Progress

Some more Oz death from the roulette wheel tonight. From my collection, this contribution surfaced on another of Triple J 3 Hours of Power compilations; Full Metal Racket 2, released in 2002, Providing a mix of Oz and International metal acts, 3 Hours of Power was the weekly radio late…

Birthday Tunes

A very happy birthday today to my #1 offspring (chronologically speaking). Here's a couple of picks that I reckon would be amongst his faves. There is a definite undercurrent of Corey Tayloy happening here... Glad we taught him to think for himself, and question authority... just have to…

It's cold in Tassie

Heading down, longitudinally speaking, and making the leap from Oz Prog to Oz Death with Psycroptic. Another of my brothers' recommendations when he was getting into that technical speedy stuff. Popped up on a 'remember this' list recently.…

Time to wander

In the mood for some more Oz Prog goodness? The ex-boys from Cog have you sorted.…

Thirst Quencher

New stuff from the 'vool! Well... recent stuff, it's been out for a while now. Those lucky enough to have sorted their shit out were able to witness the boys playing live after a reasonable hiatus! Possibly only bested by Tool, Karnivool is a band whose '…

Gothabilly Horror Thursday Evening

Another of Spotify's 'hey, take a look at this playlist cos I've given it a weird title!' contributions. In reality, it's pretty much just 90's to 00's staples from AIC, FF, FNM, STP, PJ, TOTD, MLB, ST, Tool…

The prince is dead. Long live the prince.

By now the entire world would have likely learned of the passing of the granddaddy of metal, Ozzy Osbourne. Whatever your opinions of the man himself, it is undeniable that he has left his mark on the aural and visual senses of multiple generations since the late 60's…

NSFW Song Titles

Never ones to shy away from intriguing song titles, a little bit of Faith No More for your morning. Popped up in my daylist the other night, which was aptly titled 'Noise avant-garde Friday late night'. Spotify has me pegged... no ... not like that! Described as the perfect…