Gibbo

Halestorm: I Miss The Misery

Yeah, I like some pop music (although I grounded in the 80s, so most of the stuff I choose to listen to is almost 30 years old now) ... my daughters listen to the radio a lot, and the eldest has a whole bunch of stuff on her phone ... I can see why people like 1D, et al, but it does nothing for me - bland and forgetable in most cases. Although I'm happy to join Cody on the Taylor Swift bandwagon ... for some reason, her songs just stick in my head ...

Huntress: Zenith ... oh, yes ...

I didn't buy many new releases last year, but of those I did Hell's 'Curse & Chapter' and Sound Storm's 'Immortalia' are vying for position as my favourites of 2013 ...

Therion: Sitra Ahra

Rush: Presto Rush: Roll The Bones Threshold: Critical Mass Threshold: Subsurface

Haven't you got some work to do?

David Wellington - Monster Island ... not sure about this one at all ...

Lion

Caught IN THE Light - Barclay james Harvest

BLUE Monday - New Order

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Son No.2 is on a bit of a Harry Potter jag at the moment) ...

Arkona were awesome, probably the second best live band I saw this year (no one can touch Orphaned Land)! Don't be fooled by the innocent looks, this is one scary (and extremely entertaining) lady: Madder than a badger on stilts ... it'd be good to see them make it back to the UK at some point ...

Therion: Vovin

Direct from the label: Sylosis: Casting Shadows Sylosis: The Supreme Oppressor Rescued from a local charity shop: Anathema: Universal (CD & DVD) Iron Maiden: Iron Maiden Marillion: Radiation Savatage: Streets Saxon: Sacrifice Strangers On A Train: The Key (Pt.1) Threshold: Clone Threshold: Critical Mass (2CD version) Threshold: Subsurface (w/Bonus Track) Threshold: Extinct Instinct Rush: Presto Rush: Roll The Bones Rush: Counterparts

Over the past couple of days ... Melissa Etheridge: Your Little Secret Alannah Myles: S/T Queen: Greatest Hits Lullacry: Fire Within Elixir: The Idol

Lacuna Coil: The EPs Lacuna Coil: Unleashed Memories

Aaaand, yes, Sound Storm, Arkona and Therion were brilliant ... so much so, that I bought the new Sound Storm CD there and then - getting it signed by the two singers, to boot - plus I ordered two Therion CDs ... the boy Eagle may have gone a bit nuts in Arkona's online shop ...

Lullacry: The Fire Within Dream Disciples: Asphyxia Therion: Vovin Therion: Sitra Ahra Elixir: The Idol Elixir: Knocking On The Gates Of Hell EP Elixir: Mindcreeper

Xerath

Tattooed Millionaire - Bruce Dickinson

COME An' Get It - Whitesnake

HELL Ain't A Bad Place To Be - AC/DC

The Clash - I Fought The Law

Styx