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Grunge rebelled against the image and topics of hair metal. That is a very important distinction. They rejected the flashy, bright, groupie-focused ideology. Grunge music vs. Metal music is made up to sell the movement.

Also interesting that no opening band has been announced, as I’m sure he’ll have one.

I would absolutely kill to hear a version of Dark Eternal Night where the verses sounded like classic Opeth growls.

The Chicago venue is a 2,500 seat theatre For reference, the last bands I've seen there were Powerwolf (w/ Unleash the Archers) 2024 and Opeth in 2020. Pretty ambitious, but that's Bruce for you.

Got my Chicago tix. Cheapest tickets are $70 for either GA floor or balcony seating. Presale code is MANDRAKE

Sacrificed Sons and These Walls are both better than the title track. I'd also take Panic Attack. Never Enough is utter garbage. I Walk Beside You is also quite bad. Overall, it's not a good album. I 100% agree that it's DT wearing their influences on their sleeve to an absolutely detrimental...

Sacredly sleep-inducing.

I don't care for either song in the first match, but I guess Bodom are more fun? Rush is not metal, but Plush is also not metal, and I have Rush bias. Frayed Ends is a great tune from a great album, but they have far better. So do Sabbath and Dio, but Computer God still crushes. I have a...

It's fine. The verses remind me a lot of older Ghost from the second album or so. The chorus not so much.

Leaving my dumb shit here for posterity:

To be fair, Bruce played like 8-10 shows in SA last year and hasn't come to NA yet.

Bruce Announces The Mandrake Project North American Tour 2025! AUG 2025 22 - House of Blues, Anaheim, CA, USA 23 - House of Blues, Las Vegas, NV, USA 25 - Marquee Theatre, Phoenix, AZ, USA 26 - Revel, Albuquerque, NM, USA 28 - House of Blues, Houston, TX, USA 29 - House of Blues, Dallas, TX...

Ah yes, but it is IrishPubSongsTide!

I actually love March for that. The transition months are my favorites. September/October and March/April, always great.

Blaze - Silicon Messiah ...it's not as good as I remember.

It's one that's better left forgotten.

WTF CAN YOU BELIEVE IT THE NAZIS WE VOTED INTO POWER ARE NAZIS?!

Chicago’s rail system is very Chicago, though. “Is it the best? No, but it works. Is it the fastest? No, but so what, maybe leave earlier, stupid. Is it the most well designed? Second best! Probably! Shut up and have a beer already!”

If you’re picking Cross Purposes over Dehumanizer, you’re already doing a pretty good job kicking your own ass.

All of the second songs in each match But mostly Symphony X