10:42 PM / 31 December

I guess it's time that I give a more proper post after posting nothing but MVs for the past couple of months or so. Now more so that it's New Year's Eve. So here goes.

This year has been okay overall. There were times where times seemed kinda bleak. Almost went ballistic a couple of times. But there were the high points. Watching 2 grand weddings sure helped. Oh yeah, and I managed to get a job. Yay.

This year I realized that your lifestyle and musical choices don't have to be separate. That's what I got from Straight Edge Hardcore. Straight Edge is a lifestyle free of addictions. No drugs, no alcohol and no smoking. My life, my rules. But most importantly, it's the music that makes up for all the lack of addictions which makes sXe so great.

Music...Hmmm...So much to say about music. 2 bands in particular. Protest the Hero and Machine Head. 2 distinctly different bands but great in their own way. PTH are pretty much one of a few bands that possess great musicality and great songwriting. The meaning within their songs are totally amazing. There is so much to comprehend just from the lyrics alone. Multiple meanings and hidden metaphors. It would make for great literature. And if that wasn't good enough, they are also a very technical band. With riffs that can pretty much blow any simple guitar solo out of the water and great harmony between all the guitars plus superior drumming, it all makes for one hell of a sound. And what makes it even better is the groups originality. They don't care about mass commercialisation. What they care about is their music and how good it is to them.

Machine Head on the other hand. Well what can I say. Metal album of the decade. It's pretty much the new Master of Puppets in my opinion. Great riffing and intertwining guitarwork. Killer beats and a monstrous growl. That's pretty much the reason why I bought the goddamn album. It's just awe-inspiring. Nothing more to it.

So for 2008, let's see. All I want is a roof over my head and food on the table to eat. That's all. And maybe something extra but that's for me to try and accomplish myself.

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Before I go, I just have to post a music video. This is a great band and they deserve to be highlighted. And this song actually has some good meaning in it for me.

Higinia by blessthefall



If you could stay here for just
a little bit, a little while, a little bit with me
you're what makes me,
and if god could keep you with me
I'd trade just about anything

You're what makes me want to change things
I would die just to live and yet we all live to die
You're what makes me want to change,
you will not die
you will not die
you will not die
you will not die

If you could stay here for just
a little bit, a little while, a little bit with me
you're what makes me,
and if god could keep you with me
I'd trade just about anything

I'd trade anything...

Take a step further back to where you belong
Take a look at your life what have you become

I never had the chance to explain myself
I never had the chance to apologize
I never had the chance to explain myself
I never had...

You will not die
You will not die
You will not die
You will not...

3:04 AM / 26 December

Holy hell. I usually don't do more than 1 post in a day. But I was surfing around Protest The Hero's MySpace and I realized that their new music video for their new single 'Bloodmeat' was already out. I watched it on Much Music's website and I almost pissed my pants. It is fuckin amazing. I truly hail PTH as musical geniuses. I can't wait for their new album 'Fortress' to come out on the 29th of January. I hope Singapore brings it in.

I couldn't find a good version of the music video on youtube but I did find a great live version of it. So here goes.

Bloodmeat (Live) by Protest The Hero

2:17 AM / 26 December

Another Hero Lost by Shadows Fall



I'll never leave you
But fate has come to silence me
Darkness is all that I see
I cannot reach you
And soon the earth will cover me
It's become so hard to breathe

Forever is waiting
The final steps you're taking
Will soon be buried in the sand

All of the battles
They say we won
They leave another thousand lives undone
Another thousand lives [undone]

Forever is waiting
The final steps you're taking
Will soon be buried in the sand

You're gone but not forgot
Another hero lost
The sorrow builds with every passing
All the lessons that you taught
And all the light you brought
Lives on in the eyes of your son

[No words]

Forever is waiting
The final steps you're taking
Will soon be buried in the sand

You're gone but not forgot
Another hero lost
The sorrow builds with every passing
All the lessons that you taught
And all the light you brought
Lives on in the eyes of your son

2:44 PM / 14 December

Fuckin' crazy band

In The Belly Of A Shark by Gallows



So here I lie
In the belly of a shark
So fucking cold and so fucking dark
So here I lie
In the belly of a shark
And how the fuck did I get this far?
Cut yourself first
They can smell your blood
From forty miles away
There'll be here in no time
I'm gonna show you
Exactly what you mean to me
I'm gonna eat every man that you see

11:37 PM / 7 December

Serj Tankian should be elected to the US Presidency. Haha. This is from his first solo album. This guy is really a genius.

Empty Walls by Serj Tankian



Your empty walls...
Your empty walls...
Pretentious attention
Dismissive aprehension
Don't waste your time, on coffins today
When we decline, from the confines of our mind
Don't waste your time, on coffins today

Don't you see their bodies burning?
Desolate and full of yearning
Dying of anticipation
Choking from intoxication

Don't you see their bodies burning?
Desolate and full of yearning
Dying of anticipation
Choking from intoxication

I want you
To be
Left behind those empty walls
Don't
You see
From behind those empty walls

Those empty walls
When we decline, from the confines of our mind
Don't waste your time, on coffins today

Don't you see their bodies burning?
Desolate and full of yearning
Dying of anticipation
Choking from intoxication

Don't you see their bodies burning?
Desolate and full of yearning
Dying of anticipation
Choking from intoxication

I want you
To be
Left behind those empty walls
Don't
You see
From behind those empty walls
Want you to be
Left behind those empty walls
Don't
You see
From behind those empty walls

From behind those empty walls
From behind those empty walls
The walls
From behind those empty walls

I loved you, yes
Though they be
For you killed my family

Don't you see their bodies burning?
Desolate and full of yearning
Dying of anticipation
Choking from intoxication

Don't you see their bodies burning?
Desolate and full of yearning
Dying of anticipation
Choking from intoxication

I want you
To be
Left behind those empty walls
Told you
To see
From behind those empty walls
Want you to be, left behind those empty walls
Told you
To see
From behind those empty walls
From behind those empty walls
From behind those fucked up walls
From behind those God damn walls
Those walls...
Those walls...

11:18 AM / 2 December

Man..It's already December? Godammit. This is why new year resolutions never get done. 365 days is too little. We need more days dammit. Oh well...

Here's a great straightedge band. For those of you who don't know what straight edge is just drop me a message and I'll tell you about it. I'm too lazy to write about it here.

Forever by Throwdown



I know a thing or two about you,
Youre bullshit attitude.
Youre fucking weak and lemme tell you it shows right through.
You dont know shit about me or my friends,
What they are what i am.
So cut the shit and try not to pretend.
Youre scared of who and what we are and so you question yourself,
But your pride wont let you show your fear to anyone else.
You dont know me,
So dont judge me.
You dont know you,
Your too scared to.
You think you know,
Why im here after all these years.
You wanna know?
Well ill tell you fucking why, GO.

For myself.
For my friends.
For my family.
FOREVER
Ill take this to the bitter end

For myself.
For my friends.
For my family.
FOREVER
Ill take this to the bitter end

You dont know a single thing about me,
Just what my enemies say.
Well, fuck them and fuck you,
That shit wont cut it today.
Be a fucking man and stand up to find the truth in yourself,
For yourself,
By yourself and not from anyone else.
You think you know,
Why im here after all these years.
You wanna know?
Well ill tell you fucking why, GO!

For myself.
For my friends.
For my family.
FOREVER
I'll take this to the bitter end.

For myself
For my friends
For my family.
FOREVER
I'll take this to the bitter end.

(Where the fuck are you?)
I'm still here and still proud
and I still know what it takes to be true.

Yeah, to be true.

For myself
For my friends
For my family.

STRAIGHT FUCKING EDGE.