“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.”

Metal is good for the soul

by | Jan 25, 2015 | Uncategorized

A couple of fellow Androspherians have decided that today would be a good day to go full-on metal, so what the hell, why not get in on this… Here are a few of the best metal tracks that I’ve been listening to over the last few days: BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD...

The Devil Went Down to Georgia…

by | Jan 24, 2015 | Uncategorized

One of my favourite bluegrass tracks, ever: A fair few people have tried to cover this classic. Most have failed to do it well. Here are a couple of the “less bad” versions: The really stupidly cheesy yet still highly entertaining Swedish dance mix...

Batman goes death metal

by | Jan 21, 2015 | Uncategorized

Utter hilarity ensues: 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 Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram...

Jazz hands

by | Jan 7, 2015 | Uncategorized

Classic: 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 Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Email a link to...

Twilight of the Thundercats

by | Dec 20, 2014 | Uncategorized

Classic 80s cartoon series (which I grew up with, by the way) meets ear-raping Viking heavy metal. Need I say more? Crank the volume WAAAAAY up on this one, and to Niflheim with the neighbours. Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in...

Shreddin’

by | Dec 13, 2014 | HALO, Uncategorized

So Carey sent me a link to his latest post, knowing that, given my strong preferences for heavy metal, I’d get a kick out of it. He was right. It just so happened that while I was listening to the latest offering of highly technical melodic death metal from...

Rust in peace, MEGADETH…

by | Dec 3, 2014 | Uncategorized

Something is plainly going very wrong in the MEGADETH camp (again). First their drummer quits- then, within hours of that, their lead guitarist quits. All we need now is for Junior to quit and, well, it’ll just be Dave Mustaine left (again). Now don’t get...

Rainbow Rising

by | Dec 2, 2014 | Uncategorized

Ronnie James Dio. Ritchie Blackmore. Jimmy Bain. Cozy Powell. Tony Carey. And the song “Stargazer”. This was, and is, quite simply one of the GREATEST rock albums OF ALL TIME. About the only thing I’ve ever heard that comes anywhere close to the...

He really ISN’T human

by | Nov 18, 2014 | Uncategorized

Andreas Kisser, the guitarist for the once-legendary Brazilian thrashers SEPULTURA- yeah, that band- had some rather amusing things to say about their new drummer, Eloy Casagrande: “The SEPULTURA music, it’s very demanding drum-wise,” Andreas...