Story of a Metal Madman

Life as you know it

2010-06-24T22:19:00.001-07:00

Over the past few months my life has gone from lazy random days where I would shuffle from home to work and college and back to constant days of working late during the week, organizing event’s for both work and my friends and then as soon as the weekend arrives disappearing with friends going out to parties and movies and what not getting back home just before midnight Sunday.

Buy through all this I can’t help but feel worried about the inevitable fact that all of this will change, my friends will migrate abroad and I’ll still be here, my brother will go to hotel school and I’ll still be here, what seems normal to me today might seem a distant memory soon and for some reason or the other I don’t like it one bit >_<

anyways moving away from the delusional ranting here is a song that I just wanted to put out there =)

till next time

laters \m/

Thailand

2010-05-30T22:31:00.001-07:00

Well while most of my friends and family went out of Colombo to Hikka and Kandy for the long weekend, I FINALLY got to go on my birthday trip to Bangkok with my mum bro and aunt. we were supposed to go for my birthday in April but hey better late than never right ;-)

I’m not going to be writing up a word for word description of what we did there but here are some of the things that really stood out about the place to me.

1) It’s not a giant brothel. just thought I’d get that one out of the way first. ;-)

2) The shopping is amazing and you can find almost anything your looking for there but to really experience the place and get all those stories you would like to tell your friends is usually just get into some shorts and a t-shirt and troll the street markets.

it is somewhat like going for a day trip to petta if you need a rough idea of what it’s like on the streets all along the city. the markets stretch for as far as the eye can see and are always buzzing (despite the news telling us it’s like a warzone)

3) The best food is always found on the streets not in a hotel. While we were there we went to all the street food shops we could find and ate everything from squid to some kind of noodle kottu wrapped inside a thin egg omelet. while some of the places were not the cleanest the food was by far the best.

4) After a long day of roaming the streets and shopping the best thing you can do in the night before going out again is getting a Thai Foot Massage ;-)

5) Using public transport in the city like it’s sky train and the river boat service are an awesome way to see all the different parts of the city fast and decide which you want to see close up.

and yeah that’s just some of my thoughts on the place, now I’m going to go back to unpacking the 6 bags of stuff we brought back from the place =P

until next time

laters…

The Darkness and The Light

2010-04-27T22:20:00.001-07:00

Well it dawned on me a few days back while I was at work that I had not posted anything on this blog for quite a while now. I’ve been busy as hell with work, college, and my just recently concluded 18th Birthday =P.

One of my friends told me while I was reading other blogs with her that I should start writing on this again and it took me this long because I could not think of anything to say. During my last class at college however I came up with these verses that I thought could turn into a pretty cool track so I decided to put them up here. Now these aren’t very professional or great by any stretch of the definition but I like em so here they are =)

*The light that blinds us when we cry

the light that binds us when we sigh

the darkness that comes will free us all

the darkness that is now inside us all

the pain that keeps you back from your dreams

the pain behind your hallowed screams

the darkness will bring your pain to task

the darkness wouldn't even have you ask

the friends who stab you in the back

the friends that only hold you back

the darkness will keep them imprisoned in fear

the darkness will make them disappear

the darkness now has set you free

the darkness that came from inside of me

the price you pay though may be great

for the darkness now controls your fate.

hehe so there it is my first post in a while =P , will get back to some other stuff I have brewing in my head later on hopefully sooner rather than later. see ya people \\m//

Randomness

2009-11-13T18:23:00.001-08:00

Stuck at home knowing your friends from you old school are on there way down south on the two day trip that you had been looking forward to all your school life only to leave school 5 months before it, is a really fucked up position to be in.

But such is the way of the world not a lot one can do to change it so might as well learn to live with it. and on that subject this song helps quite a bit ^_^

and until next time

l8r ppl '

Juke Box Hero

2009-09-14T02:43:00.001-07:00

Today at work while I was randomly looking for something to listen to while writing a few emails, I was going through my iTunes and I found my old Foreigner collection.

A long long time ago I used to be nothing more than a very very anti social short fat kid who would listen to nothing other than songs like Witchdoctor by the Cartoons and Dancing Queen by ABBA =P, But then one day as I was going through my dad’s massive collection of cd’s I came across his Foreigner Greatest Hits cd ;-) so me being in the mood for something different to listen to and having no one home but my brother and the servants decided to listen to this cd that i had managed to find.

So I put the thing in the player and I still remember how from the very first chord i heard when the thing started playing my hairs stood on end and it sent shockwaves down my spine. I spent the rest of the day listening to that one song over and over again at max volume and needless to say, I was never the same again xD

So today just for the sake of it I was like why not might as well give it another listen after what must be more that 4 years and DAMN even today from the very first chord it sent shivers down my spine and all my hairs stand on end xD truly this is on of my timeless favorites. I could not find a decent You Tube link to it so here are the lyrics to my first fav rock track JUKE BOX HERO xD

Standing in the rain, with his head hung low
Couldn’t get a ticket, it was a sold out show
Heard the roar of the crowd, he could picture the scene
Put his ear to the wall, then like a distant scream
He heard one guitar, just blew him away
He saw stars in his eyes, and the very next day
Bought a beat up six string in a secondhand store
Didn’t know how to play it, but he knew for sure
That one guitar, felt good in his hands
Didnt take long, to understand
Just one guitar, slung way down low
Was one way ticket, only one way to go
So he started rockin
Aint never gonn'a stop
Gotta keep on rockin
Someday he’s gonna make it to the top
And be a juke box hero, got stars in his eyes
He’s a juke box hero
He took one guitar, juke box hero, stars in his eyes
Juke box hero, hell come alive tonight
In a town without a name, in a heavy downpour
Thought he passed his own shadow, by the backstage door
Like a trip through the past, to that day in the rain
And that one guitar made his whole life change
Now he needs to keep rockin
He just cant stop
Gotta keep on rockin
That boy has got to stay on top
And be a juke box hero, got stars in his eyes
He’s a juke box hero, got stars in his eyes
Yeah, juke box hero, got stars in his eyes
With that one guitar hell come alive
Come alive tonight
Yeah, he’s gotta keep rockin
He just cant stop
Gotta keep on rockin
That boy has got to stay on top
And be a juke box hero, got stars in his eyes
He’s a juke box hero, got stars in his eyes
Just one guitar, put stars in his eyes
He’s just a juke box hero, aah aah aah
Juke box hero, juke box hero, he’s got stars in his eyes
Stars in his eyes

until next time =) \\m//

My Life According to Oasis

2009-09-06T21:17:00.000-07:00

After seeing Mr. Darkside try this one I thought it might be fun to do the same thing with one of my favorite bands it may be kinda pointless but here is my life according to Oasis =)

Pick Your Artist:
Oasis

Are you a male or female?
Better man

Describe yourself:
Rock 'n' Roll Star

How do you feel:
Stop Crying Your Heart Out

Describe where you currently live:
Up In the Sky

If you could go anywhere, where would you go?
Half the World Away

Your favourite form of transportation:
Supersonic

Your best friend(s) is/are:
Going Nowhere

Your favourite colour is:
Colour My Life

What's the weather like?
Champagne Supernova

Favourite time of day:
Morning Glory

If your life was a TV show, what would it be called:
Must Be The Music

What is life to you:
Waiting for the Rapture

Your current relationship:
Going Nowhere

Breaking up:
Stop Crying Your Heart Out

Looking for:
Wonderwall

Wouldn’t mind:
Live Forever

Your fear:
Falling Down

What is the best advice you have to give:
Don't Look Back In Anger

If you could change your name, you would change it to:
Street Fighting Man

Thought for the Day:
Roll With It

How I would like to die:
Married With Children

My motto:
Ain't Got Nothin'

In These Darkened Days

2009-08-14T01:40:00.000-07:00

well Ive been busy as hell over the last few weeks after my mum got me to start working and with all the college work and stuff but sometime during the last few weeks due to provocation by deathshunt we managed to write a song =D

Now this is very rough work and we threw it together in just a few hours and every time we meet up it changes a bit but this is what it looks like so far =)

In These Darkened Days

In these darkened days of faithless misery
I hear voices calling for me
They drag me down this broken road
Where it goes nobody knows

All I wanted was to see her smile
But she left me alone and in denial
Now take all the years you gave me and take all these tears you made me cry
Take back this pain you caused me and just leave me to die

The last thing I remember was watching her leave
And as she did she took all I had in me
Why she left I would never know
Where she is now nobody knows

All I wanted was to see her smile
But she left me alone and in denial
Now take all the years you gave me and take all these tears you made me cry
Take back this pain you caused me and leave me to die

And now as the life fades from me
And all the memories fade to black
She stands beside me now
Trying to bring me back
But now it’s too late
And she stands alone
Where I am now nobody knows

So now take all these years you gave me
And take back these tears you made me cry
Take back this pain you caused me and leave me to die

Future

2009-05-19T21:16:00.000-07:00

Hello again all been a Long time no, well this is due to the fact that after my laptop was stolen in Feb I was left with no computer to my name but now that I got a new one because I'm starting collage in a few weeks I decided it was about time I wrote something here so here I am

Yesterday after our beloved president made his glorious 2 hours victory speech declaring victory over the LTTE and huddled masses of our country came out in mass waving flags and lighting as many fireworks as they could without killing someone or something I began to wonder what would befall this country now as the war was over..

I have already heard many theories on what will happen some of the more optimistic people are saying that it is a new chapter in the history of our motherland and we shall rebuild from the ashes and grow to become even better than Singapore and the streets will be lined with gold so to speak. Then you have the slightly less hopeful saying an empty salute to our armed forces knowing in their mind that given a year at most things would slowly get worse as the economic recession and our countries massive debt come crashing down on us and make things worse than before. Then how could I forget the most interesting take on what will happen by the burger minority of our country That our country will now become worse than in a way our country is going to end up worse than before as now already the stories that the Sinhala people of our country are starting to discriminate Tamil’s just for being born Tamil and beating them almost to death just for being there as now they do not see the Tamil tigers as a silent force protecting all the Tamils from harm and how when the government starts to give the Tamils a voice in the government problems will arise as our countries now large Muslim population will also demand a piece of the pie so to speak, and how the leader of the Tamil tigers was no fool and would have laid down a plan for the survivors of his army hiding in the refugee camps to bide their time wait till the people of this country start to forget and become lazy and careless and when they least expect it deal them one decisive blow that the world will never forget as a final act of revenge and make sure to have the head of the president who brought him down put on a pike for all to see. And what now will happen to our huge army and security forces who will now have nothing to do and (now that they are not being shot at) ask for their money...

All these theories exist and so do many others that are most certainly with a worse outcome than all those above but I think unfortunately for us for the next few months things will go on as they have yesterday with the brainwashed masses praising our president as some kind of god for ending the war and lighting stuffed tigers on fire with fireworks but this cannot and will not last sooner or later it is all going to start over again simply because of the way the majority of this country think.. or to be more precise how they DON'T think but of course I could be wrong and it COULD be a new golden age for Sri Lanka but all I want to know right now is how long till one of the Hela-Metal bands writes a kick ass song about this xD

Music

2009-02-21T19:10:00.001-08:00

Now I know I said I was going to talk about Black Metal lyrics but last night I went to a jazz concert with my mum =P I was not thinking much of it because even though I like jazz I never really like going to anything other than a Metal concert but I decided to go anyway and IT WAS AWESOME =D

From the very first song I liked it every single song they played fit my mood perfectly from start to end every song fit what was going on in my life

But one song in particular you have to listen to it's called "No One Ever Tells You" by Frank Sinatra here is a link to listen to it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_Fw-XHGptA

If you have 3 min just use the time to listen to that song =)

Anyway till next time ttyl ppl \m/--x_x--\m/

Metal Lyrics

2009-02-19T22:52:00.000-08:00

I was listening to Lamb of God's new album Wrath and I was just listening to the lyrics of some of the songs and Damm Randy Blyth is CRAZY this entire album seems to be how he thinks religion is bull s##t and the world is going to end XS..

let's just see some lines from "Reclamation" one of my personal favorites off Wrath

Humanity's a failed experiment walking the path to extinction
Spinning it's wheels endlessly, grease them with oil when you rig out

The earth will shake and the waters will rise
The elements reclaim what was taken, what was taken

The skyline was set ablaze with regret
Ashes cover a falling silhouette
The city will reap what it sowed , one at night
Watch at this whole city burns ........

Blindly consuming mass manufactured faith
Mankind is a festering parasite ..

I'm not going to write the whole song that would take forever :P but you can see what I mean now I love this band and it's music I think they effing rule but why do all these guys find inspiration in the end of the world ???????????

here is a link to listen to the full song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsn5LDzmfBA

Any way now I'm hungry I'm gona go get some lunch XD I'll be back in a while to talk about Black Metal ;-)

until next time \m/--x_x--\m/