Sunday, February 10, 2008

Forever expanding my musical horizons

I listen to a lot of different music. I know everyone says that and then every time you play something in front of them they are all like "I hate this song/band." I, however, mean it. I am always looking for new and awesome music to listen to. Its like I am a hunter scouring the internet for new bands, songs, and styles of music to listen to. I fulfill some ancient instinct by hunting for music. When I find something I devour its carcass with my ears. Listening to its every nuance, note, and beat with a ravenous fervor. My hunger never subsides. I am constantly hunting for more. There will never be enough.

A friend of mine has been in to a band called Rhapsody of Fire for a while now, and told me I should listen to them. I did. After I discovered that they were in fact one of the most awesome bands in the world, I devoured. Which turned me onto Power Metal. I went to Amazon.com and looked at what other people who liked RoF also bought. I discovered that there are hundreds of bands like them. Awesome! Don't get me wrong some of them are shitty, but there is a forest full of thousands of albums to be hunted and devoured. Kamelot, Epica, Demons and Wizards, Iced Earth, the list goes on and on and on. Each band has like 15 albums out. Feast I shall...

There are also a plethora of awesome concerts coming up. There are too many awesome concerts coming up. I have to actually have to pick the ones I want to go to because I literally can't afford to go to them all. There are two bands I promised myself I have to see Machine Head whom I have been into since 94 when their first album came out and have never seen, and Trivium. Trivium is currently not touring, but perhaps they will tour over the summer. Machine Head is currently on tour with 3 other shitty bands and I don't want to pay $40 for a show where the one band I want to see isn't even headlining. In August they are playing a huge festival I shall see them then along with Sevendust, Mastodon, and the always awesome Dragonforce. I also must go to Gigantour this year, the shitty bands are Job For A Cowboy and High on Fire, the awesome bands aer the Mighty Children of Bodom, In Flames, and of course Megadeth. This concert may destroy the earth.


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