Guilty pleasure alert!  I think 3 Doors Down are very good at what they do and I enjoy (most of) what they do.

Guilty pleasure alert!  I think 3 Doors Down are very good at what they do and I enjoy (most of) what they do.

Involuntary Dogslaughter
selfinquisitor

Involuntary Dogslaughter
selfinquisitor

Well, I wouldn't say Kai cut out ALL of the filler.  It's pretty much impossible to do that with DBZ.  And the English dub voice acting…dear lord.

Well, I wouldn't say Kai cut out ALL of the filler.  It's pretty much impossible to do that with DBZ.  And the English dub voice acting…dear lord.

Is it weird that I like Maudlin of the Well but not Kayo Dot?

Is it weird that I like Maudlin of the Well but not Kayo Dot?

My favorites not mentioned yet by the article or comments (other than Epicloud, which I've mentioned in various places many times this week) are Be'lakor - Of Breath and Bone and, overhyped as it may have been, Wintersun - Time I.

My favorites not mentioned yet by the article or comments (other than Epicloud, which I've mentioned in various places many times this week) are Be'lakor - Of Breath and Bone and, overhyped as it may have been, Wintersun - Time I.

Of course, Anathema isn't anywhere near metal these days, but I do enjoy the direction they've taken (once I accept that there is not going to be another Judgement coming from them).

Of course, Anathema isn't anywhere near metal these days, but I do enjoy the direction they've taken (once I accept that there is not going to be another Judgement coming from them).

Agreed!  It may not really be 'metal', per se, as Dikachu mentioned, but it's definitely my #1 of 2012.

Agreed!  It may not really be 'metal', per se, as Dikachu mentioned, but it's definitely my #1 of 2012.

That's the way I treat that entire episode.  I avoid looking at the screen whenever Tobias appears.

That's the way I treat that entire episode.  I avoid looking at the screen whenever Tobias appears.

Can't be arsed to make a full list, but my #1 of the year is Devin Townsend - Epicloud.

Can't be arsed to make a full list, but my #1 of the year is Devin Townsend - Epicloud.

Well, it's not news that metal doesn't get respected at this site outside of the Loud column, other than the occasional "hipster-approved" band like Mastodon.

Well, it's not news that metal doesn't get respected at this site outside of the Loud column, other than the occasional "hipster-approved" band like Mastodon.