Taking metal music and location-independence seriously since 2021
Amorphis – "Borderland"
02-12-2025
You know it's gonna be good when they put a swan on the cover
Paradise Lost – "Ascension"
26-11-2025
... And one fine ascension it is
Igorrr – "Amen"
21-11-2025
And in the category of "Most Difficult Album to Have Sex to"...
It's official: The breakdown is the bass drop of metal
Primal Fear – "Domination"
10-11-2025
Half album review, half lamentation of music's current state
Helloween – "Giants and Monsters"
04-11-2025
Giants and monsters and pumpkins, oh my!
Deftones – "Private Music"
29-10-2025
Rumor has it, they were gonna call it "Whitesnake"
Alice Cooper – "The Revenge Of Alice Cooper"
23-10-2025
Children and other newbies will not understand this
Lord Belial – "Unholy Trinity"
17-10-2025
Bring on the new age of blasphemy
Cryptopsy – "An Insatiable Violence"
11-10-2025
"... And the Lifetime Achievement Award for Most Spot-on Album Title goes to..."
Fallujah – "Xenotaph"
06-10-2025
Where's Frank Zappa when we need his opinion on death metal?
Here I am on the last day of my big 6-week Asia trip from South Korea over Taiwan and finally Hong Kong. And like the two former, the latter is definitely also worth a visit.
Byzantine – "Harbingers"
26-09-2025
I'll take "Overlooked Metal Bands" for 1000, Alex.
Alright, so I know I said I'd be back from Seoul, but all I got there in the way of video turned out so dark that the internet would start to collapse into it if I uploaded it. So here I am in Taipei instead.
Volbeat – "God of Angels Trust"
12-09-2025
SPOILER: It's... another Volbeat album
Another Asian hotel rooftop by sunset...
10-09-2025
This is how the second-biggest city in South Korea – or at least some of it – looks by dusk. This is one of my longer videos, but I have been here for three weeks at this point, so I've really been soaking up some of the culture and formed some more or less qualified viewpoints. And an interesting culture it is....
The Haunted – "Songs of Last Resort"
04-09-2025
"Unless you're a complete fucking poser who wouldn't know real metal if it gave you lead poisoning..."
"No matter what music you've heard so far, you've not heard anything like this"
"Dammit, Jonas. Go get a guitar, three chords, and a depression."
Behemoth – "The Shit ov God"
14-08-2025
Yes, he totally went there. Heh-heh, "went".
Hate – "Bellum Regiis"
08-08-2025
Heavy is the head that wears the crown. Heavy is the sound that bangs the head.
NEW: Charity section at GMB!
02-08-2025
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
28-07-2025
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"
16-07-2025
Half album review, half essay about those four chords that made a million
Machine Head – "Unatøned"
10-07-2025
Want some more cream and sugar in your metal, Mr. Flynn?
Bansko Nomad Fest '25 evaluation
04-07-2025
Yes, as I said in my last video, here's a little rundown of my first Bansko Nomad Fest.
Arch Enemy – "Blood Dynasty"
27-06-2025
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.