My Heavy Metal Journey

 Lets jump right in because HOLY SHIT am I excited! Delain - Apocalypse & Chill   I already love Delain. I think Charlotte is one of the best vocalists in metal. Not symphonic or epic metal, in metal period. I also love how catchy they are and how tight they are instrumentally. So it's no small thing when I say this is by far their best work, possibly one of my favorite albums ever written.  Musically this album is immaculate. They explore, I'm not joking, everything! Just the music alone takes you on a journey. If this were an instrumental album it would still be incredible. The synths are perfectly utilized which, along with the bass and drums, drives the album forward while allowing the guitars and vocals to reach out to every conceivable corner of possibility. It's dark, tragic, and emotional.  Timo lays down some heavy as fuck guitar riffs throughout this gem. He has some seriously sweet sounding solos on the album too.  Vocally it is of...

 So I had a big ol' post planned. Started writing it. But then I lost all of it. I seriously thought it would be my best work yet. Now that's not saying much, I'll admit. But it was going to be something every metal head, and likely others, needed to hear. I'll regroup and get back to it at some point. But tonight, I'm just going to ramble and tell my three readers what I have been up to.   Sorry... Lame! I know.  First of all I had given up on this week. I realized however, that it isn't fair to myself. To just give up for any reason. A minor inconvenience. No! A man, or woman, must keep plugging along.  I listen to primarily metal. A huge part of the metal scene is perseverance. The idea that you feel alone most days, that the world is working against you, but you're not going to quit. If that's who I am I can't just give up right?  Another huge factor in me writing this is that, for the first time in a long time, I have been given hope...

 According to  this article , Cranberries guitarist Noel Hogan and drummer Fergal Lawler, are stating they were unhappy with the timing of Bad Wolves release of their cover version of Zombie. I want to weigh in on this a bit. I have thought about since I heard it some time yesterday evening via  this video  from rock feed.  First let me say there is no simple answer to this. I can see both sides of this argument.  According to the article Dolores O'Riordan was supposed to record her guest vocals spot the night of her passing. This is important because just 3 days later Bad Wolves released their cover.  So why then? Was it coincidental? Well there could have been plans to release the cover as a single absent O'Riordan's part already in place. But we are talking 2018. Well within the digital era, when a band, especially one on a small label, can drop new material at a moments notice. Speaking of labels it very well could have been ...