I am a...

Murderer... We'll, not for real of course (maybe when it come to plants though...) but the track sure gets stuck. We've been rehearsing brand new Assassin of an Age on the last few rehearsals and debuted it live at Doom Over Scania. Everything there worked out fine and all bands did really good gigs. Favorite was Sideburn, damn good, cool songs and great variation. Don't know why they never got stuck for real... Should have! Ah, better late than never at least.

And speaking of new Void Moon songs. We got the solo from John Cobbett (Hammers of Misfortune) and damn it's cool. He did more than a solo though, so we'll see if we can fit all in. Most of it should, absolutely! He's playing at Rivers of the Moon. Everything is coming together really nicely and I can't wait to hear the final result.

I'm a bit jetlagged still after USA. Tried to sleep last night but couldn't so today was very hard. Hopefully it will be better Tomorrow. I'll try to stay awake until bedtime. Fell asleep too early yesterday and woke up an hour later. Really annoying.

And I'm so looking forward to next weekend, long one first of all. Then rehearsal that comes with a BBQ. Must explore all the crazy stuff I bought at Walmart, the butt-rub, raspberry chipotle sauce... Bet it will rain the whole weekend just because I plan for this...

It will be good with a weekend at home before next crazy trip starts. The Irish dates with Terminus, Mael Mordha, Argus and more... There's a lot of concerts in Sweden the same weekend also, Evergrey, Destruction with Ice Age as openers... Would have been cool to see! But I might as well realize I won't be able to do everything all the time!

Cheers
E

Temptress

The Lakewood Temptress that it... It was suggested by our local colleagues that we should blogg about the Shops at Legacy restaurants since we've tired a few these last two weeks.
The beer selection was the best att Henry's Tavern, doubtless. Also, the staff was superfriendly and the food decent. Don't think it's fair to judge though since we only had meals from the starter or happy hour menu.
Mi Cocina had great food but felt a little stiff. Main Street Bakery had absolutely ok Burgers but I felt a bit sick walking out of there. Not cause the food was bad, just too much. But I guess that's the Texas way! We also tried to eat att Village Burger Bar but the patio was always full. Yes, that's right, we've been sittning outside since it's sunny and +25 here....
Taco Dinner... Ok too!
But the real takeaway from eating should go to Kenny's Smokehouse. Awesome brisket.
Then I must say I'm rather impressed with American Beer,  the Lakewood brand was great, both the Lager and the Stout. Like it!

Tomorrow is the last day here. Will be nice to come home again even if it has been great to be here. Really looking forward to Doom Over Scania. Will be fun to play live again even if a 15 hour trip isn't the best warm-up for a gig...

Cheers E

Freakshow

Well, I have to say I'm a bit dissapointed with the visit to Walmart. Not the shopping itself, that was good but I didn't see any of the "people of Walmart"... But it is quite odd though to see they got electric wheelchairs next to the shopping carts for anyone to borrow.

I managed to boost up for BBQ season att least with lots of sauce, glaze, rubs and spices. Smokey Bacon mustard can't be anything but Killer. Also really curious about roasted strawberry chipotle glaze... Will be fun to start exploring it all.

I also bought some wine, some cheap and some more expensive. Couldn't really resist a wine called Freakshow, not Dark Horse or Dead Bolt either. And I can tell you, Dead Bolt tasted great. The only I've tired yet and I do think I need to get one more. It's a bit of a shame it's so hard to get USA wines att home, sure Zinfandel they have but utmost rare to find Merlot or Cabernet Sauvignon... Amazing wines for sure!

Tomorrow we're heading for more shopping and a Burger!

Cheers
E

Straight to work...

Well, can't say I feel rested. Deadline tired is more it. But the show yesterday was good and then it's worth it. But 2 hours worth of sleep is little even for me. Hopefully I'll pass out on the plane.

Coming back to the hotel yesterday I found a Metal Show on TV. Cool. They talked a bit about Sacred Reich first. Then Enforcer. It reminded me of the days trying to stay awake for Headbangers Ball on Sundays and Thursdays. Kind of miss that show. Of course, everything is available online these days but still. It was a good way of finding new music. As was the Swedish radioshow Rockbox. HBB flipped out a bit in the end though but so did the music scene. Around 95-96 in UK it was Marilyn Manson, Coal Chamber etc for every cent. Not my favorite type of music.

So, another hour to kill at the Airport now. Was lazy (or comfortable) infront of being economical and took a taxi. Damn he was driving fast. But ok, I'm here well in time for mycket flight att least.

Cheers
E

Last days here...

Well, vacation is soon over and it's time to boost for a Heavy workweek again. Will most likely be very long days this week too since I have meetings from 8 to 18 almost every day. One good thing though is that I'll work from home on Friday. Then it's our live-rehearsal together with Stonegriff på prepare for Doom Over Scania. A gig in our basement for a few invited guests only. Gonna be fun!

But first, today I get to celebrate my birthday watching some cool bands at the cool Kyttaro Club. Really looking forward to see Wolf since it was long since I last saw them.

Up the Hammers was absolutely awesome. All bands did fantastic gigs so it's hard to pick a Favorite. Doomsword, Omen, Manilla Road sure was good as was Slauter Xtroyes...

I'm quite overwhelmed with all the birthday wishes... +150 on Fb alone. Very cool! Thank you all for that!!

Even if we're not home Peter brought me and gift to open here. Russian print of Hall of the Mountain King. Very cool! Not all that often I find new Savatage records these days.

Hmmm, wonder if it's time for some food soon? Start to get hungry and want to enjoy the local food as much as I can...

Cheers

Future Tense

Today is the day I've been looking forward to since I first heard the news about Sanctuary being back together. Ok, I've missed their performance at Metal Assault and Bang Your Head, as well as Turock Open Air. But that's the way it is sometimes, it's not possibble to Catch Everything. And this is the reason why I look forward to tonight's Concert so much.

So, in a few hours it's finally time. I just hope I won't have a problem with the camera. First that it sticks together and then that I can bring it in. Century Media didn't respond on my mail. On the other hand, it has never been a problem at Underworld earlier since there's not photopit. Elbow's out that means.

I've also been catching up a bit listening to records. One I discovered rather late was the new Threshold which I Think is damn good. Watchtower of the Moon and The Box especially. So now I've started thinking, if I've found this earlier, would it have made it in on Top 10? It's actually strange how it can be since I didn't get stuck on the last one at all...


Well, soon it's time for dinner so I can digest it Before it's Concert time.

Cheers
E