Random metal related thoughts

[The Great Cull]

Certainly a high point for Holmes' vocal performances as well as Greg really shining on his lead work

[Mithrandir]

Infinite Dreams added to the Iron Maiden set list last night in Athens for the first time in 38 years 🔥

[Carnage]

Is it that long since they played it? Jesus... I hated that song at first because it was 'slow' (I know), but it's one of my favourites now. Lyrically supoib.

[Mithrandir]

Yep last time they played it was on the Seventh Son tour in 88!

[Eoin McLove]

One of their best, if not their bet best. What a song.

[Bürggermeister]

Looks like Blabbermouth won't be putting out any Metal news for a while... Hack Sabbath?

https://blabbermouth.net/news/chicken-road-quickhit-crash-gameplay-for-short-hig

https://blabbermouth.net/news/test123123-3

[The Heretic]

Looks like Blabbermouth won't be putting out any Metal news for a while... Hack Sabbath?

https://blabbermouth.net/news/chicken-road-quickhit-crash-gameplay-for-short-hig

https://blabbermouth.net/news/test123123-3

   although Blabbermouth isn't quite the same since RiotAct666 disappeared

[Eoin McLove]

I just noticed a Current 93 'Imperium' picture disc in stock in one of my local haunts, but will it still be there on payday   

Edit. Ordered, to fuck!

[jobrok1]

Not so much a thought, as an amusing story. Amusing to me anyway.

So my young fella was having a dive through my old CDs the other week and found my old Philips Discman tucked away at the back of one of the shelves and he gets curious about this strange looking device. How it works? Why I needed it?

Anyway! The next day he arrives home with a pack of AA batteries and fires it up. 30+ years gathering dust and it still works perfectly. Then he spots  the MP3 function on it.

"What's this for?".
"Well! That's for playing MP3 CDs. I would rip and burn a whole bunch of albums onto one CD and play them all from one disc rather than carry around loads of CDs. Handy when on the move, like."
So I pulled out one of those massive CD storage bags... 150 or 160 cd holder. Full of burned MP3 CDs from the mid to late 90's.

He looks at his phone. Then looks at me, then at the Discman, all my CDs and this bag of hundreds more albums. The young fellas mind is absolutely blown clean outta his head trying to fathom how, why, when...

Anyways, again!
This morning we're all heading off for a family holiday. At the airport going through baggage check and get asked if there are any liquids or electronic devices in the bags. I said no. Young fella pipes up, "Eh! The Discman". Turns out he's brought it along plus a small pouch with a bunch of CDs and MP3 CDs to keep him occupied while away.

Well! The baggage checker was floored to see a Discman being pulled out of a bag. Picks it up, calls to a few other older heads working there, "Here! Check out what this Lad has with him." All equally amazed to see one cross their scanners after at least 2 decades. They even tried to explain to younger bemused staff what it was.

Young Lad has had his headphones on half the day checking out loads of new (old) stuff. Funny how shit just seems to come around full circle every once in a while.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Haha, class

[Eoin McLove]

Cool as fuck 

[Thorn]

Ah fair play to him. I still use mine and got the same bemused look from a young wan at customs coming home from England a while back.... "Is that a ...a...CD player? "

[Carnage]

That makes me very happy. I still have a Discman in a drawer somewhere. It made me very happy in the iPod age to still carry a Discman around with a wallet of CDs in the other pocket, raging against the digital machine and all that. Silly looking back but as someone who still buys CDs, I'm delighted that CD players are still on the go.