Re: Sophomore shine
Your choices sound great and I like the idea of sophomore shine. How about these possibilities?
Megadeth, Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying?
Killswitch Engage, Alive or Just Breathing See the rest here
Category: Rando
Sophomore shine
I’ve been idly ruminating about the idea of the opposite of a sophomore slump… cases in which a band has made a big splash with their debut album, only to eclipse it with a followup album that was widely heralded as superior. See the rest here
Re: Re: Nuclear Power Trio – Critical Bass Theory (8K)
It’s both goofily entertaining and kick ass music, a rare combination. See the rest here
Re: Nuclear Power Trio – Critical Bass Theory (8K)
Oh man, how did I miss this when it came out? Nick Schendzielos is one of my favorite metal bassists around (two of his JFAC tracks are on my GAINZ playlist), and the other two guys (from Allegaeon and Havok) are no slouches either! See the rest here
Nuclear Power Trio – Critical Bass Theory (8K)
This just made my year.
Re: Wah
So Kirk has a sense of humor, at least! See the rest here
Wah
Down with Spotify
This week, there’s been a growing hue and cry about Spotify, precipitated by Neil Young taking a stand against the platform’s promotion and publication of Joe Rogan’s harmful rhetoric about CoViD, but further bolstered by people seeming to wake up to Spotify’s less than generous revenue sharing model. To be totally fair, they’re not the only ones screwing the artists, but they’re among the most egregious. See the rest here
Happy afterbirthday
Brace yourself, boys: 30 years ago today, Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious was released (first in the UK). As part of my celebration, I offer you this fawning and needlessly sesquipedalian article from The Quietus on how pivotal this album was. All hail Carcass!
RIPLG
Holy crap, guys… according to fellas in Entombed AD, LG Petrov passed away from bile duct cancer today.
https://www.facebook.com/EntombedAD/posts/284292396380726
Time to pop on Wolverine Blues…. See the rest here
