A Very Special Christmas 1,2,3,4,5 (Compilations 1987-2001) (CORRECT ID3 TAGS!)

Genre: Rock, Pop, Christmas
About: Hope you all had a great Christmas! (Or whatever holiday you may celebrate) This is a really good compilation of Christmas songs that I just found thanks to a song I wanted from Die Hard (1988). The song was "Christmas in Hollis" by Run-DMC. No worries, this is the only rap artist in the entire series. Most of it is classic rock, such as Bob Seger, Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton, Pointer Sisters, Extreme... Then there are also more recent artists such as Smashing Pumpkins, No Doubt, Eve 6, Dido, Sheryl Crow, etc. Highly recommended by me!

(I have a problem with terrible, incorrect tags. Get these compilations anywhere else and you will likely be listening to the song "O Christmas Tree - Aretha Fra" by the artist "Christmas" with no track numbers so you do not know the order of the tracks on an album. You have to purposely enter in that incorrect stuff to mess it up that badly. What is wrong with people?? Ugh! Anyway...)

Full Track lists, and Buy on Amazon if you like what you hear!
(~8 dollars per CD... perhaps buy them for gifts for your relatives for next Christmas! :D)

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[Discography] Azeroth (Rus) - Symphonic/Melodic Black Metal

Genre: black metal, melodic black metal, symphonic black metal (later)
About: They released 4 albums within 4 years and then split up. I don't know why, because they were amazing. And the vocalist came straight out of hell with the most evil black vocals i have heard. Not some pussy suicide "omg im in pain" vocals, either. It's grating, rough, and black. They also did a cover of Metallica's "The Thing that Should Not Be" in a Symphonic BM style (which, as far as i can tell is not on an album, but I'm uploading that as well).

Their raw talent can be heard on their "Live in Polygon" album, which also serves as a best-of compilation of sorts. The recording quality is very good as well. So, if you only want to get one for now, I'd say get that. (But I recommend you get them all!)

These albums are extremely difficult to find, legal or otherwise... In fact, it is very difficult to find any information about this band at all. Metal archives is about the only website with any information.

Included:
Azeroth (Rus) - Chasma Pelorion (1997) (~215 kbps mp3)
Azeroth (Rus) - Doctrine Of Dark Forest (1998) (320 kbps mp3)
Azeroth (Rus) - Gallery Of Dreams (1999) (256 kbps mp3)
Azeroth (Rus) - Live In Polygon (2000) (320 kbps mp3)
Azeroth (Rus) - The Thing that Should Not Be (Metallica Cover) (192 kbps mp3)

Metal Archives Page

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Epidemia (Rus) - Complete Discography with Correct English Tags! (1995-2009)

Genre: Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Metal Opera
About: This is the self-proclaimed "Best Power Metal band in Russia". Well, they're probably the only one. Even if they aren't, they're still amazing. They had a Demo, an EP, and 5 full lengths followed by a new EP from 2009. Most songs are in russian, but a few are in english. However the lyrics doesn't matter because the music is amazing! Even the demo is extremely high quality and well played. Some of the older songs include Tolkien and Lord of the Rings themes - "Frodo", "Ring Of Absolute Power", etc.

The two albums "Elven Manuscript" and "Elven Manuscript: Saga For All Times" are Metal Operas with many guest musicians, similar to the bands Aina, Avantasia, Missa Mercuria, and Queensrÿche. If you like any of those, don't miss out on these two albums! And if you like Heavy/Power Metal in general, all of these albums are must-listens.

It took hours to download these all on rapidshare ("rapidshit") and then fix all the tags, based on the track listings on the official english myspace, so I hope you enjoy it! They are all in 192+ kbps mp3 (including the demo), with 3 of them at 320kbps mp3.

If you download these albums anywhere else on the web, not only will it take forever, but you will have to go through the same tagging nightmare I did. Most of the titles were non existant characters (for example "Æèçíü â Ñóìåðêàõ").

Anyway, Enjoy!

Official Myspace

Download Epidemia Discography: Folder on Mediafire (Not sure if this works... can someone let me know?... If it doesn't work, individual links are below.)


Track Lists and Individual Mediafire Download Links:


Epidemia - Angel Of Twilight (EP) (2009) 
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01. The Last Sunrise 
02. Angel Of Twilight 
03. Pass Your Way (orchestral version) 
04. Pass Your Way (instrumental version)



Epidemia - Elven Manuscript: Saga For All Times (2007) 
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01. Prologue 
02. Star Portal 
03. Kings Of Mountains 
04. First God Confession 
05. Snow Saga 
06. Threads Of Destiny 
07. Without Heart And Soul 
08. Ocean Of The Void 
09. Fire Saga 
10. Dragon's Island 
11. Saga For All Times 
12. Sunlight 
13. Into The Sky 
14. Requeim (Grieving Of Her...)(Digibook Bonus)



Epidemia - Livin' In Twilight (2005) 
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01. Gates Of Time 
02. Coins Chime 
03. On The Edge Of Time 
04. Black Magician 
05. Will To Live 
06. Feanor 
07. White Falcon 
08. To Be With You Again 
09. Ring Of Absolute Power 
10. New Day 
11. Livin' In Twilight 
12. Welcome To Twilight (Bonus Hidden Track)



Epidemia - Elven Manuscript (2004) 
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01. Golden Dragons 
02. Trial Hour 
03. Born To Fight 
04. Pass Your Way 
05. Elven Blood 
06. On The Hell's Threshold 
07. Eternal Warrior 
08. Romance Of Tear 
09. Magic And Sword 
10. Splinters Of The Past 
11. Epilogue 
12. Ice Horseman (Bonustrack)



Epidemia - The Quest Of The Magic Land (2001) 
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01. Black Magician 
02. The Journey Beyond Three Seas 
03. Idol 
04. Feanor 
05. Fairyland Mystery 
06. Leaving Magic Land 
07. Fairy Of My Dreams 
08. I Prayed On You 
09. Livin' In Twilight



Epidemia - On The Edge Of Time (1999) 
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01. Gates Of Time 
02. Coins Chime 
03. To The Light 
04. Faith 
05. White Falcon 
06. N.A.S.T.Y.A. 
07. Less Of Us 
08. In Unknown Land 
09. Ring Of Absolute Power 
10. Frodo 
11. On The Edge Of Time 
12. Kingdome Of Tears 
13. Dragonheart 
14. Farewell, My Home



Epidemia - Will To Live (EP) (1998) 
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01. Will To Live 
02. To Be With You Again 
03. The Ring Of Absolute Power 
04. Shadow Of Love 
05. New Day



Epidemia - Phoenix (Demo) (1995)
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1. New Day
2. I Charmed by Eyelashes 
3. Come Back
4. Phoenix
5. Devil's Dream
6. Less Than Us

Summoning - Stronghold (1999) (320 kbps mp3)

Genre: Epic Symphonic Atmospheric Pagan Black Metal
About: It's rather fitting that for my 100th post I have the most epic band and album of all time. The band is heavily inspired by the POEMS of J.R.R Tolkien rather than his books (More specifically this album is based on tales of the Nibelungs, Rhein Gold, Siegfried and Brunhild).

Every song just has this epic feeling like you're riding on the back of a Flaming Minotaur through an infinite battlefield slaying trolls while you're being fired at from a Pirate ship in the middle of a typhoon. Also, they have the best logo ever. (EDIT- I stand corrected.) If your heart is currently beating (or even if it's not) you NEED to hear this album.

More detailed reviews here

(For those wondering, the singer in track 5 is Tania Borsky, Richard Lederer's ex-girlfriend who sings for the band "Die Verbannten Kinder Evas"... that band is not metal but it has a similar epic atmosphere)

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Rapture - Discography 2007

Massively underrated Death/Doom band from Finland. One of my favorites and I think everyone should check it out. My favorite songs are: To Forget, Transfixion, Raintracks, These Past Nightmares, Cold on My Side. But honestly, every song is perfect.

Edit 07/2009: Download - Folder on mediafire

Album: Rapture - Futile
Year: 1999
Genre: Doom Metal, Melodic Death Metal, w/ no clean vocals
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Album: Rapture - Songs for the Withering
Year: 2002
Genre: Doom Metal, Melodic Death Metal, w/ some clean vocals
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Album: Rapture - The Silent Stage
Year: 2005
Genre: Doom Metal, Melodic Death Metal, w/ many clean vocals
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Jason Becker - Discography

From Wikipedia: "At the age of 20, he joined David Lee Roth's band. While recording the A Little Ain't Enough album and preparing for the subsequent tour, Becker began to feel what he called a "lazy limp" on his left leg. He was soon diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease) and given three years to live. He could barely finish the recording, using low-gauge (thin) guitar strings and other techniques, which would make it easier to play with his weakening hands. Although he managed to finish the album he did not join the supporting tour due to his inability to perform on stage."
"However, when Becker could no longer physically play even a keyboard, his friend and music producer Mike Bemesderfer helped him with a music-composing computer program which could read the movements of his head and eyes enabling Becker to continue to compose after he lost control of his entire body."

Clearly one of the best guitarists that ever lived- Probably top 5, behind Yngwie Malmsteen of course.

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Album: Jason Becker - Perpetual Burn
Year: 1988
Genre: Neo-Classical Metal, Guitar Virtuoso
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Album: Jason Becker - Perspective
Year: 1996
Genre: Neo-Classical Metal, Guitar Virtuoso
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Album: Jason Becker - The Raspberry Jams (Demos)
Year: 1999
Genre: Neo-Classical Metal, Guitar Virtuoso
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Album: Jason Becker - The Blackberry Jams (Demos)
Year: 2002
Genre: Neo-Classical Metal, Guitar Virtuoso
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