If there’s one thing living in Norway has taught me, it’s that Tesla do not make their cars suitable for taller people.

I’m over sitting like a backslash in the back of a taxi because the ceiling is too low and there is no leg room to scoot down.

With trends in music being cyclical, I for one cannot wait for the current trending race to have the loudest snare, and over-edited performances to be over.

Have been asked to track bass on a really heavy EP.

Realising now how much I’ve lost my finger callouses.

Fucking ouch.

You ever binge a show when you’re depressed and then when you come out of your depression realise it’s utter shite but there’s only one season or so before you get to the final episodes so you have to soldier through and then you’re firing up new episodes saying “I can’t wait for this to be over.”

I promise I do like metal, seriously, I think I was just having a chill year and then hyperfixated on Bilmuri a bit at the end.

First Svalbard show in about a decade, didn’t disappoint!

Alcest and Svalbard tonight in Oslo and I couldn’t be more ready. #metalsky

Entering into that time of year again where, as a night worker in Norway, I don’t see the sun for 6-8 weeks.

Hopefully for the last time.

Save me Vitamin D supplements, you’re my only hope.

Coming into the season so here’s my list of non-Xmas, Xmas movies. Movies without which it just doesn’t Christmassy.

- LOTR trilogy
- The Empire Strikes Back
- My Neighbour Totoro
- Forrest Gump
- The Terminal
- The Goonies
- La La Land
- Buddy
- Back to the Future

Moving back to the UK in September after living in Norway for five years.

Can’t help but feel like I should make a black metal record before I leave.

Given the heightened discourse around backing tracks recently I have quite a lot of thoughts on the matter.

For reference my former band came up in the time when bands used iPods and a splitter for tracks, and then began to switch to more pro-setups, and we were one of them. 1/

Bands on heavy rotation this week.

- Refused
- Botch
- Sleep Token
- Deafheaven
- Bilmuri
- Biffy Clyro
- Converge
- Reuben
- Killswitch Engage
- Poltergeist

Suggestions for things I should add in?