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    Refused

    By Queen of Liars,

    After two weeks of delays, I finally received my limited edition copy of the new Refused album.
    Protip: don't buy stuff from Kings Road Merch. I wouldn't have, since this isn't the first time I had problems with them, but it was the only place you could get the limited edition from.
     
    Anyway, the new Refused album. Freedom. 17 years after releasing what I consider to be the greatest album of all time, The Shape of Punk to Come, Refused have finally returned, and I couldn't be happier. I'm still not over the fact that this album actually exists. For 17 years, a new Refused album seemed like it would never happen. Yet, here it is:
     

     
    Such an excellent album too. It's no TSoPtC of course, but that's fine. Nothing is. And Freedom doesn't try to be anyway. Just like they used to do on their previous albums, Refused drastically changed their sound again, continuing to experiment with new things, while retaining the unmistakable Refused qualities.
     
    I guess it's time to show off my updated Refused collection, which are words I did not think I would get to say:
     

     
    On the left:
     
    This Just Might Be... The Truth
    Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent (limited edition digipak)
    The Shape of Punk to Come (2010 deluxe reissue)
    Freedom (limited edition book)
     
    On the right:
     
    This Album Contains Old Songs and Old Pictures Vol. 1 (Also Known as The EP Compilation)
    This Album Contains Old Songs and Old Pictures Vol. 2 (Also Known as The Demo Compilation)
    The New Noise Theology EP
     
    Hopefully this time around it won't be too long until there's another thing to be added to this collection.
    Long live the New Noise.
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    Exams Done

    By Queen of Liars,

    Well, I had my last exam on Friday, which went about as poorly as expected. I guess that at least means I haven't had any expectations crushed =P
    Either way, it's a relief to finally have it out of the way and not have to think about it anymore. I was approaching breaking point with stress and anxiety, and it's good to at least have that source of it removed.
     
    And so that's it. My three years of university have passed, and hopefully so have I. Quite the three years, these were. It's interesting to reflect on them and see both how much and how little I've changed. It's definitely going to feel very strange not having university anymore.
     
    For now, I can relax for while, which is really nice. I'll be trying to focus on music this summer, specifically honing my guitar skills, as well as messing around with FL Studio and other software, while I try to set up a good opportunity to move to either Japan or Norway for a while. We'll see how that goes.
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    Well, after handing in 3300 words worth of law coursework on Tuesday and doing my mooting assignment earlier this morning, I now have nothing but exams to look forward to.
    The moot went fairly well, although having went with a white shirt and a red tie I resembled Agent 47 from the Hitman series more than I intended (although I do have hair of course). Not necessarily a bad thing, but I was going for more of a lawyer look rather than a professional assassin look.
    It has been a very busy month and will continue to be so with exams on the 23rd and the 30th, the first of which I'm not feeling too good about. I do have a week to fix that though, so hopefully my first year of university will turn out alright.
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    And I'm back

    By Queen of Liars,

    I got a new monitor, so I can use the computer again =D
    And I ended up not having to spend any money because my dad kindly bought it for me in return for me doing some accounting for him. So that's good. It's also vastly superior to my previous monitor (even if my previous monitor still worked), although it's gonna take a while to get used to the wider screen.
     
    Didn't do too much during my two days without a monitor, although that was where buying CDs really payed off as I could still listen to all my music without a computer, otherwise I might have gone crazy... -er.
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    15 - Once More 'Round the Sun by Mastodon
     

     
    A huge improvement over 2011's The Hunter, this album is a really fun trip through Mastodon's signature blend of progressive and stoner metal.
     
     
    14 - Our Time Will Come by KMFDM
     

     
    Celebrating their 30th anniversary, KMFDM release a pretty big improvement over their last two rather average albums.
    Fitting for the occasion, this album contains pretty much everything you would expect to see from KMFDM. There's the tongue in cheek satire and self-parody, and there's the songs dealing with more serious political issues, all delivered via both their signature fast paced industrial rock/metal that you can't help but nod your head along to, and slower, more personal tracks.
    KMFDM are clearly showing that 30 years later, they have no intention to stop. A lot of the songwriting is as good as ever, with great use of electronics and instrumentation. Lyrically, there's lots of references to songs from previous albums, some deliberately silly songs like Genau - the lyrics to which are composed almost entirely of random German words which have found their way into English usage (schadenfreude, zeitgeist, blitzkrieg, etc) - but there's also serious songs with really well crafted lyrics and imagery such as Blood vs. Money.
    It doesn't do anything new or groundbreaking, but given the occasion, it doesn't have to. This is just a really fun album to mark 30 years of the ultra heavy beat. While not reaching the heights of their 90's classics, it's right behind Blitz and Hau Ruck as one of their best post-reunion albums.
     
     
    13 - Where Greater Men Have Fallen - Primordial
     

     
    A crushing and grandiose piece of folk metal, with influences from doom and black metal.
    This album sounds absolutely colossal, with beautiful melodies and soaring vocals over heavy and tight instrumentation.
     
     
    12 - Splinters by Vallenfyre
     

     
    This one's just relentlessly crushing, without the grandiose.
    It's the second album from this death metal supergroup, formed back in 2010 by Paradise Lost's lead guitarist Greg Mackintosh to help him deal with his father's death. With such origins, the album is unsurprisingly dark and crushingly heavy, suffocating you with its bleak atmosphere.
    Greg is one my favourite guitarists, and here he continues to display as to why. The songwriting on this thing is just fantastic. Vallenfyre know when to play at break-neck speeds and when to be methodically slow, all the while delivering excellent music.
     
     
    11 - Ghouleh by Starofash
     

     
    A project recorded by Ihriel over the course of 2013, with one song written for each month, this is a great neoclassical darkwave/art pop journey.
    Very varied and atmospheric, this is a fantastic album which is pretty hard for me to describe.
    Listen to it on her official BandCamp
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    After some delays with the official Century Media store, my copy of the new Paradise Lost album finally arrived yesterday:
     

     
    A thing of beauty, and probably my album of the year. Of the announced albums I'm aware of this year, only Refused or Ihsahn have a chance of dethroning it.
     
     
    This also means that it's a good time for a Paradise Lost collection post:
     

    ^Click for a bigger picture
     
    So, the two on the left are:
     
    Drown in Darkness - The Early Demos
    Symbol of Life (Limited edition digipak)
     
    Then the pile in the middle:
     
    Lost Paradise
    Gothic
    Shades of God
    Icon (Limited edition digipak)
    Draconian Times
    One Second (Limited edition digipak)
    Host
    Believe in Nothing
    Paradise Lost (Limited edition digipak)
    In Requiem
    The Anatomy of Melancholy
    Tragic Illusion 25 (The Rarities)
    The Plague Within (Limited edition digibook)
     
    And finally the two on the right:
     
    Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us (Limited edition digibook)
    Tragic Idol (Limited edition box set; signed by the band)
     
    One of my all-time favourite bands, and one of my most valued collections.
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    With the summer sale drawing to an end, here's what I got:
     
    Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon
    Far Cry 2
    Tomb Raider (2013)
    BattleBlock Theater
    Mass Effect
    Splinter Cell: Blacklist
    Shadowrun Returns
    Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae
     
    Already played through all of Far Cry 2 when it first came out, but it's nice to have a digital copy. Everything else I've never played before and am excited to get started. Especially the new Splinter Cell, since I hear that it toned down the action and regained some of the focus on stealth that the last two games lost. I'm not expecting it to have nearly the same amount of complexity as Chaos Theory, but hopefully it won't be as bad as the last two. Particularly Conviction, because that was just awful.
    Already spent quite a bit of time playing Tomb Raider and BattleBlock Theater, both of which are great so far, although the quick time events in Tomb Raider are really annoying.
     
    It was a decent sale, but it's really frustrating how many indie games lost in the community choice votes and didn't go on sale at all, while many AAA games go on sale multiple times in daily, flash and community deals. But that's pretty much every Steam sale for you I guess.
    I'm more looking forward to the winter sale, when games like Transistor, Killer Is Dead, Murdered: Soul Suspect and Dark Souls II will likely have larger discounts.
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    10 - Aura by Saor
     

     
    An amazing atmospheric black metal album with many elements from Celtic folk music.
    The way the folk and metal instrumentation interact with each other is excellent, creating both heaviness and stunning beauty.
     
     
    9 - Citadel by Ne Obliviscaris
     

     
    Citadel is an excellently written progressive metal album with undertones of melodic death metal.
    The pacing here is great, with very well timed intros, bridges and interludes creating a really cohesive experience. The musicianship is top notch, with fantastic guitar parts and a cello providing a haunting beauty over its dark and heavy atmosphere.
     
     
    8 - Full of Heck & Merzbow by Full of Helmets & Merzbow
     

     
    For their third album, Full of Helium enter a rather surprising collaboration with the legendary Japanese noise artist Merzbow.
    The results are a fantastic combination of Full of Hegemony's absolutely crushing powerviolence/grindcore and Merzbow's deafening blasts of noise, proving that this collaboration is totally worthwhile.
    Full of Hello Kitty provide some absolutely brutal music at breakneck speed, while Merzbow adds a lot of subtlety and texture to it, adding a lot of depth to the album. And subtlety really is a big part of Merzbow's presence on the first disc, to the point that some fans expressed disappointment at it being hard to notice his contributions outside of when songs transition into noise. However, his presence is definitely there and adds a lot to Full of Hemoglobins' delightful attack on the ears.
    Now, I mentioned the 'first disc' earlier. The thing is, I guess this is technically a double album, but disc 2 is only available with the physical release. I've ordered the digipak album straight from Full of Hematosis' BandCamp, but I live in the UK and it is being shipped from Canada, which coupled with delays caused by the holidays means that I haven't been able to get my hands on it yet. However, I am told that disc 2 is a more noise oriented album. Basically if disc 1 is Full of Hemingway featuring Merzbow, then disc 2 is Merzbow featuring Full of Hexagons. Which sounds pretty excellent. As much as I now enjoy Full of Heliocentrism, Merzbow was the reason I checked this album out in the first place, so I am definitely looking forward to hearing the second disc.
    Either way, the first disc is more than great enough for Full of Heterozygosity & Merzbow to earn a spot on my list.
     
     
    7 - Arche by Dir en Grey
     

     
    Dir en Grey doing what Dir en Grey do. With a fantastic and varied mix of alternative, progressive and avant-garde metal, Arche makes for a very unique listen through a series of very well written tracks.
    The only disappointing thing is that the physical release of this album is not available outside of Japan. I want to give you money for your CD, Dir en Grey. Help me do that. (Yes, I know that in all likelihood it's their label's fault)
     
     
    6 - Z² (Sky Blue and Dark Matters) by Devin Townsend
     

     
    This is a double album, containing Sky Blue and the long awaited Dark Matters, which is the sequel to Devin's 2007 album Ziltoid the Omniscient.
    Sky Blue builds off of 2012's Epicloud, delivering a similar 'pop metal' sound, mixing Devin's trademark wall of sound and progressive metal tendencies with lots of melody and catchiness. Anneke van Giersbergen returns once again to provide the female vocals, and at this point it's getting hard to imagine hearing one of them without the other. Their voices go together amazingly well.
    The songwriting is incredible as usual, and unlike Epicloud which was a very positive and happy album in tone pretty much throughout, Sky Blue has real hints of anger and tension behind some of the songs, which really adds to the feeling of the album overall.
    Dark Matters is the continuation of the comical space opera story of Ziltoid from the previous album. With his home planet dying, Ziltoid arrives on Earth with the intention to colonise it, choosing Earth in particular because of its coffee. However, in order to accomplish this, Ziltoid steals a creature known as a Poozer from the war princess Blattaria of planet Titan, which invokes her wrath and starts an intergalactic war between them, with Earth as the prize.
    Musically, it sounds absolutely immense. It's not often I use the word 'epic', but this album merits it. With an array of guests, a backing choir and Devin himself making full use of his incredible vocal range over top of fantastic song writing and instrumentation, there's not much room for breathing outside of the interludes with story dialogue.
    Z² marks the end of a chapter for Devin, and after doing one final show in April he will be taking a hiatus from music for at least a year. With the ridiculously high amount of brilliant music he's been releasing over the past few years he definitely deserves the rest, but I will be eagerly awaiting his return.
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    After putting it off for ages, I finally started XCOM: EU this week and I've been really enjoying it. It's definitely among my favourite strategy games, only outdone by Civilization IV and Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2. It's certainly very addictive.
     
    My current squad, made up of (mostly) musicians:
     

     
    I do wish there were more customisation options, as right now Devin Townsend and Ihsahn are the only ones that actually resemble their real-life selves. With no long hairstyles, there's no way to make Alice Cooper work =P
    I wanted Nick Holmes' nickname to be Cardinal Zero, since he's said that it's his favourite Paradise Lost song title and that's what he would name a new band if he started one, but it sadly didn't fit. Went with Host instead as it seemed the most fitting of their album titles. Don't get why they had to make such a low character limit, but oh well.
    And yes, Motoko Kusanagi is a character from Ghost in the Shell and not a musician, but both Dennis Lyxzen and Bjork ended up getting killed pretty early on when I didn't quite know what I was doing. Been getting kind of re-obsessed with GitS, so I felt like including her.
     
    That's pretty much all I've been doing this week. It sure is nice to have a few weeks where I can just relax and catch up with some of the games, music and movies I've been putting off.
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    Classic Bethesda.
     
     
    Tried all the fixes and whatnot, so I'm just stuck here waiting for them to hopefully fix it, and by the looks of various forums I'm not alone. Thankfully Steam refunds now exist, so I'll be getting one of those if this isn't addressed soon.
     
    Disappointing, but not unexpected. I'm not one to purchase games at release, precisely because of things like this, but Fallout is one of the few exceptions I'm willing to make.
     
    Granted, the game is not looking great, especially for someone whose idea of a perfect Fallout game is New Vegas. From what I've read and seen, a lot of it is dumbed down compared to the previous games, with things like the new dialogue wheel looking especially terrible, along with a smörgåsbord of other issues to give modders a ton of work to do. The story and writing are also apparently typical Bethesda, which is to say they're trash.
    Hopefully once I can actually play it I'll be pleasantly surprised, but I've played enough Bethesda games to not set my expectations too high. Oh well, we'll see.
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    5 - Longhena by Gridlink
     

     
    The final album by Gridlink is a ferocious technical grindcore goodbye with incredible musicianship.
    Over the course of just 23 minutes Longhena delivers one of the most intense listens of the year. It's fast and brutal, yet filled with a sorrowful beauty.
    Farewell, Gridlink.
     
     
    4 - Noise by Boris
     

     
    The 19th Boris album has a rather deceptive title, as there is in fact pretty much no noise contained within.
    What it does contain is a trip through several styles across eight tracks, and Boris doing what only Boris do.
    Opening with a couple of incredibly catchy and enjoyable stoner rock tracks not too dissimilar form their 2011 Heavy Rocks album, it carries on into highly atmospheric ambient and post-rock, before hitting the listener with a J-pop song.
    While all this sounds fantastic and is excellently written, the crown pieces here are without a doubt tracks 6 and 7 - Angel and Quicksilver.
    Angel is a 19 minute epic of Boris' experimentation through melancholy and beauty, with both a fantastic build up and an incredibly satisfying climax. Quicksilver on the other hand is the closest the album comes to its title. It's an eccentric and fast-paced 10 minute blast through excellent riffs and melodies, with clean vocals in the foreground and dissonant screams in the back.
    Both tracks feature incredible songwriting, accompanied by the usual guitar mastery one has come to expect from Wata. I think at this point it can safely be assumed that she is no mere mortal, and her talent and skill with the guitar are of supernatural origins.
    With Noise, Boris continue their constant evolution and refusal to sound the same. Can't wait to see where they go next.
     
     
    3 - The Satanist by Behemoth
     

     
    One of the most talked about metal albums of the year, and it deserves all of its attention.
    As the first Behemoth album since Nergal's lengthy battle with leukemia, The Satanist stands tall as a statement of his defiance of death.
    Incredibly grandiose, and just as brutal and crushing, this album contains the most well written music Behemoth have done. Filled with great riffs and captivating vocals, its an enthralling piece which doesn't let you out of its grip until it's done.
    Displaying Nergal's Nietzsche-inspired philosophy on art, it is ugly and beautiful in equal parts, going with ease from fast-paced death metal assault on the ears to enchanting spoken word parts, before it all culminates in the absolutely incredible closing track.
    The Satanist is quite the statement.
     
     
    2 - Enter by Fire! Orchestra
     

     
     
    Fire! Orchestra are a 28-piece experimental big band/free jazz group, which delivered one of the best jazz albums of the century in 2013, with Exit. They are now back just a year later with Enter - an album that lives up to, and in some areas surpasses, its predecessor.
    Like Exit, this album sounds huge. With such a large cast, it is chaotic and organised at the same time, with a ton going on in the music at any given moment. At times it pushes even further into experimental territory than Exit did, but at other times, such as the closing track, it can be a lot more straight forward and easy to follow. Well, by Fire! Orchestra's standards, anyway.
    It's a magnificent album unlike anything else.
     
     
    1 - Dark Space III I - by Darkspace
     

     
    Darkspace are an enigmatic band which fuse dark ambient and atmospheric black metal, with lyrics about... well, dark space and the mysteries of the cosmos.
    With three tracks adding up to just over an hour of music, Dark Space III I is an absolutely captivating experience with a strong eerie atmosphere and excellent instrumentation. It's an ethereal and terrifying journey through the darkest and blackest depths of space, with only the infinite void surrounding you. Indeed, even the flow of time seems distorted with this album, as throughout its long duration it never once drags or leaves you anywhere else but the edge of your seat.
    Listen to it on BandCamp.
    The MP3 is also currently stupidly cheap on Amazon, at $3/£3. Do yourself a favour if you like metal or atmospheric music and pick it up.
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    Boris

    By Queen of Liars,

    Finally received my CD copy of one of my favourite albums, Boris at Last -Feedbacker- by Boris.
    Took quite a while to find a copy at reasonable price, and it still wasn't cheap, but I am now very happy to finally own it.
    An updated picture of my Boris collection:
     

     
    Amplifier Worship
    Boris at Last -Feedbacker-
    Pink
    Smile (US Version)
    New Album
    Attention Please
    Heavy Rocks (2011)
    Noise
     
    Which not counting collaborations, is still only eight out of nineteen. Twenty if the Japanese and US versions of Smile are counted as separate, which they should be.
    So still a long way to go, but with most of the rest being Japan-only releases, I'm not getting my hopes up for getting anything else in the near future. The price for imports of some of their albums go up to the hundreds here.
    Plus, some of those albums are vinyl only. Now, Japan-only CDs are really expensive as is. Japan-only vinyl is a different beast altogether.
    For now I'm just hoping that some of their older albums get reissues with world-wide releases.
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    Z2

    By Queen of Liars,

    Today is the release day for the new Devin Townsend album Z².
    It being my most anticipated album of the year I've pre-ordered it, and since I did so from Devin's official store rather than say Amazon, it actually arrived on time. Imagine that.
    Seriously though, I'm never pre-ordering stuff from Amazon again. I've had consistent problems with things being late, but Ihshan's album being late last year was the final straw. Considering they charge for release date delivery, more than half of my pre-orders from them being late is not something I want to deal with.
     

     
    Anyhow, Z². I got the limited 3-CD digipak edition, bundled with that awesome t-shirt.
     
    It's a double album, consisting of Sky Blue and Dark Matters, with the third disc containing a version of Dark Matters without the dialogue. Being part of the final stage of this chapter of Devin's career, it's a concept album that acts as the sequel to Ziltoid the Omniscient, something that he's been working on for several years. It's nice to finally see it culminate in this project.
    This will be followed by a huge show in April, after which Devin will be taking a hiatus from music for at least year. Considering how much work he has done in the past few years - even this year had not only Z², but the Casualties of Cool album as well - it's a well deserved rest. Still, I will be eagerly awaiting his return.
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    Tragic Illusion

    By Queen of Liars,

    So, Paradise Lost just announced this thing:
     

     
    Tragic Illusion 25 (The Rarities), which will be released on the 25th of October to celebrate the band's 25th anniversary and will be a compilation of rarities and B-sides from over the years. It will also contain a brand new song - Loneliness Remains - as well as re-recorded versions of Gothic and Our Saviour.
    I'll definitely be picking this up. I already have five of the songs from limited edition copies of albums, but I am interested in the rest.
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    Well, with my dad working in Russia and my mum on holiday, it's gonna be a month or so of just me and the cat. This will be great - a whole month of peace and quiet, which is just what I need
    I shall also take this opportunity to listen to the music my mum hates really loudly while I can.
     
    Now, where's my copy of Reign In Blood?
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    Massive Attack

    By Queen of Liars,

    Completed my Massive Attack collection today:
     

     
    Left to right:
     
    Blue Lines
    Protection
    Mezzanine
    100th Window
    Danny the Dog Soundtrack
    Heligoland
     
    Allegedly they've been working on a new album, so if that's true, I'm definitely looking forward to it. And also hoping that it's better than Heligoland...
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    There is now a trailer for the Thief reboot, and of course it doesn't tell us much about the game at all, but it still has me pretty excited.
    Although I am a bit worried about what direction they'll be taking it in, I have high hopes for it after Eidos Montreal's masterpiece with Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Just hoping it doesn't end up like the somewhat disappointing Hitman: Absolution from last year.
     
    I mean, it turns out they're not gonna call it THI4F after all, which is certainly a good sign.
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    Concerts

    By Queen of Liars,

    Why is it that all the shows I really want to go to are always at the worst date for me?
     
    Refused are doing a show in a London club in August, which is great because bands like Refused really shine in smaller venues and I'd love to go see the show. However, it's on the last day of the 2012 Olympics. That is the one evening that I would really wish to not go outside. Being outside after a big football match in the area finished is bad enough, but Olympics?
    But it's okay, the band just reformed earlier this year and I'm sure there will be plenty of shows like this to come in the future.
     
    However, following this, W.A.S.P. are starting their 30th anniversary tour in London this September, and it's going to be a really special show. A 2 hour set including a shortened version of The Crimson Idol album and all the stage theatrics you'd ever want from W.A.S.P.
    The problem? It's on the Friday of my first week at university. So if I want to go, I have to either skip the first week or dish out a lot of money that I probably won't have on train tickets.
     

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    Arktis.

    By Queen of Liars,

    Finally received my copy of the new Ihsahn album the other day, after there being some delays with the limited editions.
     

     
    An excellent album which was well worth the wait. Not quite as good as his previous three, but I'd still be surprised if it isn't my album of the year.
     
    Perhaps I'll do an updated post of my entire Ihsahn collection later, when I'm not busy listening to Arktis.
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    So the exam went much better than I thought it would. The first two questions were very nice and easy, but kind of fell apart at the third one, partly due to lack of time, partly because it wasn't a very nice question.
    But hey, it was a choice of three questions out of seven, so at least I wasn't stuck with the other four, which were pretty horrible.
     
    Having a bit of free time, got myself a new headset and a new pair of earphones, since my old ones broke. It always feels strange switching to a new headset because I get so used to how the old one sounds.
    Also picked up a couple of books: The Revolution of Everyday Life by Raoul Vaneigem, having previously read a library copy, and Selected Poems 1947-1995 by Allen Ginsberg, having enjoyed what I've read of his work.
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    So, I went to see the brilliant Steve Hughes tonight, and it was great. Bonus points to him for having Motorhead songs playing before the show started.
    This was actually the first time I've seen a comedian live, and having enjoyed it quite a lot, it seems that a fair amount of my free time at university will be divided between going music concerts and going to comedy shows. Often at the same venue too.
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    Moving

    By Queen of Liars,

    Well, it seems like I just got back home with all my stuff from university, and now it's all packed up again as my parents are moving house tomorrow.
    I quite enjoy moving. It's a lot of work, and we definitely have a ton more stuff to pack up and transport to the new house than we did when we moved here, but something about packing your things up is really fun. Especially when you find some belonging that you have completely forgotten about, like when I found my Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon Yu-Gi-Oh! card earlier today. Sure was a nostalgic moment.
     
    I also tend to take forever to pack my stuff because I like to sit there and go through each individual thing before putting it in a box.
     

     
    CDs are definitely my favourite thing to pack. So many things to look through and so many "oh, forgot I had that. Should listen to it again some time" moments.
     

     
    Then there are books, which are also awesome. At first I was going to put them all into one bag but quickly came to the conclusion that it would be far too heavy to move, even without my university books.
     

     
    And you know, as much as I prefer buying games physically rather than digitally, I am pretty grateful that I don't have an extra 100+ copies of games to carry from my Steam library.
    Also found some of my PS2 games, which again, brought nostalgia. Will get the console and the rest of the games down from the loft tomorrow and probably spend a good chunk of time playing them once we move.
     
    Unfortunately, it's apparently going to take Sky up to two weeks to set up the internet in our new house, so might be stuck with having to use my phone for that for a while.
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    Tim Skold

    By Queen of Liars,

    Recently finished my collection of albums by one of my favourite musicians - Tim Skold.
    While there are a couple of things I'm missing, I have everything that I actually want.
     
    So let's go through it:
     

     
    Terrible picture I know, but it's hard to fit everything in at a good resolution without the file size being too big.
     
    Anyway, at the top left we have his solo project - Skold:
    Skold
    Anomie
    Suck EP
    Tonight EP
     
    Top middle, we have the KMFDM albums with him as a member of the band:
    Symbols
    Adios
    Attak
     
    Top right, Shotgun Messiah, which was his first band:
    Shotgun Messiah
    Second Coming
    Violent New Breed
     
    Bottom left, we have the self-titled Skold vs KMFDM album which was a collaboration between the two a few years after Tim left KMFDM.
     
    Bottom middle, the self titled album from the short-lived MDFMK. This was a project formed by Tim and two other members of KMFDM after they split up following Adios. However, MDFMK turned back into KMFDM just a couple of years later when the band officially reformed with Attak.
     
    Bottom right, I Declare: Treason by Doctor Midnight & The Mercy Cult - an industrial metal supergroup with Tim on bass.
     
    And finally, all the way off to the right side there, we have Infamous by Motionless in White, which was largely produced and engineered by Tim, although is otherwise a rather unremarkable album.
     
    Obsessed? Maybe a little, but he definitely is a prolific artist.
     
    The only things I'm missing are the three Marilyn Manson albums he was a member on which I honestly have no interest in, and the new Motionless in White album which he produced again, but apart from one song which was originally written by Tim and features him on vocals, that album is just kind of bad so I don't really intend on getting it.
  25. Queen of Liars
    Happy new year. I hope 2014 goes well for everyone.
     
    2013 was a pretty mixed bag for me. The first half of it was probably the best time of my life, and the second half... kinda went in the other direction.
    And you know, I'd like to be optimistic about 2014, but I have two university assignments that are due on the 6th followed by exams on the 7th and 8th that I'm honestly not feeling very good about, so I'm starting this year pretty stressed out. Hopefully once that's done I can get back on track though. Hopefully being they key word there.
     
     
    Anyhow, I'll probably do a top 10 albums of 2013 over the next couple of days if I get around to it.
    In the meantime, here's one of two songs I love from a rather disappointing album that won't even make it to honourable mentions (I like the title track a lot more, but it has a certain word in it so you get this instead):
     

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