“We are Forerunners. Guardians of all that exists. The roots of the Galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun, towards which all intelligence blossoms… And the impervious shelter, beneath which it has prospered.”

Every word is truth

I want to be pissed off at Dom for telling the truth about powerlifting, but… I just can’t be angry at someone who so brilliantly manages to piss all over powerlifters everywhere: I don’t know what the funniest quote is: “That’s all...

“First Kill”

The Vikings are BACK! Hel’s Teeth, that was positively BRUTAL. By Thor’s Hammer, this sounds like it is going to be a positively AWESOME album. I cannot wait to hear it. The last four albums have featured a sound that can only be adequately described...

KILL! MAIM! BURN!

Fellow Vile Faceless Minion #6306 has raised the battle flag for us as the Hugo Awards approach: Woe to you, trufen and CHORFs, pedophiles! For you wear a tuxedo one night a year, but inside are full of greed, cruelty and self-indulgence.You blind Toad! First clean...

Here comes SINBREED

Their third album should be released soon- and based on the early evidence, it’s going to be another absolute barnstormer: The raw, “gritty” vocals of Herbie Langhans might be a bit of an acquired taste, I’ll admit. But I quite like it. If you...

Hector’s Hymn

One of the rare latter-day HAMMERFALL songs that is actually fun to listen to: I really don’t know what happened to those guys. Their first two albums were really solid- not great, not quite up there with HELLOWEEN, BLIND GUARDIAN, GAMMA RAY, or GRAVE DIGGER,...

The party post

And now, in accordance with a tradition stretching back to… well, a year ago, and in the company of… um, whoever’s bothered to show up, here is a list of 7 really hot women, and a few great heavy metal tracks, to help you get the NYE party started....

The Didact’s Best Albums of 2015

As I did with books, so I will do with albums that I listened to and purchased this year. In descending order, here are my 5 favourite albums that I listened to this year. Note that one of the albums listed below was actually released in 2013, not 2015; the rest,...

The handgun test

Yeah, I know, it’s stupid. It’s also really funny: Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Share on...

Paging the Preacher’s Daughter…

The Fall of an Empire- I don’t think I’m EVER going to get tired of seeing that kick Could you please deliver another round of severe assbeat to Ronda Rousey’s table? I don’t think she got the hint from the last time: Shortly following her...