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Bacchus, Bragi and Thor: 12/01/2007 - 01/01/2008
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Bacchus, Bragi and Thor. Regular insights into the world of music. Real music. Bragi for the poetry. Thor for the thunder. Old Skyclad Vs New Skyclad. Anyone who knows me well enough, knows that one of my favourite bands is British folk-metal progenitors Skyclad. S Martin Walkyier to Kevin Ridley. The latter containing a line which I think sums up Walkyier's style and attitude to his work very well:. Stand your ground behind the times,. And refuse to follow fashion. Write your poetry with anger,. In cont...
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Bacchus, Bragi and Thor: Excuses excuses...
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Bacchus, Bragi and Thor. Regular insights into the world of music. Real music. Bragi for the poetry. Thor for the thunder. My apologies for the distinct lack of any sort of content going up over the last two months, but the workload for my Masters degree has substantially increased, and a vast amount of my spare time is now spent reading and writing for that. I've also started up a sceptical blog over at A Sceptical I. And that's taking priority as far as my blogging efforts are concerned.
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Bacchus, Bragi and Thor: 09/01/2007 - 10/01/2007
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Bacchus, Bragi and Thor. Regular insights into the world of music. Real music. Bragi for the poetry. Thor for the thunder. The Clan Destined - In the Big Ending. Rarely has an album title been more apt than their debut offering, In the Big Ending. It is truly poetic throughout (with the highlight of this being in A Beautiful Start to the End of the World. And oh does it ever thunder. The opening and closing tracks ( Swinging like Judas. And More Than War. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Bacchus, Bragi and Thor: Writing Music
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Bacchus, Bragi and Thor. Regular insights into the world of music. Real music. Bragi for the poetry. Thor for the thunder. In case anyone is actually still following this blog, hello! You are a tenacious one, aren't you? You do realise this blog has been entirely inactive for almost a year, don't you? And that the last post to grace these pages was an excuse for that continuing silence? Firstly, given the proven effects music can have upon one's mood and thought processes, it is almost inconceivable that...
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Bacchus, Bragi and Thor: Serj Tankian - Empty Walls (Video)
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Bacchus, Bragi and Thor. Regular insights into the world of music. Real music. Bragi for the poetry. Thor for the thunder. Serj Tankian - Empty Walls (Video). As you may be aware, Serj Tankian of System of a Down. Fame has launched his solo career with a new album called Elect the Dead. The first single from this release, with accompanying video, is Empty Walls. And it's this that I want to ramble on about today. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). As if you wanted to know. And a sceptical blog.
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Bacchus, Bragi and Thor: 11/01/2007 - 12/01/2007
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Bacchus, Bragi and Thor. Regular insights into the world of music. Real music. Bragi for the poetry. Thor for the thunder. Zimmer's greatest specific triumph has to be the "battle theme" from the opening scene. It captures perfectly the conflicting aspects of civility and barbarism that were at the heart of the Roman empire: civilisation through brutal, bloody war. It is not necessary to understand how this is achieved in order to appreciate it; such is the beauty of its composition. Soundtracks are an u...
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Bacchus, Bragi and Thor: Summoning
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Bacchus, Bragi and Thor. Regular insights into the world of music. Real music. Bragi for the poetry. Thor for the thunder. Say what you want about Tolkien, but the fact remains that the world of Middle Earth that was his creation is one of the biggest, most detailed and elaborate fictional worlds ever conceived. Included in this world were whole languages, cultures with thousands of years of rich history, stories, poems and songs. Nightfall in Middle Earth. Which is a far more symphonic offering. A typic...
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Bacchus, Bragi and Thor: The Clan Destined - In the Big Ending...
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Bacchus, Bragi and Thor. Regular insights into the world of music. Real music. Bragi for the poetry. Thor for the thunder. The Clan Destined - In the Big Ending. Rarely has an album title been more apt than their debut offering, In the Big Ending. It is truly poetic throughout (with the highlight of this being in A Beautiful Start to the End of the World. And oh does it ever thunder. The opening and closing tracks ( Swinging like Judas. And More Than War. You write very well. 11 November 2008 at 01:02.
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Bacchus, Bragi and Thor: 08/01/2007 - 09/01/2007
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Bacchus, Bragi and Thor. Regular insights into the world of music. Real music. Bragi for the poetry. Thor for the thunder. This month, Terrorizer has begun a 3-issue special investigating the phenomenon that is progressive rock. This caused me to get a wee bit excited, I must admit. Appropriately enough, the CD contained more than the usual ration of music which would fall broadly under the heading of "progressive". Here are the highlights:. Amorphis - The White Swan. From the album Silent Waters. A more...
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