Zuriaake - 瘏ン / Afterimage of Autumn

Welcome back, i have some free time at the moment, so i thought it would be wise to take advantage of it and play some new stuffs! so off we go, with Zuriaake which comes from China and more precisely, Taiwan! =D and where to start...well if you think BM is just going in circle, just listen to them, they'll be like a gust of fresh wind blowing in your face..and perhaps even blowing you away!^^ the sound is pretty tight and the production is good, without losing the raw side of things...the drumming is really interesting in my opinion, as it's far away from that speedy punk rhythm that is too often heard ...well i dont want to describe that album too much... but if you like cold/crude black metal, in the line of Burzum/ Satanic Warmaster, but with some pastoral ambiances like in Arkanum and catchy epic atmospheres in the vein of Nokturnal Mortum...lend an ear to that one...it might get chopped and hopefully it'll be minced and diced! ah ah! Taiwan's power grabbed me by the balls once more! \m/

Zuriaake - 瘏ン / Afterimage of Autumn
Genre: BM
Tracklist:
1 輿逄 / Whispering Woods
2 刓朸 / God Of Scotch Mist
3 琱蔬 / River Metempsychosis
4 瘏ン / Afterimage of Autumn
5 贍輿 / Forest Of Twilight
6 酸刓 / Desolated Mountain
7 毞曖 / Sirius
8 寥殽 / Return Journey
9 邞堎 / Moon of Frost

Bonus Tracks
01 隄鶷 / Winter Mirage
02 蚅嗷 / Valley of loneness
03 ン佷 / Autumn Memories (Remastered)
04 ン岒 / Elapsing Autumn (Remastered)

Bleeding Moonlight!

Probot - Probot 2004

If you like metal...well that one is definitely needed in your collection. No need to introduce Dave Grohl i guess..who doens't know Nirvana or Foo Fighters?... well, on that one he managed the incredible feat to gather most of the major Metal figures from the late 80's/ early 90's together! obviously by doing so, you get a rather ecclectic outcome and in the end it sounds a bit like a compilation, which it actually is IMHO! However, i really like the result and the personality of each of the songs which really squares with what one would expect the guest to play/sing. Hope you enjoy! \m/

Probot - Probot 2004
Genre: Metal
Tracklist:
01 Centuries of Sin - (with Cronos)
02 Red War - (with Max Cavalera)
03 Shake Your Blood - (with Lemmy)
04 Access Babylon - (with Mike Dean)
05 Silent Spring - (with Kurt Brecht)
06 Ice Cold Man - (with Lee Dorrian)
07 Emerald Law, The - (with Wino)
08 Big Sky - (with Tom G. Warrior)
09 Dictatosaurus - (with Denis 'Snake' Belanger)
10 My Tortured Soul - (with Eric Wagner)
11 Sweet Dreams - (with King Diamond)

Metal Symphony!

Nachtmystium - Assassins: Black Meddle Pt 1 2008

Nachtmystium - Assassins Black Meddle Pt 1 2008
Genre: Black Metal / Black 'n' roll
Tracklist:
01 One of These Nights...
02 Assassins
03 Ghosts of Grace
04 Away From The Light
05 Your True Enemy
06 Code Negative
07 Omnivore
08 Seasick (Part I: Drowned At Dusk)
09 Seasick (Part II: Oceanborne)
10 Seasick (Part III: Silent Sunrise)

Some of you may like it raw, some may not...some may even fancy a cup of gore but with a different kind of taste....Well if you wonder what might be the future of BM, then Nachtmystium is likely to lay a few conspicious clues on the table for you! as you follow their footprints, along your way up the mountain!, you'll certainly pick up different elements idosyncratic (ouuuuhh!!) of the BM style ...and if you're lucky enough to mix them up in the correct way..cause there's no chemistry for dummies manual in that case i'm afraid!, then the outcome might be somewhat similar to the inner alchemy manisfesting itself from the catchy compound Nachtmystium created! psyched-out atmospheres entwined with sharp and cold riffing to which, like by the brush of an impressionist, a smidgen of epic dimension as been added...all this seems rather enticing uh?...well it is! ^^ so check that one out it's bloody...or bleedin' awesome! ...another couple of bottles for table 666! =P

Twilight Zone murder manifesto!

Gargoyle - March of the Heroes (2006)

i'm just back from the south of china where i spent some time in the mountains, but back for a very short while, as i leave again tomorrow morning! so here's a quick play with an awesome band that most of you probably already know... or perhaps it didn't reach south africa or taiwan yet but i very doubt it! ah ah! music-wise it's some war like epic thrash, or perhaps we can call that black-death asskicking oriental-o-frantic! .. whatever, who gives a shit anyway! ^^ it's quite melodic/symphonic, but rather powerful and heavy... sometimes it reminds me of Samael (in their "passage album" period), especially because of the vox but it has a bit more gothic overtones overall... the thing is that i just love all the songs in that album which does not happen that often, so i guess it really qualifies as a brilliant one! hope you dig it, cuz they rox! \m/

Gargoyle - March of the Heroes (2006)
Genre: Death Metal, Black Metal
Tracklist:
1 Disaster of the Silent Shores
2 Dawn at Bosphorus
3 Rain
4 Crying Angel
5 March of the Heroes
6 Homecoming
7 Epilogue

Nothing is everything!

鄧麗君 - 日語紀念精選 7

i don't think i need to present 鄧麗君...do i? she's so famous here and still quite popular after all that time indeed! though she's chinese (from taiwan) she sings a lot of songs in japanese (as the title of this album says!), probably because besides being famous all over the asian continent, she is extremely famous there as well! anyway most of these songs are really cool and smooth ...so i hope you'll like 'em... i do for sure! ^^

鄧麗君 - 日語紀念精選 7
Genre: Chinese
Tracklist:
01 ....(償還原曲)
02 愛人
03 長良川艷歌
04 晚秋
05 冰雨(冰雨原曲)
06 片戀酒
07 亂...(備亂)
08 Yes 愛.....
09 娘心
10 愛的終著(愛情終點)
11 ..... PART 2
12 矢切的渡..(誰人親像你原曲)
13 浪花節..人生..(望月想愛人原曲)
14 夢芝居(夢殘劇)

Ride with the wind!

Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard - Batman Begins

Despite the fact that this is another OST, i rarely listen to that kind of thing... but this one is quite good IMHO. I like that band called Elend a lot and i played a few of their album before....but with this OST, i have to say that Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard have really managed to craft the same dark oppressive atmosphere. No guitar, no vocals so to speak (though you'll hear a few ethereal voices once and a while), just powerful and enthralling classical music... Hope you enjoy.

Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard - Batman Begins
Genre: O.S.T, Modern Classical
Tracklist:
01 Vespertilio
02 Eptesicus
03 Myotis
04 Barbastella
05 Artibeus
06 Tadarida
07 Macrotus
08 Antrozous
09 Nycteris
10 Molossus
11 Corynorhinus
12 Lasiurus


There is nothing to fear but fear itself!

Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas - Music From The Motion Picture [Soundtrack] 1998

A very cool OST in my opinion is the one from fear and loathing in las vegas, lots of good rock bands and an excellent selection of classic rock songs or even anthem some might say! nothing violent here we're back in the 60's/70's, everything is rainbow coloured and smells like the flowers of peace (whatever that means! ^^)... so empty your pockets, take your blotters out and creep up the bandwagon of panic and frenzy....but be quick, there're sparks all around! .... i guess the head of the white rabbit is about to explode! see you on the obscure road to cloud nine! ah ah! \m/

Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas - Music From The Motion Picture [Soundtrack] 1998
Genre: O.S.T, Rock
Tracklist:
1. Combination Of The Two - Big Brother & The Holding Company
2. One Toke Over The Line - Brewer And Shipley
3. She's A Lady - Tom Jones
4. For Your Love - The Yardbirds
5. White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
6. A Drug Score-Part 1 (Acid Spill) - Tomoyasu Hotei, Ray Cooper
7. Get Together - The Youngbloods
8. Mama Told Me Not To Come - Three Dog Night
9. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again - Bob Dylan
10. Time Is Tight - Booker T & The MG's
11. Magic Moments - Perry Como
12. A Drug Score-Part 2 (Adrenochrome, The Devil's Dance) - Tomoyasu Hotei, Ray Cooper
13. Tammy - Debbie Reynolds
14. A Drug Score-Part 3 (Flashbacks) - Tomoyasu Hotei, Ray Cooper
15. Expecting To Fly - Buffalo Springfield
16. Viva Las Vegas - Dead Kennedys

Twisted backwards proportions!

Raxinasky - Transport de viandes (2005)

This is a band from belgium, and they are completely fucked up ... so it's not for everybody! if you don't like experimental and weird stuff don't get that one or you'll be really disappointed cause there is nothing consistent to say the least! ah ah but if you enjoy stuff like THE FLYING LUTTENBACHERS you might like that one... though it is about 10 times weirder! the music is quite heavy but they also use lots of noises... in the end this droning, chaotic and utterly disharmonic soundscape is downright unclassifiable.... the drumming is quite crazy and frantic and at times you really wonder what's going on.. as if you were about to get fucked up in the head as well! ^^ a few screams and growling here and there but overall it is instrumental music.... they also have atmospheric part... well to cut it short, i think the best description so to speak is like a grind version of Cheval de frise! what a frightening perspective indeed! \m/

Raxinasky - Transport de viandes (2005)
Genre: Experimental
Tracklist:
01 alea pestaviairik
02 paul mccarty
03 telescopic drink appointments & great northern trendkill
04 distillation of charlie heston's puzzy juice
05 such was mcteague (esthorrothor's bay is cracked)
06 levre's purpurines aux galbes de hanche
07 koffie anhal
08 d'1ntq
09 by what means tonic lorentz acquired the style & title of black zeus
10 ...and rats for swing
11 baxter rs razorback


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The Sounds - Dying To Say This To You

Let's chill out for some time with that nice pop band! completely mainstream, the music is not spectacular or exceptional but it is definitely good and entertaining! most of the songs are mid tempo with hooking and catchy melodies.... i think i like that album because the bass is very present, which gives it a strong disco flavor ... and the singer also has this peculiar accent from northern europe ( a bit like Bjork) that makes them sound quite exotic to my ears! enjoy!

The Sounds - Dying To Say This To You
Genre: Pop rock
Tracklist:
01 Song With A Mission
02 Queen of Apology
03 Tony The Beat
04 24 Hours
05 Painted By Numbers
06 Night After Night
07 Ego
08 Hurt You
09 Much Too Long
10 Running Out Of Turbo

Double happiness! ;)

December Wolves - Blasterpiece Theatre (2002)

ah...home again! well after such a while i had to get back here with some f88king violent shit ...to make your ears bleed indeed! so let me guess...marduk? ney....darkthrone? arf not again!....immortal? hmm next time... ah here it is december wolves! an old piece of black artistry just for your sick eardrums ^^ the funny thing is that these guys are from the US if i'm not mistaken! kindda awesome when you listen to what they play and the sound they have actually....on a blind test i would get beheaded for sure... staking that they are a norwegian or swedish corpse painted band!...well enough said this band is cool (and quite funny) so hope you like it guys!

December Wolves - Blasterpiece Theatre (2002)
Genre: Black Metal
Tracklist:
01 Warning
02 Desperately Seeking Satan
03 April Fools Day
04 Do Not Entry
05 Kolobos
06 Porn Against Christian
07 Public Aquarian Freebase
08 Solid Gold Beating
09 Sharing Needles
10 Disclaimer
11 Kill… Again

Let disco rulez the night!

GRIND OSAKA COMPILATION

well today is my birthday so as a present i play the best grindcore compilation i've had for a while, it comes from japan though most of the bands are from different part of the world....anyway you won't find this at the store round the corner and actually i can't even remember where i got that stuff from...but one thing is for sure, i like it! fav track ... hmmm.. kc72 by absurd god...not so grindy but pretty excellent, good mix of hardcore techno and heavy chunky riffing! so!....have fun with the best music in the world , the big G with nasty pointy teeth....that only 蔡依林 can repel! oh oh (some won't agree with that i guess!!) \m/

GRIND OSAKA COMPILATION
Genre: the best....GrInDCoReeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!
Tracklist:
1.Hoja De Los Dioses( CONDENADO A MUERTE )
2.Bida Chingada( CONDENADO A MUERTE )
3.Rebolucion( CONDENADO A MUERTE )
4.Divided Grief Burns You( RED )
5.Rasing Chains Keep Twining( RED )
6.The Absurd Means To Survive Your Life( RED )
7.Are You Ready XXck - Distopia( GODIE )
8.Blind Slave( GODIE )
9.Morbid Play( MAGGUT )
10.Tear Into Dismemberment Corpse( MAGGUT )
11.Dissected A Warm Human Bodies( MAGGUT )
12.Forest Shower( UNIQ )
13.Repititition Of A Betrayal( UNIQ )
14.Big Pickles( UNIQ )
15.Civil Defence( DIBORCE )
16.Dope Despot( DIBORCE )
17.廃人トナル( DIBORCE )
18.Rotten Apology( DIBORCE )
19.Sprial( SWARRRM )
20.崩壊( BATEREN(伴天莲） )
21.日向( BATEREN(伴天莲） )
22.情報( BATEREN(伴天莲） )
23.憑 - 鵺鼬 - 黄泉銃 - 磔(RINNE NO HEBI(轮回之蛇）)
24.Dead Even Number( METAZMAZINA )
25.KC72( ABSURD GOD )
26.3 songs ( EYE )
29. 3 songs ( DEPTHS of HUMANITY )
32. Nekst( FORTITUDE等 )
33.Nothing ... Change( FORTITUDE等 )
34.s.n.e.e.r.( FORTITUDE等 )
35.Revulsion( FORTITUDE等)

Bleeding pudding and sick canddles!

ルルティア (Rurutia) -Ｒ°

At the moment i cannot access blogspot again.... same problem that i had at the beginning.... so wait and see, i may be back some day \m/


enough violence for now, ルルティア is here to soothe you all away! drop your blood-stained axe and seat down! what is this? uhm... Jpop mainly, sometimes venturing in soft rock but nothing really aggressive, quite the opposite actually! i love this band for one simple reason, the voice of the lead vocalist...so ... ah ah! well so cute! *.* perhaps you won't like it ...but i find the same sweetness in her voice as in my previous play, Mylene Farmer, though they have rather different voice and style. the music i cool and the melodies are quite interesting and subtle... If you dont like it here i give you my fav song... 愛し子よ ...and also this one, the following one actually, which is pretty cool as well ロスト・バタフライ...they are not the most rockin ones ... i let you find those ones! ah ah! enjoy!

ルルティア (Rurutia) -Ｒ°
Genre: Jpop, soft Jrock
Tracklist:
1. エレメンツ
2. 知恵の実
3. 愛し子よ
4. ロスト・バタフライ
5. 赤いろうそく
6. 雨の果て
7. 僕の宇宙 君の海
8. 僕らの箱庭
9. 銀の炎
10. ハートダンス

Sugar coated mellowness!

Dylath-Leen - Insecure (2005)

In the line of strange bands, i have a follow up, called DL! they come from France and believe it or not when you listen to their stuff but the singer is actually a girl...with such a sweet voice that she carries me as far away as my beloved poppy girlies! ah ah! but better not get too much on her nerve i guess, unless you want your fat ass wooped bad cause she's pretty tough! ^^ music wise i reckon it is something like Deathcore or NU thrash (if there is such a thing!) but ... i know fuckall about genres so perhaps i'm wrong! anyway, inside the pandora box are chunky melodical guiatr riffs, black/death/(female)clean vox, pounding drum assaults and a blasting bouncy bass .... what else would you ask for!?? let me guess...1000$ and a bl£* joX perhaps!! ah ah \m/

Dylath-Leen - Insecure (2005)
Genre: MDM, Deathcore
Tracklist:
01 Mass Blindness And Fabrication
02 Denied
03 My Forever Shade
04 Out
05 The Awakening
06 The Feast
07 Offertory
08 Criminal Art Extravagances
09 Enslaved
10 Blood Is Thicker Than Water
11 Et Nox Facta Est

My girl got guts...or is it boobs?!

Arkha Sva - Gloria Satanae (2007)

with this one we're not investigating melody! this band is quite strange actually, but they come from japan so ... it won't be the firt time ah ah! they have a very special way to play BM, the sound is rather raw and "blurred" (because of their use and perhaps abuse of reverb) and yet despite what i said above it is quite melodical in the end! the prod is not great but i'd say it's alright even so! i especially like the vox hovering between grim guttural growlings and screams a la craddle of filth! the first time i listened to that album i was not much convinced of its quality but after a few listening i changed my mind (as i often do! ahah) and now i quite enjoy that one because of its unusual quality and aspect! hope you do as well =)

Arkha Sva - Gloria Satanae (2007)
Genre: BM
Tracklist:
01 49 Evil Spirits
02 Down In Blaze And Pain
03 Chant IX
04 The Malicious Eye
05 IIIIII
06 Chant XI
07 Thy Baptism
08 Gloria Satanae
09 Nameless Rebellious

Eastern blinding darkness!

Hocico - Signos De Aberracion (2002)

it's been a while since i played any indus, so let's fly to mexico for a short while, just the time we enjoy Hocico! as a lover of hardkore tekno (i dont mean the thunderdrome gabber shit!! *spewing up*) and KMFDM, there is everything i like in that album. i have never mixed any metal stuff but i guess this one album would get along well with any hardtek vinyl of mine! as you will see/hear, it's quite dancefloor oriented..and yet pretty heavy(metal) and dark! who would have guessed that mexico had so many hallucinogenic besides mushrooms!

Hocico - Signos De Aberracion (2002)
Genre:Industrial
Tracklist:
01 Pandemonium
02 Instincts Of Perversion
03 Untold Blasphemies
04 Bloodshed
05 Child's Eternity
06 Forgotten Tears
07 Un Alma Y El Vacio
08 Twisted Lines
09 En Otro Lado
10 Wounds
11 Callate El Hocico

L(oving).S(pecial).D(rugs)

Chokebore - Motionless 1994

Chokebore is not the kind of band you would listen everyday from morning to night, but that doesn't mean they are not interesting! Music wise it's like rock or what some call grunge...broadly speaking, more or less like Nirvana kindda stuff. The thing is that the mood is quite depressing ...and that's when you'll enjoy this album the most....when you're down and angry at the whole fuckin' world round you for not being kind enough! ^^ so better grab this one... and the next time your mama spanks you for something you've not done, and you feel very very bad, like you want to kick the shit outta something, dont take it out on your toys, just press play and enjoy! ah ah =D

Chokebore - Motionless 1994
Genre: Rock
Tracklist:
01 Shine
02 Never
03 Van McCoy
04 Spear
05 Motionless
06 2nd Song
07 Nguyan
08 Coat
09 So Sour
10 Sãdãvia
11 60,000 LBS
12 Hit Me
13 Line Crush
14 Cleaner

Sorry for punching your teeth out!

Aabsinthe - In Search Of Light 2007

Aabsinthe, a famous drink that intoxicate and enthrall your spirit...yummmmm, one of my fav! ^^ but here, we are dealing with French Progressive Death Metal and i must say that these guys are quite captivating! if you remember Gojira, then it is as heavy but we are millions years ahead in terms of intricacy, actually you will need to listen to the album quite a few times before you can get everything they have to offer, it's not pop music (no offense intended)! ^^ it's brutal, quite original (IMHO) and flawlessly executed! these guys knows how to handle an axe ...so wanna get the chop..or would you prefer to have a go at the guillotine, they know it all!?? ah ah! \m/

Aabsinthe - In Search Of Light 2007
Genre: Progressive Death Metal
Tracklist:
1 A darkened sky
2 Dead Leaves
3 Fragments
4 Gravity leads to dark places
5 Bitterwrath
6 In search of light
7 A long walk to touch the sun

Abuse your health!

Mylene Farmer - Avant Que L'ombre (2005)

Well before i fell into metal i think i have always loved poppy stuffs ^^, ...before i even knew what it was actually! for more than 15 years now this artist has been the only one french women i really like...but the funny thing is that despites her music, she is not that mainstream...indeed, she's quite controvertial! of course to get this you must understand the lyrics (but lots of them are sexually oriented and quite daring!). She's quite shy and is known to be a fragile beauty...sometimes she even cries on stage (for real or just as a stage show, one will never know, but i guess it is for real! ^^)... she's also the one who put this young french girl called Alizee under the spotlight...well hope you like her...i definitely do!

Mylene Farmer - Avant Que L'ombre (2005)
Genre: Pop, Ballad, Soft rock
Tracklist:
01 Avant Que l'Ombre ... (before the Shadow...)
02 Fuck Them All
03 Dans Les Rues de Londres (In the street of London)
04 Q.I (IQ)
05 Redonne-Moi (Give me again)
06 Porno Graphique (Porno graphic)
07 Derriére Les Fenétres (Behind the windows)
08 Aime (Love)
09 Tous Ces Combats (All these fights)
10 Ange, Parle-Moi (Angel, talk to me)
11 Amour N'Est Rien ... (Love is nothing)
12 J'Attends (I am waiting)
13 Peut-tre Toi (Maybe you)
14 Et Pourtant (And yet)

Sweetness for you!

Destroyer Destroyer - The dead sleep like us for a reason [2006]

DD is a cool band that play some grindcore/mathcore/deathmetal stuff...it's very heavy, brutal and kindda rugged! well i dont know much about them except that they are a bunch of lunatic as always in that kind of band, and that the musicianship is extremely good =) the album is also too short i think! ...the only thing that i deeply regret is the prod ... rather muffled... well it is not that tragic!lol but i think this band and its music deserve a better one....well hope you enjoy anyway!

Destroyer Destroyer - The dead sleep like us for a reason [2006]
Genre: Brutal!
Tracklist:
1 Dead Weight As Far As The Eye Can See
2 Horse-drawn
3 Error
4 I'm Tired Of Making You Listen And You Listen "good"
5 Chainsodomy
6 1981-2005
7 Why Isn't Dr.gregory's Office Open? Because It's Sunday. No It Ain't!
8 Don't Be Ridiculous, Doctor.

uh???whatthehellisgoingoninhere?"!!?

Adultery - Slovanská Krev 2004

before the week end is over and before i get cut again ^^, let's enjoy some Adultery! i'm talking music here guys! they comes from the Czech Republic, a pretty good place for everything that is tagged BM IMHO. Their BM is tinged with folkish elements but actually contrary to what most of the bands do, that is BM parts then a folky passages or interludes, here it is integrated into the music, the riffs sound folk-like at times! just like this band called Dominus which played his own iron-branded sort of DM, Adultery play his own BM, and though i can hardly get a word of what they say i guess they sing in their own language =) the prod is a bit muddy (but quite good for BM! ^^) and they sometimes use a bit too much reverb here and there, but i reckon this is why i like that band...kindda special in the end! hail! \m/

Adultery - Slovanská Krev 2004
Genre: BM
Tracklist:
01 Cesta do krajin vytoužených
02 Slovanská síla
03 Ohněm a mečem
04 Slib na svou čest
05 Brány Vogatisburku
06 Bitva cti
07 Navia

Over yonder lies a dark forgotten land!