Iceni

'Inception of the Flagitious' by Element.

Lekker! Whereabouts?

Perhaps the most utilitarian body shape I've ever seen on a production car but I love it. It's a real psycho sled on Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2, usually it's capable of going faster than the human mind can react...

Oh, not this again.

Jointly proposed alternate waffle medium.

Gives out waffle too easily.

'Missionary Man' by Conception.

'Reach Out' by Conception. Prog is rad.

'Fighting For Breath' by Threshold.

Well, sure. They are more affective for me specifically because I don't appreciate my beliefs being conflated with ritual sacrifice.

I also like these ones, to Threshold's 'Sunseeker': I've prayed until I have free will, I've shut out all the lies I can't make sense of fate's portents; on patterns I've relied I've given in, my demon twin lies dying by my side The future is a mystery now the stars have turned to grey My freedom rests on knowing how to think and do and say Sun-sign believers, enlightenment achievers You strange deceivers - you are not my kind Sun-sign believers, speaking tongue receivers Tarot card faith healers, the blind leading the blind ''Do what thou wilt'' the blood was spilt an ego thus caressed Accepting none but only one is where my freedom rests Presenting now the sacred cow ''you cannot trust free will'' They stand in line of their birth signs their emptiness is shrill Their clockwise universe is ticking out their lives An orgy of pre-destiny held by threads of time Sun-sign believers, enlightenment achievers You strange deceivers - you are not my kind Sun-sign believers, speaking tongue receivers Tarot card faith healers, the blind leading the blind The lyrics to this song seem very anti-religious, but the way that they're framed suggests to me that the person speaking is interested in staying on the straight and narrow and has no use for unproductive theological rabbit trails with claims to spiritual exclusivity. Most interesting is the line 'the blood was spilt/an ego thus caressed', which suggests to me a reference to moral hazard in salvation - i.e. the idea that man is forgiven and that therefore sin is of no consequence - and the idea that every human is special going to one's head. The speaker here, I think, aims at a much higher goal in seeking theological truth.

'Sunseeker' by Threshold.

'Angels' by Threshold. Great solos, nice chorus.

Being relatively unqualified,

the Capitalization Brigade

A comment on their own reputation among metalheads?

If you want a Combi, go to South Africa, they have thousands...