monti_84's BLOG

I´m monti_84 and this is my blog. I´m kind of a metalfreak so 

you will find mainly posts about metal music.

Don´t forget to check out some unconventional beauties 

in my albums and slideshows.

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My yahoo messenger account is monti_84@yahoo.com and my

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Enjoy! 

Band: Avantasia

Genre: Power Metal

Discography: "Avantasia" (EP, 2000), "The Metal Opera" (2001), "The Metal Opera Part II" (2002), "Lost In Space Part I" (EP, 2007), "Lost In Space Part II" (EP, 2007), "The Scarecrow" (2008)     

Power metal is very often the portal to the metal world for newbies in listening to this field of music. Why?...well, power metal is easy to digest, melodic, vocal based and generic. It is also true that after one learns to listen to music, to pay attention to the instruments, power metal  becomes really boring......

My Ideal Someone 

I once saw her clearly

Through my imagination´s eyes

A tall marvel standing solemnly

Crimson hair glowing towards the skies

She smiled at me a little and looked away

Her demeanor dark, serious yet kind

A thin silhouette with much pride in display

And that natural beauty so hard to find

Just a glance at her told me

She is not the romantic type

For her, reason is all......

Band: Explosions In The Sky

Genre: Post - Rock

Discography: "How Strange, Innocence" (2000), "Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Live Forever" (2001), "The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place" (2003), "Friday Night Lights Soundtrack" (2004), "The Rescue EP" (2005), "All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone" (2007)    

Not long ago, I discovered a mesmerizing field in the musical spectrum that some call post-rock. The term does little to accurately describe the music and it involve heterogeneous bands with not many common grounds,......

Well, nothing much to say...Words seem futile to describe such beauty...Absolutely cute!...  

Name: Amarantha LaBlanche

Country: Holland

Age: 23 

Height: 1,68 m

Weight: 58 kg 

Belluci Scale Rating: 9

Band: The Project Hate MCMXCIX

Genre: Industrial Death Metal

Discography: "Cybersonic Superchrist" (2000), "When We Are Done Your Flesh Will Be Ours" (2001), "Killing Helsinki" (2002), "Hate, Dominate, Congregate, Eliminate" (2003), "Armageddon March Eternal" (2005), "In Hora Mortis Nostrae" (2007), "The Lustrate Process" (2009)      

When you´ve been listening to metal music for many years, the times when a band blows your mind become more rare and distant. Although......

Band: Amon Amarth

Genre: Melodic Death Metal

Discography: "Sorrow Throughout The Nine Words" (EP, 1996), "Once Sent From The Golden Hall" (1998), "The Avenger" (1999), "The Crusher" (2001), "Versus The World" (2002), "Fate Of Norns" (2004), "With Oden On Our Side" (2006), "Twilight Of The Thunder God" (2008)

A band playing melodic death metal with northern mythology lyrics...sounds pretty average, right?...well!...you are wrong!...

One could write such a simplistic description about Sweden's Amon Amarth, but......

In the darkening horizon

Of an ethereal evening past

As I cried, her smile wizened

And lifted her soul was at last

Or so the Father said to me

He believed she no longer was

Although I never fully agree

Is empty this mirage with no flaws?

She seems as embedded in a still life

Livid lips drawing a sweet grimace

In my gentle kiss the luminous love is rife

As the bodies collide I feel amazed

Isn't she beautiful?

Her silky skin cold and tender

Isn't she beautiful?

Her love for me hasn't surrendered

Wrong were the wedding vows

In her......

The following is just my opinion, so feel free to disagree with me. No scientific data this time.

I think one of the most dangerous messages society writes in our heads is this one: You can have it all.

As they say in the program of the same name: Bullshit!!! The fact is you can´t. Single successful persons understand this really well. We as humans have limited time on this earth, and in order to be great in any area you have to dedicate most of that time to it.

So you can not be the greatest wife or husband, and the greatest mom or dad and be truly great in your......