Archive for November, 2022

2023 In Music

Posted in Blog, Lists, Music on November 12, 2022 by slateman

I think 2022 turned out to be a pretty kick-ass year for music, with a particularly-tremendous August (Amon Amarth, Einherjer, Arch Enemy, The Halo Effect and Soilwork all within 14 days!!!) Can 2023 compare? Who knows, it’s still just November. Here’s my upcoming list, with the usual help from Metalstorm’s upcoming release list.

13 Jan – Obituary: Dying Of Everything (*shrug*)
20 Jan – Katatonia: Sky Void Of Stars
10 Feb – In Flames: Foregone
24 Feb – Insomnium: Anno 1696
03 Mar – Enslaved: Heimdal
09 Mar – Wintersun: Warning
14 Apr – Metallica: 72 Seasons
14 Apr – Overkill: Scorched
17 Apr – Rodrigo Y Gabriela: In Between Thoughts…A New World
18 May – Ghost: Phantomime
25 May – Immortal: War Against All
25 May – Kalmah: Kalmah
02 Jun – Omnium Gatherum: Slasher
09 Jun – Godflesh: Purge
29 Sep – KK’s Priest: The Sinner Rides Again
06 Oct – October Tide: The Cancer Pledge
13 Oct – Sulphur Aeon: Seven Crowns And Seven Seals
13 Oct – Amorphis: Queen Of Time – Live At Tavastia 2021

Concert Review: Mercyful Fate – Silver Spring, MD – 8 November, 2022

Posted in Best / Worst, Blog, Concert Reviews, Music, Personal, Photos on November 8, 2022 by slateman

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I missed all of Kreator unfortunately and arrived to a packed house just shortly before King arrived. The show was earlier than I expected with the Danish legends hitting the stage around 9:15. The Fillmore is a smaller venue with a comfortable-looking balcony on either side of the stage. However, the floor itself is quite small and I felt really far away at my initial landing spot.

I hadn’t seen Mercyful Fate since October of 1996, the night the New York Yankees won the world series. Quite a long time.

Highlights were The Oath and Black Funeral, really. The setlist was a bit brief and the new song simply doesn’t catch me.

(unfinished review)

  1. The Oath
  2. A Corpse Without Soul
  3. The Jackal Of Salzburg
  4. Curse Of The Pharaohs
  5. A Dangerous Meeting
  6. Doomed By The Living Dead
  7. Melissa
  8. Black Funeral
  9. Evil
  10. Come To The Sabbath
  11. E: Satan’s Fall