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Amazing live album that truly showcases how good of a guitarist Randy Rhoads really was. I think that Ozzy was in his prime in terms of vocals here as well.
Ozzy's solo music has probably been the most important music in my life for basically shaping who I am as a musician and I will love his music forever. R.I.P my goat.

My second favorite Opeth album. This one took a little longer for me to fully appreciate than the others but when it finally hit it really hit.
First of all the production on this album is utterly sublime as it always is with Opeth's music. There is so much going on in terms of layering but it never feels cluttered. Because Opeth use lots of big open chords and tritones it is very easy for them to clash with each other but they never do which is seriously impressive.
One thing I have ... read more

The best pop act for a VERY long time.
Second Sleep was probably the best song of 2025

Mythical Youtube shorts pull. This wasn't from one of those stupid guess who our drummer is videos but rather a video of the guitarists just sitting down and playing their song.
This is an absolutely fantastic project and I am so happy I happened to come across it at random. The level of musicianship on here is honestly insane. It defies human ability how Sam is able to sing and play this stuff at the same time. Like dude halfway through Sonata in C# she is straight up two handed tapping ... read more