Alright, Some reviews from the March and April editions of Lords of Metal (and a few from The Metal Observer)
Here is an explanation of their rating scale
LoM 58 (April):
Astral doors - Astralism: 91/100
Atreyu - A Death-Grip on Yesterday: 60/100
Blind Guardian - Fly (EP) (no score)
Evergrey - Monday Morning Apocalypse: 80/100 (Prog/sympho metal)
Iron Fire - Revenge: 71/100 (Power metal)
Lacuna Coil - Karmacode: 88/100 (Gothic metal)
Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime II: 88/100 (Heavy metal)
Satyrian - Eternitas:78/100 (Gothic metal)
Satyricon - Now, Diabolical: 95/100 (Black metal)
Summoning - Oath Bound: 96/100 (Black metal)
Textures - Drawing Circles: 95/100
The Gathering - Home: 77/100 (Prog/sympho metal)
Vanden Plas - Christ 0: 90/100 (Prog/sympho metal)
Winter’s Bane - Redivivus: 73/100 (Heavy/power)
LoM 57 (March)
Reviews:
Altaria - The Fallen Empire: 85/100 (Heavy/power metal)
Bal Sagoth - The Chtonic Chronicles: 96/100 (Epic Black metal)
Eldritch - Neighbourhell: 84/100 (Heavy/power metal)
Ensiferum - Dragonheads: 94/100 (Folky Death metal)
Kalmah - The Black Waltz: 75/100 (Black/Death metal)
Mystic Circle - The Bloody Path of God: 78/100 (Death metal)
Pentagram - First Days Here Too: 80/100 (Doom metal)
Psycroptic - Symbols of Failure: 89/100 (Technical Death Metal)
[Psycroptic - The Scepter of the Ancients: 85/100)]
Rage - Speak of the Dead: 81/100 (Heavy/Power metal)
Sepultura - Dante XXI: 93/100 (yup!) but 4/10 at Metal Observer (that’s what I thought…)
Witchery - Don’t Fear the Reaper: 95/100 (Speed/thrash metal)
Other relevant reviews:
Xandria - India: 87/100 (Gothic metal)
[Metal Observer]
Pharoah - The Longest Night: 9.5/10 (Power metal)
Manitou - The Mad Moon Rising: 9/10 (Progressive metal)
okay, and a review I found on ABOUT.COM!!!! Lullacry - Vol 4 (3.5/5)
Interviews (LoM):
Bal Sagoth
Cryptopsy
Katatonia
Norther
Psycroptic
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Asia Looking Hard at Biofuels:
Asian countries have big plans for biofuels development, but experts worry that they may be setting their sights too high
(Via sustainablog.)
Faking it | Gristmill: The environmental news blog | Grist Magazine: “I found these paragraphs especially enlightening, and their tone is representative of the rest of the book”:
With hyperbolic interest groups trying to either exaggerate or downplay the disastrous effects, it’s little wonder that Chernobyl’s long-term health effects remain so controversial, allowing the nuclear industry to claim limited consequences, while some politicians, activists and the victims claim a profoundly negative impact on health.
Journalists, both domestic and foreign, fuel the fire with their macabre tendency to focus on sensationally deformed children even if they were born far from Chernobyl and the maladies cannot be traced to the disaster. In fact, the descendants of A-bomb survivors have shown no increase in congenital deformities and the same is true of Chernobyl survivors. What deformities occur are those that sadly occur in any population.
One thing is for sure; the disaster was a godsend to the plants and animals in the contaminated zones, now Europe’s largest wildlife preserve. Being radioactive is less detrimental than living in close proximity to human beings — and believe me, I am not suggesting that being radioactive is a good thing.
(Via Gristmill @ Grist Magazine .)
REVW– Decapitated - Organic Hallucinosis:
If you are a traditional Death Metal fan, I wouldn’t recommend it to you, but if you want something fresh and new, go get it! It is not the album that will be written in history, but it will surely be a good friend for you. I don’t think you’ll regret buying this album.”
Overall: 3.5/5
(Via Metal-Temple.com.)
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Days before a congressional committee is set to vote on an overhaul of the nation’s telecommunications policy, a broad coalition of media, consumer and Internet groups has organized behind a dramatic tagline: “Save the Internet!”
Reminds me of a lecture I heard by David Harvey at Dartmouth last week. He really explained a lot about the current subservience of EVERYTHING to business interests, through the lens of Marxist economic geography (using NYC as a case study basically of how neoliberal economics affects change in the urban landscape). Here is a great interview with him which goes into greater depth, and talks about his latest book, “A Brief History of Neo-Liberalism”.
Also see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Harvey_(geographer)
Incidentally, he’s also the most famous Academic Geographer of all time (or so they say)
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From the Middlebury College 2006-2007 General Catalog
Geography
Geography is concerned with describing and explaining spatial patterns and with understanding the processes by which spatial forms change through time. In pursuing these concerns geographers carry out their studies in many different cultures and environments. Consequently, there is a strong emphasis upon international as well as regional and local studies. The diversity of economic, social, political, and physical variables involved in spatial studies also creates many interdisciplinary links. Because geography has a tradition of service to society, geographers serve as policy makers in business and in local, state, and national governments, addressing issues in resource use, planning, transportation, and a variety of problems related to the spatial organization of society.
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iTunes database issues
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The Apple Blog
I love iTunes, and I love that it provides me with convenient access to all my music. But I’m beginning to get frustrated with some of the interesting DB issues present in the way iTunes was developed.
A great summary of a few of iTunes’ more annoying quirks…
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