New artillery...

New artillery on board!
Cpt.'s just exchanged some chests of treasures for a new big gun!
Watch out your asses!

Cool stuff!

DREADNAUT...
New kids on the blocks! Just kidding (it may sound as an insult too)!

A taste of what's to come (2008) new album from this band from... Winnipeg (Can), introduced by buddy Pipes to the Port a couple of days ago. I'm already addicted.
Quite various & catchy tunes in it: modern sound mixed to traditional MDM and a bit of core.
Singing also is along the lines... clear, rusty, screamy. No chance of getting bored. Maybe it misses speed ups and here and there it tends to fall into lighter sides of the music, but the constant pounding in the back make up for it quite well. Check them out and buy their shit! Young bands need support!

Boys coming to town...

Some scheduling...
Budgeting and expenditure programs for a new professional camera are on the agenda of the Cpt.
But also some make-up gigs (thought about heading again to L.A., but coastal patrolling require my presence here for the next months).
So on the 29th we'll have some HELLHOUND and WHEEL OF DOOM again for the Bounce Circuit Show #1 LOUD&METAL SIDE at Crescendo Live House (the former, on return from Europe) and on the 30th ANTHEM at Club Citta (Kawasaki) for one date of their Black Empire Tour. Looking forward for the last one. Kawasaki is an all-standing, favorite of mine... and on the mic, well one hell of a singer.

Come! Get some!

Come! Get some!
Again oldies... But with style! You don't see them around often anymore, so grab'em fast!

THUNDERHEAD-Classic Killers Live (1994) [Awesome live from this a bit underrated German band]
THUNDERHEAD- Ugly Side (2000 Jap. Ed.) [Cpt.'s cover is different from this one]
TIME MACHINE-Alinger Daemon (2001) [This is f*cking great progressive from the best Italian prog. band. Also underrated!]

Metal 'till Death Vol. 3 (Crescendo 26/10/2008)

Long time no live!
First headbanging after the last deluding PRIEST experience.

Back to the roots, at my beloved Crescendo Live House for "Metal 'till Death Vol. 3".
We got to see Outbreak Riot, Sec Dimension, Crucified, Wheel of Doom, GSD, After Zero and Satanic Heritage. All people from around here (Japan, I mean), but telling the truth, despite the bombastic title, of "metallic" there was very little tonight. We got death, MDM, half-a-way NU-Metal/metal core ... all quite enjoyable, but nothing really awesome. Nothing but one, AFTER ZERO! Oh, men! The revelation of the day! A very intriguing MDM, with hearth-attack fast riffings, razor-sharp screaming, furious percussions & a persistent melody behind a blasting power.

Sandbanks delayed my brig, so I finished by missing Outbreak Riot, despite they were one of the band I wanted to check out (last time in Kagurazaka I liked them very much). Sec Dimension, Crucified and GSD did a good show, but for some reason didn't get my numbers. MDM & Metal Core with much movement on stage, but little pathos. Also musically speaking : display of aggressivity on stage, but mostly already heard tunes. Don't mean to diminish the guys... maybe I wasn't in the mood for it, but they didn't impress me at all.

Wheel of Doom are worth deserving a shot (I knew them from a previous gig, last year). They delivered a short, but very effective armageddon-like strike. Very aggressive death/thrash metal. Drumming and vocals get close to black m., but guitar section stays far from it. Not something I would listen on commuting to work, but pretty enjoyable on the whole. Beside, the dudes are really cool on stage!

After Zero were the coolest tonight! They got everything I needed to ignite. Presence on stage, right music, energy... and even more! After a neckbreacking track, a Run to the hills-like drumming cvught my attention and in no time an awesome - as well as unexpected - Maiden's Aces High blew me away! Too bad most of the youngsters in the crowd didn't appreciate that jewel as much as the Cpt.

Satanic Heritage were a bomb! I liked the performance and their skills very much. Powerfull and fast Death, with melodic grinding and very harsh vocals. Unfortunately the singer doesn't suits my needs, nor does their attitude: they played a bit too much for themselves and the band's buddies they knew. But since they're young, I guees we can expect better for the future.

That's all for today. I leave you with two demos from the gig: take them or leave them (you're not going to see them elsewhere I think).

AFTER ZERO Demo (Try the live track first)

OUTBREAK RIOT Demo

Some more THUNDERHEAD

Somebody keep thrashing them, and I keep rescuing them...
Small pearls of a gone age... golden age of metal.
Last week got a couple more of THUNDERHEAD albums, awesome German band. And since I noticed you hit them quite a bit, here I'm giving you Movin' On (1993 EP Jap. Ed.) and The Beast of Thunderhead (1997), both quite hard to stumble upon. Guess you already have the first Behind the Eight Ball.

Product of Disgust

More than "Product of Disgust" this CEREBRAL FIX box is an awesome product of delight!
I've been stalking for a while this treasure chest , which is an AWESOME limited 2000 only box set (Cpt. one is nr. 0002!!!) for a while at the pirate market... But you know, not knowing well the band's sound , I was a bit skeptical... Taking up your butt a box isn't that pleasant! But after checking them out - those few tracks you can find around, I mean - I went in for the kill! And most surprisingly got it less than half-priced! Am I scary or what? I was so happy I forgot to ask about a similar one by ARTILLERY.

Anyway, not very much know outside UK are these Britons, where instead they gathered enormous success in the past. English thrash/death metal band formed in Birmingham in 1986. They became members of the UK thrash metal and death metal scenes through four albums, three of which were on major labels before finally disbanding in 1993. In 2006, they announced a reunion for only one night stand, which eventually got repeated a couple of more times, showing how much their fans still needed them and what is their potential. Voices say they have an album's worth of new material, but for now they are waiting for the reception of the new songs - 4 pieces enclosed in this box. And inside the box you find all their discography plus a collection of demos & lives. The later is not particularly appealing to non-collectors: sound is crammy and the quality, well... But if you like it you go for it! The whole is squisitely packed with pics, band history, reviews, etc. A lovely set-up for a kick-ass listening experience! Read out some detail on the albums HERE, if you want. I'm beaming it up just because there is little of their stuff around and certainly there are dudes who want to give them a try! Bring them good, don't spread it for free too much and have fun!