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    Your ProgPower performance...

    was amazing! Thanks for the great show, guys. You have a new fan. Rock on. -Ryan
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    Arch/Matheos

    'Sympathetic Resonance'. Discuss. For me, this is the best album to have come out all year, and I don't expect that to change. It's not exactly 'Awaken the Guardian, Pt. 2' (my favorite album of all time, along with 'Somewhere Far Beyond' by Blind Guardian), but I'm kind of glad of that...
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    Your all-time favorite band/musician (or two)

    I'm just curious what all you Vintersorgers' favorite band is. Whatcha got? For me: Blind Guardian ... tied with... Katatonia
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    How about a show in Bahrain?

    I'll be here until next September, and so far the only metal scene I've detected here was a kid walking down the street wearing a Guns 'n Roses shirt.... =| So how 'bout flying over to little ol' Bahrain and putting on a show, guys? I'd be sure to show up! Any chances of such a thing happening...
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    Help keep me sane!

    I know this is way off-topic, but I'm overseas for the first time ever, and away from my girl - for a whole year! So you can imagine that my mind's rather in upheaval right now, so please help me stay sane - entertain me or something! I don't know what I'm hoping to accomplish with this thread...
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    Your favorite album by The Cure

    I just recently became an actual 'fan' of The Cure when a certain someone told me that her theme song for me was 'Lovesong'. =] I've been listening to 'Disintegration' like crazy since then, and I'm wondering what album to go for next. I already have 'Pornography' - have had it for a while...
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    Songs for a failing relationship

    I tried to make this thread last night, but the forum shit the bed on me. So time for round two.... Depressing and personal subject, I know, but I think most of us have been in a relationship that ended sadly. And, in my opinion, there's no better time for Katatonia than that. So what...
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    Weakling

    I think it's about time these guys (and girl) got some more recognition. True, they only released one album, but that album ('Dead As Dreams') is one of the best black metal albums I've ever heard. So entrancing, bleak, and dark, like a journey through a long and dismal nightmare. Favorite...
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    What songs would be in your 'soft' Opeth playlist?

    Ok, not a groundbreaking thread, but I'm curious. I just made a 'soft' Opeth playlist, and I've included: Coil Windowpane Harvest Hours of Wealth Benighted Hope Leaves Patterns in the Ivy II Credence Isolation Years I didn't include any songs with ANY heavy parts, or else 'To Bid You...
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    Vinyl Appreciation Thread

    Well, I FINALLY got a turntable today, and I'm christening it with 'Brave Murder Day'! I've had a stack of metal records for years now, but I never got to play them until now. Next maybe I'll go for 'Saw You Drown' or 'Jhva Elohim Meth'... or maybe Blind Guardian's 'Follow the Blind' or Opeth's...
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    Jethro Tull

    Now come on, who the fuck else likes these guys? I just heard them for the first time the other day, and I've got to say, they fuckin' kick ass! I think my favorite song right now from them is 'Songs from the Wood'. Now how 'bout everyone else? P.S. Yes, I'm drunk. Don't let it distract you.
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    Thiestru

    Does anyone else like this band? Sorry, it's my own 'one-man band'. I'd love to hear Katatonia fans' opinions on it (and maybe even Katatonia themselves?), so if anyone would care to go to www.myspace.com/thiestrumusic and listen, I'd appreciate it. 'Long-Forgotten Summers' is probably going...
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    Something different: Is anyone else (getting) drunk right now?

    You read it, you clicked it! To answer my own question, 'Yes, I am.' I'm listening to 'Watershed' for the billionth time in the last few days and drinking lots of good beer. Wassail! Anyone else? P.S. I realize this is a 'shit thread'. But... cut me some slack, I'm drinking!
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    Katatonia fans' opinions of Opeth's 'Watershed'?

    I've read ad nauseum about people's thoughts of the new album on the Opeth forum, but I find that people over here tend to be a bit more... level-headed. So what's everyone's thoughts on this new album? I just got it today, and I've been listening to it over and over. It's really growing on me...
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    Imogen Heap

    I realize this is rather different, and I hope I don't get lambasted for it, but... anyone else here like Imogen Heap? I got into her in the last month or so, not so much her first album 'I, Megaphone', but I think 'Speak for Yourself' has some really great songs. It has rather a melancholy tone...
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    Bethlehem, anyone?

    I've been obsessed with Bethlehem lately. Anyone else think they're awesome? If so, you should watch the video for 'Tagebuch Einer Totgeburt'. It's one of the best videos I've ever seen; there's something very haunting about it. Not to mention that the song is so amazingly depressing. Maybe...
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    Code Against the Code

    Alright, pretty straightforward: who else thinks this song is amazing? It's so simple but so affecting. Definitely one of my favorite Katatonia songs ever. Favorite parts: every time he sings, 'You once were the one who had it,' and every time he sings, 'All the filth that soiled your baby.'...
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    Lyrical help from Swedes please!

    As a result of listening to too much Finntroll while rereading The Hobbit, I have written a song called Goblin Town. The other day I got the idea to translate it into Swedish, as that might fit it better, so today I did so. But of course it's probably riddled with all kinds of mistakes, so if...
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    Petition for JEM shirts

    I've said this many times before, but I want to say it again now: Jesse, make some JEM shirts! And if I may make so bold as to suggest a design, I think this would look wikked: front cover on front, fairly large old logo and album name, and on the back, that one picture of Jonas and Anders in...
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    Question about the shirts

    How long does it take them to get to people in the U.S.? I'm thinking about ordering one, and I'd just like to know before I do. Thanks!