#helloween united live

[j-tillow]

[lock-my-feelings-in-a-jar]

[hawkstincan]

nine people I’d like to know better

Got tagged by @nixie-deangel thanks <3

Last Song I listened to: Forever and One (Neverland) by Helloween

Currently Watching: ... well, i'm mentioning only shows i'm actively watching on daily or weekly basis: Grey's Anatomy, The Good Doctor, 9-1-1, Walker, Beacon 23, The Rookie, Chicago Med, Alert: Missing Persons Unit; rewatching House M.D. (daily); airplane accidents investigations on youtube (mostly Mentor Pilot); dbd youtubers

Sweet/Savoury/Spicy?: Savoury and sweet (not drinks though).

Relationship Status: single, as i always was and probably always will be.

Current Obsession: Ted Lasso and Trent Crimm are driving me crazy. Coldflash is living rentfree in my head and not going anywhere. Hannigram is seductively smirking from the dark corner and winking at me. I'm fine (nope)

Tagging (for those who wish to do this): @starstruckpurpledragon, @mommalosthermind, @holycafe, @madsteacup, @majougari, @bedalk and whoever else wishes to do this!

[cheapsweetsrocks]

🎃 Spoopy Season mixtape 👻

A light hearted (though NSFW) mix of spooky jams for your spoopy season!

Many thanks to @maxwellatoms for the recommendation of SPF 1000 (there's a bunch of bands with amazing names on this playlist!), and for Brains!, naturally! 🎃

Tracklisting:

Bela Lugosi's Dead, by Frayle (cover)

They Live! by Evil Nine

Vampires are Alive, by DJ Bobo

Witchcraft, by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

Dragula, by Rob Zombie

Brains! by Aurelio Voltaire (from The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)

Horror Show, by spf 1000

Monster Mash, by Misfits (cover)

Hex Girl, by Moon Sisters (from Scooby Doo! and the Witches Ghost)

Werewolf Gimmick, by The Mountain Goats

Danse Macabre, by Ghost

Robots From Hell, by Shonen Knife

Twilight Zone, by 2 Unlimited

Bloody Tears / Akumajo Dracula X Chronicle, by Castlevania Sound Team

Werewolfe, by Scary Bitches

Mastas of Ravenkroft, by My Chemical Romance

Fixed and Dilated, by Aesop Rock

I am the Warlock, by Probot (featuring Jack Black)

Halloween, by Lesbian Bed Death

Behold the Colossus, by Clutch

Ogdru Jahad, by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets

Pumpkins United, by Helloween (live version)

🩻👻🎃

[metaljen]

HYPERSPACE METALFEST Announces 2025 Lineup

w/ ENFORCER, PLANESWALKER, GLYPH, LUNAR, SOLARUS, TYLOR DORY TRIO and More!

April 10th - 12th - Vancouver

HMF 2025 Lineup Spotify Playlist

Canada's premier melodic and power metal festival HYPERSPACE Metal Fest returns for its 6th edition after another year of crowd-pleasing epic fun in Vancouver, BC. Being hosted at The Cobalt (April 10 &11th) and The Rickshaw Theatre (April 12th), the 2025 lineup will feature headliners ENFORCER, PLANESWALKER, GLYPH along with Lunar, Solarus, Tower Hill, Luminator, Tylor Dory Trio, Heyoka's Mirror with more to be announced.

Festival organizer Joey Hockin of Journeyman Productions adds:

"It's finally time to reveal Hyperspace Metal Festival VI! We were a little later announcing this year because we want to make sure we're bringing you the same quality you've come to expect. And on that, I think we've delivered! The full lineup will be announced in the fall. Hope to see you next April!"

Headlining Saturday, April 12th at The Rickshaw Theatre, Sweden's ENFORCER have proved themselves both live and on record, they stake their place amongst the world’s most renowned heavy metal bands since first forming in 2005. They have toured the world over, playing the biggest festivals and garnering a global fanbase. Their latest sixth studio album Nostalgia (released May 2023 - Nuclear Blast), features 13 heavy metal anthems and throws ENFORCER back to their speed metal roots. Fusing extreme guitar riffing with catchy stadium choruses, ENFORCER is out to conquer the world.

Music Video - Nostalgia

Headlining Friday, April 11th, and returning for their second time at HMF, the duo known as PLANESWALKER features Jason Ashcraft (Helion Prime) and Sozos Michael (Gloryhammer, ex-Helion Prime) present Magic the Gathering-inspired Power Metal. They recently released their latest single "Compleated" and were joined by Carlos Alvarez (ex-Power Theory, Behölder, Shadowdance) on bass and Stefanos Meletiou (The Zilla Project, Private Garden).

Music Video - "Compleated"

Headlining Thursday, April 10th, the Pacific Northwest's Glyph, is not just a heavy metal band, they are a crew of intergalactic mercenaries escaping a dying planet in their spaceship, the VSS Dragonlord. Clearly, Glyph isn’t just writing songs, they’re building worlds and they bring it forth in their latest album "Honor, Power, Glory" released this past March.

Music Video - Volarad

Also featured on this year's 2025 lineup and making their first HMF appearance and performing for the first time ever, Lunar is a progressive metal project from California that features members from Witherfall, Helion Prime, Planeswalker, Novareign, Mokili Wa, Nordic Frost, Outloud, Double Vision. Their fourth and latest album “The Illusionist” features guests Jørgen Munkeby (Shining), Christian Münzner (Obscura), Andy Gillion (Mors Principium Est), Taylor Washington (Paladin), Sam Vallen (Caligula's Horse), Ben Karas (Thank You Scientist), Gleb Kanasevich, and Patrick Corona.

Meant to perform on the 2024 lineup, but forced to cancel, Tylor Dory Trio returns for 2025, they are a monstrous progressive metal unit and beloved by many in Western Canada. This live performance will be their first following a nearly seven-year layoff.

Hailing from London, ON, Solarus, simply put, is a musical vision and ambition to bring musicians together through their shared love for music. They bring forth impressive female-fronted melodic power metal.

Traveling from Edmonton, AB, Tower Hill delivers premium old-school heavy metal inspired by bands like Running Wild, Riot, Judas Priest, early Blind Guardian, and Helloween. Forging the best of the late 80s and early 90s German, British, and US metal scenes into a new blend of shimmering steel, Tower Hill’s riff-driven, hook-laden traditional metal will have you banging your head and singing along.

Luminator is a fantasy power metal band from the Pacific Northwest (Tacoma, WA) and will be supporting their latest EP "On The Clouds".

From Calgary, AB, Heyoka's Mirror is a progressive rock/metal band with international roots that was brought to life in the summer of 2015 by founding members Andrew Balboa and Omar Sultan. Their first music video “Asylum” (directed by Seth Williams), was nominated as Best Music Video by the 2020 YYC Music Awards and was released in support of their debut full-length "The Uninvited King".

Hyperspace Metal Festival VI - April 10th - 12th.

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Over the five editions of Hyperspace Metal Festival, bands from all over the world have come to play power, prog, melodic death, and speed metal on the Canadian West Coast. The festival has presented lineups that have included performances by Týr, Flotsam and Jetsam, Skelator, Trollfest, Aether Realm, Exmortus, Striker, Riot City, Into Eternity, Witherfall, Planeswalker, Iron Kingdom, Helion Prime, Ravenous, Crimson Shadows, West of Hell, Judicator, Odinfist, Tanagra, Scythia, Greyhawk, The Order of Chaos, Red Cain, and many more.

[aci32]

HELLOWEEN/HAMMERFALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey everyone sorry for running 4 days late but better late than never, here is my 4th review of 2023, Helloween and Hammerfall!!!!!!!!!!! I hadn’t seen both of these bands in half a decade and 4 years respectively, not since Wacken 2018 and 2019, so it felt great to see them again. Helloween also haven’t played Toronto in almost a decade not since they played Opera House, Hammerfall I last saw in Toronto half a decade ago on the same night Slayer played their final show on their final tour and it was also at Opera House. This time around, both bands played at History, which was my 2nd time going there.

Let’s start the festivities!

First band up was HAMMERFALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This was my 5th time seeing them as I last saw them at Wacken Open Air 2019 and they were spectacular at that time, and when I saw them at WOA 2019 it was before Sabaton took the stage and played a 2 hour show, plus both bands would come to Toronto in October of that same year but I skipped that show as I had already seen both bands play at Wacken. Hammerfall get better each time I see them live and Joacim Cans is a joker especially with his onstage antics during songs and his funny banter especially pointing to a guy in the back saying “except for this guy” before Let the Hammer Fall played. Here’s their setlist:

BrotherhoodPlay Video

Any Means NecessaryPlay Video

The Metal AgePlay Video

Hammer of DawnPlay Video

Blood BoundPlay Video

RenegadePlay Video

Last Man StandingPlay Video

Hero's Return / On the Edge of Honour / Riders of the Storm / Crimson ThunderPlay Video

Let the Hammer FallPlay Video

(We Make) Sweden RockPlay Video

Hammer HighPlay Video

Hearts on Fire

After Hamerfall it was time for the German power metal juggernauts, HELLOWEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This was my 5th time seeing them as I last saw them half a decade ago as the Wacken 2018 super headliners as they played a 2.5 hour set from 9:30 PM-Midnight on the last day of Wacken Open Air and it was on the Pumpkins United tour that saw the return of Kai Hansen and Michael Kiske, and that was the best I had seen Helloween play since I got to see them in their home country and on the biggest metal festival in both Europe and the world. This time around they played at History and they had a pretty good turnout I must say, although it wasn’t sold out compared to them playing a packed field at WOA 2018. Before they played Forever and One (Neverland) Michael Kiske and Andi Deris were talking and Andi said “This song is for my beloved...ex” and Michael said “Everyone with your smartphones take them out and turn on the lights, it looks niceeeee” Andi then said “I remember people with cigarette lighters would have burnt fingers and thumbs” which made me laugh. Here’s their setlist:

HalloweenPlay Video

OrbitPlay Video

SkyfallPlay Video

Eagle Fly FreePlay Video

Mass PollutionPlay Video

Future WorldPlay Video

PowerPlay Video

Save UsPlay Video

Walls of JerichoPlay Video

Metal Invaders / Victim of Fate / Gorgar / Ride the SkyPlay Video

Heavy Metal (Is the Law)Play Video

Forever and One (Neverland)Play Video

Guitar Solo(Sascha Gerstner)Play Video

Best TimePlay Video

Dr. SteinPlay Video

How Many TearsPlay Video

Encore:

Perfect GentlemanPlay Video

Keeper of the Seven KeysPlay Video

Encore 2:

I Want OutPlay Video

For the Love of a Princess(James Horner song)

Overall a great show, but I do say fuck early in the week shows as I feel tired the next day and I have no motivation to immediately do my reviews, compared say to Thursday, Friday or Saturday shows, and as well the commute to History can suck my hairy dick, lick my hairy scrotum, and eat my hairy ass. Also I will be seeing both Hammerfall and Helloween at this years Wacken Open Air, so that will be a lot better.

HEAVY METAL FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ncrida]

HELLOWEEN - How Many Tears (Live in Wacken, 2018, United Alive)

[nuclearblastuk]

HELLOWEEN // 'UNITED ALIVE' OUT NOW, BAND RELEASE NEW LIVE VIDEO FOR 'FUTURE WORLD'

Today, HELLOWEEN release their new live album/ DVD 'United Alive' & 'United Alive In Madrid', which means that from now on, we can all revisit the PUMPKINS UNITED WORLD TOUR every night without even leaving the couch!

What is served, is no less than the greatest hits from the past 30 years and a breakneck trip through the entire HELLOWEEN repertoire – a 14 month metal quake, featured on the cover of almost every metal magazine including the world’s biggest metal magazine, Japan´s 'BURRN!', which dedicated an unbelievable four cover stories to this tour. In other words: clear the ring for the next round of PUMPKINS UNITED madness! On top of that, HELLOWEEN will perform on the world’s biggest metal festival today: ROCK IN RIO, alongside other rock and metal legends like SCORPIONS, IRON MAIDEN and SEPULTURA. There could be no better way to celebrate this epic release!  As a bonus, the band have also unveiled a new live video for 'Future World'. Watch the new clip here: 

'United Alive' & 'United Alive In Madrid' can be ordered here: http://nblast.de/HelloweenUnitedAlive

Also watch: 'Halloween': https://youtu.be/VAVeG4KS0JM Get it digitally here: https://nblast.de/HelloweenHalloweenLive 'Pumpkins United': https://youtu.be/Mat2YhaceaA Get the song digitally here: http://nblast.de/HelloweenPumpkinsLive  'Forever And One': https://youtu.be/v5ceqdP9Hbk Get it digitally here: https://nblast.de/HelloweenForeverAndOne   More about 'UNITED ALIVE': Trailer #1: https://youtu.be/kBIwZP9CcGA Trailer #2: https://youtu.be/bi9SFhUEzI0 'United Alive' & 'United Alive In Madrid' – The video & audio-releases With the releases of 'UNITED ALIVE' & 'UNITED ALIVE IN MADRID' on Nuclear Blast, the band presents stunning audio and visuals of the epic tour. Every single solo, every spontaneous gesture, and every emotional encore of the PUMPKINS UNITED WORLD TOUR is evoked and made immortal. Band interviews and plenty of background material included. The artworks for the various formats were once again created by photographer and art designer Martin Hausler, who of course stuffed lots of previously unreleased live images into the 36-page booklet and high-end packaging.   'United Alive' – DVD/Blu-Ray The DVD/BLU-RAY 'UNITED ALIVE' captures the phenomenal sets with recordings from Wacken in front of 75,000 metalheads, 14,000 fans in the Madrid arena, and topped off by the legendary gig at the Espaço das Américas in front of 8,000 fans in São Paulo. In total, there's over three hours of live material in stereo and premium 5.1 surround sound plus a movie compilation with the essentials of the concert’s LED content, all cartoon clips of Seth and Doc, further surprises, and the very personal 30-minute band interview about the past, present, and future.   'United Alive In Madrid' – Live-CD/Vinyl As pure as it gets - the LIVE-CD/VINYL 'UNITED ALIVE IN MADRID' has nearly three hours of unbridled PUMPKINS live pressure up its sleeve – including bonus tracks of the shows in Prague, São Paulo, Wacken, and Santiago de Chile.

'United Alive' & 'United Alive In Madrid' are available in the following formats:   2DISC BLU-RAY DIGIBOOK Disc 1: Live concert, Disc 2: Bonus material – intro movie, interview, LED compilation, Seth & Doc animations & more 3DISC DVD DIGIBOOK Disc 1 & 2: Live concert, Disc 3: Bonus material – intro movie, interview, LED compilation, Seth & Doc animations & more 3DISC LIMITED DIGIBOOK LIVE AUDIO CD  Live concert Madrid plus bonus tracks: 'March of Time', 'Kids of the Century', 'Why' and 'Pumpkins United' 5DISC VINYL BOX  Live concert Madrid plus bonus tracks: 'March of Time', 'Kids of the Century', 'Why' and 'Pumpkins United' 8DISC EARBOOK BLU-RAY & DVD & CD  Complete contents of Blu-ray, DVD, and CD in premium packaging   'UNITED ALIVE' – DVD/BLU-RAY Disc 1 01. Halloween 13:29* 02. Dr. Stein 5:47* 03. I’m Alive 3:23** 04. If I Could Fly 4:13* 05. Are You Metal? 4:19*** 06. Rise And Fall 4:22** 07. Waiting For The Thunder 4:04* 08. Perfect Gentleman 4:26* 09. Kai´s Medley 14:36*** (Starlight / Ride The Sky / Judas / Heavy Metal Is The Law) 10. Forever And One 4:32** 11. A Tale That Wasn’t Right 6:09*** 12. I Can 4:48* 13. Pumpkins United 6:28*** 14. Drumkins United 4:50*** 15. Livin’ Ain’t No Crime / A Little Time 6:38* 16. Why 4:32** 17. Sole Survivor 5:15** 18. Power 4:16* 19. How Many Tears 10:58*** 20. Invitation / Eagle Fly Free 7:55* 21. Keeper Of The Seven Keys 20:13* 22. Mos-Kai-To 2:38* 23. Future World 4:46* 24. I Want Out 9:08*** 25. Outro & Credits 4:59 Total running time: 2 hours 47 minutes (*) Recorded live in Madrid, December 9th, 2017 (**) Recorded live in São Paulo, October 29th, 2017 (***) Recorded live at Wacken Open Air, August 4th, 2018            Disc 2 01. Halloween 13:35 - Live in São Paulo, October 29th, 2017 02. Dr. Stein 5:29 - Live in São Paulo, October 29th, 2017 03. Kids Of The Century 4:08 - Live in Prague, November 25th, 2017 04. March Of Time 5:27 - Live in Santiago de Chile, October 31st, 2018 05. Pumpkin’s Whisper - 35:27 06. Bursting Hamburg - 01:59 07. The Essential LED Compilation - 17:09 08. Seth & Doc, The United Thing - 12:04 09. The Keeper’s Journey - 1:19   'UNITED ALIVE IN MADRID' – LIVE-CD/Vinyl CD 1 01. Halloween 13:37 02. Dr. Stein 5:36 03. I’m Alive 3:48 04. If I Could Fly 4:01 05. Are You Metal? 4:28 06. Rise And Fall 4:22 07. Waiting For The Thunder 4:02 08. Perfect Gentleman 4:50 09. Kai’s Medley 13:52 (Starlight / Ride The Sky / Judas / Heavy Metal Is The Law) 10. Forever And One 5:22 11. A Tale That Wasn’t Right 5:43   CD 2 01. I Can 4:57 02. Livin’ Ain’t No Crime / A Little Time 6:39 03. Sole Survivor 4:58 04. Power 4:11 05. How Many Tears 10:56 06. Invitation / Eagle Fly Free 7:13 07. Keeper Of The Seven Keys 17:03 08. Future World 5:36 09. I Want Out 8:47 Live in Madrid, December 9th, 2017   CD 3 01. March Of Time 5:28 - Live in Santiago de Chile, October 31st, 2018 02. Kids Of The Century 4:00 - Live in Prague, November 25th, 2017 03. Why 4:40 - Live in São Paulo, October 29th, 2017 04. Pumpkins United 6:32 - Live at Wacken Open Air, August 4th, 2018 Total Running Time:  2 hours 41 minutes Live dates: 04.10.  BR       Rio de Janeiro - Rock in Rio (w/ IRON MAIDEN, SCORPIONS, SEPULTURA)

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[tj-dragonblade]

https://youtu.be/VAVeG4KS0JM

Helloween - Halloween | from the UNITED ALIVE release

Aaaaaaaaaaah! It’s Halloween!

[hopeless-song]

DR. STEIN - HELLOWEEN (Cover by Raúl Yáñez) - THE TRAGIC PRINCE

[j-tillow]

[dundenkalanmuzik]

Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys

[drunkenraccoons]

Top 248 Songs

1. Mary Jane’s Last Dance - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

2. Cowgirl in the Sand - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3. Caught in the Hustle - Immortal Technique

4. Hand in My Pocket - Alanis Morissette

5. Pulse - Ani DiFranco

6. Dogs - Pink Floyd

7. When the Music’s Over - The Doors

8. Eet - Regina Spektor

9. Providence - Ani DiFranco

10. Change Your Mind - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

11. It’s Good to Be King [Live Anthology] - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

12. Tangled Up in Blue - Bob Dylan

13. Pigs - Pink Floyd

14. We R Who We R - Kesha

15. No Title - Ten Years After

16. Ribs - Lorde

17. Guns, Bitches, Brawls & Bottles - GG Allin

18. 2 On - Tinashe

19. The She - The Breeders

20. Raining Blood - Slayer

21. Cortez the Killer - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

22. Since I’ve Been Loving You - Led Zeppelin

23. Like a Hurricane [Weld] - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

24. Angie - The Rolling Stones

25. Darkness Darkness - Robert Plant

26. Nuthin but a ‘G’ Thang - Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg

27. Wake Up Time - Tom Petty

28. Complicated - Avril Lavigne

29. Det som Engang Var - Burzum

30. Ride the Lightning - Metallica

31. Cloud Blood - Ani DiFranco

32. Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright - Bob Dylan

33. The Next Episode - Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg & Nate Dogg

34. Ghost of the Gang - Indigo Girls

35. New Ways to Fly - Garth Brooks

36. Bleed the Freak - Alice In Chains

37. Walls (No. 3) - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

38. Roadhouse Blues - The Doors

39. Sister Morphine - Rolling Stones

40. Serpentine - Ani DiFranco

41. Oedipus - Regina Spektor

42. LA Woman - The Doors

43. My Journey to the Stars - Burzum

44. Addicted - DJ Clay

45. The Final Cut - Pink Floyd

46. The Wrong Thing to Do - Mudcrutch

47. Soft Shoulder - Ani DiFranco

48. Simple Twist of Fate - Bob Dylan

49. Like an Inca - Neil Young

50. Jesus’ Todd - Burzum

51. Limehouse - The Breeders

52. Untouchable - Taylor Swift

53. Turn it Off - Paramore

54. The Last Supper - Jesus Christ Superstar

55. None Shall Pass - Aesop Rock

56. November Hotel (Live) - Mad Season

57. Signs of Age - Jake Holmes

58. Will to Love - Neil Young

59. Seek & Destroy - Metallica

60. I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes [Recorded Live] - Ten Years After

61. Tik Tok (Untold Remix) - Kesha

62. Forever & Always (Piano Version) - Taylor Swift

63. You Don’t Know How it Feels [Mojo 2010] - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

64. Dilate - Ani DiFranco

65. Rockin’ in the Free World - Neil Young

66. Breakdown [Live Anthology] - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

67. Two Suns in the Sunset - Pink Floyd

68. What’s Been Going On? - Amos Lee

69. There is a Light that Never Goes Out - Becca Stevens Band

70. Almost Cut my Hair - CSNY

71. What’s Up? - 4 Non Blondes

72. There Was Never a Moment When Evil Was Real - Non

73. Only God Can Judge Me - Tupac

74. Benighted - Opeth

75. Cliff - Lapsley

76. Tired Eyes - Neil Young

77. Forgot About Dre - Dr. Dre & Eminem

78. Time - Pink Floyd

79. Lost on You - LP

80. If it Makes You Happy - Sheryl Crow

81. Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani

82. Cause of Death - Immortal Technique

83. Two-Headed Boy pt 2 - Neutral Milk Hotel

84. No Quarter [Song Remains the Same] - Led Zeppelin

85. Rockets - Cat Power

86. Out of Range- Ani DiFranco

87. Dumb - Nirvana

88. Sins of My Youth - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

89. All Weekend Long - Jack & Jack

90. Break My Body - Pixies

91. Thrasher - Neil Young

92. Closer (R3hab Remix) - The Chainsmokers

93. In the Kingdom Where Everything Dies, The Sky is Mort - Cryptopsy

94. Dead Flowers - Rolling Stones

95. Pavlov’s Daughter - Regina Spektor

96. Morgen Roede - Burzum

97. Suicide Note part 2 - Pantera

98. God Am - Alice In Chains

99. Five to One - The Doors

100. Friends in Low Places - Garth Brooks

101. Careful - Paramore

102. Seasons in the Abyss - Slayer

103. Fearless - Hypocrisy

104. Through My Sails - Neil Young

105. Long Gone Day - Mad Season

106. Dance With the Devil - Immortal Technique

107. The Outside - Taylor Swift

108. Crazy Kids - Kesha

109. Opened - The Breeders

110. We Die Young - Alice In Chains

111. Somedays - Regina Spektor

112. Masters of War - Bob Dylan

113. War - Burzum

114. The Nile Song - Pink Floyd

115. A Woman in Love [Live Anthology] - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

116. Misfits - Neil Young

117. Down By the River - Low & Dirty Three

118. High Hopes - Pink Floyd

119. Paper Planes - MIA

120. Night Moves - Bob Seger

121. I Took a Pill in Ibiza (Seeb Remix) - Mike Posner

122. No Sleep - Wiz Khalifa

123. Still Don’t Give a Fuck - Eminem

124. Long, Long Time Ago - Javier Navarrete

125. You are Not Bliss, You Are Not Free - Nekrasov

126. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter - Nirvana

127. I’d Swear There Was Somebody Here - David Crosby

128. Party and Bullshit - Notorious B.I.G.

129. Bandit - Neil Young

130. Beast of Burden - Rolling Stones

131. Painter - Lapsley

132. Redemption Song - Bob Marley

133. Shine On You Crazy Diamond part one - Pink Floyd

134. Gotta Serve Somebody - Bob Dylan

135. In the Light [Demo version] - Led Zeppelin

136. Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix Experience

137. When I Die - GG Allin

138. Pints of Guinness Make You Strong - Against Me!

139. Interstellar Overdrive - Pink Floyd

140. The Old Laughing Lady [Canterburry House] - Neil Young

141. Strength Beyond Strength - Pantera

142. You Know You’re Right - Nirvana

143. Five Years - David Bowie

144. Because the Night - Patti Smith Group

145. Crawling Back to You - Tom Petty

146. Northern Star - Hole

147. Long Live - Taylor Swift

148. Trying to find a Balance - Atmosphere

149. Southern Man - Neil Young

150. Party By Myself - Cooper Phillip

151. Christmas in the Sand - Colbie Callait

152. Cool for the Summer - Demi Lovato

153. Sentimental Tune - Tegan & Sara

154. Jump in the Fire - Metallica

155. Chains - Torres

156. Willing to Fight [Living in Clip] - Ani DiFranco

157. Tuff Ghost - The Unicorns

158. Of a Lifetime - Journey

159. Heaven on Their Minds - Jesus Christ Superstar

160. Obnoxious - Immortal Technique

161. Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen

162. Witching Hour - xxyyxx

163. Wolves - Garth Brooks

164. Carry On/Questions - CSNY

165. Levitate Me - Pixies

166. Rotten Apple - Alice In Chains

167. Summer in the City - Regina Spektor

168. It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleedin’) - Bob Dylan

169. King’s Highway [Mojo 2010] - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

170. Heartbreaker [How the West Was Won] - Led Zeppelin

171. Meet Rhonda - Douglas Pipes

172. Out on the Weekend - Neil Young

173. Near Dark - Burial

174. Aud Layne Sayne - Jimi Hendrix

175. Back of My Hand - Rolling Stones

176. Blank Space - Taylor Swift

177. Cymbaline - Pink Floyd

178. Animal (Billboard Remix) - Kesha

179. 4:41 AM (Sexual Revolution) - Roger Waters

180. Wild Horses [Stripped] - Rolling Stones

181. Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan

182. Have a Cigar - Pink Floyd

183. Cradle and All - Ani DiFranco

184. I Should Have Known It - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

185. King of Carrot Flowers pt 1 - Neutral Milk Hotel

186. Hard Sun - Eddie Vedder

187. Fuckin’ Up [Weld] - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

188. The River - Bruce Springsteen

189. Maria Maria - Santana

190. Wake Up - Wiz Khalifa

191. Meander - Pedestrian Deposit

192. 4+20 - Stephen Stills

193. Buzzcut Season - Lorde

194. Going to California - Led Zeppelin

195. Rock Music - Pixies

196. Atlantic City - Bruce Springsteen

197. Legalize It - MaZe

198. Warrior - Kesha

199. Never Been - Logic

200. Weakness - Opeth

201. Glass House (Turkey Tamale Remix) - Ani DiFranco

202. Joining You - Alanis Morissette

203. Black Queen [CSNY 1974] - CSNY

204. Falling Short - Lapsley

205. A Better Son/Daughter - Rilo Kiley

206. Mr. Rager - Kid Cudi

207. Drive By - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

208. Holla at Me - Tupac

209. Fossil Record - White Suns

210. Overlap - Ani DiFranco

211. We Multiply - AIDS Wolf

212. Soak up the Sun - Sheryl Crow

213. Heart of the Sunrise - Yes

214. Cowgirl in the Sand [Massey Hall] - Neil Young

215. Wake Up - Mad Season

216. Mr. Tambourine Man - Bob Dylan

217. The Con - Tegan & Sara

218. Teardrops on My Guitar (Pop Mix) - Taylor Swift

219. On the Radio - Regina Spektor

220. Nude as the News - Cat Power

221. The Gunner’s Dream - Pink Floyd

222. Fate to Fatal - Breeders

223. Red Strokes - Garth Brooks

224. Point of no Return - Immortal Technique

225. Break on Through - The Doors

226. I’m Alive - Helloween

227. Blackened - Metallica

228. Immigrant Song [How the West Was Won] - Led Zeppelin

229. Luna - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

230. Anyday - Ani DiFranco

231. Sweet Virginia - Rolling Stones

232. I Know Places - Ryan Adams

233. Carrionshine - Cryptopsy

234. Money Becomes King - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

235. Laugh, I Nearly Died - Rolling Stones

236. Keilohesten - Burzum

237. Down by the River - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

238. Revolution is My Name - Pantera

239. D-7 - Nirvana

240. Dead - Pixies

241. Misery Business - Paramore

242. Burden - Opeth

243. Enter Sandman - Metallica

244. Clash With Reality - Pantera

245. Die Young - Kesha

246. Frogs - Alice In Chains

247. The Ghost Song - The Doors

248. Visions of Johanna - Bob Dylan

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The history of Helloween Halloween-  is a annual holiday celebrated each year on October It originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts. In the eighth century, Pope Gregory III designated November 1 as a time to honor all saints; soon, All Saints Day incorporated some of the traditions of Samhain. The evening before was known as All Hallows Eve, and later Halloween. Over time, Halloween evolved into a day of activities like trick-or-treating, carving jack-o-lanterns, festive gatherings, donning costumes and eating sweet treats. Ancient Origins of Halloween Halloween’s origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in). The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1. This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was often associated with human death. Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred. On the night of October 31 they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. In addition to causing trouble and damaging crops, Celts thought that the presence of the otherworldly spirits made it easier for the Druids, or Celtic priests, to make predictions about the future. For a people entirely dependent on the volatile natural world, these prophecies were an important source of comfort and direction during the long, dark winter. To commemorate the event, Druids built huge sacred bonfires, where the people gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices to the Celtic deities. During the celebration, the Celts wore costumes, typically consisting of animal heads and skins, and attempted to tell each other’s fortunes. When the celebration was over, they re-lit their hearth fires, which they had extinguished earlier that evening, from the sacred bonfire to help protect them during the coming winter. Did you know? One quarter of all the candy sold annually in the U.S. is purchased for Halloween. By 43 A.D., the Roman Empire had conquered the majority of Celtic territory. In the course of the four hundred years that they ruled the Celtic lands, two festivals of Roman origin were combined with the traditional Celtic celebration of Samhain. The first was Feralia, a day in late October when the Romans traditionally commemorated the passing of the dead. The second was a day to honor Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit and trees. The symbol of Pomona is the apple, and the incorporation of this celebration into Samhain probably explains the tradition of “bobbing” for apples that is practiced today on Halloween. All Saints Day On May 13, 609 A.D., Pope Boniface IV dedicated the Pantheon in Rome in honor of all Christian martyrs, and the Catholic feast of All Martyrs Day was established in the Western church. Pope Gregory III later expanded the festival to include all saints as well as all martyrs, and moved the observance from May 13 to November 1. By the 9th century the influence of Christianity had spread into Celtic lands, where it gradually blended with and supplanted the older Celtic rites. In 1000 A.D., the church would make November 2 All Souls’ Day, a day to honor the dead. It’s widely believed today that the church was attempting to replace the Celtic festival of the dead with a related church-sanctioned holiday. All Souls Day was celebrated similarly to Samhain, with big bonfires, parades, and dressing up in costumes as saints, angels and devils. The All Saints Day celebration was also called All-hallows or All-hallowmas (from Middle English Alholowmessemeaning All Saints’ Day) and the night before it, the traditional night of Samhain in the Celtic religion, began to be called All-Hallows Eve and, eventually, Halloween. Halloween Comes to America Celebration of Halloween was extremely limited in colonial New England because of the rigid Protestant belief systems there. Halloween was much more common in Maryland and the southern colonies. As the beliefs and customs of different European ethnic groups as well as the American Indians meshed, a distinctly American version of Halloween began to emerge. The first celebrations included “play parties,” public events held to celebrate the harvest, where neighbors would share stories of the dead, tell each other’s fortunes, dance and sing. Colonial Halloween festivities also featured the telling of ghost stories and mischief-making of all kinds. By the middle of the nineteenth century, annual autumn festivities were common, but Halloween was not yet celebrated everywhere in the country. In the second half of the nineteenth century, America was flooded with new immigrants. These new immigrants, especially the millions of Irish fleeing the Irish Potato Famine, helped to popularize the celebration of Halloween nationally. Trick-or-Treat Borrowing from Irish and English traditions, Americans began to dress up in costumes and go house to house asking for food or money, a practice that eventually became today’s “trick-or-treat” tradition. Young women believed that on Halloween they could divine the name or appearance of their future husband by doing tricks with yarn, apple parings or mirrors. In the late 1800s, there was a move in America to mold Halloween into a holiday more about community and neighborly get-togethers than about ghosts, pranks and witchcraft. At the turn of the century, Halloween parties for both children and adults became the most common way to celebrate the day. Parties focused on games, foods of the season and festive costumes. Parents were encouraged by newspapers and community leaders to take anything “frightening” or “grotesque” out of Halloween celebrations. Because of these efforts, Halloween lost most of its superstitious and religious overtones by the beginning of the twentieth century Halloween Parties By the 1920s and 1930s, Halloween had become a secular, but community-centered holiday, with parades and town-wide Halloween parties as the featured entertainment. Despite the best efforts of many schools and communities, vandalism began to plague some celebrations in many communities during this time. By the 1950s, town leaders had successfully limited vandalism and Halloween had evolved into a holiday directed mainly at the young. Due to the high numbers of young children during the fifties baby boom, parties moved from town civic centers into the classroom or home, where they could be more easily accommodated. Between 1920 and 1950, the centuries-old practice of trick-or-treating was also revived. Trick-or-treating was a relatively inexpensive way for an entire community to share the Halloween celebration. In theory, families could also prevent tricks being played on them by providing the neighborhood children with small treats. Thus, a new American tradition was born, and it has continued to grow. Today, Americans spend an estimated $6 billion annually on Halloween, making it the country’s second largest commercial holiday after Christmas. Soul Cakes The American Halloween tradition of “trick-or-treating” probably dates back to the early All Souls’ Day parades in England. During the festivities, poor citizens would beg for food and families would give them pastries called “soul cakes” in return for their promise to pray for the family’s dead relatives. The distribution of soul cakes was encouraged by the church as a way to replace the ancient practice of leaving food and wine for roaming spirits. The practice, which was referred to as “going a-souling” was eventually taken up by children who would visit the houses in their neighborhood and be given ale, food and money. The tradition of dressing in costume for Halloween has both European and Celtic roots. Hundreds of years ago, winter was an uncertain and frightening time. Food supplies often ran low and, for the many people afraid of the dark, the short days of winter were full of constant worry. On Halloween, when it was believed that ghosts came back to the earthly world, people thought that they would encounter ghosts if they left their homes. To avoid being recognized by these ghosts, people would wear masks when they left their homes after dark so that the ghosts would mistake them for fellow spirits. On Halloween, to keep ghosts away from their houses, people would place bowls of food outside their homes to appease the ghosts and prevent them from attempting to enter. Black Cats Halloween has always been a holiday filled with mystery, magic and superstition. It began as a Celtic end-of-summer festival during which people felt especially close to deceased relatives and friends. For these friendly spirits, they set places at the dinner table, left treats on doorsteps and along the side of the road and lit candles to help loved ones find their way back to the spirit world. Today’s Halloween ghosts are often depicted as more fearsome and malevolent, and our customs and superstitions are scarier too. We avoid crossing paths with black cats, afraid that they might bring us bad luck. This idea has its roots in the Middle Ages, when many people believed that witches avoided detection by turning themselves into black cats. We try not to walk under ladders for the same reason. This superstition may have come from the ancient Egyptians, who believed that triangles were sacred (it also may have something to do with the fact that walking under a leaning ladder tends to be fairly unsafe). And around Halloween, especially, we try to avoid breaking mirrors, stepping on cracks in the road or spilling salt. Halloween Matchmaking But what about the Halloween traditions and beliefs that today’s trick-or-treaters have forgotten all about? Many of these obsolete rituals focused on the future instead of the past and the living instead of the dead. In particular, many had to do with helping young women identify their future husbands and reassuring them that they would someday—with luck, by next Halloween—be married. In 18th-century Ireland, a matchmaking cook might bury a ring in her mashed potatoes on Halloween night, hoping to bring true love to the diner who found it. In Scotland, fortune-tellers recommended that an eligible young woman name a hazelnut for each of her suitors and then toss the nuts into the fireplace. The nut that burned to ashes rather than popping or exploding, the story went, represented the girl’s future husband. (In some versions of this legend, the opposite was true: The nut that burned away symbolized a love that would not last.) Another tale had it that if a young woman ate a sugary concoction made out of walnuts, hazelnuts and nutmeg before bed on Halloween night she would dream about her future husband. Young women tossed apple-peels over their shoulders, hoping that the peels would fall on the floor in the shape of their future husbands’ initials; tried to learn about their futures by peering at egg yolks floating in a bowl of water; and stood in front of mirrors in darkened rooms, holding candles and looking over their shoulders for their husbands’ faces. Other rituals were more competitive. At some Halloween parties, the first guest to find a burr on a chestnut-hunt would be the first to marry; at others, the first successful apple-bobber would be the first down the aisle. Of course, whether we’re asking for romantic advice or trying to avoid seven years of bad luck, each one of these Halloween superstitions relies on the goodwill of the very same “spirits” whose presence the early Celts felt so keenly.