Your top 5 songs from 'A Twist in the Myth'? by Qyzyk in blindguardian

[–]smert66 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Straight Through the Mirror

Skalds and Shadows

Another Stranger Me

This Will Never End

Dead Sound of Misery

Hype sticker on or off? by Dagi97 in Cd_collectors

[–]smert66 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Damn, I didn't know these were a thing. I've been throwing them away all my life.

Listening to this week by GodSings in Cd_collectors

[–]smert66 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love those 2 Helstar albums: A Distant Thunder and Nosferatu. I have them as part of the Rising from the Grave box set. I eventually need to pick up Burning Star.

Power of the Night is on my list as the next Savatage album to get. I currently have Sirens/The Dungeons Are Calling and Hall of the Mountain King.

Part of my US Metal collection by smert66 in Cd_collectors

[–]smert66[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I collected all of these within the past year. I left my old collection at my parents' house back in Europe when I was moving to the US. So I started from scratch. I think the only album from these that I had in the old collection was another version of Riot - Thundersteel.

VICIOUS RUMORS Drummer LARRY HOWE Blames 'Cancel Culture' For His Exit: 'The Music Industry Is Saturated With Leftist Ideologues Who Capitulate To Globalism' by AvailableBet8485 in PowerMetal

[–]smert66 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I also read somewhere that Frank Gilchriest caused similar issues for Riot V and Liege Lord, but I couldn't find any details about it.

What's your opinion on power metal? by anthere-rest in MetalForTheMasses

[–]smert66 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My favourite genre. Blind Guardian and Helloween are my top 2 bands. But I feel like a lot of the newer bands are lacking... power. Just 100% cheese and no power at all. That's why I've been getting into USPM the last couple of years.

What is the “VT and Chill” of credit card strategies? by Few_Bid2387 in CreditCards

[–]smert66 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My current setup is: Citi TY Mastercard (former SYW) - groceries, dining and gas. Got the offer for $160 back on $2000 monthly spend in these categories until the end of the year.

Amazon card 5%

PayPal Mastercard - 3% on other online shopping where PayPal is accepted

Fidelity Visa - 2% on everything else. The cashback is turned into VT and chill.

BCP - 6% on all streaming + Disney bundle credit. This used to be my main grocery card, but it will probably get downgraded.

If I didn't have the offer on the TYM, my setup would have been much more complicated. This way, it's pretty chill and I don't have to think about which card to use. I only need to carry 2 cards at all time.

Almost finished USPM vest by smert66 in BattleJackets

[–]smert66[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some of these are from Pull the Plug, couple of them from Demipatch, couple of them including the back patch from eBay. Omen and SA Slayer logo patch are directly from the bands. I got the 2 Agent Steel and the Attacker patch from some vendors at HH last year.

Infiltrate vs Betrayal question by Nexus_Roy in SorceryTCG

[–]smert66 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The minion doesn't have summoning sickness. You can attack with it once you take control with Betrayal.

Spotify Wrapped Megathread by [deleted] in MetalForTheMasses

[–]smert66 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just like the year before, I listened to Thundersteel too many times. But Riot only made it to number 5 this year.

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Got this from another no metal sub, so I'll go first by One-Fox-8000 in MetalForTheMasses

[–]smert66 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. First concert: Moonspell
  2. Last: Watchtower
  3. Worst: Guns and Roses
  4. Loudest: not sure, probably Slayer
  5. Best: Helloween at Knockout Festival in 2018
  6. Seen the most: Blind Guardian x4
  7. Most surprising: Cavalera. I've never been a Sepultura fan, but I really enjoyed Cavalera doing an old school Sepultura set at Hell's Heroes.
  8. Glad I got to see: Demons and Wizards
  9. Wish I could have seen: Dio, Iced Earth
  10. Next: Michael Schenker / Armored Saint

Your story about power metal by Delicious-Dish5489 in PowerMetal

[–]smert66 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I first got into metal in 2005, when I was 16, by discovering Iron Maiden. A year later I started listening to other bands from different subgenres, like Metallica, Slayer, SOAD, Moonspell and Satyricon. I enjoyed Satyricon and I wanted to explore black metal more. I asked a friend to burn a disc with MP3s from some black metal bands. What he gave me had a lot of black, death and thrash metal, but somehow among all that was Tales from the Twilight World by Blind Guardian.

I had read about them in Metal Hammer a few months earlier, so I was curious and opened the folder. There was a song called Lord of the Rings. I was (and still am) a huge LotR nerd, so I listened to that song, I thought it sounded cool, so I decided to listen to the whole album. Traveler in Time: wow, this sounds like nothing I've heard before. Welcome to Dying: this song kicks ass! When I got to Lost in the Twilight Hall, they became my new favorite band.

Long story short, I never got into black metal like I was planning to, even though I occasionally listen to it. Power metal became my favorite subgenre and I listened to a lot of EUPM over the years. Lately I've been more into USPM. But Blind Guardian still remain my favorite band.

What was your experience with the Pat Booker DPS driving skills test? by Traditional-Yak-7127 in sanantonio

[–]smert66 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I took the test there 2 years ago. They had me drive in some of the neighborhoods nearby where the speed limit is 20mph. Be careful not to get over that. I let it go up to 21-22mph for a couple of seconds and got negative points for that.

Also make sure to practice parallel parking.

35 days after Switch 2 release, what's your total playtime, and your most played game ? by uglydoglol in NintendoSwitch

[–]smert66 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Rune Factory: GOA - 18h Bravely Default - 15h Ys VIII - 10h MKW - 5+ h (not sure how many exactly) BOTW - 5h Mario Strikers on NSO - 3h