I like to jump in every once in a while. The family and I made our first trip to Europe in August to Dinkelsbuhl Germany for Summer Breeze's 25th anniversary festival. Bucket list item...check. Saw 22 complete sets : Alestorm Avatar Arch Enemy Brothers of Metal Feuerschwanz Warkings Serenity Blind G...

New that listing to since last post (all new releases on youtube if curious!) Powerwolf, Demons are a Girl's Best Friend - sung by Alyssa White-Gluz of Arch Enemy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDZ7p7WAG2o Thor / The Ultimate Alliance - guest vocals from Nina Osegueda of A Sound of Thunder - guest ...

From your neck of the woods...King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard. I see that they will be touring the states this fall. Closest to me will be in Chicago. This is a band that I really want to see, not sure if I will be able to swing the trip but am looking into it currently. It is on a Saturday so it...

Concerts? Time to restart this thread! Well looks like I get another year to practice my German. Summer Breeze officially canceled this week. While not unexpected still disappointing. We are keeping our tickets and will just roll them over for 2022. It's gotta happen next year, right? But stateside ...

Well I did make the cut in the original Anthology under that name!

Was a regular for probably 7 years or so then changed jobs and time became less available before. Got on very intermittently since then but not in a very long time since. Had some good years, posted a lot of lyrics and poetry, enjoyed a few robust and fun years with our Watch Fantasy Football league...

From New Orleans but of Italian and German descent. Both of my great grandparents immigrated to the US from Italy and Germany respectively. But have known and still know so many by the names that you have listed. Born in New Orleans, raised in the parish next door about 8 miles away in Metairie LA. ...

I think that it is time that I start regularly coming back to the Watch. I missed you guys (and gals).

Wow, four years 9 months and 2 days later apparently, but who's counting? Crazy. So often I have thought about and think about getting on the Watch but, ugh...life happens. So very glad to see you still around and so many other names that I remember (looking at you Fist and Faith!) Maybe I should ch...

Well Sgt! How have you been?

Been a while (a very long while!) since posted

So what have I been listening to as of late?

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Nekrogoblikon
Powerwolf
Brothers of Metal
Unleash the Archers
Amon Amarth
Gloryhammer
Alestorm
Rumahoy

...among others, but this is a fairly good representation.

Saw 4 shows since January. First...Kid Rock in Louisville/ This was for the wife. Cannot say that I hated it, seen him 3 times now. Always a fun show. Just not my 'cup of tea'. He is coming to Noblesville IN in September and we will probably be there again. It is an outdoor ampitheater type venue, a...

I have seen them twice now, one as a headliner at Louder Than Life in Louisville about 18 months ago and then once again in Evansville IN this past February. Synyster Gates is a truly terrific guitar player. He graduated from all of his sweeping tendencies that he had early on and really matured as ...

What I find that is interesting is that back in a Clash ok Kings you had 5 factions vying for the throne. Now they are all gone, only the Lannisters and Tyrells seek the power, and they both currently hold it in tandem in each of their own respective ways. Robb Stark. Dead. Stannis Baratheon. Dead. ...

In reflection, I think that season 6's writing has shown some serious flaws. I believe that the writer's are trying to hard to move the story forward and are taking many shortcuts or lazy paths to get to the plot points that have to happen. For example, the scene where Jorah found Daenerys' ring in ...

20 minuets to kickoff...waiting to see how LSU matches up against a very tough Wisconsin team.

It's gonna be tough. But it's finally LSU season!

Iron Maiden...Piece of Mind
Anthrax...Among the Living

Wilding...if you're into female fronted bands, check out Huntress, Holyhell and Hale(not Ale)storm. Pirate metal cracks me up. I had Alestorm on one evening and my 13 year old son came in the room and asked me what as it that I was listening to. I told him pirate metal. He told me to never listen to...

I am not quite sure where this band would fit in within the genre, but I am really into Huntress right now. If you haven't heard of them, here's a video to the epic 'Eight of Swords'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SKELDVRJDY There is also a band out of Baton Rouge who absolutely blow me away. The...

...love the video.

Sadly, last season looks like it was our last. We only had 4 returning members and it looks like there was no infusion of new blood or interest in continuing the league.

It was fun while it lasted...