Music Post for April (and May) (and June)

So much for a monthly music post. Here’s what I’ve listened to most since the last one:

Kyuss Lives – Manchester Academy 2011-4-5

Kyuss Lives – 3/4 of the best live band I ever saw – are having a little reunion tour.

Music Post for March

Music Post for February

Statistically significant recorded music: Acid Witch

 

Actual live music:

- Watain + Melechesh + Dew Scented.

- Some band at the Fox with a lead guitarist who had a hook.

Both events were “Wobbly Bob incidents”.

Axe Attack – a blast from the past

 

This compilation was one of the very first heavy metal records I ever bought—not when it was brand new in 1980; probably in 1984 or thereabouts. It was my first introduction to so much of the great heavy metal of the late 1970s. Here it is in the form of a Youtube playlist:

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=CC511ECBCEE28621

And here’s somewhere you can download the whole thing!

http://hearrockcity.blogspot.com/2010/01/attack-of-mad-axe-man.html

January Music Post

What have I been listening to this month?

New Releases

Burzum: Fallen

Essentially a mashup of “Det Som Engang Var” with the Moody Blues? Yes, something like that. I’ve never listened to all that much Burzum, being all too easily put off by the chap’s politics and the whole murdering thing. Now that I’m older and less idealistic I’m giving this a fair crack, and find myself wavering between admiration and giggles.

 

Motörhead – The Wörld Is Yours

Arguably their finest album to date! Every song is a bona fide rock’n'roll masterpiece. There’s nothing more to say.

New To Me

Tormentress - Thrashing Disorder Enjoyable old-school thrash from this Singaporean, all-girl combo. Sparked some less enjoyable ‘discussion’ on the interwebs. however

Kvelertak – High on many people’s end-of-year lists, this is some high-fun black’n'roll. They ought to do the world a favour and change their name to Darksomething so they can fit in the gap between The Darkness and Darkthrone on everyone’s shelf.

Upwards of Endtime Solid Doom.

Old Favourites Revived

Alice In Chains – Facelift. Back in the mood for some of that Love/Hate/Love

Annihilator. Just ’cause.

Overkill – The Wrecking Crew / Sacred Reich – Ignorance is the tape in Mum’s car.

Iron Maiden Flight 666 was on TV, plus I watched the concert video from that tour too.

Gillan Lovefilm sent me The Glory Years DVD from 1981 – I feel a major flashback coming on.

Also of note:

Ghost Still not sure what to think of this.

Ludicra – The Tenant. Amazing band; amazing album.

Slough Feg – The Animal Spirits. Another incredible band; I’ve been trying to play it often enough to combat my disappointment with Scalzi’s comments on a certain night out in Manhattan.

Astriaal – Anatomy of the Infinite My favourite Swedish-black-metal-from-Australia

Howlin’ Wolf I spent a day on this before Maiden kicked in.

In Flames The Jester Race

Melechesh and Nile because I’m off to see them next month.

Valkyrie discography, Youtubes + SHODX bootleg. Man the vocals were off-key that day, but awesome anyway. What a band.

Black Anvil - Time Insults the Mind nice.