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You think originality is childish? How boring and sad it would be if no one did anything creative with music videos.

Wow. Someone's on the rag today, huh?

Well said. I saw Katatonia last year with Opeth, and I thought they were incredible. Definitely isn't the type of music you'd play while running around the stage Iron Maiden style. They performed flawlessly and captured the vibe of the music wonderfully. I don't know what else you could ask them...

What is it about them that sucks so bad live?

I hear ya. The joys of living in NC. I've missed out on tons of tours 'cause of it.

I would certainly say that Night Of The Stormrider and Crucible Of Man sound VASTLY different in many ways. Tons of bands choose to evolve their sound, for better or worse. They shouldn't be expected to start over with a new name just because some fans have hang ups about it. If you don't like...

Tragic.. He was young, too. Onward was my favorite band for a long time. I met them at a show in Atlantic Beach, NC. There was like 8 people there for them and Angra. He would mail me demo tapes of the new Onward and Crescent Shield stuff they were working on. Damn..

+2 In that case, Iced Earth would have a different band name on almost every album.

Of course! I assumed that was a given. You can't touch those early Ryche records.

Thanks for the help!! Looks like I could possibly catch Baroness the day after Wacken, but I don't wanna have to haul ass back to Berlin, so I might just hold out and see if there's something else.

Of course not, the dude is 53 after all. But Todd LaTorre isn't 21 anymore, either. He's pretty close to Tate's age and he wipes his ass with Tate on those recordings. May not be as good as the original, but it's not really fair to expect that of him, either. Surgical Strike would have been...

Agreed. It's a total double standard. When you talk about shirtless poofy haired guys, I immediately think of the 80s cock rock bands. Those guys were total sluts.

Better yet, kick Geoff out and get this guy to take over. I've been lucky enough to have the chance to meet a lot of members of many of my favorite bands over the years, and Geoff Tate is the only one who was kind of a dick.

I used to check sites like Blabbermouth and local venue websites to find out about tours that come close enough to me to check out, but it's gotten to where this forum has all the info and updates I need. That said, I'm going to German this summer to catch Wacken. I'll be in Berlin for about a...

I didn't mean to imply you found them tasteless. I used that word because it's a common criticism I hear used against them. I was just sticking up for them in general on this thread, guess I could've not quoted your post because I wasn't singling you out or anything. My point was I think...

It takes waaaay above average chops to play the leads they do, regardless of whether or not you think they're tasteless. And their songwriting may not have much variety, but the structuring in their songs is a lot more complex than any "average" songwriter would normally come up with. Like them...

Overruled!

They're definitely phasing out a lot of the metal shows.

Your sarcasm eludes me. What's the common trend now?