Confessions of a Vagabond

Col. Parker - Rock 'N' Roll Music (2001)

2008-06-25T13:27:00.007+01:00

Gilby Clarke doesn't need any introduction. With a curriculum that includes Guns n Roses, Candy, Slash Snakepit, Nancy Sinatra and more recently Rock Star Supernova, Clarke easily qualifies as a guitar hero. Slim Jim Phantom was the Stray Cats drummer the seminal neo rockabilly band that spearheaded the movement of the same name in the early 80s. Slim Jim also counts on his profile with the band The Head Cat, where he and Lemmy played covers from 50s songs.

If you are into classic rock without the over the top, demented productions of the 70s, this album is a must. Even when Clarke and Slim Jim embark in a dangerous version of Janis Joplin's Mercedes Benz (a song that should be left well alone as far as most musicians are concerned) they don't disappoint too much . Don't expect anything innovative on this album but then again neither of these two do innovative and are still responsible for a lot of good rock and roll from the last 20 years.

Track listing
1. Dropping Out
2. Can't Get That Stuff
3. Harmony
4. All the Kings Horses
5. Blink of an Eye
6. Mother Mary's Son
7. Angel's Run
8. Pills
9. Mercedes Benz
10. Pushing 40 Blooze
11. Down Home Cookin'
12. Lord Only Knows

Produced by: Gilby Clarke

Col. Parker are:
Gilby Clarke (vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin)
Slim Jim Phantom (Jews harp, drums,percussion, background vocals)
Muddy Stardust (vocals, dobro, bass)
Teddy Zigzag (piano, Wurlitzer piano, Hammond organ)

Additional personnel:
Traci Guns (guitar)
Jeff Baxter (pedal steel guitar)
Chris Mostert (baritone saxophone)
Roberta Freeman, Stefan Adika (background vocals)

The Bellrays

2008-06-21T15:57:00.005+01:00

Here is the last two albums from The Bellrays. This band won't stop spinning in my head and on my ITunes.

An amazingly original band with these two works climbing fast in my list of all time favourites albums but don't take my word for it, check 'em yourself. Though if you can't imagine an incredible tight blues/garage band with an Aretha Franklin type of singer commanding the operations of this intrusion into the soul territory (without any cheese in sight) you might be in for a surprise.

The Bellrays - Have a Little Faith (2006)

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?jxqmxyiadoj

The Bellrays - Hard, Sweet and Sticky (2008)

http://rs373.rapidshare.com/files/107230240/The_BellRays-Hard_Sweet_And_Sticky-2008-BELLRAYS.rar

Album List 1972 - Uriah Heep & Deep Purple

2008-05-16T11:39:00.008+01:00

This is the fourth Uriah Heep album, although the first with what could be considered their ultimate line up. Ken Hensley/keyboards, Mick Box/guitar, David Byron/vocals, Le Kerslake/drums and Gary Thain/bass. Thain died in '75 and Byron in '80, put an end to their classic line up. But on this album they delivered The Wizard, considered by some their supreme acoustic number, and Easy Livin' a fantastic driving track - which I'm sure caused a few accidents worldwide!

'Circle of Hands' is an excellent track which has a signature keyboard intro, all the other tracks on this album are equally inspiring, 'Traveller in Time' shows their more progressive side, though with a violent and aggressive start. 'Poet's Justice' with a great vocal/drum intro, where the bass of Gary Thain is absolutely unique. An all-round great album worthy of being included in this list.

Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards (1972)

1. The Wizard

2. Traveller in Time

3. Easy Livin'

4. Poet's Justice

5. Circle of Hands

6. Rainbow Demon

7. All My Life

8. Paradise

9. The Spell

10. Why (Single Version - Bonus Track)

11. Why (Extended Version - Bonus Track)

12. Home Again To You (Demo)

http://www.mediafire.com/?z3m1ymxekwy

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Deep Purple - Machine Head Live ~ recorded January 3, 1972 at the band's Copenhagen show. 9 songs including "Highway Star," "Strange Kind of Woman," "Child in Time," "Space Truckin'," "Fireball," "Black Night" and more.

Sit back... roll a joint... grab a beer... relax... and enjoy 94 minutes of pure magic!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2429873244560266100&hl=en

In 1972 there wasn't much of a change in the musical panorama, but who needs change when you have the likes of Led Zeppelin and Sabbath still in their golden age? This was the year when Deep Purple delivered one of the most classic albums of the classic rock era. This is a band who, without a doubt deserve to be included in this list, and Machine Head is their best album.

Opening with the 'white knuckle ride' of Highway Star, one of the best tracks ever in this genre. Lately covered by Metal Church as a tribute to this great band, and doing justice to the song. Including the most popular air guitar song of all time 'Smoke on the Water' which I'm sure is the tune any guitar player learned first. Add to this the pearls that are 'Lazy' and 'Space Truckin' and you have one of the best classic rock albums of the early seventies.

Machine Head - Deep Purple (1972)

1. "Highway Star" – 6:05
2. "Maybe I'm a Leo" – 4:51
3. "Pictures of Home" – 5:03
4. "Never Before" – 3:56
5. "Smoke on the Water" – 5:40
6. "Lazy" – 7:19
7. "Space Truckin'" – 4:31

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Album List 1971, The Who, Led Zeppelin

2008-05-14T13:56:00.004+01:00

This album from 1971 shows The Who at the top of their game. Roger Daltrey's voice has clearly evolved from their earlier work, and with the collective contributions of Moon, Townshend and Entwhistle, they laid the foundations for many generations to come. Classics like the progressive sounding Baba O'Riley and mournful power ballad Behind Blue Eyes (which was mandatory in their set lists) and most of all the riot-inciting Won't Get Fooled Again which reached number 9 in the UK Charts and #15 in the US.

A definitive album that marks the beginning of a new decade of rock, respectful of it's roots but looking forward and eager to reach new heights. The Who are one of those bands that spontaneously gather a hardcore following of dedicated fans normally only reserved for cult bands who move in more underground circles.

The Who and their fans with the mod movement were responsible for a lot of exceptional music and mirror-clad Lambrettas around the seaside resorts at the weekends during the sixties and seventies. Also of their own making was the reclaiming of icons like the Union Jack at that time deeply rooted within the establishment and extremely unfashionable. Just for these reasons alone The Who would deserve a place on this list, never mind the fact that this album is the dogs bollocks. How many more bands can claim to have started a youth movement single handed? Surely not many, and the number is even slimmer if we expect those bands to have members recognised by their peers as some of the best in the world ever, as it was the case of Keith Moon.

The only bad thing to come out of this album was the cover version of Behind Blue Eyes from Limp Bizkit. It was such a bad taste joke, as I refuse to think for a second that a band of such limited capabilities done the version in good faith, expecting to improve it, thinking that perhaps they had something to add to a song of itself so close to perfect. I suffered with excruciating pain during the first and only audition. It took me ages to recover, being only possible with successive non stop top volume sessions of the original, thank god for the repeat button in these modern contraptions.

Who's Next - The Who (1971)

1 - Baba O'Riley
2 - Bargain
3 - Love Ain't For Keeping
4 - My Wife
5 - The Song Is Over
6 - Getting In Tune
7 - Going Mobile
8 - Behind Blue Eyes
9 - Won't Get Fooled Again

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What else can Confessions of a Vagabond say about Led Zeppelin IV that wasn't said many times before by people far more qualified then us, humble scribes at your orders?!? Nonetheless we face the ordeal with a smile on our lips as only an opening track like Black Dog could manage, the smile broadens even more as soon as Rock and Roll follows. The two opening tracks would guarantee the entrance of this album in any sort of list, let alone in one made by people who grew up thinking of Jimmy Page as the ultimate guitar virtuoso and John Bonham as the perfect drinking mate.

So we establish the first two tracks are quite something, what to say when we know that the next two tracks are Battle of Evermore and Stairway to Heaven. If the ideas for this review seem to pale in comparison to the larger than life side A of this album. Oops! You never owned the original album on vinyl? Maybe you only have it on cd, we are old farts here, and apologise for the assumption that you ever owned a copy of one of the best rock and roll albums of all time. But, we have news for you - this album due to the law of physics also had a side B, which by sheer luck or ingenuity and originality of Led Zeppelin contained a none less celebrated Misty Mountain Hop and Going To California plus another two tracks which we won't bother you with the names for two simple reasons - if you are as old as us... you already know their names. If you are younger, you are not used to so much quality in one album alone.

Go and see for yourself, enough said. And please be assured we are not patronising you... this album is. What else do you expect when your generation produced only Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake, and your only good musicians are rip-offs from the past, i.e Amy Winehouse and Jack White.

Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin (1971)

1. Black Dog
2. Rock & Roll
3. The Battle of Evermore
4. Stairway to Heaven
5. Misty Mountain Hop
6. Four Sticks
7. Going to California
8. When the Levee Breaks

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Album List, Led Zep, Black Sabbath,1970

2008-05-13T13:45:00.011+01:00

Lets start this list of our favourite albums of each year since 1970/71 the years when me, this humble Vagabond here present and GreenEyedPixie were born, respectively..
It won't be an easy task to decide which albums are to represent each year. Hopefully we'll be able to pick not the most acclaimed by the specialized critics but the ones we liked the most, the more emblematic and perhaps original, also the more influential for future generations.
Influential but not in the vast sense of the musical landscape, here we are only concerned with most sorts of Metal, Punk Rock and all the derivatives like Hardcore and Stoner Rock.
Don't expect many mainstream albums, though some will figure on this list due to their exceptional quality but also due to their importance and impact to certain youth movements started since 1970, i.e Heavy Metal, Punk Rock and New Wave.

With no further delay let's kickstart this sonic onslaught from what your record collection will never recover.

The first choice of 1970 is without a shadow of a doubt the biggest and most original band to grace the stadiums of this planet, too small for such talent, they deserved not world tours but Milky Way tours where they could land their now remastered Mothership, letting loose John Bonham ready to beat the natives into submission with what was thought to be drumsticks but after much research we are convinced that were hammers from the Rock Gods that once also spawned Page and his hypnotic axe shaped weapon and Plant with his banshee like qualities.

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III (1970)

“Immigrant Song” (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) – 2:25
“Friends” (Page, Plant) – 3:54
“Celebration Day” (Page, Plant, John Paul Jones) – 3:29
“Since I’ve Been Loving You” (Page, Plant, Jones) – 7:23
“Out on the Tiles” (Page, Plant, John Bonham) – 4:08
“Gallows Pole” (trad. arr. Page, Plant) – 4:58
“Tangerine” (Page) – 3:12
“That’s the Way” (Page, Plant) – 5:39
“Bron-Y-Aur Stomp” (Page, Plant, Jones) – 4:18
“Hats Off to (Roy) Harper” (traditional) – 3:42

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Formed in 1968 with the name Earth and after successive changes in the bands line up, Black Sabbath finally delivered their self titled first album in 1970.
Here in Confessions of a Vagabond we believe that in the near future little children will learn the classic formation of this seminal band in the classrooms and will be able to say in chorus and with their angel voices: Ozzy Osbourne (vocals), Tony Iommi (guitar), Terence "Geezer" Butler (bass guitar), and Bill Ward (drums & percussion)
Hopefully it will be also the same near future where talent shows were eradicated from public memory and Sharon Osbourne, 92 but still job hunting offers to fight in the public arena anyone that talks about her family. Bitch fights substitutes talent shows, we're all for that, brother!
But in 1970/71 before the Osbourne's were turned into the favourite pets of the MTV generation, before all the gold and platinum records and before countless bands cloned the Sabbath trade mark sound which was in part due to a work related accident suffered by Toni Iommi, which left him with the tips of the fingers on his left hand shorter, but capable of a unique sound.
To that macabre incident the band added lyrics about the occult and witchcraft though the dark side didn't help when in January 1970 the single "Evil Woman" failed to chart in the U.K.
Sabbath were then given two days to record their debut album, Iommi remembers: "We thought 'We have two days to do it and one of the days is mixing.' So we played live. Ozzy was singing at the same time, we just put him in a separate booth and off we went. We never had a second run of most of the stuff."

The self titled album came out in the U.K on Friday the 13th February 1970. The album reached number 8 in the UK, and following its US release in May 1970 by Warner Bros Records got to 23rd place of the Billboard 200, where it remained for a year selling millions of copies.
Sabbath were young but obviously not daft as the got into the studio in order to milk their commercial success in the States. Next album was Paranoid originally meant to be called War Pigs, a critic to the Vietnam War but fearing repercussions from the American fascists the title was changed to Paranoid (no pun intended, we assume at Confessions of a Vagabond).
Paranoid the single came out in September in the U.K. and reached number 4 this time with help from the legions of doom at the service of Satan and countless subliminal messages about their love from the Prince of Darkness, we were told by an American church goer with the important role of Reverend in his community. The unknown but well informed Rev.Bubba Ray Cletus III.

Paranoid the album came out in October and reached number 1 in the U.K but was upheld in the U.S till January 1971 due to their first album still being in the charts.
Again more evidence of foul play by the Devil worshippers a.k.a. Black Sabbath is still being uncovered by Rev. Bubba Ray Cletus III who now lives in semi hiding at his hometown in West Virginia, where he married his cousin. Rev Cletus III wants to know how it was possible to Black Sabbath were awarded a Grammy for Iron Man 30 years after the song came out...

*All data from Wikipedia (except the parts concerning Rev. Cletus III).

Black Sabbath ~ Black Sabbath

1. Black Sabbath
2. The Wizard
3. Behind the Wall of Sleep
4. N.I.B.
5. Evil Woman
6. Sleeping Village
7. Warning

http://rapidshare.com/files/81339318/SABBATH_1ST.rar

Black Sabbath ~ Paranoid

1 Luke's Wall/War Pigs (7:55) *
2 Paranoid (2:47)
3 Planet Caravan (4:24)
4 Iron Man (5:53)
5 Electric Funeral (4:47)
6 Hand of Doom (7:07)
7 Rat Salad (2:29)
8 Fairies Wear Boots/Jack the Stripper (6:13)

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Goblin Defense

2008-04-11T14:07:00.002+01:00

Goblin Defense is a free online game, there for the taking with millions of ugly Goblins and other variations from the original Tolkien universe.
The game creators don't claim to have been inspired by LOTR, but who would expect them to do so ?
Don't let such issues bother you, leave that to the lawyers of this world, instead why don't you sharpen up your arrows and with bow in hand prepare yourself for a bloodbath.

Show no mercy to your enemies and wash your screen with the fresh red juice that pops out of those dead Goblins. Do Middle Earth a favour and kill 'em all.
Let out the Legolas in you and enjoy this wicked game.

http://www.puffgames.com/goblin_defense/

Venom The Singles 80-86

2008-04-05T03:12:00.009+01:00

Now this is a classic if i ever seen or heard one. Formed in 1979 in Newcastle after meeting at a Judas Priest show Venom are the band that connected Heavy Metal with all the sub genres we know and love today. In fact I believe that without such seminal works as Welcome to Hell (1981) or Black Metal (1982) even bands like Metallica would have a much harder time to affirm themselves in the international scene as they did after Kill 'em All (1983)

In this "best of" Cronos, Mantas and Abadon left all the other contemporary bands miles behind with a collection of previous works ideal for the first time listener.

Larger than life immediate hits like "In League With Satan", "Bloodlust","Die Hard", "Bursting Out" and my favourite "Lady Lust" are all you need to make a party of depressed gothics, near suicidal emos (if you are unlucky enough to know them) and old school heavy metal kids with the odd punk in their mist to raise into a frenetic and spastic satanical adoration right in your living room. End the session with "Manitou"
and not even your American Native friends will feel left out.

Thanks to the original uploader
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Ring Pass Not - from Sandhill Games

2008-03-30T06:11:00.002+01:00

Dragons, Rings, Sorcerers, what else can you want from a free online game ?
A very entertaining puzzle that makes you think but its not annoying or tiring.

http://www.kongregate.com/games/SandhillGames/ring-pass-not

Bal Sagoth - The Power Cosmic (1999)

2008-03-21T11:53:00.004Z

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Massacration - The Gates Of Metal Fried Chicken Of Death

2008-03-05T23:01:00.003Z

From the land that gave us such diverse metal bands like Sepultura, Sarcofago, Ratos de Porao, Angra and Aquatica (maybe the last ones are not so memorable) and if one Spinal Tap wasn't enough...
All hail to Massacration,download at your own peril.

http://www.myspace.com/massacration

http://rapidshare.com/files/93595244/Massacration_-_The_Gates_Of_Metal_Fried_Chicken_Of_Death_-_2005_-_By_Clown.rar

Wolfmother - Wolfmother (2005)

2008-03-05T13:06:00.006Z

It's 2008 and the trio Wolfmother are here to stay. Releasing songs that thirty years ago would have been branded copies or unoriginal, but nowadays earn you a Grammy for the best hard-rock performance, as Wolfmother did in 2007.

Their songs have been featured on iPod and Mitsubishi Lancer adverts, Guitar Hero 2 game and countless films.

We don't intend to undermine the bands' work with these comments, in fact it's actually the other way around, as they are a genuine rock band, and not a gimmick.

Brace yourself for a trip back in time to when Rock was hard,girls didn't have fake boobs, acid was free and your Dad still managed two a night.

Wolfmother (2005)
1- Dimension 2- White Unicorn 3- Woman 4- Where Eagles Have Been 5- Apple Tree 6- Joker & the Thief 7- Colossal 8- Mind's Eye 9- Pyramid 10- Witchcraft 11- Tales 12- Love Train 13- Vagabond

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The Third Testament ~ Volume 1 - Mark / Volume 2 - Matthew

2008-03-04T22:03:00.007Z

The Third Testament was originally published in France under the name "Le Troisieme Testament", and is part of what the French call 'Bande Dessainee'. This graphic novel created by Xavier Dorison and Alex Alice, is set at the beginning of the fourteenth century and is a work of fiction depicting a struggle for power between European Catholic orders and medieval occult powers.

This Catholic fantasy is a more enlarged and more spectacular 'In the Name of the Rose', a book by Umberto Eco, which was later adapted to cinema.

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There are four volumes in The Third Testament. Here are the first two, Mark and Matthew, the others we will post soon. The scanlations are done by Silent Moon, the uploaded links are ours.

Highly recommended!

The Third Testament ~ Volume 1 ~ Mark

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The Third Testament ~ Volume 2 ~ Matthew

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Cloven Hoof - Cloven Hoof (1984)

2008-03-02T09:19:00.011Z

Cloven Hoof are an underrated NWOBHM band, who are preparing to re-release some of their earlier works.

Check out this self-titled album of theirs from 1984, one of my favourite songs on here is track 7. 'Return of The Passover'.

Cloven Hoof - Cloven Hoof (1984)

1. Cloven Hoof
2. Nightstalker
3. March of The Damned
4. The Gates of Gehenna
5. Crack The Whip
6. Laying Down The Law
7. Return of The Passover

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The Atlas of Middle-earth

2008-02-26T11:54:00.007Z

The Atlas of Middle-earth by Karen Wynn Fonstad is an atlas of J. R. R. Tolkien’s fictional realm of Middle-earth.

It is a reference book for Tolkien’s writings such as The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings, and includes many detailed maps of the lands described in those books.

The maps are treated as if they are of real landscapes, drawn according to the rules of a real atlas. For each area the history of the land is taken into account, as well as geography on a larger scale and from there maps are drawn. Discussion includes suggestions as to the geology that could explain various formations, and points that are contradictory between multiple accounts.

City maps and floor plans for important buildings are also included, an absolute must for any Tolkien fan, enjoy...

http://rapidshare.com/files/85843577/Tolkien_Atlas_of_Middle-Earth.zip

Turisas - Battle Metal - The Varangian Way - Rasputin

2008-02-24T16:31:00.017Z

With these two albums, Turisas are crowned the kings of Viking/Folk Metal or whatever way you like to classify this band.They built their own sound, made it original but still with enough melody to make a hoard of Barbarians sing along, before after and during battle. (depending with whom they fought)

When I used the word melody, I didn't mean cheesy ballads or upbeat songs ready for consumption in a football stadium. What I had in mind was melodies where the sounds are polished but still noisy and distorted, welded together with atmospheric chorus suitable for Odin's comeback to Earth.

Rasputin (Boney M original) makes you cry for more on the basis that it enriches the original version, something very rare on a cover. Turisas created the original battle metal like Thor would have done if there were guitars in Nordic Mythology.

Turisas - Battle Metal (2004)

Victoriae & Triumphi Dominus
As Torches Rise
Battle Metal
The Land of Hope and Glory
The Messenger
One More
Midnight Sunrise
Among Ancestors
Sahti-Waari
Prologue of R R R
Rexi Regi Rebellis
Katuman Kaiku

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Turisas - The Varangian Way (2007)

1. To Holmgard and Beyond
2. A Portage To The Unknown
3. Cursed Be Iron
4. Fields Of Gold
5. In The Court of Jarisleif
6. Five Hundred and One
7. The Dnieper Rapids
8. Miklagard Overture

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Turisas - Rasputin (2007)

1. Rasputin
2. Battle Metal
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Korpiklaani - Keep On Galloping

2008-02-22T12:05:00.012Z

Korpiklaani are one of my favourite bands at the moment, they really deserve the term 'Folk Metal', a term so misused and so many times.

"Keep on Galloping" is just a small taste of what this band can deliver, enjoy it and buy the album. If there's a band that deserves some support, Korpiklaani is the one.

Can't wait for the new album, "Korven Kuningas" but for the time being, here's the single.

1- Keep On Galloping
2-Paljon Koskessa Kivia

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Korpiklaani:
Jonne - Electric & acoustic guitars, lead vocals, mandolin
Hittavainen - Acoustic and electric violin,
jouhikko, tin-whistle, recorder, torupill (bagpipe),
mandolin, mouth-harp
Juho - Accordion, backing vocals, guitars
Jarkko - Bass
Cane - Guitars & backing vocals
Matson - Drums & backing vocals

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Dragonheart

2008-02-21T01:45:00.005Z

Epic film about a brave knight, Bowen (Dennis Quaid) and his companion, the 18-foot-high, 43-foot-long dragon he names Draco (Sean Connery), the last of his species, join in a heroic battle to free a country held in an iron grip by its tyrannical ruler, Einon (David Thewlis), to whom both knight and dragon are connected in fateful ways.
Draco, the dragon, was in my opinion a gorgeous creature and it didn't make it worse that he sounded like Sean Connery. :) Dennis Quaid is always enjoyable, Dina Meyer is lovely as Kara. So what if some of the plot is not 'believable'. It's a fantasy. That's what epic tales are all about, imagination. So, when and if you watch/re-watch this movie, do so with an open heart and suspend your disbelief and analytical minds. This is fantasy in the truest sense, If you have to be analytical,do it about the soundtrack.

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The Wizar'd - Smouldering Sinners

2008-02-20T19:05:00.004Z

The Wizar'd are a Doom Metal band from Australia, which makes them the original Wizards of Oz.
To the readers lucky enough of not having English as their first language or indeed living in a country where the Anglo-Saxon lingo is not the official, heres the explanation:
Oz is a name given to Australia, that welcoming continent, where the sun shines, Kylie Minogue clones flash their asses on Bondai beach and theres no living record of Doom Metal bands.

The Wizar'd play Doom Metal classic with lyrics about the Occult but not of encyclopaedic standards and the vocals fuelled by large amounts of lager are suited to their roots,same way as the backbone of their songs fits early Sabbath or Celtic Frost

Sit back and let these Doom fiends invade your personal space.

The Wizar'd are:
Ol' Rusty Vintage Wizard Master - vocals, guitar
Sir Nun Piss - guitar
Blackie the Crimson Heretic of a Thousand Eyes - bass
Iron Tyrant - drums

Smouldering Sinners - Single, 2007
1- The White Ship 0:57
2- Smouldering Sinners 5:25
3-The Wizard 5:07
Total tracklist 11:29

Vagabond and Greeneyed Pixie Ratings-
Originality- 10/20
Vocals- 12/20
Instrumentals- 13/20
Lyrics- 10/20
Album Artwork- 15/20

Total Score-60/100

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Fairyland - Of Wars in Osyrhia ~ Review~

2008-02-20T16:23:00.008Z

And So Came The Storm - beautiful intro, progressing into epic lyrics and high speed rhythm. Reminds me of Carmina Burana.

Ride With The Sun - fast pace, melodic keyboards and catchy chorus, this song sets the scene for the rest of the album.

Doryan The Enlightened - a cinematographic intro that wouldn't be out of place in the 'Lord of The Rings' score. A more operatic tune, where Elisa Martin (ex Dark Moor) proves herself the perfect choice for the job.

The Storyteller - starts off with a very memorable keyboards, and then comes the vocals and symphonic effects, very epic. Possibly the most memorable track of the album.

Fight For Your King - another song where Philippe Giordana and company do "exactly what it says on the tin" (ie, typical symphonic/power metal tune) Don't play it too loud or your mum will be humming it for weeks!

On The Path To Fury - the intro begins with a haunting voice, followed by the choir and fast paced melody. Throw in some great guitar solos and you have a really good tune.

Rebirth - this song is a little slower than the rest, but still dramatic. Haunting flutes and strings in the background give a more symphonic feel, and superb vocals.

The Fellowship - keeping in line with the standard set so far, but there's no increment in quality or variety. A little monotonous.

A Dark Omen - fast paced start and powerful vocals. One of the best tracks on this album, a classic tune, again Fairyland (I refuse to comment on the band name) delivers a great piece with stunning keyboards and guitar riffs.

The Army Of The White Mountain - a gentle medieval type intro serves as a start to this instrumental which together with the intro in "Doryan The Enlightened" could easily make their way into the Lord Of The Rings soundtrack.
Philippe Giordana shows his talentsuperbly, someone in Hollywood give this man a job!

Of Wars In Osyrhia - the grand finalé, with melodies and chorous to die for. Capable of inspiring a 95 year old to rise up from his deathbed and jump on the first available white horse decapitating Orcs on his way to personally overlook Sauron's dead.

All in all, Of Wars in Osyrhia is an excellent debut album from Philippe Giordana and sous muchachos. The addition of talented vocalist Elisa Martin - just check out Dark Moor for proof - was a stroke of genius on the part of Giordana, but it didn't last to the second album which we will be reviewing soon.

We don't know about you but thats how we like our Epic/Symphonic Power Metal in Confessions of a Vagabond. Just a bit of advice, don't wear the t-shirt in English speaking countries!!

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Vagabond & GreeneyedPixie Ratings -
Originality: 16/20
Vocals: 17/20
Instrumental: 17/20
Lyrics: 16/20
Album Artwork: 11/20

Total Score 77/100

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?cojzmbd9mwd

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Iced Earth - Live in Stuttgart, Germany

2008-02-20T14:54:00.005Z

Iced Earth kicking some serious ass in Stuttgart, Germany 09.05.1996 Not for people with heart conditions.

Classic displays of "Iced Earth", "Violate" and "Stormrider" will be sufficient to overlook the poor
sound quality of the recording,still one document that will not be ignored by the devoted fans of this exceptional band.

Set list
01 Dark Saga 03:35
02 The Last Laugh 04:25
03 Last December 03:55
04 The Hunter 05:31
05 Stormrider 03:59
06 The Path I Choose 06:44
07 I Died For You 04:48
08 Vengeance Is Mine 04:25
09 Desert Rain 06:32
10 A Question Of Heaven 08:06
11 Colors 05:04
12 Detroit Rock City 04:10
13 Violate 05:04
14 Iced Earth 05:26

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JD3E2PYM

BloodRayne

2008-02-20T00:51:00.008Z

Rayne (Loken) is a "dhampire" (half vampire, half human) who has been passing the time as a sideshow freak. A group of undead assassins (led by Michael Madsen and featuring Michelle Rodriguez) decide to take her back to their secret castle keep.

There they will prepare for an all-out war with villain Kagan (Ben Kingsley), who wants three sacred talismans that will help him rule the world. Rayne holds the key to capturing these magic lucky charms. As she learns to kick ass with a couple of impractical swords, blood flows and subplots sink, all leading to the final confrontation between evil and... sort of evil.
This films counts as well with the presence of the Rock singer Meat Loaf

Not the best Epic film, to say the least but simple enough to keep you slightly entertained during a Winter afternoon.
Enjoy

Part 1 http://www.tudou.com/player/player.swf?iid=3836114

Part 2 http://www.tudou.com/player/player.swf?iid=3836045

Part 3 http://www.tudou.com/player/player.swf?iid=3836046

Nightwish

2008-02-18T15:40:00.010Z

Nightwish is a Finnish metal band formed in 1996 in the town of Kitee, Finland. The band's leader, keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, composes songs that are often classified as either symphonic metal or power metal; their musical style has also been described as a symphonic metal variant, called opera metal. Nevertheless, Nightwish is considered one of the main developers of the symphonic metal genre, which encompasses similar bands such as Therion, Epica, Sonata Arctica, Edenbridge, Lunatica, and Visions of Atlantis.

The band currently consists of Anette Olzon (vocals), Tuomas Holopainen (keyboards), Jukka Nevalainen (drums), Marco Hietala (bass and vocals) and Emppu Vuorinen (guitars). (Before 2005, the vocalist was Tarja Turunen. She currently performs as a solo artist under the name of Tarja.)

The original idea of Nightwish was majorly inspired by The Gathering, and the idea was to use keyboards, acoustic guitars and the operatic vocals of their then singer Tarja Turunen. This idea was changed majorly in 1997, as a drummer was added, and the acoustic guitar was replaced by an electric guitar.

The idea of using operatic vocals was changed dramatically with their third album Wishmaster (2000), and more so on future albums, especially their latest, Dark Passion Play (2007). In 2001, Holopainen asked Sami Vänskä, their bassist since 1998, to leave, and he was replaced with Marco Hietala (Tarot, ex-Sinergy), leaving Sinergy. The bassist would, apart from playing his instrument, also perform male vocals.

Century Child (2002) marked a new changed in Nightwish' music, as they used a live orchestra on several songs, to get a more present feeling of classical music. This was developed further with their US breakthrough Once (2004) and Dark Passion Play (2007), the latter being the first to use orchestra on all of the songs.

In October 2005, after touring for their Once album, the four other members of Nightwish decided that it was best to continue Nightwish without Tarja, a feeling they expressed through an open letter. This was due to the fact that they felt that her husband Marcelo Cabuli and commercial interests had changed her attitude towards Nightwish. Tuomas Holopainen gave the letter to Turunen after the last concert of the tour. In spring 2007, 35-year-old Anette Olzon from Katrineholm, Sweden was announced to replace Turunen.

The band released a new single, Eva, featuring their new singer in May, 2007. It was successed by another single, Amaranth, on August 22, and a studio album in late September entitled Dark Passion Play. Dark Passion Play is so far their best selling album. The third international single of the album was Bye Bye Beautiful, released on February 15, 2008.

Official site: http://www.nightwish.com/

Once - 2004
1. Dark Chest Of Wonders
2. Wish I Had An Angel
3. Nemo
4. Planet Hell
5. Creek Mary's Blood
6. The Siren
7. Dead Gardens
8. Romanticide
9. Ghost Love Score
10. Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan
11. Higher Than Hope

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Password: badamecos

Dark Passion Play - 2007
1. Poet and the Pendulum
2. Bye Bye Beautiful
3. Amaranth
4. Cadence of Her Last Breath
5. Master Passion Greed
6. Eva
7. Sahara
8. Whoever Brings the Night
9. For the Heart I Once Had
10. Islander
11. Last of the Wilds
12. 7 Days to the Wolves
13. Meadows of Heaven

http://rapidshare.com/files/69470667/1_Nightwish-Dark_Passion_Play.part1.rar

Lacuna Coil

2008-02-18T14:00:00.007Z

Lacuna Coil is an Italian metal band formed in Milan, Italy, in 1996. The name means an "empty spiral". They were formerly known as Sleep of Right and Ethereal, counting various musical influences as doom metal and progressive metal.

Their music is inspired by gothic and romantic imagery, using melodic guitar lines, and alternating heavy and light vocals. According to themselves, the band is influenced by Paradise Lost, Tiamat, Septic Flesh and Type O Negative, among others.

Lacuna Coil has been gaining increased fame in recent times not only due to their music, but also because of their lead singer, Cristina Scabbia. She has appeared in countless music magazines and even on the cover of some European Maxim magazines. Along with Nightwish and Arch Enemy she is bringing some femininity to what has always been a male-dominated genre.

Discography ~
1998 Lacuna Coil EP
1999 In A Reverie
2000 Halflife EP
2001 Unleashed Memories
2002 Comalies
2006 Karmacode

Current Band Members ~
Cristina Scabbia (vocals)
Andrea Ferro (vocals and keyboards)
Cristiano Migliore (guitars)
Marco "Maus" Biazzi (guitars)
Marco Coti Zelati (bass)
Cristiano Mozzati (drums and percussion)

Karmacode - 2006
1. Fragile
2. To The Edge
3. Our Truth
4. Within Me
5. Devoted
6. You Create
7. What I See
8. Fragments Of Faith
9. Closer
10.In Visible Light
11.The Game
12.Without Fear
13.Enjoy The Silence

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http://rapidshare.com/files/23896445/---Xenez.net---_Lacuna_Coil_-_Karmacode.rar

Tygers of Pan Tang - Live at Nottingham Rock City 1981

2008-02-18T12:30:00.012Z

Recorded back in April 1981, this concert features the band during the "Spellbound" tour. Becoming a quintet with the recent addition of John Sykes, and the replacement of flat-voiced Jess Cox with Jon Deverill, TOPT's popularity sky-rocketed in the days of the NWOBHM. The band performs songs from their first 2 albums (Wild Cat and Spellbound) and the disc is full of energy. Deverill sounds a bit out of breath, and the renditions are not quite as 'tight' as the studio versions. Still, this release explodes with enthusiasm, and marks an interesting document in this line-up's too short career.

Maybe the band would have survived the MTV New Wave onslaught which permeated radio listening choices after 1982. The potential was there but it never fully manifested itself.
This is a very good LIVE collection of Tyger tunes. The quality is not quite UFO's 'Strangers in the Night' but definitely good with a few flaws. Overall the songs were well mixed and there is a nice selection of Tyger classics. The notes inside the cd mention the band was ill during this recording. I wish other bands I have seen play this well when sick.

Jon Deverill's vocals are powerful. Almost overpowering on the songs from the Wild Cat album, but nonetheless pure Tygers. Weir and Sykes play extremely well together. Once in awhile you hear the Sykes flair and flash but if you are a true Tygers Of Pan Tang fan you appreciate the music from the band, not individual members.

In the early 80's I really thought the Tygers of Pan Tang would be the next British/European supergroup behind Priest, Maiden and the Scorpions. I was wrong, but they are still one of my favourite groups and fortunately these songs have been made available to fans like myself and others. Where Iron Maiden played gigs to tens of thousands of fans, TOPT never achieved these levels of recognition. The band is still alive and kicking today just with a different line up. Another reason I really like this album - it was made in my home city ~ Nottingham!

Tygers of Pan Tang - Live at Nottingham Rock City (1981)
1. Take It
2. Rock and Roll Man
3. Blackjack
4. Tyger Bay
5. Insanity
6. Euthanasia
7. Mirror
8. Wild Catz
9. Money
10. Don't Stop By
11. Gangland
12. Silver and Gold
13. Hellbound
14. Slave to Freedom
15. All or Nothing

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Band Members - 1981:
John Deverill (Vocals)
John Sykes (Guitar)
Robb Weir (Guitar)
Richard "Rocky" Laws (Bass)
Brian Dick (Drums)

Current band members:
Jacopo Meille (Vocals)
Robb Weir (Guitar)
Dean "Deano" Robertson (Guitar)
Brian West (Bass)
Craig Ellis (Drums)

Vagabond & GreeneyedPixie Ratings ~

Originality: 16/20
Vocals: 14/20
Instrumental: 17/20
Lyrics: 12/20
Album Artwork: 11/20

Total Score: 70/100

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Spellblast - Horns of Silence

2008-02-17T19:18:00.002Z

Spellblast is a power metal band from Bergamo, Italy which uses strong folk influences that seize hold in the lyrical contents of the band.

Till now the band has released a promo cd called "Ray of Time" (2004) and a full length album: "Horns of Silence" (2007).
They can be easily compared to Elvenking because their [Elvenking] singer Damnagoras appears as a guest singer on some tracks of the debut album.

One more album for all the professional escapists who like me can't put up with bands talking about political shit or their lost loves.

Official homepage with sound samples:

http://www.spellblast.com

Spellblast - Horns of Silence

01-In The Name Of Odin
02-Lost In The Forest
03-Losing Reality
04-Glory To The Gem
05-Goblins' Song
06-Legend Of The Ice Wolf
07-Sign Of The Unicorns
08-Resurrection
09-Knights Of Darkness

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Vagabond & GreeneyedPixie Ratings ~

Originality: 12/20
Vocals: 13/20
Instrumental: 14/20
Lyrics: 11/20
Album Artwork: 14/20

Total Score: 64/100

http://www.zshare.net/download/2198908294bdb4/

Alestorm - Captain Morgan's Revenge

2008-02-17T17:52:00.002Z

Alestorm are a Scottish band formerly known as Battleheart that plays Epic/Folk Metal with pirate themed lyrics. Without a doubt one of my favourite bands in their style due to the fast melodic guitars, drums capable of sinking an Armada vessel at 200 yards, all wrapped up with proper pirate vocals and chorus so catchy that even a hardened pirate like Davy Jones would break into song.

Tracks like "Captain Morgan's Revenge" and "Wenches and Mead" are timeless, and hopefully will be around longer than many others from the same genre. Considering this is only their first album and Alestorm are a fairly new band, I ask you to buy the original and support them!

Official Myspace Page: http://www.myspace.com/alestorm

Alestorm - Captain Morgan's Revenge

Over the Seas
Captain Morgan's Revenge
The Huntmaster
Nancy the Tavern Wench
Death Before the Mast
Terror on the High Seas
Set Sail and Conquer
Of Treasure
Wenches and Mead
Flower of Scotland

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Vagabond & GreeneyedPixie Ratings ~

Originality: 18/20
Vocals: 18/20
Instrumental: 18/20
Lyrics: 17/20
Album Artwork: 18/20

Total Score: 89/100

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Kyuss & Queens Of The Stone Age - Split EP and Poster Gigs

2008-02-17T04:14:00.003Z

Artwork from Chris Hopewell and the posters can be bought here
http://www.gigposters.com/classifieds/

Kyuss/Queens of the Stone Age [Split EP]

Kyuss - Into the Void [Black Sabbath Cover]
Kyuss - Fatso Forgotso
Kyuss - Fatso Forgotso Phase II (Flip the Phase)
Queens of the Stone Age - If Only Everything
Queens of the Stone Age - Born To Hula
Queens of the Stone Age - Spiders and Vinegaroon

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Vagabond & GreeneyedPixie Ratings ~

Originality: 14/20
Vocals: 15/20
Instrumental: 16/20
Lyrics: 16/20
Album Artwork: 12/20

Total Score: 73/100

http://www.mediafire.com/?6lg4vriett1

Ghoultown - Tales From the Dead West

2008-02-17T03:27:00.002Z

Dark Psychobilly and Spaghetti Western with no cheese.
If The Misfits and Danzig teamed up with Enrio Morricone and made a western movie, this would be the soundtrack!
I'm a fan of all of the above, therefore tracks like "Killer in Texas"
or "Gunslinger" are a must when I'm out on the range on horseback.
Silver Hobo, my faithful four legged friend is more into the
cover "Ghost Riders in The Sky".
Of course, this makes my life harder when chasing outlaws, a time for silence not tuneful whistling.

My sources tell me that this album is out of print. If any of you know otherwise, please let me know.

Ghoultown - Tales From the Dead West
1.LA NOCHE DIABLO
2.ROTORICULOUS
3.KILLER IN TEXAS
4.GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY
5.THE BURNING
6.THE WORM
7.MIDNIGHT TRAIN
8.GUNSLINGER
9.DEATH OF JONAH HEX
10.RUNNING FROM THE SUN

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Vagabond & GreeneyedPixie Ratings ~

Originality: 18/20
Vocals: 16/20
Instrumental: 16/20
Lyrics: 15/20
Album Artwork: 17/20

Total Score: 82/100

http://www.mediafire.com/?0wmnmct9hnm

Black 'n Blue - One Night Only Live 1988

2008-02-17T02:29:00.001Z

Black 'N Blue was a Heavy Metal band that was labeled to be the "next big thing" in the mid 80's, but despite having a loyal fan base, they never broke through commercially. The group was formed by Jaime St. James (vocals), Tommy Thayer (guitar), Jeff Warner (guitar), Patrick Young (bass) and Pete Holmes (drums) in Portland, Oregon in 1981. By relocating to Los Angeles, they made their debut on the first Metal Massacre compilation with the song "Chains Around Heaven", before landing a major label deal.

The band opened for Kiss in 1985, and was able to reach a much larger audience, yet it failed to translate into sales for the boys. Kiss' Gene Simmons even produced the In Heat album, but even that couldn't sell the band to the public, and by 1989 the group had disbanded. Lack of a hit single seemed to be the missing ingredient for this hard rocking quintet. By opening for some of the biggest names in the metal scene, the band was able to sell roughly a million units of their albums, but with expectations so high that just wasn't enough.

Since the groups demise, St. James has recorded with Freight Train Jane, Dry Rot and St. James. Thayer went on to record with Doro, Harlow and Shake The Faith. Holmes would form Monster with some ex-Malice members.

Black 'N Blue reformed in 1997 for a show that would be recorded and released as One Night Only - Live. The band would once again reform in 2003, with Shawn Sonnenschein filling in for Thayer (who is currently playing the Space Ace in Kiss); to work on a new album due for release called Hell Yeah! A big break came to St. James in 2004 when he replaced Jani Lane as the front man for multi-platinum rockers Warrant. Black 'N Blue is another band that just didn't get the recognition they deserved.

This CD is exactly what it states. A reunion concert "One Night Only Live." 10 Years after their demise. But they don't seem to miss a beat. Definitely one of the mid 80's metal bands that should have hit it big but didn't. They don't sound nearly as dated as some of the other bands from that era now.

If my info is correct this album is now out of print, if any of you know otherwise, please let me know.

Black 'n Blue "One Night Only Live" 1988
1. ROCKIN ON HEAVEN'S DOOR
2. AUTOBLAST
3. HOLD ON TO 18
4. DOES SHE OR DOESN'T SHE
5. HEAT IT UP! BURN IT OUT!
6. WITHOUT LOVE
7. MISS MYSTERY
8. VIOLENT KID
9. I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU
10. WICKED BITCH
11. SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS
12. I'M THE KING

Vagabond & GreeneyedPixie Ratings ~

Originality: 13/20
Vocals: 13/20
Instrumental: 12/20
Lyrics: 12/20
Album Artwork: 12/20

Total Score: 62/100

http://www.zshare.net/download/6365388e2f033c/

Got Wood ?

2008-02-16T22:37:00.000Z

This video gives the term "got wood" a all new meaning.

After I finished watching this video I was forced by a strange will and furiously wanked over some hardcore pics of a busty pornstar, at the same time that I let loud Doom Metal invade my personal stereo and thats when it came...an idea, I mean.

Had to do something to erase that video from my memory,didn't teenagers have enough with the threat of going blind ?
Doesn't such a horrible threat keep teenagers asleep with their hands off the meat and two veg?
Was it really necessary to scare the poor children with such a weird and life threatening dummy?

I doubt it...Wanking is healthy,wanking doesn't transmit S.T.D.s, wanking doesn't get your girlfriend pregnant.

I can't understand these Christians !?! If they don't want us to have sex before marriage, why not "legalize" the wank ? Make it official, let us wank in name of the Lord.

Yes, I do understand that this argument might be radical or perhaps strange to say the least, but try to imagine the Pope giving a speech on the benefits of a good wank before breakfast and another after dinner ? As long as we wash our hands,would say His Holiness, the act of wanking will be considered saintly, just be careful where you squirt because the Almighty is everywhere.

The Addams Family - Composed by Vic Mizzy

2008-02-16T21:59:00.000Z

With one click you are transported back to the 60s right into the original Addams Family theme tunes. There's also other weird and wacky horror cult classic from the same era and all with a few scratches, pops and clicks like the old vinyl LP's just to ensure the most faithful audition.

Definitely an amazing source for Black and Doom Metal intros,samples or whatever other ways you can come up with of using such a huge collection of sounds and tunes.

No download necessary.
http://dw56.250free.com/AddamsFamily/AddamsFamilyMusic.html

Whack a Wolf

2008-02-16T20:39:00.000Z

If this game doesn't keep you amused for around 45 seconds,theres no hope for sinners

http://games.amctv.com/monsterfest2004/whackawolf/wackawolf33.html

Cryptic Slaughter - Money Talks

2008-02-16T14:15:00.001Z

Formed in 1984,Cryptic Slaughter are one of the most important Hardcore bands to ever walk this soon to be bombarded Earth.

The original Speedcore merchants, Cryptic Slaughter dealt a West Coast hand into the late 80's Crossover movement, a movement that saw the normally warring armies of punk rock and thrash metal finally come together into a unified front bent on exposing social injustice and political hypocrisy. Powered by a previously unimagined sense of informed aggression, the band's uncompromising political stance and lightning-fast tempos ultimately proved too harsh for mainstream tastes, but their status as underground legends remains unquestioned.

Issued in 1986, the band's debut album Convicted introduced new bassist Rob Nicholson (freeing Crooks to focus on his rabid vocal delivery) and somehow crammed fourteen tracks into a violently giddy, adrenalin-charged half hour, every single cut spewing a torrent of anti-establishment bile and fury. Follow-up efforts like 1987's Money Talks and 1988's Stream Of Consciousness added only the smallest of sonic refinements, and kept the group's ever-expanding legion of fans happy by staying true to their original, raw and frenetic style.

Cryptic Slaughter TRIVIA:

* Napalm Death covers "Lowlife" on their 2004 album, Leaders Not Followers: Part 2.

* Bass-player Rob Nicholson, aka Blasko, used to play with Rob Zombie, Danzig, Prong and now plays bass for Ozzy Osbourne.

* Powerviolence band Spazz covers "M.A.D" on their 1997 album "La Revancha"

* The song "Lowlife" is featured in the video game Tony Hawk's Project 8.

* A "Convicted" album is seen being handled by Johnny Depp in the 21 Jump Street pilot.

* Cryptic Slaughter is featured in the book Sound of the Beast, the Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal.

* "Money Talks" is the featured album in Decibel magazines Hall of Fame feature. April 2007.

* "Money Talks" is featured in the SPIN Magazine column "Essentials". July 2007.

Vagabond & GreeneyedPixie Ratings ~

Originality: 16/20
Vocals: 13/20
Instrumental: 14/20
Lyrics: 15/20
Album Artwork: 19/20

Total Score: 77/100

http://www.myspace.com/officialcrypticslaughte r

http://www.badongo.com/file/5448414

Shock Troopers Italian Thrash / Hardcore / Metal

2008-02-16T13:55:00.002Z

Shock Troopers were born in 2001 with the following line-up: Stefano - drums ; Fabrizio"METAL-PIG" - guitar ; Mario - bass ; Vincenzo - Vocals. They started playing punk rock music mainly influenced by Misfits, Ramones & Motorhead. In 2002 the band, after some little gigs in Palermo, they enlarged the line-up to five members: Claudia became the new bass player and Mario got on to play rhythm guitar.

During this period Shock Troopers turned into another music genre starting to play faster, louder and more aggressive! So, Shock Troopers started to sound like bands as DRI, SOD, old Agnostic Front and Suicidal Tendencies in the purest, oldest 80's crossover style! Later Luigi (former Feccia Tricolore's drummer) has come into the band with Fabietto(former Sonny Corleone's member)as new bass player in place of Claudia.

This line up has gone on for about two years in which the band has played in several gigs in palermo supporting other Sicilian and Italian bands, like WOPTIME, SONNY CORLEONE, FECCIA TRICOLORE, SKRUIGNERS, ROTTEN BOYS, THE KRUSHERS. In February 2004 the band recorded its first self produced demoCD, entitled "Bad Reality". This demo CD has got very good reviews on some Italian HC and Metal webzines.

2005 was a very troubled year: Luigi left the band and was temporarly substituted by Morgan, but this change didn't achieve good upshots. So Giorgio was called to become the new definitive drummer of the band. During the summer of the same year Fabietto left Sicily and the band too. Andrea(bass) is the latest new member of the family. This line-up saw the return on stage supporting HATEWORK and others... Brand new tracks, faster and louder than ever, are gonna be recorded in Circle Of Power Studios (Pa) during June 2006.

Vagabond & GreeneyedPixie Ratings ~

Originality: 10/20
Vocals: 10/20
Instrumental: 11/20
Lyrics: 10/20
Album Artwork: 12/20

Total Score: 53/100

http://www.myspace.com/shocktroopers

Violent Force - Malevolent Assault of Tomorrow

2008-02-16T11:44:00.001Z

One of the most underrated 80s Metal bands, Violent Force is a German Speed/Thrash metal band formed in 1984 in Velbert. The band released several demos (Dead City, Velbert Dead City, Live at Hilden, Dead City-The Night) and one album in 1987 - Malevolent Assault of Tomorrow. Violent Force split up in 1989 after recording a second LP, which still remains unreleased.

Violent Force - Malevolent Assault of Tomorrow
1. Dead City
2. Soulbursting
3. Vengeance and Venom
4. M.A.O.T.
5. What About the Time After?
6. Sign of Evil
7. Violent Force
8. The Night
9. Destructed Life
10. S.D.I.

Vagabond & GreeneyedPixie Ratings ~

Originality: 17/20
Vocals: 17/20
Instrumental: 17/20
Lyrics: 13/20
Album Artwork: 11/20

Total Score: 75/100

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=V6662F4E

Heavy Metal Maniacs In The Bush

2008-02-16T11:34:00.000Z

This video has to be quite recent, but I remember doing pretty much the same thing just with albums instead of CDs. I guess that Heavy Metal Maniacs never grow up... or is it because my inner child is a mean little fucker?!? One of them, you choose.

Onslaught - Let There Be Rock

2008-02-16T10:48:00.001Z

This killer EP was the last ever work of the English Speed/Thrash Metal band Onslaught (Bow low, all of you Defenders of the Faith and Believers in True Metal) with the singer Sy Keeler, though another version can be found with the new duty screamer Steve Grimmet [ex Grim Reaper].

One of the many reason why I like Onslaught was their former Punk Rock influences which gave them a distinctive sound among other Speed/Thrash Metal bands of the 8o's.
The amazing AC/CD cover version of "Let There Be Rock" is another example of this bands open minded style but without ever compromising their main focus on 80's Speed/Thrash.

2004 saw the band reform with the line up of Sy Keeler, Nige Rockett, James Hinder and Steve Grice. The second guitarist was Welshman Alan Jordan, formerly of Mirror Mirror. Amidst the touring, writing for the fourth album began and in early 2007 saw the release of Killing Peace.

Vagabond & GreeneyedPixie Ratings ~

Originality: 14/20
Vocals: 14/20
Instrumental: 15/20
Lyrics: 14/20
Album Artwork: 13/20

Total Score: 70/100

This link was kindly stolen from:
http://audioheaven-alexcro.blogspot.com/

Onslaught
Let There Be Rock
Metal Forces (Live)
Power From Hell / Angels Of Death (Live)

http://www.mediafire.com/?fmtjlg1y0mb#

Blue Cheer - Live in Japan

2008-02-16T08:01:00.003Z

Let's start from the beginning.

Before Black Sabbath existed, before Led Zep were world famous rock and roll stars, and before God stuck out His finger in Michaelangelo's picture and said "Let there be light !"

Before all that, there was Blue Cheer.

Here they are live in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan February 11 and 13, 1999.

If there's any requests, your favourite Vagabond (which is me) will be very happy to post a link to their first album.

Vagabond & GreeneyedPixie ratings~

Originality: 15/20
Vocals: 13/20
Instrumental: 15/20
Lyrics: 12/20
Album Artwork: 10/20

Total Score: 65/100

http://rapidshare.com/files/31028457/Blue_Cheer-Live99.zip