DarkCornatus

The faded earth in my pants

You somehow blended two topics into one continuous paragraph, well done sir!

I've been listening to metal for about 13 years now, and I've burned out on bands or even genres from time to time, but the interest always remained in the end. The biggest thing is learning to discover bands for yourself on a regular basis. If you don't do this, you burn out on old material. Try new bands similar to other bands you like, or even try new sub genres. I haven't never really needed to leave the metal scene to find stuff i like.

Anette is like 10 times hotter

I think Bruce coming back really hurt the band' date=' they don't know which direction to head in anymore and it's resulted in largely lacklustre albums, perhaps they should have just ended Maiden when he left in the first place, AMOLAD is a good album but it's not worth seeing one of my favourite bands completely destroy their credibility[/quote'] I agree a little, but they were already on the downfall on the last two albums (FOTD and NPFTD) with him there anyway after Adrian Smith left (as he helped write a lot of the better material). Those albums became successful through hit songs more than being greats in the collection. However, they made a comeback with BNW and DOD imo. AMOLAD was decent, but i never really got into it as it's where i really noticed Bruce's vocals to be suffering in the studio. They still are amazing live though! So i'm glad they kept going! On topic - definitely Di'anno over Blaze. Blaze is just downright not suited to Maiden. Di'anno worked perfectly with the first albums, better than Bruce would have even imo.

I'd prefer to watch A-league over AFL or NRL, but no i'm not a fan. I only watch the World Cup in sport these days. Used to be a huge cricket and NRL fan, but that was many a year ago! lol

Yeah man, i've always found Edenbridge a stand out band in the Symphonic Metal scene due to their great progressive guitar work and pleasant atmosphere.Yeah Wuthering Heights are one of the better Power Metal bands for me. That album is definitely their best. Communic's first album is easily my favourite, especially the last two songs. I still like their later work too.Yeah i have a wide taste in Metal now. I mainly listen to Doom, Black and Death these days, but still come back to old classics when i get that itch.

Haha, AFL isn't even big in my area. It's all NRL which is just as bad!

Their last album (or even last two i guess) are more Doom imo. Definitely Black in their early days though. Like this song:

1. Isole 2. Warning 3. Candlemass 4. The Ruins of Beverast

For sure! The Black Opera baby!

Thanks! Pretty rare to find Opera IX fans these days haha!

No, i don't watch any Footy! Only the Fifa World Cup football haha!

Hey, fellow metalheads. I'm 30, Australian and love metal. Looking to meet some new people into metal as my life is devoid of metal friends (since coming out of a long term relationship with my ex who also loved metal). I love going to gigs, but sadly we get shit all here in Australia. I did go to Hellfest in France this year which was amazing! I'm into a wide range of metal, here is a list of my favourite bands: Edenbridge, Therion, Iced Earth, Primordial, Agalloch, Isole, Pallbearer, Warning, Decapitated, Nile, Moonsorrow, Blind Guardian, Septicflesh, Dissection, Gallowbraid, Astriaal, Iron Maiden, Wuthering Heights, Opera IX, Necrophagist, Lost Horizon, 40 Watt Sun, Nightwish, Ensiferum, Tristania, Haggard, Draconian, Lord Belial, Enslaved, Arcturus, Manilla Road, Jag Panzer, Kamelot, Vreid, Windir, Quo Vadis, Rotting Christ, Death, The Ruins Of Beverast, King Diamond, Immortal, Ayreon, Symphony X, Gamma Ray, Jethro Tull, Wintersun, Communic, Ozzy Osbourne, Ancient Rites, Opeth, Falconer, Thin Lizzy, Einherjer, Stratovarius, Summoning, Eluveitie, Dragonland, Be'lakor, Avatarium, Caladan Brood, Epica, Angra, Black Majesty, Age Of Taurus, Doom:VS, Alcest, Dordeduh, Equilibrium