Well, I thought I might start a rock blog in this Internet of ours. Having written little bits and pieces elsewhere , it is time to branch out and offer the public some rocking musings...
To start things off, I will refer to a list of best heavy metal albums of 2007. Exhaustive as this list is, unfortunately I am unfamiliar with the majority of these albums...and that says a lot about my expertise in the field.
That said, I was pleased to see Megadeth's latest offering, United Abominations making the top 10. It has been a long time since the metal community received a 'Deth album with arms open wide. I am a huge fan of the band so I always felt cheated by the magazines and critics for failing to put them in the same vein as some other band (you know which one). But, this year proves that Megadeth, despite an ongoing saga of changing band members, is more about the music. Good job, guys.
There were a couple of rather important omissions on the list: Down's excellent III: Over the Under and Black Stone Cherry's eponymous debut. But, then again, the list seems more inclined towards the "extreme" end of the spectrum. These two albums might have been too bluesy, or dare I say it, slow compared to the others.
Another list appears (actually two them) on my favorite heavy metal reference site. Again, there are usual suspects and some oddities.
Making lists is fun, so I will give you a list of my own: Top 5 Bands from Birmingham, England:
1- Black Sabbath / Ozzy Osbourne
2- Motorhead
3- Judas Priest
4- Magnum
5- Duran Duran (just kidding...)
Currently listening to: In Requiem by Paradise Lost
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
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