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My name is Ramkumar Shankar and I love Sweden, my iPhone (but possibly considering the switch to Android), guitar, linux, open source, football, metal, and general geekery among other things...and in no particular order (except for Sweden at the top of the list). I also use some of that knowledge to pay my bills as a technology consultant. This is my tumblelog, where I post original content as well as some of the good stuff I find around the net. |
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What do you get every 2-3 years? A new Overkill album! This one is called Ironbound (very nice cover there), and it’s killer stuff. If you haven’t been very pleased with their last couple of albums, this should set your mind at ease. Blitz hasn’t sounded this good in awhile, and the rest of the band is as energetic as ever.
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"After 25 years together, at this stage in our career, there’s honestly only three bands Dream Theater would consider opening for and Maiden is one of them. It is an absolute honor."
Mike Portnoy, on touring with Iron Maiden. These shows are going to kick ass. I’m honestly considering a trip just to see one of these shows.
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"Life is overrated
But who will ever know" -
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Blog Off!: Megadeth are better than Metallica
The debate that keeps coming up every so often. Hopefully this settles it. Good entertaining read. And I agree: Megadeth > Metallica.
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notesYes, I’m still hooked on this album. And that’s probably because From Earth I Rose has some of most beautiful music I’ve heard in awhile.
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Amorphis - “Course of Fate”
This track is from their new release Skyforger. If you have been following the band since Eclipse when Tomi Joutsen joined as their new vocalist, you won’t notice drastic changes to their sound. The maintains the same style that Eclipse ushered in. The band retains the strong guitar melodies, death growls and smooth keyboards but this time they manage to fit them in a ‘pop metal’ format. And that’s not to say that Amorphis have watered down their sound, but they have managed to blend mainstream elements into a heavy and melodic sound, resulting in an album that’s instantly appealing. The solo in this song is one example of that.
Check out more songs on their MySpace. And their official website is here.
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New Kamelot video. This time for “Love You To Death” (via kamelotofficial)
Nicely done guys! Looking forward to a new album now. :)
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"What’s wrong with these people?” I thought, referring to my friends who listened to that stuff. What the hell was going on for them that wasn’t going on for me? The answer: nothing at all, merely a matter of aesthetics. Metal is better than music. It can be a surrogate for every job you don’t get, every girl who ignores you— or it can just be the noise you put on when you’re bored. Even as a fledgling college music student, I could find stuff on Reign in Blood to show my teachers and say, “See, no matter what kind of stuff you tell me, I know there are guys doing it better, harder, faster.” Because of its power, metal fans tend to be diehard, as would I be had I discovered the next best thing to getting high and getting laid. I won’t claim to be a metal expert, but ever since that awakening, it’s always been music close to my heart in one way or another."
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Amorphis - Silver Bride (via NuclearBlastEurope)
Yet another slab of catchy melodic metal from the Finnish hit factory.
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Amorphis on MySpace Music
The entire upcoming Amorphis album available for streaming from the band’s MySpace. I’m really looking forward to this one. And the video for “Silver Bride” looks great too.
