First Post

Decided to make a blog to say anything I feel like.  I will make posts as frequently as I care to about anything I find interesting.  I will probably talk mostly about black/death metal and anime/manga, and maybe the occasional science topic of interest.

Undergang - Til Døden os Skiller [2012]

Just listened to this death metal album.  It is some pretty solid traditional death metal with gritty bass guitar and some nice thick riffs.  The music itself gives off a nice creepy horror vibe and some of the vocal samples are really eerie.  Almost as good as the Charon album I listened to last night.  Want to give it a rating, but it is only after one listen so I dont really know it that well.  Temp rating then. [7.5/10]

Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam [1985]

Ok I admit I actually just finished the sequel to this epic space mecha battle anime (ZZ Gundam), but since this was the more enjoyable and memorable of the two - dont get me wrong, I did enjoy ZZ Gundam later on-  I figured I would talk about it instead.  The main character is named Camille Bidan, and in the beginning seems kind of annoying and petty.  However after a while his personality grows on you and in the end becomes a rather complex and interesting character with plenty of depth.  He was born into a heritage of Gundam engineers and was forced to pilot the Gundam MkII, which he knew quite a bit about.  One good thing about earlier Gundam was how different realistic mobile suits can have different advantages and disadvantages over one another, but with the fresh emergence of New Types, these genetically superior fighters can achieve synchronicity with their mobile suit at a transcendental level - meaning they could predict gunfire and movements and eventually guide and direct missiles that puts them in a whole new league.  Zeta Gundam had a pretty good match of both realistic mechs and New Type mayhem.  Once Camille got the Zeta he was just about as skilled a pilot as Char Aznable and pretty much unstoppable with the most powerful Gundam to date (and made per Camille's specifications).  Underlying the awesome Gundam battles was a nice dramatic tension about the righteousness of war and the manifestation of emotional difficulties brought on by tragedy, suffering, and loss that comes with the collateral damage of war. [10/10]