<<  back   Stefan Gimpl geb. 1979 Instrument: Bass E-Mail: stefan@crystallion.net Stefans top 20 in no particular order: 1. RUNNING WILD – Black Hand Inn     (One of these albums you can listen to       everyday, everytime and everywhere!!!) 2. KISS – Creatures Of The Night     (Creatures Of The Night represents a lot of       Kiss albums that could stand on this list!!!) 3. TREAT – Organized Crime     (Swedens Rock export Nr.1!!! Forget about       Europe and listen to „Gimme one more night“       or „Conspiracy“, nothing more to say!!!) 4. DRAGENFORCE – Sonic Firestorm     (No album represents Melodic-Power-Metal       like this!!!) 5. ICED EARTH – The Glorious Burden     (A lot of Iced Earth fans want Matt Barlow       back!?!? Are you deaf!?!?) 6. MALICE – In The Beginning     (The most underrated album on this planet!!!) 7. STRYPER – To Hell With The Devil     (The kings of White-Metal!!! I think the title       track should be played at my funeral!!!) 8. CROSSROADS – The Wild One     (Holy shit!!! What a debut!!! Powerful riffing     meets great melodic vocal lines!!!) 9. DOMINE – Stormbringer Ruler     (Italian gods #1: Epic, more epic, Domine!!!) 10. POISON – Flesh and Blood     (Not really Metal I know, he, he, he!!! But     hey, I love this stuff!!! Stadion-Rock at it´s       best!!!) 11. HELIX – Back For Another Taste     (The most underrated band on this planet!!!) 12. MÖTLEY CRÜE – Dr. Feelgood     (My first self-bought album!!! It has an eternal     influence on me!!!) 13. MANOWAR – The Triumph Of Steel     (Manowar´s masterpiece!!! Their best songs     and Eric´s greatest vocals!!!) 14. WARRANT – Cherry Pie     (Uncle Tom´s Cabin is one of the best songs       ever written!!!) 15. VISION DIVINE – Stream Of Consciousness     (Italian gods #2: Progressive-Power-Metal     with one of the best singers of our time!!!) 16. DOKKEN – Back For The Attack     (The greatest “Hit-Compilation” on earth!!!) 17. RATT – Detonator     (Do you think Desmond Child wrote his best     songs for Bon Jovi or Alice Cooper?!?     Ha!!! Just listen to this!!!) 18. TRIUMPH – Thunder Seven     (Rik Emmet rules!!! The pioneers of epic     Hard-Rock!!!) 19. JACOBS DREAM – Jacobs Dream     (A “One-Album-Wonder”, sad but true!!! Very       heavy and very, very evil!!!) 20. LOST HORIZON – A Flame To The Ground       Beneath     (Let this storm of true POWER-METAL rip your     fucking ass off!!!)