u/CoveredbyThorns

A youtube classic.

This song came out originally in 83 I believe. I would put their first 3 albums as some of the best hair metal albums.

Mikael Åkerfeldt is on lead guitar and this album is better than most of what Opeth has done in the past 15 years to be quite honest.

If this song had been on any other album or was made into a single people would be lauding it.

They have consistently made great music over almost 40 years. Alot of their songs are power ballads, but also they make alot of power metal songs that are fast paced and have double kick. They have sold millions of records and have out sold most power metal bands because they had huge success in Japan during the late 90s with the album Paradox. Despite the fact they are so good and popular I never hear them mentioned online; they keep making new music and it is great.

Yngwie isn't able to listen to this and hear he is singing flat? This is embarassing, in the 80s he had some of the best vocalists and now this?

I think about how stupid what I did every day for the past 14 years and some of your stories might make me feel better.

In 2012 I was an alcoholic that inherited a house I couldn't maintain so I had to move into a 1 bedroom apartment.

I threw out all the boxes for my gameboy games including stuff like Pokemon and Zelda, I have no clue why I think I thiught it was clutter and felt I had to move quick.

I sold most of my retro game collection, including stuff like a Game Gear with 30 games for like 200 bucks at a local gamestore.

I sold the house to a flipper for 150k, I couldn't find my N64 collection so left it in the house which was a hoarder home.

The house eventually sold for 550k and my apartment storage flooded so my Snes and Nes collection got damaged.

They should've merged rap and death metal more. I know Obituary also tried this.

I am obviously making a broad statement but there is truth to it. Compare the lyrics of Motley Crue, Poison and Dokken to bands like Pink Cream 69, Pretty Maids and Europe.

This song may be one of the most disthrbing power metal songs if you read the lyrics and get what its about.

I literally woke up one morning and was charged 2 payments of 2500 dollars I had to pay if I was late I was charged interest, if I didnt pay I lose my cheap shitty home. There are mansions in my town and they were charged the same assessment as me and the justification is because a town board meeting voted on it????

Why is no one talking about this? HOAs have the same problem. The government can charge you basically any amount of money if you own property and if it is voted on? No one else realizes how insane this is? Democracy doesn't work because rich people don't realize 5k is alot to someone like me.

This song sounds like Neo classical power metal and it came out super early in 1983.

The Final countdown has like 1 and a half billion views on youtube.

This song is from the early 80s and the song uses double kick, extensive soloing, some of their music has neo classical elements, they use a keyboard. Even the imagery and lyrics on the early albums are power metal themed.