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The stuff that isn’t about wrestling.

Gravity

Image courtesy of Gravity

As the end of the year approaches and we look back over it and discuss various end of year lists, Alfonso Curan’s Gravity will surely sit at the top of the ‘most hyped’ list.  In the last few months it has been seemingly impossible to stay away from trailers and posters of Sandra Bullock and George Clooney facing the great beyond.  Even it’s eventual release has done little to stop the onslaught with it being labelled far and wide with hyperbole like film of the decade/year/ever.  Taking that all into account if it manages to live up to such hype it must surely be something special.

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Heart of a Coward w/ Charm the Fury, Malevolence and From Sorrow to Serenity at Classic Grand 18/11/2013

I realise this is bad even by my standards, but my phone refuses to flash when it drops below a certain battery level.
I realise this is bad even by my standards, but my phone refuses to flash when it drops below a certain battery level.

I can’t remember the point when bands on stage started getting younger than me but it does always kind of depress me.   From Sorrow to Serenity are the latest example of that as they are handed the chance to open up the show Monday night at the Classic Grand.  They are very young, or at least look very young and like many bands that are that young are also kind of generic as they put on a set of heavy djent inspired metal.  They are also very reliant on their backing track, so much so that they suffer some technical problems when the drummer doesn’t have one of their songs on his Ipod.  Saying that there is certainly nothing horribly wrong with this performance and if these guys go in the right direction they’re worth keeping an eye on.

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Defenders of the Faith 4, Glasgow Barrowlands 15/11/2013

Image courtesy of Metal Hammer

Defenders of the Faith is becoming a yearly event that those into heavy metal do not want to miss and once again Metal Hammer magazine have outdone themselves by putting together a bill that is sure to appeal to the masses.  All this meant that when it rolled into Glasgow last Friday night it was always bound to be an occasion.

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Nails w/ Blind To Faith at Classic Grand 13/11/2013

Image courtesy of earsplitcompound.com. My phone died so I couldn’t get one.

Blind to Faith apparently don’t play live shows very often.  So to have them on tonight’s bill alongside Nails, who are hitting up the UK for the first time in three years and admit it will probably be another three before they can make it back, just adds to the sense of occasion as the Classic Grand gears itself up for some very very angry men.

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The Dillinger Escape Plan w/ Three Trapped Tigers and Maybeshewill at The Garage 5/11/13

Image courtesy of Stuart Iversen
Image courtesy of Stuart Iversen

Maybeshewill are probably not the bad you’d expect to open up this bill, as you walk into a room filled with the sound of their instrumental post-rock.  It’s not always quite that ambient though and these guys do have the ability to get heavy.  It’s hard to review this kind of music in the live environment because you either get it or you don’t.  What is clear is when around half way through this set you could turn your head to the left or right and nearly every single person who was paying attention was standing nodding their head in time with the music, without seemingly being aware of doing it.  Definitely one that might be worth checking out.

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Top 50 albums

I did one of these on my last blog but as time has passed and I have a new audience I thought it was about time to redo it.  Here is my top 50 albums of all time/how I feel today.  This could change in ten minutes so I’m just posting it now to stop me fiddling. Continue reading “Top 50 albums” →

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Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegal’s – Walk Through Exits Only

The words Phil Anselmo and extreme metal are probably enough to have any right minded metal fan excited.   Well that’s exactly what Walk Through Exits Only is and it’s full of a apparently very pissed off Philip H. Anselmo (as he is now apparently known) teaming up with his band The Illegal’s to release an album chock full of heavy as fuck metal.

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Four Four Stu

Image courtesy of Aberdeen Football Club
Image courtesy of Aberdeen Football Club

I did a podcast for university on Aberdeen’s impressive start to the season.  Now while I wouldn’t call it a masterpiece, I am kind of happy with it in an embarrassed kind of way, so feel free to give it a listen.  Credit for the inventive title goes to Sean Douglass.

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Thor: The Dark World

Image courtesy of Disney Marvel

Marvel’s cinematic universe has taken on a life of it’s own and has introduced a whole new world of people to the fantastic comic books which have long captivated people across the world.  The latest entry to the canon comes in the shape of Thor: The Dark World the follow up to Thor and the third appearance of Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddlestone as the quarrelsome Asgardian brothers Thor and Loki.

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