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..where Nightwish will pop up. I was selecting tracks for my set this week, and I come across this a track by Alex BassJunkie & Riche called "Hard Porn Steven Seagull". Weird name, but what's in a name these days? Giving it a listen, i find it's basically a dutch/uk hardcore remix of Wishmaster...

The old thread was extremely popular, so I thought I would refresh it. I'll start things off by telling a bit about my own gaming habits. I have a 360, ps3 and a Wii. There is a DS in the house, although it is not mine. I have been an MMO addict (and text based MUDs before that) for many, MANY...

Ok so here is a winner for you all. As I was first listening to Imaginaerum, during "The Crow, The Owl, and The Dove" i could have swore he was singing "got to quiver. got to lick it". I was like, WHAT?! Even now, knowing the real lyrics ("got to grieve her, got to wreck it", I still can mistake...

I've been lucky enough to get some early listens to Imaginaerum. My overall impressions are good, but it will take people a few listens and some of it will absolutely divide the community. For starters, the album improves as you go deeper along. But not thinking much of Taikatalvi or...

I'd been looking forward to this concert for quite some time. I love Edguy concerts. They have never failed to not only rock, but to be hilarious fun. And although i am not the biggest Kamelot fan in the world, i definitely enjoy their music and i enjoy seeing them in concert. First up, we had...

I've been in a slump lately. Regulars at the OSA may have noticed that i haven't exactly posted much in recent times, let alone any concert updates. I haven't even felt like going to the concerts (and for the most part, haven't). I did go see Opeth earlier this month, and although they were just...

Although i have seen all of these bands before, having them all on one ticket made for one great show. Some have nitpicked at the Arch Enemy setlist, and perhaps there were one or two songs i might have liked to see, and certainly i am dying to see Firewind live where they get more than a 30...

Man it was great to get back out to a concert. I've been gone for barely 4 months and it feels like well over a year. What a great event to kick off the concert year with too. Symphony X on their home turf, you just knew it would be good. There were a few minor issues for the evening, but I'll...

Metalstorm *almost* got me with their April Fools' prank. Check it out: www.metalstorm.ee The news article for it after the cover page: http://www.metalstorm.ee/events/news_comments.php?news_id=6242 I say "almost", because at first i thought they were hacked, until i noticed it...

That's right, Dokken. Anyone who was old enough to appreciate music in the early to mid 80's and beyond surely remembers them. Guitarist George Lynch was a bonafide 80's Guitar Hero. George may be long gone, but we've never quite stopped "Rokken with Dokken". Their next album, "Lightning Strikes...

If you haven't seen it yet, watch it here (just scroll down to the first video). There are some amusing bits in the interview. The article also tells of how Nightwish will be guests on Bruce Dickinson's BBC 6 radio show "The Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show" on April 4th (which will be...

That's right. The rumors have been spreading heavily for a while now. Microsoft cutting the price on the HD-DVD player add-on for the X360 was another indicator, and the announcement we've all been expecting has finally happened. Toshiba threw in the towel and now we can all safely move on with...

As always, this time of year i spend more time than i care to admit going over the releases for the previous year, picking up those few albums that i may have somehow missed, listening and relistening to them all in an effort to present you with what i feel is a comprehensive list of the top 20...

Now that 2007 is a memory, it is officially that time of the year again. As many of you know, every year i put out a fairly comprehensive list of what i feel were the best and most disappointing albums of the passing year, known simply as The Tramz Awards (for those who missed it, you can check...

Although a release date has yet to be confirmed, a "platinum" edition of Dark Passion Play is in the works (and pre-orders are being taken at the Nightwish shop) that will include all 13 songs plus five bonus tracks: 01. Erämaan Viimeinen 02. The Escapist (previously available only in the...

I don't remember anyone posting about this, so.. Here is the link to blabbermouth. It discusses among other things like how DPP has "shifted" 23,000 units here in the United States since October 2nd, and it has a fairly interesting video interview with Tuomas and Marco. When the interviewer...

This was to be a bittersweet evening. It has become well known that Chris(tofer Johnsson) no longer wants to tour North America. After the show i would have a talk with him about it, and admittedly i can understand why. Who knew that America charges them $1500 a head to come over here? Chris...

With the tour underway, everyone might like a place to post a few pictures of their experiences and this would be the place to do it. For me, it was extremely hard to get decent pictures. In Philly, we decided to go to the second level, so the distance made it difficult. In NYC, the crowd was...

I'm working backwards because the last thing i've done this week is the freshest in my mind. After seeing Nightwish on the 16th in Philly, 18th in NYC and 19th at the Vintage Vinyl signing in Jersey, this week long event of friends, concerts and fun would draw to a close with an excellent, if...