
NEW: Charity section at GMB!
As I said concluding my Top 10 album list for 2024, there'd be a charity section on GMB this year. Seeing as how I'm a man of my word and all, I've finally managed to put it up. More charities will be added as I learn about them. And if there's one that's especially important to you, feel free to drop me a line and a link at ...
R.I.P. Ozzy Osbourne, 1948 – 2025
A lot of words for an occasion where words are futile
Here I am upon the conclusion of my 3rd Vipassana meditation course, this time in The Netherlands – several kilos lighter both corporeally and mentally, as always.
Ghost – "Skeleta"
Half album review, half essay about those four chords that made a million
Machine Head – "Unatøned"
Want some more cream and sugar in your metal, Mr. Flynn?
Bansko Nomad Fest '25 evaluation
Yes, as I said in my last video, here's a little rundown of my first Bansko Nomad Fest.
Arch Enemy – "Blood Dynasty"
During the review of which, we discuss the phenomenon of opportune catchiness level
As I said in my last video, I'd be back from Bansko.
During the review of which, I coin the term "goblin rap"
Finally back in Sofia – although as it turns out, I should plan my business trips better and not order tickets and accommodation before I've got an actual fucking deal locked in. But as I'm saying, it's not the worst place to get caught with unfinished plans.
Lordi – "Limited Deadition"
Fans of hard rock and horror puns, unite!
Warbringer – "Wrath And Ruin"
"Nothing left to say – swing the hammer away!"
Raging Speedhorn – "Night Wolf"
Anyone up for a boogie with Satan?
Destruction – "Birth of Malice"
In fact, why don't we ever talk about that 5th album...?
Avantasia – "Here Be Dragons"
"Nonsense! There hasn't been a dragon in these parts for a thousand years"
Madeira seen from above cloud-level
Here's a peek at the heights of Pico do Areeiro, the third-highest place in Madeira. (Get it? "Peek"?!) The view up here is breathtaking, and the island itself is wonderful. Apart from the mild, sunny climate, it's much greener, a bit cheaper, and not nearly as tourist-y as those Canary Islands. While, to be fair, I was here off-season,...
Brainstorm – "Plague of Rats"
... But their name makes me think of college group assignments
"Djent" is not a genre, you dimwits
A long-underway negation of a long-overwrought attempt at a genre term
Thundermother – "Dirty & Divine"
An open letter to the world's biggest hope for hard rock music
Dream Theater – "Parasomnia"
Seriously, Nicholas, open your eyes already
Here we are at Los Azulejos, Gran Canaria. It's called that because "azul" means blue, and some of the cliff layers are supposedly kinda blueish, so my shirt should be blending in with them, but it's not, because really, they're more off-turquoise/patina-ish.
Night Flight Orchestra – "Give Us The Moon"
Album of the year, and it's not even metal
Here I am at Dimmuborgir. Yes, that place from which the pseudo-black metal band took their name (and split it into two words for some reason). And you can see why: It's all dark lava, mercilessly thrust up from the fiery bowels of the Earth thousands of years ago; the formations are all crooked and gnarly; they...
Pentagram – "Lightning In a Bottle"
Does it still count as the same band, though...?
Finally, northern lights!
While we've seen many amazing nature sights during our time here, this is the real reason I wanted to go to Iceland: Those notorious northern lights. I know they don't translate very well through this dumbass phone camera, but believe me: When you're standing in the middle of 'em, they're mind-blowing.
So we're in this LAND that's ICY...
Yes, here it finally is: Our long-promised destination that's the opposite of Egypt. And while that means it's cold as fuck, this place has the most wicked nature I've ever seen. Volcanoes, lava formations, mountains, caves, waterfalls, glaciers, blizzards, black beaches, steaming sulphur lakes, hot springs, geysers (wait for the eruption in the...
The Hellacopters – "Overdriver"
"It's called writing a goddamn song"
Greetings from winter wonderland!
With all the warm, sunny places we've visited, it's about time that we went somewhere cold and snowy. So we did.