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Nothing much to report just yet as I'm not driving down until tomorrow. Navy flew into town Wednesday for the pre-fest gig at Ottobar, said other than the first band everyone else was good. Said Immolation killed as usual. We're staying in the same hotel so I'm sure I'll see him tomorrow. Josh checked into our room this evening around 6:30 then went right down and got his wristband. Haven't heard from him since then so I'll assume he's been enjoying himself. Surge was busy picking dudes up from the airport earlier this afternoon as he's a local Baltimore guy, but he has a pickup truck with no real back seat so he couldn't get more than 2 at a time unless he had them riding in the bed. Seems from all the texts flying back and forth that the highlights this evening were Rottrevore and Mortician. Final band of the night Pyrexia goes on in about 10 - 15 minutes. I would skip them if I was there to save my energy for the rest of the weekend, but the point is moot because I'm not there, I'm home listening to black metal tonight. I'll have more to report tomorrow when I'm actually there at the fest. First band Scorched goes on at 3:30, I have a 4 hour ride so I shouldn't have any problem making it down to Baltimore by then. GG over and out.

Darkthrone - Panzerfaust Nocturnus - The Nocturnus Demos Necromantia - IV: Malice

Immortal - Battles in the North

Mystras - Empires Vanquished And Dismantled

Ulcerate - Stare Into Death And Be Still

OBSCENE - ...From Dead Horizon To Dead Horizon NUNSLAUGHTER / BLOOD - Split

The Chasm - The Scars of a Lost Reflective Shadow https://luxinframundisproductions.bandcamp.com/album/the-scars-of-a-lost-reflective-shadow So yeah, The Chasm just dropped a new full length album. Haven't heard it yet but, ya know, it's The Chasm, it's worth a purchase.

It’s the Fermi paradox my friend given the vastness of the universe other intelligent life must exist, but if I got intelligence why exists why is there no evidence to prove it?

Eric Cartman ruined alien anal probing for everyone. It was no longer a mystery once he revealed what happened to him. I spent the best part of 30 years driving Australian roads at night, many of my kilometres were done in areas where I couldn't even see a tree let alone another person, but not once did I ever see little green men and I'm a total believer. Yet these strange people get on shows like A Current Affair after heading out to the outback once and seeing UFO's, aliens and even anal probes. I really wanted to meet aliens, I wanted to take a ride on their ship, I even called out to them but they never came.

There’s all kinds of conspiracies on the Internet, and the trouble is that people believe them. My way of approaching the subject when anyone I know brings it up is to ask firstly who would benefit from this elaborate conspiracy of yours, and secondly how? It’s funny how often people can’t even manage to answer the first of those two questions.

VIRTUE OF THE VICIOUS - Oneirophobia

Dead Boys - We Have Come For Your Children - one of those really early punk bands I always intended to check out but didn't for whatever reason. Better late than never. Ghoul - Splatterthrash

Vendetta - Go And live...Stay And Die

Scorpions/Love Drive Scorpions/Animal Magnetism Scorpions/Virgin Killer

This is Maryland Death Fest weekend. Sadly, it's not going to work for me and I'm not able to attend, but Goatmaster General, Surge, Navy and Josh are going. I've been in touch with the inimitable master of goats and knowing our favorite NY metal AF wise guy you know he's bound to give us some blow by blow field reporting. Looking forward to some gig reviews.

HEAVING EARTH - Darkness Of God BLACK FUCKING CANCER - Procreate Inverse IMPOSTROUS LORD - Devil's Veil

Judas Iscariot - To Embrace the Corpses Bleeding, 2002 Horna - Kohti Yhdeksän Nousua, 1998 Deus Mortem - Kosmocide, 2019

Good music is subjective, bad singing isn't

Different rules for different states here but in some areas we are not even allowed to touch it, in the areas where we can it must be disposed of properly and tyvek suits with masks must be worn, or pros must be called in. We've got ads on TV reminding people to get any house over 20 years old checked by asbestos experts because it was such a widely used product until the late 90's. We used to get a lot of people dumping it on building sites in the middle of the night because of the cost involved in removing it but it's not so bad these days. A farmer not far from here, who is also a doctor and often cited in the Mesothelioma workers claims against local employers who made workers handle asbestos actually dumps all his asbestos in a big hole down the back paddock 30 meters from the creek that locals rely on for water. We've torn down a few old sheds and a dairy here that was 90% asbestos, but we tyveked up, made sure there was no dust and did it properly, it also cost us about $500 to dispose of. One time I hired a skip bin to do a huge clean up and threw out a heap of old cement sheeting, the guy who picked the bin up refused to take it at first because he claimed the cement sheeting was actually asbestos. I pointed out to the dickhead that it wasn't asbestos and the big green lettering painted on the back from the factory stating that it was 'asbestos free' meant he could take it with him. After about 30 minutes of bullshit discussion he said he'd take it but told me the 'asbestos free' label by the biggest producer of asbestos free cement sheeting in the country, lies to the government and still used asbestos after it was banned. I asked him if he also believed in Aliens anal probing him when no one else was around and he got shitty with me.

I honestly don't know why people fly tip asbestos. I've tidied it up and barriered it off and reported it. Honestly they could have bagged it and binned it or recycle centre it if they was all proper. But no they just put it on some gravel near one of the underground water tanks at work. 😤 Some people

CHURCH OF DISGUST - Weakest Is The Flesh

This might be my favorite Blut Aus Nord, like ever. Maybe because of the heavy tRoB Exuvia vibes.