Back To "Running Days"

Wednesday and Friday, 10 km and some room for improvement.
Wednesday: "From Oceans To Autumn" and "Daylight Dies"
Friday: "God Is an Astronaut" and "Joy Wants Eternity"

Spooky Action at a Distance

Some sonic adventures and some old interests retrieved.
1- Joe Satriani's "The Extremist" (1992). Soulful and technically gifted virtuoso which truly inspires.  
2-An Autumn For Crippled Children "Lost" (2010):  I'd read a number of favorable reviews on this belgian black metal band and i have to say it met my expectations.
3-"Spooky Action at a Distance" (2012) by Lotus Plaza:An indie rock band which is the solo project of Lockett Pundt.
4-Ghastly City Sleep "Moondrifts" (2010): Post-rock music
5-Saturnus "The Saturn Is Rising" (2012): Long anticipated album by death/doom metal giants. I still find them innovative, emotive and loyal to elements of the genre. Guitar riffs are still so catchy...so killing.
6-Richard Edward Horner: I found this artist through his websites. He's a composer and guitar virtuoso.
7-Tim Brady: canadian composer and electric guitarist.  

15 km: This Week Ends Today

Sat 10 Nov: 7.5 km
"Idaho", "Hammock", "Officium Triste"

Mon 12 Nov: 7.5 km
"This Will Destroy You" and "Pantheist"

This Week: 27.5 km!

Well I extended my weekly tally to 27.5 km which was not a bombastic surprise but counts as a good progress. I fear i won't be able to reach this record next week.
I'm getting familiar with some faces who  are apparently early risers!  

Sat 3 Nov: 7.5 km
"Thula Borah" and "If These Trees Could Talk"

Monday 5 Nov: 7.5 km
"Les Discrets" and "God Is an Astronaut" 

Thursday 8 Nov: 5 km
"Agalloch"

Friday 9 Nov: 7.5 km
"Crippled Black Phoenix", "Hammock" and "This Will Destroy You"

Stamping This Week

Mon 29 Oct.
5.2 km
Listening to: "Hammock" and "If These Trees Could Talk"

Tuesday 30 Oct.
7.5 km
Listening to: "Crippled Black Phoenix" and "Les Discrets"

Friday 2 Nov.
7.5 km
Listening to: "Planning For Burial" and "Swallow The Sun"
Pedram

Dark Morning Escapee

6.1 km for today and fortunately my knee ached less than friday. So plenty of positive things for a dark october morning! Hopefully i can improve.
Listening to: "Fall To November Sky..." and "Joy Wants Eternity".

Air Is Back

I walked 5.5 km early this morning. It was refreshing as usual; tunneling the grey aura of my life these days. Good music was admittedly the icing on the cake; I listened to "Across Waters" and "Coldplay". It was necessary after the crash to rediscover myself and breath some fresh air. This's been more of a meditative nature than a mere physical exercise. That's why i enjoy the silent and lonely walks. They help me recognize pluck deep origin of some thoughts. Walking is accompanied by a myriad of flashbacks  and a storming force of far and near memories.  
pedram

Tuesday: Shoulders And Giants

I walked about 6.4 km today (September 11th ). The weather was excellent. It was dark when i started at 6:50. I focused to keep a constant pace and rhythm. Secondly i had to change my breathing. I listened to "Collapse Under The Empire" and 3 tracks of "Les Discrets" from the 2010 album "Septembre et ses Dernieres Pensees".  Post-Rock sound is really fantastic for walking/running. Last week i listened to "Crippled Black Phoenix" and "If These Trees Could Talk". Those were fantastic too.

Two Thumbs Up Les Discrets

I listen to this french post-rock/shoegaze band and it's so beautiful, really catchy music and some excellent lyrics. Specifically i like the way they integrated Paul Verlaine's poem in their decent tunes. I'm hugely impressed by the shoegazey taste!

My Album of The Month (April 2012)

Winterhalter

Artist: Les Discrets
Album: Septembre et Ses Dernières Pensées
Year: 2010
This is good, i mean really good; close to my heart. This french band really rocked my soul and pave a perfect entry to shoegazing realm. of course the genre is the subject of dispute, as they can be categorized as post-metal or post-rock as well. But shoegaze define the thing better; with characteristic impact on listener; left me detached, mesmerized and  drown in beautiful tunes. The sound is a mixture of distorted guitar, muffled vocals and throbbing drums.

My New Albums

Sun Kil Moon : Ghosts of The Great Highway (2003)  /Genre: Slowcore /52+19
Josh Groban : Closer (2003) /Genre: (Pop, Classical) /149
God Is An Astronaut : All Is Violent, All Is Bright /Genre: Post-Rock  /72
Alcest : Souvenir d'un Autre Monde Genre: Post-Rock  /81
The Prophecy : Revelations /Genre: Death/Doom Metal  /77
Electric Wizard : Let Us Prey Genre: Doom Metal  /56
Callisto : Providence /Genre: Post-Metal  /106
Jesu : Ascension(Incomplete) /Genre: Post-Rock, Industrial Rock  /37
Black Shape of Nexus : b.son /Genre: Post-Metal/Sludge Metal  /62
Neun Welten : Vergessene Pfade /Genre: Neofolk  /66
Wreck of Hesperus : Light Rotting Out (2011) Genre: Funeral Doom Metal  /67
Joe Pass : Sound of Synanon (1961) Genre: Jazz  /95
Low : I Could Live In Hope (1994) Genre: Slowcore /51
Scatter The Ashes : Devout/The Modern Hym /Genre: Post-Punk /41
Les Discretes : Septembre Et Ses Derniere Pensees /Genre: Post-Rock /81
Idaho : Alas /Genre: Slowcore/26
P.O.D : When Angels and Serpents Dance /Genre: Christian Metal /82
Pantheist : O'Solitude (2003) /Genre: Funeral Doom Metal /87
Tenhi : Kauan /Genre: Neofolk /47 
Tiamat : Panopticpn (2008) /Genre: Gothic Metal /108

My Album of The Month (November 2011)

A decent post-rock album by german band "Collapse Under The Empire". The duo manage to conjure up a perfect blend.Shoulders & Giants is the first half of a two-part concept work that thematically deals with the human existence, the dream of advancement, a life of absolute freedom, isolation, and death. The album is bleak and severe, but subtly lit from within with touches of hope and beauty. It immerses the listener in the sensation of being alone in the mountains and crevasses of an arctic environment – the harshness of the bitter solace, the joy at the soaring beauty of nature’s splendour.

Sæglópur (Lost at Sea)

Sæglópur, á lífi

kominn heim

Sæglópur, á lífi

kominn heim

það kemur kafari

kominn heim

það kemur kafari

kominn heim

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

A lost seafarer, alive

has returned home

A lost seafarer, alive

has returned home

a diver comes

has returned home

a diver comes

has returned home

Sigur Ros 

My Trip Playlist

I listened to 4 albums on the tarin and it was so enjoyable,It wasn't exactly killing time:
1-Jose Gonzalez : In our Nature 2007 
2-Long Distance Calling : Satellite Bay 2007
3-Augustana : All The Stars and Boulevards 2005
4-Damien Jurado : Where Shall You Take Me 2003

Music On My Radar

I' ve been  closely following some new bands:also as always  i will give some variant genres a try;actually April was fully conquered by unique mournful sound of Shape Of Despair; i ' ve been listening to music as long as i can remember; but this kind of expression through a band's sound is something really rare.i had Angels of Distress since last September but i found the profund quality of it just lately.
Anyway May has been another revoking process ; i listened to Over The Rhine 's Trumpet Child again;and i have to say this couple are just fantastic;if you're interested in jazz music this album is a Must-Buy definitely.
But ...bands i 'm curious about them are these;

1-Source of Deep Shadows; Polish Doom Metal band and their 2007 album Source of Doom And Perpetual Night  specifically is in my Wish-List


2-The Stanley Brothers : Legendary Virginia-based Bluegrass band active between 1946 - 1966
 you better watch the lyrics of their song 'Your Worries and Troubles Are Mine " so mesmerizing sound belongs to this cult band


3-Abstract Spirit : Russian Funeral Doom Metal hail their 2009 Tragedy and Weeds is in my Wish-List


4-Shearwater  : Indie Rock band from Austin;their 2008 Rook is a highly praised album received an  average score of 85 indicating Universal Acclaim based on 20 reviews. Lyrics mostly focused on Nature and Fairy Tale


5-Lapsus Dei : Brutal Doom Metal band from Chile : after 2005 Beyond The Truth ;they haven't released a single EP; Highly lionized band for Doom Metal Fans

6-Flowing Tears : Outstanding Gothic Metal band from Germany;their album  "Thy Kingdom Gone" is in spotlight


7-Giant Squid : Progressive Metal act from Austin again ! i'm so curious about this 
american metal band .Overall their albums received a high score .


8-Circus Of Damnation : Italian Experimental Doom Metal band


9-Wormphlegm : Finnish Funeral Drone/Doom  Metal ; quite mysterious band


10-Depressed Mode : Finnish Ex- Funeral Doom/Death Metal act; i actually listened to their 2009 album "...For Death " actually it didn't turn to one of my favorites .

11-Comatose Vigil : Russian Funeral Doom Metal; my main target is their 2005 "Not A Gleam Of Hope"


12-Worm Ouroboros ; Exciting Post-Rock ,Post-Metal band with strong folk influence;This San Fransisco-based Trio seems something interesting  Interview here


13-Moonspell  : Gothic Metal giants ;Night Eternal...


14-Earthless : Pschedelic Rock band from San Diego


15-Riverside :"Anno Domini High Definition"2009 by Polish Progressive Rock/Meral bands;one of my favorite bands.

16-The Gathering : Werst Pole "2009


17-Karnivool : Five-piece Alternative/Progressive Rock band from Perth ;Their 2010 "Sound Awake " sounds enthralling


19-Canvas Solaris : Georgia based Progressive Metal band


20-Octopus : Progressive Rock/Metal band from Chile





21-Amorphis : Skyforger !


22-The Almost : American Alternative/Christian Rock band


23-Mogwai : Scottish Post-Rock band ;typically compose lenghty guitar-based instrumental pieces that feature dynamic contrast , melodic bass guitar lines,and heavy use of distortion and effects


24-My Vitriol : Alternative Rock from London


25-My Bloody Valentine ; Alternative Rock pioneers from Dublin

26-Brief Candles :They Live We Sleep A Review here


27-Ulver ;  Ambient-Avant-Garde-Industrial band from Norway


28- 31 Knots  : Math Rock / Indie Rock from Portland,Oregan 


29- Re123+ : Belorussian drone Metal act ; theomegaorder.com described their music as compelling mixture of drone,doom and post-metal atmospherics.

Aim : Spirits Of Your Tide 2008

An Indie/Alternative Rock,Post-Rock band so underrated; their album "Spirits of Your Tide" is absolutely loveable with clean.melancholic vocals and powerful song structures;

I could find information about the band @ cdbaby.com :

"Marco Fiorello and the brothers Luca, Marco and Matteo Camisasca give birth to Aim in 2003. Aim’s members come from other bands of the Milan scene like On the blue, Halway, Molecricket and Scothc Woodcock."

Their debut album"Limit Of Sight" including 9 intense tracks which call in mind bands like Funeral For A Friend,Brand New,Thursday,...

but as cdbaby mentions Aim make itself a recognizable band slowly and mostly by its high level live activity.

By releasing their 2008 album "Spirits Of Your Tide" they reach to the point of maturity in their sound and style.

The album is a "emotionally provocative and cathartic rock"[cdbaby.com] album ;explosions of noise mixed with oneiric vocals.

My favorite tracks are "Too Wild" , Hubis II" and "Salige"

My November-December Albums

Some of them belong to long lasted wish-list,and some were chosen by genre or after explore about their genre,lyrics,conceptual themes,etc:it's mostly related to November and December,

i'll write a review about some of the selected ones,but i wanna get'em a go first,as an experience a first time listener can't be the judge,i'll see which ones will come onto my iPod. There are exceptions but overall i think it'll be cool.

1-Ben Woods >>>a Collection of Thoughts2009>>>Piano,Contemporary Classic

He's a full time student at the university of Plymoth.I vote for this album as a high quality ;including 10 tracks my favorite : Taking small Steps Pt 2

2-Mangled Torsos>>>Anatomia Reformata1993>>>Death/Doom Metal

a hybrid blend of death and doom formed in 1991 in (Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg) Germany

3-dISEMBOWLMENT>>>Transcendencce into the peripheral1993>>Doom/Death Metal

short lived but influential australian band;simply majestic album.They added elements unheard in metal scene,sophisticated and dark album;i was looking for them since i heard them as one of main influences on Evoken;know i realize how

4-Eddie Vedder>>>into the wild soundtrack2007>>>Folk Rock

i like Eddie Vedder's voice;my favorite track: Hard Sun

5-Nick Drake>>>Pink Moon1972>>>Folk

unmissable,minimal,masterful !

6-Isis>>>Wavering Radiant2009>>>Post-Metal

i haven't listen to this ;Jeff Caxide quoted:[Turner]mentioned that Carl Jung was a major influence on the concept and lyrics"

7-Sunn O)))>>>Monoliths and Dimensions2009>>>Drone/Experimental Metal

not yet !

8-Morgion>>>Cloaked by ages Crowned in Earth2004>>>Death/Doom Metal

9-Pelican>>>What we All Comed To Need2009>>>Post-Metal

10-Dirge>>>Wings of Lead Over Dormant Seas2007>>>Post-Metal/Sludge Metal

11-The Sins of Thy Beloved>>>Lake of Sorrow1998>>>Gothic/Doom Metal

12-John Frusciante>>>Shadows Collide With People2004>>>Alternative Rock

13-Russian Circles>>>Geneva2009>>>Post-Metal

14-Katatonia>>>Night Is The New Day2009>>>Depressive Rock

15-Of The Wand And Th e Moon>>>Lucifer>>>Neofolk

16-Nox Aurea>>>Via Gnosis2009>>>Doom/Death Metal

17-Ender>>>Ender 2008>>>Post-Metal

18-Moving Mountains>>>Pneuma2007>>>Post-Rock/Alternative Rock

19-Blazing Eternity>>Time And The Unknown Waters2000>>Doom/Death Metal

20-Funeral>>>As The Light Does The Shadow2008>>>Doom Metal

21-Elysian Blaze>>>Levitating The Carnal2008>>>Black/doom Metal

22-Forrest Of Shadows>Under The Dying Sun2000>Melodic Doom/Death Metal

23-Forrest Of Shadows>>>Departure2004>>>Melodic Doom/Death Metal

24-Forrest Of Shadows>>>Six Waves Of Woe2008>>Melodic Doom/Death Metal

25-Solicide>>>der untergang des abendlandes2003>>>Funeral Doom Metal

26-Nostalgia77>>>Weapons Of Jazz Destruction2007>>>Jazz

27-Leafblade>>>Beyond,Beyond2009>>>Acoustic

28-A Backward Glance On A Travel Road>A Backwaed....2009>Progressive Rock

29-Malevolent Creation>>>Joe Black1996>>>Death Metal

30-Neurosis>>>Given To The Rising2007>>>Sludge Metal

31-Bosques de Mi Mente>>>Lo-Fi2007>>>Piano/Contemporary Classic