I want a typewriter
I’ve always wanted a typewriter. Will I use it? I think so. Will it be practical for my purposes? Probably not. Logical questions aside, I think I’ve just always saw...
Hails and Ales
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Weekly release roundup (14/08/2026)
Another week of hot hot temperatures requires some scorching riffs to match. Hopefully there’s some good stuff in this bunch. Hails! Abyssal Rift - death - USA Megascavenger - death...
Cassette collection 2
Well it’s time for the second edition of my cassette collection series. No, it’s not because I have the urge to post and have no other ideas, why would you...
Cassette Collection 1
I started a series of posts on my old blog sharing things from my small but mighty cassette collection. I only got a few posts in to it before I...
Bandcamp Friday
As I try to write more here after a bit of a dry spell, I thought that I would share my Bandcamp Friday purchases from yesterday. Bandcamp isn’t perfect, I...
Weekly release roundup (07/08/2026)
It’s Friday! That means new music of course, but it’s also Bandcamp Friday. So let’s find some good stuff we like and support some artists we love. Hails! Temple of...
Cool moth
Well I’m not going to kid myself and claim that I’m going to post every day this month as per the Blaugust challenge. That’s okay. What I will do is...
Life update
I’ve stopped naming these posts weekly life updates because they are simply too infrequent. Whilst I am happy with my life, when you break it down into weekly segments and...
Weekly Release Roundup (31/07/2026)
Another week passed, another treasure chest of riffs to be rifled through. Let’s get started. Hails! Hexorcist - death - USA Altarage - death - Spain Nothingness - death -...
Weekly Release Roundup (24/07/2026)
Let us dive right in to this weeks metal releases and see what treasure we can dig up. Hails! Decapitated Prophet - death - Poland Squelching - death - USA...
Weekly Release Roundup (17/07/2026)
Let’s fire up the machine and see what the metal gods have for us this week. Hails! Left to Die - death - USA Divulsive - death - USA Lord...
Weekly Release Roundup (10/07/2026)
Another week has passed and the metal has arrived right on time. Hails! Haserot - death - USA Cranial Osteotomy - death - Russia Lithopaedia - death - USA Rotten...
Weekly Release Roundup (03/07/2026)
You want some new metal releases? Of course you do. Let’s get in to it. Hails! Dichotomy - death - USA Coprolith - death - Canada Mortem - death -...
weekly life update (27/06/2026)
Hello all. It’s been a while since I’ve posted one of these. It’s been a while since I’ve posted much of anything. I’ve even stopped posting so much on Mastodon....
Weekly Release Roundup 26/06/2026
I’m not sure where in the world you are but where I am, it is too warm. So you can embrace the flames with some red hot metal or pick...
Weekly Release Roundup (12/06/2026)
Another week is in the books and that of course, means it’s time to unleash more metal into the world. Let’s dive in. Hails! Saprobiontic - death - Germany Fleshcrawl...
What’s the best that could happen?
I know we’ve all done it, lying there stressed about things. Work stuff, decisions, whatever it may be. I also know I’m not alone in going to the worst case...
Weekly Release Roundup (05/06/2025)
Hello again! Apologies for last week’s missing list but we are back with gusto. As always there’s plenty of new music to check out so let’s get into it. Hails!...
Weekly release roundup (22/05/2026)
Well another week is in the books and the weather is starting to heat up, at least where I am. So let’s see if we can find some hot new...
Weekly Release Roundup (15/05/2026)
Well another week has passed (where does the time go) but that means that there are more and more new metal releases for us to delve into and explore. Hope...
Weekly Release Roundup (08/05/2026)
Bandcamp Friday may have been last week hit the next best time to support the artists you love is right now and since it’s Friday again, maybe there will be...
Falling asleep to music
Lately I’ve not listened to anything to fall asleep to. Having a newborn baby has meant that for the first time ever I’ve gone to sleep quite easy, when the...
Regional Riffs (join in)
Inspired by a hashtag that was used for a short while on Mastodon, I have decided to adopt this term for a post in the explicit hope that others join...
Ten albums to take to the grave
Recently my friend Gavin posted a blog here about owning music versus renting and then posed a challenge about what albums you want to own for the rest of your...
Weekly Release Roundup (01.05.2026)
A new month has arrived, a new release week is upon us and it’s also Bandcamp Friday. So here’s bunch of new metal releases to get stuck in to. If...