..and warriors from Russia, Slovenia, Hungary, Brazil, Czech Republic, North Ireland......lalala..lalalaa...bla bla bla....

Zaman dulu kalau budak2 melayu, kat gerobok koleksi kaset rock ke pop dorang,
ada la kot terselit kaset Manowar Kings Of Metal ni.

Terbaik la kaset ni ye tak zaman Walkman dulu tu. Walkman...kuno siot.
Dan skarang keluar version MMXIV. 26 tahun la kira kan?
babi dah lama ye album ni.
ok aku tahu, dua2 cd band Ross The Boss "is the best Manowar album since Kings Of Metal" dan Manowar sekarang memang ke laut.
Tapi takpelah, aku tetap excited giler pasal MMXIV version ni...
28hb dua ni keluar.

ada nasik tambah la korang, ni sample 2 minit,
lyrics Blood Of The Kings MMXIV.
Berulang kali aku dengar nak tangkap negara2 mana ada dalam senarai.
Sorry, Malaysia, Singapore takde...
tunggu MMMXIV version kot? haha..


"....till the blood on your sword is the blood of a king, 
till blood on your hands is the blood of a king!

Our Armies in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales,
our brothers in Belgium, Holland and France will not fail.
Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Italy, Switzerland, Austria,
back to the Glory of Germany!!

and Warriors from Russia, Slovenia, Hungary, Brazil...
Czech Republic, North Ireland, Greece, Romania,
HAIL AND KILL!!
Turkey, Chile, Bulgaria, Estonia and U.S.A.
Argentina, Japan, Portugal, Lithuania, Canada, Spain
Raise your hands and fight for metal!

We're on a Crusade the world we bring!!! 
Four Kings Of Metal. Four Metal Kings!!..."


Here is the short edit Version of it 

magiccirclemusic.fileburst.com/The_Blood_Of_The_Kings_MMXIV_Pre_Release_Short_Edit.zip


Aku sekarang tiap2 hari masuk forum Manowar, dorang pun lembab macam Maiden jugak, nak umum dates umum la cepat, peminat semua nak kena plan, nak kumpul fulus,
ni tup2 tiba2, main kat KL ke, main kat Spore, ke...last minit baru bilang...
Dah kena maki lagi dorang!!

haha... 

sebelum makan petik gambo - First edition for 2014. cehhhh...

out of topic kejap = Tiap2 hari aku hampa, tiap2 hari aku bukak website Manowar, aku harap dorang announce cepat2 segala datok nenek dorang nye tour dates 25 years Kings Of Metal. Aku ingat kalau aku berjaya backpack gi Hellfest aku boleh tengok dorang main kat minggu tu..tapi nan-ado. HAMPA!!. Shit you Joey DeMaio!! haha.

KITA MAKAN UNTUK HIDUP BUKAN HIDUP UNTUK MAKAN - pesanan untuk diri sendiri yang gelojoh! haha.

Tu hari ada laporan ye? Sapa suka ambik gambar makanan sebelum dia makan, orang tu giler ke apa eh?

haha. Aku rasa penulis tu yang giler.

So ni kali cerita bergambo la ok? Enjoy... mari kita makan2 di Singapura dan di Malaysia.....

Ni jemputan kawan kerja aku kahwin tu hari, 

KUEH BAKAR BERLAUK terbaik la aku pernah makan. Pedas, lembut, ada rasa daging.

Tiga kali aku gi tempat makanan aku ambik kueh ni. Budak2 kendarat tengok aku mesti geleng kepala nye haha.

Ni lak makanan dia...ok la sedap...pandai kawan aku pilih tukang masak dan catering.

Nampak? kueh bakar berlauk tu semua, AKU PUNYE!!!!!!!!

Next,

ok, aku teruja nak makan Burger Ramli tapi aku nak style DOUBLE QUARTER POUNDER WITH CHEESE - RAMLI BURGER style.

Ni la jadinye...

mee lak....

mee hoon sop, korang tengok la kedekut betul ngan kuah sop dia, tapi....dia punye seafood, ayam , sayur, ok tak lokek.

ni lak,

KWAY TEOW KUNGFU... terbaik...

ni lak, mee tom yam seafood kot?

ni lak...Mee Kuah 

ok la untuk orang luar Singapore ni ialah Mee Kuah kalau korang order kat gerai indian muslims.

Sama jugak cam tulang gitu...

Buah-buahan lak...

Blackberries

GONG XI FA CHAI!!

kueh tat nenas

last but not least,

DENDENG!!

nanti la aku rasa aku nak buat blog pasal DENDENG ni....

thin sliced BBQ meat - HALAL ok. Jangan keliru ngan kaum Cina punye bak-kwa ke hapa tu.

Roxy Music & Saxon - Unplugged & Strung Up double cd digipak version with Heavy Metal Thunder as the 2nd cd

I went to the ROXY for something else, then I realise I had not visited this record/cd store for a long time.
I guess this music store is now 51 or 52 years old this year, family sort of way I guess. I remembered them from their Funan days, now they are at Excelsior, a bit secluded place, but music lovers will know their current place well.
Those of you whether in Singapore, or Malaysia or anywhere,- if you have never visited Roxy, do give them a visit the next time you "Shop or Window Shop/Ogle" at all the displays of the shops at Peninsular Shopping Centre and nearby connected malls. Maybe one day I want to blog about a tribute to Roxy Music. 
Its a time machine, if you miss those music shops with records and cds stack up all over the place, music and releases and bands that you dont know even exist, and just spend quality time exploring music of all kind, this is the place. 
This is like one of the staff Mr Seah says is the "TIME MACHINE" place. You are transported back in time. For the time you are in this store, you just forgot MP3s, Youtubes, illegal downloads, or whatever exist. A place where you hold all types of rarities, boxsets, cds, vinyls, in your hands.
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ok, so I got this.

SAXON - Unplugged and Strung Up digipak double cd where the 2nd cd is actually the Heavy Metal Thunder album.

I am not a huge fan of SAXON, I often miss out on their developments, so this digipak release gives me a chance to update myself with the current SAXON lineup and get some of their biggest and famous songs updated, re-energised for my listening pleasure.

FIRST TIME I ever heard and known of SAXON is as a primary school boy coming across a bootleg cassette tape of the Original Monsters Of Rock Festival. Saxon was on it with a song called Backs To The Wall.
The cassette tape that triggered my curiosity of what Castle Donington Park is all about and I know one day I want to go this place and see my favourite bands play there and I did reach it.
Saxon song "and the band played on" is a song written for Donington Park Monsters Of Rock the first time they played there, the very first Monsters Of Rock ever, with Riot, Judas Priest, The Scorpions, T-O-U-C-H and of course the most greatest RAINBOW headlining.
I had never seen Saxon play live, there was a time they are schedule to play at a festival I attended at a very early time and I dont bother to come that early even to see Saxon. Maybe next time.

cd 1- is 14 songs from different eras of Saxon which is over 30 years, that either is REMIXED or RE-RECORDED or PLAYED LIVE ACOUSTICALLY, or re-released as ORCHESTRA VERSIONs or ACOUSTIC versions.

cd 2 - (Heavy Metal Thunder) is 13 of their songs from the FIRST SIX albums re-recorded with the current line up and originally released in 2002. Very very good recordings and performances on the Heavy Metal Thunder cd.

Of course I prefer the more heavy, loud, heavy rock of cd 2.

CD2 has among others
-the CRUSADER. The song that is about the CRUSADES from the point of view of the Crusaders. Anyway its a nice song, I wont dive too much into it. I just enjoy it. Brilliant song.

this is also the only song that appears twice on both cd as different versions.
So basically you get 26 different songs from SAXON.

CD2 has among my most old favourites like Crusader, Power & The Glory, 747 (Strangers In The Night), Dallas 1PM (which is about the JFK assassination), and of course many sing-alongs like Motorcycle Man, Denim & Leather etc.

CD1 has among my most favourites, the faster, heavier ones like Stallions of the Highway and Forever Free and also the nice acoustic of Frozen Rainbow.

This is a good buy if you like SAXON, or want to know about them.
Its very traditional, classic heavy metal, 
very the ROCK MAMPOS!!

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Lagu SAXON yang cuba memaparkan peristiwa Perang Salib dari pandangan mata seorang Tentera Salib.


kalau live, dorang skip satu verse gitu..
ni lak version dorang re-record line up skarang..

merapu merapek meraban pasal album search live in jb 2009 - city of rock n roll double cd dan yang setopik dengan nya.

Nota kepala -*Aku nak post ni blog, then aku realise aku merapek macam2.. Sorry la eh. Anyway mana2 apa2 benda tak baik aku cakap tu semua semua aku tujukan kat aku sendiri. Jangan la sapa2 baca marah2 ke, tak happy lak ke. Ambik kertas putih ambik krayon draw2 then pijak2 lak ke. HAHA.


Pada aku, kalau aku nak tengok kugiran Search buat persembahan penuh dorang, aku akan tengok dorang main kat kawasan Johor Bahru.
Aura memang berbeza sangat ngan tengok Search main kat tempat lain. Search main macam bawah kolong blok dorang sendiri gitu la senang cakap. Dorang tahu dorang kena All-Out pasal main 'home game' gitu. Full scrutinization la kira.

"Search balik kampung!!!" gitu nanti Amy akan cakap dari atas pentas. 
Peminat Johor pun macam sambut balik hometown heroes dorang, dah Amy lagi bangkitkan semangat kenegerian ngan borak pasal Bakar Batu la, Mersing la.
Betul2 nye bandar JB bila malam Search main akan tukar jadi City of Rock N Roll.

OK, aku bukan nak "apple-polish" atau MENGAMPU Johor ok, tapi ni pada pandangan ikhlas aku la.. Nak tengok Search main full show live, tengok dorang kat JB. Its always an experience everytime.
Terutama sejak reunion ngan pakai drummer Lola 2003/2004 dulu, aku tak miss everytime Search buat konsert penuh kat JB, whatever show la.  Aku akan try pergi 
- hujan lebat ke hapa ke, ambik leave ke,
- jalan kaki bertapak padahal dah penat giler diri tengok show, balik kastam imigresen Singapura kalau aku nak balik Spore pasal bas awam dahbis, 
- atau duk kat masjid kat Larkin nak tunggu bas pertama balik KL ke besok paginya kalau aku nak balik KL, 
Semua aku dah pernah buat nak tengok Search nye pasal everytime kat JB.

So adakah ni satu cara tunjukkan aku ni peminat lagu2 kumpulan Search dan suka tengok persembahan dorang diatas pentas? boleh la, minat la jugak. HAHA. 
Tapi aku paling menyampah aku kena endure 5 minit of hell, masa Seach main Isabella. Aku akan hiburkan hati aku ngan tengok orang sekeliling syok sendiri nyanyi2 sama2 masa lagu tu. Miserable Song this Isabella haha..

Aku ni kalau band ke artis ke yang muzik melayu la, aku minat dorang pasal lagu dan persembahan dorang, selain dari suka lagu atau minat tengok persembahan dorang tu, pada aku dorang pun manusia biasa, tak lebih tak kurang. Aku bukan cam sibuk nak kejar autograp ke, sibuk nak salam ke, hapa ke. Jumpa kat tepi jalan ke, masa shopping ke, pun kasi la dorang some space. 

But I will do my best to purchase their show tickets, their original albums, and official merchandise whenever possible, as a way of showing my support for them.

Kalau dengar cerita dorang ke hapa ke, cukup la abis cerita tu kat kedai kopi ke, apa ke, tak yah kita nak mengaibkan dorang ngan buat posting besar2 kat internet, sedang tu cerita kita dengar pun hearsay dan takde bukti nyata atau kadang2 peristiwa benda tu terjadi berlainan maksudnya dari tanggapan kita sendiri, dan kadang2 manusia ni suka EXAGGERATE NEGATIVELY pasal sesuatu yang dia memang ada agenda dalaman bertentangan, if you get what I mean. Ni aku cakap diri aku sendiri la, bukan orang lain. Contoh , Suarez kalau dia kena tackle sampai tercabut pun kaki dia kat dalam penalti box, aku tetap tuduh dia ni "diving!", contoh la. HAHA.
Anyway, dorang pun pemuzik ke, penyanyi ke seagama ngan kita, kalau artis2 bangsa melayu la... kita kena tactful. Kecuali benda tu memang betul2 jadi kat kita, kita dalam 100% keadaan sedar dan memahami tanpa ada apa2 sangsi pun, then lain la kan. kalau nak"maki la sapa nye serunding pun korang nak maki." Go ahead je la, tapi still antara kau ngan dia, jangan sampai family dia tahu dan rasa malu.

Cam siot kan aku berbual cam bagus je kan? aku pun dah out of topik.

ok,

Dah bertahun aku nampak cd ni kat kedai tapi aku tak beli. Last week baru aku beli ok.

Pasal aku pergi show ni dan aku tahu cd ni walaupun double cd, ada dua keping cd tapi tetap tak complete, sebab tu salah satu sebab aku suka rakam bootlegs shows aku pergi, pasal aku lagi puas hati ngan rakaman bootleg aku yang pecah hancur koyak rabak dari yang keluar official yang aku takut dah kena edit, dah kena tu, dah kena ini.

Tapi aku ingat lagi ni show, aku screw-up rekoding aku, terus hilang semua. So aku gi bongkar posting lama aku dan aku jumpa balik ni..

"smalam" ok, "smalam ku bermimpi. hai dengan satu bintang berkata2 ku dijendela...."cehhh.


SEARCH - 9th MAY 2009. Stadium Tertutup Johor Bahru. Ni info semua tak taruk dalam cd ni je aku belek2 takde.

ok ni lagu2 yang dalam cd SEARCH LIVE IN JB 2009 - CITY OF ROCK N ROLL

beberapa lagu tak diasingkan berlainan track.
So takde tiga lagu -  Diari Habil & Qabil, Pawana, and Melastik Ke Bintang yang didendangkan pada malam tu, dan of course all the stage banters gitu, yang pengantin datang semua tu..

Dengar album ni pertama kali, dan...aku skip dua lagu - Laila Nama Mu Teratas & Isabella. LEMBAB NAK MAMP*S! ni dua lagu haha. Betul2 potong stim. Kalau "andai ku miliki semalam"?, hah tu lagu try tengok maintain momentum tak haha. Andai Ku Miliki Semalam, dramatik giler lagu ni.

- Ohh terbaik bunyi audience, kuat, betul2 live feel. aku suka live albums yang bunyi penonton kuat cam album ni, pasal ada tu bootlegs nye feel yang aku minat. Peminat2 yang dalam zone microfon Tahu liriks sey!! pasal memang banyak peluang audience yang nyanyi kat album ni pasal Amy point mikrofon kat audience, dan singalong peminat kat rakaman ni aku suka.

- aku dengar pakai headphones la kan cd yang telah dirip mp3 320kbps nye ni dua tiga hari, dalam bas, dalam mrt, jalan kaki,- tempat dan suasana bising manjang.
wahhhh aku suka kedua2 gitars dia clear je masuk lain2 telinga.

- Soalan - adakah ada overdubs mana2 kat dalam dua cd ni?? end of soalan.

- rangkaian formasi lima anggota kegemaran aku dalam banyak2 line-up Search. Setelah Hujans ada, Mats Rocks ada, oo a nice rendition of the Langits And The Bumis.  - I always like this bits of improvisations, not too much, just a little without tampering with the essence of the songs that we know so well. Macam pada aku, last aku tengok Search bila? Double Trouble Singapore kot? Hah, malam tu Cakaps Memangs Murahs terbaik. Aku rasa best version ever la pada aku. Aku was dissapointed with Search selection of songs malam tu tapi Cakap Memang Murah was Va-Va-Voomm!! ending dia. I like.

Setelah Hujan is always a loud audience participation song la ye. Tu jam masa Hilary ngan Joe Wings first time main sama2 kat JB, then dorang bawak lagu ni.
Wahhhhhhhhhh Manyak Syok......
Ni sama ngan yang lepas tu dorang main kat Planet Hollywood. Yang dorang rakam video tu ada jual tu. Aku masih ingat aku tanya Arwahnye, "eh aku tak tengok video Search at Planet Hollywood lagik, ada ke muka aku kat crowd malam tu bila video kamera semua pusing kat crowd?" dia cakap "ada" HAHA. Hish, tak suka la. Malu. HAHA.

- Paranoid - Aku sangat suka kaset Karisma masa mula keluar, dan sampai sekarang aku kagum kat album ni, pada aku hardfight la Karisma ngan MMDUT sebagai feberet aku. Karisma is unik dan advance lagu2 dia.

- Bencana - Masa show-show apa Search pakai Bencana sebagai lagu pembukaan? Lagu ni memang terbaik sebagai Opening Song pasal build-up dia best. Amy Search dari belakang stage nyanyi "silau mata..." dan dia kemudian pelan2 baru keluar.
Gimik yang simple tapi menjadi. Tapi apa show tu, band dah start main ke apa kan? Amy kat belakang stage, then aku rasa dorang terlupa nak supply dia mikrofon, kelam-kabut crew member gitu lari gi depan stage cabut mic, dan bawak lari gi belakang pass kat Amy, then ok dah tahu dah peminat, first song Amy mula nyanyi dari belakang stage, baru pelan2 dia muncul.

- Triple Gadis - Gadis Misteri/Gadis Ku/Gadis Ayu. What a medley. Cam gini la baru best. Triple awesomeness. Aku rasa malam tu, ni highlight la ye. Oo aku ingat end of the show ada tembak2 confetti gitu banyak2....Very very nice...memang rock mampos abis la haha.
Tengok effort letak lirik2 Gadis x 3 nye lagu ni kat dalam booklet ni.
Sapa yang buat ni, memang peminat la. Bukan sebarang2 nye orang just tukang type je. Salute aku.

Apa lagi?
tu je kot, nanti la lain kali sambung lagi....aku tak terfikir apa lagi aku nak bual kons haha. Ni ngah free sikit, ni curik2 time, sambil layan Anthem Black Empire. Mampos aku mabuk Anthem kronik semenjak dua menjak. Asyik layan Anthem je terutama last few albums. Onwards We Catapult, Thrusting To The Hilt betul la Anthem ni. Dah Jepun ni lak tengah hot sekarang ni!! haha.

anyway, ni front cover, dan backcover inlet dia gitu....Aku jauh kat belakang malam tu...diri ok haha, tapi rasanya memang best la kalau tengok persembahan band rock melayu kat Indoor Stadium JB tu. Seronok atmosphere dia, nak duduk pun sapa2 bawak family ke hapa ke, duk la seats banyak.

p.s-
aku try ingat tau, malam tu nye show apa jadi...
aku ingat balik, ada satu kawan aku ni ngan member dia, dorang layan aku ngan baik, tu jam aku kat kerja kat Singapore, siap dia datang ambik aku kat tempat kerja aku tu jam, jadi tak yah la aku kelamkabut semua, kita masuk Johor sama2, gi makan kat City Square. 
Kawan aku dari masa Full Time National Service sama2 hahaha. Reservist tak kot?? 
tu la, (Kawan) rock maintain.

majalah TERRORIZER January 2014

Jarang-jarang aku beli majalah hiburan sekarang, tapi Terrorizer Magazine untuk bulan Januari 2014 ni aku beli..

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aku nak ni..

Memang menarik la baca berita dalaman dan berita2 gossip penganjur2 besar2 untuk festival2 yang libatkan band2 main lagu2 rock ke, lagu2 berbagai irama metal dan sebagainya. Cammana dorang buat pengumuman, cammana dorang nak kawalkan keadaan hati peminat2 dan penyokong2 festival yang setia datang festival dorang yang tak puas hati, dan cammana dorang cerita dorang terbang sana sini jumpa band kesukaan ramai untuk jemput main kat festival dorang. Logistik, makanan, lumpur giler giler nye lumpur dan cara nak selesaikan, hujan ribut, segala tok nenek nye masalah. Soalan2 pasal beer dan segala tonggang langgang lagi...hahaha. Aku suka baca2 gini....best.

Memang dahsyat la kalau tengok ni..

takkan 'perfection'  punya la pasal kita ada minat band masing2 dan kalau band kita minat pun ada, kita marah2 dorang main siang hari, pagi2 buta kita tak datang lagi atau belum mandi lagi haha, dah tu main kejap lak tu. Mesti kita nak band2 kita suka main takde kacau2, main lama2 nak kat 2 jam. Dah tu cantik je lepas tu kita ada time pergi tengok band2 lain kegemaran kita jugak. Tapi rasanya susah la festival size besar giler cam gini.

Seriously impian aku nak tengok Manowar sekarang main penuh Kings Of Metal album tahun ni, rasanya tak dapat la, tapi Hellfest 2014 ni memang dahsyat la, ada band2 dah pernah tengok so tak tengok lagi takpe, tapi ada band yang memang baca je, tengok video je, dengar lagu je, dengar cerita2 legend dorang je, sekali tu banyak2 cam gini syok la kalau dapat tengok dorang buat persembahan...

walaupun macam boleh agak tak syok rasanya kalau ikut jadual2 tak rasmi peminat, sewaktu Black Sabbath main dan Paradise Lost + 1349 kat pentas ketiga dan keempat, memang akan clash gila2. 

Hari pertama aku gigit jari je la nak tengok Electric Wizard pasal dorang langgar ngan jadual Maiden main kalau ikut khabar angin.

Aku tak tahu apa nak jadi pada hari tersebut kalau aku dapat pergi. Sekali je aku pernah rasa sikit la apa tu masalah clash untuk band2 aku suka dalam aku gi konsert2 rock ni, apabila Motorhead clash ngan Thunder lain2 pentas. 

nanti la ni borak lain kali....

Aku suka POLL dorang...edisi ni taruk undian dari penulis2 majalah Terrorizer, dan lagi satu bahagian ialah jugak bahagian khas undian2 pembaca2 majalah ni..

Memang lawak senarai worst bands, best bands kategori tu oleh undian peminat2...
metalika, megadeth, kena pedajal haha.
Yang festival tu pun menarik pasal Soundwave ada kat dalam top five outside of UK/Ireland.
Aku suka Soundwave, pasal dorang campur aduk segala tok nenek macam2 band yang main macam2 style, kalau semua pun tak berkenan pergi la beli air, makan2, duduk2 dan baring2 kat rumput tengok orang lalu lalang haha, dan apa aku tahu, penganjur Soundwave jawab terus kat soalan peminat Maiden pasal perancangan dia tentang Maiden ni untuk negara Australia, yang mana tempias dia boleh agak la kena rantau South East Asia jugak.

ok la majalah edisi ni, baca2...belek2...tengok2 gambo...

dapat cd la selalunya beli majalah ni...cd campur2 macam2 band.

ANTHEM - Live Unbroken at Club Citta Kawasaki Japan 2013.07.27 blue-ray disc

(Allow me to talk cock in Malay language first, before I review this Anthem latest release in English below.)
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Mula2 aku nak borak sikit, Rock Jepun ni memang susah giler nak tahu dari segala perkembangannya, berita2 mutakhir nya, gossip/khabar angin dan segala sangkut paut nya. Apa tah lagi nak dengar lagu2 terbaru atau kurang terbaru dorang atau nak tengok video2 rakaman persembahan live dorang atas pentas. Kalau nasib baik, ada la sikit2 keluar kat Youtube, dikongsi peminat2 satu dunia yang minat Rock Jepun ni yang dapat access kat rakaman2 tersebut.

Antara band aku minat Rock Jepun ni, contoh macam OUTRAGE. OUTRAGE ni pada aku masih setia condong ke arah Thrash Metal style dorang sampai sekarang, walau kadang2 tu tetiba satu lagu dorang slow down abis, memang tangkap. Pada aku zaman ini OUTRAGE lagi METALLICA dari Metallica dan pada aku penyanyi OUTRAGE lebih JAMES HETFIELD 80's dari JAMES "yeahhh baby..!! Metallica gives you heavy baby" HETFIELD sekarang. GELI siot. 
Lagi satu contoh macam Minoru Nihara nya side band X.Y.Z-A yang pada aku kalau korang minat LOUDNESS 80's dan zaman Mike Vescera, ni sesuai sangat. LOUDNESS sekarang aku kureng, walau masa Spritual Canoe dorang keluar dulu semua anggota asal bergabung kembali memang syok album tu bila ada kawan aku giler Loudness pinjamkan kat aku dan aku memang terkejut suka la pertama kali dengar Spiritual Canoe. Biosphere pun aku suka, sedap lagu2 kat album ni. Tapi sekarang punya LOUDNESS aku tak minat tak tahu apasal.... well...

Stand Up For The Anthem - (with guest drummer)

Nak berbual kons pasal band2 rock Jepun dan lagu2 dorang ni memang syok tapi nanti terus hilang apa aku nak cerita kali ni. Penyebab aku nak tulis blog kali ni ialah ANTHEM. ANTHEM yang tersangat konsisten quality dorang, pada aku sebuah band Rock Jepun yang maintain main Heavy Metal laju2 dan sangat "thrill", - rhythm section dipenuhi drums dan bass dahsyat2 -, nyanyi pekik2 high pitch walau 95% lirik semua cakap Jepun yang aku tak reti apa kebenda cuma selalu korus je lirik Inggeris -, dan paling asyik dan melopong mulut - penuh dengan banyak gitar solo gila-gila nye dalam setiap lagu -, sesuai la untuk selera telinga aku benda2 gini.

Tak tahu apasal tapi sampai sekarang, semakin setiap album sentiasa hebat dan dorang konsisten MAINTAIN ngan style dorang, itu yang buat aku makin minat, makin minat, makin minat giler...pasal tahun demi tahun dorang sentiasa melebihi jangkaan aku setiap kali dorang buat lagu baru.

(Funny the sticker has a "not for sale" on it)


Anthem ni dari 80an gitu saing Loudness gitu. Tahun 90an kumpulan ni dibekukan oleh kepala dorang pemain bass Naoto Shibata. Rasanya pasal tu jam dunia muzik rock berubah sangat.

Dorang dalam sejarah ada dua penyanyi suara sedap giler, zaman dari tahun 2000 gitu sampai skarang dan jugak penyanyi asli dorang awal 80an Eizo Sakamoto. Lagi satu penyanyi tu Yukio Morikawa gitu. Rainbow nye penyanyi Graham Bonnet pun pernah nyanyi ngan dorang. Gitaris Anthem semua dahsyat2 nye skarang Akio Shimizu yang sama ngan dorang dari zaman awal 90an. Kalau baca dari pendapat2 peminat2 kat internet, Akio Shimizu memang digemari.
Drummer dorang lak, cedera kemalangan kereta, jadi rasanya buat masa ni dorang pakai drummer jemputan aje - Isamu Tamaru. Masih tunggu drummer dorang sembuh dari eksiden tu kot sebab tu taruk "Guest Drummer". Tapi studio dektu main aku rasa, live je Isamu Tamaru ni main, relax je si Isamu Tamru ni ketuk ketuk drum.

Bassist/Ketua Anthem ni awal 2013 ada laporan kena penyakit barah. Tu pasal kat dalam disc ni ada bahagian dokumentari tentang perkembangan kumpulan Anthem seluruh tahun 2013, awal nye ialah temubual ngan seorang doktor. Korang tengok Jepun nye band buat dvd/blueray konsert dorang, siap taruk rencana temubual ngan doktor. Rasanya tengah cerita pasal barah yang dialami Naoto Shibata ni. Cakap Jepun dah la takde subtitles. Aku macam paham je mendangok depan tv padahal apa dorang berbual interview tu aku bukan reti pun. Tapi bahagian rencana tu bila tunjuk2 jalan2 suasana2 Jepun tu yang paling aku suka tengok haha.

Anyway... dah tahap MENGGIGIL punya pasal, tak tahu mana sumber aku nak carik nak tengok style Anthem main live berapa tahun kebelakangan ni......so aku pun sambar Blue-Ray disc terbaru Anthem main live. Baru keluar bulan 12 lepas. Order dari cdjapan website. Apa nak buat mana lagi aku nak dapat benda haramjadah ni. Nak dvd sebenarnya tapi tambah berapa ketul je pun dapat blue-ray, so aku sebat je la blue-ray disc.

So THIS IS HOW THE BLUE-RAY DISC PACKAGING LOOKS LIKE OF THE VERY LATEST LIVE RELEASE FROM ANTHEM - ONE OF THE BEST AND FAMOUS JAPANESE HEAVY METAL BAND. (irregardless of their line-ups).

Anthem - Live Unbroken
Live at Club Citta 2013 July 27. Its in Kawasaki and the tour is called "Official Return Tour"
21 SONGS !!!!! very worth it... overture, on and on, black empire, go, drum solo, struggle action, venom strike, bass solo, blast, guitar solo, heat of the night, double helix, unbroken sign, evil one, immortal bind, bound to break, the sign, wild anthem, empty eyes, show must go on, onslaught and a bonus interview Documentary of Anthem 2013.

OF COURSE YOU GOT THE OLD SONGS!!

AND...

YET EVEN BETTER STILL, NEW FANTASTIC STUPENDOUS AMAZING SONGS FROM THE PAST FEW ALBUMS SINCE THEY GOT BACK TOGETHER. 

The bass solo is breathtaking...,
the guitar solo is so sweet..,
and I guess it shows for the quality of Anthem songs and what transpires in each song that they play live on this concert that even though they have a drum solo, a bass solo and a guitar solo, but its just short ones.

- The instrumental for this show is Double Helix, 
- They slow down a bit for GHOST IN THE FLAMES, and for the length of this song which is about 8 minutes, they turn down all the lights, the stage was dim, and just enough red lights to give this nice ambience which match the song. I LOVE IT!!!!!

- The audience, I think I read somewhere that in the West, a band like Anthem will have front rows of men but in Japan, Anthem's front row of fans are ladies, some mature, some young, all PUNCHING THE AIR, and there was another of their live concert videos, which seems all the girls in the front rows looks like Models.

- I have never been to Japan, but it seems Japanese music fans dont wear their Metal outside, dont have to show and talk that they are Metal, but they have Metal in their hearts. Thats how I like it. Its hard for me to explain but maybe next time? haha. 

The live concert video is about 100mins.

Next, The Documentary is about 40-50mins long..
- the interviews are in Japanese, so I have no idea whats being discussed, 
so you have the Sound Engineer, the support staff, and there is a doctor in the first part of the documentary, so I guess it relates to some problems the bassist is having regarding his health. 
I did saw the calendar behind the bassist on that portion and its February.

Then show Anthem in the studios, Anthem rehearsing, shows them travelling, shows the different shows locations like Nagoya , Osaka, etc, so its nice really for me who have no idea about how most of these places looks like from outside..

Shows footages from other shows, shows preparations, soundchecks, backstage, shows the drummer combing his hair...

But the best was the short footage of OUTRAGE singer, drummer, and guitarist joining them on stage.

This is a good buy if you like Anthem, or if you want to discover Anthem, or if you enjoy Japanese Rock Music.

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I did a bastard thing,
while watching, I took out my handphone and record some itsy bitsy teeny weeny snippets and upload it into youtube.
Very very poor quality, just a few minutes but gives you an idea..

this is Blast followed by Akio Shimizu short and sweet guitar solo, and Heat Of The Night up to after Akio Shimizu solo again.. 



and this is I took again, a minute of the documentary when Outrage joins Anthem on stage.




the first one is very bad, the second one is nonsensically bad, hahaa..

Let me tell you, the actual quality watching it on just a normal tv is pristine and of superb quality, and colourful, I dont know, maybe the angle of my handphone, or the quality of my handphone, gives this outcome.
But its just more to give an idea of Anthem in 2013.

The Best Anthem In The World !!!

(hari ni mentel miang nak blog, buat sampai dua posting haha)

is... Japanese Anthem!!!

Next Change I will talk cock about it.. I want to take photos of the packaging and shows it here too.

I dont need to understand all the Japanese...
Its spectacular live performance and the bonus documentary has Outrage on stage playing with Anthem...

Maybe this is my favourite live video of the year for me.

Maulud Nabi & mendiang Andy Matthews

two things in this post, one is to celebrate the birthdate of Prophet Muhammad (based on Islamic calendar) and the other of someone, whom I once meet only briefly and I dont even know who he is then, who just passed away.


(1)
Tercipta Satu Lembaran Sejarah Di Tanah Suci Kota Mekah
Hari Yang Mulia Penuh Sa'adah Bermulalah Sebuah Kisah
Malam Isnin Subuh Yang Indah 12 Rabi'ul Awal Yang Cerah
20 April Tahun Gajah Lahirlah Putera Yang Sa'adah

Abdullah Nama Bapak nya
Siti Aminah Ibu nya...

Dari aku kecik sampai sekarang, mungkin sampai bila2, lagu Al-Mizan ni memang dah jam, dah kena lock dalam otak... Tak boleh lupa haha...  Malay Music at its best.

Selamat menyambut Maulud Nabi.

(2)
Nak cerita sikit kebodohan dan ke"sele'nge'"an aku. Memang aku sele'nger ok tapi bukan selalu la haha. (Kaber line sikit.)

ok aku tu jam sesat tau kat Bandar Frankfurt, bukan sesat cuma aku dah lost aku punya sense of direction gitu. Tu jam masih awal la, kul satu tengahari gitu.

Selain tu aku ni ada poor memori ingat muka orang dan nak letak kat mana kat mana.

So aku Nampak mat salleh ni, OK OK aku tahu la semua pun Mat Salleh kan dah negeri omputeh!!

So aku Tanya la "you know Festhalle?? which direction??"  aku spoken English memang pecah la, Phua Chu Kang gitu.
So dia cakap dia pun nak pergi Festhalle.. So aku cakap " oooo you're also watching Iron Maiden later?".
Jadi dia bukak mulut je aku agak dia bukan orang Jerman. English dia punye native language la cara dia berbual.


So dia senyum...dan dia Tanya aku dari mana... Dia cakap la dia dah pergi South East Asia pun, dia cakap dia enjoy masa kat Bali. Tak yah cerita panjang, dengar gitu pun tahu dia gi semua pasal nak tengok Iron Maiden la kan??

Aku fikir macam...ok, tak terkejut pasal memang ramai peminat Iron Maiden satu dunia semua travel, backpacking, apa je la tengok Iron Maiden main kat lain2 benua, lain2 tempat, lain2 suasana.

Aku lagi bodoh Tanya dia " eh, you see Iron Maiden plays shows in Australia?"
Dia angguk dan senyum...  Fikir balik, aku ni Two Stupid Dogs siak. haha.

So bila dia tahu lepas Frankfurt dua malam aku nak pergi tengok Maiden headline Download Festival Donington Park, dia cakap " Donington's going to be Special".

Aku macam "ok ya, of course, its Donington". Aku masih ingat dia peminat....!!

Lepas tu kita jalan, aku heran pasal terserampak peminat2 dari Poland.. Aku tahu dorang Poland pasal semua bawak bendera Poland, stop kita, dan ambik gambar ngan Mamat ni. Aku pun " sapa sey dekni???, ooo dorang semua kawan kot!!", ye la agaknya dah jumpa mana2 ye tak.

Sekali tu jalan...borak...dia ulang lagi " Donington Is Going To Be SPECIAL!!"
Lepas tu dia cakap " Later where will you be standing?? I want to film you!!", baru aku fikir, oooo dekni kerja ngan Iron Maiden la...

Dah sampai luar Festhalle, ooooo dia terus masuk pasal dia ada special pass..

Then nampak dia kat stage la semua la apa la....


Bila aku kat Donington....bila semua berasak 80,000, orang 90,000 orang mungkin 100,000 berasak nak tunggu Maiden start main...

Tiba2...ZROOOOMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Spitfire terbang betul2 atas kepala..  Rendah giler. SPITFIRE ok!!!.. mana punye museum Maiden dah mintak keluarkan suruh terbang betul2 atas kepala peminat2...
Seumur hidup aku tengok konsert rock, tak pernah aku terfikir, dan memang tak boleh difikirkan tapi terjadi,  intro konsert rock, orang boleh suruh World War II punye fighter plane, yang dah umur lebih 70 tahun terbang betul2 atas peminat ramai2, tiga kali Spitfire ni pusing atas peminat...


Maiden at Donington Park, SSOASS theme, surprise SPITFIRE very low flypast with Aces High (which is about the R.A.F and includes Spitfires glories during WW2 Battle of Britain) in the setlist!! - what a combination, something unforgettable.

Tak boleh dilupakan la pengalaman ni.


Baru aku paham si Mamat tu cakap " Donington is going to be Special"..

So.., Andy Matthews, who just passed away.

In that few moments I share with you walking, and I don't recognise who are you even when the Poland fans were stopping you in the streets, I thought you are a fellow fan, when in fact.. I am so fucking blur.

Thank you for being so nice, so humble, and I think its a lesson I learn and should apply when a stranger is asking for help on the street. A simple show of direction, can actually mean something more.

London by Walking in 3 hours. (jalan kaki sebanyak mungkin di London dalam masa tiga jam) Part Two

Sambungan from here for Part One.

So I keep on walking...

Just be careful on the streets with all the vehicles while I am looking here and there haha

and still I see live theaters along this area...This one is more to the humour side.. I wish I got the time to try out one of these, maybe next time.
I remember I have the Blackadder complete dvd boxset somewhere, I prefer British humour. Though you have to focus, because their accent and slang sounds alien sometimes.

Then I come across this famous site which I have seen photos of many times.
Its really a nice feeling to just explore, and discovering things yourself.

Trafalgar Square with the National Gallery and the Nelson Column and the statues and all the people walking everywhere and all the vehicles in the area.

Then I saw from afar the London Eye and BIG BEN.
So I walk in that direction next...

Along the way, I see some displays about protesting about some executions going to be happening in some places outside of UK, or something...
Lots of political stuffs..

and I saw this and I really like it....Women In Uniform kind of thingy...
The Women of World War II tribute memorial or something...A solemn moment.

 So I keep on walking...and...
I reach RIVER THAMES...never thought I would see it one day...

Remember when we were watching MIND YOUR LANGUAGE?? and always theres this kind of intro with River Thames logo or something on it...

Its unfortunate I don't have much time, and also much energy left to keep walking upwards (or downwards??) along the river to see that famous London Bridge towers.
You know which Bridge towers I am talking about.
The one on the Brave New World album cover.

And check this out....kind of part ACES HIGH moment..
A tribute to those who fought in the battle of Britain. A very nice memorial wall and its beautifully crafted.

Its very peculiar this ENGLISH SKIES..
They have all these sudden burst of drizzles, and then its shiny, and then its cloudy, and then the rains fall again...
And its cold.
I got to encounter all these "funny" weather best while at Donington Park for Download Festival.
(As you all can see during MASTODON performance that I upload a bit on youtube, with all the heavy rains and strong winds falling down).  Betul2 nye Rock Mampos moment.


Then...some zombie attacks of 28 days later moment....I really like this movie.
Big Ben, Elizabeth Tower, Palace of Westminster , Westminster Abbey, house of parliament..

and not forgetting I got to take a photo of the Winston Churchill's statue in the park..

and I cant help but recite the famous " we shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans,  We shall fight....,. with great confidence and strength up in the air,   we shall defend our island, whatever the odds may be,
we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields, and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills, we shall never surrender!!".

Maybe some incorrect, but...at least I hope I am not so moronic, at least I know 0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000001 % about the most kindergarten and basic of Winston Churchill and his speeches...
so does countless others Iron Maiden fans worldwide haha.

Low budget backpacking travel by myself to see Maiden and other nice rock bands that I like, and this is one way I got the chance to take a peek at other places and how they live.

Its different from when you travel with your love ones, or friends. Can I say that it will definitely incur more cost and time. When you travel alone, you can minimise spending on food, lodging (sleep at airports) and transport. (Walk and walk and walk..........), and also cut down on all the shopping time hahahahahhah and dilly-dally type of things.
And you have to compromise as each person has their own likings.


So thats about it, this is a kind of guide for those IKAT PERUT people, those on minimum budget, shoe-string budgets.

 if you are travelling to England, to UK, to see you favourite football teams and to go to their stadiums,
or to catch your favourite rock bands playing their own shows or festivals like Download, or Sonisphere or Bloodstock, and I am always keen on Bloodstock festival with some multi facet and style harder, heavier rock bands playing which will surely be awesome, though my mindset is I am willing only to backpack alone and be self-discipline just to save up and to catch Maiden playing at different places, to different style of fans, without interfering with my real life. That is really a huge challenge for me everytime. Though if I do catch Maiden headlining Hellfest Festival in Nantes, with other great nice bands, I guess I will definitely spend one full day visiting Louver Museum, shit I dont know how to spell it if its correct haha.

And so thats about it, if you are really needing to avoid London because of its expensiveness, you can still take a sneak peek at London at very minimum cost. Walking is always the best.