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  1. Not gonna lie, I've never seen them live. So I'd go if they were at a decent fest even with the current lineup. But I'm not interested in either of the fests that were announced today.
  2. Yeah, Time Bomb is not a choice for regular rotation, but there's some decent stuff there. No real way to follow Epidemic. That record is just brutal face ripping madness. I've never heard them revisit Time Bomb live either, so my take away is it's in their "Cold Lake" category. I lost interest in many of the second tier thrash acts around the time they changed their sound as grunge took over the world. This one falls in with Coroner - Grin, Sadus - Elements of Anger, and a few others that didn't impress me when they rolled out, but revisiting years later they're not as bad as I remembered. Not the same sound as earlier works, but once you separate your expectations for how that band should sound from what is there...it's easier to appreciate them for what they are. I would note that the same logic doesn't work for me with the albums from the Big 4 around the same time. I've tried revisiting the Black album, God Hates Us All, Youthanasia, even throw in Roots for good measure and just can't do it. Bewitcher - Under the Witching Cross
  3. Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite Strapping Young Lad - Alien Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken Unfortunately, I can only give one horns up. One of my all time faves.
  4. Tau Cross - Pillar of Fire Tau Cross - Tau Cross Amebix - Sonic Mass Napalm Death - Scum Napalm Death - Harmony Corruption Napalm Death - Throes of Joy Killing Joke - Absolute Dissent Killing Joke - Hosannas
  5. As someone living with the consequences of family not making plans for an elderly loved one in their later years, good on you @Nasty_Cabbage. I'll be honest, I contemplate murder more than I should, but I also practice a good deal of restraint. I wouldn't say I asked to be in the situation or even rogered up for it, but there are zero resources where I live and I can't see the old bag homeless. We're getting on alright but praying for a speedy end. Just be sure to take time for yourself because I promise, despite the best of intentions, it will weigh on you heavily after a while. Especially if and when the dementia kicks in. Here's hoping you find it better than I.
  6. Polished off a bottle of S. African Pinotage last night. Probably the first SA Pinot I've had. Not bad, nothing to write home about. Tonight, back to Uncle Jameson and his girlfriend Ginger Ale.
  7. Theatrical hookers unwittingly gripe SHAT
  8. I probably ran into The Sound around the end of the 80's. They were in the group of bands similar enough to the more well known goth/Post-Punk acts like The Cure, Bauhaus, Joy Division etc but a bit underground for the states. Iirc, I was dating some goth chick who had all sorts of stuff I'd never knew existed. The Sound, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Chameleons, Clan of Xymox, Fields of Nephilim... Some stuck with me, some didn't. The first 3-4 from The Sound are excellent and the live album from 85 is one of the better from that subgenre. Hope little 'Noise gets back on his feet soon. The Cult - Electric Fields of Nephilim - Dawnrazor And Also the Trees - Virus Meadow Depeche Mode - A Broken Frame New Model Army - Ghost of Cain
  9. I saw them last year with Exhorder. I'll admit, I've never been an Overkill fan. Just one of those bands that flew under my radar. Really good live. Blitz sounds great although you can tell that performing is physically taxing for him at his age. A lot of the old guard still bring it live. Exciter, Razor, Possessed, Megadeth, Suicidal, Sodom... I'm just trying to see as many as I can while I can. Never know how many more opportunities we'll get. Having grown up in an area that never saw many tours, I missed pretty much everything back in the day, so now I travel to see everything I can. Anyway, lazy Sunday morning. Schizophrenic Florida has decided we needed one more blast of winter and it's 40 degrees outside. So coffee and tunes until it gets tolerable outside. The Sound - From the Lions Mouth
  10. Picked up quite a bit lately: Vinyl My Dying Bride - As the Flower Withers My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans My Dying Bride - The Angel and The Dark River Opeth - Damnation 20th Anniversary Mastodon - Leviathan Depeche Mode - Violator Clutch - s/t Anathema - Hindsight Circle of Ourobous - Mullan Tuoksu, Pehmeat Kasvot, Sisaan Katsovat Seppelesilmat (comp) CD Inquisition - Veneration of Medieval Mysticism and Cosmological Violence (CD box set) Circle of Ourobous - Islands
  11. Vinyl shopping today. Brought home a few classics. Depeche Mode - Violator (gatefold reissue) Mastodon - Leviathan Clutch - s/t
  12. New Witch Vomit in April Funeral Sanctum | Witch Vomit | 20 Buck Spin (bandcamp.com)
  13. Definitely a banging cover. Claudio really does the vocals justice. Gwarsenio can put together solid lineups for these. A few of my favorite covers by the channel. Riff Raff - Neil Fallon is the perfect choice for this song. Whole cover is fucking great. Unchained Caught in a Mosh Earth A.D.
  14. Power Metal day. Something I'm not usually in the mood for but just feels right today. My ass is dragging after a brutal travel schedule of late, so a little pick me up I guess. Throw all the shit into a playlist and let it go. German Blind Guardian - Memories of a Time to Come Gamma Ray - Heading for Tomorrow Helloween - Helloween, Keeper pt 1 & 2 US Queensryche - EP & Rage for Order Crimson Glory - self titled Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction Liege Lord - Master Control Attacker - Battle at Helm's Deep Omen - Battle Cry Savatage - Sirens Fates Warning - Guardian & Spectre Warlord - Deliver Us Heir Apparent - Graceful Inheritance Not Power Metal, but close enough The Lord Weird Slough Feg - Traveler & Deadmen
  15. Caress of Steel is where it's at. Was just jamming The Necromancer earlier today. F'ing love that song. Love the dirty/gritty guitar tone on that album (no it's not Goat Mafia dirty, but definitely considerably moreso than any other Rush album). Aside from the radio hits, I never understand the hate for early Rush. It's prog. I guess if you just hate prog, then no way you'll like it, but it's miles ahead of the other celebrated genre stallwarts like Yes (rather have herpes than listen to Jon Anderson) and Genesis, slightly less weird/more listenable than King Crimson, and more consistent than Uriah Heep. 80's stuff, totally get it even if I don't agree. The sound wasn't for everyone (keyboard forward) even if the songwriting was excellent as was the musicianship. Post 90 stuff was a bit hit or miss. Most albums had 3-4 really strong songs and a good bit of filler. I like all of it, but I do get why some fans of the older stuff didn't stick around after the shift in their sound around 84. Later Rush probably still wouldn't do it for you, but Geddy's voice did mellow with time. Their last album (Clockwork Angels) is probably the best thing they did post-1990. Hell maybe even post-84. Worth a listen. Maybe my 3 favorite songs off the album. I guarantee you'll enjoy this more than anything by Tay-Tay. Brought Up To Believe The Garden The Wreckers Do they not play music in Aussie grocery stores or other general retail outlets? There's no escaping the general Top-40 bullshit here in the States unless you live in a bunker and avoid all public spaces. Granted, I'd have no idea who sings any of these songs if it weren't for the women in my life, but regardless it's piped in everywhere.
  16. That's Florida weather. I actually would rather it be 100F today versus 60 and rainy. Been raining for like a month here it seems like with no break for the rest of the week. Guess it could be worse. Dead Milkmen - Beelzebubba Dead Milkmen - Death Rides A Pale Cow
  17. Don't think I've heard that one. I have Рдяндалир (Rdyandalir), To Kampf, and a few others I've never been able to translate. I've been looking for Khladavzor, Night Wolf, and Winterkald but there all as rare as hen's teeth. Hellir - wheel ghosts
  18. navybsn

    Books?

    That Russian history book would be right up my alley. I'm reading a history of the Mongol empire atm and have a history of Taiwan queued up. I do enjoy fiction, specifically Sci-fi and Fantasy as well as cosmic horror stuff, but as I get older I tend to gravitate to non-fiction. Best recent reads include: The Origin of Satan: How Christians demonized Jews, Pagans, and Heretics by Elaine Pagels King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild (history of Belgian colonization of the Congo) Under the Banner of Faith: A Story of Violent Faith by John Krakauer (about Mormon fundamentalists)
  19. RIP Mojo Nixon Debbie Gibson is Pregnant with My Two Headed Love Child Don Henley Must Die
  20. RIP Mojo Nixon. If you don't know Mojo Nixon, you could use some fixin' Mojo Nixon, Cult Hero Behind 'Elvis Is Everywhere,' Dead at 66 (rollingstone.com)
  21. Of Feather and Bone - Bestial Hymns of Perversion Coroner - Punishment for Decadence
  22. There's a name I haven't seen in a while. Haven't seen anything from them since like 89-90. Violent by Nature was their last iirc.
  23. Total left field discovery for me last year. I never listen to music podcasts, mostly current affairs type stuff, but I had a lot of long drives last year and found this show put out by New Hampshire public radio called Black Night Meditations. Dude plays a bit of every style of metal each week and had a track from this on a show and stated it was far and away his AOTY. So I had to check it out. Also found because of that an Aussie band called Spectre that is pretty cool. Name confusion worked to my advantage. Spectre - Lonesome Gambler
  24. Hallas - Excerpts from a Future Past
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