Random metal related thoughts

[Bürggermeister]

Ray Gillen. He left shortly before the release was due so The Cat came in and copied him note for note.

No way. So who is better?

For me, the Gillen version shades it, but I always had a lot of time for Badlands, the lad had an amazing voice. The Martin version is class but there are still a few bits of Gillen in there which weren't cut out of the final version.

[jobrok1]

Ray Gillen. He left shortly before the release was due so The Cat came in and copied him note for note.

No way. So who is better?

Martin gets my vote. But I had been listening to him sing those songs since my teens. Didn't even know about Ray Gillan till decades later.

I kind of thought I knew all of the main points of 80s Sabbath member roller coaster absurdity. Then this comes along.

Yeah!
The post-Dio years weren't too kind to Iommi.
Martin was on the shortlist previously but Gillan got the gig. But he jumped ship before the release to start Badlands. Took Eric Singer with him, too. But his final drum parts were in the bag so made it onto the album.
Gillan's vocals were solid too. Not sure if he hadn't finished or Iommi just wanted the same singer for the albums touring cycle, so got Martin in last minute.

It was all meant to be, in my opinion. Cause we got Cozy Powell joining the mix soon after and then Headless Cross and Tyr. Two of my favourite Sabs albums.

Even though Martin came back after Dehumanizer, I read in an interview with him that he was even brought in to demo some of those albums tracks when Dio was wavering during the recordings.
He has a tape of it, but knows they'll never be made public.

[The Heretic]

Bands really do need to stop giving the middle finger in publicity photos, their Mums wont approve

[Mithrandir]

'Goat I hug' came in to my mind today and brought back some very vague memories of MI. Does anyone remember what that was from? Some South American guy having that as his email sign off or something along those lines? 

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Haha, that's a blast from the past alright!

[Ducky]

My local Golden Discs has seen a bump to their metal section. Picked up Carcass' "Surgical Steel" there this morning on CD as it's the vertion with the five extra tracks I don't have.

They also had stock of the new Obscura, Exodus, some Overkill albums, bunch of other stuff too. All on CD and vinyl.

Not sure if it's because of my buddy running the place is into metal himself, but it's nice to see this stuff available on the high street (in the arse-end of the country), nevertheless.

I was in this morning and picked up the live Exodus and new Cradle except when I got home I realised it's the last Cradle and I already have it. Argh. Damn them and their interchangeable album covers.

Edit : Just rang them up and it's no problem to come in and change it ,cool.

Was in with my mate the other day, they got another bit of metal/metal adjacent stuff in;

Deicide - Scars of the Crucifix, The Stench of Redemption.

Decapitated - Nihility, The Negation, Organic Hallucinosis.

Slayer - all the Def American studio releases.

Voivod - Forgotten in Space box set.

Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 1, and Part 2, Walls Of Jericho.

Queensrhyche - s/t, Operation Mindcrime.

Kreator - Endless Pain.

Rush's first ten albums.

Few odds and sods from Anthrax, (early) Nine Inch Nails, Carcass, Kiss, Evile, Rob Zombie, Venom too.

Those are all CD, but he said they got a bunch of similar vinyl as well. I appreciate it's not exactly earth-shattering stuff, but it's still good to see them sussing out that yes, metal is popular with physical music buyers.

They got another copy of the new Obscura too.

[Thorn]

That's my copy of Obscura, well he has it for me anyway. I've transferred all my Amazon orders to there instead and dealing with Francis on a weekly basis now. Top bloke!

[Ducky]

Ah that's class. Top bloke for sure, we've been friends since 1993!

[Mithrandir]

Keep it true was on this weekend. As much as I've always wanted to go I can never get over how shit that wood panelled school sports hall looks as a venue, especially in full daylight.

[Thorn]

Was watching Sacred Steel at it last night on YouTube and you're right it does look like a school gymnasium.

[Bürggermeister]

I went to see Coroner in Switzerland a few years ago, Samael played too. It was in a small town called Amriswil which, for some reason, has a quite spectacular venue in the middle of town which can probably hold three times as many people as live there. You think the wood panelling is odd? Check this out   

[Thorn]

Looks mental!

[Mithrandir]

Yeah that looks pretty actually!

[Sworntothecans]

Keep it true was on this weekend. As much as I've always wanted to go I can never get over how shit that wood panelled school sports hall looks as a venue, especially in full daylight.

"THIS WEEKEND :KEEP IT TRUE
NEXT WEEKEND CREDIT UNION TABLE QUIZ"

[Thorn]