Alexander Aguiar

Frodo & Sauron enjoying Persecution Mania.

Woke up at 7am to hop on a train to buy some first press records in a city from another state.
I think that's the peak my addiction ever reached.

Acabei de ler sobre o falecimento da Claudia Cardinale, e me lembrei desse momento inusitado 13 anos atrás.

YouTube video by AOP Records Outlaw - Those Who Breathe Fire feat. Georgios // Dödsrit (Official Music Video)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kjt...

The day after tomorrow it is.

I finished - at last - editing the new videoclip from Outlaw.
It should be up anytime soon on AOP Records' YouTube account.

The Gathering Mandylion's 30 years anniversary gig 1/5.
What a good time to be alive.

Nichts zu danken.
Ich danke dir für eine weitere wunderbare Abend... obwohl ich Triptykon schon oft live gesehen habe, war diese für mich etwas Besonderes.

Ich habe dich zusammen mit Vanja im Cateringbereich hinter der Bühne gesehen, wollte dich aber diesmal nicht (wieder) stören.
Ganz liebe Grüße!

Vacations journal:
Last week I've been to Switzerland, did what any die-hard fan of Celtic Frost would do: paid my respects to Ain & went to Giger's museum.

This week I played in Party.San with Outlaw and saw @tomgabrielwarrior.bsky.social doing his magic again from the 1st row.
Life can be good.

Still stuck on Saturday night.

The new Katatonia track is as pleasant as when the dentist drills a hole in your teeth without anesthesia.

I'll update it at some point when I get some days off.
Cheers!

Never regain
Tapping the vein

Foi no disco errado. Os anteriores são ótimos.

2025: The year in which I finally understood "Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious".
I always thought this album was good only in the first 15 minutes, entering a spiral of "more of the same" that would last ages to finish.
Today I enjoyed every song by itself for the very first time. 4/5 stars.

Every year I try giving new chances to albums that everyone love and I hate.
Result of the day: considering downgrading "The Great Cold Distance" from 2 stars to 1.5 on RYM. The existence of this album must be a collective delirium. Can't believe it was made by a band I used to inconditionally love.

VAI ARREGAR, caraio?

Sauron is lacking of energy for the 438247823th time this day.

Sauron's the cutest kitten one could have.

Regis Tadeu killer entered the chat.

My favourite 50 Metal albums (and some Heavy Rock as well) of the year, or at least the 50 I listened to the most.

Top 10 is in order, the rest is sorted alphabetically.
(I left Schizophrenia's re-recording out to priorize inedit releases)
#metalsky

Motivo mais que justificável.

Nesse tempo o Risoto era só um arrozinho à grega no máximo.

Já que perdeu, poste no inbox vlw

Desculpa, parei.

Alright, got some new likes, some retweets.
Might continue later, but for now that's a lot of cool shit everyone on #metalsky should check.

And for the ones who ask "Alex, don't you have any other subject"? Well, actually I do. A lot, but my online persona is just a Metalhead above all things.

14. Old Sorcery - Sorrowcrown

Old Sorcery is one of the "strong names" of the so-called Dungeon Synth, but in this album he follows exactly the formula of Burzum's "H.L. Tar Oss".
Also well-known by his predominantly BM project Warmoon Lord, Juuso reached his peak (so far) in this one.

13. Morgion - Cloaked by Ages, Crowned in Earth

Another band I'm the only fan.
I totally worship everything these American Death/Doom maniacs did. Criminally underrated, this guys should be in the pantheon some bands way less worthy are.

12. Filii Nigrantium Infernalium - A Era do Abutre

Here's a band I always say I'm the only fan who's still alive (RIP Leo Feckoff). Pioneers of Portuguese Extreme Metal scene in their early-years splendor.
Raw and primitive Satanic Rock n' Roll inspired by the 80s legendary forefathers.

11. Arckanum - Fran Marder

For real, people should REALLY listen more to Arckanum - a band everyone "knows" but no one really listens to. This is the Black Metal riffing encyclopaedia. This is Black Metal ideology encyclopaedia. This is Black Metal aesthetic encyclopaedia.
Hail Arckanum forever.