Soulrest - Pathological Processes (1997)

welcome to Ukraine where Soulrest will be happy to entertain you! this is quite an old album ...10 years already! (i think it's their demo...doesn't sound like an album to me..more like self produced!lol) and i have no idea if they did anything else...cause i believe they have disbanded! too bad cause they style was cool for sure, and interesting as well! the vox are borderline between black and death metal, more like BM to me, that is no deep low pitched growling but rather a husky rawky one, just like their music which is not so much DM IMHO, as it sounds thrashy and speedy (like the crown/crown of thorns' early stuff)...but they are apparently labelled as MDM so as i'm bad at labelling i used that tag! ah ah!...well their song are really well composed, they even use a keyboard to create powerful and grandiose atmospheres that may even remind you of good old emperor at times, ...and didn't fall into the trap of overusing it!lol a pretty cool demo which would have deserve a real production, IMO...enjoy! \m/

Soulrest - Pathological Processes (1997)
Genre: MDM
Tracklist:
01 Pathological Processes
02 This Is My Life
03 Perpetual Decay
04 And Then Will Be Rot
05 Abstersion Of Consciousness
06 The Mask
07 Visualization Of Vitiosity
08 Artworks Of Farewell

Spirit of Metal \m/

Leftöver Crack - Mediocre Generica 2001

Leftöver Crack comes from N.Y.C and formed at the beginning of 2000 (or 2001 maybe)from the breaking up of different bands. their style is pretty cool and though i labeled it ska punk, it's sometimes more akin to hardcore or deeply angry punk rock indeed! ah ah! but they also play some r'n'r stuff in the old style (and even use piano at times!!!) ...so they are eclectic enough in the end ....and that pretty good! Perhaps you've heard of their latest album called "Fuсk World Trade" with a nice pic of the collapsing towers! it was quite a contentious one! ah ah! but that's what punk is all about! enjoy!

Leftöver Crack - Mediocre Generica 2001
Genre: Fast Ska-punk
Tracklist:
1 Homeo-apathy
2 Nazi White Trash
3 Atheist Anthem
4 The Good, The Bad & The Leftover Crack
5 Gay Rude Boys Unite
6 NC
7 Interlude
8 Stop The Insanity
9 Crack City Rockers
10 Burning In Water
11 With The Sickness
12 Born To Die
13 Untitled

Rocker from the Xtreme!

Devilica - 11 11 [2006]

This is some kind of demo (or it's a MCD) i guess, but this band is pretty good IMO, they play rough metal and incorporated quite a lot of different style in their music. They uses noises as well as very percussive riffing, melodical parts, and even some clear vocals!well, the whole thing is highly enjoyable i believe! (well to me at least! ah ah!) it's pretty difficult to give you an idea of their music as each track is always rather different from the next...or the previous! but they are somewhat in the style The Sawtooth Grin or Meshuggah....hope you like it! =)

Devilica - 11 11 [2006]
Genre: Screamo, Hardcore, Progressive, Grindcore
Tracklist:
01 Revoltandchaosdotcom
02 Heartless Heart
03 Truth Hurts But Pain is Temporary
04 A Journey of One Fine Man
05 A Funky Fairytale of an Angel
06 Honey Its Already 3.60 Am Now

jigsaw building!

HEADLINE - Escape 1997

Yes you read well, i played power metal!lol (shame on me! the devil'll kick my ass for that! ah ah!) well Headline i believe is pretty unknown! no wonder they are french!...perhaps they are famous in TW as many unknown French band manage to get famous there! actually i bought that one quite a while ago, about 10 years or so perhaps (it's their first album)! cause the guitarist of that band is pretty good and comes up with catchy riffs and hot leads (he plays a 7-strings)...i must admit i don't like their singer much ...yet it's a female!...but she's eons away from the sweet voices of Asian chicks!lol ... well the album is rather good anyway, she's not so horrible! the one i have is a collector edition so if you want the other CD played (acoustic version of these songs) ask me ...and it's done! =) enjoy!

HEADLINE - Escape 1997
Genre: Power Metal, Progressive Metal
Tracklist:
01 Avalon
02 The Time of Lords
03 Fever
04 You're what you've got
05 Who are we
06 Sad Clown
07 Thru the Daylight
08 Masquerade
09 Escape
10 The Night is over
11 What can I do

Escape if you dare! ;)

D - Tafel Anatomie (2006)

well, not far from you, dwells a band called with just one letter! ah ah pretty short name indeed, it's "D" that comes from Japan! no idea why they chose D whatsoever!lol they play r'n'r in the classic Japanese style..that is very well composed, produced..whatever, there's not much to criticize in that respect...whether you'll like the album or not has more to do with your taste than anything else! but to me it's just funky, full of energy, with even a Spanish touch at times, the vocalist is also awesome...i don't speak Japanese but it's great to listen to him anyway...in one word ...brilliant! enjoy!

D - Tafel Anatomie (2006)
Genre: J-rock
Tracklist:
01 Phantom pain
02 Fanfare
03 太陽を葬る日
04 Leukocyte
05 Calling me
06 Card
07 青い果実
08 Humanoid
09 Glow in the sun
10 抉る衝動

Visual Kei Power!

Latexxx Teens - Moloko And Ultraviolance [EP] (2006)

Latexxx Teens (also LXT) is an industrial band from Italy (Rome) which consist in 4 people. they are to me the direct heir of German band KMFDM, in the sense that their industrial metal is really in the same line, a sort of futuristic punk music. Otherwise these two bands don't have that much in common, ...no wonder, given the time difference between them...but in both cases it's dark, fast and aggressive...which is all i ask about industrial!lol this is an album which i like quite a lot so i hope you'll enjoy it as much as i do! \m/

Latexxx Teens - Moloko And Ultraviolance [EP] (2006)
Genre: Industrial
Tracklist:

01 Genesis Of Te(chn)ocrazy
02 Millenium Nightmare - United Shit Of America
03 Maschine Zeit
04 (s)Ain't (r)Evolution
05 Viral SublimiNation
06 Requiem For A Dream

Mechanized Aggression!

Slander - Fings To Fix 2004

Slander is a band from Brazil (Curitiba, south of Brazil)and i guess they are kindda unknown to the world!! too bad they disbanded in 2005 cause their music is pretty cool and fun! they have a very eclectic style that goes from metal, to funky and rock stuff from the 70's! coming from Brazil, the rhythm are especially interesting on that record ...and no wonder, at times you might feels it sounds a bit Sepultura-esque (as it is one of the first band that promoted that kind of rhythm)... music wise this band also recall Faith No More owing to the creative aspect of its music! =) cool album IMO! enjoy!

Slander - Fings To Fix 2004
Genre: Metal, Rock, Funk, Experimental
Tracklist:
01 Summary
02 Cartola
03 Lying
04 HeratBreaker
05 Jesus-Frito
06 Afegun
07 Haulysong
08 Ruberwall
09 Horoscope
10 Number One
11 Tyeta
12 Picadeiro of Life
13 Archive
14 Mane Galinha

if it ain't broken, break it!

The Sword - Age of Winters (2006)

This band is not that famous but you might have heard about them already, they are from Texas and believe it or not this album stands as some sort of demo!...well if you've never come across that band, then you're pretty likely to like 'em as they play a sorta old heavy metal / doom style , ...recalls Black Sabbath to my mind actually (but it sounds modern whatsoever!)...the album is really groovy and chuggy and i found it pretty good! it's definitely one of the best i heard in the style so far...powerful, melodic, with great drumming...this band stand poised like a tough warrior that won't be easily defeated! as their moniker suggests they are axe masters, so don't hold back your blows.... \m/

The Sword - Age of Winters (2006)
Genre: Stoner
Tracklist:
01 Celestial Crown
02 Barael's Blade
03 Freya
04 Winter's Wolves
05 Horned Goddess, The
06 Iron Swan
07 Lament For The Auroch
08 March Of The Lor
09 Ebethron

Slaughtered with fuzzy riffing!!

[LPP] Diskord - Doomscapes (2007)

well, what about an underground party? cause i guess Diskord won't play anywhere else!lol i didn't think to play that one in the first place indeed, cause it's been pretty soft till now.... but well i couldn't resist! ah ah! grindcore is definitely the chink in my armor! so Diskort plays a mix of 硬核, 死亡金属, 碾核 and they added very cool experimentation in their music ... i don't know much about the musicians playing in that band but by listening to them, you can bet their are all quite talented and certainly highly proficient at what they are doing! it's not that violent actually (no typical blastbeat stuff) and it's a pretty interesting album... so don't miss it!

Diskord - Doomscapes (2007)
Genre: Death Metal, Grindcore, Experimental
Tracklist:
01 An Architectonic Manifestation of Death
02 Public Static Void
03 Harbinger
04 Absurreality
05 Cosmic Collapse
06 The Ubiquitous Transience
07 Inane Existence
08 Pervasive Discreteness
09 Overstrain
10 Heritage
11 Reptilian Ancestry
12 Instauration

dance till your head fall to the ground!

[LPP] The Free French - A Place Of Our Own

I take advantage of this party to play stuff i usually don't indeed! the free french plays some jazzy pop which is quite enjoyable IMO. it's very well crafted and performed, a bit in the lounge style of some old jazz stuff from the 60's. it may seems a bit too "conservative" or "hype" in some sort of way, but actually if you pay attention, you can easily hear that behind simple melodies and smooth arrangement, in fact a complex and intricate work has been done! this is the slow dancing part! hope you are still able to see the girls around...or is it all blurred and swirling!?lol

The Free French - A Place Of Our Own
Genre: Pop
Tracklist:
01 Fireman
02 Living Together
03 Babysitter
04 I Need A Career
05 Everyone's Always Alright
06 You'll Suggest Somebody
07 The Scales
08 The Letter T
09 You're The Boss
10 Don't Come Cheap
11 Holiday At Home

if music was a science!

[LPP] The Boy Least Likely to - The Best Party Ever

we're in a landing zone! the party is slowing down a bit for everybody need to get a drink and relax!lol meanwhile for those who are staying on the dancefloor, this band plays some nice and sweet poppy melodies in the line of the beattles but with a more moder approach, including some electronic here and there! well we were dealing with being good, nice and all a bit earlier, that's the kind of music which is appropriate! if you headbang or get agitated with that one, then you're a madman...go and see a doc straightaway, these are "The Boy Least Likely to"! ah ah!

The Boy Least Likely to - The Best Party Ever
Genre: Pop
Tracklist:
01 Be Gentle With Me
02 Fur Soft As Fur
03 Monsters
04 Paper Cuts
05 Warm Panda Cola
06 I See Spiders When I Close My Eyes
07 I'm Glad I Hitched My Apple Wagon To Your Star
08 The Battle Of The Boy Least Likely To
09 Sleeping With A Gun Under My Pillow
10 Hugging My Grudge
11 My Tiger My Heart
12 God Takes Care Of The Little Things

no booze for you, but some juice instead!lol

[LPP] Mael Mordha - Gealtacht Mael Mуrdha

Mael Mordha is a band from Dublin, Ireland! Not so often we find one of those!lol they play a style which is between heavy rock and stoner/doom ...actually i have no idea what their style is!it reminds me a bit of band like kampfar or godsend at times... but it's cool music to me, that's all that counts! and i like the accent of their singer quite a lot ...we can clearly hear the Celtic influence over both the vox and the music! well it's nighttime here, but you'll have a strong drink for breakfast on your side!lol enjoy a party in the wood with loads of hydromel! =)

Mael Mordha - Gealtacht Mael Mуrdha
Genre: Metal, Pagan
Tracklist:
01 Altas Of Sorrow
02 Godless Commune Of Sodom
03 A Window of Madness
04 Curse Of The Bard
05 The Struggle Eternal
06 Gealtacht Mael Mordha
07 Minions Of Manannan

Mighty Odin's feast!

[LPP] 櫻桃幫 - 親愛的王子

So the party began already! here i bring Cherry Boom who is a band i like quite a lot for two reasons! first the music is really cool, and original, they use both groovy rock rhythms and soothing melodies... the vocals are in Chinese (or Taiwanese?) and i think that is also to their advantage, cause the singer has a very beautiful voice and her language let her express it! The second reason is that i discovered that this is an all girl band (but you certainly knew it!lol) ...and fortunately for me i heard their music much before i saw what they looked like.. cause otherwise i guess i wouldn't have been able to fairly judge the album! indeed they are so cute i would have been more than partial! ah ah! enjoy a very cool rock album! TAIWAN POWER kills me again! (([[**]])) any visa for your country?!! ;)

櫻桃幫 - 親愛的王子
Genre: Rock
Tracklist:
01 清新早晨
02 親愛的王子
03 秘密花園
04 再見我的愛
05 蝕月
06 I Wanna Rock
07 我的空氣
08 小丑世界
09 不對也要愛
10 黑夜來臨

All chick swinging party!

War - We Are... Total War 2001

Before the party begins, there's still time for grimness to show its nose! Coming from Sweden, here's come War! (no pun intended!) the lil' hype loving Christian are better be equipped soon or ..it's gonna be scorching ah ah!! cause this band is made up with serious master of the black art, i'm talking about Jim Berger from Abruptum, David Parland from Dark Funeral and Peter Tägtgren from Hypocrisy! Indeed almost a super combo!lol their music is raw, crude, violent and ruthless! ... the subject is plain and simple... Satanism and war! so nothing original at all, hey!...it's BM! ah ah! but this is the pinnacle of anti-Christian music...and in their view this is not for fun! \m/

War - We Are... Total War 2001
Genre: BM
Tracklist:
01 Satan
02 I Am Elite
03 Total War
04 The Sons of War
05 Revenge
06 Reapers of Satan
07 Satan's Millenium
08 War
09 Rapture
10 Ave Satan
11 Soldiers of Satan
12 666
13 We Are War
14 Bombenhagel

taste the rusty flavour of my raw blade!

Erosion - Vol.III [We Bite Records] [1992]

Erosion comes from Germany, and that's about all i know! ah ah! perhaps they still exist perhaps not (i guess not), i'm not even sure this is the right cover (though if we consider the intro, that may well be the one!!)...but what is sure is that this is one of a kick ass album! i have had it on tape for pretty long then on a burned CD..and still on it after all these years!...so if you have info about that band just tell me =D they play a mixture between early slayer, hardcore punk in the vein of DSB or some stuff by Pro pain ("the truth hurt" period)...the vocalist always reminds me of Lemmy's husky voice, though it's pretty different as you'll hear!lol his singing style is more in the line of Araya overall...punk/hardcore that is...
oh, the last song of the album is very doom-like! which always made me trip! ...i wonder how come these guy ended playing hardcore speedy songs indeed!lol the only thing that isn't good on that album is the mastering/production...but it cannot really be considered a flaw as it was made in 1992! enjoy!

Erosion - Vol.III [We Bite Records] [1992]
Genre: Hardcore, Punk, Thrash
01 Erosion III
02 Erosive Life
03 Revenge
04 Body and soul
05 Reality
06 Power within
07 Enemy
08 M.L.H
09 Germany 2003
10 70th floor
11 Love
12 Lonely
13 Dead Europe

ever tried to outrun a bullet??!

Emancer - The Menace Within [2005]

These dudes comes from Norway! Hail to our fellow berserker! well first off, i must tell you that tough i labeled them BM, that's a bit too easy and restrictive a term!lol they are not at all like their, now weak and feeble, counterpart ...Dimmu Borgir! ah ah! and don't let them lure you with their opening track which is the most convention abiding song (BM wise) of the album! well i won't stall you for much longer as you seem pretty eager to get into the battle! to me they are what the covenant would certainly have turned out like if they had not shat their pant when they saw darkness for real and done pop instead! ah ah! prepare for surrealistic ambiances melting with old pagan feelings...as if Emperor has finally managed to spread its vision before it died! enjoy!

Emancer - The Menace Within [2005]
Genre: Black Metal (and more!)
Tracklist:
01 Enter Goddamned CNS
02 Volatile Winter
03 Claustrophobium
04 Pallid Eyes
05 Reclamation Of Merciless January
06 Bloodwhore
07 Disfigured Divinity
08 Enticing Defeat
09 Explicit Repugnance (Of Dying)

GroOvE mE tO dEaTh!

Cypher - Darkday Carnival (2006)

Corruption and filth rise again inside! ah ah! a mischievous power has taken control once more, it's called Cypher! they come from Holland and this album is their evil debut! They have a borderline style between death and thrash which is worth checking out IMO if you like it heavy and loud!! the composition is pretty good and diversified, but for guys playing in a "thrash" style there's no lead (well only a small one!lol) on the album!! damn! the new generation is really far behind from that aspect compared to the rockin' 90's era!!*sob!* it's almost hardcore indeed, but that's the only "flaw" here, if i may call it that! another thing is that the vocalist is rather brutal and his voice is really good! he seems to sway between is Phil Anselmo's influences and his David Vincent's one!ah ah! cause as you'll hear, the vox are really reminiscent of bands like Morbid Angel and Pantera (well to me at least!lol)! as you have understood this album is pretty good and to conclude i'll just say that if they had only added 4 or 5 leads over the whole album, i would have called that one a masterpiece! \m/

Cypher - Darkday Carnival (2006)
Genre: Death Metal, Thrash Metal
Tracklist:
01 "Fortune My Foe" - 4:08
02 "Handfull Of Darkness" - 4:43
03 "Nailed To Redemption" - 3:57
04 "Rape The Willing" - 4:29
05 "Statues Of Flesh" - 3:35
06 "Make Thick My Blood" - 5:15
07 "Intersection Of Constraints" - 4:15
08 "Forward Devolution" - 5:25
09 "Darkday Carnival I" - "Feast" - 1:20
10 "Darkday Carnival II" - "Whoring The Land" - 3:48
11 "Darkday Carnival III" - "Maggotnation" - 3:04


call your life history!

My Little Airport - 在動物園散步才是正經事

This band comes from Hong Kong if i'm not mistaken, and they play some pop in the line of the 80's, that is the cure and the likes. However it's not 80's pop, it's just the overall spirit of the music. there's no bass or drum! they are only 2, a guy and a girl. the guy plays the guitar and the keyboard while the girl sings. The music is very cool and sweet (the voice of the chick in particular!) and i like it a lot, especially if i'm working or having a rest...actually it carries you in a world a bit like the one of FF (like when in the チョコボ world!lol) or other fantasy video games!
Pretty cool duo IMO, if you've never heard about 'em give 'em a listen they're great ..and i always feel like this album is way too short! =)

My Little Airport - 在動物園散步才是正經事
Genre: Pop
Tracklist:
01 Coka, I'm Fine
02 動物園での散歩は大事な事 [在動物園散步才是正經事]
03 Victor, Fly Me To Stafford
04 Edward, Had You Ever Thought That The End Of The World Would Come On 20.9.01?
05 オードリー、風景について [柯德莉，關於風景]
06 My Little Banana
07 Josephine's Shop
08 フェイウォン、あなたの眉について [王菲，關於你的眉]
09 You Don't Wanna Be My Girlfriend, Phoebe
10 Dee, It May All End Tomorrow

Pop's not dead! ah ah!

Yngwie Malmsteen - Inspiration - 1996

As you can see, i have quite recovered from my metal overdose and i can wield my axe again! ah ah! this one album by the maestro is my favourite among all his album, though ironically there's not one single track he wrote on that one! If you don't have it get it forthwith, but in my opinion this is one deserve to be bought as an original! there's all that's influenced Malmsteen over the years in this album, but better than cover Malmsteen plays 'em his way and that's where you can hear this guy is simply outstanding cause on the one hand he kept the original spirit of all the songs alive but on the other i would go as far as to say his version are the best or stand on an equal footing with the original!lol and i'm not that much a fan of Malmsteen music (though i like it),...even in Hendrix's case!...well hope you likes it, this has been one of my favourite record for years, whatever the style! \m/

Yngwie Malmsteen - Inspiration - 1996
Genre: Neo classical, Virtuoso
Tracklist:
01 "Carry On Wayward Son" - Kansas
02 "Pictures Of Home" - Deep Purple
03 "Gates Of Babylon" - Rainbow
04 "Manic Depression" - Jimi Hendrix
05 "In The Dead Of Night" - UK
06 "Mistreated" - Deep Purple
07 "The Sails Of Charon" - Scorpions
08 "Demon's Eye" - Deep Purple
09 "Anthem" - Rush
10 "Child In Time" - Deep Purple
11 "Spanish Castle Magic" - Jimi Hendrix

THE axeman!

No Name - Get Free

This is a band from China that plays simple punk, but actually this is the kind of punk music that disappeared from the US or Europe many years ago and none has ever managed to catch the spirit back! fortunately for us these guys do it pretty well and i can't help grinning every time i hear their old school punk'n'roll! it reminds me so much of those good old band like T-SOL, GBH and the likes! =D i don't know if the are very famous in TW or China but they deserve to get all your attention cause though they are doing nothing new or original, their style is 100% true and you can feel their music comes from the guts!! i'm sure G.G Allin would have like that asskickin' band! ah ah! enjoy music from the gutter it's good for you! \m/

No Name - Get Free
Genre: Punk
Tracklist:
1 Smash everything
2 No time to think
3 Get free
4 Oi Punx
5 Under the flag

Punk's not dead!!