Month: May 2020

I wanted to wait until the next Bandcamp all money goes to the artist sale that happens in couple of days, but this album was just to awesome to wait. Ghoul, Dungeon Bastards, is a death metal band that has a few songs that sound a bit like Gwar. I’m not sure if they really… Read more Ghoul – Dungeon Bastards

So we should not look down on work nor look down on the forty-five out of fifty-two stories written in our first year as failures. To fail is to give up. But you are in the midst of a moving process. Nothing fails then. All goes on. Work is done. If good, you learn from… Read more Advice from Mr Bradbury

We interrupt talking about music to talk about me passing a test. I just took and passed the CompTIA Cloud+ certification test. I feel really good about this one, because I scheduled it on a whim and didn’t really have enough time to finish it, but passed anyway. I’m doing the AWS CCP cert tomorrow… Read more CompTIA Cloud+

Municipal Waste, The Last Rager, is a short, fast EP of pounding thrash/punk music. They’re relatively new. Although I feel like I’m getting so old, that a band founded in 2000 seems new, but that’s 20 years ago. Anyway, they rock hard and fast. All four of these songs melts face and that album cover… Read more Municipal Waste – The Last Rager

Accept, the Rise of Chaos, is the new album from a band that’s been around for 40 years. I had to look it up and this album is actually a few years old. Having been released in 2017. But new enough for a band that’s been through as much as this one has. It’s a… Read more Accept – The Rise of Chaos

I went to the Twin Liquors next to HEB a few days ago for a quick check to see if they had the Old Forester 1920 in. I didn’t expect to see it and at first did not. I went over to the section that they had the Old Foresters and there was the same… Read more Old Forester 1920

Testament, Titans of Creation, came out about a month ago. I’ve listened to it a few times and really enjoy it. I bought this fairly early on in my attempt to get back into music and getting something new from a really old act felt good. And the fact that 35 years into their career… Read more Testament – Titans of Creation

Toxic Holocaust, Conjure and Command, is the last of the three album of theirs I own. There is one more after this I will buy next week to complete the collection. This one is half album and half live concert. The recorded music is good, hard and heavy and fast metal, although my favorite is… Read more Toxic Holocaust – Conjure and Command

Panopticon, Beast Rider, is a small, two song album that was released to help bring some money to help with musicians who are hurting because they can’t do concerts at the moment. I bought it because I like to help where I can and it’s a really different kind of old west esthetic. It feels… Read more Panopticon – Beast Rider

When I posted the last album from Power Trip I commented how much I liked the album artwork. I like this one just as much. The artist just puts so much stuff into the paintings with a queasy uneasiness about everything. It feels like how 2020 feels; everything just rotting away in awfulness. Power Trip,… Read more Power Trip – Manifest Decimation