© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-gadlor Recent reviews written by member gadlor en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_228034645636?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gadlor - I spent three miserable weeks in New Zealand during my high school years. A lewd wench had been playing with my mind for the past six months or so, and I found the prospect of abandoning her most dismal. In retrospect, I perhaps should have taken this... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~228034645636 Wed, 12 Jul 2006 12:59:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_228034645636?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_233759215236?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gadlor - Those who are familiar with the art of Bal-Sagoth know that they take the everyday, ho-hum world of metal (replete with chain-mail bikinis, wholesale slaughter and penetration of orifices not meant for intercourse, rapacious vikings, and corpse-painted... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~233759215236 Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:47:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_233759215236?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_223254187652?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gadlor - Perhaps, indeed, Jarno Perätalo is not roving and raiding my computer-science bound existence in search of metaphysical coding plunder - but his voice and his band, To/Die/For, have become a heady part of this morning's chilly existence. Like many... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~223254187652 Mon, 13 Mar 2006 11:31:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_223254187652?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_216714022532?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gadlor - In some former life I was a Viking. I do not assert this in the manner of many; my beard is but the product of laziness, my odor not from cured leather and mead, I only slake my lust for blood in a manner most fictional. But in my most secret heart of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~216714022532 Thu, 12 Jan 2006 19:02:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_216714022532?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_189545811588?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gadlor - Skyfire has long been nestled in my heart like the crispy exoskeleton of a cicada, lovingly discarded in the heart of a decaying elm tree. I owe some of my allegiance to the fact that I enjoy talking to the members of the band and their engaging fans,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~189545811588 Tue, 2 Aug 2005 13:08:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_189545811588?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_190034579076?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gadlor - So I am tripping the Swedish Death Metal forum fantastic with my eclectic band of Ski-Fire groupies from all shades and colors of life. I have been a member of this little internet community, a bonding organization for those who love Swedes, for a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~190034579076 Sun, 17 Jul 2005 00:50:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_190034579076?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_184970153604?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gadlor - I never again expected to see your spectre darken my doorway, O Gothenburg sound. I had figured you demised, the last dying lashings of the behemoths In Flames and Soilwork laying demise to the memory of all that they ever formerly played. Surely noone... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~184970153604 Tue, 7 Jun 2005 01:48:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_184970153604?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_185183735428?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gadlor - I am indebted to my roommate this first intimate year of college in many ways. During the prologue of this great learning adventure, his name provided me with valuable comedic fodder of at least the ten-pounder variety. For those neither familiar with... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~185183735428 Sat, 4 Jun 2005 01:38:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_185183735428?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_184171335300?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gadlor - You're walking down the damp grey sidewalk in the middle of your boring middle-class moderate political stance accountant existence, and much like any proper puddle should do, as you step across the alleyway it envelopes your feet. I mean, you are an... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~184171335300 Tue, 24 May 2005 11:25:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_184171335300?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_177629269636?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gadlor - My first intimate encounter with Senor Swano (no, I refuse to properly accentuate him with umlauts; it makes his name look silly. Like it's wearing some sort of bobbly headwear, horribly unlike one of the devious masterminds of metal, cackling hideously... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~177629269636 Sun, 8 May 2005 16:21:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_177629269636?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_170588081796?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gadlor - Tad Williams is an exquisitely good author. Launching yourself into one of his literary works is akin to taking a big hunk out of a Vassar apple. Vassar apples, for those uninformed, are small spheres of vacuum only offered at the annual Vassar Cross... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~170588081796 Tue, 8 Mar 2005 15:32:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_170588081796?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_173145034372?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gadlor - I had long pondered the idea of purchasing a new pair of headphones (or for the hip among us - "cans") since I figured among the price difference between my fifty dollar Sony pair and the high-priced headhuggers of such companies as AKG, Sennheiser, and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~173145034372 Sat, 12 Feb 2005 14:11:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_173145034372?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_169432419972?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gadlor - In the Empire du Metallium, King In Flames reigns, known and beloved by all. The other inhabitants of the Empire are often little known, and their chalets and keeps overgrown by vines, mold, and hidden behind golf courses. I envision this scene. A... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~169432419972 Fri, 14 Jan 2005 01:02:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_169432419972?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_169158741636?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gadlor - I have followed Sonata Arctica's musical progress like a drooling hound follows a meat vendor for a number of years now. My first cannonball into the world of European metal was 4 CDs - Amon Amarth's "Once Sent From The Golden Hall", Skyfire's "Timeless... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~169158741636 Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:12:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_169158741636?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_167725076100?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gadlor - To be honest, I really should pay more attention to my fellow reviewers vanwarp, daumco, and sonicexplorer (my cohorts in the realm of D-block elemental music) as with most new up-and-coming releases they manage to expound quite firmly on which ones I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~167725076100 Sat, 1 Jan 2005 04:19:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_167725076100?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_166034771588?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gadlor - Within hearing the first twenty-five seconds of this CD, you may exclaim "Pah! Another slamming grinding death metal release! Albert, take it awaaaaaaaaay!" And then Albert, in his crisply-pressed suit and shining wingtips, will kneel before the tiny god... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~166034771588 Tue, 28 Dec 2004 03:05:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_166034771588?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_162402242180?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gadlor - Vintersorg is all over the place this year. He's more commonly known as Andreas Hedlund (not to be confused with Skyfire guitarist Andreas Edlund...) and Fission is his third project this year. He's a well-known (by underground metal scene standards)... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~162402242180 Sun, 19 Dec 2004 03:44:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_162402242180?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_165190995588?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gadlor - To be brutally honest, I was not very impressed when Nattfodd first came out. There was little of the grandoise power and majesty that drew me to Jaktens Tid, their second CD. Clearly I wasn't looking quite hard enough. It isn't quite the same on... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~165190995588 Mon, 13 Dec 2004 04:04:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_165190995588?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_159473897092?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gadlor - Disillusion is a German trio relatively unknown in the world of 'mainstream extreme metal' if there is such a thing. It's not unexpected, though - Back To Times Of Splendor is their first release. I usually only hear about such releases through friends... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~159473897092 Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:52:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_159473897092?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_156111638148?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gadlor - Warning: This review contains mild spoily stuff. If you've ever read any of Juliet Marillier's works, you know for a fact that this is not going to be a happy book. In her series based in Ireland, The Sevenwaters Trilogy, one of the female proganists... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~156111638148 Tue, 5 Oct 2004 10:37:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_156111638148?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_156172455556?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gadlor - Chances are you've never heard of Silent Force or DC Cooper. Well, when you consider the previous offering of this band, "Infatuator," I would say you weren't missing much. But suddenly out of nowhere Silent Force has decided to create a stupendous... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~156172455556 Sat, 25 Sep 2004 22:37:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_156172455556?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_155914768004?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gadlor - Whenever I first came across a now-favorite band of mine, the folk metal masters Finntroll (known for their lyrics related to trolls and their expirementation with combining traditional Finnish music with death metal) there was usually another band... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~155914768004 Thu, 23 Sep 2004 12:08:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_155914768004?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_154635832964?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gadlor - My college is splendid enough to include a free laptop in the package we get as freshman. Unfortunately, this has two downsides. A - the upperclassmen despise us because their laptops are now pieces of junk, and ours are portable deities that demand... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~154635832964 Wed, 8 Sep 2004 08:32:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_154635832964?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_139594468996?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gadlor - I needed to pick up a new hard drive. Alas, I was rapidly running out of space on my relatively tiny 80 GB ATA drive, not because of music or anime or anything like that, you understand. It was all completely legitimate unlicensed, uncopyrighted data... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~139594468996 Mon, 6 Sep 2004 18:59:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_139594468996?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_151812214404?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gadlor - I am somewhere far left of computer nerd, I confess. I have dreams of dual processor systems and remakes of the Mechwarrior 2 computer game, splayed across a 50 inch LCD screen in all its giant-robot-combat glory (If you've never played this game, you... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~151812214404 Thu, 26 Aug 2004 23:48:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_151812214404?linkin_id=8003929