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Alex
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Anyone else have the following thoughts while doing this?
'Okay, I'm done.' 'Wait...I forget <album>' Repeat. Just nearly forgot to put in Sepultura, personally. Might be because I still can't believe they made something as strong as Quadra after all this time. It's made me appreciate their last couple more as well.
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UMUR
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^Good music is good music regardless of who made it, but there are of course some band´s with an image or lyrics that you just can´t stomach (Nazi, gore, or preachy Christian/satanic content for some people). But that´s still about the art and not about who the person is IRL. I for example still enjoy some of Phil Spector´s productions, although he was arguably not the most sympathetic person IRL (and not to mention a convicted murderer).
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Alex
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That's my thinking too, though I would also still vote for Iced Earth if it was a good album.
Luckily they didn't release one last year. I'm working my list out right now and currently Demons & Wizards is only just outside of my top 10.
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adg211288
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I hope that no one who would have voted for Demons & Wizards doesn't decide not to because of Jon's actions outside of music. Unlike Iced Earth, D&W are 50/50 Schaffer/Kürsch and Hansi doesn't deserve to be tainted by association.
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Alex
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I'll be voting for it.
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Bosh66
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Never got around to buying it so thankfully I don’t have that dilemma, Alex. You?
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Alex
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So how many of you will be withholding votes from Demons & Wizards because of Jon Schaffer?
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adg211288
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Money is an issue with me, and I tend to buy more films than music currently.
I'm trying to limit my purchasing either way to what I can pay off in Amazon gift cards, which I have a ways to earn online now (I've completely paid off my first two 2021 CD pre-orders through these). But sometimes there's too good a steal on ebay and I end up digging into the bank account. Hopefully I won't be paying any 'real' money for any new albums all year though.
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Nightfly
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^ I buy far too much, I own all of them in mine.
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Vim Fuego
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I own precisely 1. That's the Macabre album.
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BitterJalapeno
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I'm still in the early 20s but I'm hoping I can squeeze a couple more in. I'll be more on the ball for the 2021 list. Some big names dropping albums this year hopefully.
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Star baby, did you deep fry a piece of the Great Barrier Reef?
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adg211288
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I only own 10 out of my 30. 2 of them digital.
I bought a ton of music last year but it was mostly older stuff that Dodax had cheap.
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Bosh66
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I’m not sure I have 30. I’ll have heard more than 30 but not sure I’ve procured that many from last year. Won’t be far off I’m guessing.
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adg211288
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Got a full 30 albums now. Still some to hear again if I can find the time and probably yet more I've missed.
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Nightfly
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Hail Spirit Noir are going to take some beating.
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Vim Fuego
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I have a late addition too. I need to add the band yet, but this is absolutely brilliant!
Joris (A Hardcore Opera), Pt 1 by The Hell
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666sharon666
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I'm going to have to see if I can work those in as well.
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adg211288
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These two are definitely featuring highly in my list now. Thanks for reminding me Ashley. I'd have definitely forgot these existed otherwise.
28 on my list now. I still need to replay a few to get to 30 and maybe a few on the lower end of my list will miss out. I've listened to bugger all music this month so far due to trying to catch up with loads of films and Tv from over Christmas (and of course tons of stuff I want to watch on Prime expires all at once including a series I was barely half way through). But I should have a respectable list by the 31st. I always wish I'd voted for / heard something in hindsight anyway.
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adg211288
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Going to have to give these a few spins in the next ten days to properly digest them, but on first impression Othercosmic Divinations I went high in my list. Just started Wounds.
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adg211288
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^ Massive omission from me, I completely forget about them while holding out that he may do physical releases again (he hasn't done any since The Roads Leading North). I don't normally buy digital only.
In this case though, I think I will, because I found out recently that Brent Windnagle, the sole musician in the project, is in dire straits financially after undergoing spinal surgery and is facing eviction from his home right in the middle of his recovery period and can use every $ he can get.
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