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Off to NYC for a wedding that I care about - two members of the string quartet I used to do vocals with are formalizing their relationship. Unfortunately we won't have the time to really enjoy the city this trip, but I'm looking forward to seeing friends.

For me though, it's more like the old Manowar saying, "If it's not in your blood, you'll never understand". The people who were generally into heavy music and a philosophical/individual outlook on life as teenagers are still that way today, twenty years later. Those who are fat and boring today were thin and boring 20 years ago. I'm sure there are people out there who used to live life their own way and who now don't, but I think once the fire is lit, it tends to stay with you through the different phases of life. Take me for an example. I've got a family, house and all the ingredients that should render me a suburban untermensch, like the sorry sacks of shit who pass for my brothers-in-law. But I bring the Mayhemic spirit of atavistic screams to bbqs, while they bring pasta salad.

I didn't give it enough time and I didn't take it seriously, apart from the first couple of tracks which I really liked, especially Funeral Dawn which is a cracker. I was really nonplussed by Plague Angel and Rom 512 so I didn't give Wormwood much of my time (but still bought it, go figure). Now Playing: At the Gates - To Drink from the Night Itself. Album of the year so far for me. What a heartfelt masterpiece.

Opeth - Blackwater Park

NP: Some Antediluvian. I like how they keep the majority of their songs short and go straight to the point. The ambient interludes are also quite eerie

Also, my condolences for the loss of your pet.

Sodom - In the sign of evil

Toxik - Think This Master's Hammer - Ritual

Nifelheim - Self Titled