Sunn O)))

This band, wow, I tried to avoid because I thought they were boring and posers and whatnot. Once again, how wrong I was. This is pure evil in a slightly musical form. Makes me wanna throw up, in a good way of course.

Sunn O))) - It took the night to believe

Cannibal lounge

Now this made me laugh, it's funny as hell.

Right Tracks!

MINNIE!

RIGHT TRACKS this Friday @ We Got Beef, Helsinki

Somethin' Else last Friday

Mbar in Helsinki is not really known for uninhibited dancing and euphoric disco atmosphere. However, it's a nice, relaxed bar with quite a knowledgeable audience most of the time. Together with my buddy Matti we packed a coupla bags full of some vintage funk, disco, boogie and jazz and headed to Mbar. It was nothing groundbreaking, but a cosy evening of beer drinking and vinyl spinning, nevertheless.

HEAVY METAL GALORE 2 - The Rough Stuff

Destruction - Bestial Invasion



Celtic Frost - Into The Crypts Of Rays



Pestilence - Out Of The Body

HEAVY METAL GALORE

Annihilator - Alison Hell






Queensryche - Queen Of The Reich



Loudness - Run For Your Life

Choose German Metal

I'm on a classic heavy metal tip here, with a couple of more extreme examples thrown in for good measure. German metal has always been a bit of an anomaly. However, bad pronunciation, generic lyrics, bad coiffure and scary facial hair have never managed to obscure some great heavy music produced in the land of the Teutons.

Here's a pair of tunes by Accept. The band was founded in the mid-seventies and enjoyed their biggest success with 1983's album Balls To the Wall. Here's the brilliant title track:

Accept - Balls to the wall (320 kbps)

And here's one from their 1982 semi-masterpiece album Restless & Wild:

Accept - Ahead of the pack (192 kbps)


There's no argument the Scorpions were one of the biggest metal bands of their heyday. Many people only seem to remember their somewhat repulsive power ballads such as Wind of change and Still loving you, but to me their best songs are the rougher rockers from the late seventies and early eighties. Here's an example:

Scorpions - Another piece of meat (320 kbps)

I can't help it, this song still gives me goosebumps:

Scorpions - Bad boys running wild (320 kbps)

In the next one, Klaus Meine occasionally screeches like a deranged warthog. Which is nice.

Scorpions - Can't get enough (320 kbps)


And so we sail on towards more extreme waters. Essen's Kreator have released an extensive catalogue of thrash madness over the years. This tune is from Kreator's second album Pleasure To Kill, released in 1986.

Kreator - Ripping corpse (192 kbps)


Finally, one of my all-time favourite thrash metal bands, Destruction. Their EP called Mad Butcher (released 1987) included this wicked tune:

Destruction - Reject emotions (192 kbps)

Mecca pics

Last friday's party started well enough, but kinda deteriorated towards the end. Anyway, it was interesting and probably keeps us humble or something.... and thanks for all the good friends that turned up!

RIGHT TRACKS goes Mecca

Disco and boogie tonite @ Mecca, Helsinki. Me, Jell-O & Matti.

Right Tracks yesterday

Here's some pictures from the party, which was pretty dope. Thanks for everybody, seemed like people were more drunk than ever! Well, almost.

Guinnevere

This is one of my perpetual favourites. I've never grown tired of the song's truly haunting beauty. If this was CSN (&Y)'s only song ever, they would still be in my hall of fame.

Crosby, Stills & Nash - Guinnevere

Everybody wants to be bourgie bourgie

Ashford & Simpson - Bourgie Bourgie. one of my definite disco favourites. No synths whatsoever plus huge strings and brass, features that would normally scare me the hell away from a tune. Not this time, though. Absolute class.



A less polished version by John Davis & The Monster Orchestra. A beauty, nonetheless. And with vocals to boot!



And here's a short live version of Bourgie Bourgie by Gladys Knight & The Pips:

DISCO DELIGHTS

RIGHT TRACKS 17-10-2008

Morgan Geist - the name is like a short story

I really admire Morgan Geist. His main project Metro Area has never put a foot wrong, in my opinion. And neither has Morgan with his solo outings, of which this is one of the most recent ones (from his phenomenal 2008 album Double Night Time).

Morgan Geist - Lullaby

Superstitious?

This great Fender Rhodes groover cannot fail to make me feel happy. It was recorded in 1975 and is, of course, a cover of Stevie Wonder's original. Today, Ahmad Jamal is 78 and keeps on playing and recording. He continues to be one funky son of a gun. Respect!

Ahmad Jamal - Superstition

From No Comments to Yes comments

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Homage For Satan

One of the best zombie movies around. If not THE best. I absolutely love it.