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Opeth - Ghost Reveries

Children of Bodom - Follow the Reaper

Been really hammering Inflames today, listened to Whoracle, Jester Race and Lunar Strain. All Brilliant!

I have had a few strange experiences in the past, rather than writing them all here I will go with the two that are the most creepy/strange. First one was I worked at a summer camp in America between my 2nd and 3rd year at Uni in England. This was a camp for people with disabilities in the middle of the woods in rural mid west. Anyway at about 2am I was sneaking back from my now wife's cabin and heading back to mine. On route I passed by what was the main lodge that had a large glassed fronted main room with sofa's etc in for people to just hang about in. It also had a large fish tank in the bottom corner which cast a blueish tinge across alot of the room. As I walk by the lodge I see the outline of a person sat in a wheelchair looking at the fish tank, I can't make out any details of the person just a black outline. At first I thought nothing of this as often campers there can not sleep throughout the night so staff will take them on walks etc. However I could see no one else in the lodge so I thought I better go and check everything is ok. Now it took me 10-15 seconds to turn around and walk through the main door to the lodge, however when I went into the room there was no one in there and I got a very strange feeling. I found out later that the camp had been around for about 60 years and a couple of campers had died there in the past so that could be a possible explanation. My second one was I was in New Orleans for Mardi Gras coaching a group of 16-18 year old rugby players from Texas who were there for a tournament. The main group of lads left on the friday morning, however due to other commitments I followed in a car in the afternoon. Due to traffic etc I could not meet up with the lads that night and had to stay in a hotel on the outskirts of New Orleans. The next day I met up with the lads and they (and parents) told me about the strange experiences they had had the night before. It turned out to save some money the President of the rugby club had got us into an old Orphanage which was being renovated by a charity as it was the US equivalent of a listed building. I laughed at the lads and called them fannies etc and told them I was looking forward to seeing this place that night as they were clearly imagining things. Anyway that night I get to the building and it is very creepy looking. The parents are on the first floor, myself/coaches and the lads are on the second floor and the third floor is closed. One of the lads in the team was a bit of a wrongun (a month after this he was arrested and put on an electronic tag) and he came to me and asked if I wanted to see the third floor. I told him that I thought it had been locked up but he assured me that he had found an open door. So up we head with three or four others to the third floor and it turned out the open door was a lock he had smashed, anyway in we head and whilst I am giving him a bollocking for his behaviour I am taking in what is around me. There was a massive stained glass window and various doors leading off the main hallway. As we get down to the bottom of the hallway I see a door marked 'Experimental Therapy' which had been nailed shut and the handle knocked off. Stranger still the door appears buckled outwards as if someone on the inside had tried to get out. I hear a bang nearby us and basically shite myself and start to run. As I get back to the third floor stairwell I practically vault the stairs back down to the second floor, now here was where I made my mistake, rather than turning right where the lights were on and going 200 yards to where we were sleeping....I instead turned left down a dark corridor. Now I only walked about 20 yards down this corridor before approximately 15-20 yards I saw two hooded figures holding candles walk along the horizontal connecting corridor in front of me, they both stopped, looked up and then kept on walking. I then proceeded to run back the way I had come, grab my bag and get out of there. I ended up sleeping in the car. Apologies for the walls of text, both interesting experiences, to this day I am still not sure what to make of them.

I am also fascinated with the paranormal and have had various strange things happen to me throughout my life. What other type of things have happened in your house?

I agree on the fruitiness, not really my type of thing either. I did however strangely enjoy the none fruity ones. Much like you there was something inherently wrong drinking something that sour tasting however it was still enjoyable in a strange way.

Yes tried quite a few of them, Westmalle Tripel was my favourite by far. Have managed to find it in the UK however its £4-5 a bottle. I found myself enjoying a lot of the Lambic Beers as well (my wife loved the fruit ones). Had a rather drunken night in Delirum bar whilst in Brussels, 2000 beers in one place was just too tempting

'Beyond' by Omnium Gatherum - absolutely fantastic album, seem to have had it on repeat for the last few days.

Any of you folks ever been to Belgium? I was there for a week at the back end of October and I have never drank so much fantastic beer in my life!

'Burn my Eyes' - Machinehead

Since living in Scotland for the last two years I have found myself drinking a lot of Williams Bros beers, their Kelpie Ale is a personal favourite.

I had my breakthrough this last summer...however when I was 14 I was very ill and spent a lot of time off school stuck in bed. A mate of mine who was a few years older would bring me different Metallica albums and I grew to love them (however I never really got into metal other than them). I then returned to school and because metal was not seen as 'cool' I didn't listen to it preferring indie and rock and roll. Fast forward 10 years and I was off work with a torn ankle ligament laid up on the couch, I randomly read a review of the new Mastodon album so searched them on Spotify and ended up listening to Leviathan. It totally blew my mind and since them I have been vivaciously listening to any type of metal I can. It has really been a crash course over the last 9-10 months and it lately seems that all I listen to is various branches of the metal tree. My current favourites would be Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Opeth, Lamb of God, Amon Amarth, At the Gates, In Flames, Machinehead and Insomnium. However everyday I seem to find a new band or a new type of metal that I like. I WISH I had done this years ago...however your never too old to jump in with both feet!