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Whats been on my playlist this last week? #18

Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974)

461 Ocean Boulevard

I think the cover sums up the content of this album well. A laid back sunny album with the palm tree hinting at something more exotic. It’s very smooth, so you can just chill out to it. It does have it’s dull moments though, and people expecting Clapton to go crazy with bluesy riffs and solo’s will be disappointed.

Santana - Santana III (1971)

III

Latin infused blues which will give you the urge to release your inner latino. Fun and funky.

Carlos Santana - Oneness: Silver Dreams, Golden Reality (1979)

Oneness

Much more reflective than his stuff with Santana, here he embraces his religion and spirituality for something of a personal journey. It makes for good listening too.

Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland (1968)

Electric Ladyland

Not my favourite Hendrix album, but this is still an absolute classic. Here Hendrix and his band push the boundaries of blues and psychedelia, indulging in almost every experiment imaginable and sticking it on one disc.

27.05.12

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The greatest .gif of all time.

I don’t normally reblog, but this is frigging awesome.

(Source: 3002070, via scienceisrad)

20.05.12

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Whats been on my playlist this last week? #17

Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz (1980)

Blizzard of ozz

Not quite the classic it’s made out for me. Sure, there’s some classic songs on here but the rest of is just decent heavy metal/hard rock songs.

Black Label Society - Stronger Than Death (2000)

Stronger than death

I wasn’t too impressed with Mafia, but this is a huge improvement. There’s a lot less focus on ballads and more focus on big riffs. The songs themselves won’t win any prizes for intelligent lyrics or originality, but if you just want some great southern-styled metal this is for you. Even the ballads aint half bad.

Machine Head - Unto The Locust (2011)

Unto the locust

Machine Head have improved as a band for me, and this is another showcase for decent, modern metal. They still don’t blow me away but this is pretty solid.

Slayer - South Of Heaven (1988)

South of heaven

Sandwiched between Rib and Sita, this one always gets unfairly overlooked. The truth is this is almost as big a classic as either of those albums. It’s consistent, perfectly balanced and contains so many excellent Slayer tracks. Only the two previously mentioned albums better this, and it’s not by much.

20.05.12

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This album rules.

18.05.12

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Cover for new Testament album.

Sweet.

16.05.12

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In other news :-D

15.05.12

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Friends in far away places.

I kinda thought to myself earlier how few friends I have in my hometown city of Hull.

For some reason all my friends seem to be in other places in Britain. My main socialising seems to happen at gigs/football and without those I actually do very little socialising.

Having friends in far away places can be cool sometimes because you get to make epic trips to see them and it really feels special.

Unfortunately, it can also suck balls when you just wanna do something but there’s nobody local to hang around with.

With the football season now over and not a great deal going on with gigs, my weekends have consisted of me doing nothing (i.e Internet, music, maybe a film and probably talking to people online). This can be nice, but after a while it gets boring as fuck.

I’m not quite sure what the point of this post was, because I don’t want people to worry or feel sorry for me really.

Maybe I need a new hobby, maybe something that actually drags me away from mt laptop.

15.05.12

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#me #first world problems

An Open Letter to Joey Barton

I salute you Jimmy Corkhill.

14.05.12

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Whats been on my playlist this last week? #16

Been far too long since I’ve told you what I’ve been listening to. So here go’s. Apologies for my absence.

Uneven Structure - Februus (2011)

Februus

Very fresh sounding djent/math/progressive/whatever metal mixed in with some ambient touches and melody. VERY promising debut album.

Vildhjarta - Måsstaden (2011)

Masstaden

A progressive version of Lamb of God (whom I don’t really like on CD, but live their excellent) with some some decent riffs and a bit of atmosphere every now and then. Curious to hear more, without been blown away.

Meshuggah - Destroy Erase Improve (1995)

Destroy...

Abrasive, repetitive, in your face. If your a Meshuggah fan you’ll know the drill well by now and you’ll love it. If your not a Meshuggah fan, this may seem difficult to take in at first but give it to time and you’ll be dancing like a hired lunatic to the robotic rhythms on show here.

Fredrik Thordendal’s Special Defects - Sol Niger Within (1996)

Sol Niger Within

Meshuggah guitarist’s solo/side project, this is possibly one of the most insane albums I’ve ever heard. It’s a psychopathic space age ride which is utterly out of this world. It’s djent pushed to it’s absolute limit, with keyboards and a big jazz influence. There’s 28 songs on here, and they seamlessly flow with each other. If you love having your mind blown by sheer technical mastery, this is the album for you.

12.05.12

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