Diario

During the last five years not only my musical taste experienced a great development. I also developed a new passion (indeed an all-consuming one) - the passion of visiting concerts!

It all started with Roger Waters (ex-Pink Floyd, if some of you didn't know) playing The Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety and more songs in Lucca, Italy. What a fascinating experience!
And since then I had the great luck to see bands live which most people have been waiting for for years (such as Sunn O))), Neurosis, Ulver...).

Over the years I wondered if I would still have the same incredible feelings in my stomach after all these concerts or if it would come to a mere usualness. Of course the answer is NO!
After more or less 50 concerts I can say that it's still worth spending every pence on it. Needless to say that there are shows which are outstanding and other ones that are not nearly comparable with those, but they're still great experiences and all leave unique memories behind.

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To be continually updated

Black Pyramid
Conan
Dozer
Eternal Elysium
Farflung
Greenmachine
Iota
Josiah
Kongh
Kylesa
My Sleeping Karma
New Keepers Of The Water Towers
Snail
Sungrazer
Thou
Wo Fat

Another compilation of the albums that I discovered in Sept. 2010 that I thoroughly enjoyed or left a lasting impression of me. I've included subjective ratings for each, most of which will fall between 7 and 9.



Access to Arasaka- Void(); (2010, idm, 8)
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll166/Omega_Switch/2938045.jpg

Amebix- Arise! (1985, crust punk/crossover thrash, 7.5)
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll166/Omega_Switch/23583.jpg

Amorphis- Magic & Mayhem: Tales From the Early Years (2010, progressive metal, melodic death/doom metal, folk metal, 8)
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll166/Omega_Switch/2973248.jpg

Anathema- We're Here Because We're Here (progressive/alternative rock, 8)
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll166/Omega_Switch/1572925.jpg

The Black Heart Procession- 2 (1999, indie rock/slowcore, 8)
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll166/Omega_Switch/14632.jpg

Burzum- Aske (1993, atmospheric black metal, 7.5)
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll166/Omega_Switch/4009-4.jpg
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below are my 666 artists, some are podcasts, some are not named properly so they dont have last.fm pages.

But first here are the -est from my library(superlative adjectives)

noisiest - Lightning Bolt, Melt-Banana
heaviest - Electric Wizard , Karma to Burn
riffiest - Earthless , High on Fire
unpredictable-est - Zu
dreamiest -Lullatone, 35007
space-iest - Zombi , Earthless
pretentious-est - Sunn O))) , Neurosis , Godspeed You! Black Emperor
funniest - Tenacious D , Justin Bieber
scariest - Diagnose: Lebensgefahr , Sunn O)))
Saddest - Justin Bieber,Explosions In The Sky
Best - Kyuss , Russian Circles , Earthless , Lightning Bolt , Karma to Burn
cute-est - Lullatone , Kimya Dawson
name b-est - Anal Cunt , Bongzilla
lamest - Basshunter

i have run out of est's.

AA Storm of Light (2 plays) Play
* Acid Bath (48 plays) Play
* Acid King (6 plays) Play
* ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO U.F.O (7 plays) Play
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A:
Æthenor
A Storm of Light
A Thousand Words (6)
Achokarlos
Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.
Acromaniacos
Adamantine (2)
Agalloch
Albert Fish
Alcest
Alchemist
Alice in Chains
Amenra
Amon Amarth
Anal Hard (2)
Anathema (2)
Anchor
anna ihlis
Another Day Will Come
Anti-Nowhere League
anti-pop consortium
Antimatter
Apocalyptica
Asfixia
Ash Is a Robot
Asimov
ATENTADO (4)
Atheist
Autopsya
Ava Inferi
Avenged Sevenfold
averse
AWOLNATION

B:
BackFlip (2)
Backtrack
Bane
Bardo Pond
Barn Owl (2)
BearTrap
Becky Lee
Before the Rain
Before The Torn
Behemoth
Ben Frost
Besta
Biffy Clyro
Birds
Birds in Row
Big Deal
Bizarra Locomotiva (5)
Black Breath
Black Cobra
Black Tusk
Blacksunrise
Black Bombaim (3)
Black To Comm
Blood Red Shoes
Bob Log III
Bob Wayne
Bohren & der Club of Gore
Bombus
Bonded By Blood
Bong
Bongripper (2)
Boris
born a lion
Brandlmayr
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Holy shit, here we are in 2010. There's a lot to look forward this year, especially in music. At least, in the underground scenes. Top 40 hits continue to crap out real winners (/sarcasm). 2009 saw me purchasing the greatest numbers of CDs that I have ever bought. What's amazing about that is I never had that much money to even do it. 2010 looks to be considerably different, so maybe I will be able to reach an average greater than 1 per week. That's my goal, anyway. Well... on what I've bought thus far...

JANUARY
Skånska Mord - The Last Supper (2010/2009-Small Stone only)
The Company Band - The Company Band (2009)
Blindstone - Freedom's Calling (2008)
Priestess - Prior To The Fire (2009/2010)
Graveyard - Graveyard (2008)
Positiva - Prodigal songs (2009)
Deville - Hail The Black Sky (2009)

FEBRUARY
Greenleaf - Revolution Rock (2001)
Thunder And Roses - King of the Black Sunrise (1969)
Spiritual Beggars - Ad Astra (2000)
Spiritual Beggars - On Fire (2002)
Spiritual Beggars - Spiritual Beggars (1994)
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That 1 Guy*3
27
3 Inches of Blood*6
36 Crazyfists*2
40 Watt Sun
The 69 Eyes

A
Abigail Williams
Abraham
The Absence
Abysmal Dawn
The Acacia Strain
Acid King*2
Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell
A Dozen Furies
A Bloodshed Nightmare
A Life Once Lost
A Perfect Circle
A Static Lullaby
AC/DC
Acid Mothers Guru
Aerosmith
AFI*3
Against Me
Agalloch*2
Agnes Vein
Ahab
Akakor
Alcest*2
Alice Cooper
Alice in Chains*3
Alien Ant Farm
All State Champion
All That Remains*3
ALO
Altar of Plagues
Amenra
American Steel
Amon Amarth*3
AMON DÜÜL II
Anberlin
Ancestors
Ancient VVisdom*2
Ancients*2
And So I Watch You From Afar
Angel Witch
Ankla
Anthrax*2
The Aquabats*2
Arch Enemy*5
Archspire
Ares Kingdom
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
As I Lay Dying*4
Asesino
ASG
Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound
Assjack
Atari Teenage Riot
Atlantis
Atomis*3
Atreyu*4
Nicole Atkins
Attack In Black
Auf Der Maur
August Burns Red
Aura Noir
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30. April: White Hills & Farflung at Red Rooster Berlin

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/27123199/redrooster_farflung_web.jpg

... based on "Raumpatroullie Orion" (especially those Fishies in the Background) wich also has a quaint Soundtrack: Raumpatrouille: The Complete Music