Maximo Park - "A Certain Trigger"

This finally clicked for me. Kenny William is a PowerGod™. If Eddie Van Halen, Robin Guthrie and John McGeoch were all one guitarist, that guitarist might get close to what Mr. William is doing here. Awesome.

I literally burst into tears at work just reading this post and feeling the impact of its accompanying scene flashing back in my head. Thanks. Guess the box set will be dragged out again tonight.

I saw Metallica open for Ozzy on the St. Louis date of this tour, April 2, 1986. They absolutely did blow Ozzy away in every possible way. Just like Tribulation blew away Deafheaven in every possible way when I saw them this past November.

After listening to this album five or six times in a row, I've come to the conclusion that Philip Cosores must have listened to the album only one time. Probably grudgingly. That is absolutely the only way anyone could surmise that the LP is, "… mostly landing as formulaic and uninspired."

Hilarious how this piece has almost twice as many comments as any other music article posted in the past few weeks.

Alas, there is much truth in this.

Best comment I've read on here. There is much wisdom in your words!

Tribulation, Pallbearer, Dawnbringer, Krieg, Carcass, Opeth, Enslaved, Nachtmystium, YOB, Hammers of Misfortune, Primordial, In Solitude, Amon Amarth, Absu, Agalloch, Darkthrone, Evoken, Grave Miasma, Dead Congregation, Summoning, Agrimonia, High On Fire, Inter Arma, Immolation, Inacantation, Mastodon, Behemoth,…

That may be the case but it's a rather juvenile manner in which to do such an exercise. Let's be honest here. We're not talking about Top 40 or whatever constitutes "mainstream" music fans here. We are talking about indie rock fans. Indie rock fans who might still harbor the obsolete, 1990s idea that Dio is "uncool."

I mean, Michael Azerrad was, regrettably, naively far behind the times when he made the grave miscalculation to include passing derisive commentary on "Holy Diver" in "Our Band Could Be Our Life." All the Fools Sailed Away…

The last time Ronnie James Dio was uncool was back when J.D. Considine was a revered rock critic, when Rolling Stone was considered somewhat reputable, when Elvis Costello's, "Trust" was considered a decade-defining masterpiece and Marshall Crenshaw was a breakout artist who was going to forge ahead with a career that…

I'd go with "Falling Off the Edge of the World" but I really can't argue with your claim at all.

Well, I know how uncool I am. That has nothing to do with how uncool Ronnie James Dio is or is not. https://yourlogicalfallacyi…

I don't know. In my part of the world, all the teenagers who came of age with emo, indie rock and hardcore all started obsessing over Thin Lizzy, BOC, Captain Beyond, Mercyful Fate, Dio-Sabbath, Accept, Iron Maiden…the list is endless…once they hit their mid-20s and grew up.

Pitchfork and Stereogum have been aggressively covering heavy metal for the past five or six years. Metal is is consistently featured on NPR. What…WHAT…planet are you people living on? Metal being uncool in the face of indie rock is so 2002. Get with the new decade!

I'm a forty-seven year-old man who drove to work this morning wearing his Sleater-Kinney shirt, listening to Black Sabbath's, "Dehumanizer." I have an Iron Maiden license plate on the front of my little Honda Fit and play in both a heavy metal band and an electronic indie rock band. This is one of the most…

"Twin Cinema" is, by far, the best NP album.

I got "Kill 'Em All" for Christmas of 1983. I bought "Ride the Lightning," "Master of Puppets" and "…And Justice for All" all on their respective release dates. It was a bummer. But, for me, a grower of one.

I was 23 years-old on the date of this albums release and working at Camelot Music. I can assure you that Nate the Great is correct about teenage girls and their purchasing habits in 1991.