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24 October 2008

Why I love old Metallica so much..!?

I first knew about Metallica when i was in Junior High School and I heard their musics from radio at that time. And it is Welcome Home (Sanitarium) who make me very interested to find out more about them. I started to buy their albums and found that they have soul for their musics. Their musics is describing myself, hard as a metal and tough as a rock. I like the way the wrote their songs that very brave to critics and open people eyes to see hypocrisy of their government.

But I'm very disappointed since they changed their music after Black album. Until they finally release the worst album (St. Anger) in my opinion. After they released St. Anger (that make their fans disappointed) they promised that they will go back to their old music but the fact is until their recent album (Death Magnetic) there is still doesn't have any changes, they cannot re-live their old music, now.

I used to adore James Hetfield but i don't like him much now 'coz he fills his bodies, arms and hands with a lot of tattoos. Why I used to adore him? 'Cos he wasnt influenced with any other rock & metal band members who most of them fills their bodies with tattoos.

To be continue.. hopefully...


= p@y uLrich =

20 October 2008

A7X Concert in Jakarta 22 October '08

Avenged Sevenfold finally back to Jakarta, Indonesia again. This is the second time for this band playing in Indonesia last time around early August 2007. The concert will be held at Tennis Indoor Senayan, Jakarta and the ticket price is 325.000 IDR. I also got information that the tickets is already sold out.

A little bit more about Avenged Sevenfold itself. The band was formed in 1999 in California and they already produced their forth album now. The latest album which a self titled album was release on 30 October 2007.

The sad thing is A7X music is practically changed into a little bit moderate kind of music, they said that heavy metal is not for them anymore, I'm still not sure whether it is true or not. But one thing for sure that, M. Shadows has sustained a throat and vocal chord damages and need surgery to help correcting this problems. For know Shadows choose to abandon screaming on all of the songs. But he always told that his voice problem wasn't cause the way that he sing.

New Metallica Album - Death Magnetic

This is Metallica latest album or number 9th studio album for them. It kind of late for me reviewing this album now since it was release on 12 September worldwide and it also been leaked 10 days earlier on the given date in some store in France. Anyway, I got this original CD on middle of September as a birthday gift for my wife. But i also downloaded when the album got leaked before just because i can't wait any longer to listen all the songs. So don't worry Lars I still buy the original CD.

And here goes my review about this album.

One of most anticipated album this year is produced by Rick Rubin. Rick also said to the members that they should return to Master Of Puppets. This album is also marking the rebirth of Kirk Hammett who practically not playing any solo's in their previous album St. Anger. In this album James sing a little bit higher and the guitar setting is also set a bit high too. Lars' drum sound was also sound very great and this is the first album recorded for Rob Trujillo with Metallica.

There are several great songs with constant speed changes and multiple riffs in this album. I can't hardly stop listening All Nightmare Long, Broken, Beat & Scarred, The Judas Kiss and My Apocalypse this couple of weeks. This album also have some ballads such as The Things That Never Comes and The Unforgiven III. A lot of Metallica fans complained the they shouldn't name the sequel of The Unforgiven song since the songs doesn't connect with the two others. It was a nice song actually, it has Ennio Morricone "Ecstasy Of Gold" taste on the intro only the title wasn't too appropriate compare with the first two sequel of The Unforgiven.

This album also have an instrumental songs. Last time Metallica recorded an instrumental song is on ...And Justice For All album which is 10 years ago. It is the longest tract on this album and it's call Suicide & Redemtion. The structure of the song is almost like To Live Is To Die instrumental song in ...And Justice For All.. but i guess it has more vibe and on the slow part there is some great solo that is really touching my heart... i just don't know why... :)

So, my conclusion is, that this is the sign that they are trying very hard on this album and their efforts is paid. It is different from St. Anger. Although we might hear some similar riff on this album with St. Anger or Load/Reload but we have to said that it was all Metallica. So, I guess this album is describing Metallica's trademark songs and lyrics with a new vibe on each of them.

So guys be prepare for this...

Death Magnetic's songs list:

01 - That Was Just Your Life
02 - The end Of The Line
03 - Broken, Beat & Scarred
04 - The Day That Never Comes
05 - All Nightmare Long
06 - Cyanide
07 - The Unforgiven III
08 - The Judas Kiss
09 - Suicide & Redemption
10 - My Apocalypse

All songs written and composed by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo

Global Metal - Spring 2008

Global Metal - Synopsis

In GLOBAL METAL, directors Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn set out to discover how the West’s most maligned musical genre – heavy metal – has impacted the world’s cultures beyond Europe and North America. The film follows metal fan and anthropologist Sam Dunn on a whirlwind journey through Asia, South America and the Middle East as he explores the underbelly of the world’s emerging extreme music scenes — from Indonesian death metal to Chinese black metal to Iranian thrash metal. GLOBAL METAL reveals a worldwide community of metalheads who aren’t just absorbing metal from the West – they’re transforming it. Creating a new form of cultural expression in societies dominated by conflict, corruption and mass-consumerism.

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I will soon write the review if i finally get the movie here... :)