Napalm Death - 7
The Devin Townsend Band - 6
OneSideZero - 6
Common Diseases Of Swine - 6
Systematic - 6
Danny Lux - 6
G//Z/R - 5
The Union Underground - 5
No Doubt - 4
Five Finger Death Punch - 3
KoЯn - 3
Mark Snow - 3
Obituary - 2
Spineshank - 2
Audiovent - 2
The Drama Club - 2

Aeternam(x2)
All That Remains
A Perfect Murder
Ashes of Eden
Augury
Behemoth
Beneath the Massacre
Car Bomb
Children of Bodom
Common Grave
Cynic
Deathmarch
Divinity
Dying Fetus
Fuck the Facts
Gojira (x2)
High on Fire
Into Eternity
In Flames (x2)
Job for a Cowboy
Megadeth
Meshuggah
Necrophagist
Neuraxis
Quo Vadis
Slaotvean
Suffocation
The Chariot
The Faceless
Unexpect (x2)
Veil of Maya
Whitechapel