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While I like the art on this one a lot, it's still far behind from other ones I posted. Yeah it has sea and all, suitable for their thing, but it lacks something to make it feel like an album cover for me. But maybe that's just me favoring the bands I actually like?


Is it 'cause it lacks ...

Came to think every pic I've posted here has been from a power metal band (Walls of Jericho era Helloween being speed), although I do listen to quite a variety of music and own CDs from most of those genres too. Just happens these are not only suitable for these bands, but I also like to look at ...

robocop wrote: Sat Apr 04, 2026 10:14 pm >some miserable pile of man is wearing merch with this album cover

Over half of Finnish politicians would gladly pour 200K of taxpayer € coins for and no-one would care tier cover art


E: just my way of saying it sucks - don't want to bring up politics here

Those are all really beautiful, especially the ones by Marc Klinnert. I like the color scheme a lot.

But the point is, seeing a game with such an immaculate cover art just feels really special. I wouldn't be surprised if people bought it for that aspect, alone.

I don't remember right now if I ...

In Flames - The Jester Race


Same artist as for Visions btw, same with two other In Flames albums that came after. Marschall got very recognizable style, but it actually took me a while to realize Strato's Visions was also by him. First times I connected similarities were like Nocturnal Rites ...

Hoping the rest of the tracks are more... experimental. I really loved Novum Initium.


Yeah coming back from really long break with albums, doing it with too safe album can be a letdown, more or less. Even Helloween cover album was already 8-9 years ago or so, which is just crazy. I didn't ...

Here's a much needed, always relevant and now more relevant than ever stocking sucking thread. Appreciate only real art and artists here, keep AI trash out!

For this first post I only mention some of my favorites, in no particular order (although the first mentioned might very well be my #1 ...

Today it's been like day and night compared to yesterday, pages loading fast most of the time.



Calm down, mlords. We just got the forum back. Maybe in 8 years the bots will give up. :evil: Does Cloudfare cost money? We pool together money to pay for it, then. I designate a dollar of my ...

Yeah there's shit ton of bots, common issue with forums. And they get this place stuck. January last year is said to have had most users ever online (2830) and there's literally no reason why out of all years, 2025 would have that amount of real people hanging around on phpbb forums. Even if they ...

Fun read. :) And some new details for me, since I never read the book that elucidates some of this stuff.

It seems there are quite many songs of Tricky Beans that were never recorded in-studio. I remember reading about there even being a song called Tricky Beans. Probably unlikely that someone ...

Could say a thing or two as well, but my focus might get away from demos a bit

Find a Gun / The Gun
Agreed with Zenith... Fun thing they brought it back to live set for the Stones Grow Her Name -tour. Good fit there.

Letter to Dana
The first song Tony wrote for Tricky Beans. I like each ...

Stratoforum is nearly unusable for me. I wish it didn't take over a minute to load, at times. Also getting a 503 half the time. :(

Same for me as of today, takes forever to load and usually ends up with 503 before coming back to life. It's been slow occasionally before today too, but now it's ...

Huh had forgotten there's a music video for that one. Checked from Tolkki channel and could almost count the pixels

Recently listened to some of the Tricky Beans/Means demos. This happens once or twice a year I go back and listen to them. Most of them evolved into excellent tracks on studio albums when time passed. And what's different with the first a few albums is that the band practiced and arranged more ...

Gave both songs some listens during past a few days. These are quite okay songs but not that much stick to my head for now. Chase the Light has Roland singing a bit around halfway to the song, which is nice.

After 13 long years Masterplan is back with new music


https://i.imgur.com/tQr6nGi.png


Tracklist

01. Chase The Light
02. Electric Nights
03. Shadow Man
04. Bound To Fall
05. Pain Of Yesterday
06. Metalmorphosis
07. Through The Storm
08. Ghostlight
09. The Call
10. Rise Again (Album vers ...

2:05 I still see nightmares

Wow, taking me back now. This band used to spam add you on last.fm and myspace, well, I didn't mind. Way better than the way things are these days with social media junk.

They did for me in last.fm. I don't remember if they actually messaged me or only sent a friend request. They had all of the ...

I rank the first two albums of Italian power metal band 'Derdian' very, very high on my personal list of truly one of the albums ever. Not to say later ones are bad - they are excellent too


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0KiSc5rnSk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6_f6Fo0Sqw

https://www ...

robocop wrote: Sun Mar 15, 2026 1:59 amMy place is a shithole, probably a virus came from the inside. I APOLOGIZE. Nobody was sick in the house lately, but I can see how filth can make anyone not used to it sick. Its unfortunate. But my reality of turds.

Far more likely the nasty gas station toilet if anything. No worries

:lol:

You didn't get sick by going to pickup that box did you? Or is there a US virus in that package!! :o


I went to many places that day (I think a day or two before that also) and recently dropped heating at home maybe too much :lol: I think day after that I was just super tired? Can't ...

robocop wrote: Sun Mar 15, 2026 1:37 am I got mary lou on compact dick.

Hooo!! You no like cassette, bro??

Yes like, unfortunately got no Mary-Lou on cassette in my private den, Dana I do

robocop wrote: Sun Mar 15, 2026 1:11 amWe should start a online petition for ecliptica to be re re recorded for the 30th.

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Only Mary-Lou, and it's already reserved for F.J.O Productions since 2000

They need to kick Pasi in his mudd mixing testicles and remaster the previous records, capisce? You know the ones I mean, not the oldest ones. :mrgreen:

It may help hear them (The Ninth Hour & Talviyö) in new light, but doesn't change "the fact" the first one has unbalanced pussy/big boy balance ...

Not exactly a album, i bought the sonata single or whatever they were calling it, the 30th anniversary song celebration. Freedom concept.

I understood from some Finnish interview (that Tony & Tommy gave in TV) there was supposed to be a compilation album which would include this. But never heard ...

Today I bring you a personal version of the song "United" from the album "Stratovarius," although many consider it the "Worst Stratovarius Album." The truth is, I really liked it. I don't see it as that "Horrible" artistically.

Might be the "worst" for me but actually not the least listened - it ...

Bought ~400 releases (including singles, DVDs and all) since last post, one of the last ones being Royal Sorrow - Innerdeeps. Bought from their merch table when they were support band for Sonata Arctica in Finland recently.

Old but gold

Mr cool Edit wrote: Fri Mar 13, 2026 6:19 pm Be careful with this, bro, the world isn't so normal as the psychologist think about it

Oh so true and thank you

Update time. Dogshit quality photos for the fact that I actually stepped on one in the dark earlier, true Friday 13th magic

Albums (CD/cassette)
https://i.imgur.com/jJzBc3L.png

Singles + EPs (CD/7")
https://i.imgur.com/SqN5yXx.png

Live (CD/DVD)
https://i.imgur.com/Dv03QFS.png

Compilation ...