Hail
I've promptly decided to write a blog, while I really should be doing coursework (Yes! I have started college again!)
This blog will be short, to the punch and completely at random.
First off, roughly 2 months ago, I found out Amorphis was releasing a live CD/DVD package called "Forging the Land of Thousand Lakes". I thoroughly enjoyed live versions with Tomi Joutsen providing vocals to "Sign from the North Side", "Black Winter Day" etc.. but at the same time I kept wondering how those songs would sound if they were actual studio quality, as in: studio record.
I figured that would be a slim chance. It would never happen.
Fortunately, I couldn't be more wrong.
On september 17th, Amorphis released "Magic & Mayhem - Tales from the Early Years" featuring re-recordings of fantastic songs from the first three albums with Tomi Joutsen doing vocals this time while former lead vocalist (and still rhythm guitarist) Tomi Koivusaari doing back up vocals on some songs.
I came. Ahem. Of course, being the objective critic that I am, I checked out the album song for song and concluded that it was awesome, and thus I came.
Many would consider this record to be 'redundant', but at the same time, a true must-have for everyone who enjoys Joutsen's vocals.
To give you an idea of Tomi's fantastic vocals:
At the very end, Tomi shows his fantastic grunting skills. As people have stated: "This man hides a monster"
Enough with the blatant plugging of one of my favorite bands.
Whoever actually reads this (leave a comment while you're at it :D) will be pleased to hear that I finally bothered to catch up with TNA Hardcore Justice.
I can't help but be intrigued at the fact that people actually liked it. Of course, now having seen the PPV, I know just exactly why:
It's nothing more than a road trip to Ville de Nostalgie. It was pretty sad, really. While the various matches on the card showcased everyone's signature maneuvers (Kid Kash's flip dive, Dreamer DDT, ...) it was still not even half as good as what WWE did with ONS 2005. I specifically single out 2005, since 2006 and beyond were pretty much superstar infested crap doodles. The fact that they were limited due to copyright issues was laughable. Calling Balls Mahoney "cojones" and Justin Credible "PJ Polaco" made it seem that much more of a amateur gathering.
Seeing New Jack and Mustafa though was fantastic. While they brought virtually nothing to this show, besides showing up, it was a welcome appearance for me.
It was good to see all these former ECW stars rejoicing in what they once did, and having fun at the same time. Though, TNA, don't get your hopes up too much. The buys for this PPV were probably above average, but that's all you're gonna get from it.
On a sidenote, Tommy Dreamer should book every show from now on. C'mon, it was pretty much the most consistent TNA show I've seen since forever.
Alright, time to get that coursework done and then just do jack all for the rest of the evening.
It's been a pleasure, bai
~D.