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I'm new to this forum, but a long time metalhead. My current iTunes library consists of the following: (long list ahead) The Absence, Aeon, Æther Realm, Alestorm, Allegaeon, Amon Amarth, Amorphis, Anachronaeon, Ancient VVisdom, Apocalyptica, Arch Enemy, At the Gates, AtomA, Bal-Sagoth, Battlelore, Be'Lakor, Behemoth, Blind Guardian, Bloodbath, Bloodshot Dawn, Bolt Thrower, Bruce Dickinson, Brymir, Cain's Offering, Cans (Joacim Cans' side project), Carach Angren, Cryonic Temple, Crystal Eyes, Cynic, Dark Tranquillity, Death, Decapitated, Demons & Wizards, Dethklok, The Devil's Blood, Diablo Swing Orchestra, Dimmu Borgir, Dio, Disarmonia Mundi, Disease Illusion, Dismember, Dissection, Dragonland, Dream Evil, Dream Theater, Dreamcatcher, Dreamtale, Eluveitie, Engraved Disillusion, Ensiferum, Enslaved, Epica, Equilibrium, Eternal Tears of Sorrow, Euphoreon, Ex Deo, Fairyland, Falconer, Falkenbach, Fallen Joy, Fear Factory, Finntroll, Firewind, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Forefather, Freedom Call, Gamma Ray, Ghost, Ghost Brigade, Goatwhore, Gojira, Grave Digger, Haggard, Hamferð, Hammerfall, Heidevolk, Heljareyga, Helloween, Iced Earth, Immolation, In Flames (old), Incarnia, Inferi, Insomnium, Into Eternity, Iron Fire, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Kalmah, Kamelot, Kataklysm, Katatonia, King of Asgard, Kreator, Luca Turilli, Lyzanxia, Manowar, Massakren/Starkill, Mastodon, Mayan, Meadow's End, Megadeth, Meshuggah, Metallica, Mors Principium Est, Motörhead, Ne Obliviscaris, Nightwish, Nile, Norther, Northland, Noumena, November's Doom, Odenwrath, Omnium Gatherum, Opeth, Orange Goblin, Ozzy Osbourne, Pagan's Mind, Persuader, Pyramaze, Rebellion, Rhapsody/Rhapsody of Fire, Sabaton, Saint Deamon, Savage Circus, Septicflesh, Shaded Enmity, Sinergy, Skálmöld, Skeletonwitch, Skiltron, Skyfire, Slechtvalk, Sólstafir, Sonata Arctica, Stratovarius, Suffocation, Summoning, Svartalvheim, Svartsot, Symphony X, Symphorce, Tenacious D, Testament, Theocracy, Therion, This Ending, Thronar, Tool, Turisas, Týr, Unleashed, Vader, Van Canto, Varg, Vesperian Sorrow, Vintersorg, White Wizzard, Windir, Wintersun, Wolfchant, Woods of Ypres, Wulfgar, Xanthochroid, Yngwie Malmsteen, and finally 3 Inches of Blood. Now, don't get to thinking I just listen to ONLY metal. Albeit, that is what a lot of my time is spent doing, I also listen to classical score. Jeremy Soule, Adrian von Ziegler, Chopin, Howard Shore, Hans Zimmer, Two Steps from Hell, Nox Arcana, and the like. I also play lots of video games and read epic fantasy books. I'm currently in the middle of A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin (NO SPOILERS PLEASE!). I have read all of "The Wheel of Time" books by Robert Jordan, damn near all Drizzt Do'Urden books by R. A. Salvatore, "The Sword of Truth" books by Terry Goodkind, and of course, "The Lord of the Rings" by J. R. R. Tolkien. I am also in the middle of reading H. P. Lovecraft's complete fiction. There, that's a little about myself.

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