Today was a great day...5 'lifers' including a Sedge Warbler & a Cuckoo. But it was just lovely to be out in the sunshine & countryside. #birding
Manofmuchmetal
@manofmuchmetal.bsky.social
Lover of heavy music - prog, death, black, doom, thrash, power, you name it - ex-reviewer, father, animal lover, bird watcher, sports fan (THFC, England cricket, Seahawks) minimal politics, just chat about the things I like.
Let's be absolutely clear. The fault lies with... ...Venkatesham, Lange, ENIC, & several players who don't ever deserve to put the lilywhite shirt on, ever again. But...while the Cockerell is on the shirt, they will be my club, my only club. #COYS
Get rid of the whole lot. You don't deserve to wear the shirt. Hopeless wasters. Worst team in my lifetime. Embarrassed. #whereismytottenham #coys
If you've not checked out Sworn, then do yourself a favour and rectify this oversight. So good. #metalsky swornnorway.bandcamp.com/album/a-jour...
A Journey told through Fire, by Sworn
7 track album
swornnorway.bandcamp.com
If anyone who follows me voted Reform in the local election yesterday, please kindly unfollow me. Thanks.
OK, so hands up who thinks the song 'Limb of Leviticus' by Archspire is one of the best techdeath tracks ever penned?! Anyone? Can't just be me, surely?! #deathmetalsky #metalsky
Last week's listening - it was a 'prep for KarmoyGeddon' week & it sounded good! #metalsky #KarmoyGeddon
I am a chap of many contradictions...all day, I have listened to extreme metal. Tonight, I sip whisky & watch Paddington...oh yes! 🤘🤘 #metalsky
Where else to start the day, but with a blast of the new Archspire album, 'Too Fast To Die'? #deathmetalsky #techdeath #metalsky archspire.bandcamp.com/album/too-fa...
Too Fast to Die, by Archspire
8 track album
archspire.bandcamp.com
With KarmoyGeddon less than a month away, it's time to run through the line-up, re-visit some favourites & do some homework on the rest. Starting with Accept, a band I have hardly ever listened to before. #metalsky #karmoygeddonprep
Within a few minutes of the opening track, I may have ordered the hand numbered Ltd edition CD - this band is good! Very good! #metalsky bloodyvalkyria.bandcamp.com/album/requie...
Requiem - Reveries Of The Dying, by Bloody Valkyria
7 track album
bloodyvalkyria.bandcamp.com
What a killer album - with several passages that stop me in my tracks when I listen. For my money, I prefer it to the new one, but happy to be disagreed with! #metalsky @anabstractillusion.bsky.social anabstractillusion.bandcamp.com/album/woe
Woe, by An Abstract Illusion
7 track album
anabstractillusion.bandcamp.com
To explain how much I dislike the way my club is run, I had a chance to apply for a job at Spurs, the club I've supported for 38yrs. I didn't apply for my dream job, despite being fully qualified. Why? I won't work for them. Love the badge, hate the owners & board. I have principles. #COYS
Confirmed. It's De Zerbi. To be crystal clear, I do not want him at my club. If this backfires, the entire ownership & board must go, immediately. But they should have already gone, frankly. Embarrassing & hugely disappointing. #COYS @tottenhamhotspur.com
Is there a better feeling than being hit in the feels by an old favourite album that you haven't listened to in a while? It happened with two records recently...both are utterly killer! Vanden Plas & Tomorrow's Eve #metalsky
Again, it's a bit late, but this is what I listened to last week...that takes me to 330 albums spun this year so far...I'm not obsessed with music!! #metalsky
For the record, I do not want De Zerbi at Tottenham. Wrong choice, again. I hate the board & the owners, they refuse to listen to the fans & I have had enough. My club is dying.
It has to be Pochettino...no-one else. Get someone who knows Spurs to keep us up & then get Poch...back him, build something special. But the gutless, clueless board won't listen. #COYS
A little late, but here's what I listened to last week in case it triggers some inspiration! #metalsky
Nope, not feeling the new Exodus record...feels a bit...meh. Gimme "Tempo of the Damned" over this any day of the week. #metalsky #thrashmetalsky
Starting my day with the new Gaerea album 'Loss' - here's a band moving quickly away from their black metal roots, but I still like what they are pumping out! #metalsky #newmusicfriday
Ruddy love this record. That's why no.5 of 100 of the ltd edition A5 CD version sits proudly on my shelf. Melodic, atmospheric, and hard-hitting. Brilliant stuff! Bloody Valkyria - "In Our Home Across The Fog" #metalsky #blackmetalsky #supporttheartists bloodyvalkyria.bandcamp.com/album/in-our...
In Our Home, Across The Fog, by Bloody Valkyria
8 track album
bloodyvalkyria.bandcamp.com
This will always be an all-tine favourite - Hecate Enthroned - "The Slaughter of Innocence...A Requiem For The Mighty" #nowplaying #blackmetalsky #metalsky
Now playing Withering Scorn - "Prophets Of Demise" - thanks to @signoftheblackmarc.bsky.social for the tip. Shame they're on Frontiers, but so far, they make a pleasing racket! #metalsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmXr...
Withering Scorn - "Prophets Of Demise" - Official Lyric Video
YouTube video by Frontiers Music srl
youtube.com
Last week's listening - I went on a bit of an Enslaved bender, but lots more besides. My hope is it sparks a recommendation or two... #metalsky
Not the best pic, but very happy to see a male Bullfinch up close today in Edinburgh. #birding #birdwatching
Call me old fashioned, but even with extreme metal, there needs to be something memorable about the music. The latest Nile record, on that score, pales in comparison to "Black Seeds..." or am I alone in that view? #metalsky