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Celtic Frost - Sorrows Of The Moon
it was a nice idea at any rate
Edit - Plough? I got nothin. Trust Kuke to throw sand in the gears...

The challenge is half the fun.
Tau Cross - Sorrow Draws The Plough
 

Fantastic choice!  That's probably one of their heavier albums, too.  
 
Anvil - "Forged in Fire" (album)

Halford - Crucible

Saxon - Lionheart

Halford - Crucible

Halford - Crucible

Bathory just as influential? Arguably, but not quite imho. Foundational and more directly responsible for the 2nd wave template? Undeniably. The better band? To suggest otherwise would be laughable. But coming a few years after Venom, where do you honestly think Mr. Forsberg got the idea for Bathory from? He got it from Venom. Even named his band after one of Venom's "hits" from the 1982 album entitled Black Metal. When Venom hit the scene in 1980 there had never been any music that sounded even remotely like that before. In a world where it's accepted that musical artists borrow from and are inspired by one another and jump on bandwagons Venom, love 'em or hate 'em, were truly original.
And as I've already said I can't stand Venom, I think they fucking suck. I don't have any of their records and I'd be perfectly happy if I never had to listen to them ever again. I might check something of theirs out on the Tube once every decade or so just to refresh my memory on how awful they truly were. But at this point 40 years down the road I could forgo that. Meanwhile I love and respect Bathory, absolutely consider Quothorn to be one of the all time greats. I have several Bathory records and they still get played. I would also put Celtic Frost in that group of eminently influential 80's artists who were largely responsible for the advancement of black metal as well (without actually being black metal themselves.)
But I've got to give credit where credit is due. Venom came first. Not by a few months but by a few years. Formed in 1979, Venom's first demo was April 1980, the same month as Iron Maiden's debut album. Hellhammer formed in 1982, first demo out in 1983. Bathory formed in 1983, first compilation appearance was 2 tracks on "Scandinavian Metal Attack" in 1984. Even as shit as Venom are, and no matter how much we might wish it wasn't so, there would be no CF or Bathory as we know them today without the trail blazed by Venom. Cronos might be little more than a meme to be laughed at these days and afaic it's always been hard to take them seriously, but that doesn't change the fact that Venom were game changers. To dismiss the boys from Newcastle now all these many decades later and try to claim that others who were directly influenced by them were actually the true originators just because we don't like them would be the act of revisionist history. 

That’s great news So glad to hear it.
so glad to hear it.
 
Also the concert talk above is reminding me the last gig I went to was Obituary pre-pandemic damn that’s two years ago already…

@blaaacdoommmmfan @KillaKukumba 
Went to see Blaze live again last week! He was performing only 20 minutes drive away from my house and only cost me £15!! Great night, I was at the front the whole time there were about 200 people there but I was right up front next to the speaker 😂😂 he made eye contact with me at several times and when singing virus he pointed at me while singing it was so epic, and he sang the song I really wanted him to sing being The Man Who Would Not Die!! Brilliant night and I got my Iron Maiden X Factor and Blaze - TMWWND CD’s signed plus I got to meet him again! Brilliant night it was, but then a couple days after I got a cough and cold and found out i’m covid positive 😂 so been off work for a week mostly in bed lol, oh yeah and after the concert my hearing took nearly 2 days to recover!! 😂

Bolt Thrower - When Cannons Fade

Sounds fantastic show apart from you getting COVID and temporary affect to hearing.  Man I would have loved to have been there. Is blaze better live than record. The live stuff I've heard I like alot. 
The man who would not die is great track which I like alot. Live would be amazing.   
Of course he pointed at you. You've had autographs so I'm sure he was pleased to see you there having fantastic time well that's assuming he can see much. Fans having great time is what it's about.  
Getting that stuff signed. That's so cool. 
 
Well done all, such good news. You can educate Zoe about proper music😉 

Bolt Thrower - When Cannons Fade

@blaaacdoommmmfan @KillaKukumba 
Went to see Blaze live again last week! He was performing only 20 minutes drive away from my house and only cost me £15!! Great night, I was at the front the whole time there were about 200 people there but I was right up front next to the speaker 😂😂 he made eye contact with me at several times and when singing virus he pointed at me while singing it was so epic, and he sang the song I really wanted him to sing being The Man Who Would Not Die!! Brilliant night and I got my Iron Maiden X Factor and Blaze - TMWWND CD’s signed plus I got to meet him again! Brilliant night it was, but then a couple days after I got a cough and cold and found out i’m covid positive 😂 so been off work for a week mostly in bed lol, oh yeah and after the concert my hearing took nearly 2 days to recover!! 😂

Bolt Thrower - When Cannons Fade

Bolt Thrower - When Cannons Fade

pretty large, evil bumholes
 
NAIL

Half your luck, we had what the media is calling our first post-covid international band playing here last weekend and it was only the Foo Fighters. I'm pretty sure we've had other bands from overseas here recently but they were not media friendly so they don't make the news. Things are picking up here and local bands are doing regional tours but international tours are still slow so I don't expect to see anyone much here, even guys like Blaze who will only play small venues.

Love me some GISM...wait...that didn't sound right
Black Curse - Endless Wound
Caustic Wound - Death Posture
Detherous - Hacked to Death
Cloud Rat - Pollinator
L.I.F.E. - Ossification of Coral

Congratulations bud!! 

Baby girl Zoe was delivered by C-section just after 10 this morning. Mom and daughter are doing well, currently resting. Bandcamp and hangovers can wait.

Blaze Bayley - War Within Me

Tank - Echoes Of A Distant Battle

Lawnmower Deth - Blunt Cutters