No Such Music

I wish I was the one that wrote this review. Anyway after reading it I have set my expectation for Opeth's new album, it's fucking high. By Greg Kennelty from Metal Injection: http://www.metalinjection.net/reviews/first-impressions-of-the-new-untitled-opeth-album-a-track-by-track-review "I've been chomping at the bit to hear the new  Opeth  record ever since frontman and guitarist Mikael Åkerfeldt started talking about it later on in 2013. As a general statement, I liked  Heritage  but I thought it could've been a little more focused at times. So when Åkerfeldt said the new stuff would be heavier and "all over the place," I was simultaneously concerned and very interested. Where the hell could this new record go that would really, truly shock fans at this point? Well now I can tell you. So here's how this is going to work… The record has no name and the songs have no titles, so each song I'm going to title as the numbered track with t...

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Robb Flynn, the frontman of Machine Head, writes a really nice online blog "The General Journals: Diary of a Frontman... And Other Ramblings" about living through music, touring, music industry etc, and his last post about music nowadays is a text I highly recommend any music fan to read. I really still don't know what to think about it but it definitely got me thinking. Take a look! http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/machine-heads-robb-flynn-the-music-business-has-sucked-the-life-out-of-creativity/  or read it below: "I'm in a shitty mood. "Not for the story I'm about to tell, but because of my thoughts afterward. "I went out to San Francisco for my buddy  Joe 's birthday shenanigans. We went out for Moroccan food at a joint called El Mansour. The place had a great vibe, belly dancing, sword balancing, and amazing food! The lamb in particular was to-freakin'-die-for, slow roasted and covered in honey and cinnamon. "On the way o...

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