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Matt’s Top 100 Favorite Albums of All Time: #55-#51
Over on my favorite forum for rambling about metal, The History of Metal (it’s an open Facebook forum, so anyone, meaning you, can join and flap your jaw about metal with a wide variety of metalheads from all over the world), the admin made a challenge to all the members to create their top 100 albums of all time. Loving making lists I’m all on this. Between the ~1500 albums I have there is a lot to filter through and this has turned into quite a daunting, yet fun, challenge. This list will represent where I am with my favorite albums right now, if I were to do this last year or next year, while being similar, I’m sure there would be lots of differences. My only self-imposed limitation on this is I’m confining each band 3 albums in the list to avoid entire, very large, discographies over saturating it. Every 5 days or so I’ll make a post with the next 5 entries into the list. Fellow bloggers, I extend this challenge to you (and be sure to let me know where and when you’ll be posting it, I’d love to read it), and for readers without a blog join up with THOM and post yours there! Enjoy!!! Peace Love and Metal!!!
#55 La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol. 1 by White Zombie
Thanks to one of my perennial favorite T.V. shows, Beavis and Butthead, I got my first taste of White Zombie with the song “Welcome to Planet Mother Fucker”. What more could a teen ask for, a Beavis and Butthead approved metal band with a sick groove and a love for the same cheesy horror and sci-fi movies I was so into at the time (and still am 
). This record stood the test of time still rocking hard and feeling fresh after 20 years (damn, has it been that long, I feel old). To this day I have yet to hear a newer band reciprocate White Zombie’s recognizable brand of metal, which makes this record something even more unique.
I love this video for “Thunder Kiss ’65″, can anything get any more ’90′s?
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This Storm is Quite Corrosive
With the amount of work that Steven Wilson (of Porcupine Tree) and Mikael Åkerfeldt (of Opeth) do on each others albums, many fans have said that they should just get together and make their own band. Well, the two have done just that and formed the band Storm Corrosion.
Scheduled to be released by Roadrunner Records in April 2012 very little is known as both members have been quite tight-lipped on the details of the project. If Steven Wilson’s latest solo album Grace for Drowning and Opeth‘s recent album Heritage are any indication of the direction both artists are heading in, I expect to hear a very unique and deep prog-rock/metal album overflowing with great songwriting and gushing with talent. According to Storm Corrosion‘s Facebook page “Apart from Mikael and Steven, the album includes guest appearances by Gavin Harrison on drums/percussion, Ben Castle on woodwinds, and Dave Stewart on string arrangements.”
What do all you wonderful readers think about this project? Are you hyped up as much as I am for this album? Could you care less? What are your expectations? Let us know! Peace Love and Metal!!!!
Photo’s from the Storm Corrosion Facebook page. Photo by Naki Kouyioumtzis. Copyright, all rights reserved 2012.
You’re Being Very Unmetallike Dude
Like most people, when I listen to music I tend to stick to my preferred genre, and like most others I also like to take steps outside of my preferred genre from time to time to see what else is going on. Often times reveling in the glorious world of metal can tend to become a bit overbearing and need a breather. Other times I hear a certain non-metal element in my metal music that catches my ear and the interest gets me to go out exploring and often times I find some great music. Here are some of my favorite artists outside of the realm of metal. Some are quite popular, some not, but all are worth checking out. Do you have some non-metal bands that you would suggest to check out? Let me know!! Enjoy!! Peace Love and Metal!!!
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Album Review- Grace For Drowning- Steven Wilson
People who have recollected about a near-death experience have often said as they were about to pass on after the moments of panic they felt a feeling of serenity before it all ended. They also recollect feelings of detachment, security, warmth, and sometimes fear, and almost all of those who tell us stories about their passage away from this world also speak of seeing and feeling a great light before they are brought back into life. How true these stories are, are really unknown to anyone other than those who have been through the experience, but nevertheless they are quite fascinating to hear. Stories such as these were stated by Steven Wilson as a major inspiration for his second solo record, Grace for Drowning.
