7/17/11 Show

Hey all,

There was no theme this week. It was just me. There were no requests. I just put together a playlist and played it. It was great. I played some old black metal and some other stuff we don't play too often, and that was awesome. The regular stuff I played was great too. It was a great show, and I really enjoyed doing it.

Part of the reason it was good is probably because I was able to find some actually interesting pieces of news. ICS Vortex is releasing his solo album, "Storm Seeker" on August 22. I'm excited for what he calls "a tribute to the fall and rise of [his] kind." Also, Iced Earth's has a new album coming out, Dystopia. This album is he first featuring their new lead singer, Stu block. They're show today in Finland at the Ilossarock Festival was streamed live. And Dani Filth was pinned to the round by a security guard in France.

This week's playlist:
"Nemo" - Nightwish
"When Sorrow Sang" - Blind Guardian
"Silver Tongue" - Sonata Arctica
"Hearts on Fire" - Hammerfall
"The Beheading of a King" - Amon Amarth
"K.I.N.G." - Satyricon
"A Blaze in the Northern Sky" - Dark Throne
"Under Huntress Moon" - Cradle of Filth
"Lepers Among Us" - Dimmu Borgir
"Desert Rain" - Iced Earth"
"The Prophet Said" - Lacuna Coil
"Nothing Ever Dies" - Kamelot
"Black Dragon" - Luca Turilli
"Silent Waters" - Amorphis
"As Torches Rise" - Turisas
"Skogens Hamnd" - Finntroll
"Yarilo" - Arkona
"Exile the Daystar" - Battlelore
"Kylan Paassa" - Moonsorrow
"Guardians of Fate" - Ensiferum
"Uis Elveti" - Eluveitie
"Rainbow Warrior" - Tyr
"Joudaan Viinaa" - Korpiklaani

See you next week,
-TJ

7/9/11 - Melanie's Back!!

Hey Everyone,

Melanie is officially back! Because of this she picked the entire show and it was great. She did a great job and I really enjoyed the show this week; I hope everyone else did too! She picked some of her favorite songs and artists and tried to pick some songs by those artists that aren't played that often. But of course, there were the songs like "Sunlight Moonlight" that are almost always played whenever Melanie picks the playlist. It was a great show.

News was interesting also. Warrel Dane commented in an interview that Nevermore is not over, despite half the band leaving. We also reported  on the recent illness afflicting Slayer guitarist , Jeff Hanneman. He was bitten by a spider and contracted a skin-eating bacteria. It sounds like he was lucky and there wasn't a lot of damage. There was also an interesting story coming from Chicago's Millennium Park. Some LARPers left some gear by the Bean and it caused the police to be called; the entire park was evacuating because they thought it was a bomb. Just an interesting bit of news.

This week's playlist:
"Dark Chest of Wonders" - Nightwish
"Carry the Blessed Home" - Blind Guardian
"Genocide" - Hammerfall
"Resign to Surrender" - Epica
"Dusk and Her Embrace" - Cradle of Filth
"Kings of the Carnival Creation" - Dimmu Borgir
"Sunlight Moonlight" - Septic Flesh
"Would You Love a Monster Man" - Lordi
"Emptiness Unobstructed" - Nevermore"The Ancient Forest of Elves" - Luca Turilli
"The Lost Vikings" - Dethklok
"Cry of the Blackbirds" - Amon Amarth
"Perkele" - Amorphis
"The Land of Hope and Glory" - Turisas
"Metsamies" - Korpiklaani
"Your Gaulish War" - Eluveitie
"Solemn Sea" - Leave's Eyes
"Old Man" - Ensiferum
"Leviathan" - Alestorm
"Urswamp" - Finntroll
"How Far to Asgaard" - Tyr
"The Wind Beneath My Wings" - Sonata Arctica


See you next week!
-TJ

7/3/11

Hey Everyone,

This week's show went well. My friend stopped by, as well as my brother, so it was fun. I got a request for Immortal which I enjoyed and besides that I just played great metal. There was no theme so I just played whatever came to mind I loved it; I hope everyone else did too.

There was almost no news. Really only one story. Ex  Deo has released information about their new album, Caligula. It will be released sometime in early 2012. The band calls it the "best 'epic metal soundtrack' in recent times" thus setting the bar really high for themselves. I hope it's as good as they're making it sound!

This week's playlist:
"Planet Hell" - Nightwish
"Ride into Obsession" - Blind Guardian
"Victoria's Secret" - Sonata Arctica
"Thunderhorse" - Dethklok
"Persepolis" - Septic Flesh
"The Sacrilegious Scorn" - Dimmu Borgir
"The River Dragon has Come" - Nevermore
"Sons of the Northern Darkness" - Immortal
"Storm the Gates of Alesia" - Ex Deo
"Downfall" - Children of Bodom
"Nemesis" - Arch Enemy
"The Last Night" - Norther
"Hard Rock Hallelujah" - Lordi
"Isle of Skye" - Suidakra
"Sky is Mine" - Amorphis
"Over the Seas" - Alestorm
"The Messenger" - Turisas
"Midnattens Widunder" - Finntroll
"Metsamies" - Korpiklaani
"Twilight Tavern" - Ensiferum
"Sinklars Visa" - Tyr
"Oops! I Did it Again" - Children of Bodom

See you next week!
-TJ

6/25/11

Hey Everyone,

Nothing really happened this week. I only got a couple requests and there wasn't really any news. The playlist was good I think, though. I brought back the Mayhem with "Deathrcush" and Otyg with "Backahasten." Besides that It was more of the usual. I think it was a very good playlist, and despite being alone a very good show.

News was just Nightwish added top the lineup for 70000 Ton of Metal, and Mark from Epica talking about how his new project, Mayan, is similar to Epica. That is not surprising considering that everyone in Mayan is from Epic, After Forever, or  Delain. I'm excited to see how it turns out though.

This week's playlist:
"The End of All Hope" - Nightwish
"Tanelorn" - Blind Guardian
"War of the Universe" - Luca Turilli
"Dont Say a Word" - Sonata Arctica
"They Only Come out a Night" - Lordi
"The Chosen Legacy" - Dimmu Borgir
"Deathcrush" - Mayhem
"Northern Comfort" - Children of Bodom
"Midnight Walker" - Norther
"The Lost Vikings" - Dethklok
"March of Mephisto" - Kamelot
"Deconstruct" - Epica
"The Obsidian Conspiracy" - Nevermore
"Battle Metal" - Turisas
"Smoking Ruins" - Ensiferum
"Backahasten" - Otyg
"Fields of the Fallen" - Tyr
"The IXth Legion" - Suidakra
"Kittledags" - Finntroll
"Shipwrecked" - Alestorm
"My Kantele" - Amorphis
"Slania's Song" - Eluveitie
"Midsummer Night" - Korpiklaani
"Barbara Ann" - Blind Guardian

See you next week, Melanie will be back!!
-TJ

TJ's 21st Birthday Show!!

 Hello Everyone!!

I turned 21 this Saturday and decided to make this week's show full of drinking songs, party songs, and some of my favorites. Of course I played a lot of Korpiklaani, Finntroll, and other great Folk metal bands. Old Hosts Rita joined me and we had a great time. The show was awesome this week and I hope you all enjoyed it too.

There was some interesting news this week. Nightwish is looking to create a movie, a musical to be more specific. They will release a CD to go a long with the movie. Also, Tarja recently played a show in Russia in front of 200,000 people-which is ridiculous considering the mild turn-out of her shows in the US. There was also an interesting story about a drunk 18-year-old who damaged a home in Lake Tahoe because he thought Ozzy Osbourne was there. It was only a couple small things, but mush more interesting than the album updates of the past while.

This week's playlist:
"Over the Hills and Far Away" - Nightwish
"Birthday Dethday" - Dethklok
"Vodka" - Korpiklaani
"Brennivin" - Tyr
"The Hobbit" - Blind Guardian
"The Ancient Forest" - Luca Turilli
"Progenies of the Great Apocalypse" - Dimmu Borgir
"Pakanajuhla" - Moonsorrow
"The Heart Collector" - Nevermore
"Bring Us Pints of Beer" - Korpiklaani
"Yarilo" - Arkona
"Trollhammaren" - Finntroll
"Happy Little Boozer" - Korpiklaani
"One More Magic Potion" - Ensiferum
"Jaktens Tid" - Finntroll
"Heimwarts" - Equilibrium
"Beer Beer" - Korpiklaani
"Captain Morgan's Revenge" - Alestorm
"Green Dragon" - Battlelore
"One More" - Turisas
"Twilight Tavern" - Ensiferum
"The Wild Rover" - Tyr


I hope you enjoyed this playlist as much as I did,
-TJ

Unofficial 'New Music' Night - 6/11/11

Hey Everyone,

This week's show became a sort of unofficial new music night when I was putting together the playlist and decided to play a few songs from albums that came out recently. I played new music from Tyr, Alestorm, Amorphis, Septic Flesh, and Hammerfall. Besides that, I tried to play some bands that aren't  play as often, and songs from the newest album of other bands that I played. Melanie is gone on vacation and I was exhausted tonight, but I think the show went very well.

News was the aforementioned album releases and the first batch of bands for this year's 70,000 Tons of Metal cruise. 

Here's the playlist from this week:
"Wish I had an Angel" - Nightwish
"A Voice in the Dark" - Blind Guardian
"The Ancient Forest of Elves" - Luca Turilli
"Immortalized" - Hammerfall. Off of their new album, Infected
"A Great Mass of Death" - Septic Flesh. Off of their new album, The Great Mass
"Banished into Death" - Cthonic
"Dethharmonic" - Dethklok
"Silent Night, Bodom Night" - Children of Bodom
"Frozen" - Delain
"Embrace the Endless Ocean" - Amon Amarth
"The River Dragon has Come" - Nevermore
"The Silk Dilemma" - Elvenking
"Uniaka" - Kopriklaani
"Last of the Lords" - Battlelore. off of their newish album, Doombound
"Der Ewige Sieg" - Equilibrium
"Elusive Reaches" - Ensiferum
"Back Through Time" - Alestorm. Off of their new album, Back Through Time
"Beginning of Time" - Amorphis. Off of their new album, The Beginning of Times
"Hunting Pirates" - Turisas
"Flames of the Free" - Tyr. Off of their new album, The Lay of Thrym
"Iron Fist" - Korpiklaani

See you next week for my birthday show!!
-TJ

June 4, 2011

Hey everyone,

There was no theme for tonight, but Melanie chose all the music since she's going to be gone for pretty much all of June. She did a great job, and the show went awesome. She picked some great songs, like "And Then There Was Silence", "Lord of Lies", "Paljon on Koskessa Kivia" and other classics.  There were a lot of long songs, so there weren't as many as usual, but that meant more metal and less talking. Either way, we enjoyed it and I think it was an awesome show.

News.....as usual there wasn't really any. Really, we just talked about 70,000 tons of Metal again, and listed new albums. Tyr released "The Lay of Thrym" Hammerfall released "Infected" Alestorm released "Back Through Time" and Amorphis released "The Beginning of Times".

Here's the playlist Melanie chose this week:
"Ghost Love Score" - Nightwish
"And then There Was Silence" - Blind Guardian
"Deathaura" - Sonata Arctica
"Sunlight Moonlight" - Septic Flesh
"The Insight into the Catharsis" - Dimmu Borgir
"Dusk and Her Embrace" - Cradle of Filth
"Force of the Shore" - Epica
"The Pursuit of Vikings" - Amon Amarth
"Slania's Song" - Eluveitie
"Lord of Lies" - Tyr
"Paljon on Koskessa Kivia" - Korpiklaani
"One Piece Puzzle" - Suidakra
"Lady in Black" - Ensiferum
"Nancy the Tavern" - Alestorm
"Kyrkovisan" - Finntroll
"Unbesiegt" - Equilibrium
"Rex Regi Rebellis" - Turisas
"Lay All Your Love on Me" - Avantasia

See you all next week,
TJ

May 29, 2011.

Hello all,

This week's show was good. It was just me, Melanie couldn't make it. I just put together a playlist like normal and I tried to put in some songs/artists that we don't play very often. Also, I got a few requests this week, and that's always awesome. Over all, I think it was a great show.

There were a couple bits of news. 70,000 Tons of Metal began announcing their 2012 line-up recently, and, so far, it includes Eluveitie, Moonsorrow, Amorphis and more. Tyr and Amorphis released new albums, "The Lay of Thrym" and "The Beginning of Times" respectively. Hammerfall has released their new album, "Infected", in Europe. Also, Ensiferum might be entering the studio this summer, and that is awesome.

This week's playlist:
"Nemo" - Nigthwish
"Born in a Mourning Hall" - Blind Guardian
"Angel's Holocaust" - Iced Earth
"Superheroes" - Edguy
"Sympozium" - Dimmu Borgir
"Vinum Sabbati" - Behemoth
"Go into the Water" - Dethklok
"Deadly Sinners" - 3 Inches of Blood
"Where Heroes Lie" - Luca Turilli
"Quietus" - Epica
"Sentient 6" - Nevermore
"Weiber und Wein" - Alestorm
"Midnattens Widunder" - Finntroll
"Cottages and Saunas" - Korpiklaani
"1014 AD" - Cruachan
"Take your Tyrant" - Tyr
"Song of the Sage" - Amorphis
"The Essence of Ashes" - Eluveitie
"As Torches Rise" - Turisas
"Der Ewige Sieg" - Equilibrium
"On Torrid Sand" - Suidakra
"Guardians of Fate" - Ensiferum
"Final Countdown" - Norther

See you next week!
-TJ

Apocalypse Night, May 22. We're still here!!

Hello Everyone!

Hurray! We're all still here and the world didn't end. The sky didn't fall, hell didn't open up, and the Rock'n'Roll Angels of the AROCKALYPSE didn't bring thyn hard rock hallelujah!

This week, in honor of all that not happening, we decided to play an apocalypse themed night. We played all the greats from "Progenies of the Great Apocalypse" to "Ragnarok". It was great, with lots of awesome end of time themed metal.

Here's the playlist from our not-so-end-of-the-world show!
"Planet Hell" - Nightwish
"Progenies of the Great Apocalypse" - Dimmu Borgir
"The End of an Empire" - Turisas
"Go Forth and Die" - Dethklok
"My Apocalypse" - Arch Enemy
"End of All Times" - Primordial
"....And Soon the World Will Cease to Be" - Amon Amarth
"Hard Rock Hallelujah" - Lordi
"Cthulu Dawn" - Cradle of Filth
"My Last Sunrise" - Demons and Wizards
"Everything is an End" - Norther
"Verbrannte Erde" - Equilibrium
"The Longest Journey" - Ensiferum
"To the End of Our Days" - Alestorm
"Trollhammaren" - Finntroll
"The Pentagram Burns" - Satyricon
"And the Story Ends" - Blind Guardian
"Ragnarok" - Tyr
"Burn in Hell" - Dimmu Borgir


See you all next week,
-TJ

5/14/11 Show

Hey All,

This week's show went great for some reason. I was alone, Melanie was feeling sick, and I just played a random playlist like I always do, with only a couple requests, and it just went great. I got a request for Burzum ,which I actually screwed up at first by playing an instrumental song, but I fixed that with "War" by Burzum.

The only news was release dates: Tyr - "The Lay of Thrym" - May 27; Hammerfall - "Infected" - May 20; Alestorm - Back Through Time" - June 6.

This week's playlist:
"The Riddler" - Nightwish
"A Voice in the Dark" - Blind Guardian
"San Sebastian" - Sonata Arctica
"Templar Flame" - Hammerfall
"Nymphetamine" - Cradle of Filth
"War" - Burzum
"The Serpentine Offering" - Dimmu Borgir
"Emptiness Unobstructed" - Nevermore
"The Gathering" - Delain
"Deconstruct" - Epica
"Frozen Angel" - Norther
"Wrath of the Norsemen" - Amon Amarth
"Sky is Mine" - Amorphis
"Slavsya Rus" - Arkona
"Sinklars Visa" - Tyr
"Solsagan" - Finntroll
"Sons of Riddermark" - Battlelore
"Heimwarts" - Equilibrium
"The Somber Lay" - Eluveitie
"Walhalla Wacht" - Heidevolk
"Set Sail and Conquer" - Alestorm
"The Great Escape" - Turisas
"Smoking Ruins" - Ensiferum
"Juodaan Viinaa" - Korpiklaani

See you next week!
-TJ