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Metal Martyr

End Of Week Run-Down

by User ImageMetal Martyr on September 19th, 2008

Snapshot_20080919_3 Just a few things to close out the week. It’s been a hectic two weeks here but some good things have come about. This week has been a very busy run-around week and I haven’t been able to post  as many good quality posts here. With the server issues finally being ironed out from the beginning of this month to the stupid pop-ups being fixed, this whole month has been kind of crazy. Not to mention both of my kids got sick last week so my hands have been pretty full. Hopefully next week things will run a lot smoother. Much more after the fold…

Death Magnetic was finally released and aside from all the trash-talk and anticipated disappointment, I actually kind of like most of it. I listened to it the other night from beginning to end while working. Still have a problem with James Hetfield’s vocals at some points and hate where some of the songs go after the first 4 minutes but it’s much better than anything they have done in a long time. I never thought I would actually like any new Metallica that would come out these days but every now and then I have to be truthful and admit when I’m wrong. It’s not some epic metal, but as I said, it’s better than most anything they have done in a long time and that’s more than most expected.

Finally got my review for All That Remains’ Overcome out and I can’t get some of the choruses out of my head, like the one in Chiron. A bit different from their last three but that’s a really good thing.

I got an advance copy of Tom Morello’s new Nightwatchman solo album to review at the rock dose. That’s a really cool album, nothing like anything Rage has done and Tom has a rather nice voice.

Also got an advance of David Gilmour’s Live In Dansk, Poland that is simply amazing. If you dig Pink Floyd or live Pink Floyd you might want to check that out when it hit’s the stores. Richard Wright, one of the founding members of Pink Floyd died on Monday from cancer. He performed on the CD/DVD as well.

I never did get around to posting my reviews for Prosthetic Record’s artists Antagonist and Book Of Black Earth and I just received Gojira’s new album The Way Of The Flesh in the mail today. So far that’s a really cool album too. Chances are if you like Gojira and From Mars To Sirius you’ll like The Way Of The Flesh. I’ll try to get those reviews up by mid-week.

I picked up Amon Amarth’s 2004 release Fate Of Norns. I’m not feeling it as much as With Oden On Our Side, but it’s still a good album. Also picked up Suffocation’s latest release on Relapse Records. If you’re in to good brutal deathmetal/Grindcore You’ll probably like that as well. Check it out sometime.

AC/DC has been kickin’ ass on the charts with a lot of their older stuff and with their new/old DVD ‘No Bull’

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  • no imageKoOPa (Who am I?)
    Sep 19, 2008 at 10:33 pm

    good stuff dude, despite the kinks in the network i’ve noticed a lot more content. keep up the good work.

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  • no imageScott (Who am I?)
    Sep 19, 2008 at 11:04 pm

    Thanks man. I always appriciate the kind words. Whwnever they do upgrades there are always some bumps in the road the the tech crew at b5 do a great job at getting things back on track. I know it’s not easy for them as it’s not easy fixing any computer related issues.

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  • no imageKoOPa (Who am I?)
    Sep 20, 2008 at 1:50 am

    your welcome bro, I honestly havnt had too many issues. none of that re-directing stuff. prbobly because im running either google chrome or firefox

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  • no imageTate (Who am I?)
    Sep 20, 2008 at 4:25 am

    overcome is such a well done album, chiron has been in my head for a good long time now.

    I also found that i couldn’t get into amon amarth’s earlier stuff but i really like with odin on our side

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  • no imageScott (Who am I?)
    Sep 21, 2008 at 9:47 pm

    I run firefox as well. Didn’t care for Chrome. A little too simplistic right now. I hope they tweak it some more to add more visible features.

    There is something about the vocals on Amon Amarth’s Fate Of Norns that sounds too rough or low or something.

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