Hyena

Edinburgh. Gorgeous city, friendly people, everything was cheap (ten or so years ago at least) and we had a blast.

I liked Scotland.

One of the few DSBM bands that don't come across as mostly faking it... In my opinion. I like them.

All the time.

Downhill after "Youthanasia", now at the bottom of the hill and idling. But hey, the old stuff's good.

Really looking forward to "Icon 30", Nick was only finding his voice on "Icon" and was off-key a lot. Always wanted to hear that album with better vocals. It's a great album either way, but this will probably be a nice release. They really took off at the time... I remember seeing them in small clubs, and all of a sudden they were on tour with Sepultura in front of thousands of people. I feel for their ex-drummer that was kicked out... That must've smarted to see.

Heh... They were undoubtedly a, um, "special" band. I can totally understand how some people were upset by their lyrics. From the research I've done, it would appear Seth set out to be the most shocking lyricist in extreme music ever for the hell of it, and, well, mission accomplished, I suppose! The lyrics are so OTT that I personally have a hard time thinking he meant even a fraction of a fraction of them... and it would appear he was so out of it most of the time that he wasn't bothered by any social setbacks because of it. Musically (well...) I like some of their mid- to late era stuff. "Fuckin' A" was a hilarious premise that didn't fulfill the expectations - for me. But before that, they pulled off some decent noisecore at times. Uh... hi, btw. I'll introduce myself later