maiden are awesome live, i can't wait to see them this summer
dream theater is great, especially when all the guys go nuts on their instruments
blind guardian are very very good live, the only thing that makes their studio studd better is the fact that they put in many layers and nuances that make the songs better
iced earth is great live as well
To improve technique and of course trying to keep all as clean as possible. I know my own limits and speed limits and so on I never play anything I'm not capable of. That wouldn't make any sense. After three years of playing I tried to play everything as fast as possible and that sounded, I would say, like shit, and I didn't realize that if I'd play bit slower things than I was capable of playing then everything would sound much better.
--Aleksi Laiho - Advice to Play By