I've Upped My Standards.

(sell your soul)

Subject:	PAGANFEST 2008
Time:	4:25 am.

Tonight the Paganfest Tour rolls into town for a show at Station 4 that guarantees to be phenomenal. The performances have received overwhelmingly positive reviews at every stop. Embracing varying styles of Metal, from Powermetal to Melodic Death, and fusing it with Celtic and folk instrumentation from Sweden, Norway, Finland, et. al. the styles of music are both refreshing and inspiring.

The acts on this bill are all really good, but it's unfortunate that bands like Korpiklaani and Finntroll aren't included.

Check out:
Ensiferum
Turisas
Týr
Eluveitie
Suidakra

Eluveitie (pronounced el-WAY-tee) is a personal favorite. I reviewed their latest release, Slania, a couple months ago.

( After the cut, some fantastic videos... )

Sorry if this inspires you to buy a shitload of new music making it impossible to afford tickets to the show tonight. But this is great stuff. It's wildly entertaining and fun.

The best part? It's big, it's heavy, it's METAL. \m/

(sell your soul)

Subject:	Achtung!
Time:	12:23 pm.
Music:	Nachtmystium The Antichrist Messiah.

Tomorrow (Saturday) night at 9pm a group of us are descending upon the CC Club at 26th and Lyndale for some senseless drunken abandon, celebrating birthdays and new leases on life.

Join us! It's always a great time when we do this.