Peak Sebastian might be one of the best 2 or 3 metal singers ever (and even if he hasn't, I've accepted those days are gone never to return), but Lzzy filling in for the band for these 4 shows is as good as they've sounded since. Chills.

I am so so sad over the passing of Bill Walton. I'm could be a bit biased, being a UCLA grad, but based on the outpouring of love from all sorts of venues including basketball fans, fellow broadcasters, Grateful Dead fans, social justice causes, and a thousand of ordinary people whose lives he touch...

AI just depresses me. We'll be at a point soon where real human expression is indistinguishable from AI-manufactured content. The overwhelming speed of content production will just further devalue genuine human expression. I'm with you on that. I do think that there will be instances where authenti...

^^ Jonny Hawkins is so good as a frontman that I think he gets overlooked as a singer. I love his tone and he has crazy good range and dynamics. Nothing More has become just about my favorite live act these days.

maximzub wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 5:56 pm Speaking of AI....

And this mostly offends me

I like Stay and Holiday just as much as when I first heard them, which is not very much at all. But about all of the rest of the P&K has gotten better for me, so there's that. But I'm with Schulzy above...those first 4 records. There was something so organic and sincere and passionate and brilli...

Whitebird wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 5:08 am

This is so weird

Geez. That's pretty amazing and pretty terrifying, all at the same time.

So this is pretty amazing Eruption - Nina Digregorio (note this awesome last name, too ;) ) https://youtu.be/ec1ShmQHMQc In the description she explains she had to create a new violin and learn some new techniques just to play this song, so she did. It's a super cool read. Muscians really have amazi...

Well, Bruce's song was a pretty obscure little known entry in the annals of the rock genre, so you're forgiven. Considering what the rest of your post says, I am not sure whether you mean this sarcastically or not. I genuinely did not know back then about the Bruce Springsteen song. But as long as ...

Personally, the last album had way too much Lzzy screaming. It was too homogenous and didn't have the range in either the songwriting or tone that they have excelled in. I hope the next one offers a lot wider dynamic.

https://youtu.be/e1WflcC9msU Really nice work, Max and crumbso. Congrats!! Thanks! Song title rings a bell tho... When I came up with the title back in 2018, I was not aware that Bruce Springsteen had a song of the same name. Well, Bruce's song was a pretty obscure little known entry in the annals ...

Apparently the answer to this question is "Cry about it for three years". It's been exactly three years since I admitted to myself that I was in love with Addison. Somehow, even after having four more crushes in the meantime, I'm still not over her. Today is gonna consist of a lot of sad ...

Schulzy wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:44 pm I need to give them more focused listens but I don't have a negative reaction like Edge of Paradise. If you like Ad Infinitum I'd suggest checking out Anaria if you haven't already.

Will do. Thanks, Schulzy!

I've been listening to a lot of Ad Infinitum lately as they will be opening for Kamelot on their upcoming tour, and damn I wish I'd been listening to this band from the start. Fantastic music (much of which sounds a lot like Walk the Sky-style AB), melodies, and songwriting. Adrian Thessenvitz is pl...

It took about 15 seconds to love the new NM song. What a follow up to the first single, If It Doesn't Hurt. Those guys never disappoint.

New album in June!!!

maximzub wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 12:21 am

Really nice work, Max and crumbso. Congrats!!

Oh no freaking way, Nguyen!! Damn I'm jealous! How was it?!?!

Noora Louhimo of Battle Beast has become my current favorite. She is just unbelievable and she's as good live as the recordings.

My daughter got accepted to a business law internship in Prague this summer, so I've been doing Czech on Duolingo with the thought that I can parlay this into a cool summer vacation for the wife and me to check (see that?) in on her and drink a lot of Staropramen. As you can see above, I'm pretty m...

zazthespaz wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 2:47 pm That's fair. I hadn't watched the video and was projecting a possible plan more than what they were doing I guess. They really need to be using Creed's name and it's member's names in their posts to leverage the Creed reunion for a larger presence on the web.

Totally agree with that.