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  • Songs Recommendations (by neighbours)

    12 Dic 2009, 8:44 de Goldan

    Recommended Songs (sorted by most recommended songs)

    EscucharInto Morocco : Chorus of Tribes (Score = 9.4)
    EscucharChildren : Robert Miles (Score = 8.79)
    EscucharThe Sun : B-Tribe (Score = 8.29)
    Tears From The Moon (DJ Tiesto Rmx) : Conjure One (Score = 7.82)
    EscucharYears : Conjure One (Score = 7.56)
    EscucharAnimal I Have Become : Three Days Grace (Score = 7.07)
    EscucharMake a Wish : Conjure One (Score = 6.99)
    EscucharBeautiful (7" Canny mix) : Mandalay (Score = 6.74)
    EscucharIf Everyone Cared : Nickelback (Score = 6.32)
    EscucharLet Down : Chester Bennington (Score = 6.31)
    EscucharThrough Glass : Stone Sour (Score = 6.23)
    EscucharSleep : Conjure One (Score = 6.02)
    Before I Forget : Slipknot (Score = 5.78)
    EscucharGot the Life : KoЯn (Score = 5.76)
    EscucharBodies : Drowning Pool (Score = 5.61)
    EscucharCrawling In The Dark : Hoobastank (Score = 5.51)
    EscucharWithout You : Fauxliage (Score = 5.46)
    EscucharLet It Go : Fauxliage (Score = 5.46)
    EscucharAll The World : Fauxliage (Score = 5.46)
    EscucharJust Be Me : Kirsty Hawkshaw (Score = 5.46)
    EscucharLand of the Elves : Achillea (Score = 5.46)
    EscucharAmor - Parte II : Achillea (Score = 5.46)
    EscucharA Maria Santissima : Achillea (Score = 5.46)
    EscucharNever Too Late : Three Days Grace (Score = 5.39)
    Enjoy The Silence : Depeche Mode (Score = 5.21)
    EscucharInception : Chorus of Tribes (Score = 5.18)
    Rockstar : Nickelback (Score = 4.6)
    EscucharApologize : OneRepublic (Score = 4.45)
    EscucharEmotions of Paradise : Miro (Score = 4.42)
    EscucharBroken : 12 Stones (Score = 4.12)
    EscucharScars : Papa Roach (Score = 4.04)
    EscucharI Don't Care : Apocalyptica (Score = 3.98)
    EscucharMy Own Summer (Shove It) : Deftones (Score = 3.88)
    EscucharWhispers In The Dark : Skillet (Score = 3.83)
    EscucharRussia : Magna Canta (Score = 3.78)
    EscucharParanoid : Black Sabbath (Score = 3.78)
    EscucharThey Say : Scars on Broadway (Score = 3.75)
    EscucharThis Love : Maroon 5 (Score = 3.68)
    EscucharI Write Sins Not Tragedies : Panic at the Disco (Score = 3.64)
    EscucharThis Is The Life : Amy Macdonald (Score = 3.6)
    EscucharLost Sun : Blue Stone (Score = 3.52)
    EscucharVibing : Fauxliage (Score = 3.52)
    EscucharI Don't Care : Fall Out Boy (Score = 3.51)
    EscucharMr. Brightside : The Killers (Score = 3.46)
    EscucharComing Undone : KoЯn (Score = 3.29)
    EscucharGiving In : Adema (Score = 3.25)
    EscucharBled for Days : Static-X (Score = 3.25)
    Easy Rider : Deep & Wide (Score = 3.25)
    EscucharSea, Sand and Sun : Arnica Montana (Score = 3.25)
    EscucharLazy Loungin : Jo Manji (Score = 3.25)
    EscucharForty-two : Sonic Adventure Project (Score = 3.25)
    EscucharWithout You : YPEY (Score = 3.25)
    EscucharAnother Day : New Beginning (Score = 3.25)
    EscucharPrivate Session (25th mix) : Lovers Lane (Score = 3.25)
    EscucharHave a Smoke : DAB (Score = 3.25)
    EscucharImmortal : Adema (Score = 3.21)
    EscucharBroken Promises : Element Eighty (Score = 3.2)
    EscucharAdagio : Secret Garden (Score = 3.18)
    EscucharThe Pretender : Foo Fighters (Score = 3.17)
    EscucharShackera : Chorus of Tribes (Score = 3.14)
    Savin' Me : Nickelback (Score = 3.12)
    EscucharIf You Could Only See : Tonic (Score = 3.1)
    EscucharRock You Like A Hurricane : Scorpions (Score = 3.08)
    EscucharHero of War : Rise Against (Score = 3.07)
    EscucharSlide : Goo Goo Dolls (Score = 3.05)
    EscucharSunday Morning : Maroon 5 (Score = 3.05)
    EscucharUnwell : Matchbox Twenty (Score = 3.05)
    EscucharReborn : Stone Sour (Score = 3.05)
    EscucharShoots and Ladders : KoЯn (Score = 3.05)
    EscucharCrescent : Dead Can Dance (Score = 3.03)
    Knights of Cydonia : Muse (Score = 3.02)
    EscucharThe Messenjah : P.O.D. (Score = 3)
    EscucharИди в отмах : Lumen (Score = 3)
    EscucharBattle For The Sun : Placebo (Score = 2.99)
    EscucharFortitudo : Lesiëm (Score = 2.98)
    EscucharChemicals : Scars on Broadway (Score = 2.97)
    EscucharSpin : Revis (Score = 2.84)
    Tears Don't Fall : Bullet For My Valentine (Score = 2.83)
    EscucharDon't Cry : Guns N' Roses (Score = 2.82)
    Always : Saliva (Score = 2.82)
    EscucharSargasso Sea : Salt Tank (Score = 2.78)
    EscucharDraw My Life : Fauxliage (Score = 2.78)
    EscucharBy Your Side (Illinton Chilled Mix) : Miro (Score = 2.78)
    EscucharMagic : Fauxliage (Score = 2.78)
    EscucharTectonic Shift : Delerium (Score = 2.78)
    EscucharEndless Dream : Conjure One (Score = 2.71)
    Bleeding Me : Metallica (Score = 2.67)
    For Whom the Bell Tolls : Metallica (Score = 2.67)
    EscucharEric's Song : 12 Stones (Score = 2.67)
    EscucharRe-Education (Through Labor) : Rise Against (Score = 2.64)
    EscucharСид и Нэнси : Lumen (Score = 2.63)
    EscucharFreedom Cry : Deep Forest (Score = 2.62)
    EscucharHuman : The Killers (Score = 2.6)
    EscucharInvincible : Crossfade (Score = 2.6)
    EscucharParalyzer : Finger Eleven (Score = 2.57)
    EscucharCelebrity Skin : Hole (Score = 2.57)
    EscucharHow To Save A Life : The Fray (Score = 2.56)
    Hand of Blood : Bullet For My Valentine (Score = 2.53)
    EscucharReinventing Your Exit : Underoath (Score = 2.48)
    Psychosocial : Slipknot (Score = 2.47)

    Recommended Songs (sorted by most recommended artists)

    Tears From The Moon (DJ Tiesto Rmx) : Conjure One (Score = 7.82)
    EscucharYears : Conjure One (Score = 7.56)
    EscucharMake a Wish : Conjure One (Score = 6.99)
    EscucharSleep : Conjure One (Score = 6.02)
    EscucharEndless Dream : Conjure One (Score = 2.71)
    EscucharAll The World : Fauxliage (Score = 5.46)
    EscucharLet It Go : Fauxliage (Score = 5.46)
    EscucharWithout You : Fauxliage (Score = 5.46)
    EscucharVibing : Fauxliage (Score = 3.52)
    EscucharMagic : Fauxliage (Score = 2.78)
    EscucharDraw My Life : Fauxliage (Score = 2.78)
    EscucharGoodnight My Friend : Vertical Horizon (Score = 1.94)
    EscucharFamous : Vertical Horizon (Score = 1.94)
    EscucharWash Away : Vertical Horizon (Score = 1.94)
    EscucharCandyman : Vertical Horizon (Score = 1.94)
    EscucharAngel Without Wings : Vertical Horizon (Score = 1.94)
    EscucharFragments : Vertical Horizon (Score = 1.94)
    EscucharSunrays and Saturdays : Vertical Horizon (Score = 1.94)
    EscucharAnswer Me : Vertical Horizon (Score = 1.94)
    EscucharFalling Down : Vertical Horizon (Score = 1.94)
    EscucharHeart In Hand : Vertical Horizon (Score = 1.94)
    EscucharJapan : Vertical Horizon (Score = 1.94)
    EscucharCall it Even : Vertical Horizon (Score = 1.94)
    EscucharLife in the City : Vertical Horizon (Score = 1.94)
    EscucharInto Morocco : Chorus of Tribes (Score = 9.4)
    EscucharInception : Chorus of Tribes (Score = 5.18)
    EscucharShackera : Chorus of Tribes (Score = 3.14)
    EscucharLullaby : Chorus of Tribes (Score = 2.35)
    EscucharRain Song : Chorus of Tribes (Score = 2.18)
    EscucharThey Say : Scars on Broadway (Score = 3.75)
    EscucharChemicals : Scars on Broadway (Score = 2.97)
    EscucharSerious : Scars on Broadway (Score = 2.45)
    EscucharKill Each Other/Live Forever : Scars on Broadway (Score = 2.45)
    EscucharEnemy : Scars on Broadway (Score = 2.41)
    EscucharWhoring Streets : Scars on Broadway (Score = 2.41)
    EscucharExploding/Reloading : Scars on Broadway (Score = 2.18)
    World Long Gone : Scars on Broadway (Score = 2.14)
    EscucharIf Everyone Cared : Nickelback (Score = 6.32)
    Rockstar : Nickelback (Score = 4.6)
    Savin' Me : Nickelback (Score = 3.12)
    S.E.X. : Nickelback (Score = 2.25)
    Someday : Nickelback (Score = 2.04)
    EscucharSamurai : Juno Reactor (Score = 2.47)
    EscucharAngels and Men : Juno Reactor (Score = 2.47)
    EscucharConga Fury : Juno Reactor (Score = 2.47)
    EscucharKomit : Juno Reactor (Score = 2.47)
    EscucharMona Lisa Overdrive v2 : Juno Reactor (Score = 2.47)
    EscucharNavras : Juno Reactor (Score = 2.47)
    EscucharMasters of the Universe : Juno Reactor (Score = 2.47)
    EscucharGot the Life : KoЯn (Score = 5.76)
    EscucharComing Undone : KoЯn (Score = 3.29)
    EscucharShoots and Ladders : KoЯn (Score = 3.05)
    EscucharRight Now : KoЯn (Score = 2.47)
    EscucharWord Up! : KoЯn (Score = 2.47)
    EscucharA Maria Santissima : Achillea (Score = 5.46)
    EscucharLand of the Elves : Achillea (Score = 5.46)
    EscucharAmor - Parte II : Achillea (Score = 5.46)
    EscucharAnimal I Have Become : Three Days Grace (Score = 7.07)
    EscucharNever Too Late : Three Days Grace (Score = 5.39)
    EscucharWake Up : Three Days Grace (Score = 2.04)
    Enjoy The Silence : Depeche Mode (Score = 5.21)
    A Question Of Lust : Depeche Mode (Score = 2.13)
    It's No Good : Depeche Mode (Score = 2.13)
    I Feel You : Depeche Mode (Score = 2.13)
    EscucharBeautiful (7" Canny mix) : Mandalay (Score = 6.74)
    Not 17 (Attica Blues mix) : Mandalay (Score = 2.47)
    EscucharDeep Love (Nitin Sawhney remix) : Mandalay (Score = 2.33)
    EscucharTectonic Shift : Delerium (Score = 2.78)
    Silence (Michael Woods Remix) : Delerium (Score = 2.47)
    EscucharSilence (DJ Tiesto in Search of Sunrise remix) : Delerium (Score = 2.24)
    EscucharFlowers Become Screens : Delerium (Score = 2.09)
    EscucharThrough Glass : Stone Sour (Score = 6.23)
    EscucharReborn : Stone Sour (Score = 3.05)
    EscucharChildren : Robert Miles (Score = 8.79)
    EscucharThe Sun : B-Tribe (Score = 8.29)
    Before I Forget : Slipknot (Score = 5.78)
    Psychosocial : Slipknot (Score = 2.47)
    EscucharИди в отмах : Lumen (Score = 3)
    EscucharСид и Нэнси : Lumen (Score = 2.63)
    EscucharДетки : Lumen (Score = 2.47)
    EscucharHero of War : Rise Against (Score = 3.07)
    EscucharRe-Education (Through Labor) : Rise Against (Score = 2.64)
    Everchanging (acoustic) : Rise Against (Score = 2.08)
    EscucharBodies : Drowning Pool (Score = 5.61)
    EscucharAll Over Me : Drowning Pool (Score = 2.02)
    Tears Don't Fall : Bullet For My Valentine (Score = 2.83)
    Hand of Blood : Bullet For My Valentine (Score = 2.53)
    All These Things I Hate (Revolve Around Me) : Bullet For My Valentine (Score = 2.02)
    EscucharEmotions of Paradise : Miro (Score = 4.42)
    EscucharBy Your Side (Illinton Chilled Mix) : Miro (Score = 2.78)
    EscucharBroken : 12 Stones (Score = 4.12)
    EscucharEric's Song : 12 Stones (Score = 2.67)
    EscucharThis Love : Maroon 5 (Score = 3.68)
    EscucharSunday Morning : Maroon 5 (Score = 3.05)
    EscucharGiving In : Adema (Score = 3.25)
    EscucharImmortal : Adema (Score = 3.21)
    EscucharScars : Papa Roach (Score = 4.04)
    EscucharTake Me : Papa Roach (Score = 2.41)
    EscucharMy Own Summer (Shove It) : Deftones (Score = 3.88)
    EscucharChange (In the House of Flies) : Deftones (Score = 2.47)
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  • Podsumowanie 2009 (wciąż uaktualniane) - krótko i na temat.

    10 Dic 2009, 0:52 de Plum_Pie

    1. Wardruna - Runaljod – gap var Ginnunga



    Kto by się spodziewał,że Kvitrafn z Gorgoroth umie wydobyć ze swego umysłu takie dźwięki. Z black metalem to nic wspólnego nie ma, a płyta to wielka.
    LP jest Iwszą częścią trylogii "Runaljod". Używane są głównie stare i historyczne instrumenty, jak drumla, grzechotki z zębów i rogów jeleni i kozłów, flet, koźle i baranie rogi, liry, rozmaite bębny, wymienione wyżej hardingfele, nie wspominając już o elementach przyrody.
    Wypada polecić miłośnikom folku i ambientu, choć nie tylko. Numer jeden 2009 i to się nie zmieni.

    2. Faith and the Muse - ankoku butoh



    Cudowna płyta. Nowoczesna, a zarazem słychać wiadome naleciałości klimatu Christian Death + niezaprzeczalnie świetny wokal Moniki Richardson. Klimat nad płytą unosi się od pierwszych kawałków, od japońskich wpływów przez orient i dark rockowe powroty do czasów ChD po nieco teatralno Dresden Dollowskie "Kodama". Tytuł płyty to nazwa ekspresyjnego japońskiego tańca, a krótkie instrumentale próbują nijako tworzyć odpowiedni klimat. Może kawałki słuchane osobno nie są jakieś powalające, ale jako całość "Ankoku Butoh" jest dla mnie rewelacyjnym wydawnictwem.

    3. Heaven & Hell - The Devil You Know



    Bardzo czekałem na tą płytę. Zawsze uważałem,że DIO lepszy jest na wokalu w Black Sabbath od Osbourne'a. Jakoś tak po prostu ;) Zadziorny, lekko zachrypnięty wokal potrafiący wyciągnąć znaczne doły jak i wyżyny strun głosowych. No i płyta jest świetna, Iommiemu się chciało, to bardzo słychać. Świetny klimat, rewelacyjna okładka, profesjonalna produkcja i wyśmienita gra muzyków. Murowana trójka roku i to się też nie zmieni ;)

    4. Peter Bjärgö - A Wave of Bitterness



    Bardzo lubię wszystkie twory muzyczne pana Bjärgö. Po rozpadzie Dead Can Dance nikt na tyle blisko się do nich nie zbliżył jak właśnie jego Arcana. Peter oprócz swoich innych projektów zarówno metalowych jak i martial industrialowych pielęgnował Arcanę z wyśmienitym zeszłorocznym Raspail... teraz solowa płyta, która jest przepiękna. Jest to swego rodzaju hołd dla Brendana Perry z DCD, co słychać oczywiście, słychać także masę patentów z ostatniej Arcany.
    Brawo panie Piotrze.

    5. Natural Snow Buildings - Shadow Kingdom



    Właściwie powinienem napisać, że słyszałem w tym roku lepsze albumy... z tym, że coś wciąż mnie ciągnie do tej płyty. LP jest dwupłytowe, przy okazji bardzo długie. Bite 2 godziny 40 minut muzyki. Jak to opisać, ciężko powiedzieć. Na pierwszym planie z pewnością drony, w tle przesuwa się natomiast folkowa chmura nadająca melodykę całości... w powietrzu natomiast ambient. Dość słów, trzeba usłyszeć.

    6. Colosseum - Chapter 2: Numquam



    Zawsze lubiłem funeral doom metal. Niechętnie starałem się poprawiać tych, którzy nazywali funeralem My Dying Bride ;) Co prawda funeralem 2009 miał być nowy Void of Silence jednak problemy z wokalistą zrobiły swoje.
    Nie ma się co rozpisywać co do tej płyty, wolne funeralowe walce, harmonika, growle + czyste wokale... kieliszek wina w dłoń, słuchawy na głowę i do słuchania.


    7. Callisto - Providence



    Właściwie to smętne jest nieco ;) Na początku roku jednak u mnie widniało w czołówce wydawnictw. Dziwnie oniryczno-bajkowa płyta... jak na post metalową grupę. Sporo czystych wokali, wyśmienite pomysły, klimat... trzeba posłuchać i nie dać się znudzić ;) Płyta odkrywa swoje piękno po krótkim czasie.

    8. A Storm of Light - Forgive Us Our Trespasses



    Uwielbiam tą kapelę. Łączy wszystko to co chciałbym słyszeć w post metalu.Mamy wszystko - kopa w dupę, doomowe kawalkady, świetne zgranie i melodie. Bardzo klimatyczna płyta. No i ten artwork!

    9. The Eden House - Smoke & Mirrors



    Cudo. Pod nazwą Eden House kryją się panowie grający wcześniej w m.in. This Burning Effigy i Fields of the Nephilim, Na wokalach piękne kobiece głosy - m.in. z All About Eve czy faith & the muse.Wydawnictwo ocieka klimatem, muzyka przesycona duchem nieodżałowanych FotN. Może i nie jest mega oryginalne i "ambitne" jednak obcowanie ze "Smoke & Mirrors" to czysta przyjemność.

    Będą dwa miejsca 10-te, nie mogłem się zdecydować.

    10.1 Atrium Carceri - Phrenitis



    Nowe Atrium Carceri walczyło o prym z nowym New Risen Throne, ale dało radę ;)
    Cold Meat Industry zawsze śmiesznie opisuje ich płyty, tutaj napisali,że

    "The ruinous cities of wars long past, where time itself is but a prisoner and the warlords roaming their purgatorial halls are free to destroy the very foundations of the natural order."

    LOL i tony marketingowego kiczu, cóż z tego skoro wyśmienite.

    10.2 Arktau Eos - Ai Ma Ra



    Limitowane do 1000 sztuk 2 płyty dark ambientowej uczty, a właściwie powinienem chyba napisać - rytualne drony - eh te gatunki :P
    Odsłuch obowiązkowo wieczorem/w nocy i obowiązkowo w słuchawkach.Piękne.
    Ponad 140 minut muzyki - przez użycie dość "obskurnych" instrumentów podobne do klasycznego Zero Karma. Baaardzo dobry kawałek ambientu, ciężko powiedzieć czy to czy AC zasługuje na samodzielną 10tkę - to bardzo różne płyty.




    Minusy muzyczne roku :

    - beznadziejne płyty tuzów martial industrialu
    - brak czasu na odsłuch większej ilości wydawnictw
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  • Is anyone here worth talking to? No? Didn't think so.

    9 Dic 2009, 22:49 de humorbot

    What the fuck is wrong with people?
    "Everything?"
    Yeah, yeah, I meant apart from that.

    Just conversing with a friend about the original nationality of Fosters beer via facebook (not my preferred method of communication, I assure you.)
    Some fag comes on and says "WHO CARES lol".


    What the FUCK is that?
    Honestly, do you walk up to people talking on the street and yell in their ears "WHO CARES"
    It used to be that, that was a fucking point, but nowadays, chances are you probably do.
    At least I can get satisfaction from the fact that you can't maintain an erection, you often feel like a woman stuck in a man's body and you look like this:



    Of course to make this relevant, I'll point out that it happens here too.
    I'm discussing whether or not shitty Backspacer is shit or not and some fool turns up going "Hey, shut der fuck up, ur like the guyz on the Metallica page arguing over nothing. SWEAR MOR!"

    It used to be that all these guys were 12 years old...

    Let me go over this for you shits, if it's not going to be entertaining to you, me or anyone else, why the fuck are you saying it?
    It's pretty fucking obvious who cares and it's pretty fucking obvious that we're not arguing over nothing.

    Next time you feel like saying some useless shit like that, ironically something people care even less about, why don't you turn off your computer, turn to your fat ugly wife and say "I want a divorce".
    You'll be a lot happier and so will I.


    I'll post the time and date of the very first unoriginal comment saying "Who cares?" or "You're talking about nothing".


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  • Black Sabbath without Ozzy.

    8 Dic 2009, 1:59 de BFD31095

    1978, Never Say Die is released and Ozzy Osbourne leaves the band to start his lacking solo career. With a new singer, Iommi and Cia. release Heaven And Hell in 1980. That would be the start of a long series of albums with many diferent line-ups.


    Heaven And Hell (1980, Ronnie James Dio)
    You can't go wrong with Dio (and Iommi, and Geezer, and Ward). Heavier and more technical (and melodic) than their Ozzy-era albums, HAH shows us a new Black Sabbath.
    Highlights: Neon Knights, Lady Evil, Heaven And Hell, Die Young.
    Rating: 99/100.

    Mob Rules (1981, Ronnie James Dio)
    A worthy follow-up to HAH, although nothing new in general. Basically it follows the same style as the previous. The great Vinny Apice is replacing the greater Bill Ward, and he does a good job.
    Highlights: Voodoo, The Mob Rules, Country Girl.
    Rating: 94/100.

    Born Again (1983, Ian Gillan)
    Gone are both Dio and Apice, enter Ian Gillan (of Deep Purple fame) and Bill Ward. The production here is horrible, but that can’t ruin the great songs, much more chaotic than any Sabbath song up to this point. Gillan is screaming throughout the whole album. The last two songs are good, but filler when compared to the rest of the album.
    Highlights: Trashed, Disturbing The Priest, Zero The Hero, Born Again.
    Rating: 96/100.

    Seventh Star (1986, Glenn Hughes)
    With Iommi being the only original member left, and the amazing Glenn Hughes (ex-Deep Purple) handling vocal duties, Seventh Star is the most different album in their career. Lacking the heaviness of previous albums, SS focus on melody. One of the best albums of 1986, no doubt.
    Highlights: In For The Kill, No Stranger To Love, Seventh Star, Angry Heart.
    Rating: 97/100.

    The Eternal Idol (1987, Tony Martin)
    The first of many albums with Tony Martin, in my opinion the second best singer to pass through Sabbath. The heaviness is back, but the melodic side remains.
    Highlights: The Shining, Eternal Idol.
    Rating: 93/100.

    Headless Cross (1989, Tony Martin)
    Absolute masterpiece. Now with legendary drummer Cozy Powell, and dealing mostly with Satanism and the occult, HC has everything one could want from Iommi. Great riffs, memorable choruses and a perfect title track. Heavy and melodic and amazing.
    Highlights: Headless Cross, When Death Calls.
    Rating: 99/100.

    TYR (1990, Tony Martin)
    Even better than HC, TYR is heavier and more melodic, with some tracks being power metal (although The Sabbath Stones is doom). Crushing riffs and wonderful choruses, with an epic feel. In my opinion, the best BS album without Ozzy.
    Highlights: Anno Mundi, The Law Maker, Jerusalem, The Battle of Tyr/Odin’s Court/Valhalla.
    Rating: 99/100.

    Dehumanizer (1992, Ronnie James Dio)
    With the same line-up as Mob Rules, Dehumanizer is the heaviest of all BS albums. Mostly mid-paced, with a doom feeling, the riffs destroy everything on their way. Still, some of the songs stand up as true monuments to Iommi’s greatness.
    Highlights: Computer God, After All, TV Crimes, Master Of Insanity, Time Machine, I.
    Rating: 96/100.

    Cross Purposes (1994, Tony Martin)
    Dio and Apice leave the band again, being replaced by Tony Martin and Bobby Rondinelli. Focusing on a more doom side, CP marks the beginning of the end for Sabbath, with some boring songs here and then.
    Highlights: I Witness, Cross Of Thorns, Psycophobia.
    Rating: 86/100.

    Forbidden (1995, Tony Martin)
    The last album under the BS moniker, it is not a very memorable one. Sure, it is still good, but that is it. Crappy production by some crappy rapper, Ice-T features on the opening song, the first and (hopefully) last bad song in their catalogue. There are some gems here, and the album is underrated, but overall it could be better.
    Highlights: Shaking Off The Chains, Rusty Angels, Forbidden.
    Rating: 78/100.


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  • Sunn O))) @ Stereo, Glasgow, 6/12/09

    8 Dic 2009, 0:03 de BlackSabbath86

    Sun 6 Dec – Sunn O))) Monoliths & Dimensions UK Tour

    HEAVY. AS. FUCK.

    (((O)))

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  • Every band I have ever seen

    7 Dic 2009, 12:45 de gazztwhite

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    4 or 5 Magicians
    6 Day Riot
    (hed)p.e
    (Spunge)
    .moneen. x2
    …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
    Colon Open Bracket
    ¡Forward, Russia! x5
    20/20 Vision x2
    27 (the Band)
    2 Many DJs
    36 Crazyfists x3
    400 Blows
    50 Cent
    586
    65 days of static x3
    7 Decisions
    A Life Once Lost
    A Silent Film x6
    A Static Lullaby
    A Stranger In Moscow
    Aconite Thrill
    Action Plan
    Acrylics
    Aftersparks
    AFI
    Agents of Man
    Aiden
    Aisle 22
    AJ Moore
    Alessi’s Ark x3
    Alexisonfire x11
    Alkaline Trio x3
    All I Need
    Alligance
    Allister
    All Time Low
    Along Came Man
    Alto Elite
    Alvarez Kings
    Amen x2
    America Is Waiting
    American Eyes
    Amount to Nothing
    Amplifier x2
    Andrew Ferris
    An Emergency x2
    Angels & Airwaves x2
    Angry Vs The Bear
    Anison
    Anna Calvi x4
    Anna Leddra-Chapman
    Anonymous Tip
    anti flag
    AntiKid
    Apache Beat
    Apartment 26
    Apples
    Arcade Fire
    Arch Enemy
    Architects x3
    Aret x2
    armour for sleep x 3
    Art Brut x6
    As I Lay Dying
    Ash x 4
    Ashdowne
    Ashxyz
    Assembly Now x9
    As Worlds Collide
    Atreyu x2
    Attack In Black
    Attack! Vipers!
    Audio Bullys
    August Burns Red
    Autonomy
    Avenged Sevenfold x3
    Babyshambles
    Baddies
    Barefoot Confessor
    Basskniv3s
    Bat for Lashes
    Battle
    Bayside x2
    Baysix
    Beach House
    Be A Familiar
    Bears of Labrador
    Beat Union x2
    Beck x2
    Belle Humble
    Benji, Dappa Stevie, DJ Dee, F-Nesia, Lady Blaze, Mampi Swift, Manikular, Marcus Intalex, Poison Flow
    Betty and the Werewolves
    Be Your Own Pet
    Biffy Clyro x6
    Billy Talent x2
    Blackbeard
    Black Daniel
    Blackhole x5
    Black Sabbath x2
    Black Wire
    BlakFish
    bleech
    Bleeding Through
    Blind To
    BlindStorm
    Bloc Party x5
    Blood Roses x4
    Blur
    Bombay Bicycle Club
    Bo Ningen
    Boom In The Diamond Industry
    Born Blonde
    Boy Crisis
    Boy Did Good
    boysetsfire
    Boys Like Girls x2
    BoysNightOut
    Brand New x 7
    Brandon Steep x3
    Bridgette Amofah
    Bright Eyes
    British Sea Power
    Broken Jack
    Broken Records x 2
    Bruce Springsteen
    Buck 65 x5
    Bullet For My Valentine x3
    Caesars
    Cage the Elephant x2
    Cains Mark
    Calories
    Caliban
    Cajun Dance Party
    Cancer Batsx4
    Canterbury x2
    Capdown x3
    Capitals x2
    Captain
    Car-Bomb Dating
    Cardia x2
    Caretaker
    Cars as Weapons
    Cartel
    Cassette Baby
    Cat The Dog x2
    Cedars
    centre negative x2
    Cheeky Cheeky and the Nosebleeds
    Chester Kamen
    Chew Lips
    Chicks on Speed
    Chikinki
    Chimaira
    Chinese Finger Trap
    Chiodos x2
    Chrome Hoof
    Circa Survive x2
    Cicuits
    Citadels
    city royals
    Classic Case
    Clocks
    Cobra Starship
    Cock N Bull Kid
    Coheed and Cambria x8
    Colour of Fire
    Comeback Kid x2
    Comic, Boy!
    Communique
    Copeland
    Colour x2
    Cousin Joey
    Crackout
    Cry for Silence x5
    Cuba Cuba
    Cursive x 2
    Cute Is What We Aim For x2
    Cut The Blue Wire x4
    Danko Jones x2
    Danny And The Champions Of The World
    Dariush Rashidi x3
    Dashboard Confessional x2
    Data. Select. Party x 5
    Dave House x4
    Dave Melillo
    Devendra Banhart
    Days in December x2
    Days of Grace x7
    Days of Worth
    Dead Kids
    Dead Sea Scrolls
    Deadweight x3
    Deaf School
    Death Cab for Cutie x4
    Death From Above 1979
    Defenistration
    Deftones x2
    Desa
    Detroit Social Club
    Devil Sold His Soul
    Dillenger Escape Plan
    Dilutrial
    Dimbleby and Capper
    Director
    Dirty Perfect
    Distophia x2
    Distorted Tones x 2
    Disturbed
    Dive Dive x 6
    Dividing The Line
    Dizzee Rascal
    DJ Format
    DJ Krazy Glue
    DJ Nobody
    Dodgy
    Does It Offend You, Yeah? x3
    Do Me Bad Things
    Dopamine
    DragonForce
    dredg
    Drew McConnell
    Drive By
    Drive Like You Stole It
    Dropkick Murphys
    Dufus
    Dustins Bar Mitvah
    dusty sound system
    Editors x3
    Eighteen Visions x2
    Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster x2
    Eisley
    Electric Eel Shock
    Elle Milano
    Elle S’appelle
    Ellie Goulding
    Emmy the Great
    End of Days
    Engerica x2
    Enjoy Destroy
    Enter Shikari x 4
    Envy on the Coast
    Epiphany
    Evergreen Terrace
    Everytime I Die
    Example
    Exit Ten
    Facade
    Failsafe
    Fall Out Boy x3
    Fan Death
    Far
    Farse
    Fat Sue
    Feedback
    Fei Comodo x2
    Fell City Girl x7
    Fenech Soler
    Fields
    Fighting With Fire
    Fightstar x3
    Filthy Dukes
    Final-light
    Finch x4
    Findlay Brown
    Fionn Regan
    Fireapple Red
    Firebrand
    First Signs Of Frost
    Flash Flash Flash Photography x2
    Fleet Foxes
    Fletcher
    Florence and The Machine x2
    Foals
    Flood of Red x2
    Foo Fighters
    For a Minor Reflection
    Forget Cassettes
    Forgive Durden
    Four Year Strong x2
    Francois
    Frank Turner x3
    Franz Ferdinand
    Free Fall x2
    Friendly Fires x 2
    Frightened Rabbit
    From Autumn to Ashes x3
    From First to Last
    From the Shards of Comets!
    Fuck Buttons
    Funeral for a Friend x5
    Further Seems Forever
    Furthest Drive Home x4
    Future of the Left x3
    Gallows x4
    Gama Bomb
    Gaslight Anthem x 2
    Gavin Osborne
    George Coutsoudis
    Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly x9
    Glamour Of The Kill
    Glassjaw x2
    Glass.Lightsx2
    Go:Audio
    Go It Alone
    God Forbid
    Gogol Bordello
    Golden Silvers x2
    Goldfinger
    Goldie Lookin' Chain x2
    Goldrush
    Gold Sounds
    Good Books
    Goodbye Stereo
    Good Shoes x3
    Grammatics
    Gratitude x3
    Green Day
    Guildean Gang x3
    Guillemots x2
    Guns to Cavier
    Gym Class Heroes x2
    H2O
    Hadouken!
    Halflight
    Halifax
    Happy Penguin Hungry Bear x2
    Hard-Fi
    Hatcham Social
    Hatebreed
    Haven
    Hawthorne Heights
    Head Automatica
    Heartsunderfire
    Heat from a dead star
    Heaven Shall Burn
    HEDROOM x5
    Hell Is for Heroes x4
    Hellogoodbye x2
    Hello Saferide
    Help She Cant Swim!
    Hey Monday
    Hidden in Plain View x2
    Hiding With Girls x2
    Hi-Tech Jet
    Hit the Lights x3
    Hockey
    Holiday In Hawai'i
    Hollywood Ending
    Holton's Opulent Oog
    Holy Fuck
    Home Grown x 2
    Hondo Maclean X 4
    Hoodlums
    Hopesfall x3
    hospitality
    Hot Hot Heat
    Hot Puppies
    House of Brothers x4
    Howard Alias
    Howling Bells x2
    Hundred Reasons x5
    Hush the Many
    I Am The Avalance
    I Am Vexed
    I Had An Inkling
    I Love Polan
    Ida Maria
    Idiot Pilot x5
    Idlewild
    Iggy And The Stooges
    Ignite
    Ikara Colt
    Íll Ninó
    Imicus
    Incubus x3
    Instruction x2
    Intentions of an Asteroid
    In the Black
    Ionica
    Iron Maiden
    itch
    I Was a Cub Scout
    JACK’S MANNEQUIN
    Jackson United
    Jacob Golden
    Jacob Stories x3
    Jali Fily Cissokho
    James Blunt
    Jamie T x2
    Jarcrew x2
    Jarius x2
    Jay Picton
    JD Perfect
    Jeremy Warmsley x2
    Jerry Built
    Jerry Dammers Spatial AKA Ensemble
    Jetplane Landing x4
    Jimmy Eat World x4
    Jim Noir
    John Martyn
    John Vanderslice x2
    Johnny Foreigner x2
    Johnny Truant x3
    Jonni Rice
    Jonquil
    JOR x2
    Julian Perretta
    Juliette and the Licks
    Junk Monkey
    Jurassic 5
    Just Surrender
    Kait0
    Kaowin x2
    Karl Blau
    Kate Aumonier
    KC
    KEIKO
    Kenai
    Kenelis
    Kevin Devine
    Kid Carpet
    Kids In Glass Houses x4
    Kidsnearwater
    Kill Hannah
    Kill Kenada
    Kill Raimis
    Killswitch Engage
    Kill The Arcade x3
    Kinch
    Kinesis
    King Adora
    King Creosote
    Kings of Leon
    Klaxons x2
    Klima
    Kula Shaker
    Kurran and the wolfnotes
    Kyte x2
    Lady And The Lost Boys x2
    Lady Sovereign
    Lament
    Lamplight
    Larrikin Love x2
    Last Nights Recital
    Laura Marling
    Left With Pictures
    Lethal Bizzle
    Lets Tea Party
    LEVY
    Lights
    Lights, Action!
    Lights And Sounds x9
    Lightspeed Championx2
    Lightyear
    Like A Theif
    Lily Allen
    Lion Club
    Lioness
    Lions
    Lisa Lindley-Jones
    Little Death x3
    Little Dragon
    Little Sister
    Little Victories
    Lloyd Williams x2
    Look I’m A Ghost
    Look See Proof
    Lost Alone
    Lostprophets x2
    Louis Souyave
    Love Ends Disaster!
    Love Is All
    Lovvers
    loyal trooper
    Lucky 7
    Lucy & the Caterpillar x5
    Luke Leighfield
    Luke Pickett
    Lulu and the Lamshades
    Lupen Crook
    Lynchpin
    Machine Head x3
    Madina Lake x2
    Madness x8
    Mae
    Mahumodo
    Maia Hirasawa
    Make Her Cry
    Man Like Me x12
    Manic
    Maps
    Marillion
    Marilyn Manson
    Marina & the Diamonds
    Mastodon
    Matchbook Romance x 2
    Matt Vinyl
    Max Raptor
    Mayday Parade x2
    MC Lars x 6
    Mean Creek
    Meateye and Dilion
    Meg & Dia
    Members of the public x5
    Men
    Men, Women & Children x3
    Metallica x2
    Me vs Hero
    mewithoutYoux2
    Me My Head
    MGMT
    Miazma
    Micachu and the Shapes
    Midas Trick
    Midasuno
    Midday Morning
    Midnight Juggernauts
    Midtown
    Milke
    Million Dead x4
    Mindless Self Indulgence
    Mínus
    Miss Black America
    Missing Andy
    mistakes.in.animation
    Modest Mouse
    Mogwai
    Mohair
    Monroe
    Monroes Heart
    Morrisons Steam Fayre
    Morrissey x2
    Motion City Soundtrack x4
    Muchuu
    Mr derry
    Mudvayne
    mumra
    Munch Munch
    Murder One
    Muswell
    MxPx
    My American Heart
    My Awesome Compilation x8
    My Chemical Romance x5
    My Coma x 2
    My Dad Joe
    My Echo
    My Last Mistake
    My Latest Novel
    My Luminaries
    My Red Cell
    My Passion
    Mylo
    Mystery Jets
    N3ar Lif3 Expri3n3c3 x3
    Nagatha Krusti x2
    Narcissism
    Narration
    Natalie Ross
    Neaeta
    Neat Science
    Neil Young
    New Found Glory x3
    New Idea Society
    New Rhodes
    Newton Faulkner
    Nickleback
    Nightmare of You x2
    Nine Black Alpsx2
    No Comply
    Noisy Pig
    No junk no soul
    Nora
    Norton Money
    Not Katies
    No-Where Fast
    Ocean Colour Scene
    OK Go
    Olympic Lifts
    One Day Elliott
    One Toy Soldier
    Onions for Eyes
    Open Hand
    Orko
    Oswalk
    Outcry Collective
    Out Cry Fire x2
    Out of Sight
    outl4w
    P.M.T
    P.Y.E
    Paige x2
    Panama Kings x4
    Panic! At the Disco x3
    Papa Roach
    Paramore x 3
    Paris Trading
    Parrellels
    Parkway Drive
    Passion Pit
    Paul Marshall x3
    Paul Steel
    Pavilion x3
    PDHM
    Penfold Gate
    Pennines
    Perfect Machine
    Peter Conaty
    Pet Shop Boys
    Pharoahs
    Phinus Gage x2
    Piebald x2
    Pink Grease
    Pink Spiders
    Pint Shot Riot
    Pitchshifter
    Pixies
    PLAIN WHITE T’S x2
    Planes Mistaken for Stars
    Plugs
    Pogues
    Poison the Well x2
    Pop Up Choir
    Prego
    Pretty Girls Make Graves
    Public Relations Exercise
    Puggy
    Pulled Apart By Horses
    Pull Tiger Tail x2
    Punch Puppets
    Pure Rubbish
    Queens of the Stone Age
    Queen of Swords
    Rage Against the Machine
    Radiohead
    Raging Speedhorn
    Ralfe Band
    Ra Ra Riot
    Razorlight
    Rbap
    Reason 69
    Recover
    Red Lights Flash
    Redjetson
    Reemer
    Regina Spektor
    R.E.M
    remainderfour
    Revere
    Richard Walters x3
    Ricky Rude
    rig up explosive x5
    Right Turn Left
    Rilo Kiley
    Rise Against x3
    Rival Schools x2
    Rob Skipper & The Musical Differences x2
    Rocketchild
    Rodney Fisher
    Rolo Tomassi
    Rookie
    Roses Are Red
    Ro-Sham-Bo
    Royal Treatment Plant
    Royworld
    rueben x4
    Run Toto Run
    Rushes
    Rx Bandits
    S.U.M.P
    Saint Rose
    Sam Isaac x11
    Saosin x3
    Saves the Day
    Saving Aimee x3
    Say Anything x3
    Scaramanga Six
    Scarlet O Haras
    Scarlett & Viva
    Schism
    Scholars
    Scissor Sisters
    Seal Cub Clubbing Club x2
    Sean Clothier x2
    Sea Sick Steve
    Second in Line
    Secondsmile
    Seeing Scarlet
    Send More Paramedics
    Senses Fail
    Seraphidian
    Serena Joy
    Serj Tankian
    Seth Lakeman
    Set Your Goals
    Seven Sided Dice x2
    Sextodecimo x2
    Shadows Fall x2
    Shady Bard
    Shaped by Fate
    Shapes
    Sharks
    sHe’S a bOy
    Shiny Toy Guns
    Shitdisco x2
    Short Warning x2
    Shouting Myke x 6
    Shy Child
    Sick of It All
    Sierra Alpha
    Sigur Ros
    SikTh x 5
    Silversky
    Silverstein x3
    Simple Reason
    Skeletons And The Empty Pockets x2
    Skindred x2
    Sky Larkin x2
    Slayer
    Slingshot Around the Moon
    Slipknot x2
    Smilex x2
    Snowbird
    Soft Toy Emergency
    Something Corporate
    Soulfly x2
    Sparta x2
    Spectrum 7
    Spinal Tap
    Spitalfield x3
    Spot
    Spycatcher x2
    Stars and Sons
    State Radio
    Steegal
    Steel Rules Die
    Steel Train
    Stereo MC’s
    Straylight Run x3
    Streetlight Manifesto
    Strike Anywhere
    stornoway
    Submerce
    Subsource
    Sucioperro
    Suga Coma
    Sugarcult
    Suitable Case for Treatment
    Sunfactor
    sunnyvale noise sub-element
    Sunplayer
    Sunset Cinema Club
    Switches
    Sylosis x2
    Taint x2
    Taking Back Sunday x8
    Tam Walker
    Tartfuel
    Team Sleep
    Ted Maul
    Telegraphs x2
    Television Personalities
    Tellson x6
    Templeton Pek
    Tenacious D
    That Fateful Day
    The Academy Is…
    The All-American Rejects
    The Anomolies x2
    The Armistice
    The Ataris x2
    The Attika State
    The Audition x 3
    The Automatic x 3
    the band that opened for gratitude on the 11/7/05 @ the barfly anyone know their name?
    The girl who opened for Bears of Labrador at Water Rats 26/11/08 name anyone?
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    The Bad Robots
    The Baron and The General
    The BBC's
    The Beasts Of Eden
    The Bishops
    The Black Apples
    The Black Label Society
    The Black Maria
    The Blackout x2
    The Bledx2
    The Blockheads
    The Blood Brothers x3
    The Blueprint
    The Boxer Rebelion
    The Boy Least Likely To
    The Bright Space
    The Bronxx2
    The Brute Chorus
    The Budda Cakes
    The Charlie Parkers x2
    The Clik Clik
    The Colour Fred x2
    The Computers
    The Crimea x3
    The Cult Of Luna
    the dellas
    The Departure
    The Drug Squad x2
    The E Band
    The Early November x2
    The Edmund Fitzgerald
    The Eldore Parade
    The Electric City
    The Elementals
    The Epstein
    The Fay Wrays
    The Fencotte Disaster
    The Fiery Furnaces
    The Fight
    The Flack
    The Forgiven
    The Frantic
    The Future
    The Futreheads x2
    The Gadsdens x3
    The Getaway Team
    The Get Up Kids x2
    The Girls
    The Go! Team x2
    The Ghost of a Thousand x3
    The Ghost Frequency
    The Golden Filter
    The Grates
    The Half Rabbits
    the halo friendlies x 2
    The Hat
    The Haunts
    The Hazey Janes
    The Hives
    The Holiday Plan
    The Holloways
    The Honary Title
    The Hurt Process x4
    The Johnsons
    The Joy Formidable
    The Junior Varsity
    The Keitels
    The Killers x2
    The King Blues
    The Kissaway Trail
    The Kooks
    The Last Detail
    The Last Man Standing
    The Laurell Collective x2
    The Leaders
    The Le Brocks
    The Lemonheads
    The Liars
    The Libertines
    The Long Blondes
    The Long Insiders
    The Lucky Nine x2
    The Maccabbes x 2
    The Magic Numbers x2
    The Magnificents
    The Maple State x4
    The Mars Patrol
    The Mars Volta
    The Matches
    The Misnomer
    The Molotovs x3
    The Morning After
    The Morrons
    The Motorettes x2
    The Movielife
    The Nervous Wreckords
    The New Town Centres
    The New York Fund
    The Nova States
    The Offspring
    The Once Over Twice
    The Operators
    The Ordinary Boys x2
    The Pigeon Detectives
    The Pipettes x2
    The Polyphonic Spree
    The Preludes
    The Raid
    The Rakes
    The Rapture x2
    the ravonettes
    The Real McKenzies
    The Receiving End of Sirens
    The Rifles
    The Riverclub
    The Rivers
    The Rock of Travolta
    The Runners
    The Rural Tradition
    The Sand Creek Massacre
    The Schla La La’s
    The Scrape
    The Shaker Heights x2
    The Shortwave Set
    The Skies
    The Sleeping
    The Smoking Seasons
    The Solvents
    The Specials
    The Spill Canvas
    The Sprites
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    The Steers x2
    The Streets
    The Subways x3
    The Sunshine Underground
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    The Title Sequence
    The Tommys
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    The Used x3
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    This Et Al
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    This Morning After
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    This Town Needs Guns x4
    thisGIRL x 3
    This Is Hell
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    Through Silence x2
    Thumb
    Thursday x3
    Tired Irie
    Tokyo Dragons
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    To My Boy
    Tonight Is Goodbye x2
    Tony Moore
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    Trencher
    Trigger the Bloodshed
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    Tsuanami Bomb
    Travis
    Treetop Flyers
    Trivium
    Tubelord x 4
    Tumbledown Estate
    Turbulence x4
    Turin Brakes
    Twelve Tribes x2
    Twice Upon a Time
    Twin Atlantic x9
    Twisted Charm
    Two Day Rule x2
    Twofold x2
    Tyrannosaurus Alan
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    Underoath x2
    Under the Igloo
    unsung hero
    Urusen
    Useless I.D
    Utah Rangers
    Vampire Weekend
    Vega 4
    Vendetta Red
    Verbel Kink x2
    Vibrants
    villareal
    Vince LDN
    Violent Delight
    Viva Voce
    Voicst
    VV Brown
    Walking Concert
    Walter Schreifels
    Wargasm
    Waterdown
    We Are Scientists x4
    We Are The Ocean x5
    WeHaveAGetAway x2
    We’re Not Superheroes Anymore
    We Start Fires
    Wet Paint
    We Were Promised Jetpacks
    What Would Jesus Drive? x2
    Will Haven
    William
    William Wolfe Hogan
    With Hands in His Pockets
    Wolfmother
    Wrong Animal
    X is Loaded x2
    Xmas Lights
    Y
    Year Zero
    You Me At Six x 3
    Yourcodenameis:milo x5
    Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies x6
    Zarif
    Zebrahead
    Zero 7
    Zico chain x3
    Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer
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  • Favorite / Best Albums of Each Year: 2008 - 1959

    7 Dic 2009, 0:17 de Ozzloaf

    The 70's killed me! Sorry about that... I really just couldn't choose for a lot of these, sorry...

    2009 - Still undecided... ( Mono - Hymn to the Immortal Wind, maudlin of the Well - Part the Second, Mastodon - Crack the Skye... ?)

    2008 - Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale / Deathspell Omega - Veritas Diaboli in Manet Aeternum: Chaining the Katechon EP

    2007 - Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum <- This year was about as good as the 70's but DSO came out on top. Special mention for Ulver...

    2006 - Negură Bunget - Om / Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain / [artistThe Ruins of Beverast - Rain Upon the Impure

    2005 - Opeth - Ghost Reveries / Deathspell Omega - Kenose EP

    2004 - Deathspell Omega - Si Monvmentvm Reqvires, Circvmspice

    2003 - Kayo Dot - Choirs of the Eye / Opeth - Damnation

    2002 - Sigur Rós - ( ) / Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors / Agalloch - The Mantle / Porcupine Tree - In Absentia <- Another great year!

    2001 - Opeth - Blackwater Park / maudlin of the Well - Leaving your Bodymap / Bath

    2000 - Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven! / Weakling - Dead As Dreams / Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun / Ulver - Perdition City

    1999 - Opeth - Still Life

    1998 - Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse

    1997 - Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk / Radiohead - OK Computer / Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F♯A♯∞

    1996 - Neurosis - Through Silver in Blood / Burzum - Filosofem / Katatonia - Brave Murder Day

    1995 - Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways / Meshuggah - Destroy Erase Improve / Ulver - Kelvdssanger

    1994 - Ulver - Bergatt: Et eeventyr i 5 capitler / Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse / Jeff Buckley - Grace / Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas

    1993 - Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss / Cynic - Focus / Slowdive - Souvlaki

    1992 - Alice in Chains - Dirt / Änglagård - Hybris

    1991 - My Bloody Valentine - Loveless / Atheist - Unquestionable Presence / Death - Human

    1990 - Naked City - Naked City / Psychotic Waltz - A Social Grace / Atheist - A Piece of Time / Lustmord - Heresy

    1989 - The Cure - Disintegration / Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness / Voivod - Nothingface

    1988 - Metallica - ...And Justice for All

    1987 - Dead Can Dance - Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun

    1986 - Metallica - Master of Puppets

    1985 - Tom Waits - Rain Dogs

    1984 - Arvo Pärt - Tabula Rasa / Metallica - Ride the Lightning

    1983 - Bacamarte - Depois Do Fim

    1982 - King Crimson - Beat / Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast / Rush - Signals <- Pretty freaking bad year.

    1981 - King Crimson - Discipline

    1980 - Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell

    1979 - Pink Floyd - The Wall

    1978 - Rush - Hemispheres (I can't believe I had to give Rush that year... Shows how mediocre the year was)

    1977 - Pink Floyd - Animals

    1976 - Rainbow - Rising / Camel - Moonmadness / Van der Graaf Generator - Still Life

    1975 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

    1974 - King Crimson - Red

    1973 - Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

    1972 - Yes - Close to the Edge

    1971 - To hard to choose just 1... see below.

    1970 - Black Sabbath - Paranoid / Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

    1969 - King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King: An Observation by King Crimson / The Beatles - Abbey Road

    1968 - The Zombies - Odyssey and Oracle

    1967 - The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (but also Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Leonard Cohen, The Doors, The Velvet Underground, etc.)

    1966 - The Beatles - Revolver (special mention to Bob Dylan and Frank Zappa)

    1965 - The Beatles - Rubber Soul / John Coltrane - A Love Supreme / Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited

    1964 - The Beatles - Hard Day's Night (only because it's the only album I've ever heard from this year. It's a pretty mediocre album...)

    1963 - Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady

    1962 - John Coltrane - Olé Coltrane

    1961 - Yusef Lateef - Eastern Sounds

    1960 - Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain

    1959 - Miles Davis - Kind of Blue


    So hard to choose for some of those!!! Look at the amazingness the 70's produced!

    1975 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here / Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti / Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks / Van der Graaf Generator - Godbluff / Queen - A Night at the Opera / Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All / Camel - The Snow Goose / Black Sabbath - Sabotage / Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte ... And more.

    1974 - King Crimson - Red / Yes - Relayer / Camel - Mirage / Magma - Köhntarkösz / Focus - Hamburger Concerto ... and way more!

    1973 - Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon / King Crimson - Larks' Tongue in Aspic / Genesis - Selling England by the Pound / The Who - Quadrophenia / Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath / Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire / Magma - Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh ... and so many more!!!

    1972 - Yes - Close to the Edge / Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick / David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars / Nick Drake - Pink Moon / Deep Purple - Machine Head / Genesis - Foxtrot / Wishbone Ash - Argus / Premiata Forneria Marconi - Per un Amico / etc ... Ugh, another insanely amazing year!!!

    1971 - Led Zeppelin - IV / Pink Floyd - Meddle / Yes - Fragile / Jethro Tull - Aqualung / John Lennon - Imagine / Comus - First Utterance / Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts / The Who - Who's Next / Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink / Yes - The Yes Album / Genesis - Nursery Crime ... AMAZING YEAR!!!

    1969 - King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King: An Observation by King Crimson / The Beatles - Abbey Road / Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left / Led Zeppelin - I & II / Frank Zappa - Hot Rats ... etc.

    Jake
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  • Top 40 from 2009

    6 Dic 2009, 20:13 de Kevin_Raven

    So 2009 isn't quite over yet, but here is my top 40 artists chart for the past year, with short explanations for some of the artists:

    1 Dark Moor: 569 scrobbles
    Still my favorite band, the band that got me into power metal as well as metal in general.
    2 Blind Guardian: 489 scrobbles
    Maybe a bit artificially high on my charts because of the number of tracks in Nightfall in Middle Earth, but still deserving of a high spot.
    3 Dream Theater: 468 scrobbles
    Saw them in July in Asheville, and listened to Black Clouds & Silver Linings about a million times before the show.
    4 Queen: 466 scrobbles
    5 Helloween: 398 scrobbles
    6 Nine Inch Nails: 390 scrobbles
    I probably wouldn't have listened to NIN half as much if it wasn't for the fact that The Slip is free and Ghosts I-IV is really cheap. Thanks, Trent.
    7 Led Zeppelin: 385 scrobbles
    8 Opeth: 349 scrobbles
    Everyone should listen to Opeth. Even if you don't like metal.
    9 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: 342 scrobbles
    Easily the most metal artist on my charts.
    10 King Crimson: 298 scrobbles
    11 Machinae Supremacy: 263 scrobbles
    Another good free album, Deus Ex Machinae put this artist high on my charts.
    12 Extol: 250 scrobbles
    Listened to The Blueprint Dives a lot. If nobody told me, I would never be able to guess that they are the same band that made Burial, which is also great, but in a completely different way.
    13 Tool: 247 scrobbles
    14 Lacuna Coil: 245 scrobbles
    15 Iron Maiden: 230 scrobbles
    16 Holy Blood: 227 scrobbles
    Of the bands I started listening to in 2009 for the first time, I think Holy Blood is my favorite. I can't wait to hear Oskord once they release something...
    17 Nightwish: 222 scrobbles
    18 Talking Heads: 206 scrobbles
    19 Rush: 196 scrobbles
    20 Rhapsody of Fire: 190 scrobbles
    21 Yes: 188 scrobbles
    There used to be an artist image of Chris Squire with a zebra stripe jacket and triple neck bass with a caption that read something like: "Scientists have determined that it is physically impossible to find a picture more prog than this." That always made me laugh.
    22 Angra: 185 scrobbles
    23 JT Bruce: 164 scrobbles
    I have to say something for all the artists with free stuff - JT Bruce is great if you like technical instrumental prog metal. You can download three albums for free on Jamendo, and you can buy his latest (and best) album, Universica on his website.
    24 Sonata Arctica: 163 scrobbles
    25 Tourniquet: 153 scrobbles
    26 The Allman Brothers Band: 146 scrobbles
    27 Theatre of Tragedy: 142 scrobbles
    28 Antonio Vivaldi: 141 scrobbles
    I listened to a lot more "classical" music this year than I used to, which is something I'm happy about.
    29 Cynic: 138 scrobbles
    30 Narnia: 134 scrobbles
    31 Ensiferum: 127 scrobbles
    Saw them at Volume 11 Tavern in Raleigh in November (my car was hit and had to be towed along the way, forcing us to walk part of the way, but it was worth it).
    32 Frédéric Chopin: 120 scrobbles
    33 Depeche Mode: 118 scrobbles
    34 NESkimos: 112 scrobbles
    Their albums have tons of short songs, so they are a bit overrated on this chart. Video game cover bands are one of my guilty pleasures.
    35 ZAO: 109 scrobbles
    I've had The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here for years, but it wasn't until 2009 that I really started listening to it a lot. Usually I'm sort of turned off by metalcore, but I think Zao is pretty good regardless of their genre.
    36 XOC: 107 scrobbles
    Another video game band with lots of short songs and an unusually high number of scrobbles...
    37 Black Sabbath: 106 scrobbles
    37 VNV Nation: 106 scrobbles
    39 Johann Sebastian Bach: 103 scrobbles
    40 DragonForce: 101 scrobbles
    DragonForce? How did this get here... I guess when their new album came out I listened to it a lot.

    2010 predictions:
    Jazz Fusion - I've been listening to Billy Cobham and I'd like to hear more of this. I've always wanted to listen to more Jazz, but I've found it inaccessible. I think I'll enjoy fusion a bit more.

    Melodic Death - Since I like Ensiferum and Blackguard, I'd like to listen to more.

    Thrash - I really enjoyed Gama Bomb (another artist with a free album available on their website), and I've never really explored thrash metal outside of Metallica/Slayer/Megadeth.

    Less Power Metal - I'll probably keep listening to Dark Moor, Helloween, Blind Guardian, and the other artists I like, but I'll probably stop looking into new power metal bands in favor of some of the other genres I listed.
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  • A Guide to Thrash Metal Part 4: Hybrids

    6 Dic 2009, 12:54 de 399796kms

    A Guide to Thrash Metal Part IV: Hybrids

    Welcome again to my final guide exploring Thrash Metal. This installment will focus on various hybrids of Thrash, mostly Techincal/Progressive Thrash, with some Blackened Thrash and Death-Thrash. Enjoy.

    Absu: Absu are among the finest bands to blend Thrash with Black Metal. They are an eccentric band of Texans led by drummer and vocalist “Sir” Proscriptor McGovern. Absu’s debut, Barathrum VITROL, is fairly in the Death Metal camp and it was with subsequent releases that Absu began blending Thrash and Black into their own potent brew. Albums like Tara and the Sun of Tiphareph showcase this band’s adeptness and both writing epic songs and also furious Thrash fests that combine the best of both Thrash and Black Metal. I also quite like their lyrical content, which focuses on Mesopotamian and Celtic Mythologies. Rec albums: The Sun of Tiphareth, Tara, The Third Storm of Cythraul.

    Anacrusis: One of my all time favorite Thrash acts. Anacrusis emerged from St. Louis in the mid 1980s playing a primal version of Thrash, what set them apart from their peers was frontman Kevin Nardi’s unique vocal stylings and their habit of tuning to B (down tuning 2.5 semi tones) in a time where that level of down tuning was utilized only by bands like Carcass. They showed promise early on, their Annihilation Complete demo had won a readers poll in the Metal Forces zine and as they toured they began to attract attention from labels and soon ended up on seminal Metal Blade records. Like some bands they evolved quickly, their debut Suffering Hour was a fairly straight ahead Thrash recording.

    Their progressive period began with their sophomore release, 1990's Reason. This album showed signs of both musical and lyrical maturity but was hampered by poor production. Nardi’s lyrics began dealing with frank and everyday matters. Cliched lyrics of Satan, destruction, headbanging, etc were ditched like an empty pack of cigarettes. 1991's Manic Impressions was a strong album, taking the progressive side of things even further. Despite the progressive nature, this album retains a strong Thrash feel and doesn’t suffer from poor songwriting as every song is memorable and quite heavy in its own right. Their final release would be their most abstract and ambitious, 1993's Screams and Whispers is an album that sounds like no other. The production is dense and claustrophobic yet clear, Nardi’s vocals have improved immeasurably and, despite the vulnerabilities presented in his lyrics, he sounds confident, no longer relying on studio wizardly to toy with his voice. Keyboards would be brought in, but utilized in sparse and complimentary way that would shame most keyboard friendly bands. The songwriting is truly amazing and brings to shame most bands who wear ambition and talent on their sleeves but forget about crafting interesting songs (*cough* Dream Theater *cough*). Upon touring for this album the band encountered a series of calamities and tension with Metal Blade led to them breaking up. There’s an oft trotted Neil Young lyric that it’s better to burn out than to fade away. Anacrusis were perhaps proof that it’s best for a flame to burn longer before fading away so that the flame has had the chance to reach its apogee. Rec albums: Reason, Manic Impressions, Screams and Whispers. Be sure to check their website where you can get their entire discography, plus some other goodies, for free download.

    Aura Noir: Mostly noted as being a project of Mayhem’s ex-guitarist Blasphemer. This is despite the fact that Blasphemer was a full time member of AN before he joined Mayhem. AN’s great contribution to the Blackend Thrash realm is the mighty and aptly titled Black Thrash Attack. Its an unrelenting 42 minutes combining the best of Thrash and Black Metal. It also features some pretty sick vocal stylings and you’d have a hard time telling that Blasphemer was a huge Voivod fan by some of the riffing in this project. Rec albums: Black Thrash Attack, The Merciless.

    Carnivore: As I stated before, I’m not a fan of crossover. So the fact I’m including this band should be considered high praise. The mixing of the sacred and the profane is often one of the most important elements of satire. Carniovre, fronted by a firmly un-Goth Peter Steele, is a prime example of this. Carnivore’s hilarious lyrics are crass and all about taking the piss. With song titles like Male Supremacy and Angry Neurotic Catholics, you would expect the music to be equally blunt. However this isn’t the case. Carnivore’s music showed supreme songwriting ability, the core of their sound combining Thrash, NYHC and Doom to achieve stunning results. And because of their ability to combine amazing songwriting with crass lyrics, they offer something for everyone. Rec albums: Carnivore, Retaliation.

    Coroner: One of my all time favorite Thrash acts. Coroner were aided in the early days by their countryman Tom Fischer who provided vocals for their seminal Death Cult demo. Coroner’s sound is firmly in the technical field but they don’t overdo it. Thus if you’re scared by a Voivod or a Anacrusis, this band is ideal for you. Coroner’s riff work is superb, fueled by Tommy Baron’s inventive and heavy guitar playing. The pinnacle of their technical ability is deftly showcased on 1991's Mental Vortex and my personal favorite album of theirs. Rec albums: R.I.P., Punishment for Decadence, No More Colour, Mental Vortex.

    Deceased: Deceased began life more as a pure Death Metal act than anything else, although like many of their peers there was a distinct Thrash influence to their sound. Beginning with 1997's Fearless Undead Machine Deceased came into their own, their addictive sound combining Thrash, Death and Traditional Metal into their own potent brew. FUM is my personal favorite of them, and with zombies suddenly becoming very trendy, it’s a topical concept album to boot. I deal for putting on as background music when reading Max Brooks. Rec albums: Supernatural Addiction, Fearless Undead Machines, As the Weird Travel On.

    Demolition Hammer: In a nutshell, Demolition Hammer sound like a thrashier version of Suffocation. Or perhaps Soffo are a deathier version of DH. Either way, if you chose to investigate DH, as you should, you’ll be presented with some of the heaviest, most pummeling Deathend Thrash out there. Although I detect some NYHC in their sound, they are without doubt a premier Thrash act, one whose intensity led to some Death Metal tinges. Another thing that pushes them to the top is a clear production which doesn’t sacrifice rawness. A band that will give even the most stoic Metalhead whiplash. Rec albums: Tortured Existence, Epidemic of Violence.

    Desaster (Ger): A blackened Thrash band that more thankfully veer towards the Thrash spectrum. Their debut, A Touch of Medieval Darkness was slightly more biased in favor of BM elements and that album doesn’t really do much for me. They really started to get things going with Hellfire’s Dominion where they began showcasing a wonderful knack for writing anthemic Thrashers (songs like Teutonic Steel and Metalized Blood are prime examples). A good band who should fit everyone’s taste. Rec albums: Hellfire’s Dominion, 666 Satan’s Soldiers Syndicate.

    Destroyer 666: Digging into you like the claws of a pack of starving wolves, D666's sound is deadly and dangerous and unrelenting. D666 are a fine example of raw BM production values, and BM’s penchant for epic songwriting, combining with the primal driving force of Thrash. This band of Australian Antichrists are equally adept at writing catchy and heavy Thrash fests and epic fare, thus they have something for everyone. An essential blackened-Thrash act. Rec albums: Unchain the Wolves, Phoenix Rising, Cold Steel...For an Iron Age.

    Devastation: As an disambiguation, I will state that this is the Devastation from Corpus Christi, Texas. Riffs. They are an integral part of Metal, so much that they are taken for granted. And then you run into a band who’s riffage is a level above most bands, and then you’re reminded of what makes Metal great. Devastation were such a band. Categorized as Death/Thrash, they sound like the bridge between bands like Slayer and Kreator and bands like Death and Morbid Angel. Further aiding the riffage is top notch production which makes everything sound even heavier. Rec albums: Idolatry, Signs of Life.

    Gehennah: If you like Motorhead and Venom, you will like these inebriated Swedes. Gehennah play a quite raw form of Thrash with some slight BM tinges, but they make no bones about their love for Lemmy, Cronos, alcohol, leather and Metal. Gehennah are an ideal band to listen to on a very loud sound system and after consumption of large amounts of alcohol. Gehennah make you want to drink and headbang for the rest of your life. Feel encouraged to Bang your heads for Satan with these Decibel Rebels. Rec albums: King of the Sidewalk, Hardrocker, Decibel Rebel.

    Mekong Delta: One of the bigger progressive Thrash acts. Mekong’s progressive influences came more from the classical side of things, as opposed to bands like Watchtower or Anacrusis who were more influenced by jazz/prog rock. Right from the get-go they showed they weren’t content with writing simplistic Thrash. Their self titled debut is an amazing meld of progressive tendencies and kick ass Thrashing, as songs like Kill the Enemy and Shiva show in spades. Many consider their sophomore The Music of Erich Zann to be their best which plays like a refined and improved take on their self titled debut. The Principle of Doubt showed the classical side taking a more prominent role, with covers of the Twilight Zone theme and Julio Sagreras’ El Colibri making appearances. But this didn’t come at the expense of kick-ass Thrash. Dances of Death showed classical and progressive influences taking a bigger role, as the bulk of this fine album is taken up by the 17 minute title track and a monolithically crushing cover of Modest Mussorgsky’s Night on a Bare Mountain.

    Albums like Kaleidiscope and Visions Fugitives brought more progressive and classical features, at times sacrificing the Thrash for something approaching the more general Progressive Metal field, but still very worthy efforts. This band’s only misstep was the ambitious Pictures at an Exhibition album, featuring two renditions of Mussorgy’s famous composition, one run through featuring band and orchestra and the other featuring band sans orchestra. Despite the admirable ambition, all this served to demonstrate was how nothing, not even a wall of Marshall stacks, can compare to the power of a full symphony orchestra. The band’s reunion album, 2007's Lurking Fear was seen as a return to the earlier style of their first couple of albums. As you can tell by looking at my playlist, I like this band a lot! Their only weakness really is that the various vocalists who’ve sung for this band have been less then stellar in their talents. Rec albums: Mekong Delta, Music of Erich Zann, Principle of Doubt, Dances of Death (And Other Walking Shadows), Visions Fugitives, The Lurking Fear.

    Morbid Saint: Veni, vidi, vici. Those are the famous words of Julius Caesar, one of the great conquerors in history. Those words translate as I came, I saw, I conquered. That one sentence perfectly describes the career of Wisconsin’s Morbid Saint. They formed in 1986, released two demos and a single full length and disbanded 6 short years later. But sometimes to achieve quality, one must sacrifice quantity, and in the case of this band that is a worthy compromise. Spectrum of Death is simply one of the greatest, heaviest and most intense Thrash albums ever released. Such is its intensity that it seems to owe more to the still young Death Metal scene than anything else and in fact they caught the eye of Chuck Shuldiner and Spectrum was actually produce by Death’s manager. My first impression was that they sounded like an even heavier version of Sodom. They certainly took influence from the Teutonic Greats, and were no less influenced by the greats of the American scenes, and merged those into their own, impossibly potent brew. If you haven’t heard of this band, get Spectrum of Death now. No Thrash fan’s existence can be complete without this masterpiece. Rec album: Spectrum of Death.

    Necrodeath: One of the first bands to emerge from Italy was also one of the nastiest. A thrash outfit with enough evilness and intensity to make Euronymous shit his satanic pants. Showing clear influences from early Bathory, Kreator and Slayer they created some of the most intense, raw and evil Thrash released at the time. Supreme songwriting manages to break through the brutality of it all. Into the Macabre made quite a stir in the underground when it was released. Their follow-up Fragments of Insanity was more technical and even Death Metal influenced. They split up shortly after its release but thankfully reformed nine years later. 2001's Black as Pitch is my personal fav of their new albums, oozing with thick atmosphere and raw intensity and ending with one of the greatest anti-Christian epics in Metal history with The Church’s Black Book. Rec albums: Into the Macabre, Fragments of Insanity, Black as Pitch.

    Poison (Ger): One of the problems with last.fm is the difficulty of seperating different bands with the same name. This is most strikingly obvious in the case of Germany's Poison, a band who has absolutely nothing in common beyond a name with a certain american pop band of the 80s. They're listed as Death-Thrash but I feel its fairer to call them Blackened Thrash. In fact, given the time period when they were active I think its quite fair to lump them in with the first wave of Black Metal. Poison's music fits in very well with other first wave bands, especially Bathory and Hellhammer. The riffing is brutal and eerie, often at the same time, and is filled with potent atmosphere. Highly recommended. Rec albums: Into the Abyss . Further Into the Abyss [/ur].

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    : One of many acts who were there for the transition between Thrash and Death Metal. Possessed actually coined the term Death Metal. Musically its pure Thrash but due to the lyrical content, and the song Death Metal, they’ve been included in on the DM side of things. They were quite influential as well. A quite enjoyable and influential band, even if guitarist Larry Lalonde is too busy sailing the seas of cheese to acknowledge the importance of this band. Rec albums: Seven Churches, Beyond the Gates.

    Protector: Imagine if Sodom, circa Obsessed by Cruelty/Sign of Evil, instead of streamlining their sound into what they would evolve into, decided instead to try their hand at what would become known as Death Metal. Further imagine that this early, fictional, incarnation of Sodom found a bunch of more than capable musicians, thus abandoning the sloppiness factor. Protector is roughly what you’d get. A German outfit who wrote great pummeling riffs to coincide with a lethal dose of headbanging speed. One of the best bands I’ve been introduced to while writing these guides. Rec albums: The Golem, Urm the Mad, A Shedding of Skin.

    Rigor Mortis: One of the more riff-tastic Thrash outfits out there. They played Thrash with a respectable dose of Death Metal, especially in the lyrical department which read like a dash of Slayer mixed with a heavy love of gory B-movies. RM’s strength was due in main part to vocalist’s Bruce Corbitt’s very baritone range (one reviewer called him the Unicron of Thrash) and Mike Scaccia’s incredible riffing. The riffing is heavy, memorable, fast and catchy, all in the same breath, without compromising a single element of either of these. His soloing is also godlike in his frenetic energy. Scaccia’s thrashy riffing on Ministry’s Psalm 69 albums is one of the main elements that makes that album such a classic, and listening to this bands short output, its easy to see why Al Jourgensen recruited him. Rec albums: Freaks, Rigor Mortis, Vs. The Earth.

    Ripping Corpse: Without a doubt, the best Metal band with the word Corpse in their name. A band that featured guitarist Erik Rutan, known more famously for his passable stint in Morbid Angel and the unrelentingly monotonous Hate Eternal. Much like bands like Morbid Saint and Devestator, they are the link between Thrash and Death Metal. Their brief material favors quite favorably with the output of early Death Metal acts like Morbid Angel and Obituary. Their songwriting was quite ambitious, showing lots of technicality and Doomy interludes mixed in with the faster stuff. Vocalist Scott Ruth was a strong asset as well, showing himself to be versatile in sounding like different demonic entities yet still remaining relatively coherent. Rec albums: Dreaming with the Dead, Splattered Remains.


    Sabbat (Jap): This band has released too many releases for its own good. Not that they lack quality...there's just so many of them. Sabbat are an intimidating band to check out but one thats worth wading into. Sabbat's music is at times rather raw Black Metal, other times its highly melodic and rather catchy, other times its very thrashy. I myself don't know this band as well as I should, so this is based on what I've heard and so take it with a grain of satanic salt. My personal fav is The Dwelling, a sprawling 50 minute epic song. Rec albums: Satanasword, Evenom, Black Up Your Soul, Fetisichism, The Dwelling.

    Sarcofago: They are in many ways typical of the bands within the first wave of Black Metal. Raw, dirty and quite evil. Playing raw Thrash Metal with a lyrical bent and a visual esthetic that we would come to recognize as Black Metal. Although there are times when they seem to not recognize that, or at the very least ignore it. You can’t imagine Immortal writing a song called Sex, Drinks and Metal can you? But then again, they also wrote a song called Fuck Off Melodic Black Metal. Sarcofago were inconsistent in terms of quality and when you think of it, not quite meriting a lot of mention beyond their seminal I.N.R.I. album and their early demos, but still worth touching on nonethless. Rec albums: I.N.R.I, Rotting.

    Sadus: When one thinks of Metal guitar gods, names like Rhoads, Tipton, Shuldiner come to mind. When one thinks of Metal drum Gods, names like Hoglan, Mournier, Lombardo, Mcbain come to mind. Vocal Gods include names like Halford, Dio, Dickinson. But when one thinks of Bass Gods, the names are quite short. Les Claypool is an amazing bassist, but asides from Blind Illusion and the odd cover he’s had very little to do with Metal. Alex Webster from Cannibal Corpse comes to mind. But who else? Maybe Geddy Lee of Rush, but that would depend on if you consider Rush to be Metal or not. So you see that not too many names come to mind. Wether this is due to serial improper mixing, lack of talented bassists or too many bassists being guitar converts and not playing the instrument properly is difficult to say. Its most likely a combination of these factors.

    Well, Sadus were blessed to have one Steve DiGiorgio within their ranks. A man whose bass playing sends tremors down to all the circles of hell. Luckily, Sadus are far more than a really god bassist. Sadus were a Death-Thrash outfit in the beginning. They would make a great Death-Thrash sandwich alongside Rigor Mortis and Morbid Saint. They became more technical as their career wore on and their more recent stuff leaves much to be desired. The most essential albums are their first three, which are a perfect combination of technicality alongside Thrash brutality. Rec Albums: Illusions(Chemical Exposure), Swallowed in Black, A Vision of Misery.

    Sindrome: A band who if it weren’t for the advent of tape trading, or the modern equivalent of internet downloading, would’ve never come to light. Sindrome released only two demos in their short time together but I’ll take quality over quantity. Sindrome were notable for the very deep but still coherent vocals, think Rigor Mortis, and a relentless Thrash assault that owes a fair bit to Dark Angel. Together with a rather rough production they create a rather hellish atmosphere that not many Thrash releases have. Their second demo was a bit more ambitious, featuring more technical refinement and is basically a very short concept album. Very enjoyable and a must for any self respecting thrash fan. You can find these two demos for free on their website. Rec albums: Into the Halls of Extermination, Vault of Inner Conscience.

    Voivod: Voivod are probably one of the most challenging Thrash bands to approach. You wouldn’t know it from their early albums, all heavily raw and unpolished (but still very good!), that would go on to become of the most daring and progressive acts in Metal history, let alone Thrash. But moving on from their Venom and Motorhead inspired works, Voivod weren’t content to make it easy for their fans to move on with them. There’s mainly the late Piggy’s Robert Fripp-inspired and otherwise unworldly riffing and Snake’s unique and decidedly un-Metal vocal style. Their music paints the picture of a dystopian future, where choas reigns supreme and technology enslaves humanity. This lyrical picture is matched by the musical one, as the discordant and unpredictable riffing synthesizes perfectly with the lyrics. The progressive period began with 1987's Killing Technology and not long thereafter it was difficult to quantify the Thrash in their sound, but it was always there, an omnipresent undercurrent. I’m not a fan of the Eric Forrest era but I feel they redeemed themselves well with the posthumous releases. Katorz and Infini brought back Voivod’s seminal punk influence alongside the progressive side, showing they’d managed to come full circle. R.I.P. Rec albums: War and Pain, Killing Technology, Dimension Hatross, Angel Rat, The Outer Limits, Nothingface, Infini.

    Vulcano: A rather evil Brazillian band. Like MC5, their debut was a live album, although that’s where the similarity ends. They formed in 1981 as a NWOBHM act and as such proved highly influential on other Brazilian bands, especially when they underwent a stylistic change. Their studio full length was recorded and mixed in a single day, and is one of those records where this is a benefit and not a detriment. Bloody Vengeance is one of those albums that cannot be ignored or dismissed as background muzak. Bloody Vengeance grabs you firmly by the throat and never lets go for its merciless 24 minute (!) length. It’s the epitome of raw and primal Metal, loose and very spirited but not sloppy. Despite the raw production, the album sounds remarkably clear. Rec album: Bloody Vengeance

    Watchtower: Another progressive entry. Watchtower a probably the most difficult to get into due to the vocal style which is very much in the higher range. They were arguably the first progressive Thrash band. The debut Energetic Disassembly was released in 1985, the golden year of Thrash. They took a heavy jazz influence and were thankfully able to perfectly integrate those influences into a Thrash template. Riffs are fast and intricate, riffs change abruptly and unpredictably, time changes are commonplace yet unforeseeable. Drumming and bass playing are equally intricate and technical. They reached their brief apogee with their next and last album, Control and Resistence. Despite the new vocalist, it sounds very much like a successful continuation of the previous record. Rec albums: Energetic Disassembly, Control and Resistance.


    Well, that’s the last of it. I don’t know what the future entails as far as my journals go. These bunch of Thrash guides were the hardest to write, hence the long time between journals.
    As usual I hope you enjoyed these guides, leave any comments and worthy bands if you wish. I leave you now with some links to various internet resources for Thrash that I found helpful while writing these guides.


    Cedes’ top 50 Thrash albums list.
    Even if you don’t agree with him he makes some very compelling arguments.

    Classic Thrash: Pretty good site with tons of (small) reviews.

    Thrash Metal Guide: Another pretty good site.

    The Encyclopedium Metallum is the greatest metal resource on the net. I find the following reviewers quite reliable when it comes to Thrash: Gutterscream, Gabometal86, UltraBoris (so long as you avoid his Voivod and Anacrusis reviews) and hells unicorn.














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  • Another "How Varied Is Your Music Taste?"

    3 Dic 2009, 18:56 de NoooFun

    First, make a list of your top-20 artists overall. Then, for each of these artists, add the 8 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, count up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 9 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 160 represents an extremely varied one.

    #1 Madonna
    1 Kylie Minogue
    2 Janet Jackson
    3 Cher
    4 Lady GaGa
    5 Britney Spears
    6 Danii Minogue
    7 Cindy Lauper
    8 Spice Girls

    #2 Marilyn Manson
    9 Marilyn Manson & The Spooky Kids
    10 Nine Inch Nails
    11 Rob Zombie
    12 Rammstein
    13 Deathstars
    14 John 5
    15 KoЯn
    16 Dope

    #3 Crass
    17 Flux of Pink Indians
    18 Conflict
    19 Subhumans
    20 Rudimentary Peni
    21 Zounds
    22 Poison Girls
    23 Dirt
    24 Aus-Rotten

    #4 Icon of Coil
    25 Combichrist
    26 Rotersand
    27 Panzer AG
    28 Covenant
    29 Assemblage 23
    30 Seabound
    31 Neuroticfish
    32 Apoptygma Berzek

    #5 Combichrist
    Panzer AG
    33 Icon of Coil
    34 Suicide Commando
    35 Grendel
    36 Noisuf-X
    37 Aesthetic Perfection
    38 Agonize
    39 :wumpscut:

    #6 London After Midnight
    40 Fear Cult
    41 Clan of Xymox
    42 All Gone Dead
    43 Cinema Strange
    44 Diary of Dreams
    45 Rosetta Stone
    46 Christian Death
    47 Two Witches

    #7Nightwish
    48 Tarja
    49 Epica
    50 Within Temptation
    51 Delain
    52 Vision of Atlantis
    53 Leaves' Eyes
    54 After Forever
    55 Sonata Artica

    #8 Megadeth
    56 MD.45
    57 Anthrax
    58 Testament
    59 Slayer
    60 Exodus
    61 Kreator
    62 Pantera
    63 Annihilator

    #9 Fun People
    64 Boom Boom Kid
    65 Cucsifae
    66 Eterna Inocencia
    67 Loquero
    68 El Otro Yo
    69 Shaila
    70 Flema
    71 2 Minutos

    #10 Immortal Technique
    72 Jedi Mind Tricks
    73 Poison Pen
    74 Akir
    75 OuterSpace
    76 Ill Bill
    77 Sabac
    78 dead prez
    79 Army of the Pharaohs

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    80 I Spy
    81 Dillinger Four
    82 Good Riddance
    83 Strike Anywhere
    84 Bigwig
    85 None More Black
    86 A Wilhelm Scream
    87 Dead to Me

    #12 Social Distortion
    88 Mike Ness
    89 The Bones
    90 Rancid
    91 Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards
    92 Pennywise
    93 Backyard Babies
    94 Street Dogs
    95 The Bouncing Souls

    #13 Siouxsie and the Banshees
    96 The Creatures
    97 Siouxsie
    98 Bauhaus
    99 X-Mal Deutschland
    100 The Glove
    101 Alien Sex Fiend
    Christian Death
    102 Skeletal Family

    #14 1200 Micrograms
    103 Talamasca
    104 Astrix
    105 GMS
    106 Hallucinogen
    107 Infected Mushroom
    108 Shpongle
    109 Electric Universe
    110 Astral Projection

    #15 Depeche Mode
    111 Dave Gahan
    112 Martin L. Gore
    113 Recoil
    114 Camouflage
    115 De/Vision
    116 Erasure
    117 And One
    118 Pet Shop Boys

    #17 Atmosphere
    119 The Dynospectrum
    120 Brother Ali
    121 Slug
    122 Eyedea & Abilities
    123 Sage Francis
    124 Murs
    125 Mac Lethal
    126 Aesop Rock

    #16 Eminem
    127 D12
    128 50 Cent
    129 Obie Trice
    130 Stat Quo
    131 Benzino
    132 Proof
    133 Dr. Dre
    134 2Pac

    #18. Mind.In.A.Box
    135 Edge of Dawn
    Seabound
    136 Pride and Fall
    Rotersand
    137 Liquid Divine
    138 Syrian
    Neuroticfish
    139 Code 64

    #19. Black Sabbath
    140 Ozzy Osbourne
    141 Judas Priest
    142 Dio
    143 Heaven and Hell
    144 Deep Purple
    145 Motörhead
    146 Iron Maiden
    147 Rainbow

    #20. Angelspit
    148 Ayria
    149 Helalyn Flowers
    150 Zombie Girl
    151 I:Scintilla
    152 Pzychobitch
    Combichrist
    153 Hanzel und Gretyl
    154 Psyclon Nine

    That took time -.-

    My score is 154/160 :D
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