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Iron Maiden - No Prayer for the Dying Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark Iron Maiden - The X Factor Iron Maiden - Virtual XI Judas Priest - Point of Entry Judas Priest - Turbo Celtic Frost - Cold Lake (I've only heard a few songs off it but it sounds better than just about the rest of the crap they put out.)

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wait a second Mike I don't know of many who would say Fear Of The Dark was a negatively reviewed album. Oh and as always you're wrong about Celtic Frost
Maiden pissed a lot of people off with NPFTD and FotD. I love them both though they're considerably more rock than metal. Oh and as always I'm right about Celtic Frosted Flakes. They suck!
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From Cold Lake onward' date=' I'd tend to agree...[/quote'] You don't like Monotheist? I can understand not liking Vanity/Nemesis, even though I enjoy it, but I thought given your taste you would dig that album and Triptykon. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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I haven't heard the Tryptikon stuff yet. I liked parts of some songs on Monotheist, but I didn't find myself enjoying any of the songs as a whole. It felt like it was dragging. Maybe I need to be in a different mindset when I'm listening to it. I'll give it another shot, though I was unimpressed the first go-round. The production was good, in any case.

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I haven't heard the Tryptikon stuff yet. I liked parts of some songs on Monotheist' date=' but I didn't find myself enjoying any of the songs as a whole. It felt like it was dragging. Maybe I need to be in a different mindset when I'm listening to it. I'll give it another shot, though I was unimpressed the first go-round. The production was good, in any case.[/quote'] In any case, at least try Triptykon. The sound is similar to that on Monotheist, but it's darker, heavier, more focused, and all around better. I loved Monotheist, and Eparistera Daimones was one of my favorite albums of 2010. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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I love The Dark Saga, it was my first Iced Earth album and despite the vocals I love it. They put a minimal spin on their sound and it rocked. Too bad everything else since that album has sucked. Load is a great album too for bluesy hard rock. The guitars play different stuff at the same time for a good portion of the album. It's a HORRIBLE Metallica album but it's a good rock album. If you view it on those merits it's not so hard to listen to. After that however nothing they've done is worth a damn.

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