Category: Metal Tuesday

Metal Tuesday – Brother’s Choice – 兀突骨(Gotsu Totsu Kotsu) – 不滅ノ魂 (Anima Immortalis)

April 28, 2026 / / 0 Comments

Note From Derek – For The Brother’s birthday, I let him select the music.

One has to appreciate both the Vader-esque, pummeling death metal when it is executed so well as well as the frankly exquisite aesthetic presentation of Japan’s 兀突骨(Gotsu Totsu Kotsu).

I had never heard about them until late last year but they’ve been around since 2000. I consider this a minor failing on my part, though having listened to their early albums, I think they really picked it up about halfway through their discography.

But still, I think they are a worthwhile band to give a listen to if you are into death metal at all, just to hear a different take on OSDM (old school death metal) from another hemisphere.

Metal Tuesday – Sabaton – Yamato

April 7, 2026 / / 0 Comments

I couldn’t figure out why Sabaton wanted to do a song on a battleship that while impressive on an engineering feat, turned out to be obsolete by the time it was sent out during the Pacific War. Then, I saw the ads for World of Warships.

And the joke was that within a week of release, the weebs would have a redone video using Space Battleship Yamato footage. Yeah, less than a week. Less than a day I think.

And of course, there was one for the fleet girls.

RIP Ross The Boss

April 1, 2026 / / 0 Comments

Last week, Ross “The Boss” Friedman passed away from ALS at 72.

I knew him as the guitarist and stage presence of Manowar when I first encountered the band in the late 80’s. He was the talker of the group when The Brother, Rocket Engineer Brother, and I took a road trip up to Chicago to catch them in a rare US show.

I have fond memories of some of Manowar’s albums, but kind of fell away from the band over the last decade or so. I will always remember him on the first song that brought me into Manowar – and power metal.