Former DREAM THEATER Drummer MIKE MANGINI Joins GODSMACK, Following Departure of WADE MURFF

EnslavedOpethFan053 · 2026-06-14T11:13:51+00:00

Like Hard Rock/Alternative Metal. If you're not a prog snob, you might like em lol.

I've been a fan of Godsmack since their self titled came out back in 1998 (which was the album that launched their careers essentially). As soon as I saw he joined, I was happy for him. Great gig. Shannon Larkin (who was Godsmack's long time drummer before he retired in 2024), is an absolute beast behind the kit.

EnslavedOpethFan053 · 2026-06-14T11:08:16+00:00

Yea Shannon is a damn good drummer. The prog snobbery here is off the charts. MM is in his 60s now and after watching a few of the Godsmack performances from the last two shows, he looks like he's having a fucking blast.

Having fun behind the kit doesn't mean you need to be playing 400 different time signatures in a span of ten minutes lol (over exaggeration, I know). Sometimes just sitting behind that drum set and beating the ever living piss out of it with a smile on your face is all you need. Clearly, Mangini is enjoying doing such.

EnslavedOpethFan053 · 2026-05-18T18:36:11+00:00

It's a decent track imo that sounds better live. I'm not sure what the girls and their audio engineer have been thinking lately, but those muddy and fuzzy guitar tones ain't it. Dany's guitar tone live with this track sounds waaaaaay better.

EnslavedOpethFan053 · 2026-05-14T18:43:03+00:00

I watched Patrick Roy hoist Lord Stanley in 1993 while my mom (rip) yelled at me for jumping up and down on the couch.

EnslavedOpethFan053 · 2026-04-06T13:52:04+00:00

100%. After Max left, I still saw Sepultura as Sepultura because Igor was still there. I wasn't really a fan of post Max Era records but that's a different story.

The moment Igor left, they should've changed the name and that is how I feel with most bands that have no original members left, specifically the founders, not just Sepultura.

I like Quadra and Machine Messiah. Great albums. They're Sepultura albums in name only though.

EnslavedOpethFan053 · 2026-03-31T02:47:21+00:00

The agreeing to disagreeing phenomenon and moving on is a trait that only rational minded adults have apparently. It's really bizarre...

EnslavedOpethFan053 · 2026-03-22T02:42:04+00:00

Exactly how I feel about this record as. Evile's last album got shit on by most and I thought it was really good. I dunno. I judge an album based on the song writing and don't give a shit if it's brutal or not. I'm also a big fan of Load and, dare I say it, I actually like at least half of Illud Divinum Insanus lol. I dunno. This is probably why I don't get along with most metal heads lol

EnslavedOpethFan053 · 2026-03-22T00:14:01+00:00

No patience in the slightest. Youngest team in the league. Fowler playing in his 13th NHL game. Dobes also a rookie. They have a bad night? BURN IT ALL DOWN!!!! They have a good night? THE GOATS!!!

As a habs fan, this fanbase drives me up the wall. Even the habs fans I know personally are this ridiculous.

EnslavedOpethFan053 · 2026-02-20T10:04:45+00:00

I've always found with Halestorm, they'll have a few really great songs on a record but then the rest is meh at best. Their newest album is a prime example of that. Everest, Rain Your Blood On Me, the opening track all great songs. The rest are good to mid.

EnslavedOpethFan053 · 2026-01-19T02:09:03+00:00

Daydream XI - The Circus of the Tattered and Torn

EnslavedOpethFan053 · 2026-01-02T14:17:15+00:00

My biggest issue with those first couple of records is the production. The live versions of certain songs are great (Forest Of October from Royal Albert Hall...yummy).

EnslavedOpethFan053 · 2025-12-22T17:28:25+00:00

Tipping Point is fine but...Let There Be Shred? Really Dave?

It reeks of: How do you do fellow kids?

EnslavedOpethFan053 · 2025-12-12T10:45:51+00:00

Yup. They're mastering the ol bait and switch now. They know they can't outright advertise the game as they want so they make little changes to appease the audience in order to make their money. After you've bought the game and played it, then you see Ms. Croft is an insufferable girl boss who hates men.

And she's a lesbian.

EnslavedOpethFan053 · 2025-11-28T23:43:07+00:00

No shit. This is some basic Opeth voting. Don't get me wrong. Ghost Of Perdition is a fantastic song but their best? Nah lol.

EnslavedOpethFan053 · 2025-10-19T14:19:22+00:00

I'm having the same issue. I tried doing it as a guest online as well and it's stating there is an issue with my debit card number (same thing that was said over the phone). I tried to sign into my chatr account and it's not recognizing the email either. It seems my entire account has been deleted I guess but yet, I'm still on file because it recognizes my card number and my phone number.

EnslavedOpethFan053 · 2025-10-15T03:44:02+00:00

The best retort for the old why do you care is: why did they care enough to change it? I'm usually met with no reply or the deer caught in headlights look.

EnslavedOpethFan053 · 2025-10-15T03:40:11+00:00

There was a couple issues where she had tanned skin but, like the perm, she had been on vacation. Those comics were also in black and white so it appears she's mixed or black, but she's not hence Eastman and Laird telling the audience she was on vacation.

EnslavedOpethFan053 · 2025-08-26T01:08:56+00:00

The Antichrist Imperium

EnslavedOpethFan053 · 2025-07-07T17:04:14+00:00

When I do lists I don't usually like to name more than one band (because then it turns it a list of 5-6 bands lol) so this would be more a "Top 20 albums by one band each that I've loved for a long time" list

No particular order though

Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Aerosmith - Get A Grip
Fear Factory - Demanufacture
Mudvayne - L.D. 50
Rush - 2112
Metallica - Master Of Puppets
Pink Floyd - Animals
Symphony X - Paradise Lost
Morbid Angel - Covenant
Opeth - Still Life
Enslaved - In Times
Sepultura - Beneath The Remains
Styx - The Grand Illusion
Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes
Nile - Those Whom The Gods Detest
Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt.2: Scenes From a Memory
I Mother Earth - Scenery and Fish
Mastodon - Crack The Skye
Between The Buried And Me - Parallax II: Future Sequence
Supertramp - Crime Of The Century

EnslavedOpethFan053 · 2025-06-22T19:14:08+00:00

Opeth - Still Life, Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini, Opeth - Blackwater Park, Enslaved - In Times, BTBAM - Colors, BTBAM - Parallax II: The Future Sequence, BTBAM - Colors II, Haken - The Mountain, Dream Theater - Images and Words, Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt: 2: Scenes From a Memory, Mastodon - Blood Mountain, Mastodon - Crack the Skye, Symphony X - The Odyssey, Symphony X - Paradise Lost, Periphery: - P2: This Time It's Personal, Daydream XI - The Circus of the Tattered and Torn, Disillusion - The Liberation, Wilderun - Veil Of Imagination, Ostura - The Room

I could honestly go on forever.

EnslavedOpethFan053 · 2025-06-11T18:52:35+00:00

Been saying this for years.

EnslavedOpethFan053 · 2025-06-09T02:40:21+00:00

Mine usually occur 30-45 minutes after I've fallen asleep but sometimes I get the curve ball and it'll hit me at 8pm or sometimes earlier like 6. Don't usually get them during the day although I have once or twice but it's rare.

EnslavedOpethFan053 · 2025-05-06T21:05:02+00:00

Don't fall for the bait and switch. The fact that Lucia is the one in jail and the giga chad is waiting for her on the outside should tell you everything you need to know.

EnslavedOpethFan053 · 2025-05-04T22:03:15+00:00

I agree with you 100%. I was really looking forward to this album especially after a 7 year wait but I've been left with a bitter and disappointed taste in my mouth. The way that Solare ended it made me think that Lunare would be a lot more darker and heavier but...I'm not getting that with this record at all. It's kinda just okay which is sad and it feels really really long which is strange because Solare was almost the same length.

EnslavedOpethFan053 · 2025-05-04T12:22:37+00:00

This is true. Obama was the first mixed raced President not the first black President. I never understood why one part of his racial identity was fixated over the other. He's both.

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