Tiamat Coming to Sofia

~ Veselin

1994 feels like a lifetime ago. That was the year I got my very first cassette of metal music – Master of Puppets by Metallica. The tape, however, was longer than the album itself, and the friend who gave it to me decided to fill the extra space by recording two bonus tracks, one on each side.

This was the first one:

So, in a sense, my metal journey started with Tiamat as much as it did with Metallica. So this Swedish group, I largely forgot existed, is coming to Sofia on November 15th.

The other song I had as a bonus to Master of Puppets was this joyful piece by the German band Crematory. That band later changed their style and are still active with more ordinary rock music.

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      2. I don’t understand why so many great bands and songs originate from that period. The 90s have some, and then the 2000s+ are pretty much empty of legends. The modern musicians are incredibly talented but somehow, Taylor Swift, Adele, Bieber and likes have never reached the heights of Pink Floyd, Metallica, Nirvana, Abba, or Michael Jackson, let alone Elvis or Beatles, who are a whole different level.

        I might be stuck in the past but I see that the bands coming to Sofia for concerts are old, old. Like very old.

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      3. I like older music, of course every now and then a new song will come along that’s good but honestly I always go the old rock & roll. I also like some music from the 60’s & 70’s. I think some of it has to do with all the productions, outfit changes and risky dressing turns me off. I think Taylor Swift has accomplished so much and I’m proud of her but I haven’t listened to one song.

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      4. I mean, there’s good modern rock music but it’s either novel but obscure, repetitive, or just unpopular.

        For example, bands like Lorna Shore, Arch Enemy, Shadow of Intent, Obscura, Orbit Culture produce somewhat novel music but are just weird. Bands like Nightwish, Epica, Within Temptation and such just struggle to find the international recognition they would’ve had 30 years earlier.

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  2. Master of Puppets is a great place to start. I still remember working at McDonalds in my teens: One of the older guys explained to me how similar to classical music it really is. And he was right, of course.

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      3. I feel the same. Immense popularity=not as groundbreaking. Or maybe there just wasn’t any more ground to break. Pantera also awesome in it’s time. RIP Dimebag. And go back and play Orion, just for kicks. RIP Cliff Burton.

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      5. Yes. Love it or hate it, the music industry was very good at producing and molding Rock Gods for all of us in the 70’s and 80’s. That time has passed; there will be stars, but the glory days are probably over. That’s not saying there’s not new good stuff. There is. It’s just a different time. The same has happened with literature and painting. But I’m confident something new will come along. Not necessarily confident I’ll spot it when it does, but it may not be for me anyway.🙂

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