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the downside of this pretty image…

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

…is that, in a complete deja vu of the Soilwork concert last year, we have to cancel the Mastodon concert in Tilburg tonight.
Major meh. But I do not like Mastodon enough to face slippery roads, insane drivers, and 600-800km of traffic jams. We would go by train, but the NS is not faring much better. So a big no-no there.

We’re drinking beer to console outselves. And oh well, at least Bodhi is having a blast with the snow.

just when we thought it wouldn’t happen anymore…

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

Winter has come. Yeah I know, it surprises me too :)

time for a dual music recommendation!

Monday, January 30th, 2012

Band: Atlantis
Song: “Mascara”
Album: “Mistress of Ghosts”
Genre: post-rock, instrumental, pretty
Why: The band (they’re Dutch, btw) is completely unknown and nice enough to share all their stuff on Bandcamp. Ol and I are going to see them on Dunk!Festival and I’m completely looking forward to it. The piano is pretty, the song is pretty, everything about it is pretty. Have a listen-to!

And now, to prove that I am indeed still also a metal head:

Band: Mygrain
Song: “The Psychonaut”
Album: “Signs of Existence”
Genre: um… melodic death metal, I think? Lastfm, what do you think? *checks* Yup, melodic death. It reminds me a shitload of Disarmonia Mundi, tbh. Very uptempo,, quite chaotic and also very melodic.
Why: No reason really. Just that I found them the other day while listening to ‘similar artists’ on Spotify and I’m enjoying the shit out of this song and the rest of the album. So yeah, heartily recommended!

:)