Will

Will you be going to see Mayhem next year? I just found out abouth the tour from my Facebook feed. I'm pretty sure I will be (I'll be off Uni then so a test or exam definitely won't get in my way as they did with Vader and Napalm Death).

I haven't done one of these in a while so I'll just jump to the latest stuff rather than a huge, dirty list. Gojira: L'Enfant Sauvage Rings of Saturn: Ultu Ulla - Seeing this one made me think of Deathstorm's desert island disks so I decided that it's probably worth a try.

Headquake - Eldritch

Acrania - In Peaceful Chaos

7.5/10 Pretty neat overall, I didn't think much of the solo.

Oh, cool. My 40k stuff was mostly Tau and Marines.

I used to tabletop game but havn't painted anything for a couple of years. What 40k army do you play?

Psycroptic (s/t)

Fear Candy 166 Abysal: Primal Chaos

I suppose when I'm after background noise I'd watch a show where a bunch of people mainly sit around and tell each other what they're currently listening too.

Have you ever thought of just going digital? You'd have to do less throwing out.

Cool. Looking forward to the webzine.

Cool, I think it might have been my turn anyway but I've been too busy and I just didn't get around to it (I have other stuff that I've been wanting to record for half a year that is still untouched). If you wanna start a new theme I'll hopefully be able to join in.

Together? Like Laverne from Laverne and Shirley?

Internal Howl - Virvum Souls of Black - Testament

It was pretty tight and fun to watch they had a good blend of showmanship and care in their playing, also first time I've ever seen a keytar in a metal setting. Neat. I also got thrown a free shirt, so that could be shaping my opinion a bit.

That's a pretty awesome list, which Psycroptic gig did you see? Welcome back, we thought you were lost forever. Good to hear. On the weekend I saw the Metal United Down Under thingy (was there for all 9 bands from around 5:00-midnight), the Geelong one that I went to was headlined by Stormtide.

Yeah, same was making up my mind then poof! Sold out. Also, I'm doing a science degree. You're thinking of arts.

Here's what I've got so far. Obscura- Gorguts No matter how many times I've listened to this, it feels like I discover something new each time, should help keep me sane. Olm- Hadal Maw Only found this a few months ago, but it has rocketed its way up my favourites list. Has similar benefits to Obscura. A Real Live Dead One- Iron Maiden The first real metal album I ever heard (I had previously only really listened to KISS and Guns N' Roses as far as anything really close) plenty of classic tracks, great performances and the crowd chanting is awesome. Deicide (s/t) I don't fancy the idea of dying on a desert island without Dead By Dawn or Lunatic Of God's Creation. Peactice What You Preach- Testament. Good blend of catchiness and menorability with heaviness and interesting writing, interchangeable with a fair few thrash albums. Rust in Peace gets an honerable mention as it might make it to my favourites list, but I think I've well and truely listened to it for enough times that it would bore me, possibly to insanity. I'm not sure if Deicide is the Deicide album I want to take, also I might want to make room for something long and progressive, but couldn't seem to fit it in. Dunno. Just remembered I'm wearing an Iron Maiden jacket over a Hadal Maw shirt, I wonder if these decisions were influenced.

Absent from thread due to uni. I also like Alter of Sacrifice, specifically due to the bit that ends with something along the lines of "praise, hail Satan".

That's a fair assessment. I'd never have thought a boring Slayer concert was possible, you'd think they'd have thought to throw in an old favorite at the start and/or end.

Oh cool, someone else in the thread. All work and no play was beginning to make Will a dull boy. I think you may have mentioned this story before, but didn't mention that you were in a band. What did/do you play?

Some of the songs on Seasons have some really good/memorable riffs or moments but are pretty boring otherwise. For instance, Blood Red and Spirit In Black both have a couple of cool riffs but but get boring for most of the verse and chorus (less so Spirit in Black). Also some of the songs seem unnecessarily repetitive or generic.

I'd probably say they're metalcore/alternative metal. I only listened to one song though so I could be wildly incorrect.

Oh, cool.