梁靜茹 - 崇拜

You're all busy....too bad cause you can't stop me from sneaking in with a little surprise for that New Year's eve! ... My beloved Lian, the grand poppy mistress, has finally released a new album, it came out at the begining of last month, and i think it is great ... as usual!=D so mind you, when you write a comment!!lol more seriously though you may argue her style is quite the same, at least she has not lost an ounce of her wonderful voice...and she's still endowed with that magical power that carries me away! ^^ ... what's more surprising is that there is a track with some french in it ... and though there are just a few words, they are correctly pronounced ... which is an undeniable proof that she is the bestest!ah ah! =) well many warriors are bound to be disappointed with that one but at least their wives shall enjoy it! ...every cloud has a silver lining as we say! ;)

梁靜茹 - 崇拜
Genre: the best! but you can also call it C-pop!
Tracklist:
01 崇拜
02 C'est la vie
03 每天第一件事
04 会吸呼的痛
05 101
06 一秒的天堂
07 给未来的自己
08 知多少
09 生命中不可承受的轻
10 三吋日光
11 原来你也唱过我的歌 (粤语)

Enjoy a cuddly day!

Raging Speedhorn - We Will Be Dead Tomorrow

listen to that racket away in the woods! the benighted guys from Raging Speedhorn sure need some room to play their music!^^ angry riffers hovering between the power ozzing from true rock'n'roll spirit ... almost punk like... and the heavyness of metal .... add on top of that very cool and agressive vox in the line of hardcore singers ...that even turn into guttural death-like vox at times! ... it's like spitting hot blood in the face of your worst enemy ... and better twice than once ... cause there are two vocalists actually! ah ah! To cut it short, they have the attitude and energy of the Hellacopters, and the sound of that good old Godsend ... that is a 70's inspired, grainy, fat and chunky, low pitched guitar sound that seems to linger forever unless it is stopped or deflected into another massive and devastating powerchord! Ride with the devil?? oh yeah.. sure we will! on your bikes warriors! \m/

Raging Speedhorn - We Will Be Dead Tomorrow
Genre: Stoner Rock/Metal
01 The Hate Song
02 Scrapin' The Resin
03 Me And You Man
04 Scaramanga
05 Chronic Youth
06 Iron Cobra
07 Heartbreaker
08 Fuck The Voodooman
09 Spitting Blood
10 Welcome To Shitsville
11 Ride With The Devil

Piss off ...or you'll get bitten!

[Air Guitar Battle] Michael Orlando - Sonic Stomp 2006

N.Y.C has always been a breeding ground for incredible artists...Michael Orlando is one of them, a serious contestant for our Air Guitar Battle! Being a fan of Ron Thal/Bumblefoot i could not miss that one album since the great master appears on it ... and actually for the little story he is the one who told Micheal where to get the super axe he needed to fight...a Vigier! Besides their style are somehow echoing each other at times... Well, don't expect any bluesy feel with 1 note every three measures here (though it happens as well ...well more like 5 or 6! eh eh!!) ...indeed we're in another unscrutable quantic dimension where a million notes can be squeezed in a split second...and yet feel, like a giant big hole, will suck you in whatever you do to resist the attraction! ...finally, even if this guy is over technical ...cause that what he is!lol ...he sure knows how to use his skills not to bore you to death ... don't worry...everything runs smooth over here...you just need to get used to travel at twice the speed of light! =D

Michael Orlando - Sonic Stomp 2006
Genre: Instrumental
Tracklist:
01 Wheels In Motion
02 Sonic Stomp
03 Game Over
04 Jam On It
05 Horizons
06 Changes
07 Movement
08 Flex
09 Slam
10 Velvet Sky
11 A Moment In Time
12 Old School Boogie

Sliced in tiny dices!

The Destro - As The Coil Unwinds [2007]

Another cool band, coming from Texas...one thing that has always astouned me regarding them is the number of people that label this band "Death" or even "grindcore"...well, from my standards we are far from what i call that!lol ...i think i have finally found people that are worse than me at tagging a band! ah ah!... basically if you like stuff in the vein of pantera, that band should remain in your favorite for quite a while! =) the music is quite heavy and powerful with good riffs and quite a chunky sound, strongly reminiscent of the one illdisposed created for itself IMO! the massive production gives each songs all the agressivity it needs to make you feel like ripping everything down! ^^

The Destro - As The Coil Unwinds [2007]
Genre: Hardcore, Power metal
Tracklist:
01 Intro
02 Rivers Bottom
03 Beast Burden
04 Offering, The
05 Knife In Hand
06 As the Coil Unwinds
07 Bridges Will Burn
08 Structures Collapse
09 Stained Glass
10 Sever the Ties
11 Forever Embedded

When flaming lead fall from the sky!

Mystic Prophecy - Savage Souls (2006)

This one band, if you have not listened to it yet, should really please you (and as usual i hope it's no replay!)! a little and concise description about their music...when you'll open the pandora box, in a big flash of colourful light, an incredible combination will be cast into the air.... pounding riffs and great leads on the one hand, powerful drumming and cool vox on the other...and to top it all a blasting bass that rope all that up! believe me, these guys will make your head move like hell...so i hope you're no longer too dizzy from the previous war...or you neck might snap! ah ah! enjoy!

Mystic Prophecy - Savage Souls (2006)
Genre: Thrash Metal
Tracklist:
01 Shadow Beyond My Soul
02 Master Of Sins
03 Evil Empires
04 Savage Souls
05 In The Darkness
06 Deception Of Hate
07 Sins And Sorrows
08 Best Days Of My Life
09 Nightmares Of Demon
10 Victim Of Fate
11 Into The Fire

Fighting forever!

VA - Merry Axemas - A Guitar Christmas

Before X-mas is over in TW i must hurry to play that one!lol no big description needed, just very good axeman playing the famous x-mas tune. in order of appearance you have kenny wayne sheperd, eric johnson, jeff beck, the brian stezer orchestra, joe satriani, steve morse, steve vai, joe perry, alex lifeson, richie sambora and finally hotei! As you can see not the worst people they could find! i think it's cool to listen to how they revamped those songs in their manner...besides the title though it is appropriate for that period of the year, also befits any warriors..since not everyone call "axe" the same thing! ah ah! ...so hope you enjoy! ...and Merry Axe-Mas to you broz!

VA - Merry Axemas - A Guitar Christmas
Genre: Guitar!
Tracklist:
01 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
02 First Nowell
03 Amazing Grace
04 Jingle Bells
05 Silent Night/Holy Night Jam
06 Joy to the World
07 Christmas Time Is Here
08 Blue Christmas
09 Little Drummer Boy
10 Cantique de Noel (O' Holy Night)
11 Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

Slashing santa's bag open! ^^

莫文蔚 - X

Yeah, i know, toxic war is already over! but indeed that last play triggered something else from HK (one titletrack in particular, "如果还有以后")...莫文蔚 may look like a poppy doll, well she's not! alright, alright ...but not that much even so! ^^ her style is rather ecclectic and i think you might like what she does...don't worry, it's not like the japanese childish pop i find funny for instance! she uses jungle rhythms very often but also sounds/loops that are to be found in Hip Hop or even keyboards reminiscent of Visual Kei!...and at times there are distorted guitars...actually each song has it's own style and what's great is that her voice adapts those changes! so she can sound either aggressive or very sweet, depending on the moment!...it is chiefly mainstream, but at least she proved she mastered all the different aspect of it! rock on!

莫文蔚 (Karen Mok) - X
Genre: pop, rock
Tracklist:
01 爱死你
02 看透
03 You Are So Beautiful
04 忽然东风
05 如果还有以后
06 黑雨
07 我明白他
08 腹语
09 清醒
10 双面

Tigress waiting to pounce!

Herbie Hancock - Future 2 Future 2001

As you'll hear it is not exactly like Krush but as i said i think their styles somewhat echo each other. H.H is mainly known for what he does in jazz but this one album, if it is still jazz, has nothing convetionnal in it! the music is done with samplers and turntable ...and a few keyboards of course! well, if you are acquainted with Herbie's sort of psychedelic style then you should feel comfortable in no time...i understand that perhaps some of his fan from the early fusion style period may be a little disappointed but to me H.H just shows with this record what a talented musician he is, no matter what he uses to make his music....if a bad workman blames his tool as we say, then not an instrument in this world need to fear him! ah ah! enjoy!

Herbie Hancock - Future 2 Future 2001
Genre: Jazzy, Electronic, Jungle
Tracklist:
01 Kebero
02 Wisdom
03 The Essence (featuring Chaka Khan)
04 This is Rob Swift
05 Black Gravity
06 Tony Williams
07 Be Still
08 Ionosphere
09 Kebero (part 2)
10 Alphabeta
11 Virtual Hornets

Open your Eyes and have a vision!

[TOXIC WAR] Element 1 - Uncivilized Music Compilation 1999

This will certainly be my last play in that war, as tomorrow i won't have time to play anything else before it is over! but indeed i have plenty to listen now so it's not a problem!lol So what about that last one? well, have you ever seen that movie called the terminator? Element 1 is a compilation that will bring you into kindda the same world... where human beings or natural sounds have utterly vanished...however music still exists...only it's been replaced by the rumble of machines, the clatter of hot steel being hammered, or... waves modulations! yep!....no water left, only a green glowing waste! ^^

Element 1 - Uncivilized Music Compilation 1999
Genre: Noise, Techno, Industrial
Tracklist:
01 Laurent Hô - Intro
04 Laurent Hô - Out Of Tempo
07 Cyanide - Boo
11 Elektroplasma - Failure
13 ADC - Magnetic Resonance
17 Somatic Responses - Photon Emission II
21 N Project - Android
25 Elektroplasma - Ekalyps
29 Somatic Responses - Agile Warriors
33 ADC - Sincroindustry
37 N Project - Ghost
43 Torgull - Resurrection
45 Elektroplasma - Urgences
51 Torgull - Labyrinth
61 Cyanide - Glyse
73 Pas Encore - Doing That Much
87 Ho.exe - Wavesick

After Man Was Eventually Discarded!

[TOXIC WAR] Laurent Hô - Syntetic 1997

Laurent Hô is perhaps already known to you...here is not very famous though many people from the techno movement in europe know who he is or have already heard about him. He is french and i used to listen to his stuff a lot when i was younger. His style is tekno but it is definitely different from that of most of the people making that kind of music...Laurent Hô doesn't rely that much on a pounding bass as he virtaully makes the machines dance or speak!lol he is certainly very intoxicating from that point of view as the work he does to get his own soundscape is really impressive....so if you like it industrial, then this is your man! have fun!

Laurent Hô - Syntetic 1997
Genre: Techno, Experimental
Tracklist:
01 CWKN
02 Stor
03 Pricol
04 Attrol
05 Thema
06 W Noise
07 Onobody
08 Verperk
09 Maidman
10 Tetrapak
11 Geometr
12 RS
13 DXF
14 Ernest Strangle
15 357 Kcal Part (1)
16 357 Kcal Part (2)
17 357 Kcal Part (3)
18 357 Kcal Part (4)
19 Pr P Steiner

Industrial Toxic Compound!

[TOXIC WAR] Blockhead - Downtown Science

Blockhead walks a fine path between many different styles...the rhythm is grounded in Hip Hop most of the time but as far as everything else is concerned, the musical scope used here is quite extended! going from R&B to rock, to electronic or even heavy metal riffs, then suddenly a smidgen of blues or a traditional tinges is cast forth and take over ....well i let you do the listing of all that is to be found in there!lol what is sure is that this artist's mind is brimming over with original ideas and should not bore you for a split second! enjoy! =D

Blockhead - Downtown Science
Genre:Hip Hop, Electronic
Tracklist:
01 Expiration Date
02 Roll Out The Red Carpet
03 Serenade
04 Cherry Picker
05 Crashing Down
06 Stop Motion Traffic
07 Art Of Walking, The
08 Good Block Bad Block
09 Dough Nation
10 Quiet Storm
11 First Snowfall, The
12 Long Walk Home

Side effects!??

[TOXIC WAR] DJ Krush - Zen

You certainly know Dj Krush as he is an important figure on the hip hop stage. This album has plenty of featuring and i think that is its main interest, cause the music in itself though it is cool, reminds me a lot of stuff Herbie Hancock does when he indulges in that genre....well, it's not a harsh criticism being compared to Herbie Hancock! Anyway, the album is pretty cool ...funky and smooth...and the different textures Krush comes up with are always interesting...there is of course a lot of work which has been done on the sound itself, so don't miss it!^^


DJ Krush - Zen
Genre: Hip Hop
Traclist:
01 Song 1
02 Zen Approach - (featuring Black Thought)
03 Danger Of Love - (featuring Zap Mama)
04 Sonic Traveler - (featuring Tunde Ayanyemi)
05 Duck Chase - (featuring PhonosycographDISK)
06 Vision Of Art - (featuring Company Flow)
07 Day's End - (featuring Kazufumi Kodama)
08 With Grace - (featuring N'Dea Davenport)
09 Candle Chant - (featuring Boss The MC)
10 Endless Railway - (featuring Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson)
11 Whutz' Da Solution - (featuring Kukoo Da Baga Bonez)
12 Paradise Bird Theory - (featuring Sunja Lee)
13 Final Home - (Mista Sinista remix, hidden track)

Smoking and Glowing!

[TOXIC WAR] 鬼束ちひろ - This Armor

i don't think i ever played 鬼束ちひろ in here, so it was high time to fix that! her music combines some jazzy melodies with more conventional rock ones....but overall, it is mainly J-pop. Her Voice is rather low pitched for a woman (especially if we compare it to the one of 刘芳!) but she has a truely great voice and i'm sure with such titletracks on her album, she'll have no problem corrupting your mind!lol enjoy!

鬼束ちひろ(Onitsuka Chihiro) - This Armor
Genre: Jpop, Jazz
Tracklist:
01. ROLLIN'
02. 茨の海
03. ｼｬﾄﾞｳ
04. "Everything,In My Hands"
05. Our Song
06. 流星群
07. LITTLE BEAT RIFLE (album version)
08. Arrow of Pain
09. infection
10. CROW

Warrior babe!

[TOXIC WAR] 刘芳 - 声声醉 4

That artist bears the same name as the 琵琶 virtuoso also called 劉芳! but they are different persons, and of course plays different genres! but both of these 刘芳 have their style anchored in rather Chinese tradional music! the one here is on the vocal side and i just love her melodies, ...and above all her voice which is so sweet that it has the power to soothe you away! ah ah! i suppose she sings about love mainly or that kind of things,... though i hardly get a word!lol anyway, the perfect artist to relax at home while taking care of your loved one! =)

刘芳 - 声声醉 4
Genre: Chinese
Traclist:
01 纸飞机
02 无声的雨
03 东南西北风
04 月亮惹的祸
05 七月初七
06 吻别英文版
07 我是不是该安静地走开
08 飘摇
09 单身情歌
10 七里香
11 醉清风

Ancestral hallucinogenic

[TOXIC WAR] Keren Ann - Nolita (2005)

This is some strange band! ^^ actually i don't really know how to describe the music....it all seems like a long ballad to me..a stroll somewhere! and indeed that's why each of the songs from that album is to be considered more like an emotion or a feeling and not really like a song, ...though it is one of course! describing different moment of a same day during which you experience several moods...at times you feel like time has stopped... but there are suddenly sunbeams piercing through, shining on the melancoly around ....cause it is only melancoly, ..you never experience boredom...That is in a few words the kind of things you may feel or expect when you'll try to intoxicate yourself once again! hope that helps =)

Keren Ann - Nolita (2005)
Genre: like a stroll somewhere...
Tracklist:
01 Que N'ai-Je ?
02 Greatest You Can Find
03 Chelsea Burns
04 One Day Without
05 La Forme Et Le Fond
06 Nolita
07 Roses & Hips
08 Midi Dans Le Salon De La Duchesse
09 L'onde Amère
10 For You And I
11 Song Of Alice


I'm breathing!

[TOXIC WAR] Sylvain Chauveau - Des Plumes Dans La Tete

As you can see this is a french artist, but he is not at all famous and remains known to only a very small number of people. His music is minimalistic to say the least and you must pay as much attention to the sound itself as to the music work. Basically this is the OST of a movie ("feathers in your head") but that artist must be considered as some kind of poet making music rather than a musician only....difficult to describe but very emotional, this guy often re-uses his own theme and melodies but try to see them from a different angle....hope you like it!

Sylvain Chauveau - Des Plumes Dans La Tete
Genre: Intrumental (piano), Weird Jazz!
Tracklist:
01 Des Plumes dans la Tête (Variation 1)
02 Situation Initiale
03 Pour les Oiseaux
04 Feu
05 Le Brasier de Tristesse
06 Ferme les Yeux
07 Des Plumes dans la Tête (Variation 2)
08 Les Débutants 1
09 Pour les Oiseaux (Variation 1)
10 Anthracite
11 Nocturne Urbain 2
12 Pour les Oiseaux (Variation 2)
13 Sinon le Vent qui Passe
14 Noir
15 Ferme les Yeux (Variation)
16 Les Débutants 2
17 Pour les Oiseaux (Variation 3)
18 Blanche Comme l'Infini
19 Situation Finale
20 Des Plumes dans la Tête
21 Suber
22 Datebook

Close your eyes and breathe!

[TOXIC WAR] Diva Destruction - Passion's Price

Diva Destruction is a band in which two women from the US launched into creating a strange mix between spacey electronic and gothic rock! to me it sound a bit like some pop stuff from the 80's, mostly because of that basic 4/4 drum rhythm made by a machine (sounds like it at least!lol) but that's not very important! the music is pretty cool and dark, almost like a remote church choir trying to summon old demons .... or lost lovers perhaps cause the lyrics revolves around rather romantic themes! ^^

Diva Destruction - Passion's Price
Genre: Gothic Electronic
Tracklist:
01 The Broken Ones
02 In Dreaming
03 Enslaved
04 Glare
05 Snake
06 Hate You To Love You
07 Cruelty Games
08 Prey
09 You're The Psycho
10 My Turn
11 Bed Of Lies
12 Lovers Chamber
13 Knights Disguise

Innimical Mermaid!

[TOXIC WAR] Baphomet Engine - Baphomet Engine

Baphomet Engine comes from Brazil if i am not mistaken and was set up by two guys who are former metal heads! one was playing thrash metal and the other punk music. That's probably why these guys do not really sound like the usual zippy indulging into trance music!lol they have rather psychedelic and dark ambiances but what's more interesting is the wide array of sounds they use in their composition, plenty of texture and colours to subjugate your mind! it is quite impressive IMHO! enjoy!

Baphomet Engine - Baphomet Engine
Genre: Psychedelic, Trance
Tracklist:
01 Prelúdio
02 Calling To Death
03 L´Aliénation Mentale
04 Hades
05 Looking For Dragons At Spitsbergen
06 The First Possession
07 Dancing On The Barrows
08 Miss Dymphne Tryplet Is Dead
09 Templar Warriors

Brazilian binary Samba!

[TOXIC WAR] Four Tet - Rounds

Four tet is some strange stuff for though it is electronic, it is not easy to pigeonhole (to me at least!) but one thing is for sure the music is really cool and laid back...this is not the irksome type! i discovered that band thanks to Radiohead, cause they were doing remixes for them, and since then it has stayed a band of interest to me...so i hope it will turn out to be one for you as well! =D

Four Tet - Rounds
Genre: Electronic
Tracklist:
01 Hands
02 She Moves She
03 First Thing
04 My Angel Rocks Back and Forth
05 Spirit Fingers
06 Unspoken
07 Chia
08 As Serious As Your Life
09 And They All Look Broken Hearted
10 Slow Jam

Uncanny Entanglement!

[TOXIC WAR] Yeska - Skafrocubanjazz

As this is just the beginning of the war, let's not play too toxic an album!lol yeska is an american band which i listened to quite a lot some years ago, a bit less now, though i still enjoy the music, no doubt about it! The musicianship is great and the music itself hovers between, jamaican and cuban music...and i must say those two styles blend together particularly well =D it's very funky and also very varied, though it remains within the compass of these two genres of course....what do we wait for? let's intoxicate ourselves!


Yeska - Skafrocubanjazz
Genre: Jazz, Cuban
Tracklist:
01 Fideo (Para Aqui)
02 4th Generation
03 Walter's House
04 Falafel Combo
05 Second Menu
06 Cantaloupe Island
07 Skaliente
08 Stakes Are High
09 Chilaquiles
10 Fideo (Para Llevar)

Cuidado por favor!!

过失乐队 - Never Say Die 2006

Well everybody is about to go to bed so i take advantage of it to play that great band from china! they play some punk-with-an-attitude music, almost hardcore at times! what i love most about this band is the voice of the vocalist and the high level of energy the band display,... they also use some kind of megaphone or some other sh$$, like dual vox to achive a great effect of anger, ...like some call for uprising!lol well, of course music-wise it's pretty basic, but these chinese guys have a knack for that old angry punkshit that makes me spine shiver! groovy and straightforward that how i like it..that's how they make it!! Moreover, the production is pretty decent, which is not often the case with rather "underground" punk...so one more reason to enjoy that rather short-but-intense in-your-face album! \m/

过失乐队 (Demerit) - Never Say Die 2006
Genre: Punk, Hardcore
1 INTRO
2 NEVER GONNA CHANGE
3 FUCK THE SCHEMERS
4 KEEP YOURSELF
5 FIGHT YOUR APATHY
6 I DONT WANNA HEAR IT
7 THE WORLD HAS BECOME BATTLE FIELD
8 GIVE ME TRUTH
9 VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

Raise your fist and shout it out!

High Tone - Live 2003

This one band is unknown to most of you, i'm sure pretty sure about it! they come from a city called Lyon in the eastern part of france and they formed in 97 or so. They basically play Dub music, but they have also integrated plenty of other influences ranging from electro, to hip hop or Traditional, and even trance/techno music at times, so as to better widen their musical scope ...and the list is far from complete! =D in the end the outcome is just brilliant and the music itself is quite dynamic never letting you down for one second! well, it's not metal but almost as good as it! don't waste time, just light it up and rise on to cloud nine me brethren! ^^

High Tone - Live 2003
Genre: Dub, Reggae
Traclist:
01 The orientalist
02 Mother dubber
03 112 dub
04 Hard working
05 Bad weather
06 Short visit
07 Enter the dragon
08 Onew dub
09 Dehli Katmandou
10 Taniotoshi
11 Echo-logik

Jah warriors on the move!

Ten Kens -Ten Kens 2006

Welcome for a journey some 20 years back in time, despite the date displayed which is 2006! ever heard about these canadians, cause i'm not sure they are very famous indeed?! whatever..., this indie / psychedelic / pop /rock (pick one!lol) band plays some depressive, kindda angry songs in the style of the Doors and though it is utterly unoriginal if we consider their style, it is not that bad whatsoever! ah ah! Anyway, i was glad to listen to their stuff cause the melodies are pretty interesting and always entertaining, and what i like most is the fact that they have managed to get that peculiar rock sound, like a sort of sabbathian feel, that i like so much ...and which i think contribute a lot to set off the quality of their music ... well hope you enjoy!

Ten Kens -Ten Kens 2006
Genre:Pop, Rock, Psychedelic style
Tracklist:
01 The Alternate Biker
02 Downcome Home
03 Refined
04 Y'all Come Back Now
05 Bearfight!
06 Cosby Pills
07 The Prodigal Sum
08 Worthless and Oversimplified Ideas
09 A Decision of Especial Relevance
10 The Whore of Revelation
11 I Really Hope You Get to Retire

A sense of Drama hovers in the Air!

Embers - The Gods Are Traitors (2007)

Before the war starts, i play that MDM band which i find rather good. To me the label MDM has always seemed like an heresy in itself....a bit like christian black metal!...WTF i always say to myself??? why not "happy suicidal doom" with "blarring noiseless scream"?!...some people read way too much poetry in this world! i wish i could tag my footprint on their butt like their tag their "commercial" rubbish to the music i like! ah ah! Anyway, Embers' style is nothing really new, but it's very well crafted and executed... there are plenty of breakdowns and mosh parts, cool "leads" once and a while.... the only thing nagging at me is that i sometimes find the snare drum to be
a bit weak for that style, i like it chunky and stout!...but that has more to do with the production than anything else! no other complaint otherwise! have fun! ;)

PS: this is not the cover at all but i like the picture! lol

Embers - The Gods Are Traitors (2007)
Genre: MDM
Tracklist:
01 The Gods Are Traitors
02 Within My Soul
03 Empathy Is Killed
04 The Shine Of Hate
05 The Mission Is Murder
06 We Are The Weapon
07 Choose Your Enemy!
08 Broken Hopes, Broken Lives

You'll aGoNiZE fRoM SweEt PaIn ! ah ah!

Perhaps you are already well acquainted with that U.S band called BiS, but if that is not the case, then it should deserve all your attention for the next 40 minutes! Metalcore or that kind of "look-i-can-play-rhythm-only" metal tends to bore me to death in seconds most of the time, but this one is quite different, they have very complex chugging and heavy songs with very cool arrangements! in the end the 40 minutes of aggression that this album contains pass by at the speed of light! at times they recall me a bit that band called Soilwork but BiS's music is more elaborate and violent IMO, some tracks may even be considered Death ...just take the vox off "embrace the plague"...and what have we got left?? =D...well, what i like perhaps most in that album, is the sound, cause if this band is obviously not revolutionizing the genre, the production is definitely awesome and the drum stands out like mad, especially the double bass! yum yum!!^^ hope you enjoy, ...i can't get enough of it!

Burn In Silence - Angel Maker 2006
Genre: Metalcore / progressive?
01 Lines From An Epitaph
02 Rebirth
03 The Age In Which Tomorrow Brings
04 Embrace The Plague
05 Primal Human Pain
06 Angel Maker
07 Judging Hope
08 Well Adjusted
09 Watching Dead Leaves Fall
10 World Of Regret

Screamin' my guts out!!

Discard - Carrion (2007)

Though i had plenty to do, i decided to spend my evening reinstalling and playing an old PC RPG game called Baldur's Gate (II)...it's been a while, years actually, since the last time i launched into some of the quests it contains, but nostalgia got a grip on me, and that definitely vivified my fighting spirit! The music in the game is cool, but it was definitely better once i added my own to it! ah ah! indeed i choose Discard as a soundtrack for the epic medieval battles i waged, and i must say i lost none, so this is certainly a good band for that kind of fantastic and heroic venturing! these guys are very groovy and they'll wreak havoc in your head, as a storm in a teapot!lol their chugging riffs will blow like a fresh wind over your face, ...and all of a sudden the sleepy warrior buried deep inside of you will surge and blaze forth with all his might! .... well obviously, one should not overindulge in Baldur's Gate, ...there are side effects!lol Rock on!

Discard - Carrion (2007)
Genre: Thrash Metal / Death Metal
Tracklist:
01 Bleeding Lead
02 Pulse
03 Draconian Measures
04 The True Northern Mindset
05 Bury The Sun
06 The Antagonist
07 Fiend
08 Circles Of Bonedust
09 Demonology
10 Concubine
11 Will Above Will

Dare you, bed wetting little maggot!!!

Otargos - Kinetic Zero (2007)

A black form has been hovering over our ship for quite some time now.... i was ready to stand and slash it to pieces, but it eventually turned out to be only the black shroud the Antigöd wrapped the ship in during his absence!ah ah! having noticed a grin caused by the violence and brutality of his fellow counterparts, i decided to greet him back with an equally violent and brutal band from my home country... so let's flood the upper deck with BM! i must tell you i love that new album and especially the ambiance it creates! to give you a hint before you launch with your soul and heart into it, let's say the music is in the line of early Satyricon (up to nemesis divina /mother north ep) but the ambiance is much more futuristic (a perfect balance in between IMHO)... every theme revolve around death, life and the universe! 1E 1740.7-2942 is even the name of a massive black hole discovered in 1979 in our milky way and dubbed The Great Annihilator! what do we do now?! let's sail on to our destiny and make it our next stopover! full sail ahead! enjoy!

Otargos - Kinetic Zero (2007)
Genre: Black Metal (kind of futuristic)
Tracklist :
01 Intro
02 Open the Circular Infinite
03 Kinetic-Zero
04 M87
05 Crystallizing Nuclear Aurora
06 1E 1740.7-2942
07 Spheres of the Anticosmic
08 Vo-i-d
09 Stygian Metamorphosis
10 Time Quantaeon
11 Outro

State-of-the-Art Destruction!

DevilDriver - The Fury Of Our Maker's Hand 2005

i was introduced to Devildriver by a friend of mine some time ago (hi Raph if you read this! ^^) and i stuck to the band since then! =D indeed these metalheads play really awesome and ballsy songs, ....hearken fan of Impious!, rush to get that one if you don't have it already! equipped with riffs and breakdowns made of steel, that awe inspiring behemoth is gonna trample whatever stand in its way, so don't stand too close to your speakers! ah ah! the music itself is very groovy and catchy, to me it's like a sort of Nu-metal or some stuff in the line of Children of Bodom (minus the keyboard) but with a more aggressive, thrash/death like influence... the whole thing is punctuated with great leads (yummie!), and you can clearly hear that these guys are having all the fun they can! enjoy!

DevilDriver - The Fury Of Our Maker's Hand 2005
Genre: Thrash Metal, Death Metal
Tracklist:
01 End Of The Line
02 Driving Down The Darkness
03 Grinfucked
04 Hold Back The Day
05 Sin And Sacrifice
06 Ripped Apart
07 Pale Horse Apocalypse
08 Just Run
09 Impending Disaster
10 Bear Witness Unto
11 Before The Hangman's Noose
12 The Fury Of Our Maker's Hand

Welcome to Headbangers Fest!

Anthelion - Bloodshed Rebefallen (2007)

hey anyone around!??... after such a long absence, I'm finally back for good! My computer has experienced a whole series of goddamn problems... and at last today is the end of 'em all! after several tests, we found the motherboard of my new laptop happened to be faulty! =/ but it's just been replaced a few hours ago =D so now i can finally play that one album by a band from a small and fearsome island located in the south china sea that is called ...Taiwan!! ah ah! Anthelion is not the most original band ever, granted!, as like me they are likely to remind you of bands such as Cradle of filth, or Dimmu Borgir at their beginning (especially the euphoria album)....but they are pretty FOoOoo0oOOckIng (sorry i got carried away!ah ah ) brilliant in my view! actually they are the best I've hear for a long long time in that genre! well, i'm not going to speak volume about 'em ...suffice it to say the production is excellent and massive, just as the music itself ....and off you go!....TW once again proved itself an exhilarating and unpredictable place... and it kicked my unwary ass real bad!lol OJZ and enjoy!

Anthelion - Bloodshed Rebefallen (2007)
Genre: Symphonic Black Metal
Tracklist:
01 Snake Corpse
02 Sin of Aeon
03 Without Trepidation
04 Grave Ocean
05 Bloody Matrimony
06 Hibernation Glaciation Exuviation
07 Bloodshed in the Dark of Burning Hell
08 The Tome of Broken Souls
09 The Evil Adversary

Betwitching Satanic Eastern Witchcraft!

Impious - The Killer 2002

Now that's it, the temperature gives no doubt about it, winter has stepped on our threshold and stand poise, watching and waiting for us! so as a welcome back, i opened my window, put the stereo on the sill and let a blaring hymn waft out in the air! if yours is powerful enough, it may even spread through the pane directly without having to open anything at all...press play, and everything will just be blown away!ah ah cause bare in mind Impious are some serious riffers, and still more on their latest album called Hellucinate (2004) or even Holy Murder Masquerade, released in 2007! i believe they are known to most of you as they have been (and still are!) around for quite a while...but just in case you missed these outstanding thrashers, i play them here! =D the album in itself is not outstanding, the very last one is far better in my view, but it's pretty decent and quite reminds me of The Crown / Crown of Thorns at times... a style which i appreciate much and have always been partial to... enjoy or die!

Impious - The Killer 2002
Genre: Thrash Metal....or is it more like Death!?? ah ah....Ballsy vibes for sure!
Tracklist:
01 Intro
02 Burn The Cross
03 Dead Eyes Open
04 Caught In Flesh
05 The Deathsquad
06 Sick Sex Six
07 The Hitman
08 Kill For Glory
09 Stabbed 69 Times
10 Needles Of Sin
11 Digital Devil

who wants a good thrashing!??

Catherine - The Naturals (2007)

hey! long time no see! ;) after 3 terrible crashes and 3 formatting of my computer ...I'm back online at last with no severe losses! well all is not completely back to normal as i need a new motherboard, mine as a defect and will be replaced next week hopefully! let's see the bright side of things, it gave me plenty of time to listen to music! =D that's how i have recently discovered Catherine and though i was a bit reluctant at first ....cause i don't like screamo-like bands that much, they have eventually convinced me after a few spinning! ah ah! indeed, their music is full of furious breakdowns, heavy riffing and angry, dissonant melodies! nice menu isn't it? the vox that seemed screamo to me in the first place are indeed more like hardcore in the end, though that impression comes back to nag at me to me from time to time!lol ...whatever, a pretty good band IMHO that requires to be checked out forthwith! enjoy!


Catherine - The Naturals (2007)
Genre: Hardcore, Screamo
Tracklist:
01 First Take
02 The Naturals
03 Tailor
04 Light Brite
05 Dear Elizabeth
06 Fallacy
07 Through Art A Villain
08 Let's Pretend Like It's 1910
09 To Be Specific
10 Praise the Night Time

kick me plenty!

Total Fucking Destruction - Zen And The Art Of Total Fucking Destruction 2007

TFD, that's what i call a name! ah ah! i was really surprised when i discovered that album and especially by the second part, which is ....unplugged material! no so often a brutal grindcore/hardcore band provides his audience with that kind of thing! the music is just brilliant in my view and rather original to top it all...i can sense some killwhitneydead's influence or spirit oozing around! beware!lol i don't mean they have copied KWD at all, what i mean by that is ass kicking riffing reminding me of brutal truth, and loads of heavy energy (no movie sound clips used here)....Total Fucking Destruction is totally fucking insane! brilliant! \m/

Total Fucking Destruction - Zen And The Art Of Total Fucking Destruction 2007
Genre: Experimental Metal / Hardcore / Punk
Electric
01 Beat Up
02 Intense Negative Vibe
03 Warfinger
04 Mad Pig Disease
05 We are all Elvis now
06 The Speed of Noise
07 Armed Response
08 Enslaved by Propaganda (Terrorizer)
09 Corpse Position
10 Y.A.R.N.

Acoustic:
11 Bio-satanic Terroristic Attack
12 Kill the Jocks and Eat their Brains
13 Boxcutter
14 Nihilism, Emptiness, Nothingness, Nonsense

Dare you f$$k with me??!!!

Norz Feuer - Pure evil substance

Winter is coming back so it's high time to exert oneself and prepare for a new upcoming battle! ....Quick! =P
This is a French band from Paris that was set up by people from a forum in 2004! It may sound like a joke (and it is one! ah ah!)...but when you hear that demo they released..well, one must admit that they made it out rather well, not to say brilliantly! the drum is performed by a machine and this is the only drawback in my opinion, but it is nevertheless very well programmed, not boring or repetitive at all...it is just that i like it better when it is a real drummer doing the job...but anyway, Norz Feuer performs an excellent black metal that all BM fan will definitely enjoy! the style is typical from what was done during the 90's (the best period to me!)....great vox, asskicking riff, pounding drums....let's face it...War is on and these French warriors will take part in it ! enjoy!

Norz Feuer - Pure evil substance
Genre: Black Metal
Tracklist:
1 Gazing over a blazing forest of nocturnal swords
2 Into the frostbitten death of Christ into black chants
3 Beyond a Satanic hordes with frozen screams
4 Traversing a pagan legion beneath evil cries
5 Forever reigns a burning eternity from pagan flagellation
6 Of a blood red crucifixion beneath northern coffins
7 Dwelling in the hateful cry surrounded by dead realms

Renewal of Strength!

諫山実生 (谏山实生) - 恋愛組曲～Ｏｎｅ ａｎｄ Ｏｎｌｙ Ｓｔｏｒｙ～ のトラック

well no one seems to be around at the moment but it doesn't matter! you'll see it at one point or another when you come by .... Isayama Mio is often considered to be a pop artist but in my view she's definitely not that and to my ears, her music is imbued with jazzy melodies. She has a great and sweet voice that can at times be likened to that of 椎名林檎 (when she's not in a rock frenzy!lol) incidentally their music can somewhat sound similar as well, and to a certain extent i'd stake that if you like one there are good chances you like the other! an excellent and melodic album that should interest anyone looking for top notch easy listening =D

諫山実生 (谏山实生) - 恋愛組曲～Ｏｎｅ　ａｎｄ　Ｏｎｌｙ　Ｓｔｏｒｙ～ のトラック2005
Genre: Pop, Jazz
Tracklist:
1 月のワルツ
2 心春めいて…
3 手紙　＜シングル・ヴァージョン＞
4 誰も知らない
5 同級生
6 想いコガレテ
7 坂道
8 桟橋＜アルバム・ヴァージョン＞
9 涙の向こうへ

Like a feather floating over!

Биопсихоз (Biopsyhoz) - P.L.O.D (2007)

While, i'm strolling outside the metal sphere, i play this Russian band which glide about in an industrial world of his own! =) well it can somewhat sound like The prodigy or be even more on the other side of the metal fence and sound like real electronic music, like The Propellerheads ...overall, i would say they are a bit more on the metal side, but not that much! They sing in Russian and it sounds pretty cool for that kind of music in my opinion, the music pace is generally rather slow and more of the ambient/mesmerizing kind, like some Gothic stuff with ethereal voices and whispered lyrics...well, welcome into a new age, the dark era of state-of-the-art technology! ~~enjoy~~!

Биопсихоз (Biopsyhoz) - P.L.O.D (2007)
Genre: Industrial, Electronic
Tracklist:
01 Я вышел
02 НН
03 Луну под кожу
04 МВЧ
05 Либидо
06 Никто не... (1)
07 Никто не... (2)
08 God message
09 Упругие формы
10 Лепи меня
11 Сказка странствий
12 None
13 IZO

Ano Domini 2658! \m/

Gang Gang Dance - God's Money 2005

This is a band from the US, N.Y.C, that plays some sort of techno music...well if it's not techno at least it's electronic music. They have a very special style that i find very entertaining, they also remind me of some Japanese electronic music makers whose names i have forgotten! ah ah! What i like in particular in their music is the way they carry their listener from very peaceful ambiances to more apocalyptic ones...well apocalyptic is perhaps not the most befitting term as it's never really that aggressive (though it can be quite dark), but at times you just get the impression that there is no structure, nothing upholding what you hear, just as if it was not real! it's weird!lol to me that's the main strength of that album... like it's not really from this world! enjoy =)

Gang Gang Dance - God's Money 2005
Genre: Electronic, Techno, Noise
Tracklist:
1 God's Money I (Percussion)
2 Glory In Itself/Egyptian
3 Egowar
4 Untitled (Piano)
5 God's Money V
6 Before My Voice Fails
7 God's Money VII
8 Nomand For Love (Cannibal)
9 God's Money IX

Enjoy! it's god p(l)aying!

Killwhitneydead - Never Good Enough for You 2004

Most of the time i like it the old-school way, but Kill Whitney Dead is definitely one of those new bands that caught my attention...i hope they caught yours as well! otherwise it's time to catch up with what you've been missing! As often you get into a store and you begin to browse the new stuffs they have and there right in the middle of that shit-load of unproductive followers stand a band with either an eye-catching cover or like it's the case for this band, funny titletracks... they really retained the grindcore spirit for that! the music is also a bit special as they use plenty of sound clips from horror movies or other stuffs, and overall they are really aggressive to woman! but i think it's just for the fun of it, just like those death bands who tend to be sorta clinical in their lyrics! well the album is pretty short but it's a cool one! enjoy!

Killwhitneydead - Never Good Enough for You 2004
Genre: Death, Thrash, Metal
Tracklist:
01 Where There's Smoke
02 I Didn't Know "I Love You" Came With A Knife In The Back
03 Duct Tape & Death Threats
04 Fine & Subtle Art Of Deception, The
05 I Already Have Enough Friends
06 Like You Didn't Hear Me The First Time
07 Love Is Like A Mouth Full Of Broken Glass
08 You Like Knife Play? I Love Knife Play
09 You Will Get Exactly What You Deserve (And Not One Bullet Less)
10 Forgiveness Isn't As Much Fun As Holding A Grudge
11 Broken Hearts Don't Hurt As Much As Broken Bones
12 Bitterness Is A Beautiful Thing
13 She Didn't Look Like She Had A Disease
14 Who Said Alcohol And Handguns Don't Go Great Together?
15 It Ain't Gonna Suck Itself
16 Revenge (My Part Time Lover)
17 Nothing Says "Party" Like Her Head On A Stick

Butchers at work!

Tanita Tikaram - Eleven Kinds of Loneliness (1992)

This is no metal, so lay back and take a good breath! I'm taking you back on the dusty track leading to the old boogie style and early r'n'r! ... in short welcome in the old south where the sun shines and the air smell like cotton..or is it rather some kind of tasty food wafting over to me?!lol Tanita Tikaram has a very pronounced bluesy colour in his music and at times it strongly reminds me of some albums by the Rolling Stones...like Beggar's Banquet for instance! but there are also many other influences, one of them being perhaps taken from Hawaiian music ...well on certain songs it sounds a bit like those overseas melodies to my ears .... overall, Eleven Kinds of Loneliness is a very peaceful and enjoyable album which you're going to like more and more as you fathom its content.... well at least i hope so! ah ah! =D

Tanita Tikaram - Eleven Kinds of Loneliness (1992)
Genre: Rock, Pop
Tracklist:
01 You Make the Whole World Cry
02 Elephant
03 Trouble
04 I Grant You
05 Heal You
06 To Drink the Rainbow
07 Out on the Town
08 Hot Stones
09 Men and Women
10 Any Reason
11 Love Don't Need No Tyranny
12 Way That I Want You

Southern flavoured poppy!

The Decemberists - Castaways and Cutouts 2002

Don't know if you've ever heard about that band as they apparently don't like too much to stand on the front line or under the spotlight... too bad for us cause we would gain from bringing them to another level of fame as their dreamy pop'n'roll is definitely top notch to my ears! that would change from the various shit broadcasted all day long on the air! ah ah they have something from all the best bands playing that kind of music, like the Beattles, Oasis, Neutral Milk Hotel ...and of course they have that poppy sound that is so very British! It's very strange to listen to how they managed to turn the kindda depressive mood we find in stuff by the Norwegian doom band called Godsend for instance into something which is still dark but so much sweeter.... A very dynamic and highly enjoyable album IMHO, really hope they release another one soon.... =D

The Decemberists - Castaways and Cutouts 2002
Genre: Rock, Pop
Tracklist
01 Leslie Anne Levine
02 Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect *my fav!*
03 July, July!
04 A Cautionary Song
05 Odalisque
06 Cocoon
07 Grace Cathedral Hill
08 The Legionnaire's Lament
09 Clementine
10 California One Youth and Beauty Brigade

Unoticed Travellers!

Riverside - Voices in My Head (2005)

Riverside comes from ....Poland (again)! they play a very peaceful/emotional progressive rock that is very enjoyable to have a rest or just relax thinking about nothing =)the musicianship is very good though it is not spectacular (or demonstrative i should say) ...and i'm sure you'll appreciate it...Riverside often reminds me the quietest passages/ballads of Vanden Plas, if you happen to know the band...but they have something from Porcupine Tree's or even Floydian's atmosphere as well, with very ambiant and electronic sounds used to wrap the whole thing in... definitely a band worth checkin' out if you want any advice from me!

Riverside - Voices in My Head (2005)
Genre: Progressive Rock
Tracklist:
01 Us
02 Acronym Love
03 Dna ts. Rednum or F. Raf
04 The Time I Was Daydreaming
05 Stuck Between
06 I Believe (bonus live track)
07 Loose Heart (bonus live track)
08 Out Of Myself (bonus live track)

Perfect Blend!

Nuit noire - Infantile espieglery 2006

As it is A bro's departure, i play this special album which is a band from my very homeland! i'm sure you don't know it as it is not very famous! ah ah! and as you will hear this is a very special kind of BM! the sound is really weird, like burzum first demo...sounds like raw punk to me! but this is done on purpose...the vox are also is burzum's early style, that is almost agonizing at times ..otherwise it's clear the rest of the time! this band has definitely a peculiar vision about what BM is but at the same time i really like the way they do it! you can't tell them they ahave copied from others! there are bands labeled art rock, well here it's almost like art black metal!lol whether you like it or not at least you won't have listened to many band like this! so let's get into it! \m/

Nuit noire - Infantile espieglery 2006
Genre: Black Metal
Tracklist:
01 Creatures Of The Night
02 Are You Ready For The Night?
03 Turn On Your Light
04 Alone?
05 Scrapheap!
06 Join Me In The Night
07 Enfant Spectre
08 Les Êtres De Lumière
09 Dans Le Noir
10 Rêve De Nuit
11 Fairies Fuck Humans
12 Never Be Like You
13 Osmose
14 Immature Attitude

Devilish spawns!

Edward Box - Moonfudge

While we're dealing with guitar hero, i have one to play which is walking a fine line between boring demonstration a-la-steve-vai (though Vai has some interesting ideas from time to time! ah ah) and the bluesy style of Walter Giardino...actually he is not far from him if we consider playing only cause the music is instrumental rock from the 80's ... very good one as a matter of fact! ^^
in this album all the note are necessary and none is played for fun or merely as a display of "impressive" speed technique... if i may say so! ah ah! the track are well composed and never let you down yawning at a deluge of notes that would be thrown at your face ... cause there is (almost!lol) none of that! this guy has taken the time to gather good ideas and to put them together consistenly! each song has its character and even if it's not the most original way to proceed that has been used, it works well whatsoever! believe me this one gets better each time you spin it!

Edward Box - Moonfudge
Genre: Instrumental, Guitar Hero
Tracklist:
01 Jack In The Box
02 Welcome To The Grindhouse
03 Axis Of Evil
04 Hourglass
05 Stanton's Stomp
06 Trailblazer
07 Downstream
08 Pasadena
09 Reverse The Polarity
10 Big Screen Love Theme

Listen to my soul!

塞宁- 珍珠饭店 2005

that artist called 塞宁, i am not sure where she's from if it's HK, TW or China... her style is rather eclectic and original as she mixes jazz, pop, and electronic sound, depending on the song...hope you'll like it and i take any info about her if you happen to have some (cause everything i find is in chinese and it's not easy to decipher!!ah ah!) =D

塞宁- 珍珠饭店 2005
Genre: Pop, Jazz, Electro
Tracklist:
01 珍珠饭店
02 马格丽特
03 轻微
04 塞宁
05 蕾丝边

Unscrutable Newcomer!

Criminal - Dead Soul 1997

Criminal comes from Chile and as you'll hear they are very remiscent of Sepultura's (in their Arise/chaos AD period) and i really love the drumming =D ...so i hope you like sepultura style!lol however Criminal are much heavier than usual thrash as they often sound more like death metal ...though the riff still follow the line of thrash metal all along... the lead parts are also catchy, and squealing! overall, let's just say that it's somewhat "classic" but VERY efficient... just like a good old Napalm Death album!! \m/(([[^^]]))\m/

Criminal - Dead Soul 1997
Genre: Trash Metal, Death Metal
Tracklist:
01 Denial
02 Scapegoat
03 Collide
04 Terror
05 Life Is Agony
06 No Salvation
07 Victimized
08 S.S.S.
09 Hijos De La Miseria
10 Slave Master
11 Nation Of Hate
12 Guilt

Old Skool Violence!

Corruption - Virgin's Milk [2005]

Poland keeps amazing me with the number of great band it produces! Corruption plays some furious Heavy Metal, cause that's what it is to me, though you may have some other label for what they do! it's very groovy and heavy, and it may even sound more or less mainstream at times (i mean by that that it as something of FM like bands!ah ah) but if mainstream was like corruption's music then i would definitely go for it...unfortunately...i think i'll keep at bay for the time being!lol well, they certainly do not revolutionize the genre, far from it as you'll hear but if you like the old sabbath stuff (and good production!) or Cathedral then you should go for it, cause it's a pretty interesting band and you can hear the musican all have a good level! hope you enjoy!

Corruption - Virgin's Milk [2005]
Genre: Old schoolHeavy Metal, [Doom, Stoner]
Tracklist:
01 99% of Evil
02 Hey You
03 Murdered Magicians
04 Lucy Fair
05 Freaky Friday
06 Fake Demon
07 Invisible Cry
08 Prophet
09 Disbelief
10 E.C.E.G.

Heavy? Me?

Atrophy - Socialized Hate 1988

From the best period of Thrash metal, we have Atrophy which is/was an awesome band IMHO =) i hope this one has not been played before as there are plenty of thrasher here!lol well, it's fast agressive, with good riffing and speedy leads...not much to add about it! i think they have something from coroner (which i'm a big fan of) in the way they writte their material...i love the end of the titletrack Beer Bong! so raise your glass, off we go! \m/

Atrophy - Socialized Hate 1988
Genre: Thrash Metal
Tracklist:
01 Chemical Dependency
02 Killing Machine
03 Matter Of Attitude
04 Preacher, Preacher
05 Beer Bong
06 Socialized Hate
07 Best Defense
08 Product Of The Past
09 Rest In Pieces
10 Urban Decay

May your di#k atrophy if you do not listen! ah ah!

Ooioo - taiga

well... i can't remember the last time i played something really weird, so i thought i needed to remedy to that as soon as possible! ... i guess i did it! i know no other band like the one of those crazy japanese girls! ah ah! Ooioo will in turn make you smile, perplex you, astound you, maybe terrify you, ...and so on and so forth ....and even make you wonder what you're listening to! ah ah! there is no way you can foresee where they will carry you the next second, but the trip is definitely worth taking.... so take a deep breath and brace yourself for a dive deep into an unfathomed abyss of alien music ..... Gooooo! =D

Ooioo - taiga
Genre: ???? is experimental the word?!lol
Tracklist:
1 UMA
2 KMS
3 UJA
4 GRS
5 ATS
6 SAI
7 UMO
8 IOA

U.F. - O - Logy!

Michael Shrieve - Two Doors - 1995

(sorry for the big cover, but i think it's nice!)

I was rummaging through my stuff and look what i found...an old dusty album for you! ah ah it's been years since the last time i listened to it, i had almost forgotten i had it! but beneath the dust is indeed a pretty shiny one, almost a masterpiece to me! the musician are of course very skilled =) the drummer (Michael Shrieve) is really good (...i know a retired drummer who's gonna be happy!), and i must also mention 2 other names at least cause on guitar we have shawn lane (before he got real famous) and Jonas Hellborg on bass! the other musicians are certainly famous but not to me!lol the music is in the best fusion style and shawn lane really delivers impressive sounds and leads! believe me, this one fusion album deserves to be in your collection (get yourself a copy if you find one) as it sometimes even turn out to sound metal! eh eh! so hope you have fun with it!

Michael Shrieve - Two Doors - 1995
Genre: Jazz, Fusion
Tracklist:
01 Stellar Rays
02 Deep Umbra
03 Sorcerer
04 Baraji
05 Caress of Lillith
06 Smiling Tarshishm
07 Juvalamu
08 Palace of Dreams
09 Locomotion
10 Data Trash
11 Stella
12 Your Saviour
13 Pipeline
14 Crocodile
15 Lincoln Logs
16 First Train
17 Queen Bee
18 Flying Polly
19 Stella (Reprise)

Drummer from hell!