Ladies and gentlemen...
I present to you my new favorite genre of music:
Viking Metal...
Prepared to have your mind blown and your weakened body pillaged and used to fuel the fires they burn to conquer the land!
...or just listen.
"Sinklars Visa" by Tyr:
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Thursday, October 23, 2008
influence
Just for something different (yet very cliche, haha), I've decided to put together a collection of my favorite albums.
In no order, here are my favorites:
'In Utero' & 'Unplugged In New York' by Nirvana
In Utero is such a disturbingly beautiful collection of the unpolished and jagged guitar work previously showcased on Bleach mixed with the dark and tormented lyrical ingenuity of Kurt everyone had come to know and love.
Unplugged is a more melodious and intimate set. Right from uproarious applause into Kurt's "Good Evening" to begin 'About A Girl' all the way until the last nervous bloodcurdling whine of "whole night through" in 'Where Did You Sleep Last Night?", you can hear his troubled soul almost seem to be at peace during the performance and it's not until the applause at the end finally fades out and the disc ends until reality once again hits that such an empowering figure is no longer with us. I had the same reaction when I finished watching 'About a Son'...I knew going full well going in that he was dead, but at the end I was still heartbroken and devastated...
'Ok Computer' by Radiohead
Just an amazing album the whole way through, 'No Surprises' is one of the saddest and most depressing songs I've heard and to this day it still gives me chills to hear "No alarms and no surprises" repeated over and over in the almost slurred voice of Thom Yorke. Just pure brilliance.
'Tonight! The Stars Revolt' by Powerman 5000
This album is just hard rockin' fun. I can't count how many times I've listened to this album the whole way through and not skipped a song, it's just that good. It's one of the albums i throw in while I'm working out and just get amped up from.
'Break The Cycle' by Staind
Some might be quick to throw this one in the category of 'meh-rock' but take a listen to the lyrics. 'Open your Eyes' questions the ethics and morals of people (more specifically parents) today, 'Epiphany' takes 'It's Been A While''s dark romantic tone even further to possibly put blame on the first party.
'The Sufferer and the Witness' and 'Appeal To Reason' by Rise Against
'The Sufferer and the Witness' is an amazing display of new school hard punk throwing down the gauntlet of rebellion and daring to uproot the appeals of old school punk. Bringing up legit topics and morals to their songs while mixing in dangerously catchy and thought-provoking lyrics to cement themselves in today's punk culture.
'Appeal to Reason' hasn't left my CD player since it's release. It exemplifies everything that music is to me. Mixing the skeletons of the winning ways of SatW with new material and completely resurrecting their emotionally charged raw punk roots. They were influenced by Ian MacKaye and Minor Threat and it shows. They know how to make good music and mix it with a message that is not only relevant today, but of deep importance to the economy and ultimately the morale of today's world.
'Anthem of the Underdog' by 12 Stones
There's not much I can say about this album besides buy it. As with all of these albums, I can listen the whole way through with no urges to skip any songs. These guys are what should exemplify rock stars. Hard working guys with talent that write about what they know and do it damn well. They have such energy in their live shows and it doesn't do it justice to just hear it on the album....but it's a good start. :)
Alright, I totally underestimated how many albums I'd be writing about, haha, so I'm just going to list these last few. I might update later with more on each, we'll see, haha.
'the Fragile' and 'the Slip' by nine inch nails
'The Eminem Show' by Eminem
'World' by D12
'Better Dayz' by 2Pac
'Made Man' by Silkk the Shocker
'Pinkerton' and the Blue and Green self-titled albums by Weezer
'dirt' 'Facelift' 'Alice In Chains' and 'Unplugged' by Alice In Chains
'dookie' '1,039 smoothed out slappy hours' 'insomniac' and 'kerplunk' by Green Day
'Ten' and 'Vitalogy' by Pearl Jam
'Superunknown' and 'Down On The Upside' by Soundgarden
'A Night at the Opera' and 'News of the World' by Queen
'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' by Elton John
'Third Eye Blind' and 'Blue' by Third Eye Blind
'An American Prayer' and 'the Doors' by the Doors
'follow the leader' and 'KoRn' by KoRn
'Commit This to Memory' and 'Even If It Kills Me' by Motion City Soundtrack
'Three Dollar Bill, Yall$' by Limp Bizkit
'Bubblegum' by Mark Lanegan
'Ballad of the Broken Seas' and 'Sunday at Devil Dirt' by Mark Lanegan and Isobel Campbell
'Enter: The Conquering Chicken' by the Gits
'Disintegration' and 'Pornography' by The Cure
'One Cold Night' by Seether
'...Is A Real Boy' 'Baseball' and 'In Defense of the Genre' by Say Anything
'The Colour and the Shape' by Foo Fighters
'New Wave' by Against Me!
'Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness' and 'Siamese Dream' by Smashing Pumpkins
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There are quite a few more, but again, I completely underestimated how lengthy this process would be, haha...
Until next time.
In no order, here are my favorites:
'In Utero' & 'Unplugged In New York' by Nirvana
In Utero is such a disturbingly beautiful collection of the unpolished and jagged guitar work previously showcased on Bleach mixed with the dark and tormented lyrical ingenuity of Kurt everyone had come to know and love.
Unplugged is a more melodious and intimate set. Right from uproarious applause into Kurt's "Good Evening" to begin 'About A Girl' all the way until the last nervous bloodcurdling whine of "whole night through" in 'Where Did You Sleep Last Night?", you can hear his troubled soul almost seem to be at peace during the performance and it's not until the applause at the end finally fades out and the disc ends until reality once again hits that such an empowering figure is no longer with us. I had the same reaction when I finished watching 'About a Son'...I knew going full well going in that he was dead, but at the end I was still heartbroken and devastated...
'Ok Computer' by Radiohead
Just an amazing album the whole way through, 'No Surprises' is one of the saddest and most depressing songs I've heard and to this day it still gives me chills to hear "No alarms and no surprises" repeated over and over in the almost slurred voice of Thom Yorke. Just pure brilliance.
'Tonight! The Stars Revolt' by Powerman 5000
This album is just hard rockin' fun. I can't count how many times I've listened to this album the whole way through and not skipped a song, it's just that good. It's one of the albums i throw in while I'm working out and just get amped up from.
'Break The Cycle' by Staind
Some might be quick to throw this one in the category of 'meh-rock' but take a listen to the lyrics. 'Open your Eyes' questions the ethics and morals of people (more specifically parents) today, 'Epiphany' takes 'It's Been A While''s dark romantic tone even further to possibly put blame on the first party.
'The Sufferer and the Witness' and 'Appeal To Reason' by Rise Against
'The Sufferer and the Witness' is an amazing display of new school hard punk throwing down the gauntlet of rebellion and daring to uproot the appeals of old school punk. Bringing up legit topics and morals to their songs while mixing in dangerously catchy and thought-provoking lyrics to cement themselves in today's punk culture.
'Appeal to Reason' hasn't left my CD player since it's release. It exemplifies everything that music is to me. Mixing the skeletons of the winning ways of SatW with new material and completely resurrecting their emotionally charged raw punk roots. They were influenced by Ian MacKaye and Minor Threat and it shows. They know how to make good music and mix it with a message that is not only relevant today, but of deep importance to the economy and ultimately the morale of today's world.
'Anthem of the Underdog' by 12 Stones
There's not much I can say about this album besides buy it. As with all of these albums, I can listen the whole way through with no urges to skip any songs. These guys are what should exemplify rock stars. Hard working guys with talent that write about what they know and do it damn well. They have such energy in their live shows and it doesn't do it justice to just hear it on the album....but it's a good start. :)
Alright, I totally underestimated how many albums I'd be writing about, haha, so I'm just going to list these last few. I might update later with more on each, we'll see, haha.
'the Fragile' and 'the Slip' by nine inch nails
'The Eminem Show' by Eminem
'World' by D12
'Better Dayz' by 2Pac
'Made Man' by Silkk the Shocker
'Pinkerton' and the Blue and Green self-titled albums by Weezer
'dirt' 'Facelift' 'Alice In Chains' and 'Unplugged' by Alice In Chains
'dookie' '1,039 smoothed out slappy hours' 'insomniac' and 'kerplunk' by Green Day
'Ten' and 'Vitalogy' by Pearl Jam
'Superunknown' and 'Down On The Upside' by Soundgarden
'A Night at the Opera' and 'News of the World' by Queen
'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' by Elton John
'Third Eye Blind' and 'Blue' by Third Eye Blind
'An American Prayer' and 'the Doors' by the Doors
'follow the leader' and 'KoRn' by KoRn
'Commit This to Memory' and 'Even If It Kills Me' by Motion City Soundtrack
'Three Dollar Bill, Yall$' by Limp Bizkit
'Bubblegum' by Mark Lanegan
'Ballad of the Broken Seas' and 'Sunday at Devil Dirt' by Mark Lanegan and Isobel Campbell
'Enter: The Conquering Chicken' by the Gits
'Disintegration' and 'Pornography' by The Cure
'One Cold Night' by Seether
'...Is A Real Boy' 'Baseball' and 'In Defense of the Genre' by Say Anything
'The Colour and the Shape' by Foo Fighters
'New Wave' by Against Me!
'Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness' and 'Siamese Dream' by Smashing Pumpkins
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There are quite a few more, but again, I completely underestimated how lengthy this process would be, haha...
Until next time.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
"Agony in Irony"
Agony in irony, flick a Bic ignite the fire in me
Hearts apart, yet you still call me, try to involve me
We both know things will never change, where ever we go
You began to let me go, pull me back to censor me,
Took away my will to give, gave away my will to live
Broke my heart, burning agony on which I thrive, I smile to heal and to survive.
Agony in irony, extinguish the fire in me
Hearts apart, yet you still call me, try to involve me
Agony, irony burning inside me
Agony, irony, oh
We both know things will never change, where ever we go
You began to let me go, pull me back to censor me,
Took away my will to give, Crumpled up my will to live
Broke my heart, burning agony on which I thrive, I smile to heal and to survive.
Agony in irony, extinguished the fire in me
Broken heart, but you've stopped your calls to me, Alone I sleep, finally my world is all to me.
Agony, Irony, now fueling the smile inside me
__________________
This is nothing more than a simple rewrite of Paul McCartney's "Ebony and Ivory". Just something new I figured I'd try, a change of pace to battle boredom. It's a phrase I'd always been partial too. Somewhat like cruel situations that were ironic to the point you just have to laugh 'cuz it's that unbelievable.
It stems from a past incident where I decided to help a female friend and make sure that she wasn't alone for the night. I blew off sure plans to go out for the night and just have fun with the guys to make sure she was OK...only to have her seek solace in the arms of a guy who would in time break her heart. After all that I went through to help her, I was the one who spent the night alone and "not OK"...I sat there thinking of the confusion I was feeling because of the sheer irony of the nights events...but that's in the past now.
I'm not sure if I've finally gone insane or if my heart is healed, but either way, I can smile again and without the aid of "love" or having to fake it. Genuine smiling is something I missed, and it's finally returned.
Am I happy? I wouldn't quite say that, Content is more fitting. But either way, my smile is back.
Hearts apart, yet you still call me, try to involve me
We both know things will never change, where ever we go
You began to let me go, pull me back to censor me,
Took away my will to give, gave away my will to live
Broke my heart, burning agony on which I thrive, I smile to heal and to survive.
Agony in irony, extinguish the fire in me
Hearts apart, yet you still call me, try to involve me
Agony, irony burning inside me
Agony, irony, oh
We both know things will never change, where ever we go
You began to let me go, pull me back to censor me,
Took away my will to give, Crumpled up my will to live
Broke my heart, burning agony on which I thrive, I smile to heal and to survive.
Agony in irony, extinguished the fire in me
Broken heart, but you've stopped your calls to me, Alone I sleep, finally my world is all to me.
Agony, Irony, now fueling the smile inside me
__________________
This is nothing more than a simple rewrite of Paul McCartney's "Ebony and Ivory". Just something new I figured I'd try, a change of pace to battle boredom. It's a phrase I'd always been partial too. Somewhat like cruel situations that were ironic to the point you just have to laugh 'cuz it's that unbelievable.
It stems from a past incident where I decided to help a female friend and make sure that she wasn't alone for the night. I blew off sure plans to go out for the night and just have fun with the guys to make sure she was OK...only to have her seek solace in the arms of a guy who would in time break her heart. After all that I went through to help her, I was the one who spent the night alone and "not OK"...I sat there thinking of the confusion I was feeling because of the sheer irony of the nights events...but that's in the past now.
I'm not sure if I've finally gone insane or if my heart is healed, but either way, I can smile again and without the aid of "love" or having to fake it. Genuine smiling is something I missed, and it's finally returned.
Am I happy? I wouldn't quite say that, Content is more fitting. But either way, my smile is back.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Life's a joke, so pretend you get it and keep laughing 'til you die
'edgers become drunks, with the bitches and the fags"
"News" of their "pain" never ceases, as these jokes begin to bloom
Everyone's insane, falling to pieces and we've seemingly become the broom
Sweeping is our purpose, the trash of a country littered with hate
But this is just the surface, the skin of a paralytic political state
In a time we need a leader most, one who's just and true,
We're ridiculed to death with jokes, what's this broom to do?
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This is about how news is so disgusting nowadays that it focuses more on entertainment and who's fuckin' who, or who's in rehab, or who's coming out, when important issues such as politics get biased stories put out to try and deceive people by not telling the whole story. Anyone who says "I read about it on the internet" and then expects a reaction that is anything besides being scoffed at and then ridiculed for their ignorance deserves any verbal lashing they receive. Focus on issues and the candidates stances on them.
This isn't like American Idol where you can vote for the hot chick with the great voice but shitty songwriting skills and wake up in the morning and not give a damn if you never see her again...and no, that was not a knock on Palin. Get all the facts first and then form an opinion. And please, make sure you actually get the facts. Otherwise, stick to your American Idol and leave politics to people who actually know what they're talking about and equally give a fuck about their future.
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