Tracks Played: 76886

Overall Artists:

1 - Tool - 2,058
2 - Pain of Salvation - 1,862
3 - Moonsorrow - 1,402
4 - Dream Theater - 1,286
5 - Disillusion - 1,164
6 - Opeth - 1,161
7 - Faith No More - 1,096
8 - Helloween - 1,087
9 - Anathema - 988
10 - Ensiferum - 983
11 - Rotting Christ - 944
12 - Iron Maiden - 913
13 - System of a Down - 775
14 - Angra - 766
15 - Into Eternity - 763
16 - Katatonia - 737
17 - Blind Guardian…

Here I link my review of the latest Metallica album "Death Magnetic", at the metal website Sound of Metal. I warn everyone that reads it that it is a negative review, and I wish I don't receive (even more) harsh responses. Enjoy.

Death Magnetic Review

Sorry, but I already downloaded the new album. I had to hear, what the masters, Moonsorrow, had to offer to us now.

And also notice, how I promised to myself that if this album was no success, I'd say that Tool are my favorite band, instead of Moonsorrow. So, which band will keep a place in my heart?

I was afraid of the Verisakeet syndrome… that was: overlong songs, repetitive riffs, too many ambient sounds… and seeing how long the songs are…

But fear no more: this album is so different of what Moonsorrow has ever done before. More…

Or in other words: Hi! I copied this journal entry to someone, who thought it before me. I was doing this anyway but yeah, I've seen I'm not so original as I thought. Shit!

So well, these are, from my top 100 bands, the percentages of the countries I hear and so that. Guess you people can understand without any explanation. When I have more tracks, I'll do it again with, probably, my top 150. Too much free time, yeah.

1.- U.S.A. - 5110 plays. 29,18%

Tool #1
Dream Theater #3
System of a Down #5
Anthrax #12
Megadeth #22…

Hiya! Long time since my last journal. And good comeback this will be, indeed. Today: the answer of that Iron Maiden being the dominant band last week: MY FIRST METAL CONCERT EVER! And good beginning this is, since Iron Maiden do fucking rule. Let's begin:

Iron Maiden needs no introduccion. They are like the best band ever. Of course, even I don't think that, but every metalhead has to see at least once in his life Iron Maiden to be recognised by the Holy Metal Grail. When they disband (if they ever do), there will be no metalheads left. Enough…

Yeah, that's right. Since I became a metalhead, the genres I've most listened are power, folk, progressive and traditional, and I'm looking for more.

Lately, I've been addicted to thrash. But not 'that' thrash. What I'm looking for is 'melodic' thrash in the vein of Megadeth, Anthrax and Overkill. Not modern thrash like Nevermore yet, better some true classics.

What I said by 'melodic' thrash is I don't want (yet) extreme thrash like Slayer or Dark Angel.

Thanks to all of you, thrashers! \m/

Actually, many people know Opeth. It is a love it or hate it band. You can love how the music flows without following typical structures. You won't expect those heavy riffs after the relaxing acoustic break. But you can hate how each song looks like some random riffs put together. Well, this review is from one who does love, at least, this album.

Well, I think we all know Opeth. Mostly long songs (in this album, we can say every song is long, the shortest is 10 minutes!), in which some riffs, which usually repeat for quite a while,…

Even tough I've never listened or wanting to listen 'false' metal, last day I entered to a metal pub, and heared some good shit. I asked which band it was, and WTF, it was System Of A Down, one of the bands banned from the holy grail of true metal!

The worst of all is that I look information about the band, and I saw: Alternative Metal. It isn't nu, even it's mainstream. Guess I 'can' listen to it' And WTF, I'm liking it!

So, from now on, I decided to try bands before judging them. So I'll try…

Helloween - The Dark Ride (2000)

Dark holy shit! They did it! They have made an album that can reach a cult status like the Keepers! Of course that will never happen, because the only ones who like this album were the ones who left Helloween and made Masterplan, so it’s a shame, because I would really like to see “The Dark Ride 2 – The Dark Fucking Legacy”. Instead of returning to classic names to try to succeed again, they should make a new classic without Kai or Kiske on its name, really.

Another important fact is Deris. Here…

Tool, un grupo de genios para genios
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Siempre hay momentos que marcan un antes y un despues, y este grupo es uno de ellos. Es, sencillamente, el grupo mas ingenioso en todos los sentidos. Ingenioso a la hora de hacer la musica, las letras e incluso el como hacer los albumes. Es decir, ¿quien si no haria un album conceptual sobre la Sucesión de Fibonacci (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibonacci_number), tan metido en el tema que hasta el numero de canciones es un numero de la sucesion, e incluso el cambio del orden de las canciones es una opcion para enriquecer el…