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Thanks for posting this.

It was an awesome gig, probably the best I've ever been to.

Lauri Porra is an astounding bassist, and his bass solo was literally ... wow. I couldn't really believe my eyes - most insane bass playing I've ever seen.

My neck, ears and throat are killing me, but it was ...

stratoleo wrote:Forever in nottingham my friends http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xb7NKW_MzY

OMG I think I was standing right in front of you!

Or if you weren't the guy filming on a camera behind me then I at least saw you film it not far off to my right.

I should have seen them twice. Shows got cancelled both times.


Bugger.

It was one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time! :lol: :lol: Pure fucking comedy.

How tragic it is to come from the United Kingdom, a nation that sends a berk with a name like a washing detergent. Now that Lordi have shown how it SHOULD be done, let's hope we pull our fingers out our ...

Wow, sounds like Wintersun will be worth seeing.

Thanks s far everyone. Anyone else care to venture an opinion?

Yeah, I know them, they're awesome. They are the main band I'm going for this year. n It was Edguy lart year,eChildren of Bodom the Year before and Slayer the year before that (Stratovarius played but I'd never heard of them).

Any others on there that you recognise?

Once again I am looking forward to an awesome time at Wacken, but don't want to miss any good bands that I haven't heard of. Please could you help me out by giving a rating out of 10 for any of the bands you know on the list and telling me what type of metal they play.

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Amon Amarth
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I think it's piss funny that a band like Lordi are going to play in a contest that is otherwise dominated by shite sugar-pop bollocks. It makes me sad that Finland is sending a band that, whilst I wouldn't say they were amazing (I saw them at Wacken, entertaining and by no means bad), and full ...

What was that guy in Kaledon pointing at all the time?

:oops: Sorry Neon. I'm normally good at not doing that sort of thing. The strange thing is that I don't actually dislike Nile, it's more that I just don't get it.

I have heard quite a lot of it though. One of my mates likes them and owns a couple of their albums (which makes up about 50% of his ...

No.

It would be a very long distance for me to travel.

Christ I'm struggling enough to make it to London for a gig!

Nile are similarly heavy, while basing all their lyrics on ancient Egyptian mythology.

NO WAY????????????????

Really?

I love mythology, and I love songs about history! they have stuff in their page I can listen to?

Or can u give some?

Nile suck. It's all blast beats and 'lets see how fast I ...

Yep. Just booked my tickets for Leeds. I actually got the very last one through the website.

Solberg wrote:
ps: lauri signed to a venezuelan girl and wrote "fuck chavez"

I had to re-read that. I thought it said 'fuck chavs'

To be honest, I found it really hard to pick a bassist. I can't think of one that really stands out. Dirk's got comedy value though. He'd make the inlay sleeves really funny with his comedy poses.

It was a real toss-up between Jorg or Dan for drums. And it was equally close between TK and Tobias. I ...

I also bought a T-shirt. You can see me with the guitarist of DragonForce. (btw, he is an awesome man)
http://img266.imageshack.us/my.php?image=7131388a5ad.jpg

We met him too! :D Is his name Herman Li? Anyway we were watching Hammerfall and he was just walking around the arena. What a legend ...

Want me to upload it again to somewhere else?

Oh yeah, I said about the blurriness of the photos. It probably has something to do with the conditions, or the fact that people were crashing into Ellis while he was taking the photos.

With any luck mine should come out better. I'll let you know ...

Has it worked putting it on rapidshare?

Great Pics, Paulo! :rvd: Those are very nice, and you got to see them live! Fan-tastic! :D :headbang:

Why thankyou! And those are only the ones my friend took. Like I say, I'll have mine up in a few days.

For now though, here's that video link. I'll upload some more Wacken footage later (but not ...

If you could make up your own all-stars band from members of other bands, who would be in it? Post who would be playing what, and which bands they are originally from. So for example mine would be:

Drums: Dan Zimmerman (Gamma Ray)
Guitars: Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom)
Guitars: Herman Li ...

Warrior of Hell wrote:you can upload it on a server, then we can download it

Any idea how I can do that? I've got an angelfire account and tried uploading it onto that but it isn't working. The file is 43.6 MB and I've only got 20 MB of space on my account so I think that's why it's not working. Any ideas?

Here you go! Six pics of Strato!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Maxpaul/31Stratovarius.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Maxpaul/32Stratovarius2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Maxpaul/33Kotipelto.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Maxpaul ...

Oh shit yeah! I was there! :D :D I was so happy when I saw them on the back of the Wacken t shirts and just knew they were the surprise act! Especially when I'd missed them in 2003 to go and see Darkane (I'd never heard of Strato :cry: )

I had a great view of the stage, it was quality. But I did ...

What would you know? Strat DID appear! Only 3 songs, but still! Shamone!

Yeah. I was there. :D :D :D I almost came in my pants when I saw strato on the back of the 2005 tshirt. I did feel wholly unfulfilled by the mere 3 songs that they played though. A full set would be awesome. Still, at least it's kind of made up for me missing them at 2003.

Wacken is fucking ace ...

CottonCandy wrote:

Now I'm going to watch Barbershop!

Paulo's avatar fits this topic! Look at it! Stormtrooper doing a Rapper Dance!
Coooooooooooool, Man!

I aim to please.

I leave in 2 hours. My god I can NOT wait for this. It will be banter extreme! I've already bought plastic swords (£2) to wave at Dragonforce!

Stratofanius wrote:
I want

Sure, but it'll have to wait. I'm off away for a week (to Wacken) so it'll have to be after that.

Mine's not a parody, it's a fully original story. I only started writing it because there was no way I'd ever make the computer game or film and I didn't want to waste the story. I'm really impressed with it though, but it's going to be massive. It'll take a long time for me to get it written. I can ...

You can't spell crap without rap.