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1. How did you get into 29? Lady Gaga
What a question
just like most of the people
but at first I didn't really like her
my sympathy to this woman showed up when I found out she's fucking metal

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? Skid Row
"I Remember You"

3. What's your favorite lyric by 33? Exodus
"A Lesson in Violence"

4. What is your favorite album by 49? Sanctuary
Refuge Denied

5. How many albums by 13 do you own? Jeremy Soule
Unfortunately, none.

6. What is your favorite song by 50? slaugher
fsjgdskjgdasjgfds no

7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you feel sad? Alice Cooper
"Burning Our Bed", a bit.

8. What is your favorite song by 15? The Great Kat
gfjaskghsdagds plenty of them

9. What is your favorite song by 5? Alice in Chains
"Nutshell" & "Would?"

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? Annihilator
"Catch the Wind" & "W.T.Y.D."

11. What is your favorite album by 40? Ghost
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3 Inches of Blood
Amon Amarth
Amulet
At The Gates
Aura Noir
Belphegor
Burial
Cannabis Corpse
Cauldron
Dark Funeral
De Profundis
Dead Beyond Buried
Degradead
Devin Townsend Project
Electric Wizard
Elm Street
Epica
Evile
Extreme Noise Terror
Finntroll
Forsaken World
Generation Graveyard
Gods of Hellfire
Godflesh
Immolation
Kataklysm
Korn
Korpiklaani
Marduk
Master
Milking The Goatmachine
Monument
Municipal Waste
Napalm Death
Nile
Noctiferia
Overkill
Pain
Paradise Lost
Pig Destroyer
Primordial
Purified in Blood
The Real McKenzies
Sabaton
Sanctuary
Small Words [p]
Sodom
Swallow the Sun
Terzij De Horde
Testament x2
The Great Old Ones
TrollfesT
Turisas
Vader
Vreid
Winterfylleth
Wode

(58 total unique)

Festivals
Damnation Festival 2011
Metalcamp 2012
Damnation Festival 2012

Thu 9 Aug – Bloodstock Open Air 2012

A terrible group rendition of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ accompanies the shuttle bus transfer from Lichfield to Catton Hall. My hand is numb and my fingers are practically lacerated from carrying a poor plastic bag filled with food and beer from the local Tesco. I need to piss. But there is nothing which can detract from the fact that in a few minutes’ time, we will be arriving at the 2012 edition of Bloodstock Open Air.

90 minutes later, the tents are up, the first beer is consumed, and we head over to the arena, which should be opening. It’s very hot. The gates open, and the carnage duly begins. We start with a brief look around the stalls – at first, CDs and t-shirts both seem rather expensive, but there are some cheaper stalls (I pick up 4 CDs over the weekend).

But anyway, to the bands. The first band of the weekend, and one of the two I see on Thursday is Saturnian. They play the same music as Dimmu Borgir, but on a lower scale. …

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1349 (11)
3 Speed Automatic (12)

A
Aborted (x2) (x2 11)
Abysmal Torment (12)
Accept (11)
Aeon (13)
After All (11)
Ahab (10)
Airbourne (x4) (08,09,x2 11)
Alestorm (x3) (x2 10,11)
Àletrun (x2) (x2 10)
Alice Cooper (10)
A Life, A Song, A Cigarette (09)
Alunah (13)
Amon Amarth (x2) (09,12)
Amoral (09)
Amorphis (x7) (x2 09,x2 10,x3 11)
Amplifier (12)
Anaal Nathrakh (12)
Anathema (10)
Ancestors (12)
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (11)
Angelus Apatrida (10)
Anthrax (11)
Animals as Leaders (12)
Apocalyptica (10)
Arch Enemy (11)
Archspire (11)
Arkona (x3) (x2 10,11)
Artillery (10)
ASB (12)
Asphyx (10)
Astral Doors (11)
At The Gates (x3) (08,11,12)
Avantasia (x2) (08,11)
Avenged Sevenfold (08)
A Wilhelm Scream (06)

B
Baby Woodrose (12)
Band of Skulls (12)
Barren Earth (10)
Beardfish (10)
Beehover (12)
Before the Dawn (09)
Begging for Incest (12)
Behemoth (10)
Belphegor (11)
Belzebong (13)
Beneath the Massacre (12)
Benighted (12)
Berri Txarrak (06)
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ProgPower USA XII September 16-17, 2011 Center Stage Atlanta
$126 for two-day ticket and is *General Admission*

Advance Gold Badges are already sold-out

FRIDAY, SEPT. 16, 2011:
Sanctuary (USA)
Arcturus (Norway) * +
Mob Rules (Germany) +
Eldritch (Italy) +
Voyager (Australia) *
Darkwater (Sweden) +
Creation's End (USA)

SATURDAY, SEPT. 17, 2011:
Therion (Sweden) +
Dream Evil (Sweden) +
Labyrinth (Italy) * +
Red Circuit (Germany) * +
While Heaven Wept (USA)
Haken (UK) * +

* = US Debut
+ = US Exclusive


Ticketmaster Link

**tickets on sale March 5, 2011 at 10am ET via TicketMaster**
Website

FRIDAY, SEPT. 16, 2011:
Sanctuary (USA) 11:30-close
Arcturus (Norway) 9:30-10:45 * +
Mob Rules (Germany) 8:00-9:00 +
Eldritch (Italy) 6:30-7:30 +
Voyager (Australia) 5:00-6:00 *
Darkwater (Sweden) 3:45-4:30 +
Creation's End (USA) 2:30-3:15

Introduction to each band:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJodPHLpBGw

SATURDAY, SEPT. 17, 2011:
Therion (Sweden) 11:00-close +
Dream Evil (Sweden) 9:00-10:15 +
Labyrinth (Italy) 7:30-8:30 * +
Red Circuit (Germany) 6:00-7:00 * +
While Heaven Wept (USA) 4:30-5:30
Haken (UK) 3:00-4:00 * +

* = US Debut + = US Exclusive


Introduction to each band:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-6oI37ctAk

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