Recent content by Finn Mac Cuhal

First, thank to Glenn for putting up his list. There are always 10-20 albums he tosses out that I end up buying here at the end of the year. It is a lot of work and it does not go unappreciated. Most of my new purchases are still percolating for me and will for several weeks. I fully agree...

Pyramaze and Ayreon for me. I would include MindMaze but I backed their Kickstarter so I already have it! :)

Jake's departure can hardly be welcome by most fans and perhaps the band as well. However, when I saw Amaranthe play at the Masq in Atlanta a couple of years back, Jake seemed really bored with it all. He sang well but Jake's expression throught the night was generally disengaged. I...

I came out with fewer shirts this year and more CDs and DVDs. Festival Shirt Circus Maximus Havoc Tour Shirt Devin Townsend Transcendence Tour Shirt Haken Tour Shirt Evergrey Storm Within Shirt Serious Black Shirt Serious Black Patch Evergrey - Storm Within CD Serious Black - Mirrorworld CD...

For me so far? Sinbreed - "Master Creator" Dream Theater - "The Astonishing" Cilver - "Not the End of the World" Katatonia - "The Fall of Hearts" Helion Prime - "Helion Prime" Almanac - "Tsar" Volbeat - "Seal the Deal & Let's Boogie" Haken - "Affinity" Amon Amarth - "Jomsviking" Nordic Union -...

This. Absolute excitement. Plan on having it in my sweaty hands on the day it gets released. Might be the only thing I listen to for a whole week.

I don't know what to write. Such terrible news with which to awake. Piotr signed a picture for me at ProgPowerUSA this past year. It was but the briefest of encounters but while quiet, Piotr seemed very pleasant and gracious. Oddly, I spent much of the past four days listening to Riverside...

Every band does not always float my boat either. Then again, Glenn is not assembling a lineup set for my personal tastes. Generally, even the bands that don't thrill me usually entertain the mess out of me live. I just appreciative Glenn (and also Nathan and Milton) keeping the festival...

LOL, I majored in history so I LOVED the last two albums. But I liked the first two releases a lot as well. I suspect I will be very easy to satisfy when it comes to their upcoming album.

Of course, it all depends on what you like or need but... In no particular order - Kamelot - One Cold Winter's Night Anathema - Universal Nightwish - End of An Era, Showtime Storytime Katatonia - Sanctitude Sabaton - Swedish Empire Live Within Temptation - Black Symphony, Let Us Burn...

LOL, financially, I can probably use the breather! After all, I WILL have Day 1/2 tickets if I have to sell a kidney. But I really would like to keep both of them. They come in handy sometimes!

Reschedules always seem to suck for some while offering new opportunities for others. Atlanta was NOT on the tour last time but it is this time so this announcement makes me happy (to say the least). Maybe they will add some dates for those left out...

OMG, I just barfed at the thought. That may cross the line into cruel and unusual but I suspect it would deter all but people who have never "experienced" the "pleasure" of the Center Stage men's room about 6 hours into the day! :Puke:

Right now, they are scheduled to play the Masquerade with Grave Digger 11/27 on the Heaven stage. I'd much prefer Center Stage, too, but we takes what we can takes!

I am in but I was gripping for a bit. I kept trying at 10am EST and got that same error as everyone else. My son is in town and wanted me to go golfing so I went. Just secured mine but I would have been pissed if it sold out before I could get in as I started at 10am on the nose and tried for...