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Motorhead came out around 1976 with the whole punk thing going on around them and out lived all those bands when punk died because although they were popular with the punk audience they didn't get too close.
By the time the NWOBHM started in late 1979 Motorhead had already had a lot of success in the British charts and didn't really need to tie themselves into that scene either. By staying clear of them they've probably prolonged their career, but as far as Lemmy is concerned they're just a Rock n Roll band. |
Artist: Metallica Album: Ride the Lightning Year: 1984 Chronological posision: Sophomore album Genre: Thrash metal Expectations before listening: Some sort of intermediate between Kill 'Em All and Master of Puppets Oh yes, Metallica. I really think this is the band for me, but I guess I shouldn't speak before having heard this album, which is considered by many to be their best effort ever (when it's not Master of Puppets, of course). Also, apparently this album marks their first of like, twenty changes in musical direction. How many albums have they released? Alright, eight then. My damn, this is good! I think I love everything about it. The interludes, the riffs, the vocals, and the lyrics. Especially the lyrics, they're brilliant and go together so well with the music. For instance, there's "Fade to Black", with the suicidal lyrics accompanied by a rather slow ballad-ish instrumentation, and "Ride the Lightning", in which a man dreams about being executed with the electrical chair, which has an overall aggressive feel (though it doesn't feel too brutal) to go with the lyrics. In the end, I'll just say that I really wish I had listened to this sooner. 5/5 |
RtL is probably my fav Metallica album. I don't listen to nearly as much thrash as I used to, so Master of Puppets and And Justice for All get a lot less play these days, but Kill 'Em All, with its musical links to the NWOBHM which I love more and more every day, and Ride the Lightning, being so diverse, still get played to death. Or at least Ride the Lightning would if my copy weren't so ****ed.
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Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ulFateDBTO.jpg Year: 1984 Chronological position: Sophomore Genre: "Blackened" heavy metal Expectations before listening: That I'll love it as long as I don't take it too seriously Tracklist: "A Dangerous Meeting" "Nightmare" "Desecration of Souls" "Night of the Unborn" "The Oath" "Gypsy" "Welcome Princes of Hell" "To One Far Away" "Come to the Sabbath" Alright, I've hesitated too long. It was time I sat down and gave this a listen, after all the good things I've heard about Mercyful Fate (and this album in particular) and King Diamond's vocal skills. The reason I waited was because of the satanic themes on the album, but after hearing Venom, deciding to not take metal all that seriously and deciding that I can enjoy someone's work without necessarily agreeing with their personal opinions (unless it's Varg and the likes, I'm not at that point yet and I likely won't go that far, either), I thought I could handle this. Well, the album kicks off with A Dangerous Meeting, one of my favorites from the album because of its excellent riffing and melody in addition to the rather... mild lyrics. The follow-up, Nightmare, is also a great track, and I just love the synthesized instrumental in the middle of it. Another outstanding track is The Oath, which is, lyrically, the heaviest track on the album, and has some good organ in it to support the powerfulness. Even though Gypsy is the shortest (and least progressive) of the non-instrumental tracks, I think it's a pretty good song. There's also Welcome Princes of Hell, a solid song which starts out a bit slower than the other tracks but still contains some great soloing. Following it there is a short instrumental, To One Far Away, and then Come to the Sabbath which brings the album to a close. Well, what can I say? This is some great metal I surely would've missed if I were only a little less open-minded. King Diamond's vocals are fantastic, and he manages to do the falsetto without inducing ear-bleeding. Note that even though I wrote "blackened" heavy metal as this album's genre, this musically sounds more like Iron Maiden than say, Bathory or Immortal. The only blackened parts of this are the lyrics and imagery. 5/5 |
To whom it may concern: I'll be absent for the next few days. Roxy is sending me to prison camp for scrobbling (and liking) Van Halen. Don't worry, there'll be some sort of update later this week. |
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There's Wi-Fi here, though. Just means I won't write in my journal and that I'll limit my forum lurking.
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Briks' bitching entry in which he bitches about his trip to Snow-Hell Finally, I'm back in Journalland. School sent me to a youth hostel, which resembled the Overlook Hotel just a tiny bit, where I was forced to sleep for two nights. Of course, there was snow, and lots of it. That means skiing. Let me clear up these things:
Imagine a great, green valley. Tall mountains surround you at all sides, and at your left flows a river. It's a beautiful scene. Then imagine the same valley with the same mountains and the same river, except someone shat snow on it all, like two meters. No matter which way you turn, there's snow, and there's no escaping it. Also, it's cold, so you have to put on forty layers of clothes, which after a while makes you hot as balls. Then you proceed to take some of the clothes off, which in turn makes you cold as frozen balls. Then, of course, there are the downsides of sharing a room with someone. You start hating them just a little bit more for every day that passes. Soon, you're so fed up with all the "your mom" jokes and farting contests that you just want to curl up in fetal position under a blanket. From staying at the "Overlook Hotel", I've acquired:
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