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th after life overall songs are shorter and a bit less complex it is also their least grind album especially ross showcases his thrash credentials on the two songs for which he wrote music for example right to die despite the initial riff that reminds of carcass s swansong era e g r k the vote has a very thrashy verse riff and riot vocals near the end alongside ross s lyrical prowess sean provides fantastic lyrics for the songs you are the dead and up the dose once again the medical profession and the power of institutions like pharmaceutical companies are the target of their lyrics but one of my favourite things about this album is that thematically it borrows ideas and sounds from george orwell s 1984 sickness is health for example mis references the party slogans war is peace freedom is slavery ignorance is strength and adds another one sickness is health this could also be a reference to the lyric illness is health by haemorrhage s luisma there are also a few samples from the film adaptation of the novel on the brilliant you are the dead the dialogue in the introduction is from the scene where winston and julia are captured by the thought police and the sample right before the fast break on all gut no glory is from parsons in the cafeteria of the ministry of truth there s also the fake confession from the telescreen at the end of up the dose the impaled logo on the back of the booklet also references the ingsoc logo from the film overall this is another masterpiece of highly varied and imaginative death metal despite possibly being the least deadly in impaled s discography clockwise from top left labarre mcgrath del muerte varela sewage kocol 2 comments satan came to brighton november 3 2024 5 51 pm filed under brighton gigs heavy metal tags brian ross brighton daltons bar graeme english live performance russ tippins satan sean taylor steve ramsey satan performing at daltons 12 09 2024 it s been a while since i last wrote about a gig and i thought satan s recent live show at brighton uk was brilliant enough to justify a review satan announced they were coming to brighton back in june and it was one of the best pieces of news i d come across in a long time upon finding out i instantly went and bought tickets for me and my partner the ticket cost only 12 which i thought was preposterous given the greatness of this band i also encouraged some of my friends to come to the gig some of whom do not even listen to heavy metal but can appreciate a good live performance despite never having seen satan play live before i did not think for a minute that it would be disappointing i fell in love with this band quite late in my mid 30s around the time of the release of atom by atom 2015 i had known the song trial by fire since i was a teenager through the cover done by blind guardian and i listened to court in the act 1983 way before they reformed but i was not impressed it wasn t until the release of atom by atom 2015 that i became a fan and revisited their older albums since then my admiration for them has grown and grown to the point where i consider satan to be the best heavy metal band alive today suffice it to say i could not wait for this gig the date of the concert was the 12th of september upon arriving at the club i e daltons i noticed sean taylor the band s drummer hanging around the beer garden so naturally i went and got a picture with him he seemed a bit introverted so i felt a bit bad about bothering him it was my first time in this venue which has quite small capacity i d say less than a hundred people the size of the venue instantly felt incongruous with the greatness of satan the opening band primal damnation performed their primal form of mid paced thrash crossover in front of i d say 20 people attendance remained poor when satan walked on stage maybe between 30 40 people once again confirming my opinion that brighton is not a serious metal city me announcing alone in the dock the band was at the same level as the audience and i was at the front the setlist included songs from all the albums with brian at the helm the opening songs was trial by fire and honestly i cannot think of a better way to start a gig three more songs from their debut were performed and i am proud to say that brian asked me to announce alone in the dock because i went mental when he said the next one is the last song off our first album i was surprised they played four songs off life sentence 2013 and only one off atom by atom i e the devil s infantry from the former they played the inimitable testimony one of my absolute top songs of theirs siege mentality incantations and twenty twenty five another surprise was the fantastic and bizarre ophidian from cruel magic 2018 what a masterful composition from earth infernal 2022 they played the relentless ascendancy and the majestic burning portrait and two new songs turn the tide and sacramental rites the way russ stormed in with the opening riff of turn the tide got me really excited about the new album with steve performance wise the band was absolutely stellar every once in a while i d stop headbanging to observe the trade offs between steve and russ steve seemed super happy and was headbanging like a maniac and brian s voice was so powerful and clear i was really surprised a funny moment was when they were playing kiss of death the last song of the show and also one of their oldest songs during the slow break graeme turned around looked at steve rolled his eyes and gave him a smile as if saying that fucking boring bass line again for the thousandth time i asked him about it after the gig and he laughed about it and confirmed my impression an incident that put a slight dampener on an otherwise fantastic gig was an altercation brian had with a member of the audience at some point someone kept shouting some inane joke and brian seemed quite annoyed and started talking back telling him things like the guy with the microphone always wins and making fun of him which i associate with people like dave mustaine so that was a bit disappointing i do get that when you are an accomplished artist and someone who really respects their art and their fans you d expect your fans to treat you accordingly so i understand why brian was angry but i think he could have dealt with it better after the show i met the rest of the band and told them that ghosts of monongah is one of the best songs in the history of music and that it ought to be in their setlist i also got to tell russ how much i love tanith steve and graeme were super nice and friendly and we talked a bit about skyclad too in the end brian was outside the venue talking to fans and i got to spend some time with him talking about blitzkrieg and playing in a band with his son favourite songs from blitzkrieg and satan and about his alice cooper persona he was very gracious and gave me a big hug before he left i ended up getting brian graeme steve and russ to sign my poster of cruel magic their best cover art which now decorates my office wall recently i ve been reflecting on this gig and the fact that i enjoyed the privilege of seeing this absolutely breath taking and inspirational band in a small venue as part of a small audience with no idiotic circle pits with the band performing right in front of me and meeting the band members afterwards i believe that in all other parallel universes this band headlines massive arenas and meeting them in person only happens in dreams my poster signed by the band leave a comment into the void with scanner july 11 2024 6 38 pm filed under heavy metal tags axel julius ball of the damned efthimios ioannidis hypertrace leo szpigiel lisa croft mental reservation michael knoblich scanner scantropolis terminal earth the cosmic race the judgement one of the power metal bands i got into relatively late in my teenage years was scanner the first album by them to which i listened was the newly released at the time ball of the damned and it was love at first listen for several decades the sole original member and main composer of the band axel julius has kept the band going with the occasion of the release of their new album titled the cosmic race i decided to write up a tribute to this fantastic yet overlooked especially by the newer generations of metalheads band let us retrace scanner s journey in their pursuit to conquer our hearts with their fantastic brand of metal 1 hypertrace 1988 scanner s debut album was a very ambitious endeavour not many bands in the world of metal have started their careers by releasing a flawlessly sounding and executed concept album but scanner did just that with hypertrace in 1988 scanner was only second to helloween in german power metal in my opinion in terms of how advanced their sound and song writing approach was this album is full of fast power speed metal songs telling the story of the scanner a genetically modified soldier on a mission to save humanity from itself the inventiveness of the band and axel especially can be heard in songs like locked out with its rich narrative catchy choir led middle section and fantastic guitar leads choirs appear in other songs like the epic across the universe grapes of fear is one of my personal favourites as it is one of classiest songs i ve heard when the band goes back into the main guitar harmony after the guitar solo around the 2 50 mark i get chills down my spine i bought the recent re issue of the album by roar in which the songs have been re ordered to tell the story in a linear fashion and the album opens with grapes of fear and i m loving it the album also includes wizard force and the fantastic galactos not that the original opener i e warp 7 is bad in fact it s an absolutely powerful masterpiece with a majestic intro and a brilliant coda terrion kicks off with a riff storm that is impossible to listen without wanting to bang your head what can be said about the fantastic coda of killing fields they even did the hill time is standing still rhyme before blind guardian this is the only album with michael knoblich as the singer and i am totally fine with that as he is by far my least favourite singer in scanner s history i would go as far as to say that knoblich s singing which consists primarily in a pompous high pitched delivery is the only thing that feels dated about this album 2 terminal earth 1989 the band s second album marks the addition of s l coe on vocals a singer with more distinctive tone and range in his delivery than knoblich terminal earth continues the creative trajectory of this band with all members contributing music and lyrics and the result is a bit more varied and at times happier album than the full on speed metal of the debut once again the album exhibits amazing performances by all band members extremely catchy tunes and a thought provoking critique of social issues that are still relevant to this day the lyrics tackle topics like consumerism media power war and the vanity and struggle of pursuing a career in the music business it s difficult for me to single out highlights as all songs are excellent maybe with the exception of touch the light the chorus pisses me off and l a d y a bonus track with heavy accept vibes both musically and lyrically not alone has one of the most infectious main riffs ever terminal earth and the law are speed metal classics and the challenge gives me goosebumps with its fantastic chorus and drum break near the end what a fun artwork too the copy i own is the 2016 vinyl version by massacre records which also includes the amazing telemania not included in the original vinyl editions 3 mental reservation 1995 after many years and drastic member changes axel returns with a completely new entourage to create the stellar masterpiece that is mental reservation comparing this album to the previous two would be like comparing somewhere far beyond 1992 or imaginations 1995 by blind guardian to battalions of fear 1988 and follow the blind 1989 in many ways the band preserves its trademarks it s still fast power metal with big choruses e g upright liar but at the same time the band cranks it up a notch in terms of rich narratives both musically and lyrically here the songs are more complex and the mood more sombre than the previous two albums this is the first album with leo szpigiel on vocals my personal favourite singer in the band s history his tone is unique extremely expressive and the melody lines he comes up with are complex and inventive mental reservation is another concept album and the figure on the cover is the protagonist of this dystopian fantasy about abuse of power authoritarianism and extinction your infallible smile is the best ballad scanner ever wrote and one of the best ballads ever written what a stunning composition on the acoustic guitar what a chorus words fail to convey the magnificence of after the storm a slow song with an astounding chorus the epic middle section of out of nowhere the attack of the verse riff on rubberman or the exhilarating speed up on the choruses of 20th century crusade and conception of a cure this is the first album where lyrics become less direct and more poetic sometimes i find myself just reading the lyrics without listening to it so amazing i finally bought this album in 2015 when eat metal records released it on vinyl 4 ball of the damned 1996 this masterpiece is the second album with leo szpigiel on vocals a new guitarist and new bassist axel s creativity knows no bounds and runs rampant on this album once more the moment i listened to the opener puppet on a string i was hooked what an inventive and catchy main riff what a crazy orchestration during the chorus in this one ralf scheepers another fantastic singer from the old german scene makes a guest appearance frozen under the sun is easily one of my top 10 songs by scanner musically it s so involved with many different sections harmonies many different styles of riffing that even without singing in it would be a majestic piece of music add to that the vocal melodies and the result is an unparalleled masterpiece that riff and lyrics during the first bridge sends chills down my spine every time and when i ask him hey man what s wrong he smiles and answers i think this way s too long with true stories teller scanner came up with a stunning folky ballad this is how folk metal should sound the eponymous song also has a folky vibe in the beginning but it develops more down the neo classical direction with a richer narrative lots of tempo changes a very theatrical chorus and some of the heaviest riffs in the band s history the verse melody of tollshocked constitutes one of the band s greatest hooks in other words ball of the damned is another album that achieves what very few artists have achieved which is perfection from beginning to end there s not a single mediocre moment in this album and there s enough ideas to always inspire and entertain listeners i ve been listening 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