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    GMD Poll: Top 10 Metal Albums of the 00s

    1. Therion - Sirius B 2. Morbid Angel - Gateways to Annihilation 3. Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain 4. Agalloch - The Mantle 5. Opeth - Blackwater Park 6. Opeth - Deliverance 7. Cathedral - Endtyme 8. Stratovarius - Infinite 9. Celtic Frost - Monotheist 10. Therion - Deggial
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    GNMD Poll: Top 10 Non-Metal Albums of 1997

    Didn't see this at first. Epic year, especially for game soundtracks - Total Annihilation's one of the best ever. 1. The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole 2. Rammstein - Sehnsucht 3. Ween - The Mollusk 4. Jeremy Soule - Total Annihilation soundtrack 5. The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land 6...
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    GMD Social Poll: Top Ten Films of 2000

    1. Requiem for a Dream 2. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 3. Memento 4. Battle Royale 5. American Psycho
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    GMD Social Poll: Top Ten Films of 1981

    Heavy Metal Raiders of the Lost Ark Mad Max 2 History of the World, Part I The Evil Dead Not exactly passionate about #2-5, but Heavy Metal's one of my all-time favorites. Surprised no one else has listed it yet. Need to see Escape from New York and Das Boot.
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    The News Thread

    https://zeihan.com/russias-twilight-war/
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    The "What Are You Doing This Moment" Thread

    Well, I hit "strong disagree" on that one even though I recognized that a one-party system has an advantage in quick decision-making. They do make it clear in the instructions that they're looking for gut answers. Apparently they address that question in their faq too:
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    The "What Are You Doing This Moment" Thread

    I'm not usually into these surveys, but I got curious tonight. Political Compass seems pretty sensibly designed.
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    Virus by iron maiden

    Shit, I never actually bothered to check if they had non-album singles. This made my day, thanks!
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    Listening History/Ratings

    Well the examples above are all totals, but I could hypothetically calculate an average, depending on what the denominator is. I mean, in the case of Iron Maiden, that 73.2 score comes from ratings for 41 songs (I don't rate every song in the discog), so out of the 41 songs with a rating, the...
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    Listening History/Ratings

    I started a spreadsheet last year, and went bonkers with it. Now lists 2100 works by 500 artists, with a point score for each. I originally rated songs only, but started adding scores for albums that stood out as a whole without any specific songs in them standing out. I use the following rating...
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    GMD Poll: Top Metal(lic) Albums of the 1970s

    Wow, no love for Rainbow s/t huh. Listening to that Buffalo album for the first time now, good stuff. Somehow I wrote off Scorpions many years ago, guess I'll have to revisit them next.
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    The "What Are You Doing This Moment" Thread

    Worth it? Curious to know why.
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    The Top 5 List Thread

    Sick list @Bloopy, can't wait for pt 2 :lol: