New home...still waiting for new music

Wow, well reading "your last post was on December 26th..." is shocking. I guess its been that long since my last post. Much has been going on since then and its been pretty crazy. Just about to buy a new house and that has been a chore unlike any other; sign here...sign here...sign here...wait...wait...sign here...fax...fax...

I havent been listening to too much good music and I find myself falling back on my old standby's. I looked into a heavy metal genera called "power metal" which was prompted from a VH1 show called "headbangers journey" or something like that. Anyway, he lists a bunch of sub-generas of metal and I decided to try out power metal. I had listened to one of the bands listed in the past called Helloween and they were pretty hit and miss. However, when I did hit a good Helloween song, it was awesome. I tried out some other bands like: Blind Guardian, Man O War, and Primal Fear. By far Primal Fear was they best of the power metal bands. They had some pretty dynamic songs (which I really like since I love prog metal) and the guitar work was really good. I'm convinced the guitarist is a Zakk Wylde fan because his style is very Zakk. They're a newer band; I think their first album came out around '98. They are worth checking out in the power metal genera for sure.

Been listening to 94/7 the local alternative station here and been really enjoying the memories. They have a show called "90's at noon" which is really cool as they play all of the old alternative songs from my past that I forgot about. Been trying to get into some of the new bands but nothing is gelling. These newer "alternative" bands just dont seem to have the musical depth. I'm not seeing the song writing ability that once was in the alternative scene of the early to mid 90's, and by 'ability' I mean lyrically and instrumentation. Many have fallen back to a simple almost punk style with very immature song writing, weak guitar riffs, lack of power, simple drumming, and vocal energy that is non-existant. Never the less I continue to search for a new band that will capture the heart and minds of musicians like me. It was once Coldplay but we all know were that ended up going.