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  1. Queen of Liars

    Happy Halloween

    By Queen of Liars,

    Oh look, an excuse to use my blog.
     
    I do hope everyone's having a nice and appropriately themed Halloween though. It's always a fun time.
     
    I'm enjoying a Halloween playlist, but I've been busy lately so it's a bit more hastily put together than usual. Still, it'll do the job. Might follow it up with some appropriate gaming and/or movie watching later tonight.
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    Well, I'm back in London for the weekend, and you know, I like London a lot less now. Getting around is way too difficult with these endless masses of people, and while I did get used to it before, having spent a month in university and coming back, it's less than enjoyable. Seriously, I got from Cambridge to London quicker than I got from one point in London to another, and it barely cost me more.
     
    Also, that Devin Townsend show I went to on Wednesday was absolutely brilliant, and I am very jealous of the people in London who at this very moment are enjoying his biggest show yet. The man has seemingly infinite amounts of charisma and is of course an incredible musician.
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    That's seven years I've been on BZP now, which is a pretty long time actually. The more I think about it the older it makes me feel.
     
    Not much else to blog about besides that.
    The Steam sale is coming to an end, and as much as I dislike buying digital games when physical copies of them are available, couldn't resist picking up a couple of bigger titles, as well as some indie stuff.
    Didn't think that the sale was all that great though. It seemed like the same handful of games going on sale again and again. Granted, there were lots of great indie games with big discounts throughout the whole sale.
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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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    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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    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.
     

  7. Queen of Liars
    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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    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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    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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    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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    Paradise Lost

    By Queen of Liars,

    So, I got myself a copy of Paradise Lost's album Believe In Nothing, which has finally completed my collection of their studio releases. Thirteen albums and one set of demos. And you know, it's worth every penny. They are a fantastic band.
    This is, and will likely remain, my only complete collection of a band with a discography of this size, as I can't really think of any other band with 10+ albums, all of which I'm interested in having a copy of.
     
    Also, I'm really loving Century Media's Metal for the Masses campaign. Picked up the reissue of One For Sorrow by Insomnium today for £7. It's pretty rare to find albums at a record store cheaper than online these days, so this is pretty nice.
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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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    Seriously, I really hate these stickers. They really make me hesitate when getting new CDs imported from the US.
    I actually managed to remove it without it tearing this time, but it of course still left a small bit of residue on the case.
     
    But, that does give me an excuse to post my Boris collection thus far:
     

     
    In order: Amplifier Worship; Pink; Smile (US Version); Attention Please; Heavy Rocks (2011); New Album and Noise.
     
    Which is only seven out of twenty - if we're not counting collaborations - but it's not likely to get bigger any time soon, as pretty much all of the others are really hard to get physically. There's obviously the ones that were only released in Japan and are really expensive to import, but there's also a few that only ever had very limited vinyl releases and aren't available on CD at all.
    The only one I could find that isn't ridiculously expensive is the Japanese version of Smile at around £17, which is a price that I could still be convinced to go for, but I'm definitely gonna wait on it.
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    I sense an impending feeling of guilt tomorrow when I realise that I wasted my four-day weekend getting almost no work done and instead spent it listening to a bunch of albums and watching a couple of movies and some stand-up comedy DVDs. I really need to get my stuff together and get ready for my exams.
     
    But of course tomorrow will be wasted by going to see The Avengers. Can't wait. I made sure to avoid all the trailers, as I always do, so that nothing is spoiled for me.
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    I talked about Refused in my last entry, so I thought I would next talk about other projects of their vocalist Dennis Lyxzén.
     
    Dennis is probably one of my favourite people in music. He's a very talented vocalist with an impressive range, and he's a good guitarist and bassist too.
    Beyond that, he is also a fantastic songwriter and lyricist, with a strong passion for his music and message.
     
    After Refused broke up, Dennis went on to form The (International) Noise Conspiracy - a garage punk/dance punk band which was his main focus until he ended the project in 2009.
    During that time he also formed the Lost Patrol Band, later renamed to Invasionen and currently known as INVSN, which has more of an indie-rock edge and, now that T(I)NC is done, is his main project.
    In 2008 he also formed a hardcore punk band with Refused's drummer David Sandström after the two started talking again, under the name of AC4. After releasing the second album earlier this year, this project is also coming to an end, with Dennis having said that there's a compilation to be released after which the band will split up.
    During Refused's time, he was also in Final Exit - a hardcore punk supergroup of sorts, formed by members of Refused and Abhinanda, which released two albums.
     
    So, onto my collection of his stuff. Along with everything by Refused, I have this:
     

     
    The (International) Noise Conspiracy - The First Conspiracy; Survival Sickness; A New Morning, Changing Weather; Armed Love; Bigger Cages, Longer Chains EP and the Capitalism Stole My Virginity single
    The Lost Patrol Band - The Lost Patrol Band
    INVSN - INVSN
    AC4 - AC4; Burn The World
     
    I'm missing quite a lot, including the last T(I)NC album, two albums by The Lost Patrol Band, the two albums by Invasionen and the two albums by Final Exit.
    Those albums get harder to find as the list goes on, with me waiting for the T(I)NC album to drop in price, and with the Final Exit albums being pretty much impossible to find at this stage.
     
    Either way, that's quite a lot of bands for one person to have been in, and not only are they all at least pretty good, but they all sound very different from each other. It's almost hard to believe that INVSN are fronted by the same person as Refused.
     
    I'm eagerly awaiting to see what Dennis comes out with next. Of course after the amazing tour last year, the hope is that Refused will return again, but I'm just as excited for anything else he might do.
    Even if none of these bands were as influential or revolutionised punk like Refused did, Dennis always creates quality music.
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    I'm barely using my blog at all, so I thought I'd start a little series where I basically just talk about music. Maybe talk about my favourite bands and why I like them, maybe show off interesting albums in my collection. Stuff like that.
     
    Just over a week ago it was the 15th anniversary of what I currently hold to be the greatest album of all time - The Shape of Punk to Come - and so I thought I'd talk about the band responsible for that album: Refused.

    Refused were one of the most important (and certainly the most well known) bands in the Swedish hardcore punk scene and during their career from 1991 to 1998 they became one of the most influential punk bands in history.
     

    In order: This Just Might Be... The Truth; Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent; The Shape of Punk to Come; This Album Contains Old Songs and Old Pictures Vol. 1 (Also Known as the EP Comp CD); This Album Contains Old Songs and Old Pictures Vol. 2 (Also Known as the Demo Comp CD); The New Noise Theology EP.
     
    With their first album and first few EPs Refused started out playing what was pretty much typical hardcore in the scene at the time (mind you, they did it incredibly well). Their second album saw them exploring more complex post-hardcore before revolutionising punk in 1998 with their third album, The Shape of Punk to Come.
     
    I love everything Refused have done, but it is this third and final album (the band broke up shortly after its completion) that has earned them their spot in music history, and with good reason.
    With 15 years since its release, I think it is still completely unparalleled.
     
    A very ambitious and forward-thinking record, it experimented a lot with what hardcore was and could be, with complex songwriting and seamless incorporation of many jazz and electronic elements (indeed, the album's title is a tip of the hat to Ornette Coleman's album The Shape of Jazz to Come).
     
    It's a fantastically written and very unique album. Everything from little things to the big things, from the electronic interludes, to the jazz bridge on The Deadly Rhythm, to the fantastic violin intro to Tannhäuser / Derivè (which happens to be pretty much my favourite song ever) serves a purpose in crafting this masterpiece.
    It's an album that is brutal and aggressive, yet delicate and sophisticated.
     
    There's not much I can say about this album that hasn't already been said my many fans and critics. Pretty much everything about this record is perfect and everyone in the band is so good at what they do that it's ridiculous.
    It's an album that has influenced countless artists, but none of them have come close to matching its greatness.
    Of course it's not an album that's for everyone, but it's definitely the album for me.
     
    However, an album this incredible took its toll on Refused's creative energy and the band broke up soon after, vowing to never play together again.
    Fortunately, that was not the case and they reunited in 2012 for one tour to do justice to their last album. Following the tour Refused broke up once again, but stated that the possibility of their return remains.
    I certainly hope that they do indeed return, as they are by far my favourite band.
     
     
    ...And that will be the end of my babbling for this first entry. I kinda wanted to talk more about their early work, but I don't really want to make these entries long, so maybe another time
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    earthtone9

    By Queen of Liars,

    Recently got the last earthtone9 album I was missing:
     

     
    In order: Lo-def(inition) Discord; Off Kilter Enhancement; arc'tan'gent; IV
    Also a really cool deck of playing cards released to promote IV.
    There's also the For Cause and Consequence EP, but it's digital only.
     
    It's a band that's not really that well known. While arc'tan'gent has become somewhat of a cult classic, they've kinda been forgotten since they originally split up in the early 2000's shortly after that album.
    Although I haven't been a fan for long, I'm very happy that they reunited recently and released IV last year, which was their first album in 13 years. They've got a very unique sound that blends hardcore, progressive metal and alternative metal, and while their music can perhaps sometimes lack the complexity associated with prog, they're still very fun to listen to.
     
     
    On another note, I need to stop trying to take pictures of my CDs in the middle of the night because that never turns out well. Unfortunately, that's usually the time I get the urge to make an entry showing off something from my collection.
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    With most video game sales being over by now, here's what I got over the holiday period:
     
    Steam:
     
    Deus Ex (lost my physical copy a while ago, so this will replace it)
    Deus Ex: Invisible War
    Mark of the Ninja Special Edition DLC
    Braid
    Sequence
    Resonance
    Poker Night 2
    Another World
    Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter
    Serious Sam 3: Jewel of the Nile DLC
    BIT.TRIP Beat
    Rush
    Dinner Date
    Paranautical Activity
    Counter Strike Complete
    The Walking Dead: 400 Days DLC
    Star Wars: Balance of the Force and Ms. Splosion Man tables for Pinball FX2
     
    The Humble Store:
     
    The Novelist
    Guacamelee
     
    Overall, some pretty nice stuff I guess. Looking at it, I picked up quite a few games, but the sales still felt a bit lacking. It's kinda gotten to the point where I already own most of the stuff I'd want, and the stuff I don't have yet either didn't go on sale or was still too expensive for me to justify picking it up.
    I ended up spending very little actual money thanks to selling a lot of Steam trading cards, so that's nice.
    Although I have no idea when I'll have the time to actually play all this stuff. My backlog of games is huge enough as it is.
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    It's time for the albums that won't be making it to my top of the year list, but are still great albums which deserve attention.
     
    Casualties of Cool by Casualties of Cool
    This is a side project by Devin Townsend and Ché Aimee Dorval (who did the female vocals on Ki) which Devin made while wanting to take a break from all the heavy music he's been making. Indeed, very different from his usual music, this is a strange mix of country, ambient and blues rock with a very eerie and mysterious sound to it. Although extremely different from his other work, it is still unmistakably Devin Townsend.
    It's a concept album about a traveler who is lured to distant a planet by a beautiful voice. Once he lands on it, he discovers an old radio which was the origin of the voice, and finds out that the planet is in fact sentient and uses the radio to lure unaware travelers and trap them, feeding on their fear. His attempts at escape being futile, he finds solace in the music from the radio and explores the planet, finding clues about other people once trapped on it. Really neat stuff.
     
    The Serpent & the Sphere by Agalloch
    A fantastic atmospheric black metal album, with influences from doom metal and folk.
    Even if it doesn't necessarily live up to some of their previous albums, it's still excellent.
     
    Grand Morbid Funeral by Bloodbath
    With Paradise Lost's Nick Holmes taking over the vocals, Bloodbath make another great death metal album.
    It's crushingly heavy with some excellent instrumentation.
     
    The World We Left Behind by Nachtmystium
    The band's final album, it's a fitting progressive black metal swan song with great guitar parts and a very strong atmosphere.
     
    Esoteric Warfare by Mayhem
    One of black metal's most infamous bands returns with another album, delivering ten absolutely crushing songs.
     
    Run the Jewels 2 by Run the Jewels
    The second album by this hip-hop collaboration between Killer Mike and El-P starts off with an extremely strong first two thirds or so, but unfortunately loses some steam by the final third which I think suffers from too many guest artists, making it feel far less cohesive than their debut. Regardless, the first two thirds are fantastic enough to earn a spot on this list.
     
    Roads to the North by Panopticon
    An excellent atmospheric black metal journey, with influences from melodic death metal and bluegrass.
    It's also almost entirely created by the band's sole member Austin Lunn, with only the violin being performed by a guest, which is just incredible.
     
    Shogunate Macabre by Whispered
    Melodic death metal with influences from Japanese folk music. More or less as cool as it sounds.
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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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    Industrial

    By Queen of Liars,

    So, Front Line Assembly are currently streaming their new album - Echogenetic - for free and after my first listen, it seems really good.
    I'd just like to say what a fantastic year for industrial music it is:
     




     
    Fantastic albums by Skinny Puppy and Front Line Assembly, as well as an upcoming album by Nine Inch Nails.
    What are my three favourite - as well as three of the most influential - bands in the genre each releasing an album this year is a great thing.
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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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    As of yesterday, my third year of university has officially begun. While I've certainly missed it, at the same time I do find myself wishing it hadn't started just yet.
     
    The day went well enough. Had three lectures on land law, which isn't the most boring module I've studied so far. Pretty close though.
     
    Spent some of the free time visiting the local record/movie store. Didn't find many interesting CDs, but they did have a large selection of films by Wong Kar-Wai. I'll definitely be going back on Friday to get the ones I don't have yet, but in the meantime I picked up Love Exposure, The Twilight Samurai and The Flowers of War.
    I guess I've shifted form buying too many albums to buying too many movies.
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