Never too Late

No, never!
Even when waiting really sucks~!

Here you go with some pics from Orgasm Metal vol. 3, the last gig I attended.
Most regrettably yesterday I couldn't attend LORD's concert in Shinjuku, despite I was working right over there. So you have to get your fill with the previous stuff... and also without review, except for... a very nice place for pics and a kick-ass performance by everybody!

VENI VIDI VICI (Pt. 1): Orgasm Metal...!

Hei Dudes!
I've just come back from ORGASM METAL n 3, at Mozaic Live House, a pretty nice place down in Shimokitazawa. A pretty nice place for a pretty nice gig: cool hall, awesome sound, perfect lightning system... and very fine performance! A real photographic orgasm...! There are about 400 pics awaiting to be sorted out... and it is going to take a bit! Be patient! I'll be back... !

Good LORD!

At last, something for my schedule... I was really afraid I had to leave for the Mediterranean seas without any serious activity before the end of the year. And here we are with some OZ-metal for Cpt.'s teeth! November 23rd at Antiknock (Shinjuku, Tokyo), nothing less than LORD...!

Dudes, I can't tell you how happy I am!
You know, Cpt. was a totally dedicated fan of that kick-ass band that was DUNGEON. I got a good deal of versions of their albums and a few goodies. Most regrettably I never had a chance to get them live before they split up (exactly the same for Running Wild... those bastards)! So, I really think I am going to catch up and have a great time with them. And by the way, get their new album: it's really nasty!!!

By the way, if you come around one more piece of this 'tool'... well, I'll appreciate if you could set it adrift this way...! It is a strange edition...

What the hell~!

Hei, hei!
I must have gone totally ballistic after coming back from Italy.
Why I didn't know anything about this gig on August...?
And for my birthday?

STEEL MEETS STEEL Vol. 8

Howdy!
Did not make on time, yesterday, to get the whole show, but I managed to get the best: MASTERMIND! "Steel Meets Steel Vol. 8", at Crescendo Live House (Mastermind / MARGE LITCH / ABSOLUTE / OUTSIDE / KiLL Diabo). And it was worth the rain I took to get there!
Yoshiyuki Watari, back on the guitar after a convalescence period, shredded everybody into pieces! Killer performance for all of them! And during the show, TV filming: possibly some kind of footage will be avalable in time, even if... there were rumors that it was for a program about how bad head-banging is for the health!!! Whatever...

Got some trouble with the camera card, but here are some pics.

Stay tuned!

(group pic by So Heavy)

BOOTY

Here we go again!
Need to fix the damn server, but before that... intro to some goodies for metal-sailors.

RAVAGE-The End of Tomorrow (2009) [Heavy/Power M. US]

Simply A•M•A•Z•I•N•G! Get it absolutely. This album engulfs all the early sub-genres of Metal in the 80s, blends them and spins them into gold, which is well worth the experience. A perfect follow to the likewise ablazing predecessor "Freedom Fighter" (2005). And it kicks in with perfect timing in the New Wave of Old School Metal riding the waves of the metal sea lately.
Hei, these dudes from Boston have been around since 1995 with ONLY 1 album prior to this one: the others are all EPs and Lives disc. In short, a pure live act! Production's good, crunchy&pounding mid-tempo rythm, freaky riffs and a fucking 'evil gremlin'-like singing I love! After listening to it, you'll be craving to see them live! Start with "Shredder" and "Into the Shackles" and then you're good for the rest.

EVIL ONE-Evil Never Dies (2009) [Heavy/Thrash M. Fra.]

Dudes, when you listen to somebody covering ADX, that means you've got to slow down and consider the possibility that what you've got in the hands (and ears) may be quite valuable! And indeed E.O. qualifies for the Cpt. library. Nothing absolutely new or that may leave a new mark on the scene in what stays around the ADX cover. Yet they cripple you with a very cool mix of riffs and clichè lyrics, able to give you really an enjoyable banging time. I think it is since the times of DREAM EVIL - which I liked very much - I didn't happen to stumble upon something so classic, yet so refreshing. Hei-hei...! And wanna know what? They played live with HELLHOUND too, last year. Check them out.

PARADOX-Riot Squad (2009) [Power/Thrash M. Ger.]

If you don't know them, prepare your ass for Ctp. boot! 8 long years they had us to wait for "Electrify". But luckily awesome German thrashers Paradox delivered their 5th just one year after! These 10 new syringes of electrified progressive thrash metal will have you banging your head to death! No doubt. Fasten seat-belts and enjoy the boast which starts with "Suburban Riot Squad" and that drags you in juggernaut momentum through the rest of this marvelous metal treasure box. This is real modern thrash metal, which looks backward only to smile and nod at its rich past, then turns face and marches into the future, where it will be kicking asses for time to come.

Opensesami is always the same.

Cpt., out!

STORY OF ANVIL

Alive, at last!
Dudes, don't loose hope! As Lips uses to say: "It's never too late".
And I'm still here... 'plugged in permanent'.

The Story of Anvil, fantastic documentary-movie by Sasha Gervasi about Anvil's career, is about to be released here in Japan too, at last. And yesterday night I went for an advance preview with another 999 people at Club Zepp, Tokyo. Well, actually I already had a copy of it, since in US it got out quite some time ago and we've. Yet, since I knew it comes with 'additional features', such as after-movie band performance and band meeting, I wouldn't have missed it for any new Egyptian relief. But I went close to it...!
The attendance was lottery based: not for the movie, for 100 people only band meeting!!!
Well, can you believe it? Cpt. got left out! So I had to turn to the broderhood to gain access (access kindly provided by Crossfire of Hellhound). Anyway, nice evening.

It started with a wonderful sunset on Tokyo seaside. Went on with Tokyo's metal-head dirty dozen chit-chat; then the movie... two tracks band performance... and then, when all losers went home, band and director meeting, for the mighty 100, kicked in. Very cool! Love the guys. Check out Cpt. exclusive 'Atsushi tribute' footage too! Who's Atsushi??!! Watch the vid!

By the way, you know what? Back home, I found out Cpt. invitation's card was stuck among the thrashed mail adds!!!! Cpt. too got chosen! Guess I'm the only one still with the card now!
As, said, never too late.

From Atsushi's blog. Thank's pal!