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Wednesday 3rd October

Tonight I can't be bothered.

I get out of the shower after my weekly basketball game, and sit down with my humble blog, fully intending to review some masterpiece I have stashed away on my hard drive since the beginning of the year. As soon as I get comfortable, I have to decide what album to review. Before I even open up the media player, the thought comes to my mind, most of the albums on said hard drive have been listened to a billion times in the past few months, and I really couldn't be bothered listening to them again.

So what do I do? I turn on the internet radio on my humble laptop and hope and pray that some decent metal comes out the other end. This is the problem I have with modern metal, and to a large extent music in general. Of the 90 minutes I've been listening, I've heard one song from a band I've never heard of which merited a search for their material on facebook or youtube, just to ensure I actually did heard a good song. the remaining 85 minutes have been a frustrating glimpse into the current state of our beloved metal scene.

I have some bad news.....more

New Stuff We Dig

Hear ye, hear ye!!!

I'm totally loving the latest album from Ensiferum "Unsung Heroes". This masterpiece of viking metal is comprised of 10 anthems to the warrior spirit in us all.

Plenty of awesome righteous riffing and majestic soaring compositions. The keys are never overdone, and actually bring another dimension to the music that really wouldn't be possible if they weren't there. The vocal delivery is very mature. Offering to us interpretations in English and Finnish, the growls and screams are in the right places, and the sung vocals are just right.

I actually can't think of anything else to say about this work of triumphantly majestic metal.

Enjoy

J