Posts by Jason Mendoza

huddled within those dim, shadowy sanctuaries

Tuesday we're letting our American buddies

Drew Lewis2 said:honestly, I haven't heard him sing this well live before 😁 and it isn't even his own track (since he wasn't actually on Stormrider)

Is that definitely a live recording? Just look at the timestamp at 04:10 😁.

Exactly. The other vocalist was on that album, but if you ask me, this guy is the true voice of Ice Earth—his power is just on another level.

There he goes again

living under the shadow of the black mark

38 counts of battery

The older I get, the more this grind actually starts to suit me. Everything about my brain feels completely backwards 😁

wolves

I’ve always had a soft spot for listening to the rain when a warm front rolls in from the Gulf.

This is hands down the hardest rap you’re ever going to hear in your entire life.

Ashley Brown81 said:I’d much rather have something like unknown, if you please.

give me a break

or maybe this

I don't know, honestly, I think early TBF nailed that whole vibe regarding San Francisco and the general state of mind better than anything else. The early Boys are great too, but all this recent stuff just feels... meh.

Flesh of The furnace

travel in stygian

Matt’s vocals are honestly top-tier.

Jon is also an absolute beast on the guitar.

If he’d actually been offered a fight against Ankalaev, he should have just taken it and called it a day. Look, sometimes you just have to swallow your pride, bite the bullet, and take whatever is being put on the table. Especially since he isn't getting any younger.

It’s honestly such a massive bummer because Jiri vs. Glover would have been an absolute banger. I have to tip my hat to Jiri, though; giving up the belt instead of just sitting on it while dealing with his injury was a class act—definitely reminds me of how Ngannou handled things. Now, we’re stuck with Ankalaev vs. Jan without any real way to avoid it. I totally get where Glover is coming from, too; he wasn't about to just settle for some random replacement.

Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam

Metallica - Mercyful Fate

Hands down, one of my absolute favorite medleys ever.

Fighting the South with death metal

fragment of my memory

The waterfront was absolutely packed after we clinched the championship this summer, and then there’s this song playing in the background. Next year, we're going for the title again.

I just can't get anything done working from home; I can't seem to force myself to be productive when there's way too much going on around me.

thieves

quietbison86 said:Why not just vibe out without overthinking it? 😁

I remember this one afternoon back home while I was making dinner; the sky turned pitch black out of nowhere and this track started playing. Right during the bridge, the heavens just opened up and it started pouring rain, almost like the music itself summoned the storm.

There are definitely those rare moments where the music perfectly hits with the atmosphere around you and just burns itself into your memory.

Drudkh

dance with

Mina is incredibly hot (she’s a singer in a metal band).

quietbison86 said:I had one of those completely aimless days today, the kind where I just ended up wandering around because the weather was too nice to stay inside. Spotify threw Microcastle my way—something I’ve listened to plenty of times before—but somehow, everything felt different this time. As I was walking toward the lake, I found myself picturing these intense, cathartic cinematic scenes:

It reminds me of this one time I was sitting on a bus, just traveling somewhere. It was broad daylight, and I was glued to the window with my headphones cranked up, listening to Godspeed You! Black Emperor.

I just sat there staring out at the landscape, and the clouds looked so surreal, like they were part of some heavy psychedelic trip—not the actual trip I was on, but the kind of visual distortion you get after dropping something. Ever since then, I don't mix looking out a window with GY! 😁

Eulogy