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  1. I'm home alone once more while the family are down the coast at the beach house. Ah, feel the peace and quiet. Look down the hall. No one. Look upstairs. Empty. What's that, you want to blast black metal throughout the house with no consequences. Go ahead! 

    Actually, I've decided to make a  grand showing down there at the beach house for a couple of nights later in the week, but for now it's a metal holocaust tonight in Castle Requiem. It's out of control. 

    Tomorrow is a more refined steak dinner with the immortal king @True Belief. Hail the great man. 

     

  2. On 6/17/2020 at 6:56 AM, MacabreEternal said:

     Terrorizer not going anymore.  Financial pressures took their toll.  

    And their panzerawful treatment of their customers probably didn't help. Don't get me started...

  3. A few of the latest arrivals: 

    Mercyful Fate - 'Don't Break the Oath'

    Got the 2020 Metal Blade vinyl replica release. It's a beautiful package. 

    Satanic Warmaster - 'Opferblut'

    Been meaning to pick this up for ages, so finally pulled the trigger. Atmospheric, unpretentious, yet emotional and moving. 

    Emyn Muil - 'Elenion Ancalima'

    A flat out rip-off of Summoning, but enjoyable nonetheless. It's Summoning basically. 

    Panopticon - 'Roads to the North'

    Everyone has been raving about this band, so I bought this without having heard them. What a cool album. Kind of hipster black metal mixed with bluegrass Kentucky music. Amazing one man band musicianship. I feel very inferior listening to this. 

    Gehenna - 'First Spell'

    This is the 2014 re-release with no fewer than 10 bonus tracks in the form of demos etc. I just need this for the collection more than any great urge to listen to Gehenna's keyboard heavy black metal. 

  4. On 6/29/2020 at 3:38 AM, stonywings said:

     

    I visited Denmark once, but didn't get to try any alcohol there. Ill keep it in mind for next time. You may know that in Norway its common to visit Sweden cuz its so cheap, especially for alcohol. Not going near there though these days

    The only thing that I can remember drinking in Denmark (which essentially means my memory is faulty, because I would have consumed all sorts of brews) is warm mulled wine at Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen. For an Australian, walking around in that fantasy land was quite an experience and the drinks were so good. 

    I haven't had a cider in ages, but it could be time to freshen up with one in the coming days. Too much beer in one night becomes really cloying and dry on the palate I'm finding in my old age. Some cider is just what I need. 

  5. On 6/28/2020 at 2:37 AM, Balor said:

    Come to think of it, I have never seen one that actually was good.  There was one for Demons & Wizards that was fun for being able to read what the song is about in more detail, but nevertheless looked dorky overall.

     

    Here's a really good lyric video with a nice approach, although it's still very 'flicky'. I love the idea that the lyrics are being typed out on an old typewriter, as if a story is being written - which it more or less is. Our focus is being directed to the lyrics, but I think in this case it works because the lyrics are important to the tune. 

     

    Also, I tend not to enjoy music videos at all as I find them too distracting from the song - hence I think I don't like Behemoth until I actually listen to 'The Satanist' without any videos whatsoever and I realise that it's a pretty happening album!

    Here's an example of a video that works really well for me as it reminds me of my trip through Norway but also because it's got that real rock n roll freedom vibe:

     

  6. On 6/30/2020 at 8:57 AM, FatherAlabaster said:

     

    Also, we're supposed to be taking a trip down south to see my parents in a couple weeks. I'm really excited about that, but also nervous about health risks, despite all the precautions we've taken. I haven't seen them in a couple years and nobody's getting any younger... 

    You haven't seen your parents in a couple of years? Wow, that's tough. Nearly as tough as a 13 hour car trip with a child...! 

    My father turns 70 tomorrow so we're heading down to see him and mum (2.5 hours in the car). Three nights is our (my) patience limit there though, then we're getting out of Dodge... Looks like I'll have a few nights to myself next week, which I'm also looking forward to. 

  7. On 11/12/2018 at 9:04 AM, Depraved said:

    I know this thread is old as hell but I can't believe no one has mentioned Turisas - Battle Metal yet. It's a folk metal masterpiece. The Varangian Way is brilliant as well.

    I don't listen to folk metal all that much. 90% of the time it annoys me. The other 10% of the time I hear its beauty and genius and I wonder why I don't listen to it more often. Finntroll, Turisas, and Korpiklaani are essential in my opinion. There are other great bands from elsewhere in Europe of course, but the Finns rule this genre.

    Those first two Turisas albums are so good, especially 'The Varangian Way', which I think is one of the great epic albums of metal. It doesn't get talked about all that much anymore, but I remember they were the darlings of metal magazines back in the day, mostly due to their red and black painted image. I saw them live in 2008 and they were just amazing. 

    It's sort of sad the direction that they ended up taking, becoming more goofy and esoteric. 

     

     

     

  8. Shortly after posting this someone from Missouri tried to hack my account three times apparently. Jari's mafia henchmen? Fuck off cowardly criminal scum. 

    I guess it's not that Jari or anyone wants to make money from music. Money is great - who wouldn't want to? It's just that it's all a bit shady - the concept of needing enough fan donated money to actually purchase land and build a studio with residential/sauna/living areas or else Wintersun can't make their albums properly is what sticks in people's craw.

    As a business idea, building your own studio/house is a pretty good one - taking subscriptions to build things. It was a popular approach in the 19th century for buildings, churches, clubs etc. But it's the strange excuses and justifications, added to the hilarity of the 'Time' albums' delay, that makes the whole thing strange. For instance, Jari hit back at critics who asked where the first $700k had been spent, by telling them that when they buy a can of coke they don't demand to know where the Coca Cola company spends that money. Strange, false dichotomies like that... 

  9. Graveland - 'Memory and Destiny'

    One of the dreamiest albums in the viking/pagan genre; a journey back in time, when heroes were heroes and seas were made to be sailed upon. The sound effects of the waves and the "Odin" arrow shooting sample from '13th Warrior' are delicious additions. 

  10. Well, I'm not sure if anyone here has seen this yet, but the Wintersun crowdfunding saga is far from over. 

    A few years ago Wintersun ran a crowdfunding campaign which raised about $524,000US, for the express purpose of building an entirely new studio with sleeping quaters and all of the frills. Obviously, this raised a few eyebrows at the time, as Jari was claiming that he can't make the Wintersun albums he wants without a proper studio.

    Anyway, apparently we were wrong about the plan, because now the story goes that they can't build the studio yet, and that they've always had a plan to run three (3) different crowdfunding campaigns. I've just checked the original video, and yes, they did claim that they were going to do three campaigns until they made 750,000 euros! 

    And yes, they've now started a Patreon page as well, with a monthly subscription fee to watch live videos and behind the scenes footage. 

     https://vimeo.com/407298479/ddff87cefc? ... &utm_term=

    No new album. No new nothing. Just another crowdfunding campaign and now a patreon page. This is just too funny. The whole saga was a joke back when 'Time 2' was supposed to be out fifteen years ago, and it never eventuated.

    Notice in the vimeo video that it's stated that the first crowdfunding campaign allowed 'The Forest Seasons' to be recorded and released. "Thanks to your huge support we released 'The Four Seasons' album". I double-checked the footage. Well, the fact is that 'The Forest Seasons' was already recorded and it was released initially to those who contributed to the campaign as a thank you! It wasn't recorded with the funds the campaign raised. The original crowdfunding price was 50 euros, with 'The Forest Seasons' being the big drawcard, then they went ahead and released it on CD anyway for about fifteen bucks hahaha. 

    Apparently all they've been able to do is set up a temporary studio, which "part" of the first campaign contributed to. Where did the rest of the cash go? Yet they say in their original video that with heaps of cash they could make all their albums faster. Well, nothing has been released since 'The Forest Seasons' back in 2017, and yet they made over half a million US dollars. 

    Here's the original crowdfunding info: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wintersun-crowdfunding--3#/

    Just an incredible, embarrassing, scenario, although it's reminded me about how good 'The Forest Seasons' actually is, and I'm now blasting it. Great album, and great band. Just sad to see them morph into this sad used-car marketing entity. 

  11. It's Saturday night and I'm ready for anything. 

    1.  Woods of Ypres - 'Suicide Cargoload' 

    2. Sirenia - 'Blue Colleen'

    3. My Dying Bride - 'Base Level Erotica' (yes, what a classic. One of the great erotic songs of all time)

    4. Saor - 'Autumn Rain' (now I can't go on, I'm too emotional and destroyed!)

    5. Moonsorrow - 'Raunioilla' (I'm on a great run here. Hope it continues)

    6. Marduk - 'Castrum Doloris' (yes, it's continuing)

    7. Anathema - 'Shroud of Frost' (amazing)

    8. Darkthrone - 'Inn I De Dype Skogens Fabn'

    9. Paradise Lost - 'Shades of God' from Draconian Times (Holly shit what a run!)

    10. Taake - Inntrenger' (two Norwegian songs with the word 'Inn' in them. Google translate tells me it just means 'In'. So there you go)

    Great run of ten songs there. Holy hell. Classics all. 

  12. On 9/13/2019 at 4:17 AM, the_thrashing said:

    Thanks a lot, I"ll check it out. They don't have to be new zines, I like the older stuff better than the new stuff anyway. Do you have any links?

    Just google 'Cult Never Dies' and you're good. 

  13. Went into the city today, bought (finally) Rotting Christ - 'Thy Mighty Contract' on a whim, then left it in the kebab shop near my house. I came back a few hours later to find it exactly where I'd left it. The good people of my neighbourhood opting against a free Rotting Christ CD. Crazy, hey. 

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