Im listening to SoEL right now. Seriously the chorus of Emerald Sword is easily one of the best I ever heard.

For the king for the land for the mountains
for the green valleys where dragons fly
for the glory the power to win the black lord
I will search for the emerald sword

It is just awesome :D

Symphony Of Enchanted Lands is fantastic.

Now, if they had the recording capabilites of II for the music of I...fap fap fap fap fap. That would be glorious.

Yeah, the replacement of every stupid narration part with Christopher Lee would be a huge upgrade as well.

Seriously, whoever does it on the earlier albums is hilariously terrible.

[QUOTE=Deth;15992261]Yeah, the replacement of every stupid narration part with Christopher Lee would be a huge upgrade as well.

Seriously, whoever does it on the earlier albums is hilariously terrible.[/QUOTE]

I LOLed when I heard this monologue on [i]Rain of a Thousand Flames[/i]

[quote]
Oh god!...oh god... no...

They found it, they found it... the ancient words are going to be pronounced...

Thanks to the cosmic power of the emerald weapon, the book of the dead kept by the dark angel is now open and the rites of blood are going to begin...

Oh no, god!... oh no... I hear those damned words...

Necros, Dagma, Atra, Krona... I hear them... Necros, Dagma, Atra, Krona
Necros, Dagma, Atra, Krona... I hear them... Necros, Dagma, Atra, Krona...
[/quote]

I get embarrassed when that part comes on when I'm blasting the song with my roommate around.

[QUOTE=Deth;15992307]I get embarrassed when that part comes on when I'm blasting the song with my roommate around.[/QUOTE]

lol

Moonlight is the witness of the most tragic day for our lands!
Nothing seems possible to change the destiny of war!

Yeah, Rain of a Thousand Flames is an awesome track until Captain Bad Voice Actor comes in with his Italio-American accent.

[QUOTE=Riva;15993497]Yeah, Rain of a Thousand Flames is an awesome track until Captain Bad Voice Actor comes in with his Italio-American accent.[/QUOTE]

One 'Sir Jay Lansford' narrated their albums from 1997 to 2002.

I somehow doubt his title holds any water outside of rainy day afternoons in his den, when he's behind the DM screen.

Whenever I hear his voice, I hear the crackling of d20s and smell greasy, unwashed hair. No lie.

So, I am on a Kamelot listening spree right now.

So I just went to this 5 storey high Saturn (Like Best Buy or Harvey Norman) and the entire top level was dedicated to music and movies. I found probably the biggest "major retailer" metal section I have ever seen, so I picked up a couple of bargains. If I had more money or lived in Hamburg I would probably have bought a whole lot more. You can tell Germans love their power metal, since all sorts of fairly unknown artists were represented (except no Skyclad or Lost Horizon :-/) and it might also be the only country to feature more Manowar than Metallica.

[QUOTE=Riva;15998473] and it might also be the only country to feature more Manowar than Metallica.[/QUOTE]

:lol:

Greatest thing I have read like ever.

[QUOTE=PoetandthePendulum;15998445]So, I am on a Kamelot listening spree right now.[/QUOTE]

Whereas I hardly have listened to Kamelot

I'm such a nub sometimes

Hail Germany

[QUOTE=Riva;15998473]and it might also be the only country to feature more Manowar than Metallica.[/QUOTE]

I declare Germany totally f[size=2]u[/size]cking awesome.

Germany totally dies for metal.

[QUOTE=Steerpike;15998722]I declare Germany totally f[size=2]u[/size]cking awesome.[/QUOTE]

[b]14/88

SIEGEST OF HEILS

DEUTSCHLAND IST KRIEG[/b]

oops, should've said that in the bm thread

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOVW9GezQ0k&feature=related[/url]

Khan is a one man wrecking crew. Just amazing.

[QUOTE=Riva;15998473]So I just went to this 5 storey high Saturn (Like Best Buy or Harvey Norman) and the entire top level was dedicated to music and movies. I found probably the biggest "major retailer" metal section I have ever seen, so I picked up a couple of bargains. If I had more money or lived in Hamburg I would probably have bought a whole lot more. You can tell Germans love their power metal, since all sorts of fairly unknown artists were represented (except no Skyclad or Lost Horizon :-/) and it might also be the only country to feature more Manowar than Metallica.[/QUOTE]

How much was the average CD?

Germany is the home to man[y]-o-war conventions.

[QUOTE=Cocaine;15999627]Germany is the home to man[y]-o-war conventions.[/QUOTE]

My favorite is Nuremberg.

Mine is Auschwitz-Birkenau tbqh

I wouldn't consider them Power Metal, but Tarot's I Rule kicks epic ***. Power metal is epic, so yeah, they go together

[url]http://youtube.com/watch?v=xBX2_8WqjEYp[/url]

anybody like Cage or Brainstorm?

np: The Magic Of The Wizard's Dream [German]

this is definitely the funniest one

[QUOTE=Shattered_Future;15999096]Germany totally dies for metal.[/QUOTE]

we're warriors, warriors of the world!

[QUOTE=Cocaine;16001237]np: The Magic Of The Wizard's Dream [German]

this is definitely the funniest one[/QUOTE]



Does it have Christopher Lee singing in German?

[QUOTE=RNR;16002131]Does it have Christopher Lee singing in German?[/QUOTE]

Yep

That song wins at music.

I like the French and Italian versions more

Average price was €6.99

There was this band called Dionysous, and I cannot remember the name of the album, but they were obviously power metal. In any case, the album art featured a rather poorly photoshopped temple with a stone statue of a king in the centre. Now, I am not sure if this is somehow related to the album, or if the graphic artist was just to lazy to draw an original head with a crown on it, but they have photoshopped the head Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn onto this statue.

It is the exact same face as the movie posters have, you have all most likely seen it before. I was tempted to buy the album just so I could keep giggling at it during the flight home. Funniest album art I have ever seen.

[url]http://metal-archives.com/release.php?id=34836[/url]

The magic of Metal Archives.

I don't know what is funnier about that, the album art, or the fact that they have all these Power metal esque song titles but also have a title of [b]What[/b].

[QUOTE=jrowa001;16001181]anybody like Cage or Brainstorm?[/QUOTE]

Cage is good
Brainstorm is meh

[QUOTE=Cocaine;16001237]np: The Magic Of The Wizard's Dream [German]

this is definitely the funniest one[/QUOTE]

I have a live video they did for that for some German TV show. Absolutely hilarious.

Found it. [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m94VJz8BJp4[/url]

:lol:

Gemeinsam mit der italienische Band Rhapsody, Christopher Lee!

That ruled so hard that I now have to listen to Symphony Pt. 2. It's been far too long.

Tarja Turunen needs to record a version of Poet and The Pendulum. Her voice is much better suited for it.

Yes it is. Annette's version was probably one of the best things vocally she did on that album, but that's totally a Tarja song. Having Annette sing the high parts in the very beginning was a bad idea...

Hell, even Marco's ****in' demo version is a bit better than Annette for the chorus.

EDIT: I never noticed it before, but it looks like they're totally lip-syncing in that Rhapsody video.

I like Annette's voice more than Tarja's.

Tarja had the accent thing to bring her down a bit (it's glaringly apparent on End Of An Era), but I still think she has a much better voice that's much better suited for the music.