Today it was suppose to be the annual hard rock evening, an event that always takes place on eve of Twelfth Night in our small community of like minded friends. But this year it got cancelled as many other things because of the pandemic.
Well it's a sad thing, maybe we can do something later on together when it's back to normal again.
As a pretty sentmental guy as I am I guess a lookback would be great on a day like this. A few years back, 2018 to be more precice.
During this year the categories was made up with one single word only except for "Best Right Now".
2018 years line up of categories was:
1. Festival
2. Summer
3. Best Right Now
4. Nostalgia
5. Space
6. Death
7. Hefty
Where we pick a tune from the last category "Hefty".
A fellow friend off the Öbrink brothers choosed the 7-minute burner "Candlelight" with the denver based doom rock band KHEMMIS.
An excellent tune with modern doom sound full of tasty fuzz-crunch, guttural growls, classic-metal with great roughness.
Sunday, last category to play off at the Twelfth Night, 5th of January. 1. A Band That Should Have Been Bigger: 2. Highfaluting: 3. Best Right Now: 4. Twin Guitars: 5. Best Textstrophe: 6. It Swings: 7. Afterparty: 8. Bonus:
Afterparty, a category where you want to hear a tune that works on an afterparty. Here my idea was to pick something that can work as a background, even if you chill with a beer, your legs shall be moving without your notice. So the tune have to be something everyone recon, more of a great classic. So I decided to pick "Killing In The Name" with RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE.
SAXON "Princess Of The Night" - Holm (Perfect)
KREATOR "World War Now"- M Öbrink (Heavy Stuff)
HCSS "My Sanctuary" - Hellan (HARDCORE SUPERSTAR on an afterparty, oh yeah)
TURBONEGRO "Part II: Well Hello" - P Öbrink (Turbo always work)
MUSTASCH "Liberta"- Eriksdotter (A tune that works well on an afterparty)
BLACK REAPER "Reapers From The Past" - Sandström (Great tune, but will this work?)
AC/DC "Sin City" - Chief Rebel (Excellent Choice)
No tune here, Jens has left the building - Jens
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE "Killing In The Name" - Stones
Today's tune "Sin City" was picked by Chief Rebel, excellent choice for an Afterparty and a nice nod to Nicke, who was the original host for this event, but his sewer pipe broke down the day before and had to cancel it, but luckily our best friend Hellan waved his hand and saved the evening, well-done bro.
The Video is a clip from the movie features AC/DC live at the Pavillion De Paris on December 9, 1979, during the tour that would be singer Bon Scott's last. After almost ten minutes of glimpses at the backstage life, the real movie starts as the band is introduced playing live on stage. Although the band is still in their '70s minimalist era with few stage effects and pyrotechnics, the live performance is considered one of the best and most energetic of their career. The live concert is intercut with quasi-fictional interviews with the members of the band. The interviews took place in Reims, France, two days before the concert.
Cast:
Phil Rudd ... Himself (drummer) (as AC/DC)
Ronald Belford Scott ... Himself (lead singer) (as Bon Scott)
Cliff Williams ... Himself (bassist) (as AC/DC)
Angus Young ... Himself (lead guitarist) (as AC/DC)
Malcolm Young ... Himself (rhythm guitarist) (as AC/DC)
Category six, we are closing in, let's see what got played during the "Hardrock Evening" that when off at the Twelfth Night, 5th of January. 1. A Band That Should Have Been Bigger: 2. Highfaluting: 3. Best Right Now: 4. Twin Guitars: 5. Best Text Strophe: 6. It Swings:
7. After Party: 8. Bonus:
"It Swings", this one I like, to pick a tune that swings was pretty easy, a tune that make your boody move should be the trick, so my first choice was RIVAL SONS with the tune "Keep On Swinging", the tune was a success at the evening :)
Here is the line up for "It Swings"
SULPHUR AEON "Lungs Into Gills" - Sandström (Heavy piece)
DIRT FORGE "Stone" - Chief Rebel (Another new one from Chief, sounds great)
OZZY "S.A.T.O." - Holm (Cool choice)
LIK "The Deranged" - M Öbrink (Great tune)
METAL ALLEGIANCE "Can’t Kill The Devil" - Hellan (Heavy rocker)
HANK VON HELVETE "Pretty Decent Exposure" - Eriksdotter (Great tune)
DEATH ALLEY "Headlights In The Dark" - P Öbrink (Bluesy rock piece)
RIVAL SONS "Keep On Swinging" - Stones
No pick from Jens (He left the building)
Well this wasn't easy to pick from, but I did like "Pretty Decent Exposure" with HANK VON HELVETE, enjoy! The live clip starts at 03:25 with today's tune.
Category five, time to see what's got played during the "Hardrock Evening" that when off at the Twelfth Night, 5th of January. 1. A Band That Should Have Been Bigger: 2. Highfaluting: 3. Best Right Now: 4. Twin Guitars: 5. Best Text Strophe:
6. It Swings:
7. After Party: 8. Bonus:
"Best Text Strophe", hmz a pretty hard category to pick tunes from, what is the "Best Textstrophe", well I put some hard thinking into this one, should I go for something heartbreaking everyday life or something important, got a bunch of tunes, but the Lirba sign inside me could't decided so it ended up with the classic "Sympathy For The Devil" with the ROLLING STONES, but to not being to mossy in my choice I decided to pick a fresher version of the tune and took GUNS N´ ROSES, a band that have done a great comeback.
Here is the lineup for "Best Text Strophe".
GHOST "Pro Memoria" - Sandström (Good tune)
RAIDER "Urge To Kill" - Chief Rebel (Another new one from Chief, great lyrics.)
HELLYEAH "War In Me" - Holm (Heavy piece)
WARREL DANE "When We Pray" - M Öbrink (Excellent lyrics)
PARADISE LOST "I Am Nothing" - Hellan (Heavy cover and bluesy piece)
SIXX AM. "Life Is Beautiful" - Eriksdotter (Excellent tune with a heartbreaking lyrics)
LIK "Dr Duschanka" - P Öbrink (Funny story behind this, don't think I would like to meet this Dr (:)
STONE SOUR "Song#3" - Jens (Beautiful choice Jens)
GUNS N´ ROSES "Sympathy For The Devil" - Stones
With a lyric like:
"The world is ruled by fools and thieves
With a flair for power and a taste for greed"
It's pretty obvious to pick "When We Pray" with the heavy metal vocalist WARREL DANE,
excellent choice by M Öbrink. The tune is taken from the debut solo album "Praises to the War Machine", released on April 25, 2008. WARREL DANE was an American musician who was the lead singer for the metal bands SANCTUARY and NEVERMORE.
Category 4, time to see what's got played during the "Hardrock Evening" that when off at the Twelfth Night, 5th of January.
1. A Band That Should Have Been Bigger: 2. Highfaluting: 3. Best Right Now: 4. Twin Guitars:
5. Best Textstrophe:
6. It Swings:
7. Afterparty: 8. Bonus:
"Twin Guitars", a pretty fun category to pick tunes from, there are many great tunes that suit into this one, as my view on "Twin Guitars" is that two guitar players play the same line at the same time, correct?
My first idea was to pick something odd but classic, but after a few spins of a few great tunes my vote ended with a typical Twin Guitar tune, thinking of IRON MAIDENs "Hallowed Be Thy Name".
Here is the lineup for Category 4
CURRENTS "Forever Marked" - Eriksdotter (Intressting tune from a band that I think I heard once)
OVÁTE "Morgonstjerne" - Sandström (Nice one)
SHORES OF NULL "Tide Against Us" - Chief Rebel (Another new one from Chief, sounds great)
SLAYER "Cronics" - Holm (Heavy piece)
CANDLEMASS "At The Gallows End" - M Öbrink (More Swedish doom, cool choice)
VISIGOTH "Warrior Queen" - Hellan (Heavy metal)
CANDLEMASS "Flowers Of Deception" - P Öbrink (Another one, cool choice)
HELLOWEEN "Pumpkins United"- Jens (A classic Twin Guitar band)
IRON MAIDEN "Hallowed Be Thy Name"- Stones
For today we pick Hellans choice, "Twin Guitars" from the Salt Lake City metal band VISIGOTH and the tune "Warrior Queen" taken from "Conqueror's Oath", released 09 February 2018, enjoy!
Category 3: "Best Right Now" time to see what's got played during the "Hardrock Evening" that when off at the Twelfth Night, 5th of January. 1. A Band That Should Have Been Bigger: 2. Highfaluting: 3. Best Right Now:
4. Twin Guitars:
5. Best Textstrophe:
6. It Swings:
7. After Party: 8. Bonus:
"Best Right Now", could be the best category to pick tunes to, here you get a chance to show off :) Or at least play something that you really like and would love to share with your pals. This category tends to be really sprawling, some find the most obscure tune, were others play their nr 1 of the year. Really fun category. My choice for the evening was a pretty late call, got a tip from my friend Linus at Soundpollution Record store, this was in the middle of December and I got hooked right on the spot, even got lost in my search for something interesting to buy...haha. My tune for the evening was the Cologne, German-based Death Metal band CHAPEL OF DISEASE with the track "Void Of Words". A band that really plays the pants off anyone, great mixture of Progressive Death Metal, Rock 'n Roll, Blues and Metal, Check it up.
The others line up:
TRIBULATION "Nightbound" - Hellan (Perfect tune from the best album 2018)
THRON "Dead Souls" - Sandström (Massive tune, great choice)
CANDLEMASS "The Omega Circle" - Chief Rebel (Excellent CANDLEMASS tune)
BLOODBATH "Bloodicide"- Holm (Good Choice)
HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY "Fire Walk With Me"- M Öbrink (Wow, another superb tune)
PARADISE LOST "Small Town Boy" - Eriksdotter (Excellent tune, but she got a yellowcard, as this tune have already been played before.)
BAEST "Crosswhore" (Never heard this one before, heavy tune)
AMORPHIS "Wrong Direction" - Jens (Great pick from Jens, AMORPHIS one more time.)
CHAPEL OF DISEASE "Void Of Words" - Stones
"The Omega Circle" is a choice picked by Chief, an excellent tune with the epicus singer Johan Langquist is back after a 32 year hiatus replacing Mats Levén who’s been with the band since 2012.
He sounds even better than before, wow. Enjoy.
From the album "The Door to Doom" February 22, 2019 Napalm Records.
Today it's time for the second category, let's see what's got played during the "Hardrock Evening" that when off at the Twelfth Night, 5th of January. 1. A Band That Should Have Been Bigger: 2. Highfaluting:
3. Best Right Now:
4. Twin Guitars:
5. Best Textstrophe:
6. It Swings:
7. After Party: 8. Bonus:
Highfaluting, a fun category to pick tunes from, there are many tunes the fall into this word. Here my first idea was to pick something really heavy, monotonous and down-tuned, was thinking of SLEEP, CANON etc....but my final pick ended on the Swedish doom band ALASTOR and the second tune from their latest release "Slave To The Grave".
KHEMMIS "Flesh To Nothing" - Sandström (Marvelous tune, great choice)
SOMNENT "Deceit" - Chief Rebel (Another new one from Chief, sounds great)
CANDLEMASS "The Well Of Souls" - Holm (Heavy piece)
AMON AMARTH "Warriors Of The North"- M Öbrink (Heavy Vikings)
BLACK STONE CHERRY "Built For Comfort" - Hellan (Heavy cover and bluesy piece)
LIK "Celebration Of The Twisted" - Eriksdotter (Excellent tune)
ORBIT CULTURE "Redfog" - P Öbrink (Never heard this one before, cool tune)
LAMB OF GOD "512" - Jens (Great pick from Jens, a band that really kicks in headphones)
ALASTOR "Your Lives Are Worthless" - Stones
In the deep forests of southern Sweden lies the small town of Eksjö where the four-piece unsigned Metal band ORBIT CULTURE originates. "Redfog" is the title of the latest 5 tune EP, released April 6, 2018. The title tune was P Öbrink's choise for a Highfaluting tune, I can only agree, this is a killer tune. Enjoy!
Monday, time to see what's got played during normal categories during the "Hardrock Evening" that when off at the Twelfth Night, 5th of January.
The Bonus tune we played yesterday, to they we dust of the first one. 1. A Band That Should Have Been Bigger:
2. Highfaluting
3. Best Right Now:
4. Twin Guitars:
5. Best Textstrophe:
6. It Swings:
7. After Party:
8. Bonus
This was pretty hard one to set, what preferences should I choose. Well my first idea was to pick something fresh, a newcomer that have everything in the way to become that rising star that everyone dreams off. But during the time i changed my mind and went through the record collection to see what I could find. Quite immediately I found the Canadian thrash metal band ANNIHILATOR, they were founded in 1984, has released sixteen studio albums and not been given the attention and respect as they should have been. An excellent chose for category 1. "A Band That Should Have Been Bigger". I choosed "Alison Hell" taken from the debut album "Alice in Hell", released April 17, 1989.
VLTIMAS "Praevalidus" - Chief Rebel (Never heard this one before, cool)
TESTAMENT "Jun-Jun" - Holm (Hard and heavy, they should be bigger)
NEVERMORE "This Godless Endeavor" - P.Öbrink (Hell yeah)
AMORPHIS "Winters Sleep" - Hellan (Great choice, they should be bigger)
CARACH ANGREN "When Crows Tick On Windows" - M. Öbrink (Cool band with great Videos)
TRIVIUM "The Wretchedness Inside" - Eriksdotter ((Hell yeah) AMORPHIS "The Four Wise Ones" - Sandström (Great choice, they should be bigger)
HATEWORK "In The Hands Of Deamons" - Jens (Great choice, support your locals)
ANNIHILATOR "Alison Hell" - Stones
So over this week I'll present all the categories in the order of recording, Today = "Bands That Should Have Been Bigger", Tuesday = "Highfaluting", did one extra for yesterday as the "Bonus" tune, that got added. The rest of this week I will mix mine with the other participant's choices, so here we go.
Today we pick the pretty obvious band on the category 1. "A Band That Should Have Been Bigger", 2 votes on the Finnish heavy metal band AMORPHIS, so true, they really deserve it.
Today's tune "The Four Wise Ones" is taken from the twelfth studio album "Under the Red Cloud", released worldwide on 4 September 2015 through Nuclear Blast. The album was produced by Jens Bogren, who was described as "just the right person" by keyboardist Santeri Kallio. This would be the band's last album with longtime bassist Niklas Etelävuori who left in 2017.
The band is starting their tour with Swedish SOILWORK on the January 11th and on January 15th they play here in Stockholm at Fryshuset, see all the dates below.
Upcoming tourdates:
Fri, JAN 11 Turbinenhalle 2 Oberhausen, Germany
Sat, JAN 12 Doornroosje Nijmegen, Netherlands
Sun, JAN 13 Markthalle Hamburg, Germany
Mon, JAN 14 Amager Bio Copenhagen, Denmark Tue, JAN 15 Fryshuset Stockholm, Sweden
Wed, JAN 16 Rockefeller Oslo, Norway
Fri, JAN 18 Capitol Hanover, Germany
Sat, JAN 19 Hellraiser Leipzig, Germany
Sun, JAN 20 Kwadrat Krakowiany, Poland
Tue, JAN 22 Arenele Romane Bucharest, Romania
Wed, JAN 23 Universiada Hall Sofia, Bulgaria
Fri, JAN 25 Barba Negra Budapest, Hungary
Sat, JAN 26 Ottakringer Brauerei Vienna, Austria
Sun, JAN 27 Masters Of Rock Cafe Zlin, Czech Republic
Mon, JAN 28 Majestic Music Club Bratislava, Slovakia
Tue, JAN 29 Kesselhaus Berlin, Germany
Wed, JAN 30 Backstage Werk Munich, Germany
Fri, FEB 01 Music Hall Geiselwind, Germany
Sat, FEB 02 Essigfabrik Cologne, Germany
Sun, FEB 03 Trix Antwerp, Belgium
Mon, FEB 04 Electric Ballroom London, United Kingdom
Wed, FEB 06 Cabaret Sauvage Paris, France
Thu, FEB 07 Bikini Toulouse, France
Fri, FEB 08 Mon Madrid, Spain
Sat, FEB 09 Salamandra Barcelona, Spain
Sun, FEB 10 Transbordeur Lyon, France
Tue, FEB 12 Live Club Milan, Italy
Wed, FEB 13 Schlachthof Wiesbaden, Germany
Thu, FEB 14 Garage Saarbrücken, Germany
Fri, FEB 15 LKA Longhorn Stuttgart, Germany
Sat, FEB 16 Z7 Pratteln, Switzerland
Tue, MAR 05 Bingo Kyiv, Ukraine
Wed, MAR 06 RE:PUBLIC Minsk, Belarus
Fri, MAR 08 Luna Khabarovsk, Russia
Sat, MAR 09 Sanremo Vladivostok, Russia
Mon, MAR 11 Podzemka Novosibirsk, Russia
Wed, MAR 13 Tele-Club Yekaterinburg, Russia
Thu, MAR 14 Zvezda Samara, Russia
Fri, MAR 15 GLAVCLUB GREEN CONCERT Moskva, Russia
Sat, MAR 16 Club Zal St Petersburg, Russia
Fri, APR 12 Abril Pro Rock Recife, Brazil
Sun, APR 14 Espaço 555 São Paulo, Brazil
Tue, APR 16 Estudio Mirage Limeira, Brazil
Thu, APR 18 Club Blondie Santiago, Chile
Fri, APR 19 Inti Palace II La Paz, Bolivia
Sat, APR 20 Ex-carnivale Cochabamba, Bolivia
Tue, APR 23 Ace Of Spades Club Bogotá, Colombia
Wed, APR 24 Centro Internacional de Ferias y Convenciones San Salvador, El Salvador
Fri, APR 26 Escena Academy Monterrey, Mexico
Sat, APR 27 C3 Stage Guadalajara, Mexico
Sun, APR 28 Auditorio BlackBerry México D.f., Mexico
Sat, JUN 01 Fortarock Nijmegen, Netherlands
Thu, JUN 27 Provinssi Seinäjoki, Finland
Fri, JUN 28 Tuska Festival Helsinki, Finland
Sat, JUN 29 Full Force Gräfenhainichen, Germany
Thu, JUL 18 John Smith Rock Festival Laukaa, Finland
Fri, JUL 19 Rock am Stück Fritzlar, Germany
Fri, AUG 02 Porispere Pori, Finland
Fri, AUG 23 NOAF (Neuborn Open Air Festival) Wörrstadt, Germany
Thu, SEP 19 Theatre of Living Arts Philadelphia, PA
Fri, SEP 20 Irving Plaza New York, NY
Sat, SEP 21 Palladium Worcester, MA
Sun, SEP 22 Upstate Concert Hall Saratoga County, NY
Mon, SEP 23 Club Soda Montreal, Canada
Tue, SEP 24 Mavericks Ottawa, Canada
Wed, SEP 25 Salle Multi Québec, Canada
Thu, SEP 26 The Opera House Toronto, Canada
Fri, SEP 27 Agora Theater & Ballroom Cleveland, OH
Sat, SEP 28 The Forge Joliet, IL
Sun, SEP 29 Turner Hall Ballroom Milwaukee, WI
Mon, SEP 30 The Cabooze Minneapolis, MN
Wed, OCT 02 Dickens Calgary, Canada
Thu, OCT 03 Starlite Room Edmonton, Canada
Sat, OCT 05 Venue Nightclub Vancouver, Canada
Sun, OCT 06 El Corazon Seattle, WA
Tue, OCT 08 Ace Of Spades Sacramento, CA
Wed, OCT 09 Slim's San Francisco, CA
Thu, OCT 10 The Roxy Theatre Los Angeles, CA
Fri, OCT 11 City National Grove Of Anaheim Anaheim, CA
Sat, OCT 12 Marquee Theatre Tempe, AZ
Mon, OCT 14 Gothic Theatre Englewood, CO
Tue, OCT 15 The Truman Kansas City, MO
Wed, OCT 16 Trees - DIN Productions Dallas, TX
Thu, OCT 17 Scout Bar Houston, TX
Sat, OCT 19 The Orpheum Tampa, FL
Sun, OCT 20 The Masquerade Atlanta, GA
Mon, OCT 21 Baltimore Soundstage Baltimore, MD More info @
Yesterday, on the Twelfth Night it was time for the annual hard rock evening that always takes place on eve of Twelfth Night.
At always it's with great excitement when this day come, it's a day that I was really looking forward to, mostly for meet up with friends that share the same love for music as I do and play some good music over a few pints and the annual Pizza :)
During this evening music will be played by following a couple of predetermined categories that have been choosed a 5 monthes before the event.
The evening will go by with first category, where everyone gets their chance to play their piece of music and will explain their view and perception of the category that is current to play. After and during the music played there will be disscusions if not everyone agrees and if they do, they will enjoy and clap their hands. The nice thing is you will get their thoughts and ideas for the tune they play and if there is a story they will tell and that's the great thing about it.
And it is with great pleasure to play true the record that you have put together over the Christmas break and to hear what the other participants have made up for this event. This is a great opportunity to discovering some new music, but the best of all is that you get an evening together with friends of the same kind, where the music is the topic, one thing that I hold so dear!
So in the biggest secrets I have carved out the tracks for this evening. But as usual the record was made in the last minute. Some of the tunes were pretty obvious through the presentation of the 2018s best albums that was publish here during Christmas and New Year.
As always it's really difficult to choose songs. This year I never got time for a theme, but overall it ended up pretty Ok after all. The categories for this year was made up with during a few votes, can't remember what exactly I voted for except for the "It Swings", but here they are. And during some pipe circumstances and fotboll cup and few guys dropped off, so an extra bonus category got added in the last minute.
1. Bands That Should Have Been Bigger:
2. Highfaluting
3. Best Right Now:
4. Twin Guitars:
5. Best Textstrophe:
6. It Swings:
7. After Party:
8. Bonus
So over the next week I'll present all the categories in the order of recording, Monday = "Bands That Should Have Been Bigger", Tuesday = "Highfaluting", doing one extra for today as the "Bonus" that got added. The rest of the upcoming week I will mix mine with the other participants choices, so here we go.
This years lineup!
So for the last piece on the evening that not got played by all, mostly because it was late and not all had the chance to prepare for it. Anyway, some tunes got played.
Robert: DÉCEMBRE NOIR - Between Silence And Shards
Gustavsson: ACCEPT - Burning
Magnus Ö: WOODS OF YPRES - Allure of the earth
Holm: STUCK MOJO 🤘🏽Drawing Blood
Hellan: OZZY OSBOURNE - Hellraiser
Stones: NECROPHOBIC - Tsar Bomba
So for today as it's Sunday, a classic like ACCEPT suits fine.
"Burning" is a song by German heavy metal band ACCEPT, from their album "Breaker", released in 1981. Written and composed by Wolf Hoffmann, Peter Baltes, Jörg Fischer, Stefan Kaufmann and Udo Dirkschneider, it was also released as a single with "Down and Out" as the B-side. Two other songs on the Breaker album ("Breaker" and "Starlight") were also released as singles in 1981.
The original recording of "Burning" is notable for a fake live performance; it was recorded with crowd noise mixed in instead of being recorded at a concert. "Burning" appears on eight of Accept compilation albums: Restless The Best (1982), Best of... (1983), Midnight Highway (1983), Hungry Years (1985), The Collection (1991), Steel Glove (1995), Sharkbite – Best Of (2005) and The Accept Collection (2010).
Burning live in Copenhagen, Denmark 1995. Predator tour, enjoy!
Well this was a tricky one, should the tune go with the bombastic theme, atmospheric, horns, symphony, orchestra or what? Well if more straight forward style goes hefty then you dont have to much to choose from. "Hrimthursum" is a pretty hefty album by the Swedish blackened death metal band NECROPHOBIC. So why not pick a tune with them and stick out a little bit. So my choice ended with the single from the album "Blinded By Light, Enlightened By Darkness", check out the video below.
Other tunes that was played during this category was.
DIMMU BORGIR "The Serpentine Offering Live" - Chief Rebel (Really Powerful That Have It All)
SOILWORK "Spectrum Of Eternity" - Holm (Great Pick From One of Swedish Finest)
BATUSHKA "Yekteniya I" - PÖbrink (Excellent Choise Of A Powerful Tune)
MARILYN MANASON "Antichrist Superstar" - Hellan (Great Tune From A Classic Manson Album)
KHEMMIS "Candlelight" - MÖbrink (A Real Heavy Pick)
TREMONTI "Radical Change" - Eriksdotter (Odd Choice But A Good Choise)
IN FLAMES "Down In A Hole" - Sandström (Cool And Odd Choice)
PANTERA "Drag The Water" - Sköldan (Great Classic Choice)
IN FLAMES "Only For The Weak" - Jens (Another More Typical Jens Tune)
NECROPHOBIC "Blinded By Light, Enlightened By Darkness" - Stones
(Missing songs from two participants).
Today's tune "Blinded by Light, Enlightened by Darkness", taken from "Hrimthursum", the fifth full-length album by Swedish blackened death metal band NECROPHOBIC. It was released on Regain Records in 2006.
(Nostalgia) is up for today, taken from the annual hard rock evening.
This was a pretty tricky category, hey Nostalgia, could be actually anything good from the history bank of your own life cycle. So I needed to think through this for a while, it took some time to set it. After a spin thru the record collection I found "Renegade" with THIN LIZZY witch struck me that this was actually the first record I bought with the band, I think it was around 84' or 85 when I found it in a sales bin at the Domus up in northern Sweden. Somehow the cover hooked me, the red flag and the band name THIN LIZZY with the album title "Renegade", cool cover and when I played the album I got in love with the band totally. "Renegade" is perhaps their most underrated and misunderstood album. Just listen to my choice of tune "Angel Of Death" and you will understand.
This category had a pretty mixed up line up as you can see below what the other had picked for this.
Today's tune "I'm Alive" by German power metal band HELLOWEEN, is taken from the second studio album "The Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part I", released in 1987.
This is one of the most funniest categories to do, here you get the chance to play something really good that you like and share it to the others and hopefully they will like it to. The tune that I picked this year was "The Sky at the Bottom of the Sea" with the Swedish doom rock band AVATARIUM taken from the third studio album "Hurricanes And Halos". An album that have been played alot last year, this was also the tune that I nominate as the best tune last year.
Other tunes that was played during this category was.
SONS OF CROM "Fall Of Pandemonium" - Chief Rebel (Never heard this one before, cool)
MORBID ANGEL - "I Am Morbid" - Holm (Hard and heavy)
ALASTOR "Blood On Satans Claw" - PÖbrink (Hell yeah)
NEVERMORE "Hart Collector" - Hellan (Cool one)
NEVERMORE "The River Dragon Has Come" - MÖbrink (Here we go again)
FOO FIGHTERS "The Sky Is The Neighborhood" - Eriksdotter (Best tune from the latest album)
DEAD LORD "Part Of Me" - Sandström (Marvelous ballad, great choice)
D-A-D - "D-Law" - Sköldan (Excellent Choice)
MUSTASCH "Lawbreaker" - Jens (Great new tune from the Swedish rockers)
AVATARIUM "The Sky at the Bottom of the Sea" - Stones
(Missing songs from two participants).
Kinda Karma, today I found this in my post box, nr 33/100, yihaa! A cassette that have been sold out since the release.
Todays tune "Blood On Satans Claw" by ALASTOR, taken from the latest EP by the band, released only on Cassete and as digital. The tune was picked by Pär Öbrink, this is heavy, slow and absolutely amazing!
Today it's time to present category two: (Summer) from the annual hard rock evening.
This category was actually pretty fun, Summer well that should be pretty easy to set. My choice fell on rockers CLUTCH and the tune "Electric Worry". Blues, Rock with an marvelous groove could easy be the most played tune during summer time for me.
Other tunes that was played during this category was.
SKID ROW "Slave To The Grind" - Chief Rebel
GUNS N' ROSES "Ain’t It Fun" - Holm
WITCHERY "Nosferatu" - PÖbrink
WOLFMOTHER "Gypsy Caravan" - Hellan
WATAIN "Sworn to the Dark" - MÖbrink
DEFTONES "My Own Summer" - Eriksdotter
DEAD LORD "Part Of Me" - Sandström
DANZIG "Dirty Black Summer" - Sköldan
SOUNDGARDEN "Black Hole Sun" - Jens
CLUTCH "Electric Worry" - Stones
(Missing songs from two participants).
Today's tune "Slave to the Grind" is the title tune from the second studio album, released on June 11, 1991. The tune was selected by Chief Rebel, Can't be king of the world, If you're slave to the grind. (The one and only tune to play when vacation starts).
Last Friday it was time again for the annual hard rock evening that always takes place on eve of Twelfth Night.
At always it's with great excitement when this day come, it's a day that I was really looking forward to. It's really great to meet up with friends that share the same love for music as I do. During this evening you will hear what others have done, what music is close to their heart and what stories they have to tell about live concerts and other odd stories that have happen during the year that has passed. And of course it is with great pleasure to play true the record that you have put together over the Christmas break and to hear what the other participants have made up for this event. This is a great opportunity to discovering some new music, but the best of all is that you get an evening together with friends of the same kind, where the music is the topic, one thing that I hold so dear!
So in the biggest secret I have carved out the tracks for this evening. But as usual the record was made in the last minute. Some of the tracks were pretty obvious through the presentation of the 2017s best albums that was publish here during Christmas and New Year.
As always it's really difficult to choose songs. This year I never got time for a theme, but overall it ended up pretty Ok after all. The categories for this year was made up with one single word only except for "Best Right Now"
This years line up of categories was:
1. Festival
2. Summer
3. Best Right Now
4. Nostalgia
5. Space
6. Death
7. Hefty
So over next week I'll present all the categories in the order of recording, Monday = Festival, Tuesday = Summer and so on, doing one extra for today as it's Sunday and a classic needs to be played :) The rest of the upcoming week I will mix mine with the other participants choices, so here we go.
My choice from yesterday's Hard Rock Night in the Categori 1. "Festival".
OZZY OSBOURNE "Waiting For Darkness" a artist that I relate as the nr 1 at Festival, if he aint playing with BLACK SABBATH or as solo you will most likely here a tune in the bar, around the area, in the PA system or at the camping place. A festival without OZZY isn't a real festival.
Today's tune "Waiting For Darkness" is taken from his third studio album "Bark at the Moon", originally released on 15 November 1983. A tune that he never played live :(
last and final tune taken from the annual hard rock evening.
This is one of the most funniest categories to do, here you get the chance to play something really good that you like and share it to the others and hopefully they will like it to. The tune that I picked this year was "Hunt The Buffalo" taken from the fourth studio album "Slow Forever" by American black metal duo COBALT. An album that have been played in my mind a lot lately. "Slow Forever" with COBALT reaches the 4th place on the Tune Of The Day's TOP 100 album list of the Best Albums 2016, where all the top 5 albums is a winner.
So why not a combo, a "Record of the Week" with the annual hard rock evening in the same post? Hell yeah, as it's Monday and a new week so lets do it.
"Slow Forever" is a big return by COBALT, more triumphant and focused as ever. With Wunder and the new vocalist Fell they have created an epic album. A real reborn COBALT that have make their best-ever record. Aggressive, violent and very accessible, a magic mix of purifying blast of righteous, mixing doom metal with black metal and hardcore.
COBALT are: Erik Wunder (all instruments) Charlie Fell (vocals)
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Dave Otero at Flatline Audio in Denver, CO.
Today's tune "Beast Whip" is unsurprisingly a masterpiece that will get your stiff body to shake.
Interesting line up of tunes here, a really good mix of rock, hard rock, metal and death metal. My choice was the Zürich based extreme metal band BÖLZER with the sludge tune The Archer.
LIK - Endless Oceans of Blood
BÖLZER - The Archer
MOTÖRHEAD - Born To Raise Hell
INCITER - From Within
ALTER BRIDGE - White Knuckles
SUNBURST - Out of the World
PARADISE LOST - Small Town Boy
SUPERMACHINE - Heavy Bullet
Today's tune "Heavy Bullet" with the Southern New Hampshire rockers SUPERMACHINE, a tune that was taken from the bands self titled debut, released May 10, 2013.
For this category my choice was the Swedish Psychedelic Rockers SALEMs POT with the excellent tune "Tranny Takes A Trip". Not so popular around metal heads, but I like it :)
Other tunes that was played.
CARDINAL SIN - Spiteful Intent
SALEM POT - Tranny Takes A Trip
TIAMAT - The Sleeping Beauty
SKELETONWITCH - Red Death, White Light
LIZETTE & - Reduced
HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY - Funeral Dreams
MACHINE HEAD - Is There Anybody out There?
ARTILLERY - Bombfood
(Missing songs from two participants).
Today's tune "The Sleeping Beauty" was Sköldans choice, great one indeed, the tune is taken from the third full-length album "Clouds" by TIAMAT. This album was issued in 1992 through Century Media Records.
Clouds expanded upon the death/doom sound of the previous album by introducing a broader focus on melodic and goth rock-inspired elements, including occasional clean vocals, while retaining much of the crushing death/doom edge and Edlund's guttural death growl.
