At 7/13/10 11:07 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: I don't think that your father's vinyls and albums would count Ponos. Otherwise, I would have to add all my parents albums and vinyls two... and that's another 200 or 300 :P

Yeah...then if I add all my parents' non-metal crap all my CDs shoot up into the 400+ area :P

But that's pretty cool. Old vinyl is always good to have around. I'm looking at getting a turntable for myself and a couple of old records just for the sake of nostalgia and all...

I download most of my music too, but if I like a band, I'll usually buy their albums, collecting/sentimental value and all...

Ponos, check out this awesome Greek Stoner Metal band called Planet of Zeus. From the vocals and the riffs I honestly thought they were American, but they're not.

LINKY LINKY

At 7/13/10 09:35 PM, SpeedMetalSandwich wrote: So, how many CDs/LPs and stuff do you guys own?

Not nearly enough. The only vinyls that I have are like house stuff from when I was really into spinning...
And like some others, I download most of my stuff, but I'll buy an album or two every now and then if I have the money. I don't have my collection in front of me ATM (Because I'm in France- I plan to try to pick up some Benighted and a few other Frenchie albums while I'm here), but the last few albums I bought were Dragonlord's Rapture, Whitechapel's This is Exile (which I am decidedly sick of), and Psycroptic's (Ob)Servant.

At 7/13/10 09:35 PM, SpeedMetalSandwich wrote: So, how many CDs/LPs and stuff do you guys own?

Three or four LPs and about 150-200 CDs. All of which are thankfully in storage because they were taking up a shit ton of room and I already had them ripped to my computer.

At 7/13/10 09:35 PM, SpeedMetalSandwich wrote: So, how many CDs/LPs and stuff do you guys own?

I have about 70 CDs, two LPs and three DVDs.

I dunno exactly how many albums I have, but my Zune says I have 7,323 songs.

At 7/14/10 12:56 AM, Idiosyncratic wrote: Planet of Zeus

I like this.

At 7/13/10 06:25 AM, ZpLiNtEh wrote:

At 7/13/10 05:37 AM, Bahamut wrote: You are going to be one hell of an uncle!

What, nothing wrong with whacking on some Nile instead of the kids lullaby music surely ? :P

Nothing wrong with that at all.

At 7/13/10 04:56 PM, Nev wrote: And Happy Birthday Bahamut.

Cheers, mate!

At 7/13/10 09:35 PM, SpeedMetalSandwich wrote: So, how many CDs/LPs and stuff do you guys own?

438 CDs. As for how many of them are metal, I'd have to exclude all the non-metal artists. I'm guessing I have around 100 non-metal CDs. Too bad I'm still a long way away from 500 metal CDs. :P

At 7/13/10 09:04 PM, TheSporkLord wrote: So I got a $15 iTunes card. Problem is I already downloaded almost all the music I could possibly want.

What I need is an album I will not be disappointed with in the least bit.

Everyone I know has never used an iTunes gift card. iTunes is the worst downloading store ever. My brother has about 3 or 4 accumulated that he'll probably just sell for real cash.

At 7/14/10 02:41 PM, CapnCrunchDaPimp wrote:

At 7/13/10 09:04 PM, TheSporkLord wrote: So I got a $15 iTunes card. Problem is I already downloaded almost all the music I could possibly want.

What I need is an album I will not be disappointed with in the least bit.

Everyone I know has never used an iTunes gift card. iTunes is the worst downloading store ever. My brother has about 3 or 4 accumulated that he'll probably just sell for real cash.

This is also a good idea. I don't know how I would sell them though. Maybe I'll stand in an alley way while wearing a large trench-coat filled with iTunes cards to sell to shady people. Or maybe I'll see if any of my friends want one.

At 7/14/10 06:35 PM, TheSporkLord wrote: This is also a good idea. I don't know how I would sell them though. Maybe I'll stand in an alley way while wearing a large trench-coat filled with iTunes cards to sell to shady people. Or maybe I'll see if any of my friends want one.

"Hey kids.. wanna buy a card? They're great, really, new, never used. I have them in all amounts and colors and designs."

At 7/14/10 12:56 AM, Idiosyncratic wrote: Ponos, check out this awesome Greek Stoner Metal band called Planet of Zeus.

Shit, they be tight.

iTunes gift cards are sick. You buy those little games for two bucks each, they're genius. I bought the remake of Final Fantasy originally for the game boy advance for 9 dollars too.

RPG's? Metal?

At 7/15/10 04:40 AM, PenisClown wrote: RPG's? Metal?

Duh! Power Metal?

Also, I'll take an iTunes gift card for free kthxbi :D

At 7/15/10 04:40 AM, PenisClown wrote:

RPG's? Metal?

Golden Sun and The Lost Age had dope soundtracks... For being GBA games. They even used double bass... Sounds...

I guess you couldn't REALLY call it double bass since the whole thing was 32 bit or whatever.

At 7/15/10 06:35 AM, SpeedMetalSandwich wrote:

At 7/15/10 04:40 AM, PenisClown wrote: RPG's? Metal?

Duh! Power Metal?

I always thought that. They easily go hand in hand. I mean, I listened to ALL my power metal albums while playing Oblivion. Speaking of power metal, Helloween are going to be touring with Stratovarius in Europe. They have two shows in the UK and I shall see them on the 5th December. I may be starting a job in September but I've got to take yet another day off for this show.

Thanks to Bahamut for pointing this out a few days ago, but I've now seen Maiden's video teaser for The Final Frontier and I have to say that I'm impressed.

The video is loaded with Sci-Fi cliches and even an Indiana Jones joke, but it's the sort of thing that makes me want the release to come around sooner!

At 7/15/10 09:49 AM, Coop83 wrote: Thanks to Bahamut for pointing this out a few days ago, but I've now seen Maiden's video teaser for The Final Frontier and I have to say that I'm impressed.

Ah yes, this was out on Tuesday. It's alright video to go along with the song. Definitely much better than the half assed CGI video they made for Different World. As for the song itself, the cuts don't sound very noticeable unlike others so I look forward to the whole thing.

At 7/15/10 09:49 AM, Coop83 wrote: Thanks to Bahamut for pointing this out a few days ago, but I've now seen Maiden's video teaser for The Final Frontier and I have to say that I'm impressed.

The video is loaded with Sci-Fi cliches and even an Indiana Jones joke, but it's the sort of thing that makes me want the release to come around sooner!

I love in the beginning when the astronaut says, "Eddie, what took you so long?" It just kind of made me laugh. I'm not sure if they are referring to the length between their albums, but it made me chuckle.

Both of the new songs that Maiden have released are terrible.

So Neuraxis has been blowing my mind lately. Anyone who doesn't know them should definitely drop a few dollars (or whatever your local currency is) on an album or three of theirs. Especially "Trilateral Progression." Even though it's their newest and the mastering is a bit more pervasive, it still is pretty brutal... And melodic at the same time. Think Origin mixed with like Daath and Obscura. Dope shizz.

Night all.

Welcome back, Bill!

Also, I know it's taking the piss out of grindcore, but it mentions a few times 'I'm so metal'.

I'm so grindcore.

At 7/15/10 12:24 PM, DeIirium wrote: Both of the new songs that Maiden have released are terrible.

Care to offer any justification for this? I mean if you'd just left that as a review on the Audio Portal, you'd be looking at a ban, no question.

I'm not particularly bothered if you don't like the music, I just want to know what it is that you don't like about it.

At 7/15/10 12:18 PM, Zodir wrote: I love in the beginning when the astronaut says, "Eddie, what took you so long?" It just kind of made me laugh. I'm not sure if they are referring to the length between their albums, but it made me chuckle.

You can easily see it as a nod to how long they took to release this album. 4 years of waiting is longer than usual for a Maiden album.

At 7/15/10 12:51 PM, batman64 wrote: Got my signal back so I can post again.

It's good to see you again.

At 7/16/10 05:20 AM, Coop83 wrote: I'm not particularly bothered if you don't like the music, I just want to know what it is that you don't like about it.

I'm well aware that he doesn't really like newer Maiden but I know he's at least tried to listen to them. He's stated his opinions on the other song and I'm sure the thoughts on this song aren't much different so I'm going to leave it at that.

At 7/16/10 05:20 AM, Coop83 wrote:

At 7/15/10 12:24 PM, DeIirium wrote: Both of the new songs that Maiden have released are terrible.

Care to offer any justification for this? I mean if you'd just left that as a review on the Audio Portal, you'd be looking at a ban, no question.

I'm not particularly bothered if you don't like the music, I just want to know what it is that you don't like about it

They're just boring. El Dorado feels like it jars in the same place for the whole length of the song, and the chorus is annoying. Final Frontier is too repetitive, he says "THE FINAL FRONTIER" like 500 times.

At 7/16/10 07:09 AM, DeIirium wrote: They're just boring. El Dorado feels like it jars in the same place for the whole length of the song, and the chorus is annoying. Final Frontier is too repetitive, he says "THE FINAL FRONTIER" like 500 times.

Nothing will EVER be as repetitive as The Angel and the Gambler's lyrics. I'll easily take what I've heard in The Final Frontier so far over The Angel and the Gambler any day of the week.

At 7/16/10 07:19 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 7/16/10 07:09 AM, DeIirium wrote: They're just boring. El Dorado feels like it jars in the same place for the whole length of the song, and the chorus is annoying. Final Frontier is too repetitive, he says "THE FINAL FRONTIER" like 500 times.

Nothing will EVER be as repetitive as The Angel and the Gambler's lyrics. I'll easily take what I've heard in The Final Frontier so far over The Angel and the Gambler any day of the week.

I don't know - for someone with the vocal talent of Bruce Dickinson, you can't really get worse than the chorus for The Assassin. What a pile of wank.

If you guys are looking for a purely instrumental metal album, check out John Petrucci's Suspended Animation. All the musicians are great and of course Mr. Petrucci shreds like crazy on all the tracks.

So I'll probably be without a computer until at least tuesday and ipods fucking suck at browsing the internet so I probably wont be on unless I decide to use my playstation.

At 7/16/10 07:51 AM, Coop83 wrote: I don't know - for someone with the vocal talent of Bruce Dickinson, you can't really get worse than the chorus for The Assassin. What a pile of wank.

Ah, that's the thing. The Angel and the Gambler is from Virtual XI, one of Blaze Bayley's albums. You can go right ahead and say The Assassin has the worst chorus but I don't think anything could be worse than hearing the chrous repeat OVER TWENTY FUCKING TIMES!

I just got the few free songs of maudlin of the Well, online. Gotta say that they make very interresting stuff :)

At 7/17/10 04:56 PM, HeavenDuff wrote: I just got the few free songs of maudlin of the Well, online. Gotta say that they make very interresting stuff :)

Don't pirate motW. They need the money.