Greetings Legions,
For the record: I am still undergoing reverse culture shock at the moment and, as a result aside from working, all I do is hibernate like an almost fossilized polar bear in the Arctic Pole. Staying physically active has become a challenge, where motivation and I are constantly playing hide and seek, and guess what? I have rarely won… At this point I have to take advantage of any opportunity available to leave my house. That act, in itself, comprises more physical activity than anything I can do at the Fraulein Cave (I work in it, I plan my stuff in it, I eat in it, I sleep in it, I read in it, I poorly attempt to play guitar in it, etc., etc.).
Yesterday, as I was talking to my friend Ghoul from Servus Obscurus, he was informing me about the possible covers that his band may consider doing, among which Carpathian Forest’s The Angel and the Sodomizer came up. Even though, and thanks to him, I have CF’s entire discography, I had been rather disconnected from my Metal side, since I discovered that over 70% of my music collection is solely Black freakin’ Metal. Don’t get me wrong, I love it and I am all pro-Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam, but seriously this feeling of overwhelm triggered my anti-radicalism antibodies, which make no exceptions when too much is a bit TOO MUCH!
Either way, I had a serious chat with my antibodies and explained that Black Metal and radicalism go waaaay back and are always walking side-by-side, like those couples you see walking at the beach holding hands during summer evenings. Thus, being radical at times is not always that bad. Then we agreed that Black-Thrash beats all, upon this principle, we made peace and I proceeded to reunite with my long lost Black Metal collection.
I mentioned to my buddy Ghoul that this song would be great to work out to, which gave me that one excuse to drag me out of the Fraulein Cave: EUREKA!!!!!!!!!!!!! After finishing work at around 7pm (which thanks to the whole DST, looks more like a sunny 5pm to me), Yours truly jumped into the car and drove to the gym ready to sweat like Nattefrost probably does (and why wouldn’t he? He certainly likes pissing and letting people know…). I jumped into the elliptic machine and rocked the heck out of it but less than 5 minutes later, the song was done and I was not only sad but didn’t have a beat to follow. Fortunately, I am prepared for this kind of situation and I have a backup plan: A playlist called Gym – Metal.
From last night’s work out session, I became inspired and decided to share with the readers of this humble blog, 5 great Metal songs to work out to. Here we go:
And the list goes on and on and on. I could have even included Run to the Hills by Iron Maiden, but I’ll leave that for another inspirational time at the gym. The moral of this story is that Metal will never let you down, particularly at times where monotony takes over your life. If you haven’t accepted Metal in your heart, this may be the time to do so before one of Jehovah’s Witnesses knocks on your door and convinces you of something else (you never know…). For that, I pledge allegiance to the Legions of Incredible Metal, Kamen.
-Stay Metal-
Fraulein Andrea MMXII
For the record: I am still undergoing reverse culture shock at the moment and, as a result aside from working, all I do is hibernate like an almost fossilized polar bear in the Arctic Pole. Staying physically active has become a challenge, where motivation and I are constantly playing hide and seek, and guess what? I have rarely won… At this point I have to take advantage of any opportunity available to leave my house. That act, in itself, comprises more physical activity than anything I can do at the Fraulein Cave (I work in it, I plan my stuff in it, I eat in it, I sleep in it, I read in it, I poorly attempt to play guitar in it, etc., etc.).
Yesterday, as I was talking to my friend Ghoul from Servus Obscurus, he was informing me about the possible covers that his band may consider doing, among which Carpathian Forest’s The Angel and the Sodomizer came up. Even though, and thanks to him, I have CF’s entire discography, I had been rather disconnected from my Metal side, since I discovered that over 70% of my music collection is solely Black freakin’ Metal. Don’t get me wrong, I love it and I am all pro-Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam, but seriously this feeling of overwhelm triggered my anti-radicalism antibodies, which make no exceptions when too much is a bit TOO MUCH!
Either way, I had a serious chat with my antibodies and explained that Black Metal and radicalism go waaaay back and are always walking side-by-side, like those couples you see walking at the beach holding hands during summer evenings. Thus, being radical at times is not always that bad. Then we agreed that Black-Thrash beats all, upon this principle, we made peace and I proceeded to reunite with my long lost Black Metal collection.
I mentioned to my buddy Ghoul that this song would be great to work out to, which gave me that one excuse to drag me out of the Fraulein Cave: EUREKA!!!!!!!!!!!!! After finishing work at around 7pm (which thanks to the whole DST, looks more like a sunny 5pm to me), Yours truly jumped into the car and drove to the gym ready to sweat like Nattefrost probably does (and why wouldn’t he? He certainly likes pissing and letting people know…). I jumped into the elliptic machine and rocked the heck out of it but less than 5 minutes later, the song was done and I was not only sad but didn’t have a beat to follow. Fortunately, I am prepared for this kind of situation and I have a backup plan: A playlist called Gym – Metal.
From last night’s work out session, I became inspired and decided to share with the readers of this humble blog, 5 great Metal songs to work out to. Here we go:
- The Angel and the Sodomizer - Carpathian Forest
- Battalions – I
- Dios Vuelto Miseria - Amducia
- Eyeless – Slipknot
- Shroud of Urine – Exodus
And the list goes on and on and on. I could have even included Run to the Hills by Iron Maiden, but I’ll leave that for another inspirational time at the gym. The moral of this story is that Metal will never let you down, particularly at times where monotony takes over your life. If you haven’t accepted Metal in your heart, this may be the time to do so before one of Jehovah’s Witnesses knocks on your door and convinces you of something else (you never know…). For that, I pledge allegiance to the Legions of Incredible Metal, Kamen.
-Stay Metal-
Fraulein Andrea MMXII
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