Archive for February, 2011

Cliffo Continuo

Posted: 26th February 2011 by Harry in BLOG, MUSIC
Tags: Bach, Cliff Burton, , Harpsichord Concerti, , Prelude and Fugues
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‎”I don’t know what else to do to improve as a bassist, H” “Listen to Bach. Lots of Bach. Listen to the Goldberg Variations, the Harpsichord Concerti, the Preludes and Fugues. Dig that counterpoint and study the left hand” “Mmm…not really relevant to Metal, though, is it?” And faintly, but unmistakably, from a long way [...]

Satan’s Lullaby : Isolysis unveil new material

Posted: 25th February 2011 by Harry in MUSIC
Tags: , Daniel Hayes, , , , , ,
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Photographs reproduced by kind permission of Sue Paterson Photography © All rights reserved. The Brit Awards, The X Factor and all the other extravagant and expensive spectacles the music industry continues to churn out cannot disguise several obvious truths; real talent, real musical ability, imaginative song writing and passionate and thrilling live performances are a [...]

Lost Weekends and Life Of Mine

Posted: 20th February 2011 by Harry in BLOG, MUSIC
Tags: , , , Life Of Mine, ,
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Apart from putting away far too much whisky at Tox Feddy Jake Graham’s birthday party last night (another Lost Weekend, I’m afraid),  the last few days have been notable in one other respect; take a bow, Life Of Mine, a new track that Toxic Federation have played at their last few gigs. They’ve finally got the [...]

Concrete Lung : Versions Of Hell

Posted: 19th February 2011 by Harry in MUSIC
Tags: Concrete Lung, Death Industrial. Industrial, Electro, , , Versions Of Hell
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First published by Soundsphere Magazine, http://www.soundspheremag.com/reviews/54-cd/1920-concrete-lung-versions-of-hell February 2011 “Brutal, deadly and delightful” is how Soundsphere Editor, Dom Smith, described Concrete Lung’s 2009 offering, Waste Of Flesh. And while he sure was on the money, we might suggest a slight change to that epithet would be more fitting for their latest opus, Versions Of Hell. Try, [...]

Happy Birthday, Sue

Posted: 17th February 2011 by Harry in BLOG, LIFE
Tags: , Marriage, Sue,
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SheWhoIsNeverWrong marks her birthday, today. I don’t know if ‘celebrate’ is the word we use when we reach her advanced years and as I’ve already had my nose broken three times during the course of my, ah, interesting life, I won’t risk another by telling you the number. I can say, though, that, unlike me, [...]

Amplifier : The Octupus

Posted: 12th February 2011 by Harry in MUSIC
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First published by Soundsphere Magazine, January 2011. www.soundspheremag.com The King is dead. Long live the king. The deceased monarch in this instance being rock ‘n’ roll. At least according to DJ, broadcaster, musicologist and writer, Paul Gambaccini… In an astonishingly poor article, written in the Guardian, the Professor Of Pop intones the last rites over [...]

Windrider : A Warrior’s Tale

Posted: 7th February 2011 by Harry in MUSIC
Tags: A Warrior's Tale, , , Windrider
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First published by Soundsphere Magazine, February 2011. www.soundspheremag.com If the Monty Python team were still penning classic comedy, a la ‘The Life Of Brian’, they’d find in today’s metal scene(s) a rich vein of source material… “Are you Black, Symphonic, Death Metal?” “F**k off!” “What?” “Black, Symphonic, Death Metal?! We’re Symphonic, Death, Black Metal! “W***ers!” Yes, it’s a [...]

Ana Kefr : The Burial Tree

Posted: 6th February 2011 by Harry in MUSIC
Tags: ana kefr, , religion,
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First published in Soundsphere Magazine, February 2011. www.soundspheremag.com At the tail end of June, in 2009, a Texas school teacher was browsing in the philosophy and religion section of a local bookstore. The object of his interest was Lee Strobel’s pithily and snappily titled, ‘The Case For Christ: A Journalist’s Personal Investigation Of The Evidence For Jesus’… [...]