Random Appreciation Post: My Dying Bride

Something didn't fully click in me with "In Line Of Deathless Kings". Spinning it now, after what feels an eternity... maybe for the first time since 2006/07. 

The songs are great - had they managed to insert a little more "rough", a bit more "noise" and by this I actually mean a few more wall-of-sound dynamics, this would have been another masterpiece. It is not a masterpiece but it is a great record albeit within MDB's comfort zone (it is one of the most identifiable comfort zones in metal).

(Aaron looking for something he dropped on the Shepherd's Bush Empire stage, Friday 1 Dec 2023.)

Spins Of The Week: 16 - 22 October 2023

Napalm Death - "Enemy Of The Music Business" (2000, Dream Catcher)

Meshuggah - "Immutable" (2002, Atomic Fire)

Iron Maiden - "The X Factor" (1995, EMI)

Witchcraft - "Nucleus" (2016, Nuclear Blast)

Deicide - "Deicide" (1990, R/C)

Deicide - "Legion" (1992, R/C)

Joe Satriani - "Surfing With The Alien" (1987, Relativity)

Venomous Concept - "The Good Ship Lollipop" (2023, Decibel)

Fates Warning - "Long Day Good Night" (2020, Metal Blade)

Pallbearer - "Heartless" (2017, Nuclear Blast)

Prong - "State Of Emergency" (2023, Steamhammer)

Tiamat - "Sumerian Cry" (1990, C.M.F.T.)

Tiamat - "The Astral Sleep" (1991, Century Media)

Benediction - Grind Bastard (1998, Nuclear Blast)

Daily Thompson - "God Of Spinoza" (2021, Noisolution)

General Smartarsery: King's X, Prong

 Are King's X to progressive metal what Prong are to nü metal?

Random Appreciation Post: Nobody Fucks With Bitchwax!

I think it's almost 20 years since I saw The Atomic Bitchwax in Stockholm (Sweden). They were equally as no-nonsense heavy rock last night! A riff behemoth!

The legend Chris Kosnik

Spins Of The Week: 09 - 15 October 2023

The Obsessed - "Sacred" (2017, Relapse)

Bolt Thrower - "Realm Of Chaos" (1989, Earache)

Savatage - "Edge Of Thorns" (1993, Atlantic)

Bloodbath - "Survival Of The Sickest" (2022, Napalm)

Cemetery Urn - "Suffer The Fallen" (2023, Hells Headbangers)

Tank - "Filth Hounds Of Hades" (1982, Kamaflage)

Marduk - "Memento Mori" (2023, Century Media)

Frank Zappa - various 

Graveyard - "6" (2023, Nuclear Blast)

Witchcraft - "Legend" (2012, Nuclear Blast)

Random Appreciation Posts: In A World Of Compromise Some Don't

It's a shame that Shane does not have any "spectacular" things to say. He has been having spectacular things to play though, and for a while now. 

The public does not get what the public actually needs. Good Shane music through several outlets. No randomness, just commitment.

Be more like Shane!

The Politics Of Ecstasy: Zappa (for EVERYTHING)

Fuck you all!