heavy metal anthem - (Anthem with Rainbow's Graham Bonnet in year 2000)

        Around 2000/2001, two big things happened for Japanese Hard Rock and Heavy Metal music fans all over the world when one of them was the Fabulous Four of Loudness - Akira/ Minoru/ Munetaka/ Masayoshi got back together for the Spiritual Canoe album. The first time ALL FOUR was together since the late 80s. I was lucky then as I got Loudness "Hardcore Freaks" as friends so I got a chance to hear that album fast and check out the original album packagings and all that. That album has some great fast exciting songs like End Of Earth and Stay Wild.

Another big thing that happened around 2000 was bassist Naoto Shibata got his band Anthem together again with Anthem's guitarist Akio Shimizu and their old drummer Takamasa "Mad" Ohuchi after freezing the band since the early 90s. 

Interestingly, they never called back either of their previous singers Eizo or Yukio Morikawa to record an album but instead use Graham "Rainbow's Down To Earth singer" Bonnet. Graham Bonnet who had sung for Alkatrazz etc, was I think most known for being chosen by Ritchie Blackmore to replace Ronnie James Dio and to bring new Rainbow music to the radio masses and a larger commercial appeal with a different musical direction than Ronnie James Dio's era. 

Though Graham Bonnet last only an album before Joe Lynn Turner took over, but Graham Bonnet has left his mark and will always be fondly remembered as being once a member of one of the best, thrilling, exciting, most memorable, bring tears to the eyes greatness and legendary band ever - ~RAINBOW~.  Anyway, Graham Bonnet was the singer when Rainbow headlined the first Monsters Of Rock Festival at Donington Park. The bootleg cassette tape that was the start of me daydreaming as a small boy wanting to go this place called Donington Park and wondering how you can squeeze the SCORPIONS, Judas Priest (I knew much later as this band was not on the bootleg cassette) and Rainbow together plus Touch, Riot, Saxon and April Wine all on one stage, in a huge field. 

When Klaus Meine was heard on tape asking " Can you hear me?? Can You Hear Me Out There??", for a village little boy listening to that Monsters of Rock bootleg cassette tape, its very terrifying imagining the size of the audience in that Donington Park. That kicks-off  everything for me. When now I got a chance to backpack to see Iron Maiden playing in far away countries with different environments and fans, its all started as a school boy listening to that cassette tape imagining about going to Donington Park thousands and thousands of miles away beyond the seven seas in a completely foreign land.

Back to topic, when Anthem had Graham Bonnet as the vocalist, the album that was finally released is called "HEAVY METAL ANTHEM" but did not comprise any new song, but re-arranged, re-recorded old Anthem songs with new complete lyrics in English.

It was preceded first by a single Gypsy Ways with two additional songs - Love In Vain & Show Must Go On.

Heavy Metal Anthem album itself has 10 songs which includes Gypsy Ways and Show Must Go On, plus the eight of Evil Touch, Midnight Sun, The Juggler, Mr Genius, Cryin' Heart, Hunting Time, Hungry Soul, and Blinded Pain. - A selection of some fine Anthem 80's Japanese heavy metal. It is also a reminiscent of Loudness with Mike Vescera era.

photo of Akio Shimizu then with Blonde hair..

As usual with most Japanese rock bands releases, these Anthem with Graham Bonnet recordings are very hard to find in their original cd format, and even if you can find it anywhere, the price is usually much more expensive. Thanks to Youtube or maybe some fan-sharing websites, fans all over the world do not need to be starved and deprived from some excellent music, but its never the same like holding the original cd with the packaging in your hands.

The sample of a setlist from that era from a Bootleg during Anthem's time with Graham Bonnet dated and location stated as July 13th 2000, Tokyo On Air East, Tokyo, Japan
 was 
1. gypsy ways 
2. evil touch
3. midnight sun
4. love in vain
5. keyboard solo
6. blinded pain
7. lost in hollywood (Rainbow cover)
8. guitar, bass, drum solos
9. hungry soul
10. crying heart
11. the juggler
12. hunting time
13. all night long (Rainbow cover)
14. show must go on!
encore
15. unbelievably - will you still love me tomorrow (The Shirelles cover) - which I had blogged on this song here - http://deaf-angel.blogspot.sg/2013/11/will-you-still-love-me-tomorrow.html
The outro tape that followed was Led Zeppelin's All Of My Love.
(I just want to add the Keyboards solo I heard on this bootleg is very very beautiful..)

"Mad" Ohuchi was then replaced by Hirotsugu Homma after this, and Anthem also called back Eizo Sakamoto as singer.

Here is the rest of the photos showing packaging for both Heavy Metal Anthem cd with Obi strip, and also the Gyspy Ways single with Obi strip.

Last but not least, I think my youtube uploads of horrible quality short clip of "blast/akio solo/heat of the night" taken by my mobile handphone got a few views and one gentleman ask for more.
I am sorry I cant rip, its a blue-ray and I watched it on a stand alone player. But I use my handphone to record another segment as below.
Akio Shimizu during Venom Strike, followed by Naoto Shibata's bass solo.
Let me say again, this horrible quality below is completely world's away from the colourful, beautiful Anthem's 2013 Live Unbroken blue-ray disc.
(adjusting the "wheel gear" icon of the quality setting may help.)

I love to see the Japanese music fans on these live rock videos.

  

mat jenin dan kota Belgrade/ Serbia / sejarah beribu tahun Yugoslavia lama...

(Cerita blog kali ni ambik dari diari rahsia Mat Jenin.)


Aku pelan2 ada masa aku ngah carik info pasal Sejarah negara2 yang dulunya gabungan Yugoslavia.

- Berapa lama sejarah kota Belgrade tu sendiri, dari sebelum masehi, dah ribu2 tahun...

- Berapa lama tentera dan kerajaan Islam ada kat kota Belgrade.
Kota Belgrade ni sebenarnya satu masa dahulu berapa ratus dahulu waktu dibawah kerajaan Islam ada 250 masjid dalam kota ni. Sekarang cuma tinggal satu sahaja.

- Cammana Yugoslavia ni berpecah?
- Cammana Croatia lepaskan diri dulu?
- Cammana orang Croatia bina tentera untuk Negara dorang?

- Cammana orang Bosnia pulak nak berpecah dari Yugoslavia?
- Apa rintangan penubuhan Bosnia pasal dalam kawasan Bosnia pun terdiri dari berbagai kaum?
- Apa tu masalah Kosovo?

Aku juga tengah cari segala toknenek informasi tentang satu sejarah satu persembahan yang dalam keadaan Negara sedang berperang tapi tetap diadakan di Sarajevo dengan bomb meletup sana sini...dan peluru dan mortar bendentum sentiasa..
Cammana dorang boleh masuk kat dalam wilayah perang tu sendiri tanpa kena tembak, terpijak periuk api, atau kena bom..

Kenapa akhirnya band solo Bruce Dickinson yang main?? Sejarah semua cerita pasal dorang pergi masuk zon perang untuk buat konsert percuma.. Apa yang dorang bawak bersama untuk jadi bahan dagangan untuk keselamatan dorang kalau ditahan mana2 pihak bersenjata yang sokong lain2 fahaman. (Termasuk foto2 kumpulan Iron Maiden dengan barisan Bruce walau tu jam zaman dia keluar dah untuk jadi solo). Betapa kuat foto2 band Iron Maiden jadi bahan dagangan dan bukti walau dalam suasana perang.

Tapi sapa band sebelum tu yang dijemput?? Yang mungkin TAKUT dan Tarik diri???
dan juga SAPA BAND PERTAMA YANG DIJEMPUT???? BAND PALING BESAR!! untuk beraksi untuk berapa ratus orang di Sarajevo dan Bosnia. Makin korek makin rasa Bruce Dickinson ni patut jadi presiden United Nations haha.

Gambo dua ni, Kubu kotak kat tengah...itu lah pertama sekali sejarah kota Belgrade ribu2 tahun dahulu. Berbagai tentera dan kerajaan lain2 dah berperang untuk kubu ni.
Bermacam2 tentera dalam ribu tahun berebut kubu tu...
Belakang tu semua ialah kota Belgrade.....

Iron Maiden akan main kat taman bersebelahan kubu ni dengan rasanya ada tempat untuk 30,000 peminat rakyat Serbia dan band rock baru Ghost jadi pembuka hari Selasa 17hb Jun ni.

Mereka bukan Negara European Union. Berbanding ngan tempat lain....harga murah banyak!!
termasuk tiket konsert Iron Maiden walau untuk diri paling depan nye section...

Maklum balas baik aku jangan gatal nak pergi Bulgaria, tapi bandaraya Serbia ni selamat... Insyallah.

SELAMAT, SEBERAPA MURAH dan BERSEJARAH...ni la kalau ikut sususan kalau aku nak backpack sorang2 tengok Iron Maiden main kat tempat pelik2 sebelum dorang berhenti main, yang tinggal tak lama lagi....


Banyak risiko nak buat benda2 obsess syok sendiri ni...
1001 benda boleh terjadi yang buat aku tak dapat pergi.....Kerja, hal peribadi, hal keluarga..
lagi apa?
aku ada baca, banyak terjadi orang dah ada tiket Hellfest, tapi tak dapat masuk kawasan kerana butir maklumat tiket dah dicuri orang lain yang dah masuk dulu...
dan lagi ni nak pergi ke Serbia.....

tapi.........  ONWARDS WE CATAPULT!!!! jangan malu jangan segan,  buat muka tebal!!! Tidur kat airport!!  Ikat perut!!!!   Jiaoyou!!!

yang berangan tak sudah...,
Mat Jenin

Dendeng (daging salai) - Halal BBQ Meat

UPDATED PHOTOS 22 JUN 2015.
(At the bottom).


Aku nak merapu pasal Dendeng!! Kalau sapa tak suka makan Dendeng, buat bodoh sua. Takpun, tengok gambo je la haha.

-> Dendeng is the Indonesian name to describe this delicacy. The Malay community tend to use the term "daging salai".
This BBQ sliced Halal dried meat has fans too in both Singapore and Malaysia especially among the Malay-Muslim community.
Wikipedia description - "Dendeng is thinly sliced dried meat in Indonesian cuisine. It is preserved through a mixture of sugar and spices and dried through frying process. It is similar to jerky. Dendeng originally found by Minangkabau people. At first they made dendeng from beef, drying it so it could be eaten for days and bringing it with them when they traveled"

Aku tak tahu cammana aku nak bercerita..jadi aku rasa aku buat dalam bentuk point-form kot? Adakah ni dinamakan point-form? Bedal je la. Info aku type ni kalau salah... Ya Ampun!

- Dendeng ni daging salai yang dah diBBQ gitu la ye? Kaum Cina pun ada tapi dorang panggil Bak-Kwa ye. Tak boleh dimakan la ye pasal dibuat dari daging khinzir.
- Jangan aku nak berangan nak buat sendiri ke, nak beli mentah sendiri peram sendiri taruk rempah semua sendiri la ye...Ni cerita pasal beli terus makan je.
- Kalau daging dendeng lembu gitu, memang tahan tak cepat rosak, selepas dimasak gitu, boleh tahan SEBULAN. Tak payah simpan dalam esbok (peti-ais).
- Kalau macam dendeng ayam madu ke, dendeng ayam cili pedas ke, tahan dalam 4-5 hari je gitu kalau taruk luar.
- Sebab tu kalau korang tengok foto gambar aku tampal ni semua, kedai aku beli dendeng ni dia cuma bungkus yang dimasak punya ialah yang daging punya. Kalau korang nak yang ayam tu dia terus taruk dalam beg-kertas gitu. Kira korang terus makan la, kalau korang simpan, makan besok, rasa dia dah tak syok. Tapi kalau daging punye ok je.
- Tapi kedai yang aku gi ni, ada jual yang belum dimasak punya, jadi kalau korang nak tahan lama2, korang beli la yang belum masak, nanti korang pergi piknik ke, berkelah ke, pergi chalet ke hapa ke, korang bakar la sendiri. Kalau kat rumah korang pakai kuali je masak daging dendeng ni. Dah memang tipis pun kan.
- Aku tahu kat Geylang Serai je memang ada kedai khas jual dendeng. Kilang dorang kat Woodlands tak salah pasal tulis kat bungkusan dia. Ni kedai ni sekarang ni paling latest lokasi kedai  ialah kat Geylang Serai berhadapan dengan... Geylang VITB/Panggung Singapura. Hah, kan??? Ni semua kuno nye tempat. VITB siot. Ni old-school giler2 nye word. Sekarang hah, peganti modern dorang, bangunan sekolah semua dah macam New York City besar2...Stadium2 dorang, dah macam pro giler la. Untung la sekarang budak2 ITE ye tak. Panggung Singapura dah habis dah...tapi aku dapat la merasa kecik2 tengok filem kat Panggung Singapura Geylang Serai ni.
- Lagi apa eh? ok kedai ni jugak ada jual serunding semua la. Serunding ayam, daging, bercili, pedas, biasa punye.. Dorang panggil Floss ye.
- Ermmm...apa lagi eh....ok kalau kata korang kat Geylang Serai, then korang nak beli dendeng tapi bukan nak makan terus, nak bawak balik Malaysia ke hapa ke kan?
Beli yang dah pre-packed daging nye la paling elok dan mudah. Tapi beli yang lain pun ok jugak, cuma takut rasa dia dah lari. Jadi tanya dulu la tukang jual tu cammana paling sesuai.
- Sedap la dendeng ni... Aku cuma type apa aku tahu je la ok, kalau salah sorry mori.

Layan gambar foto dendeng

Updated 22 Jun 2015

Tu hari aku beli yang Dendeng Ayam Madu dan Dendeng Ayam Cili,
aku beli 100, or 200 gram itu each, terus taruk kat paperbag gitu kan?
Then aku siap bawak balik KL makan besok petang nye masih elok....

So rasanya tahan 3 atau 4 hari gitu la kalau biarkan gitu je...
kalau yang daging dalam packing itu, sebulan tahan..

sila layan gambar.. Ada satu gambar tu harga dia untuk frozen punye...

(updated) sumbatsekaligus- belinda/syria/harga tiket rolling stones/slang defleppard mungkin/ jeddah makkah visitors to this blog/ BELGRADE!!

Mula2 aku ingat aku nak borak pasal Dendeng. Daging tipis2 gitu BBQ gitu. Enak sekali...cehhhh.
tapi takpelah tunggu minggu depan...berbual pasal makan-makan ni kena ada fefeeling gitu.

Anyway, aku memang banyak benda nak cakap sorang2,...so apa aku ingat sekarang aku sumbat je la semua satu posting senang.


1) Aku melayari youtube pasal sebenarnya dah tak sabar tunggu 5-disc Anthology Belinda Carlise.
Ni foto dia tengah tandatangan certificate gitu. Harap satu keping tu aku dapat. Cehhhh......Angan-angan!! I want cert  number 001. haha.
Memang susah sangat nak dapatkan hakcipta, dapat keizinan, dapat kelulusan dan jugak carik master tape sesuatu lagu yang dah lama.
Too Much Water Live In Japan takkan masuk kat 5 disc collection ni pasal band dia gi masuk lagu Lou Reed kejap ke hapa kejap masa tengah main lagu. Lepas tu satu lagu apa Dreams tu? dorang tak bleh jumpa master tape atau apa2 high quality, dan ada pun yang versi kat movie mannequin, yang kalau pakai pun ntah sapa dorang nak mintak izin kot?

So masa melayari youtube tu kasi warm up, baru aku perasan video ni... Sapa host dia ni? Jay Leno. Tu lagi satu lelaki tu Howard Stern tu- hos radio, America got Talent pun dia jugak ye.
Belinda Carlisle buat persembahan lagu dahsyat "Lay Down Your Arms" secara akaustik gitu je.
Korang tengok la gitaris-gitaris perempuan dia pakai sapa..
- Bangles nye gitaris Vicki Peterson, suara power giler tu Vicki Peterson sebagai penyanyi latar jugak, korang try dengar suara kat ni video.
- Go-Gos nye gitaris Charlotte Caffey yang tukang tulis lagu ni mula2 untuk band dia lepas Go-Gos berpecah zaman dulu. Versi lagu ni tak rock sangat la kan dah kena togel kan, tapi tetap power.




Lepas lagu ni korang tengok apa Howard Stern buat kat dia. Gatal Miang Merenyam gitu Howard Stern ni eh.
Tu ah Jay Leno dah cakap sampai "harassment". Belinda cool je, cerita2 pasal keluarga dia semua.
Howard Stern lepas tu berbual apa2 sey kutuk2 lagik. Dekni ni kira dari dulu memang kontroversi lawak la dekni. Kelakar siak dorang perli2 satu sama lain.

2) Apa cerita tu ada minah tu sorang kat Syria kena hukum rejam sampai mati pasal ada facebook akaun? aku twitter pun aku masih tak paham macammana nak pakai tapi tak semestinya benda2 gini kena hukum cam gitu apa.
Benda2 mass media zaman moden ni gini, ntah eh, boleh jadi kawan atau lawan. Masjid2  pun aku rasa guna facebook dan jugak media internet lain. Sama macam TV, dulu aku ada baca TV tu dajal, ialah mata satu kan? satu screen je apa, tapi.. banyak pun rancangan positif dan berunsur agama kat tv pe. .

Bak kata Belinda Carlise "Lay Down Your Arms, we're in love, we're at war, but we can be on the same side". Mari kita tujukan lagu tu kat....OK OK aku stop....mampos aku kena kutuk lagik kang. Tapi tak paham la kan sapa betul sapa tak kalau dua2 sama je aku tengok.....
Ntah2 dua2 tak betul, mengong!! Macam aku pernah cakap, aku dah tak boleh nak tertengok dah video2 kat sana. Amboi...guna henpon rakam kawan dan lawan kena macam2, peluru tembus segala anggota tubuh badan macam2 tempat...tu belum kena siksa la...apa la...  

3) okay....bulan tiga ni Rolling Stones gathers no moss main kat Singapura. Aku tak dengar lagu2 Rolling Stone ni secara menyeluruh , aku tahu dorang dan experiment dengar lagu dorang pun pasal band2 rock lain main lagu2 dorang cam Paint It Black - Deep Purple, Sympathy For The Devil GNR gitu, cam Angie tu semua tu la, tapi aku kagum ngan kumpulan ni dah berzaman tapi tetap "maintain". Apa dorang makan???
Dulu aku suka gi HMV ke hapa ke, pegang2 boxset2 dorang, giler ah packaging dan presentation boxset2 dorang. Terbaik.
OK ni apa aku tahu pasal tiket penjualan dorang main akan kat Marina Bay Sands ok...
Mula2 harga tiket antara - S$200-S$700.
ok, ni Rolling Stones, main pulak kat tempat gitu, masih masuk akal la kan?

Laporan cakap hari dorang start jual tiket, bukak je Sistic kul 10 pagi, orang yang terus cuba telepon, dapat tembus talian bercakap ngan staff Sistic, lepas tiga kali cuba, cuma dapat beli tiket yang harga bawah, harga mahal semua dah habis. Berapa cepat tu??
Apa aku tahu sekarang harga tiket jual-balik resell market kat Singapore untuk show Rolling Stones ni dah sampai S$1700 satu tiket. Tukar RM x 2.6 = 4420RM. Bapak mahal, tapi ni semua "passion" masing2 ye tak, kalau dah minat.Tapi rasanya ni depan la, boleh tengok dekat2 bibir sapa tu penyanyi dorang? Mike Jagger? haha.... Bibir tebal.

4) Aku kembali cuba dengar Slang. Album Def Leppard zaman tok kadok dulu yang memang kasi aku Terperanjat Beruk gitu...  Reason aku dengar balik Slang ni pasal ni...keluar yang ini.

Korang pernah dengar kan pendapat, "yang kita betul2 akhirnya suka kadang2 tu mula2 kita tak suka, paling tak berkenan, menyampah, nak muntah hijau, pelan2 dah lama, pelan2 ambik masa, baru kita tahu tu yang terbaik."
Rasa cam gitu lak aku rasa bila aku dengar Slang lagi sekali. OK tak dinafikan memang first time dengar ada lagu yang terus aku melekat cam All I Want Is Everything misalnya tapi tu semua style Def Leppard yang aku tahu, tapi Slang memang kelaut sangat.

Ni Slang ni sebijik macammana masa Iron Maiden keluar X-Factor dulu. Zaman ahli2 kumpulan punyai masalah peribadi dan apa2 je la dan lagu2 pun keluar jadi lain sikit...
Ni Slang zaman drummer Def Leppard pukul bini dia ia? mabuk ke?. Hilang segala rasa hormat aku sey orang2 lelaki pukul2 pompuan ni. Cam sial ok. Kat dunia berlagak kuat la kan pukul2 orang pompuan cam samseng, mampos nanti, berani ko nak pukul malaikat?

ok ok back to Slang Def Leppard ni, atau tetiba sekarang aku dengar aku cam menjiwai gitu, sebijik2 lagu, mungkin penerimaan aku semakin lebih kat beberapa lagu lain kat Slang ialah kerana aku mungkin dah matang??, cehhhhhh....jadi aku boleh terima lagu2 kat album Def Leppard Slang ni?
Mungkin??... cehhh Ella sey, "ku berjalan...seorang diri...memakai pakaian yang ku gemari...oooooooo...Mungkin!!"
Jadi aku mungkin nak tangkap sekeping deluxe edition Slang ni walau aku ada special edition masa keluar dulu, Rasanya aku pernah blog kasi pendapat ulasan aku pasal double album ni yang ada cd kedua kat dalam tu ada rakaman Def Leppard main kat Hard Rock Cafe Singapura.

5) Errr...kalau cam gini cam mana ni??
Salah kot satelit dia haha.....
Terkejut siak aku.....naughty... Naughty! Naughty!! Naughty!!!!!

Satu kelmarin, satu semalam...haha.. Aku terperasan, terus tangkap gambo haha.

Aku rasa mungkin nak google pasal Hell ke, pasal Destruction hari kiamat ke?

Errr...boleh ke aku gurau2 benda gini??? Ohhhh noo...........



ok dah.....aku kalao start merapek...tak boleh stop.


p.s

Sofia Bulgaria is out..  out of place sangat, dan tak konfiden aku gi tempat ni...

tapi Belgrade just announced...... tengok cam selamat je apa aku nilai secara rambang.

Anthem - Black Empire

        My all time favourite Japanese album is Loudness' Disillusion (English Ver.). I love everything about that album when I first listened to it and even now I still get excited about the thrills galore found in there.
        Disillusion is one of those rare occasions when Minoru Nihara sang the whole album twice. Originally released in the Japanese language, and then in English with the most unique, cute pronunciation that only the Japanese can.
        There was an old interview with Minoru or was it Akira? when he informed that Disillusion was the "heaviest"among all the early Loudness Japanese releases before they got a proper International album release deal that begins with Thunder In The East and these Atco label albums make them big names worldwide.

Another Japanese album that I really like, is Anthem's Black Empire from around 2008. This is how the packaging looks like for Black Empire.

I still find it amusing watching on the internet or disc all these Anthem live shows, and they have all these ladies occupying the front row, young girls and older ages, all punching their hands in the air, with all the male fans behind them, and there was no signs of pushing, or elbowing or scrambling to get to the barriers.

It was premiered by the Heat Of The Night song.
Below is the official promotional video for this song I think.
Maybe its just coincidental but the chorus is quite similar to Kamlelot's Lost and Damned from 2003.



Naoto Shibata the bassist wrote most of the songs, and he was also the producer.
Akio Shimizu as usual on jaw-dropping guitars, Eizo Sakamoto shows the most sweetest side of his voice on "Walk Through The Night" found on this album and Hirotsugu Homma on drums.

Walk Through The Night is I believe the only "love song" for this album.
Just a little bit of English is used on this song but it has this great line of "I love your innocence, I love your smile". I always love Eizo's voice on this song especially when he begins each verse.

Other than that, the rest of this album is a bit faster and heavier with enough variety to excites me.

The song Black Empire would have made a great song pop single with its wholesome catchiness.


Perfect Crawler has some unique lyrics.
"Dear My Evil
   haitoku no yoru ni odore
Proud Us Lucifer
    gokujou no doku o kawasou"



It would be nice to know what Eizo is singing.
I always love X-Japan fans websites with translations of the Japanese lyrics into what I think are as accurate as possible English words and sentences.
I cannot find any for Anthem though.

Besides the above songs, you have You, Go Insane, Emptiness World, Telling You, Awake and the instrumental Pilgrims.
I would really love to get hold of the bootlegs and video recordings of Anthem playing live to promote this Black Empire album but that's difficult.


I will try to upload some Anthem Bootlegs audio bootlegs that I have on youtube.
And their latest blue-ray disc, I have no idea how to rip it as I watch using a standalone player, but I will see what I can to show a bit more teasers till all Anthem fans get a copy each.

keja shift

Secara peribadi untuk diri aku sendiri, aku tak suka kerja waktu pejabat.

Aku suka kerja shift. Lagi best giler kalau waktu kerja dia pusing2, ada kerja pagi, kerja petang, kerja malam..dengan ada off day, ada rest day.. wooo terbaik. ada bayar OT, lagilah bersemangat.

hah lagi la aku suka kalau tugas tu boleh elakkan diri kita dari ber"uniform". Suka aku je pakai jeans, mungkin polo tshirt kalau kerja waktu siang depan orang lain, kasi tunjuk hormat sikit dan menunjuk imej aku ni pekerja yang boleh diharapkan haha, dan kalau sesuai waktu takde mata lain memandang - terutama kerja malam atau kerja sabtu/ahad/cuti umum - hanya tshirt rock dan berselipar jepun je.

Oooo indah nye. (Tapi pada aku QUALITY KERJA KITA, takde kena mengena ngan cara kita berpakaian unless kita front-line la kan, atau perlu tukar berpakaian berkesuaian untuk akses tempat2 tertentu atau bahaya masa kerja kita.).

Lagi dream job, boleh suruh kawan kerja tukar2 waktu kerja ngan kita, tolong coverkan kita datang lambat sikit ke, datangkan awal sikit ke, Heaven siot. Cuti tak usik, takde stress kelam kabut masuk kerja keluar kerja...

Tapi apa pun Rezeki tu tangan Allah. Boleh menangis, boleh hilang akal kalau fikir mana nak carik duit kalau kita baru hilang kerja atau sebagainya sebab tu daily-rated jobs tetap important dalam pasaran pekerjaan di masa ini untuk sesapa yang perlu access duit belanja setiap hari.

Nak cakap bersyukur selalu tu, terus terang takdelah pasal aku ni fikiran selalu ke laut nak ingat agama, memang aku tak tipu la aku tak ingat agama sentiasa, aku alpa di dalam dunia yang fana' ni, 
tapi tak dinafikan kadang2 tu datang mood muhasabah diri, maka Bersyukurlah setiap kali kita teringat betapa Allah tolong kita setiap masa, dan terutama waktu kita ngah desperate, memang boleh nak nangis siot fikir kebesaran Allah. 

Sebab tu wahai kawan2 pembaca sekian yang terutama kalau korang jenis macam aku, jenis tonggang langgang, sila jangan lupa bayar zakat wang simpanan pasal kalau nak cakap harta apa la harta ada, kecuali of course kita kerja kadang2 ada la duit sikit tolak tepi buat kecemasan, atau nak spend kat love ones, atau nak hurray-hurray. 

Kalau ada wang simpanan bayarlah zakat wang simpanan untuk diri korang dan love ones korang, jangan sikit pun rasa malu kalau jumlah dia sedikit sangat, dan buatlah ibadah korban setiap tahun kalau ada duit lebih sikit. Aku berpautan pegang janji Allah kat benda2 gini. Aku harap sampai hari aku mati, dan semoga love-ones aku pun prektiskan jugak benda2 gini walau aku tak suruh ikut, aku cuma buat je, harap dorang terperasan, perkara2 ni jangan diabaikan. Ceh.....berbual cam bagus sey... padahal.... ahahahha.

ok balik semula cerita berbual colok aku, Pasal aku kerja kat Singapore, first kerja aku lepas abis NS je setahun aku kerja waktu pejabat tu pun aku banyak keluar gi cek tu cek ni. 

Lepas tu berhenti, sejak tu baik aku kerja kat kilang, aku kerja pengawal keselamatan, aku kerja apa2 je la aku kerja, baik aku berhenti kerja atau diberhentikan kerja.. aku sedaya upaya carik kerja shift.

Aku rasa aku lebih boleh bebas, menjalankan tanggungjawab, berbakti , berinteraksi , berkecoh-kecohan ngan love ones aku kalau aku kerja shift.

Aku rasa aku banyak time free untuk buat apa aku hendak atau perlu buat setiap hari setiap masa tanpa pedulik hari apa dan musim apa. Aku pun tak yah nak tempuhi jam kastam hujung minggu atau bas ekpress penuh hujung minggu ye tak..
Tidur? Tidur pada aku adalah nikmat Allah, memang aku perlu tidur tapi aku kena pandai carik waktu tidur yang sesuai. Bak kata Bon Jovi- I'll Sleep When I'm Dead". Atau bak lirik Aerosmith " I Dont Want To Close My Eyes..I dont wan't to Fall Asleep..."...something like that la...

OK aku tahu dulu2 kita suka ejek2 kawan2 kita waktu kita mula melalui zaman pekerjaan...

bila kita excited tanya kawan2 tu jam " eh kau kerja apa? eh kau kerja kat mana? "
ye la kan, semua pelan2 menempuh pekerjaan sepenuh masa...nanti ayat2 feberet ejek2 satu sama lain...

"orang gila je kerja hari minggu",atau  "orang giler je kerja waktu malam"..

tapi sekarang, ejek2 tu makan diri aku kot...haha....

Lagi satu aku tak suka kerja waktu pejabat macam orang lain ialah macam gini...

Pitam aku kalau tiap2 hari cam gini....kerja shift, tak la jumpa sangat crowd cam gini kan.

ni foto aku ambik masa turun eskalator...hah ambik kau, dua2 hala tujuan semua penuh...Pengsan.

~ macam pelangi ~ like a rainbow ~

Aku off day. Malam2 buta dah ni. Senyap dah semua. Aku sorang2 ngah ngadap laptop.

Ulang2 tengok video ni.

Meleleh siot air mata. 

Mula2 aku tengok pompuan tu atas kerusi roda ada cerebral palsy  tu guna hidung dia buat apa tu? Dia nyanyi kot rupanya dengan cara dia sendiri guna komputer dia. Tu suara dia la semua kat 1st verse rasanya, kan macam robot gitu kan suara masa awal lagu ni? Robot...!!?? Kongajar eh aku? Sorry la.....

tak boleh, gi sini tengok yang ada subtitled - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bupIH3UkPnU

 ni pulak video versi yang cuma tunjuk yang budak2 je perform sama lagu.
Setiap2 budak2 kat video ni umur 4 sampai 18 setiap ada kecacatan dan kekurangan jasmani masing2 berlainan2. Sama ngan yang main muzik semua.

British Paraorchestra campur ngan budak2 atas dan jugak campur ngan peserta2 sukan Paraolympics negara Britain.

Ada masa kita hurray-hurray.. ok la senang cakap Ada Chance je aku hurray-hurray!! haha.
Tapi dalam dunia betul, setiap kita, punyai dugaan dan cobaan masing2. Berlainan, macam2 warna. Macam2 colours. Allah je tahu ye tak? Temberang la kalau sapa2 takde. Tapi Firaun takde kot? Dia sakit pun tak pernah ye tak? Tu dia ingat dia Tuhan. Wallahualam.

Menceceh menceceh menceceh..This Is Your Life from Angry Machines/Live Inferno from the same era/praise and complains on the This Is Your Life Tribute album to Ronnie James Dio.

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posting merapu syok sendiri, segala tok nenek aku sumbat satu post. kalau semangat nak merapu kat internet dah datang..sanggup siot, tapi syok la berbual sorang2 gini..nasib baik aku kat keja sorang2 hari ahad, kalau tak orang ingat aku gila. type sikit ketawa, type sikit ketawa..masalahnya tak type pun, ketawa sorang2...

Kelmarin gitu keluar berita mutakhir Wendy Dio tentang projek yang dia sedang terbitkan iaitu sebuah album dahsyat punye yang memang desas desus dah lama. Iaitu album Tribute peringatan untuk mendiang suami dia - Ronnie James Dio (RJD) - This Is Your Life. Kat blog Xyruszone pun dia dah awal dah cerita pasal ni, sila tengok kat sini-
http://xyruszone.blogspot.sg/2014/02/coming-soon-this-is-your-life.html

Ni bukan macam Manowar nye Ronnie James Dio tribute ok?? Joey Demaio buat album tu, pukul canang sana-sini hubungan akrab dia ngan RJD last2 Wendy cakap "Ronnie James Dio tak pernah berkawan ngan Joey Demaio". MALU SIOT !! mungkin pasal masa RJD mati kan semua orang pun nak tumpang pakai nama dia untuk tujuan buat duit.

Aku terus tengok senarai peserta THIS IS YOUR LIFE ini , ramai band dan nama2 penyani dan pemuzik rock yang famous amos nye

RONNIE JAMES DIO: THIS IS YOUR LIFE 
Track Listing 
1. “Neon Knights” – Anthrax*
2. “The Last In Line” – Tenacious D*
3. “The Mob Rules” – Adrenaline Mob
4. “Rainbow In The Dark” – Corey Taylor, Roy Mayorga, Satchel, Christian Martucci, Jason Christopher*
5. “Straight Through The Heart” – Halestorm* 
6. “Starstruck” – Motörhead with Biff Byford*
7. “The Temple Of The King” – Scorpions*
8. “Egypt (The Chains Are On)” – Doro
9. “Holy Diver” – Killswitch Engage
10. “Catch The Rainbow” – Glenn Hughes, Simon Wright, Craig Goldy, Rudy Sarzo, Scott Warren*
11. “I” – Oni Logan, Jimmy Bain, Rowan Robertson, Brian Tichy*
12. “Man On The Silver Mountain” – Rob Halford, Vinny Appice, Doug Aldrich, Jeff Pilson, Scott Warren*
13. “Ronnie Rising Medley (Featuring A Light In The Black, Tarot Woman, Stargazer, Kill The King)” – Metallica*
14. “This Is Your Life” – Dio
* Previously unreleased


tampal satu gambo dulu, kasi thrill buat posting..lirik This Is Your Life dari Angry Machines je cd, dan logo Dio kalau terbalik dapat apa? tapi RJD sendiri cakap kebetulan je haha.

So aku bongkar2 koleksi aku, nak hias sikit apa aku plan nak buat bahan blog, pasal aku memang kalau Dio keluar album aku akan beli dan kalau tak lain kali pun aku tangkap sekeping nak cuba cukupkan korum gitu, walaupun cam siot. Sorry la eh pada aku Angry Machine ni macam siol sikit.
Apa tu zaman 90an? Industrial gitu...tolong la.. main je la Rock Mampos macam biasa.
Bak kata lagu crazy nights KISS, "they try to tell us that we don't belong, but that's all right, we're millions strong!!"

Aku ada satu kawan kerja kutuk2 KISS tau korang, kongajar betul!!
Dia cakap KISS - Cheesy. Mulut takde insuran!! haha... 
Aku minat Kiss, sapa lagi? sapa lagi minat KISS? Portdy? hah tu ahli KISS ARMY tu Portdy!! haha.. lagi sapa? Berteromber lagi... haha..lagi sapa2?

ahhh Kiss takde lak ni album...Scorpions ada, ramai ada tu...Kiss takde...
kalau KISS dorang main lagu apa best eh??
HUNGRY FOR HEAVEN... kena kan? giler la..ok mari kita masuk youtube dengar lagu Hungry For Heaven, imejin Kiss main ni lagu. Paul Stanley nyanyi. Lagu dah pop, Kiss bawak terus jadi Disko joget-joget haha.
- Iron Maiden pun takde eh? Patut Maiden just letak satu contoh rakaman Bruce ucap tiap2 malam masa tour USA 2010 gitu ye sebelum dorang main lagu Blood Brothers. Lawak giler ucapan2 Bruce tiap2 malam pasal tujukan lagu ingatkan kat RJD.
- Ritchie Blackmore pun....haish...toni iommi pun...haish..haha...2cd ni album sepatutnya.

ok, balik pada topik, Tapi ada last song tu kat Angry Machine, ada satu lagu RJD romantik je ngan iringan Piano aje. Takde gitar solo takde apa, cuma suara dia aje..... Dan suara dia tu memang la merdu sangat. Tu la lagu This Is Your Life, yang jadi judul album tribute akan datang ni dan lagu ni pun akan terselit kat dalam cd tu nanti..

ok sambung balik cerita album Tribute This Is Your Life ni...
- mula2 aku bingit pasal ada lagu tribute dah lama, Doro nye Egypt tu dah berzaman. Dah basi pun lagu ni!! Suruh la Doro nyanyi lagu lain, Self Potrait ke, Rainbow Eyes ke...Giler gempak kan? cuba imejin.

Rowan Robertson - makdatok mana dorang korek dekni keluar?? Memang ALL-STAR album ni. Dekni mamat yang masa belasan tahun RJD ambik dia main album Lock Up The Wolves. Dia tak main rock lagi kot mamat ni?
Camgini kan bagus...Aku tengok senarai ramai ada...tapi satu malaon penting takde, Vivian Campbell. Cam sial kan sekarang Vivian Campbell ni main balik lagu Dio lepas RJD dah mati.. Masa dia hidup, apsal tak mau baik2 ngan dia. Hormat la sikit orang tu, walau berapa macam sial pun dia kat kau kalau ikut cerita kau. Aku ni cakap je, kalau Vivian Campbell nye band Last In Line main dan aku boleh pergi show dia, aku la yang sibuk nak diri dekat depan Vivian Campbell haha. Tapi marah tetap marah dia gaduh2 ngan RJD ye tak? Yang rugi peminat! Apa pun, ala... si Vivian Campbell buang masa la dalam Def Leppard. Tak suka la aku Phil Collen tu tak pakai baju. Aku geli siot. Ye la muscle satu badan, tapi gua tak stim la!! gua geli lagi ada.

Kalau aku puji kebanyakkan senarai artis album ni pasal memang aku suka lagu2 dorang dan penglibatan dorang dalam muzik rock, tak boleh abis la, cuma satu je aku nak cakap -
METALLICA pilih main lagu2 era RJD/Man In Black/Tony Carey/Jimmy Bain/Cozy Powell iaitu Rainbow Rising ,
dan kalau ikutkan sepatutnya Kill The King tu lagu yang ada kat dalam album Rising, bukan album ketiga Long Live Rock N Roll. Dorang lambat seminit nak abiskan lagu tu ke hapa ntah masa rakaman. Tu pasal masa Rainbow tour 1976 nye live albums tu semua ada Kill The King. Dorang dah main dah terror dah lagu tu, lepas tour, baru hegeh2 nak rakam kat studio masukkan kat next album haha.

Aku sangat kagum ngan pilihan lagu2 oleh Metallica untuk album tribute ni. Patut lagi best dorang cuma medleykan Stargazer/Light In The Black dua ni dah cukup tapi empat pun ok la.

Kalau korang tak pernah dengar Rainbow Rising album, tapi korang tahu album Iron Maiden Powerslave.
Korang tahukan back to back last two songs Powerslave ialah Powerslave dan Rime Of The Ancient Mariner kan? Terbaik kan bila lagu ni dua ikut satu lepas satu lagi bersaing gitu berturut2??
Cuba korang dengar album Rising - Stargazer ngan A Light In The Black back to back. Cuba try. Tersangat la feeling bulu roma ternaik semua, syahdu.... hehe.

Aku harap medley Rising ni Metallica plis tolong la....sila main part instrumental A Light In The Black. Aku harap Lars cuba main part Cozy Powell tu dan Hetfield/Hammett cuba main part dual solo Ritchie Blackmore/Tony Carey. Giler babi punye solo lagu ni. Bassist dorang? buat bodoh sua...terkangkang je la lebar2. Tak berkenan betul aku ngan gimik dan posture dia ni.

Bastard tak aku guna perkataan Metallica "cuba"????

AKU SANGAT HAPPY METALLICA pandai pilih lagu!!!!
SUKA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
pasal Metallica ni popular, apa dorang buat ramai orang akan ambik tahu.
Dan rata2 peminat muzik rock yang tak explore dalam2 music Rainbow zaman RJD lepas tahu pasal Metallica ni mungkin dorang akan explore muzik Rainbow lebih lagi.

Serious berbual memang tersangat all-star line up setiap penyanyi dan musician, Glenn Hughes pun akan nyanyi Catch The Rainbow.
Mampos Lemmy ngan Saxon nye penyanyi nak duet Starstruck ke hapaa??
"Lady Starstruck she's nothing but BAD LUCK!!" bapak best.

Sambung ni Angry Machine, kalau korang perasan lepas studio album Angry Machine tu Dio keluar album live - Inferno Last In Live.
Terbaik la kan album ni kalau sebelum lagu Heaven And Hell ada "first time we did this song was in CHICAGO!!", eiii Chicago ni cam tempat rock mampos gitu la....aku nak pergi tempat ni la haha.
Ada la 2 lagu Angry Machine, satu lagu Strange Highways...
Ala... AKU OTAK JAM ngan ni dua album studio Dio 90an ni.. Menyampah pun ada.. 
Selain berapa lagu 90an kat album live ni, Lain semua ok alrite, aku tahu aku suka We Rock dalam album ni, tapi ni album ada satu lagu medley yang boleh menitiskan air mata aku kerana kemerduan suara RJD.

Dorang sudah bawak lagu MISTREATED/CATCH THE RAINBOW ok...
dua lagu Ritchie Blackmore ok.. satu Deep Purple satu Rainbow. Aiseybedah!!

Mistreated - Metallica live bawak lagu ni kalau korang dengar bootlegs zaman Black album, sapa lagi?
Filem melayu ROCK Ooo tu pun ada lagu ni kan? 
dah tu dulu tu Hilary Ang / Lovehunters main atas stage sama2 pun bawak lagu ni...

Tapi...ni terbaik ni versi Mistreated ngan ahli Dio zaman tu, lepas tu separuh jalan masuk lagu Catch The Rainbow...

RJD modify lyrics ada nasik tambah...

" We can fly... to the Sun,
    We will reach the Rainbow, 
      Touch the Sky, Bound together..
       YOU and I, To the Rainbow...."

ROMANTIC giler siot!!!!!

Sila dengar sini


Lepas tu apa aku pernah baca RJD cakap dia nak pakai guitarist style main macam Ritchie Blackmore untuk album seterusnya... Magica, dia main Rock Mampos balik la.
Dia nak pakai dua gitaris jugak...dia nak Tracy G kongsi gitar karen punye posisi la.
Terus RJD panggil Craig Goldy masuk balik...
Terus Tracy G bingit la kan!!! hahahahaha.. terus dia keluar dari band Dio ni.... Bagus jugak la.. thanks for the memories bro. cehhhh...macam la dia baca ni.

Apa pun MAGICA ada lagu Love Song Balada Cinta Sentimental Meleleh Ronnie James Dio aku suka sangat iaitu As Long Its Not About Love.
Aku dah borak belum pasal cd ni? nanti aku cek, dan kasi bongkar balik, aku ada cd first time keluar, lepas tu packaging dah tukar, now dah keluar deluxe edition lak. BEST!!!!!!!


ok aku dah penat... kejong siot menaip..tiap2 hari curik2 masuk surf internet, bercengkerama buat blog, mau terror aku jadi typist nanti haha...

layan je la gambo ye.....
era THIS IS YOUR LIFE 
- Angry Machines & 
Live Inferno albums

                         \m/ ^..^ \m/

Bulgaria,...,... dan ketenangan.

Dua benda nak cakap...
Perasaan Terkejut diikuti perasan gembira, diikuti perasaan sedih, hampa, naik darah!!, tak kuasa lantak la korang (ni semua sekali jalan) dan kemudian kembali ketenangan.. ok cerita pertama dulu.
1. Bungkusan dari bandaraya Sofia, Bulgaria. BULGARIA??? biar betik.
Tak pernah aku dapat bungkusan dari Bulgaria ni..

Posman baca ni paham ke? haha

Sekali aku bukak, aiseybedah... senyum dari telinga ke telinga ler aku.. 
TERBAIK DARI LADANG OK!!!

Korang bayangkan, Rakaman kat Tokyo Jepun pada tarikh Julai 2000, oleh band rock Jepun yang pada zaman setahun dua waktu tu pakai penyanyi mat salleh dari England, dan rakaman diciplak di Bulgaria. Lepas lebih sedozen tahun, baru aku dapat.

Graham Bonnet - Ritchie Blackmore pilih dia ambik tempat Ronnie James Dio ok, giler ah nak ambik tempat posisi RJD, walaupun tugas dia kena tolong ubah Rainbow dari zaman Medieval, Dungeon & Dragon Rainbow kepada zaman lagu lebih pop pasal Ritchie Blackmore tu jam gatal nak tukar angin. Selain Rainbow dia pun dah nyanyi untuk Michael Schenker Group, Alcatrazz, dan Impellitteri.

Lepas buat satu album ngan Graham Bonnet zaman 2000 dulu, dan aku sampai sekarang masih tak boleh dapat secopy album original Heavy Metal Anthem tu (Anthem tukar liriks lagu2 dorang masa dulu jadi bahasa Inggeris, dan Graham Bonnet tukang nyanyi). 
Anthem panggil balik EIZO Sakamoto.
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Next topic..
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2. Sedang lidah lagi tergigit, apa lagi main bolasepak 20 minit pertama ke laut kan??
Aku paham...Air ada pasang surut, langit kadang2 cerah kadang2 mendung, kadang2 menang, kadang2 kalah, dan kadang2 kalah dengan macam puaka gitu. Apa pun luahan perasaan kejap. "MAKAN GAJI BUTA!! TAK BOLEH HARAP!! JANTAN KABERET!! JOGGING?? kepala hotak jogging lawan ngan pasukan pemain laju cam gitu, Lari la oi!!!."

 ok dah...Marah dahbis, sayang tetap sayang...
I will love you guys forever and ever, but please don't do this 'first 20 minutes and 5-1' too often guys, if once in a while, I can take it with a painful smile....so all I can do now is ....

p.s

Apa pun..
MAIDEN BULGARIA... Just before Hellfest.. 16th June Monday... Hmmmnnnnn.....

MMXIV - kings of metal - Manowar - Itunes online version released, I Grumble and Cursed the marketing strategy, but still bought 9 of the 18 songs.

~ This post is a dedication.. a quick(y) at the workplace. lol!! Only excitement of this magnitude deserves all these risks!! haha. 

Two things
1st- Shit on you Joey Demaio!! You took money from me twice this time. There is no way I will ever get the patience to wait for the physical cd album release of Kings Of Metal MMXIV later this month while reading how others are heaping praises on this re-recordings and new interpretations of these awesome songs.
So for the first time ever, I purchased songs online through Itunes although I personally don't use any Apple gadgets.
This shows how much the original Kings Of Metal album means to me through all these years.

2nd - Kudos to Joey and Manowar. I think what they did for the fans who got screwed up for the first show last night is fabulous and respectful and a sign they really treasure their fans... One of the reasons why they have their ever loyal, dedicated hardcore fans worldwide who sacrifice a lot for this band.

yES! yEs! YeS! YEs! yeS! YES! I know I am not really a fan of current Manowar nowadays.

I start giving up on them since Warriors Of The World album and worse with all the bullshit in the news about the late Scott Columbus departure from the band.
I only ever bought their DVD "the day earth shook" or something, because ex-members especially Ross The Boss and Rhino plays with them that night and all the fabulous  conventions and rehearsals footages. Still its one of my favourite rock music DVDs ever.
If I want a dosage of newer Manowar, I always have the two cds by ROSS THE BOSS band which are superior in my opinion.

But when news of Manowar re-records Kings of Metal after over 20 years later, with Donnie Hamzik and Karl Logan, and using Brian Blessed (Black Adder's father, the King Richard IV, in the original Blackadder series) narrating the MMXIV version of Warriors Prayer, I know its going to be an album that I want to hear. But then I heard the first snippets of "Blood Of The Kings", with the additional countries on it, I know I am going to get this MMXIV album ASAP

ok, there is actually 18 songs on Kings Of Metal MMXIV. Personally I dont understand whats some of the intsrumental songs are in there for unless Karl Logan soloed on top or something. They should just had made it into one cd isn't it?? MONEY MAKING SESSION???

Kings Of Metal MMXIV Track List (FINAL):

Hail And Kill MMXIV
Kings Of Metal MMXIV
The Heart Of Steel MMXIV (Acoustic Intro Version)
A Warrior's Prayer MMXIV
The Blood Of The Kings MMXIV
Thy Kingdom Come MMXIV
The Sting Of The Bumblebee MMXIV
Thy Crown And Thy Ring MMXIV (Orchestral Version)
On Wheels Of Fire MMXIV

Thy Crown and Thy Ring MMXIV (Metal Version)
The Heart Of Steel MMXIV (Guitar Instrumental)

Hail And Kill MMXIV (Instrumental)
Kings Of Metal MMXIV (Instrumental)
The Heart Of Steel MMXIV (Orchestral Intro Version - Instrumental)
The Blood Of The Kings MMXIV (Instrumental)
Thy Kingdom Come MMXIV (Instrumental)
Thy Crown and Thy Ring MMXIV (Orchestral Version - Instrumental)
On Wheels of Fire MMXIV (Instrumental)

As I know I will purchased the cd next time when the physical copy is released, I just decide to purchase NINE songs of the online version first. The ones in PINK above. One song is about S$1.28 so it cost me about S$11.

My Opinion and review of these 11 songs I purchased online of Kings Of Metal MMXIV..


Hearing it a few times AT WORK now. See?? I am really freaking crazy over this release. Anyway its Saturday.. (no gahmen haha).

a) complete reshuffle of the sequence we know so well. This album won't kick off with the roaring accelerating engines of Wheels of Fire.
b) a few slight rename of song titles if you notice, besides the MMXIV at the end.
c) no more fade-ending if you get what I mean. So the "KICK YOUR ASS" and "MANOWAR KILL" chorus chants will stop when its still loud and proud.

d) there is additional lyrics of " I was" added before "Born to walk again the wind..." on Hearts of Steel MMXIV. The "guitar instrumental" of Hearts of Steel MMXIV is Karl Logan "soloing" on top of the instrumental version of the song. I love it. I LOVE KARL LOGAN ON THIS SONG!!
e) (THY) Kingdom Come MMXIV is a song that got me worried about for this re-make because the original version is supreme and so beautiful. But not to worry, Eric Adams nails the song especially the singalong ending. I want to hear Eric Adams sings live!!!.

f) The Crown And Thy Ring MMXIV. The ORCHESTRAL VERSION IS AWESOME, but I AM LESS INCLINED ON THE METAL VERSION.
 I always got a problem when I go thru youtube on different performances of this song at different locations and the drums kick in and whole band joining in during the last chorus when this song is played live. I don't like it because to me....
This song works perfectly with just ERIC's voice, the backing CHOIR, and the Church ORGAN or keyboards plus those distant thunders and "KEBABOOMMSS" effects. The best would be with the synchronised fireworks display.
That footage of this song with the synchronised fireworks on the DVD of The Earth Shook always makes me sad, but I always like to watch it again and again.

g) On Wheels of Fire MMXIV - still the fabulous Eric dual singing is used. HAPPINESS always when listening to this song.
h) KARL LOGAN is fabulous through out. He has exciting solos without affecting the Ross The Boss footprints on these legendary songs. I think now I can say I like Karl Logan, at last. 
i) BLOOD OF THE KINGS MMXIV, if the remake of this song failed, the whole MMXIV album will have failed.
Not to worry, its a tremendous remake, Karl Logan solo is superb but still the footprint of Ross The Boss remains untouched,
and if you had the heard the sample, and which I blog about a week ago, "Raised Your Hands And Fight For Metal" is now changed to the final product of additional two countries added "Poland and Israel Fight For Metal".

j) lastly, SORRY but no Pleasure Slave included as its actually a cd bonus and not part of the original album. So we won't know how the MMXXXRATEDXXIV intro of this song will be like. HAHAHAHH!!!!!
k) Karl Logan really attracts me on this album, Joey Demaio lets wait for the cd with his Sting Of The Bumblebee, Donnie Hamzik is not flashy type isn't it, but the MAN OF THE MATCH for this MMXIV version of Kings Of Metal is to me their singer Eric Adams. After all these years..


Now I shall wait for the physical album.

And I want to hear Brian Blessed when he narrates - "They meet the Armies of the World.. WITH A MIGHTY CLASH!!!!!"


and I hope to see Manowar plays live one day... of course with a setlist that I choose. No Warriors Of The World Unite, no cry HAHA.
I will choose songs like Mountain, Bridge of Death, Black Wind Fire & Steel, those kind of older songs (except 2nd album which I dont really like) haha.. ooo and Master Of The Wind is a must.

and I for sure will burst to tears and cry my eyes out during The Crown And The Ring. sob..sob..sob...

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.hahahaha!!!!!! but really this song works beautifully live with the synchronised fireworks display. The first time I saw this scene when I was watching the Absolute Power DVD, I got the shock of my life. 
To me it doesn't matter what music it is, as long as it have nice songs, good performances, and memorable gimmicks to make it even more enjoyable.
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