Cats, good books, AI, and religious walking in the city of Sofia
Arch Enemy released the new version of Nemesis with Lauren Hart. It’s a completely different song, compared to the iconic 2008 version with Angela Gossow. I’d love to see the live performance. I think it would be quite nice because Lauren Hart radiates energy like a Tesla coil.
Of course, the bar is set very high.
I hope they come to Sofia.
Sounds like the departure of Alissa White-Gluz worked well for both parties. I already blogged how Alissa’s new work feels more like her, fresh and different. And here we are, Arch Enemy with Lauren Hart, performing as if she’s always been there. Their music sounds like a fantasy novel with dragons, hordes of orcs, and black magic.
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.
Lorna Shore has a new song called Oblivion. You get vocal acrobatics, incredible drums, and overall a great sound track for the post-apocalyptic book I’m reading.
