amon_amarth

9:34am: Versus The World
And thus a second entry sprung forth from the very depths of HELL! Well, not really, I was going for dramatic effect. Did it work? No? Ah, well I'll have to work on that. I'll add it to the ever-growing list of things.
Anyway, the weekend has progressed nicely. Yesterday I went out and picked up some new metal CD's...
The CD's in question would be AMON AMARTH - VERSUS THE WORLD (2CD Edition) and PROBOT - S/T.
From my first few listens both are two-kick ass CD's. Which I gotta say helps when purchasing CD's, getting good ones that kick ass, that is.
Amon Amarth is, of course, my namesake here. For those who haven't heard of them, they're a Swedish, melodic death metal band. This is their 4th, I believe, full-length album for Metal Blade records. Worth checking out if you dig heaviness but also like melody (and can handle DM vocals), or if you have any taste in metal at all. Some don't, but they don't matter.
The Probot album is actually a project of Ex-Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl (!). The album features an array of metal vocalists, ranging from Cronos (Venom) to Lemmy (Motorhead), and even King Diamond.
Anyway, It's pretty surprising how good it sounds...very metal. There's some cool cover-art by the drummer of Voivod (Away), too. I'd like to think that anyone who likes heavy music could appreciate this, but then again there are always the uber underground dolts...
Now, that I've whored some CD's off on you, I think I'll end here for right now. Maybe I'll come back later and ramble on some more. I can do that, you know? It is MY journal, no one else's (that I know of anyway).
Later Gator...

1:11am: Lyublyu? Ya vas lyublyu. Ya vas lyublyu. What's it mean?
Well, This is what will be my first entry onto this semi-new web-log. It'll be nothing breathtaking, nor will the additional entries that will follow it. Just so you know. We're clear now, yeah? Great...
Any way, Today is Friday the 13th, a lovely prelude to the wretched holiday that's known as "Valentine’s Day."
I'm a little bitter, yes. As, of course, I have no one to spend this Hallmark holiday with. And really, any holiday loses its appeal when you feel alone and angry inside, even a Hallmark one. Last year, my Valentine's Day wasn't perfect. It was far from it, but at least I had someone. Well, sort of, any way. Needless to say, I felt loved and wanted, regardless of circumstances (which will remain mysterious to the select few involved).
Getting back to the current year, I have no plans to do anything special this weekend, after-all why would I? It makes sense, so much so it's almost not worth mentioning. So, you can forget you even read it. That is, if you haven't already...
Ah, the pleasures of writing, not something I'm really used to. As I barely write, save for a few Yahoo and AIM conversations, but you can't really call that writing in the truest sense, can you? I thought not.
Switching gears, I watched The Great Escape yesterday. For those of you not versed in movies, it's an old 1960's WWII movie staring Steve McQueen (see IMDB.com for more information). A lot of the current crop of moviegoers couldn't sit through it. What without CGI, dazzling special effects, and a 100 million-dollar budget to back it up. What it did have was a nice soundtrack, and some good acting from a now mostly deceased line-up. Bottom line: worth the 2 3/4 hours I put into watching it.
Well, Now, I feel this is a fairly good first entry. Located somewhere in all this gibberish, I hope you find it. I make you work for it, people. I'm a hard man. I know.
Later...