Noise-some Notes – A Week in Listening 5th November 2012
Enslaved – Isa Enslaved’s albums always seem a bit impenetrable but every now and then they throw you a catchy bone like the insistent and classy Return to Yggdrasill. Immortal main man Abbath (master...
View ArticleNoise-some Notes – A Week in Listening 26th November 2011
I listened to a couple of live albums this week too but I want to save reviewing them for my live album series. Magnum – The Gathering (Disc 3) This is from the excellent Magnum box set that came out a...
View ArticleHow Tempting! – January 2013
Welcome to the first month of the HMO Challenge 2013! I’m attempting to half my previous year’s spending on music based on last year’s spending, so I’m giving myself £50 to play with this month. I...
View ArticleBuying Round-Up – January 2013
As part of the HMO Challenge 2013 I was aiming to spend no more than £50 in January. Here’s how I got on. Black Metallica – The Good, The Bad and The Live 6½ Anniversary EP Box Set (£30 Crazybeat...
View ArticleMetallica – Jump in the Fire (12” Single)
The Orange Demon Dude! (Single taken from The Good, the Bad & the Live: (6½ Year Anniversary EP Collection) that I bought back in January 2013) Can I be honest here and admit one of my main reasons...
View ArticleMetallica – Creeping Death (12″ Single)
Oh look! There’s a wee skull in it. Metal. (Single taken from The Good, the Bad & the Live: (6½ Year Anniversary EP Collection) that I bought back in January 2013) Metallica’s second European...
View ArticleHow Tempting! – September 2013
On we march into one of the most exciting months of the year so far. I’ve got a lowly £45 budget this month but I also have £75 of music vouchers from my birthday so if I can try and only use those...
View ArticleBook Review: Murder in the Front Row – Harald Oimoen and Brian Lew
I was initially disappointed when this hardback turned up in the post. I wasn’t convinced a book crammed with photos of young, sweaty guys gurning and flipping their middle fingers was something I’d...
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