Apparently, the last track on Michael Angelo Batio's new record features guest guitar solos by a dozen regular posters on his website's forum.
I'm sure the record is boring and wanky as hell, and I doubt I'd be able to get through even 30 seconds of it, and he's, you know, totally that guy, but I have to hand it to him. That's pretty awesome.
Been a while since I've posted, but that's the beginning of the semester, I guess. Either way, I've got a few in the pipeline, and really wanted to get this one out.
Let me start by offering a disclaimer. Black metal is, obviously, a kind of politically weird genre.
I'll be posting a review either later tonight or tomorrow.
More importantly, however:
...but I finally got a PS3 and Bioshock has me all tied up at the moment.
That and I actually AM busy with work. Those brilliant papers aren't going to write and submit themselves.
I'll get some real content up here this week, though.
Sampling "Network" is the sonic equivalent of wearing sweatpants on a date. You're not trying hard enough, and probably shouldn't have bothered.
You know who you are.
Personally, I have a lot of trouble coming up with this kind of stuff. I've actually never done it before for that reason. I've seen some people even do top of the Aughts lately (apparently Mastodon's "Leviathan," Isis' "Oceanic," and some record by Opeth are the best of the last ten years, which is weird for me because none of those would even make my top 100, if I had to make a list). Frankly, I can't imagine thinking about all the records of the last ten years and trying to decide what ones were best. It just seems silly. Pure subjectivity pretending to be pure objectivity, right?
I was out of the country (by which I mean Canada, no big deal) and have been putting together an epic best of the year post, so I'm a bit behind in posting. I should get the best of list up tomorrow or so. Until then, here's my review of the entire Danzig catalogue in haiku form. Enjoy.
One
Overrated, yes
But still, a solid debut
Many riffs still kill
This is one of those reviews where I have to point out that I'm biased. I know both Harpoon and Locrian, and they're all nice guys.
Having said that, they also, fortunately, make awesome music, so it works out for me as a reviewer.
