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Great metal names I didn't see mentioned (I didn't look too hard) :

Blaze
Primal Fear
Wolfsbane
Queensryche

Random question - is that Mika Hakkinen (Finnish Mclaren formula one legend of recent years) in the hunting high and low video? (The homeless dude on the right hand side warming hands in fire) If it is, anyone know the connection? Whether it is or not, he strikes a startling resemblance to him. Wond...

THey are certainly not inferior - different yes, but just as well constructed and played.

They were the albums that got me into stratovarius in the first place.

Wanna hear a really deep voice? Listen Jordan Rudess speaking, he should sing some bass lines with DT :D He's got a pretty nice singing cool voice too - the version of Rhythm of Time with the videos has an alternative version of each of the two vocal songs sung by Jordan himself (as opposed to Kip ...

Infinite I still can't get over Jens in "Glory of the World" - how the hell does he play that? That alone wins it for me lol.. Also love the riffs in Hunting High and Low and Million Light Years away - not very complex but they are very clever and rock! The chorus in the song Infinity is pretty cool...

I have a Roland RS-70 synth - great little board :) Dreaming of Jordan Rudess's setup as on the Rhythm of Time CD though! What a great studio! :) Anyone got a good grasp of a gear Jens has used since playing for Strato? A lot of keyboardists have started tilting their keyboards so that people can se...

For me it has to be Jens. He (along with Jordan Rudess of dream theater) has inspired me to play keys and has given me an impossible target to try and emulate - and he seems like such a nice guy with such a wonderful view of the world to boot - you gotta love his website lol :) Musically he has (aga...