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Piece of Mind, followed by Number of the Beast

Die With Your Boots On!

Boards of Canada - Inferno

Out today.
I'm enjoying it.

13 years since their last release!

A big mix of emotions/feelings, from spooky, sad to joyous!

(I couldn't wait for the vinyl to land, so went online )

Electric Wizard – Dopethrone

Great stoner doom 

I don't listen to much stoner doom, but Electric Wizard at their best really infused the experience with such negativity and hate it is hard not to like it! Stoner is usually a bit too generic and cartoonish- and EW have albums like that too- but Dopethrone is pure nihilism.

Song-writing in a lot of stoner doom I've heard is poor.
They seem to just go for the sound more than the craft.

Electric Wizard – Dopethrone

Great stoner doom 

The Evil Sheikh is a tad misplaced, but has some good riffs

It's hard to choose between 'Doomsday...' and 'No Place...'

NPFD has some amazing parts to songs that are already great, but I feel DFTD is the better album

Newsted is a beast on it too 

Anthrax – Fistful Of Metal
  ... my favourite by them

Anthrax – Spreading The Disease

Danzig – Danzig II - Lucifuge
Danzig – Danzig III: How The Gods Kill

Great albums

The first episode of Legends is very good.
Then it gets a bit American.
The last 2 episodes pick up a bit.

I didn't mind Coogan.
Might be his skit with the "Come Out Ye Black & Tans" that colours my view of him. And that he has Mayo blood.
Herself is from Mayo. That should nearly go against him, but for some reason it doesn't 

I don't mind Mayo.
It's my charitable side.

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Thanks lads

I'll have a crack off 'Eastern Promises'

Alice In Chains - Self-Titled 30th Anniversary Box Set.

I know, I know! Mad money Ted.

It's a pretty well done boxset though, & the record & 7"s sound great.

A few details I haven't heard before, especially in 'Brush Away'.
Guitar layers & some 'swimming' bass in parts.
Drums are solid in it too.

I think Dave Jerden, who produced 'Dirt', would've been a better choice than Toby Wright.

I like listening to stuff & hearing engineers pricking about with mic's, or whatever they do, but there is possibly a bit too much of it going on in Tripod. Comes across a bit scattered or something.
Saying that, it can be part of the fun of listening.


The graphic novel is great in it.
I used like that kinda stuff a few years ago.

Also, the 3 singles are 45's, & sound great.

Now, back to my monthly repayments.

'A History of Violence'

Directed by David Cronenberg

I've seen 2 other movies by him, & enjoyed them: 'The Fly' & 'Crash'
Oh, & 'Naked Lunch'

I thought this was very amateur and weak.
It was possibly the style he was going for.
Really cold, slow, overly drawn out.

I might enjoy it another time, but now - sh*te.

Scott Kelly, Steve Von Till, Wino: Songs Of Townes Van Zandt
Steve Von Till: A Deep Voiceless Wilderness

I've been listening to Townes Van Zandt

Must give that a spin!

Tuff Luck – Tuff Luck

Handy glam rock; heavy metal in parts

My Heart, An Inverted Flame - Whispers in a Dead Language

Don't really know much about this band, give it a spin as it popped up via Crucial Blast today, and so far so good.

Very dark, slow and eerie proggy instrumental music that seems to be just synths and drums. Not metal but definitely heavy, and if you enjoy things like Neurosis, Unholy, Mutterlein, Winter etc it shares the feel and mood of that kinda stuff (doesn't sound like them though) this is well worth your time. Really cool.

Jees, that's great stuff