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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

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

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

Vinyl shopping today. Brought home a few classics. Depeche Mode - Violator (gatefold reissue) Mastodon - Leviathan Clutch - s/t

New Witch Vomit in April Funeral Sanctum | Witch Vomit | 20 Buck Spin (bandcamp.com)

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.

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

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.

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

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

Condolences dude.

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)

RIP Mojo Nixon Debbie Gibson is Pregnant with My Two Headed Love Child Don Henley Must Die

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)

Of Feather and Bone - Bestial Hymns of Perversion Coroner - Punishment for Decadence

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.

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

Hallas - Excerpts from a Future Past

Vision Master - Sceptre Krigstjorn - Mod Guders Svig Opeth - Orchid

Don't hate it, just don't need it and wouldn't buy it. Sounds like later Slayer. Uninspired. Osuego is doing his best to channel Tom. Demmel is a decent compliment to KK. Bostaph is competent as usual. It'll sell well and be a hit on the festival circuit. But if I want Slayer, then the first 6 will do just fine.

Cirith Gorgor, Carach Angen, Urfaust, Funeral Winds, Asagraum, Duivel, Iskandr, Ossaert, Asgrauw, Kjeld... Lots of good shit from the Dutchies.

Ebola - Distorted Romance @GoatmasterGeneral - nailed it. This is right up my alley. Will be a purchase. Also just ordered the first 3 MDB on vinyl.

I'll check that out. Description does tick the boxes. I'll admit that I never much got the hype for MDB. Tried a few times over the years and just never took to them. But what has often happened to me over the years is that after I see a band live, especially when it's a great show, I find i have a different take on the band. Doesn't always happen, I've seen a bunch of bands that still do nothing for me, but some finally "click" as much as I dislike that phrase. I've seen Paradise Lost several times and have walked out mid-set every time. They're just kinda bland live. I've tried with Katatonia and it's a straight nope. Masters Hammer, Borknagar, Eyehategod, the list goes on. But occasionally I get a MDB, Dodheimsgard, Satyricon, or The Chasm that just all of a sudden work where before I was somewhat ambivalent. I've had the opposite happen to where I really liked a band then saw them live and came out less enthused. And then there are some I only enjoy live, Evoken comes to mind. Back to the Peaceville 3, as @JonoBlade mentioned, some of this hasn't aged well. Going back through the discog for Anathema really changed my thoughts on their early output. They have moments but it's less impressive than it was years ago. The early PL stuff sounds mediocre at best to me. MDB strikes me as the best application of the style and still sounds relevant. I've yet to find anything of theirs I won't buy. If I didn't already own everything Anathema, I probably wouldn't bother with them (pre-2000 that is). Btw @GoatmasterGeneral, you would probably hate their later stuff but A Fine Day to Exit and Hindsight (acoustic reinterpretation of their back catalog) are the highlights for me. A Natural Disaster is good too. None of it even remotely metal however. I do want to investigate PL's "Depeche Mode" era as you described it. Reading through their wiki last night has me intrigued. Host sounds interesting and apparently they have a side project that is continuing in that vein. And I did like what I heard on Obsidian, so more effort is warranted. I'll go back and listen to Shades again too. I've seen you mention that before. Skipped it last night.

And on to Eternity. This is where Anathema lost the doom. Beautiful album, gorgeous sound, and starting to incorporate some weirder elements that will go on to play a big part in their later alt-rock turn. I believe Vincent is on vocals at this point. I think it's a weird middle ground tbh between what they were and what they would go on to. Definitely my least listened to album in the discog. Judgement - more of the same. A little better developed. Some definite Pink Floyd vibes on this one. I will say that Fragile Dreams is my favorite mid-period and possibly overall song by them although Scars of the Old Stream is right there. 2nd least spins. I won't bother with any of the rest of the discog. Fine Day is my favorite of theirs but full on Radiohead worship at that point. And tbh, I prefer new Anathema to old. I guess I let my affinity for everything post 2000 color my impressions of the whole Peaceville 3. After a good 2 day marathon, I think I'd rank them as such: MDB - best overall for doom, most consistent (well if you throw out 34.788%). Anathema - although strictly based on the strength of the post 2000 stuff. Paradise Lost - Not a big fan. Draconian Times and Gothic are the only 2 I've ever cared for and I stopped somewhere around One Second. Their earlier doom phase is a little choppy at times. Their turn around One Second never did it for me and I was off to other fields to play in. Can't say I've given them much second thought since or even a fair eval the past 2 days. Listened to a few tracks from Obsidian and it's decent. Might have to go through the whole catalog to see what I have missed. But not tonight. NP: Green Carnation - The Acoustic Verses

More doom tonight: Paradise Lost - Lost Paradise PL - Gothic Anathema - Pentecost III Anathema - The Crestfallen EP Anathema - The Silent Enigma