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    The Pitiless -- Official Video

    And... here we go :headbang: As of now it's probably too soon to debate about lyrical content or such, but Mikael's voice sounds at the highest level, technically flawless, and the musical texture is satisfying, I think: the changes both in beat and tune are often unexpected and always...
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    We Are The Void

    I think I'd really, really, really love to know which track that guitar riff at 0.49-1.12 of part 3 is from... I found it touching and melancholic as nothing I've listened to for a very long time... if about 30% of the album is along those lines, I think it's gonna be another epic milestone...
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    Thoughts about CHARACTER

    Well, yes, I see some parallelisms between The Mind's I and Character, but basically in the fact that they both have fast (or mostly fast) songs with multilayered structures and breathtaking growls. But the similarity ends here, I think: complexity is not, in my opinion, something that can be...
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    Best DT ballad?

    Unless he's also crying when, in "Still moving sinews", he sings the "on account of their brightness..." bridge, I don't think he is, actually :)
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    Happy birthday, Sirenoula!

    Happy birthday, Siren :) Alfred
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    Best DT ballad?

    Well, if the lyrical themes (introspective, emotion-centered songs) are to be considered the main filing issue, I'd definitely say Lethe, followed by Auctioned, Day to End and Emptier still. If the slow-tempo feature becomes the main one, unlinked from the actual content of the song, then the...
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    Not-so-good-and-old "How do you feel" thread

    Hi hyena :) Yeah, I'd love it, but a) the idea of contributing to increase the warmth around the poor people who aren't lucky enough to be inside a house with air conditioning and have to stay outside for one reason or the other wouldn't make me feel at ease while using it and b) anyways I have...
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    Not-so-good-and-old "How do you feel" thread

    NF: Awfully. I should have been asleep at least an hour and a half ago, but it's absolutely impossible to sleep in the oven my town has turned into in the last 3 days. This might have a chance to be a decent summer, but if this is the starting point, it might turn into a high-temperature...
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    Not-so-good-and-old "How do you feel" thread

    Happy Christmas to everyone, everywhere :) NF: you can imagine :) Alfred (sniff)
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    Not-so-good-and-old "How do you feel" thread

    NF:Very, very happy inside. I got on the site just in time to see (on the splash page) and read the best news I've seen and read since many months ago. And these beautiful news arrive the very same day as autumn, at last, storms on northern Italy dropping the temperatures from about 20° to...
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    dark tranquillity european tour 2005

    Has anybdy watched carefully at the sequence of dates?It sums up to more than one full month with one gig every single evening (except for the 22nd)... :yow: And yes, I, too, would have liked to see dt headliners, or at least the shifting rahvin was talking about in the beginning... I'm...
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    The "upcoming album" Thread

    I know nothing of it, but from past experiences (oCaEN and ESA), my bets are definitely on the regular size :) Alfred (overloaded)
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    The book quiz

    You're Les Miserables! by Victor Hugo One of the best known people in your community, you have become something of a phenomenon. People have sung about you, danced in your honor, created all manner of art in your name. And yet your story is one of failure and despair, with a few brief...
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    Happy Birthday Robot!

    Happy b-day |ng, part II ;) (and yes, the best parties start at night, especially if you're a robot equipped with adequate headlights :)) Alfred (there is a light)