Continuing in the same vein, a welcome, and some short blasts...

First of all, here's one of, get this, two Judas Priest references on everyone's favorite "chick flick" TV show, Sex And The City! Here's Charlotte York and Samantha Jones ducking a fly ball at Yankee Stadium in the opening episode of the second season. Take a note of the guy sitting behind them, though. He's wearing a Judas Priest shirt. Also on Sex And The City (sometime in the second or third season, I think), a flashback scene to the 80s involves Carrie Bradshaw and Samantha Jones at a party and "You've Got Another Thing Comin'" is playing in the background. Maybe one of the writers is a "closet metalhead"...?



Next, a warm welcome to some new writers at Live 4 Metal. First, Derek Whorton has joined us and is also a chemistry graduate student in Washington (another science/metal geek, such as myself). Next up is our friend Metal Mark from Heavy Metal Time Machine! If you haven't checked out his blog, I urge you to do so!



Next, every now and then, I'll get a promo sent to me that's already been covered by another writer at Live 4 Metal. In the interest of fairness, here's a series of short reviews of those albums...

I've been listening to a lot of Gaahl's "other" band lately; that is, Trelldom with their latest full-length, "Til Minne". Trelldom is not a mere rip-off of the monstrous Gorgoroth, but rather tends towards a very dirty sound reminiscent of Darkthrone's latter material. In addition, Gaahl's vocal delivery is noticeably different with a disturbingly skewed quality. Also, I wonder if the cover shot is from the same mountaintop that has figured prominently in Peter Beste's documentary that everyone's been buzzing about. The blog Documents has a compilation of the film here...



Regain Records

Vreid has shaken all vestiges of Windir and now stands head and shoulders as their own entity, playing a dirty take on the "black n' roll" style. Generally producing short albums that are quick to digest, Vreid's latest, "I, Krig", continues the style laid out by their previous full-lengths. Always a good listen...



Candlelight Records USA

Long running "death n' roll" band Gorefest has just released their second album after a long hiatus, entitled "Rise To Ruin". I've never given Gorefest much notice, but "Rise To Ruin" is a pretty good take on the whole "death n' roll" sub-genre, but with the incorporation of considerably more melody than, say, Entombed or Phazm, as well as some blasts and groove.



Candlelight Records USA

Finally, how can you go wrong with a new double live CD, entitled "Better Motorhead Than Dead", from Motorhead celebrating their 30th Anniversary at the Hammersmith Odeon (now called the Apollo)?! The only thing missing here is a rendition of "Motorhead". Otherwise, go get it! Enough said!



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