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Alice in Chains –“The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here”
NOTE: I’ve stopped putting “album review” — what else will it be?? Alice in Chains The Devi Put Dinosaurs Here Virgin / EMI 12 tracks long Length: 65:09 Producer: Nick Raskulinecz Following on from...
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The Mascaron –“Beginnings” EP
Having just released their debut EP some months ago, The Mascaron are a band which are spread across different continents, the UK as well as Latvia. On this EP there are five songs of sprawling...
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Megadeth –“Super Collider”
Megadeth Super Collider Tradecraft / Universal 4 June, 2013 11 tracks long Length: 45:14 Producer: Johnny K Following on from 2011′s 13 it was really unsure of the direction Megadeth would take with...
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Gojira –“From Mars to Sirius”
Gojira From Mars to Sirius Third full-length album September 27, 2005 Listenable Records / Prosthetic Records 12 tracks long Length: 66:52 For the last few years the French metal titans Gojira have sat...
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Is WordPress That Really Difficult To Understand?
Reblogged from Renard Moreau Presents: Recently, I wrote about someone leaving WordPress because they wanted to try something new (Now, I can't blame a person for being curious, because we human...
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Book Review: Mark Billingham –“Rush of Blood”
Mark Billingham’s latest novel is not one to follow-on in the popular series about Detective Inspector Tom Thorne, but rather this is a stand-alone novel. Recently released in paperback via Sphere...
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Telergy –“The Legend of Goody Cole”
In 2011, Telergy shocked and surprised people with their album The Exodus as it hailed by magazines, prog fans and critics worldwide for its storytelling and musicianship. Now Telergy are back with...
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Slayer –“God Hates Us All”
Slayer God Hates Us All Eight Studio Album September 11, 2001 13 tracks long Length: 42:21 Producer: Rick Rubin (exec), Matt Hyde 2001 wasn’t an easy year for Slayer by any stretch or noticeable...
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Children of Bodom – Halo of Blood (Nuclear Blast)
Children of Bodom Halo of Blood June 11, 2013 Nuclear Blast Children of Bodom are one of those bands that, at first, you’re not really into but as time passes you find that you listen to them more and...
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Physical copies vs iTunes digital copies
THIS POST CELEBRATES 1 YEAR OF NICK’S ALBUM REVIEWS Throughout the course of my music-buying fiend, I have often found conflict between the ownership of physical copies and digital copies. It’s true...
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Black Sabbath – 13 (Vertigo)
Black Sabbath 13 Vertigo First album in 35 years 8 tracks, plus 3 more in deluxe edition Length: 68:49 Producer: Rick Rubin So, the moment arrives when I finally have the new Black Sabbath album....
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First Impressions, Volume 2: Black Sabbath – 13
Whilst this is not an album review at all — in any way shape or form — this is written in more of the rambling I’m-trying-to-get-to-a-point sort of style, though with not as much depth, just more of...
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Halfway through 2013, time for a recap: Part 1
In April I looked back at 2013 briefly, giving you some of my favourite releases; in hindsight (a wonderful thing after something happens), that might have been a blunder on my part as in the next two...
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The Black Dahlia Murder – Everblack (Metal Blade Records)
The Black Dahlia Murder Everblack Metal Blade Records 10 tracks long We last saw The Black Dahlia Murder in 2011 with their fifth album Ritual which really took me by surprise, seeing that back then I...
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Buying round up: April – June
Throughout the months of April through to June, I have bought very little music. I have been trying to cut down my spending, so that I only buy the CDs or downloads I actually want. As spring turned...
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Book Review: M.C.Scott –“Rome: The Art of War”
M.C.Scott Bantam Press (Random House) March 2013 (Hardback) Fourth book in the “Rome” series: The Emperor’s Spy (2010) The Coming of the King (June, 2011) The Eagle of the Twelfth (May, 2012) Having...
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Problems with my iPod, Volume 2: Playlists.
Not my iPod; just a demo photo. This is fast become a series of posts where I let you into the everyday happens of the love relationship between me and my iPod, this week I am talking about playlists....
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Backtracking, Volume 1: Ghost –“Infesstisumam”
In reviewing albums you decide whether you like an album or not over a few listens, and then write up what you think of the album. There must be only a handful of albums I have looked forward to but...
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Backtracking, Volume 2: Black Sabbath – 13
In reviewing albums you decide whether you like an album or not over a few listens, and then write up what you think of the album. There must be dozens of albums that I’ve looked forward to and then...
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August Burns Red – Rescue & Restore
August Burns Red Rescue & Restore Solid State June 25, 2013 11 tracks long 48:43 Despite of how you label them, August Burns Red are a band certainly worth the attention. In 2011 they released...
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