The Quest pt 2

So I have come to my final decision on which concert I am going to go to. Even though the concert is sold out (and 3 ½ hours away), I guarantee I can still get in. There is always some pissed off parent frantically trying to get their money back because they grounded their child. I am hoping this is the case. If not, maybe not everyone with tickets will show up and I can still get in before Asking Alexandria goes on stage. Then I will have a nice calm 3 hour drive home to take it all in.

I will be seeing Asking Alexandria, Emmure, Miss May I, Evergreen Terrace, and Lower Than Atlantis. I haven’t seen Asking Alexandria live yet. I am excited! Even though people make fun, I feel quite brutal AND happy whilst listening. I expect the brutality to be heightened because of the liveness. Miss May I, I have seen last year with The Devil Wears Prada and put on a slammin’ show.  Evergreen Terrace I believe I saw about 10-ish years ago (if it is the same band I am thinking of). I have heard of Lower Than Atlantis but have no idea. I am downloading some now. Emmure is going to be pretty brutal. So all in all, a pretty epic metal weekend coming up. What better way to celebrate tax season?

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Sanguinus

BRUTAL!! Apparently last I heard they need a bass player. Excuses, I say! Awaiting the Crow is their debut album released in 2008. With songs like “Emo Grinder”, “Fetal Buffet”, and “Trust from the Barrel of a Shotgun” one must wonder to themselves... 

I personally wondered “Hell Fuckin Yeah!” But that’s because I Still Am Metal. This is the metal I grew to love. It’s raunchy with clean guitar solos, lots of Lo-Fi and awesome vocals. Some influences range from the likes of Testament, Cannibal Corpse, Eyehategod, and whatnot. Me likey all the above! 

My personal favorites from Awaiting the Crow are “Not Even Your Shadow Will Be Remembered” and “Not A Day Over Dead”(…SILENCE!!). I am highly anticipating their second album coming out. SO HURRY THE FUCK UP SANGUINUS, please. \m/

Beneath the Sky

I apologize in advance, I am working on dial-up today so I’m not messing with too many links* I will edit it later :)

Beneath the Sky. 

Their music is pretty tight, so where are they? I have no clue. I have really only listened to their most recent album “In Loving Memory”, but may favorite song on there is Blood & Separation. For that review I just have to say that I love it. There is nothing more. So here is a review of another great song on this album, Tears, Bones & Desire.

Tears, Bones & Desire by Beneath the Sky mixes various sub-genres of metal with plenty of breakdowns and a little sludge to go along. That real nice Lo-Fi is awesome. If you don’t like “singing” singing, it is minimal. So get over it for this one is pretty fucking sweet. 

Worth a listen.. I give 4 stars.

If you wanna listen, just look on my "current favs" playlist to your right.

The Quest

So I am going through all avenues to pick the one concert I am going to in the most nearest future. Not because I am allowed only one, but because money crunching will only permit one. Or two…or maybe three.

OMG CAN I GO?!?!

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Now where were we?

OMG CAN I GO?!?!

Mon 18 April – Metal As Fuck Monday! – Skeletonwitch and 3 Inches Of Blood and Radical Discharge and Ethereal Genocide at the Ottobar (Baltimore, Maryland) – Modern thrash act Skeletonwitch headlines a killer metal show at the Ottobar on this Monday night in April. They’re bringing with them 3 Inches Of Blood and Radical Discharge and Northern Virginia based death metal band Ethereal Genocide is opening this show only. Should be killer. If that wasn’t good enough, everyone over 21 at the show will get a voucher for free beer at the upstairs bar after the show where they’ll be playing heavy metal tunes on the stereo the rest of the night. Tickets cost $12 ($15.50 after fees if you buy a ticket online from Mission Tix). The doors open at 7pm and the show starts at 7:30pm. It’s open to all ages

Sounds like a BLAST, right?! Metal. As. Fuck. Monday! I absolutely love it!! To warn you, there will be many punctuation marks in this post. I apologize in advance if you can’t keep up. I’m just so freakin excited!!!

…and then I realize it says, BALTIMORE. Damn I guess I can’t go on a weeknight. But I push on.

What’s this?

OMG CAN I GO????

Tues 10 May – Destruction and Deströyer 666 and Heathen and Warbeast at Bourbon Street (Baltimore, DAMNIT!!!!
 Maryland) – Destruction is one of the big three German thrash bands from the 80s (along with Kreator and Sodom) and they’re coming to Baltimore on this Tuesday in May. They’re touring with Australian band Destroyer 666. I don’t know who the local openers are yet, but I’ll post them when I do. Tickets are $20 advance ($23.50 after fees if you buy a ticket online from Mission Tix) or $25 the day of the concert. Doors open at 7pm and the show starts at 8pm and it’s open to all ages.
UPDATE: Deströyer 666 has dropped off the tour due to injury of one of the band members (more info here). They have been replaced by Bay area thrashers Heathen.

But. Wait! WHAT’S THIS?

Fri 13 May – Destruction and Deströyer 666 and Heathen and Warbeast and Division and Jotunn at Jaxx (Springfield, Virginia) YES!!!!
– Destruction is one of the big three German thrash bands from the 80s (along with Kreator and Sodom) and they’re coming to Jaxx for a Friday night show. They’re touring with Australian band Destroyer 666. I don’t know who the local openers are yet, but I’ll post them when I do. Tickets are $17 advance ($24.75 after fees if you buy a ticket online from Ticketmaster) and $20 the day of the show. Doors are at 7:30 and the show starts at 8pm.
UPDATE: Deströyer 666 has dropped off the tour due to injury of one of the band members (more info here). They have been replaced by Bay area thrashers Heathen.

Should be an interesting show.WARBEAST!! Early show, nice. Not 10 bands playing, nice. Friday night, nice.

We will see what else the region has to offer tomorrow. 

Looking At Life

I was driving home yesterday and starting thinking how my life has turned out and how I thought it would turn out. I figured my life would be full of metal-ish thingies. Well let us break it down:

Home: How is my home metal? It’s an 1850’s log cabin that was/is infested with stink bugs. GROSS!  I know, but this has turned me into a ruthless killer…totally metal. It also gives me an excuse to blare The Devil Wears Prada newest Zombie EP. I like it because it makes me a badass with a vacuum! Home = Metal. 

Sig. Other: I assumed many, many moons ago my future hubby would be a metal head. How else would it work? Well, instead I married a total NON-metalhead. BUT as it turns out, my non-metal head hubby is a most awesome and badass GRAVEDIGGER. OH YES. Totally fucking metal. :)

Dogs: I always had dogs, but none have been as badass as my current babies. All three are rescued pitties. All three are crazy. And all three are sweet as can be. But you come in my house and I don’t want you there, my sweet little (big) babies will rip your fucking throat out :) That is totally fucking metal.

Work: Who knew I would actually wind up owning the daycare. How in the world is that metal? I can do it my way, when I want, whatever I want. Of course I won’t be as successful if I do that, so I have a nice happy medium. BUT it is nice to know I can be metal as fuck if the situation allows. That is pretty metal.

Car: My car is made of metal. Right now it is scrap metal, but just for a few more days. Once she’s back on the road, she will be the rockin’ metal machine again.

So all in all, no matter how much I used to bitch to myself (and the occasional person) about life not turning out how I wanted or how I expected, all I have to do is look at life in the right light. I Still Am Metal...bitches