I never take a thing for granted

Been a while since I shared some music ...

I remember hearing Sevendust a long time ago, but it's only recently that I've really gotten into them.

Sevendust - Denial


Sevendust - Hope


Sevendust - Separate


Sevendust - Clueless

Just like the ringing in my ears

Today's theme, loud bands playing quiet songs.

Nine Inch Nails - Something I Can Never Have


Corrosion of Conformity - Without Wings


Down - Where I'm Going


Black Label Society - Stillborn (Acoustic)


Filter - Stuck in Here

Workout music - Part 3

Doesn't seem like I've had much to post about lately, so more music it is ...

Amon Amarth - Thousand Years of Oppression


Faith No More - Jizzlobber


System of a Down - Needles


Slayer - Threshold


Soundgarden - Jesus Christ Pose

A little solace and some peace of mind

Just a few songs that I've listened to lately, presented for your listening pleasure.

A Perfect Circle - Weak and Powerless


The Dead Weather - Die by the Drop


Sweethead - Amazing Vanishing Conquest


The Tea Party - Fire in the Head

Sell fear to the sheep

Wherever you happen to be located, and since you're reading this I'm fairly confident in the assumption you're not living isolated in the woods, there are almost certainly great bands making great music in your community. You walk past their posters every day on the street, you probably "know a guy who knows a guy who's in this band". Do yourself a favour ... go out and see them play.

Friday night I went out to see Suburban Syndrome play (the second time I've seen them) and it was an awesome show.  Not only a great local band, but one of the best metal bands from anywhere I've heard (and I'm not just sucking up because they're on my followers list!)

Enjoy some songs, courtesy of their youtube channel.

Is this a cure or is this a disease?

Listening to Audioslave today, I'm just going to post a link to one song from each of their albums.

"Show Me How to Live"


"#1 Zero"


"Wide Awake"

You can't always pick the dog you find

I went to see Econoline Crush at the Pawn Shop last night, it was an incredible show.  Give me a great band and I'll always choose to see them in a small bar (like last night) vs. an arena or stadium (like when I saw them play at a festival in 1998).  Here's a couple of songs to enjoy, all of which they played last night.

"Home"


"Surefire"


"Wicked"

Workout music - Part 2

The continuation, as promised.  Contained in this post:

• Corrosion of Conformity - Vote with a Bullet
• Metallica - Damage, Inc.
• Black Label Society - No More Tears
• I Mother Earth - Rain Will Fall
• Machine Head - Old

Again, possible NSFW lyrics ...

Workout music - Part 1

I was at the gym last night thinking that it had been a while since I did a music post, the obvious solution was to share some of what I was listening to. I don't actually have a playlist dedicated for this purpose so it's essentially just a sampling of some of the more aggressive songs on my phone. I reckon that posting any more than five songs in a single post is overkill so I'll break this up into two or more posts, expect a follow-up soon.

Songs in this post:

• Nine Inch Nails - Last
• Machine Head - Bite the Bullet
• Filter - Under
• Metallica - Dyers Eve
• Fear Factory - Pisschrist

Some of these songs may contain NSFW lyrics ... consider yourself warned.

Songs for a late night of work

In the spirit of dedication to work (which could also be any of: wanton self-destruction, masochism, repentance for sins, punishment for wrongs committed in a previous life, masochism, boredom) I pulled an all-nighter last night just to get some equipment put back together so I could run two 1-minute long tests before a meeting this morning.  Thankfully as I'm typing this I haven't quite yet collapsed, nodded off, or succumbed to any of the plethora of viruses that, even now, are almost certainly eying my sleep deprived and weakened body as the perfect breeding ground to cause a new pandemic

Regarding the topic at hand though, since it's a music post today, I was having a tough time finding a good balance between energy and chilled as my eyelids were falling closed.  I settled on a playlist of Nine Inch Nails and Filter for the bulk of the night.  I'd love to post more for each of these bands than I could reasonable expect anyone to listen to, so I'm going to limit it to only one song each.

Dose - Filter
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March of the Pigs - Nine Inch Nails

A big bloodhound in the back of a jacked up Ford

Feel like sharing music today, and don't have much to say, so enjoy some Clutch (and go see them live if they come to your town!) For the record I do realize that almost half of these songs are from one album, all I have to say to that is "Blast Tyrant kicks ass".

A follow-up Seether post

It was pointed out to me that I missed an "epic" Seether song when I made yesterday's post so I'll share one more song ...

Scrambling for a topic

So I had a spur of the moment inclination to go get my second left lobe piercing stretched to 10 gauge after work today, then I remembered that the shop I go to (D & M Tattooing and Piercing) is closed on Mondays.  Oddly enough this isn't the first time I've had that exact failure in spontaneity, so a day later will have to do.

The stretch was also going to be my topic today ... hmm, I've been listening to a ton (or a tonne, my scale isn't that accurate) of Seether at work lately.  Certainly not the most unique or intriguing group in my library but it usually makes for a good listen, so here are a couple of songs that I particularly enjoy.

Introduction Appendix A: On Music

I like music, and I compulsively share songs with the hope that someone will listen and enjoy it as much as I do.  The songs I share tend to vary greatly, they follow my moods through darker and angrier moments, provide a good rhythm or melody as I go about my day, make me want to sing along (which I do poorly but loudly), and occasionally a certain song me will simply seem transcendent to me.  As a side note, I always appreciate suggestions for songs or bands I might enjoy (hint hint).

One is the loneliest blog post

In all likelihood you'll neither laugh nor cry, but with any luck you will allow me to entertain you with whatever discussion I feel inclined to venture into.  You can expect:

• Links to songs I feel like listening to, could be anything from heavy metal to smooth jazz.
• Discussion about tattoos and or piercings that I have, want, or find interesting.
• Thoughts on photography, and some of my painfully amateur photos.
• Some computer, electronics, or software talk ... probably in the form of complaints.

The title of this blog is quoted lyrics from the song "Silver" by Machine Head