Albums Listened To In October (86)

A month of ups and downs, October - with my favorite holiday, Halloween - is officially over. And with it we move onto the season of gorging ourselves for a weekend, with a flimsy grasp of the original reason, and sales sales sales! It also happens to be my birthday in a week. Yippie.

Moving on:

The Good
I really liked the new Black Sleep of Kali, Our slow Decay, I still have their original EP/Demo release to get to yet, but I really like their version of doom/sludge. Thrills Kills and Sunday Pill by Grinspoon was an amazing display of alternative rock - one of the best I heard in a long time. It's an instant classic, and I immediately added it to my 'Favorite Albums' list. The collection of the Black Spiders EPs I have (three of them) is worth a listen. Their combination of groove, stoner and rock'n'rool is something to behold. I await a full-length release from this new generation of music and sound. The 2010 release by Titan was another great album to behold. Wonderful for anyone who likes progressive metal. I have a full-length article about the album coming up in a few days, so check back for more. Also, John Arch's A Twist of Fate was amazing, but I've already gone into that...


The Bad (Alright)
I listened to Bison B.C.'s two albums and I just couldn't get into them. Not my style I guess. And Acajou's Latin Lover and Hulk's Cowboy Coffee and Burned Knives were both ok, but they didn't offer anything new or exciting. Just same old, same old music. An alright listen, but I wouldn't go out of my way for it all either.

The Ugly
The Perfect Rat's Endangered Languages was horrible. It's like a jazz/rock fusion, which would be cool except that over the music (which was pretty good) they have a monotone spoken word track. For every track. For every track. For. Every. Track. The only song without this little dash of flavor was damn good, but the rest was unbearable. In a similar vein, the Poweraxe EP, Slaughter The Animals, Poison The Earth, was bad. I already reviewed it, but I feel it should be made mention of again.

Discographies
Acid Bath
Bison B.C.
Dax Riggs
Iron Man
Lou Reed
The Velvet Underground

1. AC/DC - High Voltage
2. Acajou - Latin Lover - New 
3. Acid Bath - Pagan Terrorism Tactics
4. Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops
5. Alestorm - Captain Morgan's Revenge
6. Amazing Journey - One Night In New York City (3 Discs) - New 
7. Andrew Clayton - Demo - New
8. Andrew W.K. - Mother Of Mankind - New
9. Ancestral House Of The Sun - Ancestral House Of The Sun - New 
10. Bandito - 2009 EP - New
11. Bison B.C. - Dark Ages - New
12. Bison B.C. - Quiet Earth - New
13. Black Math Horseman - Wyllt - New 
14. Black Sleep Of Kali - Our Slow Decay - New 
15. Black Space Riders - Black Space Riders - New
16. Black Spiders - Cinco Hombres (Diez Cojones) (EP) - New
17. Black Spiders - No Goats In The Omen (EP) - New
18. Black Spiders - St. Peter (EP) - New 
19. Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle Earth 
20. Brain Police - Master Brain (EP) - New
21. Buffalo Gun - The Bad (EP) - New
22. Cherry Choke - Cherry Choke - New
23. Clutch - Blast Tyrant
24. Creek Devil - Burnout - New
25. Cygnus and The Sea Monsters - One Night In Chicago - New
26. Cojones - Sunrise - New
27. Dax Riggs - Say Goodnight To The World
28. Dax Riggs - We Sing of Only Blood or Love
29. The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love 
30. Deep Purple - Machine Head
31. The Divine Baze Orchestra - Once We Were Born... - New
32. Dream Evil - Evilized
33. Elf - Carolina County Ball 
34. Free Reign - Tragedy (EP) - New
35. Gandhi's Gunn - Thirtyeahs - New
36. Grinspoon - Thrills Kills and Sunday Pills - New 
37. HellYeah - Stampede - New
38. Howl - Howl (EP) - New
39. Hulk - Cowboy Coffee and Burned Knives - New
40. Ice Dragon - The Burl, The Earth, The Aether - New
41. Iron Man - Black Night - New
42. Iron Man - I Have Returned - New 
43. Iron Man - Submission (EP) 
44. Iron Thrones - The Wretched Sun (EP) - New
45. Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick (EP)
46. John Arch - A Twist Of Fate (EP) - New
47. John Arch - A Twist Of Fate (EP) 
48. Judas Priest - British Steel 
49. Kaihoro - Skyhook - New
50. Kamni - Kamni (EP) - New 
51. Långfinger - Skygrounds - New
52. Lou Reed - Berlin - New
53. Lou Reed - Rock 'N' Roll Animal
54. Lou Reed - Transformer - New
55. Mississippi Bones - Mississippi Bones - New
56. Monster Magnet - Mastermind - New
57. Ogre - Dawn Of The Proto-Man
58. Olde Crone - Olde Crone - New
59. The Perfect Rat - Endangered Languages - New 
60. Poweraxe - Slaughter The Animals, Poison The Earth (EP) - New
61. Queen - A Night At The Opera
62. Red Giant - Dysfunctional Majesty - New 
63. Reel Big Fish - Our Live Album Is Better Than Your Live Album 
64. Reel Big Fish and Zolof The Rock and Roll Destroyer - Duet All Night Long (EP)
65. Rum Rebellion - Cruisin' For A Boozin'
66. Rush - Caress Of Steel 
67. Rush - Moving Pictures
68. Rush - Rush 
69. Saint Vitus - Saint Vitus - New 
70. Samsara Blues Experiment - Long Distance Trip - New
71. Shellfin - Stay For Tea (EP) - New 
72. Stone Oak Cosmonaut - Into The Multiverse - New 
73. Styx - The Grand Illusion 
74. The Soulbreaker Company - Hot Smoke and Heavy Blues - New
75. The Soulbreaker Company - Itaca - New
76. The Soulbreaker Company - The Pink Alchemist - New
77. Titan - Sweet Dreams - New
78. Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman - One Man Revolution
79. The Tossers - The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death
80. Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards
81. The Velvet Underground - Loaded - New
82. The Velvet Underground - Squeeze - New
83. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground - New
84. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground And Nico 
85. The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
86. Yellow #5 - Demon Crossing - New