Still fighting off illness, and the occasional hangover.  I’ve been jumping around from disc to disc, sometimes only listening to a song or so before moving on to the next.  Here’s what’s been in my CD player the past 7 days;

• Manowar – Gods of War: I’ve yet to see these guys live and I really want to.  “Black Wind, Fire & Steel” is probably my all time favorite.  Or maybe “Guyana: Cult of the Damned”.  These guys are the very definition of Heavy Metal.
• Mastodon – Blood Mountain: “Colony of Birchmen” just kills!  Heavy as hell, yet clean vocally & powerful to listen to.
• Edison Glass – Time is Fiction: See my review.  These guys are coming to town in a few weeks and I’ll be there.  Melodic alt rock/indie.  Great lyrics & nice textured guitars.
• Municipal Waste – The Art of Partying: Saw these guys live a while back, and was very impressed with them onstage, and off.  It’s great to see some quality Thrash type metal still being made.
• Thyrfing – Thyrfing: Viking Metal.   Large production values, great sound.  Nice symphonic & folk influences.
• Exodus – The Atrocity Exhibition: Exhibit A: I will probably do an all out review on this one as it freakin’ pummels.  Oldschool thrash legends’ newest CD and they haven’t lost anything!

Ah well, that’s all I remember at this point.  ‘Beowulf’ movie premiere tomorrow – which I’ll review of course.