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1-7 NOVEMBER 2009

01. I Want to Hear What You Have Got to Say by The Subways
02. So What I Lied by Sick Puppies
03. Stricken by Disturbed
04. Us 2 Little Gods by Dido
05. Mine All Mine by SHeDaisy
06. Growing Old Is Getting Old by Silversun Pickups
07. Cling And Clatter by Lifehouse
08. Say Something, Say Anything by Blood Red Shoes
09. Join Me In Death by HIM
10. The Howling by Within Temptation


8-14 NOVEMBER 2009

01. Forget Myself by Third Eye Blind
02. Circus by Britney Spears
03. Ooh Baby I Like It Like That by Alesha Dixon
04. Living in a Lie by Guano Apes
05. So What I Lied by Sick Puppies
06. Cling And Clatter by Lifehouse
07. Rock & Roll Queen by The Subways
08. All You Wanted by Michelle Branch
09. Red Blooded Woman by Kylie Minogue
10. Long Hard Road Out Of Hell by Marilyn Manson


15-21 NOVEMBER 2009

01. Act Like You by Sarah Connor
02. What Have You Done by Within Temptation
03. Secret Love by Ian Van Dahl
04. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) by Marilyn Manson
05. The Sacrament by HIM
06. Rose of Sharyn by Killswitch Engage
07. Poem To A Horse by Shakira
08. Water by Breaking Benjamin
09. Can'tneverdidnothin' by Nikka Costa
10. Womanizer by Britney Spears


22-30 NOVEMBER 2009

01. Act Like You by Sarah Connor
02. Born To Make You Happy by Britney Spears
03. The Sacrament by HIM
04. Bombastic Love by Britney Spears
05. Poem To A Horse by Shakira
06. What Have You Done by Within Temptation
07. Us 2 Little Gods by Dido
08. Rose of Sharyn by Killswitch Engage
09. Water by Breaking Benjamin
10. Breaking Up the Girl by Garbage

1) Architects: Hollow Crown
2) Five Finger Death Punch: War Is The Answer
3) Killswitch Engage: Killswitch Engage
4) Darkest Hour: The Eternal Return
5) Alexisonfire: Old Crows/Young Cardinals
6) He Is Legend: It Hates You
7) Gallows: Grey Britain
8) The Devil Wears Prada: With Roots Above And Branches Above
9) Every Time I Die: New Junk Aesthetic
10) Bury Tomorrow: Portraits
11) Arsonists Get All The Girls: Portals
12) Oceana: Birth Eater
13) Mastodon: Crack The Skye
14) Mariachi El Bronx: El Bronx
15) Lamb of God: Wrath
16) It Dies Today: Lividity
17) Funeral for a Friend: Your History Is Mine
18) Enter Shikari: Common Dreads
19) Suicide Silence: No Time to Bleed
20) Muse: The Resistance

There we have it, perfect for any metal fan, or anyone who likes a little mariachi in there metal =)

Note: the Killswitch Engage album is their second self titled one and doesn't appear to be on lastfm, all the tracks are there thought if you search ;)

Band's I've seen :) [In no order]

Velvet Revolver x6

Backyard Babies x5

Megadeth x4

Trivium x6

Iron Maiden x2

Guns N' Roses

Slipknot x2

Slayer x3

System of a Down

AC/DC

Deep Purple x2

Black Sabbath

Anthrax

Machine Head x3

Metallica x2

Seether

The Offspring

Disturbed

Judas Priest x3

Scorpions x2

Bullet For My Valentine x2

Wednesday 13 x4

Whitesnake

Def Leppard

Black Stone Cherry

Duff McKagan's Loaded

H.I.M x2

Hellyeah

Iced Earth

Lamb of God x2

Arch Enemy x2

DevilDriver x2 (biggest pit I have EVER seen!!)

Heaven & Hell

Lost Prophets x2

My Chemical Romance

Korn x2

Deathstars

3 Doors Down

SOiL

Bullet For My Valentine x3

In Flames

Nightwish

Within Temptation x2

Lacuna Coil

DragonForce x3

Alter Bridge

Evanescence

Motley Crue

Thin Lizzy

Styx

Zico chain

The Crave

Crucified Barbara

Buckcherry x2

Bullets and Octane x2

Stone Sour x3

Papa Roach x3

Hanoi Rocks x2

The Wildhearts x2

Motorhead

Airbourne x2

Children of Bodom x2

Towers of London

Testament

Amen x2

Imperial Vipers x2

The Cult

Lauren Harris

The Answer x2

Garbage

Zebrahead

McQueen x2

Tokyo Dragons

The Glitterati

Pendulum x2

Wolfmother

Bowling for Soup x2

Biffy Clyro x4

ShadowsFall

Turisas

KISS

Alice in Chains

Shinedown

Opeth

3 Inches of Blood

Stone Gods

Evile

Hinder

Killswitch Engage

The Ga*Ga*s

Mastadon

Hurricane Party

Avenged Sevenfold

Heavens Basement

Roadstar

The Subways x2

Lauren Harris

In This Moment

Fly Leaf

Shinedown

There's probably some I've forgot...

1.How did you get into no.29?
Christina Aguilera: she burst onto tht pop scene as i was growing up.

2. What's the first song you ever heard by no.22?
Alanis Morissette: either Hand In My Pocket or Ironic

3. Whats your favorite lyric by no.33?
Radiohead: unoriginal etc. but it has to be 'I don't care if it hurts, I want to have control, I want a perfect body,I want a perfect soul'

4. How did you get into no.49?
Garbage: listened to the Romeo & Juliet OST exsessively & grew to love them

5. How many albums by no.13 do you own?
Jonathan Larson: just 1

6. What is your favorite song by no.50?
Appleton: has to be Fantasy

7. Is there a song by no.39 that makes you sad?
Justin Timberlake: no

8. What is your favorite song by no.15?
Avril Lavigne: i have 2 Fall To Pieces and Nobody's Home

9. What is your favorite song by no.5?
Harry Gregson-Williams: this is a really difficult choice for me but i'm gonna go for Prince Caspian Flees

10. Is there a song by no.6 that makes you happy?
Evanescence: not really.

11. What is the worst song by no.40?
Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx: simply because i skip it everytime, i'm picking What Do You Do with a BA in English

12. What is your favorite song by no.10?
A1: Summertime of Our Lives

13. What is a good memory you have involving no.30?
Beyonce: can't think of anything in particular

14. What is your favorite song by no.38?
Delta Goodrem: Will You Fall For Me

15. Is there a song by no.19 that makes you happy?
Ilan Eskeri: nearly everything from Stardust - Music From The Motion Picture makes me happy. Especially Shooting Star

16. Is there a song by no.25 that makes you sad?
Kelly Clarkson: Because Of You has had me in tears a few times

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23?
Hollywood Film Chorale: whichever song came first during the Peter Pan movie (2003)

18. What's your favorite lyric by no.11?
A Very Potter Musical: how does one choose? i'm very fond of 'back to wizards and witches, and magical beasts. to goblins and ghosts and to magical feasts'

19. Who is a favorite member of no.1?
Nicholas Hooper: errm.. Nicholas himself!!

20. Is there a song by no.14 that makes you happy?
Staind: not particually

21. What is a good memory involving no.27?
Hear'Say: singing Pure And Simple stupidly loudly and dancing on tables. Good times!!

22. What is your favorite song by no.16?
Fall Out Boy: again unoriginal but it's Dance Dance

23. What is the first song you ever heard by no.47?
Britney Spears: that would be Baby, One More Time

24. What is your favorite album by no.18?
Savage Garden: because i like more songs on it i'm plumping for Affirmation

25. What is your favorite song by no.21?
Killswitch Engage: When Darkness Falls

26. What is the first song you ever heard by no.26?
Nickleback: How You Remind Me

27. What is your favorite album by no.3?
Within Temptation: The Silent Force

28. What is you favorite song by no.2?
Tom Felton: Father Of Mine is simply beautiful

29. What was the first song you ever heard by no.32?
London Oratory School Scholars: whichever came first during Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King movie

30. What is you favorite song by no.8?
Five: Until The Time Is Through

31. How many times have you seen no.17 live?
Howard Shore: never

32. Is there a song by no.44 that makes you happy?
Aaron Lewis: can't say there is. (i clearly listen to some very depressing music!!)

33. How did you get into no.12?
Michael Giacchino: recent Star Trek movie

34. What is the worst song by no.45?
My Chemical Romance: nearly everything. i'm surprised they're in my top 50

35. What was the first song you ever heard by no.34?
Blazin' Squad: Crossroads and hated it.

36. What was the first song you ever heard by no.48?
Ben Barnes, The Easy Virtue Orchestra: whichever song came first during Easy Virtue. I think it was A Room with a View

37. How many times have you seen no.42 live?
Backstreet Boys: twice. both a gazillion years ago

38. What is you favorite song by no.36?
Hilary Duff: Come Clean

39. What was the first song you ever heard by no.28?
Three Days Grace: I Hate Everything About You thanks to Jenni =D

40. What is you favorite album by no.7?
Mark Read: the only one he's released Peace At Last but i can't wait for him to release some more solo stuff. though that may not happen for a while now that A1 have reformed (FINALLY!!!)

41. Is there a song by no.31 that makes you happy?
Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz: Adalasia makes me smile loads

42. What is your favorite album by no.41?
Nelly Furtado: Loose

43. What is your favorite song by no.24?
Muse: oh look, i'm being unorginal again but it's Supermassive Black Hole

44. What is a good memory you have involving no.46?
The Firm: being very drunk and attempting to sing Star Trekkin' with a bunch of friends. silly voices and all!!

45. What is your favorite song by no.35?
Ben Adams: gotta be Sorry

46. Is there a song by no.9 that makes you happy?
John Williams: there are many songs of his that make me happy. Double Trouble especially

47. What is your favorite album by no.4?
Linkin Park: for incredible musicality it's Reanimation but the lyrics in nearly all songs on Meteora are beautiful. yeah, i can't pick

48. Who is your favorite member of no.37?
Katy Perry: yeah, Katy!!

49. What is the first song you ever heard by no.43?
P Diddy Ft. Keyshia Cole: Last Night

50. What is your favorite song by no.20?
Robert Pattinson: gotta be Let Me Sign

(In random order)

Behemoth-Evangelion
Blackened death metal

Listen to this and then listen to ambient bands like SOTL=uber amazing feeling which is beyond description.

Baroness-Blue Record
Progressive/Southern rock

Forget about sludge metal, I’m in love with southern rock now.

Blut aus Nord- Memoria Vetusta II-Dialogue with the Stars
Atmospheric black metal

See, black metal is beautiful.

Devin Townsend Project-Addicted
Progressive rock/Industrial/IDM

Musically, it’s progressive industrial thrashy nu metal going IDM. Yeah, I’m addicted to Addicted! I don’t get why it’s called heavy-enya though.

Jon Hopkins- Insides
IDM/Ambient/Electronica

He’s a genius in this field. Enough said.

Karnivool-Sound Awake
Progressive/Alternative rock

They’re a great discovery for me this year. Set Fire to the Hive is a killer.

maudlin of the Well-Part The Second
Avant-grade metal/Progressive/Art rock

Music is art. You get it.

Nobuo Uematsu-Lord of Vermilion Original Soundtrack
Progressive rock/Game music

Mr. Uematsu is as awesome as Mr. Townsend.

Obscura- Cosmogenesis
Technical death metal/Progressive

I give props to them not because they’re like Cynic meets Opeth meets Death meets Necrophagist, not because their stellar bass work, but because they have a cosmic sound. This's not space rock but it takes me to universe.

Six Organs of Admittance- Luminous Night
Psychedelic folk

Do you notice that my name here is taken from the sixth track on LN?


Honorable mentions:
Killswitch Engage-Killswitch Engage
Melodic metalcore/Rock

Hardcore, thrash, sludge, melodic death, power, rock, shoegaze, ambient, this is what new album brings to us basically, varied and interesting. They could have done better though, in my opinion.

Swallow the Sun-New Moon
Melodic death/Doom metal

They’re my favorite melodic death doom band, so I couldn’t care less even if they make the same music. Same thing goes for Insomnium. I’m a sucker for dark, melancholic, epic music, you know. Well, they change a little bit this time with a slight black metal sound, which is a good thing.

Mastodon - Crack The Skye
Progressive rock/Sludge metal

It’s kinda weird that Mastodon’s been a band I’ve had problems getting into since I like sludge legends such as Crowbar, Neurosis (who are Mastodon’s biggest influences by the way), and modern acts, Isis, Baroness, etc.
That said, it doesn't surprise me that they crack top 5 in many year-end lists as CTS is indeed a good album filled with strong painful emotions.
Yet, I’m still not a fan of them. lol

Between the Buried and Me- The Great Misdirect
Progressive metal

First listen: Oh, songs are way too long again. They’re out of ideas. They make progressive music for the sake of it.
Second listen: They at least have their own sound, DT meets PF. They’re above average.
Third listen: TGM is well-written, to some degree. I like it.

Revocation-Existence Is Futile
Thrash/Technical death metal

New Megadeth=still Megadeth.
New Slayer=pure fast paced old school punk. See, punk and thrash are neighbours.
New Evile=they should start a sludge metal band seriously.
…
New Revocation=thrash with a hint of technical death, kinda fresh, and it gets better with every listen. Can they live up to the hype ”Next big thing in metal!”? Let’s wait and see.

And a bunch more…

Dropkick Murphys - Headliners. 4/2/08 - Great gig, my first one actually. They are amazing, the best song was Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya.

The Briggs
Mad Caddies

Attack! Attack! - Headliners. (forgot the date :S) - A must see, they are a great band live; lots of energy. Best song was Too Bad Son.

A lost corz
Mid-Term Break

Slipknot - Headliners. 11/12/08 - What can I say? Absolutely amazing. Best songs: Surfacing,Spit It Out, Dead Memories.

Children of Bodom
Machine Head

Mindless Self-Indulgence -Headliners. 28/1/09 - Ehh, I was only really there for In Case of Fire and Black Tide. Still, MSI's best song had to be Faggot. AND there was a wall of hugs.

Dir en grey
Black Tide
In Case of Fire

Attack! Attack! -Headliners. 21/2/09 - Great, once again, they never disappoint. Best song this time round was This is a Test.

Tonight Is Goodbye
Said Mike
Out of Sight

Fei Comodo - Headliners. 26/2/09 - Brilliant! I really want to see these live again. Best track was This One's For Us.

Bury Tomorrow
Kaikoura

Electric Six - Headliners. 7/3/09 - Fun gig. A few dickheads there though, but what can you do eh? Best song has to go to Improper Dancing.

Tragedy
Finding Atlantis

Lights - Headliners. 14/4/09 - I only watched a little part of her set, and I'd never listened to her stuff before. I might have to, because I've heard it's good.

In This Moment
VersaEmerge
Whole Wheat Bread

Madina Lake - Headliners. 2/5/09 - Amazing, almost tops off Slipknot. Best track was either True Love or Me vs. The World.

Yashin
The Audition
Flood of Red

The Blackout - Headliners. 27/5/09 - Great! Silverstein were one of the first bands I really got into aswell, and Hollywood Undead were just pure awesome. Best track I'm A Riot? You're A Fucking Riot!

The Urgency
Hollywood Undead
Silverstein

Saving Aimee - Headliners. 7/6/09 - Haha, this gig was alright. The best song hands down was Small Talk. So good, they played it twice.

The Mission District
Twenty Twenty

Twenty Twenty - Headliners. 10/9/09 - This was fun. (: Best track was Forever, me and a few mates went kinda crazy.

The Gap Year Riot
The Broadcast


The Used - Headliners. 16/9/09 - I only really went to this for We Are The Ocean (their best track was Nothing Good Has Happened Yet even though a friend of mine fucked his ankle up) to be quite honest, but The Used but on a good show. Best Used track: Empty with You.

We Are The Ocean
Hexes

Go:Audio - Headliners. 5/10/09 (best song: Brake! Brake!)

Attack! Attack! - Best band of the night. Their best song was Too Bad Son.
Saving Aimee
Twenty Twenty

Dream Theater - Headliners. 9/10/09 - WOW. They put on an absolutely amazing show. Best gig I've ever been to. Best songs: ALL OF THEM!

Opeth - Opeth were brilliant too, their best song: April Ethereal
Bigelf
Unexpect

Papa Roach - Headliners. 13/10/09 - Papa Roach exceeded all of my expectations, they were just great. Good atmosphere and they sounded pretty much flawless.

Madina Lake
Heaven's Basement

Enter Shikari - Headliners. 20/10/09 - Amazing gig, absolutely packed (sold-out) and an awesome set list to top it off. It's hard to choose the best song for me, so I'm going to go with Mothership, Gap in the Fence, Zzzonked, and last but not least: the 15-minute version of Sorry, You're Not A Winner. Being a big fan of Shikari, it was a blast seeing them live for the first time, and I think it's absolutely awesome how they treat the crowd like a 5th member of the band. Really good gig!

The Devil Wears Prada - A sidenote: TDWP are shit.
True Tiger

Fightstar - Headliners. 26/10/09 - Brilliant band, shit crowd is what I have to say about this gig. Fightstar were literally pitch perfect and the set was brilliant. I especially loved Paint Your Target and Mercury Summer.

Saving Aimee
Young Guns
Prego

Rise Against - Headliners. 18/11/09 - Absolutely amazing, they built up the night's atmosphere so well with extended build-ups and even a piano intro to - the first song I ever heard by them - Dancing for Rain. Best songs were: Dancing For Rain, Swing Live Away, Drones.

Thursday
Poison the Well

Bring Me the Horizon - Headliners. 20/11/09 - I didn't really enjoy BMTH that much really, although Braile (For Stevie Wonder's Eyes Only) was a pretty good song.

A Day to Remember
August Burns Red - Loved August Burns Red, caught Matt Grainer's drumstick! They were great and the frontman is a really awesome guy to talk to. Composure I loved, but the set was pretty much perfect, in my opinion. I was getting a lot of weird looks for shouting the words back at him, but who cares? I wanna see them on a headline at Newcastle SO BADLY. (:

Yashin - Headliners. 21/11/09 - Best song was The First Rule Of Fight Club. They also got the old vocalist on stage for the end of Dirty Slut. Only complaint was that I seemed to be getting punched by hardcore dancers a lot. Oh, and they didn't play So We're Named After Saints.

Noise Explosion
This Is Divine
This Way Up

The Mission District - Headliners. 24/11/09 - Best song was the Just Dance cover. ;p

The New Cities
The Broadcast
This Never Fails

Killswitch Engage - Headliners, Taste of Chaos 2009. 30/11/09 - Killswitch were great, Howard was funny haha - "Who do you think I am? A black guy in a metal band? Oh...right..." Best song they did, for me, was My Last Serenade.

In Flames - These were amazing too, and they did a signing before the show, which I got tickets for. :D The best song, though, was Pinball Map
Every Time I Die
Maylene and the Sons of Disaster.

It's not as big as some people's lists (I am aware it is not that impressive, it's just something I'm putting together to keep track of the bands I've seen).

So basically, I've seen:

Dropkick Murphys
Mad Caddies
The Briggs
A lost corz
Mid-Term Break
Attack! Attack! x3
Children of Bodom
Machine Head
Slipknot
In Case of Fire
Black Tide
Dir en grey
Mindless Self-Indulgence
Out of Sight
Said Mike
Tonight is Goodbye
Kaikoura
Bury Tomorrow
Fei Comodo
Finding Atlantis
Tragedy
Electric Six
Whole Wheat Bread
VersaEmerge
In This Moment
Lights
Yashin x2
Flood or Red
The Audition
Madina Lake x2
The Urgency
Hollywood Undead
Silverstein
The Blackout
Twenty Twenty x3
The Mission District x2
Saving Aimee x3
The Broadcast x2
The Gap Year Riot
Hexes
We Are the Ocean
The Used
Go:Audio
Unexpect
Bigelf
Opeth
Dream Theater
Heaven's Basement
Papa Roach
True Tiger
The Devil Wears Prada
Enter Shikari
Prego
Young Guns
Fightstar
Poison the Well
Thursday
Rise Against
August Burns Red
A Day to Remember
Bring Me the Horizon
This Way Up
This is Divine
Noise Explosion
This Never Fails
The New Cities
Maylene and the Sons of Disaster
Every Time I Die
In Flames
Killswitch Engage


...the list grows ever longer!

Past stuff
Phil Collins
Bullet For My Valentine
Twelvestep
Foo Fighters x2
Coheed and Cambria
JR Ewing
Hardcore Superstar x2
Crucified Barbara
Gemini Five x2
The Darkness
The Ark
Electric Banana Band x2
The Sounds
Takida x10
Mikael Wiehe
Poets of the Fall
Enter the Hunt
Plan Three x4
Blindside
Breakaway Fraction
Jug McKenzie
My Chemical Romance
Hinder
Black Stone Cherry
Middleage
Crazy Lixx
Killswitch Engage
Lord of the Rings Symphony (Howard Shore)
Queens of the Stone Age
The Hellacopters
The Hives
Coldplay x2
stereolith
U2
Lightsgoblue/Lights Go Blue x2
White Lies
De Lyckliga Kompisarna
Green Day
Canterbury
Scholars

Peace & Love 2006
Sundsvalls gatufest 2007
Where the action is 2008
Stagedive Day Out 2009

Future things
Enter Shikari + Story of the Year [1/11/2010]

A
Airbourne
Alestorm
Arch Enemy
As I Lay Dying
Avenged Sevenfold
B
C
Caliban
Children of Bodom
Crematory
D
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
E
Ensiferum
Equilibrium
F
Fall of Efrafa
Fear Factory
Finntroll
G
H
Hatebreed
Holger Burner
I
In Extremo
J
Job for a Cowboy
K
Killswitch Engage
L
Legion of the Damned
M
Mambo Kurt
N
O
Opeth
P
Q
R
S
Sabaton
Samsas Traum
Soilwork
Subway to Sally
T
U
Unearth
V
W
X
Y
Z