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from http://synthetixmusic.blogspot.fr/2012/05/perturbator-goes-to-hell.html?spref=fb

80s dark synth maestro Perturbator has just released his first full length record, a master stroke of diabolical digital nightmares sent straight from your darkest imagination, prepare yourself for the unbridled suspense of Terror 404.

Although a dark ambience permeates all the comositions as an overriding common thread there is still massive scope on Terror 404. Perturbator skips demonically from hellfired disco through to terrifying dirges of electronic evil. This makes the album as one entity a banefully beautiful release that works like the ultimate soundtrack to your favourite nightmare.

Crafted with a malevolent eye for detail each…

Black Sabbath - Wicked World from the debut album: Black Sabbath

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFp0yEoMsV4

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In my humble opinion, this is Sabbath's most progressive work, and the track that sets the stage for a lot of stoner rock in the following 30 years. Gotta love the jazzy main riff that the song is built around. Very unique sounding for Sabbath

The Riffs - So much variety in the riffing, such little repetition, great interludes; this really makes Iommi stand out as Ozzy says, "one of the greatest riff merchants of all time". If you ever doubted Tony Iommi as the master, listen…

Shpongle - The Dorset Perception

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQyR-FXJCLk

How do you define this music? I define it as mesmerizing. Spark up a coner and let the music take you to another dimension. This eclectic mix of western electronic samples and eastern sounds captures the essence of psychedelia. This stuff is just so danceable, so fun to jam along to and so incredible as ambient background music while studying or getting your own creative juices flowing. Nuff said.

Thin Lizzy - Opium Trail from Live Killers and Bad Reputation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueBw3J2FYl0

The live version of this song captures the feel so much better than the recording, and the mastery with which the band is able to muster in a live recording is no less than impressive.

The Riffs - It is impossible to deny the magnitide of that buildup intro and transition riff that keeps building and refusing to let go

The Lyrics - There aren't too many songs about getting high in China, but I'm convinced this is the best. With lines like "The wizard wanders through the…

1. Kyuss – "Molten Universe" (from Blues for the Red Sun, 1993)
A classic from the band that spawned Queens of the Stone Age, the whole album is revelatory, but this instrumental number showcases the intricate playing by Josh Homme on a guitar apparently tuned down two octaves for even more sludgy goodness.

2. Monster Magnet – "Pill Shovel" (from Spine of God, 1992)
While the New Jersey combo may have devolved into Rob Zombie-like self-parodies in their later years, back before their rock radio hits they made 30-minute jams and put sci-fi weirdness…

Jacked from blessedheart

1. How did you get into 29? (Hammerfall) About 5 years ago someone randomly recommended them on my blog as a good power metal band to check out. I was living in China at the time and picked up a DVD of theirs. Some of their songs hit home for me at the time, but don't really do it for me anymore.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? (Black Sabbath) It's far, far too long ago to remember now, but I'd have to say that Iron Man is…

by Tom Moon

Fusion has meant many things, but the initial hit, spelled out by Bitches Brew, was simple: jazz improvisations over a rock-like rhythm bed. Tailor-made for hotshot electric guitarists and synthesists, it went through many changes from its Seventies heyday. Now, even such pablumized instrumental pop music as Kenny G's gets labeled "fusion". The squishiness of the term makes it impossible to arrive at a definitive list of 10 fusion titles - does Frank Zappa, architect of so much impossibly technical jazz-rock count? Do British prog-rockers like Steve Hillage and Gong? What about the…

Music Taste "Linked" to Personality

Apparently a new study shows that Heavy Metal fans are gentle and at ease with themselves. As a metal fan, I will attest that this is generally true, and those that have a crazy exterior tend generally to be putting on a show.

Metal fans incidentally share the same personality as classical music fans! They are introverted, creative and at ease.

Other findings:

Indie music fans: Lack self esteem
Country music fans: Hard working
Jazz: innovative and self-confident

The Ten Best:

1. The Living Daylights
2. From Russia With Love
3. Goldfinger
4. Thunderball
5. The Spy Who Loved Me
6. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
7. Live and Let Die
8. Casino Royale
9. For Your Eyes Only
10. You Only Live Twice

The Five Worst
1. Moonraker
2. Licence to Kill
3. Diamonds are Forever
4. A View to a Kill
5. Tomorrow Never Dies

Bond Ranking
1. Sean Connery
2. Pierce Brosnan
3. Daniel Craig
4. Timothy Dalton
5. Roger Moore
6. George Lazenby