Final_Alerts’ Musical Explorations

My PCD review got featured in the Spirit of Metal webzine.

So proud of myself

If you are quick, and can get to the Open Grave Records site, the heroes there have decided to put up 9 albums for FREE (absolutely) download (as long as you respect the “do not distribute” request) 9 albums from their catalogue. This is absolutely amazing, and sees OGR conform to a similar state of thinking as the fellas down at Hi.Arc.Tow (similar, because they don’t ALWAYS put music up for free, let alone their entire catalogue).

In an age were many in the recording industry are interested purely in money (the “American Idol” scourge is an example of this) and where music is a passenger to economics, moves such as these bring music back to it’s roots, and what it really should be about - enjoyment. Many bands these days are getting underpaid, while the bigwigs at the top are raking in the cash (according to Viventi, Universal Music raked in nearly 5 billion euros (~A$8.5B) in the last financial year.), bands are getting screwed over. Now, I admit, releasing music for free isn’t helping anyone make any money, but it is providing individuals with a taste of what’s on offer (and in this instance, all 9 CDs are stunning!), gives the customer insentive to go buy CDs! Hell OGR even have a massive list of CDs up for US$6 on their website.

The titles that are up for grabs (for a few more hours)  are across the genres of death metal, grindcore, black metal and thrash metal (Primative Graven Image the most notable). Get clickin’ and get your free music!

So, this is my first post (I think).

The last month or so, has seen me buy so many CDs and vinyls (I haven’t bought this much in a very, very long time), with the standout being winning the eBay auction for the sold out Jungle Fever/The Dead Walk! - 7″ Split (which now completes my collection of TDW! material). So here’s the list:

JF/TDW! - 7″ Split

Rage Against The Macine - People of the Sun EP (10″ Vinyl)
Jack Napier - Revenge
Life.Love.Regret - Sick Of Goodbyes
Bad Blood - Harsh Reality EP
50 Lions/Down to Nothing - Split (7″ vinyl)
 

Extortion - Sick

That’s all for the moment, because I don’t get paid until next Friday, and I need to save some money! Although, I’m thinking (very seriously) about buying a copy of the Anal Cunt’s 7″ split w/Flachenbrand. Hell, I’ll end up throwing more money away at vinyls and cds anyway!

That’s all for tonight folks. Tomorrow night, I think I might do the first of my “bands of the week”…or “albums of the week”. Yeah, definitely album of the week, for I have a lot more than I do “bands”.