No Update on Jan. 1

Posted in Uncategorized on December 29, 2008 by jesusmetal

Due to my busy schedule for school (studying for exams)
and the fact that there is way too much going on with Christmas and NewYear we won’t be able to do a normal update on January 1.

I will make sure that all the reviews written will be online, and that the interviews will be online,
but this will all happen between Jan 1 and Jan 7.

The chance on a Feb update is small too, depending on what will happen with my school,
I’m on internship and I’ll have to deal with exams.

I’m also waiting for 5 or 6 interviews to be answered, so I can’t post them if the bands don’t reply.

Blessings
Matt

Merry Christmas

Posted in Uncategorized on December 24, 2008 by jesusmetal

In behalf of the whole Jesusmetal team I’d like to wish you all a merry Christmas.

Have a great and intimate time with friends, share presents, do whatever Christmas means to you, but try to remember what the essence is (or at least once was), even if you don’t believe, just think about what exactly you ARE celebrating.
It is not wrong to be happy with the presents you get btw, just know that those things are not what it’s all about.

To all those who are a bit up to date with the Jewish calendar,
Happy Chanukah, may the Feast of Light bring enlightment to you, and may you also enjoy a great wonderful time with friends and family.
The wonder in the temple was amazing, and I have had the wonderful experience of hearing good friends of my parents had a similar thing happening to them.
They are a family of 4 and had no money left for the month, and only had 3 days worth of food left in their house, in some miraculous way they were able to eat normal dinners/breakfast/etc, yet for not 3 but 8 days long. Their testimony was really beautiful.

I’d like to ask everyone to think of those who are having a more difficult time, without delicious food or any presents btw.

With that having said, do enjoy the festivities, and to those who have exams after the break: good luck studying.

Matt and Jesusmetal.

Personal top 5 of 2008

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , on December 21, 2008 by jesusmetal

These are the 5 ‘christian’ albums I consider the best of 2008.

1. Amaseffer – Slaves for Life

2. Theocracy – Mirror of Souls

3. Sympathy – Anagogic Tyrrany

4. Mirror of Dead Faces – Lamentations

5. Seventh Avenue – Terium


Runner up : My Silent Wake – A Garland of Tears (not really ‘christian’ though)

The Jesusmetal ‘Headquarters’

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , on December 21, 2008 by jesusmetal

Today I’d like to show you a bit around in the room where ‘all the magic happens’ (and with that I’m talking about everything Jesusmetal related.)

Let’s start with the music collection, it’s not complete though, there are about 20 cd’s not in the racks because they’re still caseless. My cd’s are arranged alphabetically, yet the slimcases/cd’s in plastic sleeves have an own category at the bottom.

Next is my working station (aka desk lol), there’s my PC and laptop (on which I work most) and my TV with playstation 2,
whenever I’m not working for school, band or Jesusmetal I play some games (Final Fantasy, Tekken, Ratchet and Clank are my current ‘most-played’).
There’s an Australian (left) and Israelian (right) flag, I collect flags of countries I’ve been to that had quite an impact in my life. A flag of Norway will soon be added.
Between the posters I have a signed Mortification poster, eventhough musically Mortification isn’t one of my main influences, I still hold the band very close to my heart for what they have meant to me.

And then there was the stereo + vinyl player, it’s a very old thing, and has a beautiful sound, yet sadly enough the last months it has started showing some signs of wear, by starting to act silly. I won’t let it go though, not until it just stops working.

The piano, where I practise for school or just try to compose some work from time to time,
I’m far from a pianist but I like playing on it. It’s a simple set-up, but it works fine.
next to the piano there are some exercise-swords

And then there is dear Avril Lavigne ;) From the moment the song ‘complicated’ got released I was hooked,
I’ve always been a rather weird person when talking about musical preferences, I love electro as much as I love metal, and in some way Avril’s pop-punk makes me happy,
she has meant quite something throughout my years of growing-up and.

To be expected in January

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , on December 20, 2008 by jesusmetal

What can you expect in January?

1. Reviews
Excurses,
Enshrouding,
Erasmus,
Eternal Mystery,
and many more

2. Interviews
Enshrouding
Unsynlig Tumult
and more

3. General changes
From now on you’ll always find these new features in reviews
- Album length
- Link to the band’s myspace
- Link to interviews that have been done with Jesusmetal (saves you from searching)

And ofcourse the start off the Jesusmetal Blog !

Blessings,
Matt

Welcome

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , on December 20, 2008 by jesusmetal

Welcome to the Jesusmetal blog,
on this blog I will be posting updates on:

- The changes being made to Jesusmetal,
- Sneak peaks of reviews/interviews that will be featured in the coming updates
- Personal updates on situations happening in my life
- Updates on the other members of the Jesusmetal Team
- …

I hope you’ll enjoy this and see any use in checking this blog from time to time.

Always feel free to drop me a line at jesusmetalofficial@gmail.com
I’d LOVE to hear some feedback on my work.

Blessings
Matt

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