The debut of the Swedish band, with a lineup at the time just beyond adolescence. An album that is a fiery burst of immense destructive violence, with a Death/Crushing sound that will never be replicated by Entombed. It is the lengthy title track that opens the journey to the darkest, blackest, most disturbing hell, immediately followed by the blisteringly fast "Drowned," where the lesson of the masters Slayer is pushed to extremes. With Lars's voice being a primitive growl that unsettles... more
I loved Metallica up until the "Black Album" (which I still appreciate), but then… neurons, etc.… the band has been dead and buried since 1994. Load and the subsequent works are something repellent. I don't know if they still play, if they’ve released any other crappy albums, but the Metallica I adored when I was 14 were the ones from "Fight Fire with Fire"… pure energy. They wrote the history of metal, like it or not… it’s perhaps one of the biggest musical disappointments I've dealt with. more
How arousing Lily is... more
In the land of gray and pink where only the boy scouts stop to think... and then leave you Nine Feet Underground, a 20-minute masterpiece. WOW. more
Echoes is a small masterpiece; reaching the end after the first three tracks can be a bit tiring, but listening to the first ones is a delight every time. more
Damn, how beautiful are "City Life" and "Drafted"! 1981, a high-level Progressive Rock album, some tracks from this album remind me of Gabriel's Genesis. Magnificent Camel. more
"I Laghetto are an avant-garde artistic collective that was founded in the 1920s, which for a moment included Antongiulio Bragaglia and Jean Epstein. They have been together since the fourth-grade field trip, for a variety of reasons: for convenience, for social prestige, to boast downtown with friends like “this is my bassist,” for reasons of vassalage, and for reasons currently under analysis by a team of twelve psychiatrists..." more
The best live performance of the band in a country/rock/blues version, year 1971, featuring songs from the recent American tour, in the dates of New York and San Francisco. The band showcases all its immense qualities in live playing, cohesive, tight, brilliant. Numerous covers, including a magnificent rendition of "Me & Bobby McGee," a stunning piece by Kris Kristofferson, and "Not Fade Away," a great classic by Buddy Holly. more
The Love more
My God... the violence, the decay, and the pain expressed in music more
I don’t see anything wrong with it. more
Congratulations to Fazio, he gets so much money (from those who pay the license fee) without doing a damn thing and just blabbering nonsense! more
Who knows what goes on in the mind of Colin Van Eeckhout? Live, they’re almost transcendent, him and the Church of Ra, with the apocalyptic trips they provoke. more
I often imagine hearing them during the 80s while driving a truck covered in fetish/Rivoli photos, then turning on the stereo and doing "asshole-poser dude headbanging" to "Armaggedon It" or "Pour Some Sugar On Me." more
There's a lot to say here... personally, I adore them up to "Rattle And Hum," I even have various tours including the "Lovetown Tour" from 1989 (I recommend it, back then the fake cowboy after the fake disco guy, fake pacifist, etc. was killing it with that voice), "Joshua Tree," "Unforgettable Fire," "War," "Boy" are amazing albums regardless of their attitude... if it were up to me, I'd give a 5 to that whole beautiful period; after that, they cranked out crap by the bucketload... more
More powerful than him? No one!! more
the greatest and coolest sport of all time, there’s no competition, a legend. more
The album I prefer from the entire extraordinary production of C.S.I. A tremendous, dark, oppressive record that instills anguish in the listener with its haunting invectives recited by the evangelic voice of Giovanni Lindo Ferretti; and it is precisely the track that gives the album its title that stands above the other nonetheless valid songs. "You must be attentive to be masters of yourself...my little homeland behind the Gothic Line...." The bonfires rise in Cupe Vampe...MISTERO DOLOROSO... more
Very big more
One of the most important figures in heavy music of the last fifteen years; first the leader of that sublime band that was ISIS, then involved in a myriad of projects, also as a producer...SOLEMN... more