Friday, March 25, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
Ozzy Releases 30th Anniversary Box Set of Blizzard and Madman
Ozzy Osbourne's first two solo albums, Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman, will be released as a limited edition box set on vinyl and CD on May 31. Also included is Ozzy Live, a CD of unreleased live performances recorded during the Blizzard of Ozz tour.
The box set features a 100-page coffee table book, a wall poster, and a full-size replica of Osbourne's gold cross, reported UltimateGuitar.com. Also included is Thirty Years After the Blizzard, a DVD featuring interviews, archival film, and 30 minutes of Osbourne performing at the Palladium in New York in May 1981. Both Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of A Madman featured the lead guitar of Randy Rhodes, who was killed in a plane crash in 1982. The albums have been remastered and restored from the original analog tapes.
Blizzard Of Ozz (30th Anniversary Expanded Edition)
I Don't Know
Crazy Train
Goodbye to Romance/Dee
Suicide Solution
Mr. Crowley
No Bone Movies
Revelation (Mother Earth)
Steal Away (The Night)
Bonus Tracks
You Looking At Me, Looking At You (Non-LP B-Side, Previously Unreleased in the U.S.)
Goodbye To Romance (2010 Guitar & Vocal Mix, Previously Unreleased)
RR (Previously Unreleased Randy Rhoads guitar solo)
Diary Of A Madman (Legacy Edition)
Over The Mountain
Flying High Again
You Can't Kill Rock And Roll
Believer/Little Dolls
Tonight
S.A.T.O.
Diary Of A Madman
Ozzy Live (recorded on the Blizzard of Ozz tour)
I Don't Know
Crazy Train
Believer
Mr. Crowley
Flying High Again
Revelation (Mother Earth)
Steal Away (The Night)
Suicide Solution
Iron Man
Children of the Grave
Paranoid
source: http://epiphone.com/news.asp?NewsID=2197
Sunday, March 20, 2011
The Vox Night Train 50
**thanks to my buddy TTK for the heads up on this amp head!
Night Train 50 Highlights:
- All-tube, two channel head featuring Class AB amplifier construction
- Stylish design with eye-catching mirror finish
- 12AX7 (x4) preamp tubes; EL34 (x2) power stage tubes
- BRIGHT channel provides the traditional VOX chime;
plus a THICK switch which bypasses the EQ for more gain - GIRTH channel delivers an energetic powerful high-gain tone
- Master TIGHT switch cuts the low end to tighten the overall sound
- FX loop with tone-saving true bypass
- Optional VFS2A footswitch; Switch between channels
or turn the BRIGHT channel’s THICK mode on and off
- Celestion G12H Anniversary Model 12-inch speakers (x2)
- Retro-style appearance matches the look and feel of the Night Train 50
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
GOOD Black Metal (yes, there is such a thing!)
A guy I used to know who was a member of The Temple of Set(a group that developed out of the schism from The Church of Satan - loooong story) turned me on to black metal some years ago... there are millions of underground one-man bands, most of which suck, but there is some GREAT stuff to be heard. If you're a long-time fan of the genre, this will all be extremely basic stuff, but if it's new to you, this might give you something to go on without getting mired in shit and missing out on the good stuff. This is NOT "the history of black metal according to Tony", just sharing some info on good bands in the genre.
It supposedly all starts with the British band Venom and their song "Black Metal"... but to me, they're more of a Satanic Motorhead than anything else. Another band that is revered in the creation of black metal is Bathory - but, and these are just my opinions, Bathory sounds like early Slayer... or Slayer got it from Bathory. I dunno... but it's not black metal. It's like porn - you know it when you see(hear) it! (**And for those so-called "Xtian black metal bands" - um, no... just stop. You're kidding yourselves and annoying everyone else.)
Immortal is probably one of my favorite black metal bands. They had some pretty goofy stuff earlier in their career(a video called "Call of the Wintermoon" is a fave for haters to bash, and it IS quite silly. It was literally shot by a local tv news crew doing a spot on the then-newly emerging black metal scene in Norway and it aired like 2 hours later!!), and even they know that, but if you just check out the music, it's really freakin' cool. To bash a band or even an entire genre of music over one bad television news blurb is of course, ridiculous, but people do. "Sons of Northern Darkness" is probably their best album. They just released their first ever live DVD last year, but I haven't seen it yet... but I'm working on that. *wink* They're also quite unique in that their lyrics aren't Satanic - it's all set in a mythical ice-laden world called Blashyrkh. Abbath, the guitar player/singer did a video with Guitar World a few years ago and he was absolutely hilarious - really funny guy.
Dimmu Borgir is great too - another band people like to bash, just because they've become financially successful while actually playing Satanic music, as if they've "sold out"... you know how that goes. *rolls eyes* Their real early stuff is all in Norwegian, but most of their catalog is in English. "Stormblåst"(which they re-recorded with modern recording studio quality, and it ROCKS), "Enthrone Darkness Triumphant", and "Death Cult Armageddon" are all amazing.
Emperor isn't around anymore, but they're the ones that invented symphonic black metal, which is where Dimmu Borgir gets it. Emperor can be pretty "prog" in their stuff, so it's not for everybody. They only released four albums, so you can pretty much take your pick.
Marduk is absolutely brutal - and another one of my faves. Their first EP was entitled "Fuck Me Jesus" and had a drawing on the cover of a chick sticking a cross up her ass! ROFLMAO "Panzer Division Marduk" is one of their best studio albums and "Warschau" is an awesome live album.
Gorgoroth is another one of the BIG guns in black metal. Alot of controversy around them too, but you can read all about it elsewhere... I seem to be typing a book here already! LOL "Incipit Satan", "Twilight of the Idols", and "Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam" are albums to check out. Also their live DVD "Black Mass Krakow" is awesome.
Dark Funeral are from Sweden(as are Marduk) and probably one of the most consistent bands out there. You could pretty much choose anything from their discography and it will kick your ass. They also have a FANTASTIC two-part 'video album' "Attera Orbis Terrarum" featuring live professional-shot footage(also including some fan-shot bootleg stuff) from their world-wide concert tours. If you're a Dark Funeral fan, this is a MUST BUY.
Mayhem is pretty good, but they've gotten more popularity from the murders surrounding them than their musical quality. They don't suck, not by any means, but to me, they're just 'pretty good'. "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas" is the album that put them on the map, so to speak. I actually recorded a guitar cover of their song "Freezing Moon" off that album awhile back on my youtube channel...
re: Burzum
'Burzum' is Varg Vikernes, the guy that committed Euronymous's murder in August 1993(killing the main founder of Mayhem). He claimed to be "Mr. Evil Church Burning Black Metal Satanist" before, but once he got in prison, he became a Nazi skinhead, so frankly, I think he's just a worthless piece of shit. I guess getting buttfucked by inmates changes a person, eh? (for the record, I actually AGREE with alot of what he says regarding the destruction of Pagan traditions by the spread of Judeo-Christian oppression across the world.) yes, he was in 'the circle' that started the entire black metal scene, but he killed his friend over petty bullshit, and for that, he should rot in prison - like he is currently doing. I've never heard his music and I won't ever listen to it, so I couldn't tell you what it sounds like. There is a sub-genre(isn't there always?) that has emerged called NSBM - "Nationalist Socialist black metal", which basically is a bunch of Nazi-fanboy idiots, screaming about concentration camps, Jews, and posting pictures of Adolph Hitler and Heinrich Himmler on webpages, etc. There is also a group called "Joy of Satan" who espouses these bullshit theories and tries to link it to Satanism, which is fucking stupid. They can all fuck off as far as I'm concerned... that crap has NOTHING to do with music or even Satanism for that matter.
Cradle of Filth... whahahaha!! Gotcha! They're NOT black metal, despite what that 12-year old girl at Hot Topic says.
anyways, I talk(type) too much. LOL Just abit of my black metal 2 cents... do I claim to be an expert? Nope. I'm just a guy with a computer, an internet connection, and a blog. hehehehe There is sooooo much more I could recommend - sooooooo much more - but this is getting way too long as it is... here, watch some videos:
It supposedly all starts with the British band Venom and their song "Black Metal"... but to me, they're more of a Satanic Motorhead than anything else. Another band that is revered in the creation of black metal is Bathory - but, and these are just my opinions, Bathory sounds like early Slayer... or Slayer got it from Bathory. I dunno... but it's not black metal. It's like porn - you know it when you see(hear) it! (**And for those so-called "Xtian black metal bands" - um, no... just stop. You're kidding yourselves and annoying everyone else.)
Immortal is probably one of my favorite black metal bands. They had some pretty goofy stuff earlier in their career(a video called "Call of the Wintermoon" is a fave for haters to bash, and it IS quite silly. It was literally shot by a local tv news crew doing a spot on the then-newly emerging black metal scene in Norway and it aired like 2 hours later!!), and even they know that, but if you just check out the music, it's really freakin' cool. To bash a band or even an entire genre of music over one bad television news blurb is of course, ridiculous, but people do. "Sons of Northern Darkness" is probably their best album. They just released their first ever live DVD last year, but I haven't seen it yet... but I'm working on that. *wink* They're also quite unique in that their lyrics aren't Satanic - it's all set in a mythical ice-laden world called Blashyrkh. Abbath, the guitar player/singer did a video with Guitar World a few years ago and he was absolutely hilarious - really funny guy.
Dimmu Borgir is great too - another band people like to bash, just because they've become financially successful while actually playing Satanic music, as if they've "sold out"... you know how that goes. *rolls eyes* Their real early stuff is all in Norwegian, but most of their catalog is in English. "Stormblåst"(which they re-recorded with modern recording studio quality, and it ROCKS), "Enthrone Darkness Triumphant", and "Death Cult Armageddon" are all amazing.
Emperor isn't around anymore, but they're the ones that invented symphonic black metal, which is where Dimmu Borgir gets it. Emperor can be pretty "prog" in their stuff, so it's not for everybody. They only released four albums, so you can pretty much take your pick.
Marduk is absolutely brutal - and another one of my faves. Their first EP was entitled "Fuck Me Jesus" and had a drawing on the cover of a chick sticking a cross up her ass! ROFLMAO "Panzer Division Marduk" is one of their best studio albums and "Warschau" is an awesome live album.
Gorgoroth is another one of the BIG guns in black metal. Alot of controversy around them too, but you can read all about it elsewhere... I seem to be typing a book here already! LOL "Incipit Satan", "Twilight of the Idols", and "Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam" are albums to check out. Also their live DVD "Black Mass Krakow" is awesome.
Dark Funeral are from Sweden(as are Marduk) and probably one of the most consistent bands out there. You could pretty much choose anything from their discography and it will kick your ass. They also have a FANTASTIC two-part 'video album' "Attera Orbis Terrarum" featuring live professional-shot footage(also including some fan-shot bootleg stuff) from their world-wide concert tours. If you're a Dark Funeral fan, this is a MUST BUY.
Mayhem is pretty good, but they've gotten more popularity from the murders surrounding them than their musical quality. They don't suck, not by any means, but to me, they're just 'pretty good'. "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas" is the album that put them on the map, so to speak. I actually recorded a guitar cover of their song "Freezing Moon" off that album awhile back on my youtube channel...
re: Burzum
'Burzum' is Varg Vikernes, the guy that committed Euronymous's murder in August 1993(killing the main founder of Mayhem). He claimed to be "Mr. Evil Church Burning Black Metal Satanist" before, but once he got in prison, he became a Nazi skinhead, so frankly, I think he's just a worthless piece of shit. I guess getting buttfucked by inmates changes a person, eh? (for the record, I actually AGREE with alot of what he says regarding the destruction of Pagan traditions by the spread of Judeo-Christian oppression across the world.) yes, he was in 'the circle' that started the entire black metal scene, but he killed his friend over petty bullshit, and for that, he should rot in prison - like he is currently doing. I've never heard his music and I won't ever listen to it, so I couldn't tell you what it sounds like. There is a sub-genre(isn't there always?) that has emerged called NSBM - "Nationalist Socialist black metal", which basically is a bunch of Nazi-fanboy idiots, screaming about concentration camps, Jews, and posting pictures of Adolph Hitler and Heinrich Himmler on webpages, etc. There is also a group called "Joy of Satan" who espouses these bullshit theories and tries to link it to Satanism, which is fucking stupid. They can all fuck off as far as I'm concerned... that crap has NOTHING to do with music or even Satanism for that matter.
Cradle of Filth... whahahaha!! Gotcha! They're NOT black metal, despite what that 12-year old girl at Hot Topic says.
anyways, I talk(type) too much. LOL Just abit of my black metal 2 cents... do I claim to be an expert? Nope. I'm just a guy with a computer, an internet connection, and a blog. hehehehe There is sooooo much more I could recommend - sooooooo much more - but this is getting way too long as it is... here, watch some videos:
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Super Sun - Giant Monster
Anybody got any info on this band?
I can find literally nothing on the 'net...
In fact, I don't even know which is the band name and which is the song name! The youtube page says "from the album Super Sun".
Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
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