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1997's chart has begun! Reply to this post with your nominations!

Axel Rudi Pell - Magic
Electric Wizard - Come My Fanatics...
Gamma Ray - Somewhere Out in Space
Hanker - The Dead Ringer
Holocaust - Covenant
Stratovarius - Visions

>>130026121
Electric Wizard · Come My Fanatics....
Geezer · Black Science
Nightwish · Angels Fall First
Orange Goblin · Frequencies from Planet Ten
Riot · Inishmore

>>130026121
Bruce Dickinson - Accident of Birth
Gamma Ray - Somewhere Out in Space
Stratovarius - Visions
Hammerfall - Glory to the Brave
Iron Savior - Iron Savior
Rhapsody - Legendary Tales
Axel Rudi Pell - Magic
Royal Hunt - Paradox
Rough Silk - Mephisto
Jag Panzer - The Fourth Judgement
Nocturnal Rites - Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Cauldron Born - Born of the Cauldron
Concerto Moon - Fragments of the Moon
Tad Morose - A Mended Rhyme
Primal Fear - Primal Fear

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>>130022695
>It's one of the few Gamma Ray songs not written by Kai Hansen, that's why it sounds so unique.
Interesting, I had no idea about that. It's one of my favorite Gamma Ray songs too.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeqanCzDvV0
I love the vocal duo in this song.

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glam metal is becoming more and more of a guilty-ish pleasure of mine

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BLASTING

>>130029952
do the harmonies on In My Dreams sound busted to you too

>>130030247
What do you mean by busted? It sounds great to me. Insanely catchy.

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>>130029952
I went from being a glam metal apologist to believing most of the hate is justified lmao
Actually delving into glam discographies made me realise how much of it beyond the well-known/popular singles is just unremarkable. It really is mostly pop metal with the occassional decent song. It's the only metal genre that's never had a decent revival for a reason
Also idek why it's even called metal when every normalfag I've met thinks of it as just 'rock'

>>130030247
Just listened now, did you mean the vocals around 3:20?

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Redpill me on Danzig

>>130026121
Gamma Ray - Somewhere Out in Space
Iron Savior - Iron Savior
Lake of Tears - A Crimson Cosmos
Ocean Machine - Biomech
Saxon - Unleash the Beast
U.D.O. - Solid

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>>130026245
>Geezer · Black Science
his band on metallum is listed as sludge+industrial, so i'll check that out for myself

>>130030833
>Lake of Tears - A Crimson Cosmos
i'll listen to this one too since this band is consistently tagged as some flavor of goth metal

>>130031483
A very blue chart so far.

>>130031483
I don't know enough about either subgenre to tell but here's some choice tracks. They rip pretty hard so even if it's vetoed you'll prob still enjoy the music
https://youtu.be/kXfZkVJ8jKM
https://youtu.be/2RHXcCiyySc
https://youtu.be/ipVmLuhdr8Q

>>130030833
>Ocean Machine - Biomech
Oh shit, forgot about this. Seconding!

>>130031758
i'm actually listening to it right now lol
>They rip pretty hard so even if it's vetoed you'll prob still enjoy the music
so far there's only one song i'd say is actually /trad/ (#4), but i do really like this album so far, especially box of six and department s.

>>130031761
you got it

>>130028895
>It's one of the few Gamma Ray songs not written by Kai Hansen, that's why it sounds so unique.
Most albums had 4 or 5 songs not written by Kai, so there's not just a few songs not written by him.

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>>130030223
not /trad/ at all but this was pretty good, slows down a bit with the final few songs though, those last three just feel like padding.

>>130032034
Can you explain why it isn't /trad/? I don't mind it being vetoed, I'm just curious and would like to gain a better ear for discerning if this type of music isn't fit for the thread

>>130026121
Conception - Flow
Electric Wizard - Come My Fanatics...
Gamma Ray - Somewhere Out In Space
HammerFall - Glory To The Brave
Iron Savior - Iron Savior
Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine: Biomech
Rhapsody - Legendary Tales
Stratovarius - Visions

>>130032057
there's a few songs that are groove metal, but overall most of its industrial. there's a lot of sounds and riffs throughout many of the songs that try and emulate the sound of metal clanking together, a lot of bouncy, chugging riffing; and some of them just outright eschew traditional metal and rock structure altogether. (e.g. mysterons, northern wisdom)

here's a few examples of what i mean from the first song. these kinds of sounds pervade through much of the album, and you just don't hear this kind of stuff in traditional metal/rock.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GZi4LGPQsE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GZi4LGPQsE&t=120s

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>>130030223
The amazing thing about Riot is that they refuse to release bad albums. Even this one that I overlooked when I first listened to their discography is pretty good. It's obviously not as good as their best stuff, but still.

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>>130032122
counted your votes, here's the new additions

how the fuck is ocean machine trad?

>>130032323
Read the pastebin in the OP.

>>130032231
fav track on there is Kings are Falling

>>130030331
>Also idek why it's even called metal when every normalfag I've met thinks of it as just 'rock'
That's true, most glam bands lean more towards rock than metal. Motley Crue, Ratt and Dokken are probably the metalest of the lot.

>>130032431
>Motley Crue, Ratt and Dokken are probably the metalest of the lot.
just about right, but personally i'd switch out ratt with skid row. much of their first album has metal riffing up the ass and SttG is barely even a glam album, more so traditional hard 'n' heavy. ratt meanwhile, the only things that they've put out i can really say are metallic are the debut EP and out of the cellar.

>>130032475
Fair enough. Out Of The Cellar is my favorite glam album by far so I have soft spot for them. And they were definitely one of the heaviest bands of that whole scene, at least up to the second album, which I do think is still very metal. After that they did tone down their sound, yeah.

>>130032554
>Out Of The Cellar is my favorite glam album by far so I have soft spot for them.
that one's high up there for me too, but i'd say i have to give it to shout at the devil. it's the only album vince neil actually sounds somewhat decent on and all the songs are at the very least pretty good. i like out of the cellar but there's a few songs that i'm just not strong on.

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>>130030223
awesome album, there's a lot of cool riffs here and i like the more space-y atmosphere compared to what you usually get in stoner metal. nominating.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv658dbCiyU

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>>130026121
For me 1997 is all about Speed Metal Satan!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2qHo56bKpE
>>130030833
I'll vote for Lake of Tears, great album.

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Forgot pic, lost focus due to roaring chainsaw

>>130026121
Varathron - His Majesty at the Swamp
Lord Belial - Enter the Moonlight Gate

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I better see more people nominate this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a61flWBhi2I

>>130030331
>Also idek why it's even called metal when every normalfag I've met thinks of it as just 'rock'

Cause metal is a rock subgenre and not all metal is super heavy

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKfiUijDmYA
Fleeing waters and the mountains guide the way
Ages will move the earth, but all will remain the same
When reaching the exosphere you get to watch all reason go
So tired of waiting, but you are still afraid to know

>>130033391
counted

>>130033492
black metal, not counting these

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>>130026121
Days of Yore - The Mad God's Wage
Elegy - State of Mind
Skullview - Legends of Valor

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>>130035326
wrote 'em down

>>130030247
not sure if this relevant but I think they didn't tune to A=440, can't confirm for the entire album I know at least for Unchain the Night

>>130029952
>>130030331
I love glam but only by the bands that could do heavy if they really wanted to. Dokken obviously with songs like Tooth and Nail, Lightning Strikes Again etc. Also others like Ratt, Whitesnake + Blue Murder, White Lion, Great White, TNT, Leatherwolf, etc.

yob - asleep in samsara https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrYzW3eVu9Y

>>130032689
I like every song on OOTC but can't say the same about any other glam album. The first two Crue albums are very good but there are some tracks that I don't care much for. We seem to be opposites in this regard! lol. The Crue songs that I like I like a lot though, total bangers. My favorite on Shout might be Bastard.

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>>130032760
That one is awesome and criminally overlooked album.

>>130030223
https://youtu.be/fTvKX_zCOx4?si=CFzR9TuF8L-32Q8k
https://youtu.be/WM8bTdBs-cw?si=2aR1xbMHKyGM3c-j
https://youtu.be/rdEupVsL07E?si=rCZoUFtw349zStFF
https://youtu.be/LQUXuQ6Zd9w?si=9q5A_t7p_d-UHH-0
https://youtu.be/1w7OgIMMRc4?si=o43yDA6fVLT79H18

>>130037283
>My favorite on Shout might be Bastard.
used to be mine as well, but now i think that goes to looks that kill. i also listen to red hot a fair amount, too. it's probably their heaviest song and there's some pretty nasty riffing in it.

So.... why did the metal thread split up?
>inb4 blackies are retarded

>>130043621
Have you been to /metal/ in the past 10 years or so? It's a mental asylum. Literally no music discussion.

>>130043725
Only on & off, but yeah fair enough i guess

People that exclusively listen to death or black metal tend to be posers

>>130026121

HammerFall - Glory to the Brave
Gamma Ray - Somewhere Out in Space

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>>130026121
Nominating W.A.S.P's (kinda industrial) 1997 album:
>KILL FUCK DIE

>>130046237
lemme go give that one a listen

>>130046253
Here's the list of tracks:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_Fuck_Die

Japan had a bonus track call Tokyo's on Fire.
It's not really connected thematically (in terms of lyrics) to the rest of the album, but its a cool track.

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>>130046284
yeah i got it playing right now, on track four. personal thoughts, so far it's pretty alright. blackie's voice fits the music well and there's some pretty good riffing in the second track and this fourth one.

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>>130031740
Inspired by this post, I made a chart with some of my favorite blue/dark albums.

>>130046422
>the spectre within
hell yeah, easy top 15 album for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-5P7PWkvFY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EAKeQsuSNM

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>>130030223
some of the songs are fine (e.g. #3, #9) but most of this record is industrial or a 50/50 mix. cool album though, i really liked the horror and blackie's singing was fantastic across the board.

>>130046284
>>130046365
Idk if it will be relevant, but I will say that "Fetus" seems more like an intro to "Little Death" than its own full fledged song.

>>130046850
yeah that's what i counted it as, just the beginning part of little death.

>>130026121
Armia - Duch: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mnDuO5ZcUOpQvRSS1_1YVnYZV3tCMYetk

Cauldron Born - Born of the Cauldron: https://youtu.be/a61flWBhi2I

Exodus - Another Lesson in Violence: https://youtu.be/Oxrxhk4evt8

Fatal Opera - The Eleventh Hour: https://youtu.be/QSfCiFxtYEs

Grip Inc. - Nemesis: https://youtu.be/QPigWOy7nYg

Nocturnal Rites - Tales of Mystery and Imagination: https://youtu.be/MexkL8DOb4w

Rhapsody - Legendary Tales: https://youtu.be/mA66zvGFBfA

Saxon - Unleash the Beast: https://youtu.be/gZI4TsWPemQ

Skullview - Legends of Valor: https://youtu.be/tkOGxZ_9C5U

Skyclad - The Answer Machine: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ml2Q0Oru-NT6wFMDCCQZVDd-8SinS9xpk

Sodom - 'Til Death Do Us Unite: https://youtu.be/m09oS262-YE

Twisted Tower Dire - Triumphing True Metal: https://youtu.be/ABMCUGMza98

Bound for Glory - Glory Awaits: https://youtu.be/gQ1yiUp7-NA

Buldok - Triumf (low quality youtube rip): https://youtu.be/Ul_UI7WFLvs

Estirpe Imperial - Himnos de gloria: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kCK4SCmgWtIIif5ThEYiCI17ZzVenlzp4

Odin's Law - Battle Legions of Wotan: https://youtu.be/IfcMLimPsf8

Starkstrom - Stahl im Herzen

Titkolt Ellenállás - A "hatalom" emberei

What's your guys' favorite song on Narita
For me it's 49er

>>130047525
road racin’ followed closely by the title track, both two of my favorite songs

>>130046627
The horror is probably one of the more industrial tracks.

Personally my only real complaint about kfd is the mixing of the synths on the tittle track and my tortured eyes. It's hard to hear the (bass?) synth after the intro on KFD, and its hard to hear the organ/synth after the bridge on My tortured eyes
I'm probably one of the few people with this opinion, but its basically my favorite wasp album.

Is there any metal band that mostly cover old C64 and Amiga tunes? A lot of those tunes translate very well into heavy metal songs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq_CiM3AvtI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5chiJ8UKo6U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAtCreE-f9c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp21EfCGeLI

bump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSpwJIoAO30

Damn this sounds good, both production and riffwise. This is heavy metal. Really advanced for 1980.

>>130046422

Bluased as fuck but also needs Nightfall in Middle Earth

>>130046444

There are many other good albums on it.

>>130052800
there are but that fates warning album clears everything else on that chart for me except maybe ride the lightning.

pretty maids - city light https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b71-eaIUjq4

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>>130046444
>first minute and half is literally just WOOOOOAAAH-OOOHHHHHOOOOAAAH
hard pass

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>>130030223
It took me 4 listens, but I fully get it now. It's pretty weird and experimental for a USPM band, but I like it.

>>130053084
John Arch is an acquired taste for most people.

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>>130047483
Who the FUCK is that. That ain't sodom

>>130049728
>Is there any metal band that mostly cover old C64 and Amiga tunes?
not that i know of. there was this album by a death/trash band out of central america that was doing video game-y stuff, but i don't remember the name of the band and it was all original compositions.
>Beyond The Ice Palace
pulled up the original version of this song to compare (because some of these metal covers can REALLY change the feel of a song) and yeah, you're right about this one translating into metal. i suppose if i could liken it to anything by an actual band, i'd say early uspm like queensryche, and the more epic stuff by rainbow and dio.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnSaOngxAcw
>A lot of those tunes translate very well into heavy metal songs.
there's some tunes from the NES that really lend themselves to metal, too. of course you've got the original mega man games and castlevania, but i'd also throw in the original MOTHER, as well. that game has a pretty eclectic soundtrack in terms of influences (r&r, j-pop, jazz, and your standard game fare) but there's some stuff in that game i'd call genuine metal if we're talking composition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3sAvnRQkOM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M06U6i3pVXk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNrL2TD-O7Q

>>130047483
That Twisted Tower demo is cool. I like the vocalist on it, but she was only on that demo and I can't find anything else about her. She clearly had talent, its a shame there isn't a proper studio recording with her voice

>>130053167
Apparently, the photo belongs to the Irish Death Metal band The Crawling:
https://irishmetalarchive.com/artists/the-crawling/

The music is from Sodom, though:
https://youtu.be/hotBcFDrsDQ

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>>130047483
>Armia - Duch
let me listen to this one first.

>>130053094
Is that the one with the alternate cover, or am I thinking of blessing in disguise?

>>130046627
what did you think of tokyos on fire?

>>130047585
Those would be my picks as well

>>130053635
haven't checked it out yet and it wasn't in the version that i listened to. i'll go give it a spin shortly.

>>130053201
I was hoping for straight up covers like that guy Aki Järvinen made, not really video game soundtracks that sound metal. Either full albums of covers or odd songs here and there on albums.
I know it is a very specific and maybe an odd request but Amiga and C64 is important and it's mostly for nostalgia.

Thanks anon, i will try to look into that Central American band, you never know.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2rws8l4Kiw

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>>130030223
Starts of pretty good, but Road to Hell and Man of Sorrow are real stinkers. Too many radio friendly tracks.

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>>130030223
yeah this one gets a pass. occasionally it'll veer off into more murky territory (#2) but for the most part this is rooted in prog.

>>130053635
better than everything off KFD except for the final track by a landslide. honestly if you just tweaked the guitar tone a bit, this would fit right at home on headless children.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KW0YCTA2m8

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>>130049728
dont know
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by9YmI75Tls
it would be nice to see some covers of these games
https://youtu.be/txuEVfL63Kc?list=PLrLxjs6exssiX_VrP7mZsDzS1n1XhZdSp
https://youtu.be/fiyprOsXEIc?list=PLrLxjs6exssiX_VrP7mZsDzS1n1XhZdSp

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>>130030223

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCuBfv9gzUI
Cozy was an animal

orodruin - pierced by cruel winds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h8lt0l1O2o

listen to the fuckin' guitars on this, crushing shit

Is there a musical term for when you pause in the middle of a riff? I've seen some groove metal songs do it, but I can't remember their names at the moment.

The first riff in this song is a mild example:
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=VmOWc3dKtE4

I've seen songs that pause at the end of the riff for emphasis, but it's rarer when its done in the middle of the riff.

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>>130046422
here's mine. i could've added a bunch of indigo ones as well but i tried not to stray too far from plain blue so that's why there's only a few rows.

>>130052800
I decided to keep it one album per band and I prefer Somewhere Far Beyond.

>>130053094
It's kinda hard to get into, but very rewarding when you do. Some songs hooked me immediately, while others needed 10+ before they finally clicked. I think my favorite is the final track. Almost feel like doom metal except for that fast bit,

>>130056873
The Dark is fantastic, but I don't really see anything blue in it.

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>>130057052
i chose the dark because the house is a very light blue, and when you contrast that with the black it gives it a cold, sort of frigid appearance that goes with a lot of the other albums on there.

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Red albums!

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black albums... o_o

>>130057397
i was working on a red chart! i forgot quite a few of the albums i was going to add, though.

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here are my red albums, this was much easier to fill out than the blue chart; which i'm going to go back to 'cause i'm looking at my list and i missed quite a few.

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>>130057712
Pretty good. You know what will be a challenge? Green albums. Can only think of a handful for now, but I'm gonna go for it. Might have to settle for 4x4 and a lot of different shades of green.

>>130057801
>Green albums. Can only think of a handful for now, but I'm gonna go for it.
hmm... the only green albums i can name off the top of my head would be cirith ungol's first two and hall of the mountain king. voivod - killing technology could probably pass, too because of the band logo and iirc one of the alternate releases adds a green tint to the normally gray machinery that the soldier's strapped up to.

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revised my blue chart. i'm surprised i forgot return of the evil considering that's one of my favorite records from 1985, and spellbound is my favorite from 1981.

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>>130057801
if you like demons and wizards, you could add that. pretty much the entire cover is different shades of green.

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Okay, I got 16. I had to google green albums and put a few I never heard before, but I check a few songs and liked them.

>>130058099
Artch is a good pick. I'm sure you can find five more to make it a 5x5.

>>130058219
>I'm sure you can find five more to make it a 5x5.
yeah, probably. i know if i chose multiple by the same band it'd be pretty close to another row; if not a whole one.

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And now for the biggest challenge: yellow

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had to get a bit creative with some of my choices (and remove the 1 per band stipulation) but i think this is pretty good.

>>130058202
there's only two albums i've listened to off yours lol, flotsam and cirith.

>>130058344
i welcome the challenge, the problem is that a lot of yellow albums are also orange.

>>130058373
>i welcome the challenge, the problem is that a lot of yellow albums are also orange.
Yeah, it will be yellow/light orange and I'll make sure not to pick something that could as well have gone on the red chart.

>>130058451
i've been working on my own yellow/light orange chart for a bit now and yeah, this one's a pain. red is a very common accent color with these albums, and i've had to remove quite a few that just have too much of it. right now i've only got two rows, and i'm up to 1986 in my list.

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This honestly isn't easy when you run into shit like this. Which is the right one? Some of them have a green tint, but others not at all.

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>>130058513
oh this shit's annoying. if it's like this (where it changes for pretty much every version of the album), what i usually do is check metallum (or discogs) and whatever is the most numerous is the one i go with. picrel is the main image for killing technology on discogs, and there's a minor green tint across the cover but it's nowhere near as saturated as on the spotify copy.

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Here's another one. Right one would look best on the yellow chart, but is it really that yellow? I don't have a physical copy, so I can't just check

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>>130058562
found an image of an original pressing from 1978. from what i'm seeing, the original just seems to vary in color. i can find multiple pressings that look like this, but i also found quite a few that look like the first image. all i can really say is that #4 is not at all what it's supposed to look like, so you can rule that one out.

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>>130058605
if you just want some general advice on getting accurate info for this stuff, you should cross-reference both databases like discogs and shopping websites like eBay. find the catalog number you're after, (i'm looking for PD-1-6143 as that's the first american pressing of the album); then punch it in and try and identify patterns. so when i look up this specific catalog number, i get a lot of results that look like this. and considering this is produced straight from the master, this is probably what the album cover is supposed to look like.

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>>130058605
Thanks, I figured it wouldn't be that yellow. Anyway, I gave up on yellow for now and decided to finish green instead. The nine albums added are all albums I'm familiar with, so if I learned anything from this it's that I'm really terrible at remembering album covers. Especially for newer stuff.

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>>130058704
looks good, i've heard of visigoth and falconer quite a bit but i've never given them a shot.
>Anyway, I gave up on yellow for now and decided to finish green instead.
i actually just finished mine! and it was easily the most annoying of all the colors.
>so if I learned anything from this it's that I'm really terrible at remembering album covers. Especially for newer stuff.
ditto. some of the ones in the blue chart i had to look up because i forgot whether they were blue, purple, or some kind of teal.

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got the 5th and final row in on my blue chart, forgot that one of my favorite lizzy albums is mostly blue lol

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God i just love speed and thrash metal, just something about it when some of the riffs hit you

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Purple albums!

>>130059562
aesthetic

>>130059503
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF2glFik8Og
speed metal is simply the greatest thing ever

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>>130030223
This thing exist... haha i don't even
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__mqqlf5-hE

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This is a great album, but I don't really understand why it's labelled as prog. It feels very accessible and most of the songs are pretty straight forward.

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>>130030223
>HEAR HIS DISTANT SCREEEEAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMM

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>>130030223

Tradbros, what recent releases have you been enjoying? For me, it's:
>Burning Path - Burning Path
>Cruel Force - Haneda
>Aggressive Perfector - Come Creeping Fiends
>Midnatt - Skrackfylld Fortjusning
Also looking forward to the new Spell and Sandstorm releases and the new Savage Master/Mystic Storm split

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>>130030223
Not everyday you stumble across 80's Hong Kong metal.
The only thing i can think of that is equally as strange is 90s Mongolian heavy metal/hard rock.
Anon know any other out of place metal bands from around the world (that is not known for it)?
Bonus points if it's very good like Aspid from the USSR.

>>130062976
check out the korean power/neoclassical band stranger. their only album (sailing out) is in my opinion one of the best power releases of the early 90s, and it’s also easily the best record i’ve heard from SK’s incredibly small metal scene.

>>130063028
Nice, thank you anon, i will get on it asap.
>>130062976
Forgot to post the Mongol band, i would even say it's almost speed metal at times.
Fucking rips.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7giiP45Jxs

>>130046422
>Agent Steel - Omega Conspiracy
I'm glad to see that album get the attention it deserves.

>>130061592
The musicianship is pretty complex. That opening riff from I don't believe in love is a pain on guitar

>>130061592
It has some pretty complex things, especially rhythmically. I think that's their genius, they could blend progressive stuff with commerciality.

>>130062976
is it a concept album?

>>130063360
Nah, it's a bit cheesy, think made in china iron maiden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqMrJ8i53R0
the later half of this song is pretty good, nice solos

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Does Empyrium count as /trad/? I'm listening for the first time and it has some harsh vocals, but it's definitely not extreme metal.

>>130057397
>>130046422

I recommend the Red and Blue albums from Baroness.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYUXv8k66IE

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Anyone else like reading through old fanzines? The Corroseum has many to read through

Guardian by Fates Warning is honestly the most beautiful acoustic intro I've ever heard. Such a mesmerizing, magical atmosphere.

>>130064843
i'll read them if i stumble across them while searching around but i had no idea there was an actual website for them.
>PICTURE
was not expecting that band to get mentioned in here. heavy metal ears and eternal dark are great albums.

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>>130059562
forged in fire's original cover is blue, the only purple i can see in here is some of the shading on the steel and the band logo. other than that this is good.

>>130065010
HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN ME

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>>130030223
one of (if not) the first heavy metal band out of korea, they only made one album released in 1993. it's solid doom in the same vein as witchfinder general and trouble. my personal pick of the litter was korea, but there's no bad songs here. one interesting thing to note is that this guy does not sing like your standard doom vocalist, instead going for a falsetto similar to king diamond.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luBYYj9_lt8

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>>130030223
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOha4eRbZh8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k23W7--8DgQ&list=RDk23W7--8DgQ&start_radio=1
My favourite song of all time.

>>130066617
wow, this was great. the only white lion i've heard before this is their debut album, which was some pretty good melodic rock, but this is a very well crafted song and much better than i remember all the stuff on their debut being.
>My favourite song of all time.
this is mine. highway star is one of the very few songs that i can enjoy just as much as the first time i heard it. in my eyes it's both the quintessential heavy metal AND rock song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4VkYR4Zj5w

>>130026109
I only first heard Riot because they had a couple of tracks in Brutal Legend, when I went back and listened to Narita I was blown away. Hot For Love is one of the best oldschool heavy metal songs I've ever heard, I imagine it would have been an all-time hit if it wasn't for the fact the singer spends over thirty seconds near the end moaning an impersonation of a woman cumming her brains out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSN40M6IRdA

>>130066925
that song's actually my least favorite off narita, and it's precisely because of the extending moaning. otherwise i'd put it up there with 49er and do it up, especially because the melody in the chorus is so fucking good.

>>130066950
The song is just too good, even if the all the moaning at the end makes for an awkward ending. I don't think that there's another song by them that has a better structure/riff/chorus, maybe their Born to Be Wild cover but I can't give them whole credit for it even if it does blow the original out of the water.

>>130067407
outlaw from fire down under has to be up there, if we’re talking structure. it’s sort of like no one like you by scorpions, in that the main riff is actually pretty simple; but the melody and chorus do all the heavy lifting.
>maybe their Born to Be Wild cover but I can't give them whole credit for it even if it does blow the original out of the water.
that cover’s awesome. i do like the original version quite a bit, but it’s held back from being a truly great song by the limitations of the time.

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>>130064843
>>130065112
kek, i wonder how many of these were groomer-types larping as women. or were they just the modern day equivalent of goth/alt/metal chicks larping on the tiktok?

>>130068892
that top right one lol

>>130068914
>>130068892
i seearched up candy smith, she was real, shes in her 60s now that address is still in her family i think

>>130068892
thats from Metal Forces #5 if anyone wants to read it

>>130065226
Well, shit. Trolled by google again. Guess I'll just put another Axel Rudi Pell album on there.

>>130026121
Edguy - Kingdom of Madness
Kamelot - Dominion
Megadeth - Cryptic Writings
Yngwie Malmsteen - Facing The Animal

>>130026121

Seconding Primal Fear - Primal Fear

>>130064843
>Savatage changing their name
>Dave Murray thinking to leave

>>130068952
>shes in her 60s now

Oh lord...and that issue is late 80s

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>>130030223
One of the GOAT power metal albums.

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How are they so fucking good?

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>>130026121
Cauldron Born - Born of the Cauldron

>>130070227
The second one is even better imo.

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>>130071927
exactly two rows filled up now

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current vote totals:

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>>130030223
Very fun power metal album. It's very standard stuff, but well done.

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It's trad (mostly)

>>130073548
Writing a 12 minute ballad about a clown being dead is insane behavior though.

>>130026109
anybody else in here got to see Black Sabbath b4 ozzy died? Got to see The End tour. Was pretty good.

This is interesting. I wonder how Goalby would have sounded with Rainbow. Kinda hard to imagine him singing anything off Down to Earth except maybe Since You Been Gone
https://outsiderrock.ca/2025/11/02/peter-goalby-my-time-with-rainbow/

>>130075657
Also I had no idea half the tracks on Abominog were covers until I read this

>>130046237
Blackie's attempt at selling out
Remember it was the time Marylin Manson and NIN were the hot shit

>>130073080
I thought this would fill up fast. So many great albums from 1997. Surprised Accident of Birth wasn't an instant inclusion, and I'm still the only one to nominate it.

>>130066689
Yeah, the solo gets me every time. Their debut album's songs are in my opinion a tad less memorable than their '87 -'91 run. Highway Star is also a classic, it's definitely my favourite Deep Purple song.

>>130070425
fat singer

>>130026121
Cauldron Born - Born Of The Cauldron
Empyrium - Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields
Axel Rudi Pell - Magic
Elegy - State Of Mind
Bruce Dickinson - Accident Of Birth
Nocturnal Rites - Tales Of Mystery And Imagination
Riot - Inishmore
Children Of Bodom - Something Wild

>>130063512
whats going on with the cover art though? is it trying to tell a story or is it just random cool shit.

>>130075893

What did you think of the album?

>Remember it was the time Marylin Manson and NIN were the hot shit
I've heard some people say they liked it better than the stuff he was imitating.

A few of the songs actually have references to NIN.

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BLASTING, you dont deserve all the hate you receive st anger...

>>130070425
PLEASE LET ME DIE IN SOLITUDE

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>>130073765
Nope. I saw Heaven and Hell in the year before Dio died and Ozzy Osbourne twice though. My dad saw Black Sabbath with Tony Martin in 1996.
>>130075657
>>130075669
You might want to check this out

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>>130077320
>Children Of Bodom - Something Wild
no, counted the rest

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I just listened to Time Stands Still by Rush and then Status Seeker by Dream Theater popped into my head and I realized that Charlie Dominici sounds a lot like Geddy Lee. I don't understand how I've never heard it before, or at least made the conscious connection, since I have the first Dream Theater album and all the Dominici albums he made much later.

>>130026121
Royal Hunt's Paradox, very important album in powerprog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t41yND3abnw

>>130089782
Actually following on from this

John West - Mind Journey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FUUypQBCi8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ewvLgSluAc&

Artension - Phoenix Rising
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuLPvG91erQ&
https://youtu.be/_hBonyor6nk?si=qcBD-NaX1WcP9cRD

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>>130089782
added it, might check it out tomorrow i've been meaning to listen to a royal hunt album for a while now
>>130089821
and counted these

>>130029952
why guilty pleasure ? glam metal like dokken is fucking awesome

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>>130057320
awesome album, the production is shit though. love anthem, saw them recently

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Have you listened to any of the rising four?

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>>130026121
Greatest Kreator worship ever

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>>130026109
Does /trad/ like High Spirits? If you ask me, they kinda peaked with Another Night, but the self-titled has awesome tracks:
https://youtu.be/Dw1f0whtyLM

https://youtu.be/lHsOl3__aPM

https://youtu.be/3QQISjKSWMY

>>130026109
how could such an ugly album cover produce such amazing music ahead of its time

>>130096355
Don't you dare call Johnny ugly.

>>130096412
>johnny
one of the metal mascot names of all time

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>>130026121
How about Vanden Plas - The God Thing
great album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BzEszPgmB4

>>130096355
It's a bizarre cover for sure but that also makes it very iconic. I wouldn't change a thing about it.

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>>130098129
Yeah, a goofy but memorable cover is always better than a bland one.

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>>130095761
Motivator was my first exposure to High Spirits and it remains my favorite but I do enjoy all of their output.

>>130073136
+1 bruce dickinson
i'll listen to more stuff later maybe

>>130099589
actually i rescind that vote. had to think on it

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>>130073136
Adding another one to Yngwie's Facing the Animal. The last album he did that actually had good production and seemed to care about writing good songs.

Also one of the last albums to have Cozy Powell on drums who provides a lot of energy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9pjrvVIYmw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D96wEnsP8k&

>>130033802
What was their 80s album called? Deadly blessing?

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What do people here think of Sepultura's new EP:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cloud_of_Unknowing_(EP)

>>130099922
Chris Tsangarides said that he's the only one who knew how to get the best guitar sound out of Yngwie and that Yngwie really respected Cozy and his opinions, and that's why that album is the last album anyone gives a shit about in his discography.

>>130097527
>>130099922
wrote 'em down

>>130099991
i thought it was coming out tomorrow lol, i'm gonna go check it out

>>130099991
>>130101498
The EP was fully released yesterday. though 2 tracks came out earlier.

Links to the tracks in order:
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=ID3_UbCTqHw

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=8pVcDXKPdN0


https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=-7QKuRbgGLw

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYyUwXUS1Fk
There's also a lyric video for the last track: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=o7anH4l8Ipc

>>130101520
first song may as well have been a bomb going off in my ears, pretty good stuff so far.

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>>130030223
meh. first song's good, everything else is disposable. i do like that the songs are pretty experimental but this is just too short to really do anything with that.

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>>130030357
John Christ carried the band. There's a reason why Danzig 1-4 are classics and Danzig 5-who gives a fuck is trash. I thought about this when I saw Danzig go back on his word to not reunite the Misfits in 2016. If he would've died in a bus crash in 1999 after the Samhain 3-drummers (they still played bass and guitar but it was three people whose link to the band was being a drummer) and Danzig with blood paint faux reunion tour with Hatebreed, he would have gone out a legend with a couple of bad albums. But he lived long enough to be a joke.

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>>130029952
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qY5xG7ovfk&t=178s

>>130073765
Yeah, and two years later I saw them with Dio. Liked the Dio concert better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGwXS4q1vDA

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>>130073765
i saw the very last show

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>>130030223
Modern classic

>>130101520
sounds like a lot of chanting?
like fist bump in the air type chanting

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Well, that sucks. I hope they get Tony back.

>>130117272
Hopefully whatever the issue is isn't too serious. He'll be missed, guy is crazy talented

scorpions - lovedrive (houston 1980) https://youtube.com/watch?v=DDD6pAOGljI

>>130117272
>Riot
>2026

Uhmmm...someone didn't get the memo apparrently...

>>130119261
Riot lives forever

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPUGjdkAtOI
YOU'RE LIVING IN A LIE
YOUR TEARS, REPENTANCE FILLS YOUR EYES
YOUR LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT SEEMS TO BE
FOR YOU BREED AGONY
YOUR TORTURED MIND WILL CRY OUT, TAKE MY SOUL

DIE FOR ME!
DIE FOR MY SINS FOR I'VE SEEN
MY COLD AND BITTER END!

>>130117272
Fucking cringe and untrue behaviour. A true metalhead puts metal first. Riot = poser band confirmed.

the chorus on this song is so fucking good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULK1p5JoNMY

>>130092472
>the production is shit though.
about my only gripe with that record, t b h. if it just had a mix like gypsy ways or hunting time it'd be one of the best metal albums from '86
>saw them recently
did they play the juggler and evil touch? those are my two favorite anthem songs

europe - dance the night away https://youtube.com/watch?v=PJjIDiKn1VI

Nu Metal is trad these days

>>130119261
And what memo would that be?

>>130094348
I second this, forgot it was even a thing.

I just fucking love Aynsley Dunbar's drumming on this song. Playing the first verse with a closed hi-hat and then opening it up on the second verse to give that verse more of a push is genius.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4TzUQGCPxo

>>130029952
Not all of its bad

>>130119480
No bro...no. Things end.

>>130032231
Shame though about the tragedy that beset them. They didn't deserve that.

>>130044692
That used to be me but I started out with 80s punk/hardcore and 80s/90s grindcore so fair.

>>130053084
Effectively gay if you do not like that

>>130026109
Any Skyclad or Sabbat (UK) fans here?

>>130125626
Most of it is good.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWKvk8EwPcM
I'M THE WILD ONE
NEVER STOP THE RUN
NOW I TAKE MY LAST BREATH

I'M THE WILD ONE
NEVER STOP THE RUN
NOW I TAKE MY LAST BREATH
AND GO AHEAD!

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>>130030223
This album is amazing. So underrated.

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A talented Lolcow

>>130053084
kek

So true

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnKNze9UeUY
blasting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnKNze9UeUY

>>130125665
LOVE Skyclad (by that I mean I love walking around naked)

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>>130030223
pretty good album, i'll second this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZVKE8uyzME

>>130030223

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8q0wnblvz8

Damn this sounds good

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>>130030223

What are the worst diapervocals in trad metal?

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BREAK MY BACK WITH HARD LOVIN',
TAKE MY HAND AND KEEP MOVIN',
DON'T SLOW DOWN, WE'RE NEARLY THERE NOW
OH
OH
OHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHH
I'M A HARD LOVIN' MAN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM_sjiqvIrc

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>>130030223
revisiting. i actually like this more than i did when i was young. some of the songs on here rip

>>130131211
Slayer

>>130131211
yours

Can anyone explain the diaper meme? I*m an older metalhead and my grandson keeps talking about "diapershittercore" and "Pozzy Cuckporn" whenever I show him my classic metal vinyl collection. It annoys and saddens me.

>>130136222
Generational shitflinging from Zoomers who pour scorn on anything that came before which they perceive as being dated, hackneyed, low quality and lacking intensity. They're the latest iteration of the obnoxious Extreme Metal Only type metalhead but with a zoomer lens.

Can anyone who isn't an insufferable, self-absorbed and performative triptranny answer the man's question?

>>130136398
Why don't you answer the question then?

We've made it this far without engaging with the trolls, let's not start now

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>Trad metal for life!!!

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>Trad metal for life!!!

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>Album title: Mob Rules
>Song title: The Mob Rules

>Album title: Reign in Blood
>Song title: Raining Blood

>Album title: Turbo
>Song title: Turbo Lover

>Album title: Johnny the Fox
>Song title: Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed

>Album title: Power & the Glory
>Song title: Power and the Glory

>Album title: Somewhere in Time
>Song title: Caught Somewhere in Time

>Album title: Manic Nirvana
>Song title: Nirvana

>Album title: Jazz
>Song title: More of That Jazz

>Album title: Alice Cooper Goes to Hell
>Song title: Go to Hell

>Album title: Crazy Nights
>Song title: Crazy Crazy Nights

>>130139384
I... don't think Magnus listens to heavy metal, he seems more like a schlager person.

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>>130139785
Nah he listens to Magnus

>>130139830
Well, i can't argue against that.

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>>130139753
>Album title: Alice in Hell
>Song title: Alison Hell

>Album title: The Warning
>Song title: Warning

>>130139753
(The) Eternal Idol is like that too

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>>130030223
this was much better than i remembered it, another life is one of their best songs

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