FAQ163 - BEST METAL ALBUMS 2000 2009, GEAR USED ON STARZINGER, SETTING AUDIO INTERFACE GAIN

[@OlaEnglund]

HEY! YES YOU! You rule...

[@coltonhensley79]

Hello there Ola ❤️

[@C-Ro]

I know.

[@bishfish1514]

I thought the guitar you would play for the rest of your life would be a dime but no I was wrong

[@goldorder6657]

Kitty…

[@ninjaneer1974]

aw, shucks

[@ToxicxEternity]

Wintersun self-titled, Epitaph by Necrophagist, Planterary Duality from The Faceless, Paradise Lost by Symphony X. Attera Totus Sanctus from Dark Funeral. man the 2000's were good

[@DSchea]

Yeah paradise lost is a total banger.

[@melonmangaming5338]

Saw Black Gives Way to Blue in the thumbnail, so I had to click. Almost 3 AM, but this is more important

[@birdsaresinners3373]

the way of all flesh has one of the best tones and production I've heard

[@dpark551]

Agreed. Wish their newest album sounded more like it.

[@jacee8094]

@@dpark551 I actually seriously enjoy the production of the new album. Those drums are so natural and the production really lends itself to that I feel. I don’t know if I’d enjoy TWOAF as much with the Fortitude production and vice versa.

[@craigjames1082]

@@jacee8094 I just wish Joe's vocals were louder

[@greham]

Always felt that the drums were overmixed. Joe said the same in many interviews after the album release.

[@steve_matin]

@@jacee8094 I agree - twoaf they didn't have as many resources so I'm pretty sure Mario had everything triggered. Fortitude you really get the full dynamic range.

[@vellayah]

2000: Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World 2001: System Of A Down - Toxicity 2002: Hatebreed - Perseverance 2003: Chimaira - The Impossibility Of Reason 2004: Lamb Of God - Ashes Of The Wake 2005: Gojira - From Mars To Sirius 2006: Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side 2007: Machine Head - The Blackening 2008: Trivium - Shogun 2009: Behemoth - Evangelion

[@guilhermearoeira8900]

No Temple of Shadows or Rebirth? I'm sad.

[@adamkatona7784]

03, 04, 05, and 08 sounds about right

[@vellayah]

@@adamkatona7784 ikr

[@Jopeymessmusic]

Pretty solid list!

[@murderface15g13]

Shadows Fall - War Within?

[@YONATOOTH]

At the moment, my list would be like this, but there are some tuff picks in there! 2000: Immolation - Close To A World Below 2001: Tool - Lateralus 2002: Nile - In Their Darkned Shrines 2003: Vital Remains - Dechristianize 2004: Necrophagist - Epitaph 2005: Opeth - Ghost Reveries 2006: Cannibal Corpse - Kill 2007: The Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works 2008: Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh 2009: Katatonia - Night Is The New Day

[@drmoshie]

That's a sexy list

[@pandabearguy1]

2000 - Clayman 2001 - Blackwater Park

[@holdenmcgroin5003]

Personally 2009: Megadeth - Endgame

[@juhanasuvanto530]

2005 was amazing year for quality metal. Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor, Opeth - Ghost Reveries, Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked, High On Fire - Blessed Black Wings, Kamelot - The Black Halo, Kreator - Enemy Of God, Strapping Young Lad - Alien, Trivium - Ascendancy, Soilwork - Stabbing The Drama, Arch Enemy - Doomsday Machine, Biomechanical - The Empires Of The Worlds, Pagan's Mind - Enigmatic: Calling, Vision Divine - The Perfect Machine, Redemption - The Fullness Of Time, Savage Circus - Dreamland Manor... Oh, man. There's just so many to pick. :D

[@Jtitor177]

Here are mine: 2000 - A Perfect Circle: Mer De Noms 2001 - Sevendust: Animosity 2002 - Killswitch Engage: Alive or Just Breathing 2003 - Machine Head: Through the Ashes of Empires 2004 - Lamb of God: Ashes of the Wake 2005 - Gojira: From Mars to Sirius 2006 - Tool: 10,000 Days 2007 - Machine Head: The Blackening 2008 - Gojira: The Way of Flesh 2009 - Alice in Chains: Black Gives Way to Blue

[@Beyond-Antares]

A perfect circles first album was amazing. Good pick!

[@thedanksavatron7782]

SeVenDust: animosity Is my fav album from them! They're my fav band ever! Not talked about enough IMO! Keep on keeping on brother!🍻

[@joshallenatomictransport]

I swear if I made a list it would be identical. Great taste especially with KSE in there

[@rynoriffs1984]

Loved A.I.C black gives way to blue. Wicked album, and I'm massive Layne fan, but this was a great album. 💯 Agree Ola. 🤘🏼

This is my 10 best 00's albuns Angra - Temple of Shadows Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance Opeth - Ghost Reveries Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor Arch Enemy - Anthems of Rebellion Behemoth - Demigod Marduk - World Funeral Anthrax - We've come for you all Dark tranquillity - Fiction Testament - The Formation of Damnation

[@Beyond-Antares]

Demigod was such a good album!!

[@michaellorenz7177]

Good call on Fiction. Solid album front to back. DT have been the most consistent of the Gothenburg 3.

[@BittersweetDuality]

My list: 2000: Malevolent Creation - Envenomed 2001: Tool - Lateralus 2002: Meshuggah - Nothing 2003: Dream Theater - Train of Thought 2004: Decapitated - The Negation 2005: Gojira - From Mars to Sirius 2006: 4ARM - 13 Scars 2007: Machine Head - The Blackening 2008: Cavalera Conspiracy - Inflikted 2009: Man Must Die - No Tolerance for Imperfection If non-metal albums were included, I'd put American Idiot by Green Day in 2004 and put Nihility by Decapitated in 2002 since they'd no longer be taking up the 2004 spot.

[@jackflynn-oakley1937]

yess haven't listened to that Man Must Die album in time gonna run it tonight

[@BittersweetDuality]

@@jackflynn-oakley1937 100% my favorite guitar tone of all time on that album.

[@YoMeiOhMei]

👍Lateralus, From Mars to Sirius and Inflikted are definitely essential listening

[@haydenb9074]

Black gives way to blue is such a good album, its so underrated

[@TabascoMan1]

2000: Nile - Black Seeds of Vengeance 2001: Tool - Lateralus 2002: Mastodon - Remission 2003: Lamb of God - As the Palaces Burn 2004: Wintersun - Wintersun 2005: Arch Enemy - Doomsday Machine 2006: The Sword - Age of Winters 2007: Blotted Science - The Machinations of Dementia 2008: Meshuggah - obZen 2009: Alice In Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue

[@achillesamusic]

I'll never get bored of hearing you praising Nevermore and reminding us of their greatness and contribution in music

[@DudeSmokedd]

Personal list :) 2000 Pantera - You know the name 2001 Slipknot - Iowa 2002 Black Label Society - 1919 2003 Children of Bodom - HateCrew Deathroll 2004 All That Remains - This Darkened Heart shootout to DamagePlan too 2005 Children of Bodom - Are you Dead Yet? 2006 Trivium - The Crusade 2007 Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos 2008 Trivium - Shogun 2009 Lamb of God - Wrath 2010 Aniihilator - Aniihilator

[@metfan4l]

Man, thinking about it the 2000s had an absolute insane amount of awesome albums... here's my list that I'm immediately gonna change my mind about in 5 minutes: 2000 - Pantera - Reinventing the Steel 2001 - System of a Down - Toxicity 2002 - Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence 2003 - Children of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll 2004 - Killswitch Engage - The End of Heartache 2005 - Trivium - Ascendancy 2006 - All That Remains - The Fall of Ideals 2007 - Machine Head - The Blackening 2008 - Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe 2009 - Sybreed - The Pulse of Awakening

[@mikeg.9238]

Reinventing the steel kicked major ass! I was at the tour for that album , Slayer and Static X opened. It was a kick ass show and the last time i saw Pantera.

[@icedouteyes4997]

Nice to see Sybreed on your list, they absolutely deserve it

[@yaschenkoyar6088]

2006 - Dissection - Reinkaos

[@MelissaEvila]

2003 is Chimaira "The Impossibility of Reason" for me, amazing album from front to back

[@TheNothing6]

These are the guitarists that inspired me. I learned everything I know about playing guitar from playing these guys' riffs and solos. Kirk Hammett James Hetfield Dave Mustaine Marty Friedman Jerry Cantrell Richie Kotzen Alex Skolnick Thomas McRocklin Ritchie Blackmore David Gilmour Jimmy Page Darrell "Dimebag" Abbott

[@Beyond-Antares]

Kirk Hammet got me into lead guitar. His advice in Cherry Lane tab books introduced me to Hendrix, malmsteen, vai, satch and Clapton.

[@TheNothing6]

@@Beyond-Antares That's awesome! Rock on!

[@pattillo21]

Damn that’s a great list of inspirations!

[@jessehuxtable]

2000: Domine - Dragonlord 2001: Bal-Sagoth - Atlantis Ascendant 2002: Symphony X - The Odyssey 2003: Lost Horizon - A Flame to the Ground Beneath 2004: Wintersun - Wintersun 2005: Shadow Gallery - Room V 2006: Dol Ammad - Ocean Dynamics 2007: Rob Rock - Garden of Choas 2008: Kalmah - For the Revolution/Equilibrium - Sagas 2009: Immortal - All Shall Fall

[@stevengerney617]

Your pick for 2009 is also one of my favorite Alice In Chains album. It’s sad that this album doesn’t get more recognition than it does or at least I don’t hear too many people talk about it. Your picks also are making me want to go back and listen to these albums!

[@robarnold6998]

Absolutely, positively agree with Tool’s “10,000 Days”. Start to finish.....Outstanding! Also, great pick with AIC. Very gutsy choice!!!

[@M.C.R.SYNTRN]

I love that my question is getting extended for more episodes haha For metal albums of the 00s, Chimaira’s self titled has to be mentioned! One of the best metal albums ever made!

[@dqvx9108]

interesting opinion: 2007 : United Abominations - Megadeth there's something about that album that just hits different to me, i havent really heard of anyone talking that much about United Abominations but its definitely one of my favourite albums of all time

[@7AKV7]

I see "The way of all flesh" I click and leave a like! 👍

[@Mp57navy]

Here are mine: 2000 Ashes you Leave - The inheritance of Sin and Shame 2001 Candlemass - Ancient Dreams 2002 Agalloch - The Mantle 2003 Draconian - Where lovers mourn 2004 Therion - Sirius B 2005 Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness 2006 Electric Wizard - Dopethrone/My Dying Bride - A line of deathless Kings (sorry, can't pick one) 2007 Primordial - To the nameless Dead 2008 Draconian - Turning Season Within 2009 My Dying Bride - For Lies I Sire

[@vincentrandles8105]

I definitely agree with you on Opeth's "Black Water Park" totally BADASSED!! 🤘🤘

[@jamiesparks1438]

All tough choices but: 2000 - Deftones White Pony 2001 - Entombed Morning Star 2002 - Mastodon Remission 2003 - Anthrax We've Com For You All 2004 - Necrophagist Epitaph or Exodus Tempo 2005 - Gojira From Mars to Sirius 2006 - Russian Circles Enter 2007 - Devil Driver The Last Kind Words & Entombed Serpent Saints (tough choice) 2008 - Arsis We Are The Nightmare 2009 - Obscura Cosmogenisis

[@panagiotisexplorer213]

20:38 for the next faq. It would be great if you gave us your professional advice for the business side of things. How someone can start a company, prototypes, funding, networking etc. You’re the living proof of someone who started from scratch and made it so well. At least for me you’re the right man to talk about these things. Thanks in advance and all the best 🤟🏻

[@joshruffdotcom]

My heavy rotation during the 2000s 2000: Morbid Angel : Gateways to Annihilation 2001: Opeth - Blackwater Park 2002: Hate Eternal - King of All Kings 2003: Krisiun - Works of Carnage 2004: Behemoth - Demigod 2005: Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked 2006: Vader - Impressions In Blood 2007: Dethklok - The Dethalbum (haha) 2008: Decrepit Birth - Diminishing Between Worlds 2009: Behemoth - Evangelion

[@ratidarchiashvili9676]

2005 i'll go for judas priest angel of retribution, one of the greatest heavy metal albums ever

For the next FAQ: when will you get a Gibson Les Paul Custom and why the absence of Gibson in your guitar collection?

@conor97hx Ola is cool, but have you ever heard about out lord and saviour Tony Iommi?

[@carlosbastos2424]

@conor97hx someone never heard about Matt Pike either.

[@supercalifratis3929]

@conor97hx yes he does. THAT'S why he watches and recommends Gibson TV 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@jeffmartinez6073]

Coroner- No More Color released in 1989. Blistering guitar and still 30 years later one of my favorites.

[@BalashToth]

2000 - The Haunted - Made Me Do it 2001 - Carnal Forge - Please... Die! 2002 - Dimension Zero - Silent Night Fever 2003 - Nevermore - Enemies of the Reality 2004 - Dismember - Where Ironcrosses Grow 2005 - Hatesphere - The Sickness Within 2006 - Dissection - Reinkaos (in reality I was on The Haunted - The Dead Eye diet, but I didn't want to repeat the band) 2007 - Exodus - The Atrocity Exhibition... Exhibit A / or Gorefest - Rise to Ruin - PRODUCTION! 2008 - Gojira - The Way of All Flesh 2009 - Heaven and Hell - The Devil You Know

[@igorlemes1123]

love many of those albums mentioned. I'll add these two as some personal faves of mine: Ark - Burn the Sun (best Jorn Lande performance. and that coin drop) Symphony X - The Odyssey

[@ryansaunders683]

Holy Crap Ola! I had never heard of Pain of Salvation or Vanden Plas and they are both so kick ass. Thanks for the recommendations again Bro! Also, I totally agree with the nod to Radiohead's "In Rainbows". I remember being so psyched watching the live stream of the entire album live from their jam room the night it released. It was a self-released album and you could pay whatever you wanted for the download...I paid $12 ( the avg. price of a CD at the time). The average price paid was like $6 per download, even though more people downloaded it for free than paid. I think the band made over 3 Million Dollars that day...what Legends!

[@seal7144]

For me, 2000- Iron Maiden “Brave New World” 2001- Tool “Lateralus” 2002- Buckethead “Electric Tears” 2003- Overkill “Killbox 13” 2004- Iced Earth “The Glorious Burden” 2005- Bolt Thrower “Those Once Loyal” 2006- Anthem “Immortal” 2007- Saxon “The Inner Sanctum” 2008- Yngwie Malmsteen “Perpetual Flame” 2009- Heaven and Hell “The Devil You Know” “Those Once Loyal” is my favorite death metal album of all time, and a contender for my favorite album period. It’s just so good.

[@michaelclark5901]

I'm a fan dude, good always to see your every vid. I see you on a metal talk show; thanks for sticking through the tough times and bringing us a bit of light in a dim last year and a half of isolation.

[@pandabearguy1]

2000 - Clayman 2001 - Blackwater Park 2002 - Reroute to Remain 2003 - St Anger (hehe) 2004 - Reise Reise 2005 - Ghost Reveries 2006 - Matter of life/death 2007 - The Blackening 2008 - Way of All Flesh 2009 - Black Future

[@xedasxedas]

Funny 2003...as that choice will annoy only Metallica fans. Edit: I liked the "Unnamed feeling" one

[@Mp57navy]

St. Anger. Oh god, did your mum drop you?

[@pandabearguy1]

@@xedasxedas I am a Metallica fan and in 2003 I was 9 years old and played the living hell out of St Anger for years. There are "better" albums from 2003 but nostalgia too strong. Tbh St. Anger songs are really good and heavy live. Songs arent bad just some a bit long and awful production.

[@paradigmshiftz7]

Idk about many of the other years of the 2000s but for 2001, Iowa by Slipknot definitely gets my vote, and City Of Evil by Avenged Sevenfold gets my 2005 vote. Honestly the peak of both of those bands

[@SAPlaysMetal]

12:36 Ola a radiohead fan? Whaat!! Love it. In rainbows is my fav radiohead album too.

[@niklaslindberg851]

00: Soulfly - Primitive 01: Slipknot - Iowa 02: Mastodon - Remission 03: Deftones - *self titled* 04: The Haunted - Revolver 05: Exodus - Shovel headed kill machine 06: Celtic Frost - Monotheist 07: Machine Head - The Blackening 08: Gojira - The way of all flesh 09: Converge - Axe to fall

[@broncoxy]

I love your little best-ofs for the decades, aswell as the Metal Mornings! I always take at least one band with me, that I didnt knew before and that I learned to really like. Thank you so much! Edit: This ones is Vanden Plas... Loved the one song I heard so far (Beyond Daylight), am hyped for the rest!

[@adammotter7430]

Per is a God. Love the favorite albums!

[@Kris-mj3xr]

Nevermore is the most underappreciated metal band of all time. Absolutely elite. Jeff in his prime was untouchable and the songs were badass af. RIP Warrel.

[@jameshoy380]

Glad to see In Rainbows on your list. I’m a metalhead at heart but Radiohead is band I absolutely love and respect.

[@hotblueandrighteous3039]

2014 - The Morningside - Letters From The Empty Towns. (Москва, Russian Federation). really excellent smooth flowing guitar and all excellent songs.

[@RobbieFitzgerald]

Tough choices. 2000: Godsmack - Awake 2001: Arch Enemy - Wages of Sin 2002: Armageddon - Three 2003: Marty Friedman - Music for Speeding 2004: Damageplan - New Found Power 2005: Firewind - Forged by Fire 2006: In Flames - Come Clarity/Kataklysm - In the Arms of Devestation 2007: Soilwork - Sworn to A Great Divide 2008: Machinery - The Passing 2009: Halestorm - Halestorm

[@TwistedIdentity]

Black Gives Way To Blue was such a great comeback album for AIC. They could not have possibly found anyone better to fill in than Will Duvall, he's awesome.

[@CruxalYT]

Just had a weird realization that I went from watching these hyped waiting for my first guitar to arrive in the mail at the start of this year, to actually being where I am now and I can understand what the hell is even being talked about in questions like the first one. That kinda just makes me happy I went from dreaming all my life of learning guitar to just finally playing the damn thing. Gonna try setting my apollo to 0 input gain from now on to get the cleanest signal too glad I learned that thanks Ola!

[@AB-Guitarist]

Love the dog , beautiful. Hope to see her more in videos.

[@nickbuchanan958]

Blackwater park. That's always in my top 5 of all time. So desperate sounding, and beautiful, and dark. But also light.

[@Hoscitt]

YES for In Rainbows! Strong contender for my all time favourite

[@johnathonklinedinst5889]

I had hair past my shoulders for 3 years and just shaved my head a week ago. I regretted it after the first day and now I'm so happy I did it.

[@AnyDrug]

Tool - Lateralus and Slipknot - Iowa and Vol. 3 were 2000s albums that kinda "changed everything." Tremendously influential and incredibly good.

[@AleArzMusic]

For the next FAQ: Your thoughts on the Jackson Kelly Star?

[@jbrodman]

Yes, some love for Vanden Plas! Beyond Daylight is an incredible album.

[@manfredmar]

YES Vanden Plas is amazing! Really underrated, they have been releasing killer albums back to back now for years.

[@PuttinOnTheRiffs]

Talking to a dog in Swedish must be the cutest thing haha. So metal. Cheers Chola!

[@kramersurfer5280]

Ola this is the 3rd time youve played Jullarr ....by the way that guitar is frickin gorgeous...i was asked to re-string and set up a Solar last week ..it was a pleasure ..beautiful.

[@protolexis]

2000 - At the Drive-In : Relationship of Command 2001 - Opeth : BWP 2002 - Agalloch : The Mantle 2003 - Edge of Sanity : Crimson II 2004 - Mastodon : Leviathan 2005 - Bloodbath : Nightmares Made Flesh 2006 - Enslaved : Ruun 2007 - Between the Buried and Me : Colors 2008 - Cynic : Traced In the Air 2009 - Obscura : Cosmogenesis

[@Ilya0451]

2005 - 2009 so fucking good albums!

[@Gonboo]

My favorite Vanden Plas album is Christ.0, it's what got me into them. Such an underrated band.

[@danielsgrunge]

That tone is insane Black Gives Way To Blue is beautiful...

[@thisguy2973]

I remember being in high school and listening to the blackwater park double album. It honestly was my introduction to Swedish death metal. Excellent complete album!

[@mybcro9291]

2005 - The Poison by Bullet For My Valentine, got me into the metal world as a 14 year old 🤩

[@thedanksavatron7782]

Great band! 🍻

[@LandraScott]

One of my favorite Haunted riffs at the beginning ❤

[@LandraScott]

@@gepic922 "All Against All" 🤙

[@panagiotisexplorer213]

I love Dead heart. I saw Nevermore back then touring for this album in Athens. They were huge in Greece back then

[@unaby_unaby]

2001 - is definitely Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence the best (in my opinion)! Thank you, Ola for Vanden Plas and Tool - two of three my best 2000s albums right there ❤ (2002 Meshuggah - Nothing is the third of them)

[@juliushall1445]

FaQ: Ola if you didn't play guitar what other instrument do you think you would have made a career out of and could you imagine starting a company like solar making the instrument. Love the show BTW

[@CrushingAxes]

The finish on this guitar is really amazing! The song is great too ! Even without the binding the guitar is cool!

[@nathancouch4180]

Fuk man! I love your channel. Thanks for giving me some shit to listen to. Some new to me, some I haven't listened to in years that I need to go back and revisit.

[@michaelbutkus4790]

Here are my favorite albums from the 2000s 2000 - Iron Maiden - brave new world 2001 - slayer - god hates us all 2002 - meshuggah - nothing 2003 - dimmu borgir - death cult armageddon 2004 - killswitch engage - end of heartache 2005 - trivium - ascendancy 2006 - disturbed - ten thousand fists 2007 - dark tranquillity - fiction 2008 - whitechapel - this is exile 2009 - three way tie between Megadeth - endgame, insomnium - across the dark and animals as leaders’ self titled album

[@ProjectJotunOfficial]

2005/ In Flames - Soundtrack to your Escape

[@sonatine3266]

Great that you mentioned "Rammstein - Reise, Reise"... one of the best albums ever, imho. And Rammsteins shows are probably the best in the music industry, tbh. At the moment I'm actually waiting for a Swedish album the most... "Orbit Culture - Shaman" obiously. :)

[@RedbackRecordz]

That’s a perfect list of bands Ola! Wouldn’t change a thing! 🤘🤘

[@vector222]

2001 and 2004 are hands down 'A Predator's Portrait' and "Ashes of the Wake' , respectively

[@cirisirpula152]

I have had problems with plugins as I am beginner and don't have a clear understanding how the amps should sound. I have had hard time to get a clean sound out of plugins with Scarlett 2i2, when I use INST and set the gain as such as it lights green when I play. Doing that results in a gritty tone. Now when I tried with gain set to 0, I was able to get a nice clean sound! Now the gain halo doesnt light up, but I guess this is okay? Thanks Ola for the gain 0 suggestion!

[@jcollell]

FAQ: Hey Ola. Are there any smaller, lesser known amp manufacturers that you have been wanting to try out? I happened to stumble across Ceriatone, who specialize in hand wired Marshall clones and they blew me away.

[@drop0ut606]

Super late but here we go 2000 - Clayman by In Flames 2001 - Iowa by Slipknot 2002 - Natural Born Chaos by Soilwork 2003 - Recreation Day by Evergrey 2004 - Gone Forever by God Forbid 2005 - Ascendancy by Trivium 2006 - The Adversary by Ihsahn 2007 - Horizons by Parkway Drive (honorable mention to Ziltoid by Devin Townsend) 2008 - Continent by The Acacia Strain 2009 - Crack the Sky by Mastodon

[@eljas_11]

Masterplan! Their first albums are so underrated! :D

[@clanofhousecats8079]

Endgame-Megadeth, Paradise Lost- Symphony X, Ashes Of The Wake-Lamb of God, The Way Of All Flesh-Gojira, Train Of Thought-Dream Theater, God Hates Us All-Slayer, The Sickness-Disturbed

[@douglaslima2749]

I would love to have a Solar guitar! It would be a dream come true! Unfortunately with the super expensive dollar in Brazil, it is difficult to realize this dream.

[@LeonardoSantosOfficial]

FAAAAAQQQ!! Hi, Ola. I haven't seen you using a Solar Lime Burst since the promo video. Why is that? They are incredibly beatiful!! I have one and she astonishing. My favorite color for sure.

[@SymbioticTomorrow]

Masterplan, nice, love that album. Jorn is a beast.

[@thatkindofboi598]

FAQ: Whats the story behind the symbol on the 12th fret on Solar guitars?

[@umphreak6979]

Black Gives Way to Blue has my absolute favorite guitar tone of all time

[@morbidcorpse5954]

2000: Deftones White Pony 2001: Slayer God Hates Us All 2002: Otep 2003: Morbid Angel Heretic 2004: Cradle of Filth Nymphetamine 2005: Hate Eternal I Monarch 2006: Slayer Cult 2007:Job For A Cowboy 2008: Cannibal Corpse Evisceration Plauge 2009: Behemoth.

[@grtech667]

My Top 10 Albums for the 2000's decade and any other Heavy Metal needs: 2000: Nothingface - Violence 2001: Tool - Lateralus 2002: Meshuggah - Nothing 2003: Deftones - Deftones 2004: Byzantine - ...And They Shall Take Up Serpents 2005: Strapping Young Lad - Alien 2006: Ankla - Steep Trails 2007: Divine Heresy - Bleed The Fifth 2008: Soulfly - Conquer 2009: Dethklok - Dethalbum II

[@morbidcorpse5954]

Oh my. I forgot about Bleed the Fifth. At the time that came out, I hadn't heard any drumming faster than that.

[@grtech667]

@@morbidcorpse5954 Tim Yeung and Dino Cazares were beasts on that record 🔥🔥🔥

[@mikepowell4772]

Love your doggo, she is so adorable!

[@ryanharriss7950]

Revolver definitely one for the collection, though One Kill Wonder ... 🎸🤘

[@hunterrouth1575]

Huge points for you mentioning Masterplan's Self-Titled. That album is perfect from top to bottom. Jorn absolutely destroys vocally on that record and the guitar-tone from Roland is tremendous. All around killer effort from the band!

[@Gizmo-st1ky]

Blackwater park ❤️ I listened to that album nonstop once my friend introduced me to it in middle school. For 05- trivium ascendancy!! 🤘🏽🔥

[@howler9171]

Tempo of the damned is a solid pick, but for 2004 I think I would have to go with Mastodon's Leviathan. A close runner-up would be Necrophagist's Epitaph, or Suffocation's comeback album Souls to Deny. And as much as I love 10,000 days, I've always liked Lateralus more. It's very difficult for me to pick between Lateralus or Blackwater Park for 2001, but I've gotta give it to Tool because that's my favorite album from them, and I like the 90's Opeth albums a little better than blackwater. For 2006 I would have to go with Ahab's Call of the Wretched sea, one of the most brutally heavy albums I've ever heard. When you put that album on it instantly hooks you in and never lets go. I was thinking about From Mars To Sirius for 2005, but that spot is forever reserved for Meshuggah's Catch 33

[@thetribalist6923]

2003 would have been As Palaces Burn by LoG. Their most brutal album to me. For Opeth I would have gone with Ghost Reveries, but Black Water Park is another masterpiece. I’m surprised no mention of Reinventing the Steel, but good choice all the same.

[@KillerwhaleTRX]

Top stuff, we need more maple fretboards.....it´s just so much better lookin!!

[@kerrysmith]

2001 - System of A Down "Toxicity" pretty much broke a lot of the sonic territory of the past. Sounded really fresh and amazing.

[@andreasalthoff]

I have to ask: 2002 - In Flames "Reroute to Remain" or Dark Tranquillity "Damage Done"? For me clearly "Damage Done", even RtR is great, too.

[@phillbagg]

Damage Done is a musical masterpiece

[@The_Real_Daniel]

Dark tranquility 10/10

[@andreasalthoff]

@@phillbagg Yes, I agree completely! One of my all-time favorites.

[@naturaljoe759]

In Flames really disappointed me with Reroute. Gotta go with DT here.

[@leightaft7763]

Well said these were huge to me then and still

[@stevenw6263]

Would you ever consider running Solar through a distributor like Sweetwater or American musical supply?

[@Mini1124]

Solar’s through Sweetwater would be kickass

[@majestyrider]

Well, Sweetwater would have to make a profit somewhere, so more expensive guitars or less profits for Solar.

[@DaveSteele07]

I think I still have my cd of Pain of Salvation! I didn't think that other people were listening to them.

[@seanwallace7517]

Hey Ola. Question for your next FAQ: do you have a go-to template for recording demos/songs? If so, can you show us what it’s like?

[@Eabalo2]

2000: Without a doubt In Flames - Clayman since it is the best album ever. 2001: Dark Funeral - Diabolis Interium 2002: Hammerfall - Crimson Thunder 2003: Dream Theater - Train of thought 2004: Another easy one, Behemoth - Demigod 2005: Trivium - Ascendancy 2006: Hammerfall - Threshold 2007: The black dahlia murder - Nocturnal 2008: Sabaton - The art of war 2009: Totalt jävla mörker - Söndra & härska

[@shellderp]

that orange guitar is AWESOME