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I am bored, so I guess I'm gonna start writing what CD's I bought, like so many others do.
I am also gonna write my impressions with them, and maybe follow up next time, if they grow or die on me. I'll also try and put up some youtube videos for each album.

This week I bought 2 CD's from the Italian label Cruz Del Sur Music, even though only one is actually released by them.

First up is Defender of the Crown by Brocas Helm.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1lMEa_U2qk
Title track of this awesometastical disc

This band is considered somewhat legendary. I am not exactly sure why. They make excellent music, sure - but alot of bands do. Anyway, a few years ago I learned about them, and tried finding some CD's online. Every album was impossible to find, unless I wanted to pay like a hundred dollars for a used copy on ebay.
I just recently looked again, and found this self-released reissue of Defender of The Crown.
Have spinned the disc a couple of times now, and it is indeed excellent. …

This is a list of the 6 most important countries when it comes to development of heavy metal and when it comes to the metal scenes and the best music!

This is a little subjective entry, so don't complain!


1. United Kingdom

The creators of heavy metal, the original country. Metal started in the UK, and from the NWOBHM movement came the subgenres.

Notable genres: heavy metal (classic), nwobhm, doom metal, speed metal, thrash metal, black metal

Noteable bands: Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Budgie, Rainbow, Heaven & Hell, UFO, Iron Maiden, Saxon, Diamond Head, Motörhead, Tygers Of Pan-Tang, Jaguar, Avenger, Angel Witch, Witchfinder General, Venom, Wrathchild, Whitesnake


2. Germany

Creators of many original classic metal bands in the 70's and 80's and also responsible for the development and forming of teutonic thrash and euro power metal.

Noteable genres: heavy metal (classic), power metal, speed metal, thrash metal, industrial metal, melodic metal, melodic hard rock
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As of Saturday February 13 2009, Metal’s initial offering - the reknown and revered Black Sabbath self-titled LP turned 40 years old. For fans of the music, including myself, this begs the question of who will follow this style long after the inevitable demise of the band?

You can’t kill the Metal, and we can all agree that Scandinavia is perhaps the coolest region for Metal. Do you love Death Metal, Black Metal, among other dozens of forms of Extreme Metal? A substantial cut of their asses are certainly owed to that specific region for their creations and maintenance. Do you love Traditional Heavy Metal - As in the prototypical sound of the more classical guard of the genre; pioneered by the formative works of Sabbath, Rush and Rainbow, the expansive New Wave of British Heavy Metal dream team of impact players Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Motörhead & Venom, alongside Diamond Head, Angel Witch, early-Def Leppard and Doom Metallers Witchfinder General and Pagan Altar, as well as American acts such as Pentagram…

Whether due to the steady culmination of a cult following, fan pressure, snaky cashgrabs (*cough, cough, Pestilence, cough*), or simply the will to show the new kids on the block how it's done, waves and waves metalbands have been reforming left and right over the last few years, doing tours, releasing new material (for good or bad), and generally kicking ass. This journal is a little tool I'm going to use to keep track of who's back together, and who (in my opinion) still needs to get their ass in gear.

If you think I'm missing something please leave a comment.

Reunited/Reformed-
Abdullah
The Accüsed
Amebix
Anacrusis
Angel Witch
Artillery
Asphyx
Atheist
Autopsy
Black Sabbath/Heaven and Hell- Get well soon Dio!
Blood Farmers
Blind Illusion
Brocas Helm
Burzum
Carnivore
Comus (Not metal, but who cares...)
Confessor
Count Raven
Cynic
Deathrow (US, Pre-Pentagram)
Decapitated
Détente
Divine Eve
D.R.I.
Exhorder
Forbidden
Goatsnake
Goreaphobia
Gorguts
Hellwitch
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I never thought that a video game would bring to me more metal. Fortunately I was wrong.

The game Brutal Legend has introduced me to bands like Brocas Helm, who are unheard of in Australia.

It also taught me there's so many ridiculous genres out there.

So my mention of the post Brocas Helm and their album Defender of the Crown

[event=]brocas helm at thee parkside[/event]

*copied my tweets from the show, links to pics*
*tweets begin now*
*edited to eliminate the pointless*

09:03:16: early shoot & i'm providing goth wardrobe
09:05:08: ALSO BROCAS HELM TONIGHT @ THEE PARKSIDE 9 or 10 PM
18:21:54: come to thee parkside to see brocas helm (and some other bands, i know one of them is havok) and i'll be there, tweeting when i'm bored! ..m/
20:16:35: on the way to s.f. long drive since the bridge is closed
20:26:27: having a fuck of a time trying to stay awake
20:34:04: ok i'm awake rly. O.O *tweets to stay awake by*
20:35:14: i've been obsessed w/ hit maker on omgpop.
20:36:59: i'm hoping it will sharpen my musical senses and at least get me thinking more musically
20:38:23: I NEED A FUCKING BAND NOW, GODFUCKINGDAMMIT. i've waited far too long
20:40:15: i'm out of skittles! someone come to the gig & bring me skittles!
21:08:22: also, hit machine helps me keep my fingers moving
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why am i posting this? i have no idea.
Brocas Helm

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