Metal Fire from Hell

Hell yeah!
My joints are still doomed and in pain for the fu*king amazing amount of rain around here this year, but I'm still able to sniff good booty trails... and this morning I runsacked a Disc Union galeon I knew was going to cross my way!

HELLHOUND-Metal Fire From Hell (2008): yeah, there it is, the new-born! I was waiting for it and I LOOOOVE it already!

Eight hot old school metal tracks hosted on a lovely old-style vinyl shaped CD! "If you don't like us, you don't like metal" says a mark on the cover... and that's the way it goes.
Buddies got nastier! First track 'Metal Fire From Hell' kicks your butt without concessions to melody: harsh old school pounding. The following 'Headcrusher' is a small jewel and probably my preferred one: firebreathing Crossfire refrains from screaming only to make space to a couple of more melodic guitar and bass solos. "Heavy Metal Highway" and "METAL Education" follow in a row: you get back a bit to the previous album sonorities (tougher the first, nicer the second... school bell rings at the beginning reminding me of Venom's Teacher's Pet). The 5th is a kick-ass: "Metal Psycho" not only has the coolest pun for a chorus I ever heard (English psycho has the same pronuciation of the Japanese word for "SAIKO" the best ), but it's got also an incredible drive (heard it live and can assure it's a hit). Last three songs I would define them as more "experimental". Hellhound style is all there, but the "metal this and metal that..." clichè are left behind, in a research for longer texts and more melodic lines. While I still appreciate the tunes (guitar work and choruses effects are great), I stay a bit more skeptical about the songwriting...

By the way, the disc came with a DVD-R containing a re-aranged video track from the live footage from Meguro concert. And that's the only thing you're going to get for now! Wanna see you drooling! Get it before the link expires...!

By the way, on the same ship I found also MARCH OF SEASON-My Winter (2007), a disc of freaky good MDM from... Italy (yeah, most surprisingly). Already known stuff to the Port brotherhood, but you know, the Cpt. always wants good things to stay in his personal chest! The growling singer is a beast and if he really can withstand a full tour of concers spitting out his lungs that way, well, I can only bow down to him!

Booty again!

Still a couple of ingots... Not all of them my preferred. But good things must get known.

MINDFLOW (HP)-Desctructive Device (2008): talented progressive band from Brasil. Don't like much the singer (too flat and common), but the sound and rythms are quite nasty!
METALLICA (HP)-Death Magnetic (2008): love them or hate them (I'll go for the second!), but you've got to give it a try.
SONIC SYNDICATE (HP)-Love and other Disasters (2008 Promo): I like them very much and lUUUve their way of kicking your ass!
AUVERNIA (HP)-Towards Eternity (2008): this is quite cool. A mix of progressive/power with black influences. From Argentina. Can't get bored with it!

Booty delivery

Still alive & kickin'! Don't worry!

Shoving down your throat a couple of new treasures, just to keep you busy and used to good tunes! Cpt. is fighting his demons again lately and not quite in the mood for concerts (should go to HELLHOUND'S gig tonight, but have not decided yet... besides I cancelled THRASH DOMINATION and probably LOUD PARK too this year). Anyway...

LETTER 7-Follow the Light (2008): very nice Melodic/Traditional M. from Arizona. Everything in it hit you in the right spots, without cheesiness].

BATTLELORE-The Last Alliance (2008 PROMO): guess you already know them. Quite fine and attractive work (better than the previous), but you need to be in the mood for it: alternation of slow and meolodic tempos with female vocals and MDM speedups. Fuckers, on't bust my balls for the voice over, here and there,... Enjoy it or buy it!]

SLYTRACT-Explanation: Unknown (2008) : quite original death/thrash from Hungary. Don't let yourself mislead by their origin: this is a very fine piece of artillery! Cleand and powerful sound; punding rythms; cool vocals. Enjoy or die!

Pieces of eight!

«Pieces of eight... pieces of eight... ha ha ha...»
Something really fresh... and something you can get only here on Port Royal for now (talking about Dream Evil). Get them before they expire!

• THE HAUNTED-Versus (2008): awesome!

• DREAM EVIL-Gold Medal in Metal (2008 DVDx1, CDx2 Box Set): you're getting only the sound, of course! Awesome set made up of a DVD containing Live Maerd, 4 video clips and a bounch of interviews and reare footage; CD 1 the sound version of the live; CD 2 a 17 rare and unreleased tracks disc.
  

ANTHRAX, '08 New Strain, Kawasaki 15/08

"It's a madhouse!"
What a better way to celebrate Cpt. birthday on August 15th than a ANTHRAX gig? [Well, Graspop with backstage passes could come to mind... But, let's do things once at a time!]

Kawasaki, Club Città August 15th 2008: on of the two only date of this New Strain '08 Asian Invasion blitz tour, in preparation for the new album (comming out next year). The second date of the tour will be tomorrow (Aug. 17th) at Dongoucheon (Korea).

Awesome show, dudes!!
The house was filled up to the top with metal thrashing mainacs... Anthrax ramming everybody asses like never before; pit in delirium... people raining like hell all the time... guess a 50 degrees C, 200% humidity... In few words: pure BEDLAM! I am not very proficient in Anthrax tracks titles, but if I remember well the set list was as follows:

1. Indians
2. Got The Time
3. Caught In A Mosh
4. Madhouse
5. Antisocial
6. Random Acts Of Senseless Violence
7. Room For One More
8. Fueled
9. Safe Home
10. What Doesn't Die
11. Fight 'Em 'Til You Can't (Kick-ass track from new album)
12. Only
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13. A New Level（PANTERA）
14 I Am The Law

I tell you: we sweat out our asses there yesterday! Never seen something like that, even in my hardest workout sessions! I was frontstage all the time; horns in the air and headbanging to death; got my glasses almost destroyed when a huge falla' landed on my head from the back (you would wonder "Why were you wearing glasses in a place like that?"... you're right, after that moment I started questioning myself too!). When the show was over we were soaking wet: from the top of my just cut hair, through my pants, 'till the shoes!! The t-shirt you see in the pic, I HAD to buy it (happy I did it... I didn't notice the special back print) to get home like a "human"! [3 Inches of Sweat trophy was wannabe stuff in comparison... cfr. previous posts).
I would have liked to stalk for the guys after the gig, but I badly needed a drink and some rest... Guess I'm getting to old for that shit!

By the way, a never-heard-before Cocobat band (Jap.) opened for them. Don't know why they where there: completely unrelated and absolutly unable to get the people in the mood. They had some groovy bass work, but the singer was looking at the tip of his shoes all the time... expresionless... without showing any pleasure to be there; the guitar man, instead of jamming for the crowd, stuck with the drummer all the time; only the bassist gave us some feeling. No chat, no scream, no self-introduction... C'mon guys: you're opening for Anthrax... I could have done better singing a cover on karaoke, damn!

Ah, no pics this time. No glasses on that spot, not even digital cameras!

"Who's next?" used to say Goldberg... Hellhound is next (on 30th)! Yet again, yeah!

Booty Sampler • July 2008 (vol. 2)

With some delay, but finally I did it!

The original version was better. Indeed this came out a bit curtailed... Regreattably the software I used before (very simple and fast) decided not to work anymore with the updated iTunes and I had to use another one: more bothering and timeconsuming. And in the mess a few tracks I chosed, were left out (not by me, of course)! But Paganini non ripete. So you get sampler the way it is!

A kick-ass anyway! Have fun!

BOOTY SAMPLER INTRO-July (2) • MOTORHEAD-Motorizer (2008) • BURDEN A.D.-Anno Dominator (2008) • CHROME DIVISION-Booze, Broad and Beelzebub (2008) • AUSTRIAN DEATH MACHINE-Total Brutal (2008) • THE SEVENTH POWER-Dominion and Power (2008) • OMNIUM GATHERUM-Redshift (2008) • EQUILIBRIUM-Sagas (2008) • INALLSENSES-The Experience (2008) • VERSAILLES-Noble (2008) • NEURAXIS-Trilateral Progression (2005) • BRAIN DRILL-Apocalyptic Feasting (2008) • SOULFLY-Conquer (2008) • DIVINEFIRE-Farewell (2008) • JEFF LOOMIS-Zero Order Phase (2008) • PORT ROYAL OUTRO-July (2)

Booty Delivery!

What goes around comes around...!
Here is what was comming in Cpt. chest lately. Some very fine pieces.

DAVID SHANKLE GROUP-Hellborn (2007): for those of you who like "groovy" guitar works! Manowar really missed a diamond head with him!
GATES OF WINTER-Lux Aeterna (2008): this stuff grabs you slowly. It said "progressive", but it's much more... growls, feamale singing, slow, fast pieces...
BURDEN A.D.-Anno Dominator (2008): I love this one! Got stuck with it lately and can't get hold of it yet. Thrash from Finland. Awesome rythm, ripping sound and screamy voice. Not all the pieces are equallly catchy... but you surely will have much fun with it!
METALLICA-Live At Great Woods Center (2008): I hate these guys, but - like it or not - they did some great music... and we wouldn't be around without them. So think about those pieces and try to enjoy them! Soundboard...? You can get more HERE!
BENEDICTION-Killing Music (2008): some Death m. from U.K. Telling the truth, I'm not much for death stuff, but from time to time a good kick in the ass makes my pleasure and these guys have the right numbers!