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[avevale_intelligencer]

So I go and glaum in HMV sometimes at lunchtime, and they have this whole rack at the back for what they call "metal," and I see a lot of album covers that make me think "hmm, that looks interesting, I wonder what it's like?" and once or twice I find one on the nearby listening posts, and listen for just long enough to determine that they have one lead singer and he makes Johnny Rotten sound like Aled Jones, and I go away.

And this time I found an album by an outfit called "Nightwish," and I give a listen.

Oh. My. God.

It's all here. Full orchestra, pounding rock drums and guitars, melodies and harmonies and all that stuff, diversity of texture and tempo, lyrics I like, and a lead vocalist who can actually sing. Pompous, over-produced, self-indulgent prog-rock lives. And scanning the shelves, they've got a bunch of albums out already. I think I'm in love.

the_magician, have you heard these people?

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[zanda-myrande.livejournal.com]

I checked through eight out of about a dozen tracks on "Once" and they were all music as far as I could tell. That one's eleven quid delivered from play.com, which is about the cheapest I've seen, if that helps.