Friday, October 15, 2010

I had time to play wow a little and i have to say i just can't say if the patch was good or bad.
Every class feel more powerful than before and leveling a new character is even easier (with a BIG wrinting invading your screen when you level up "Congratulations! you are now level <insert level here>! Your class trainer can now teach you a new skill, go visit him!" that makes me feel an idiot.).
About the new talent system i like how you get the most important abilities the moment you chose your specialization but i dislike the lack of freedom in your build, i could spec my chars without even using a talent calculator to make some tries.
Most of the changes to the skills are cool but they shifted a little the balance, some classes are doing way too much damage.

Anyway this is supposed to be a transition patch applied only to prepare for the expansion that hopefully (leveling to 85) will restore the balance among characters with the introduction of level 81+ skills and gear.

Now that i bored you enough with this wow-crap, some music for you!

Avantasia - The Scarecrow


Lyrics also in the video

(Tobias Sammet)
I'm just a loser in the game of love
I'm just a stray boy in the shade
And how I wish to know what love is like
To find someone to contemplate

There's a voice and a million answers
To the questions I don't ask
A demon I've got to contain
When I'm walking through the fen
Gonna deep into the black
There are whispers that I can't restrain

Don't give in

Rise to fame - time will come
Make your claim - time has come
For the crow to fly away

(Jorn Lande)
So you're an angel meant to walk down here
And you believe it's all divine
And you don't play by all those temporal rules
Watch the world begin to die

Alright - when the lamb's been torn to pieces,
I've been crashing from the sky
Fallen to care for the pray, they put a spoke right in your wheel
I'm the one to dare the weak, to push you all over the pain
You give in - oh

Rise to fame - time will come
Make your claim - time has come
For the crow to fly away

(Sammet)
I close my eyes and I see what's coming my way
He's got treasure in his eyes that he's gonna turn to clay

(Lande)
Hm, I'm a stranger, I'm a changer and I'm danger...
Maybe

(Sammet)
Fallen angel - waiting for the prey
The devil has come to take a maimed away
Penetration of the twisted mind
The evil is out for the weak and blind

I can feel it in your voice
Ever so sweet, no
Do I really have a choice? No, no, no!

(Lande)
Oh, you burn your feet on unholy ground
You roam the barren wicked plains abound
In evil eyes and evil speak
About it all your evil freaks

When you say it's all divine and meant to be
What about your flesh and blood and defires like me?

Their evil eyes are looking down on you
And those who don't are losing sight of you
Face the rage to chase away
The specter of disgrace and shame

Withered roses dying on the ledge
A withered dreamer standing on the edge
You dream of love but you wake up to pain
You're better off to join in my game

Then she'll better off to cry contrite tears
One day she'll wonder why she had to let you disappear,

Rise to fame - your time has come
Time will come - to take the sun
Make your claim - you're drawn to the sound
Time has come - you're leaving ground

Rise to fame - the flight of the crow
Time will come - cross the line
Your time has come - for the crow to fly away

It's a flight to hell
Can you hear the bell
The devil has come
To take your soul away
A flight to hell - alright

I'm a stranger
I'm a changer
And I'm danger
Fallen angel
Waiting for the prey

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Hypocrisy - Weed out the Week



The cryogenic holocaust
Slows down the desease
Give us all a taste of your miracle
We're thirsty for your medicine
The hate burns in your eyes
It's kill or be killed
It's in the nature of the human races' weak mind
To be exterminated by ourselves

Just stab their hearts for nothing
Your greedy souls scream in envy
Kill them all
Release the anger
Weed out the week
You don't need them

Weed out the week

Exterminate the riff raff
No one will miss you anyway
Clean up the world with an iron fist
Start the harvest of the dead
There's no room for you
There's no room for you
There is a new religion coming around the bend
And it's called fuck you

Just stab their hearts for nothing
Your greedy souls scream in envy
Kill them all
Release the anger
Weed out the week
You don't need them

Weed out the weak
Stab them all

Just stab their hearts for nothing
Your greedy souls scream in envy
Kill them all
Release the anger
Weed out the week
You don't need them

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Dark Tranquillity - Lethe


Give me to drink of the fluid that disintegrates 
And lend me the sweet balm and blessing
Of forgetfulness, empty and strong 
Lethe
Oh, lethe!

Hold me near, unravel the stars
As I speed through the heavens, 
I speed through the night
For you are my blade and my rope
You are my Lethe
(You are my all)

In currents of cobalt you storm through my heart
To sever, to puncture the memories that burn
Let sweep through the arteries in sharp stabs of pain
Your talon-like fingers to kill me again

Steal me, invade me, and charge me again
(And again, and again, and again)
For I burn and I shudder
Burn with each movement of 

So, cleansed through a floodlight
I appear, renewed and reforged
Caressed by the sweet balm and blessing
Of forgetfulness, empty and strong

Lethe,
Hold me near, my one friend and guide 
As I drown through your fingers, 
Drown through your love
For you are the life that I hate
You are my, you are my...

Drag me down in passionate sighs
With the ocean above me and flames in my eyes
And grant my a life I can live 
Without...

Take me away...
Take me away...
From the life that I hate

WoW patch 4.0

Today patch 4.0 hit the world of warcraft EU servers nad i decided to renew my subscription.

As a hunter player i HAD to try the new hunter's resource system (Focus instead of mana) before the realease of the expansion itself.
I played for about 1 hour and it seems promising, unlike mana focus is an "unlimited" resource hat regenerates very fast but also is consumed with the same speed.

Some powerful shots consume focus while others weak ones regenerate it, you can actually get from 100 to 0 (and vice versa) in a matter of seconds.

At first glance it looks like the shot rotation will be harder and more unforgiving than before.

As for now Marksmanship seems the actual highest dps build.

I'll keep you informed as i discover more things ;)

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Psyopus - Medusa

Large amount of chaos and insanity are in this song. Listen at your own risk.


Flinching as her wavy hair hisses
Slithers around and around
Entangles her face
Nothing is to be seen
Coils of our beauty queen's reptile crown

I can't bare to see your face without thinking "Kill Her"
I just want my fucking space
I can count the six feet under ground
I just wish you were erased

Who'd think a mirror to your face could kill

Stone

Your monster face chews beauty no more

and hoe I'd kill to gaze upon kind recollection
Where you and I could bow
Perhaps to get along less the ugly in stone

With all the smiles and all that's kind
Put right in your face
None could silence the sound
Of your hissing moral chorus

Kill her
Fucking kill her
Stick the fucking mirror to her fucking face

Kill her
Fucking kill her
Stick the fucking mirror to her fucking face

Queen of the Ugly 

Monday, October 11, 2010

Baad, bad times.

You know, this summer i stayed at home because i had no money to spend on a holyday and now i am still in the same situation.

October seems to be a month with a lot of interesting things i'd like to attend but i feel like i will go nowhere.

A copule of days ago (10th October) Dark Tranquillity (one of my favourite bands) had a concert in Bologna but i just couldn't be there.
On 13th October Blind Guardian will have a concert in Milan and it is sold out (it doesn't matter anyway, ticket + train to get there + hotel for one night is too expensive now...)
22nd October: Pain of Salvation in concert @ Milan, same as above.
30th October: The Agonist + Maroon @ Bologna, this may be possible if i find someone who has a car willing to come too, this way i wouldn't need to look for a place to sleep but i don't think i'll find anyone.
From 29th October to 1st November: Lucca Comics & Games, for four days the whole city is devoted to...well, Comics and games indeed, with an army of cosplayers invading the streets. a very beautiful thinks but i'll need to persuade someone to take me there.

Probably i'll not attend any of these events and it absolutely bugs me.



Overkill - The Years of Decay


Out
On this road
Takes its toll
And you pay for everything you do
Under lights
Made me blind
This place is the same as last night
Out
Of control
Takes its toll
But you learn to live with your dreams
And speaking your mind to those you find
Listening to what you have to say
I wouldn't change the way
I wouldn't stop the decay

Promised
The world
As our world
Changed before our eyes
And the days became the weeks
And the weeks the years
And no one remembers that very first day
How it slipped away
Forever
I wait
Putting in
Putting out as the motors whine
To remind me I'm home
And I'm here to stay
As we decay
Another day
Decay away

I'm goin' home
I don't know where
I'm goin' home
Not far from here
Out on this road
Payin' this toll
Make me whole
Set the stage
Fill it with anger
Fill it with rage
No I don't know what is today
I know it falls in the years of decay

Self
Sacrifice
Every night
And together we pay the price in blood
That's spilled out
Through the years
And another day passes away
Look to the black
Drawn farther back
Look to each day
See the decay
Times I've had
Good and bad
Win or lose
This is what I choose

The Years of Decay

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Death - Symbolic

Best band in the world.


I don't mean to dwell
But I can't help myself
When I feel the vibe
And taste a memory
Of a time in life
When years seemed to stand still

I close my eyes
And sink within myself
Relive the gift of precious memories
In need of a fix called innocence

When did it begin?
The change to come was undetectable
The open wounds expose the importance of
Our innocence
A high that can never be bought or sold

Symbolic acts - So vivid
Yet at the same time
We're invisible

Savor what you feel and what you see
Things that may not seem important now
But may be tomorrow

Do you remember when
Things seemed so eternal?
Heroes were so real...
Their magic frozen in time
The only way to learn
Is be aware and hold on tight

I close my eyes
And sink within myself
Relive the gift of precious memories
In need of a fix called innocence

When did it begin?
The change to come was undetectable
The open wounds expose the importance of
Our innocence
A high that can never be bought or sold

Slayer - Angel of Death

Fucking Slayer!

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Gamma Ray - Rebellion in Dreamland

I want to thank everyone who gave me suggestions on the other post, i'll watch  them and tell you if i liked 'em =)

Now it's Gamma Ray time!


Voices are calling from somewhere bellow
melting on the eastern shore
Rain is falling down on me,
been waiting for eternity...
I'll be there!
Freedom for us all!

And I wonder why, why my heart still yearns
and I wonder why, why the earth still turns
and I wonder why, why the sky turns black
Still I wonder why, but there is no turning back

For all eternity, for all the world to see
we're riding high across the wind
and when the storm begins, to wash away all sins
we'll find a place where we'll begin

There's something wrong with the world today,
only the people that are fighting for...
...a better place in the world today,
they don't believe that they gone too far,
...they're falling down.

By moonlight there's a way... for rebellion
here, the world has gone astray... revolution
Now, the time has come to pray... hallelujah
deep, inside our minds we wait... for rebellion
Here in dreamland we will not obey the masters

... and the earth still turns but I'm on my way,
he is on the way, as my heart still yearns
... I'm on my way, now he is on the way,
and I cry for more
Yes I'm on my way, now he is on the way,
gonna find the secret wall

I have seen the secret dreams
of those who know eternity
and makes me feel like a shadow sneaking in
In my sleep I'm searching for a way to find
the open door leading me to where it all begins

There's nothing wrong with the world today...

By moonlight there's a way... for rebellion
here, the world has gone astray... revolution
Now, the time has come to pray... hallelujah
deep, inside our minds we wait... for rebellion
Here in dreamland we will not obey the masters

Now I'm riding through the air
going to where no one dares
on the way I'll cross the line forevermore.
For once in life, I do not care
nothing matters, now I dare
On the ride I'll cross the line
forever to be free

Have no fear, Rebellion is here!

Friday, October 8, 2010

So, i recently finished watching all the anime i had and i kind of don't know what to do now, do you have any suggestion for something interesting to watch? : >

Edit:
Neon genesis evangelion: Watched the tv episodes and all the possible films, from Death and Ribirth to You can (not) Advance, It is just my favorite anime ever =)
Azumanga Daiho: Watched and funny as hell.
Deathnote: Watched
Excel Saga: Watched, greatest non-sense anime of all time.

So i am missing:
K-on
Samurai Champloo
Fairy Tail
Highschool of the Dead

Edit2:
Cowboy Bebop: Watched and liked a lot.
Ghost in the Shell: Watched.

Adding in the "to watch" list seto no hanayome. =)


Demanding MOOOAR!

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Disturbed - Meaning of Life


Lyrics in the video.

Apocalyptica - I'm not Jesus



Dirty little secret,
Dirty little lies.
Say your prayers and comb your hair,
Save your soul tonight.

Drift among the faithful,
Bury your desires.
Aberrations fill your head,
You need a place to hide
And I am...

Do you remember me?
And the kid I used to be?
Do you remember me?

When your worlds come crashing down
I want to relive.
(Your god ain't looking down on me!)

Im not Jesus,
Jesus wasnt there!

You confess it all away,
But its only shit to me
(Your god ain't looking down on me!)

Im not Jesus,
I will not forgive!

No I wont!
No I wont.

I thought you were a good man,
I thought you talked to god.
You hippocratic, messianic, and child abusing-turned-satanic.

Do you remember me?
Do you remember me?
And the kid I used to be?
Do you remember?

Do you remember?

When your own world comes undone,
Let me be the one to say:
(Your god ain't looking down on me!)

"Im not Jesus,
You cant run away!"

And the innocence you spoiled
Found a way to live.
(Your god ain't looking down on me!)

Im not Jesus
I will not forgive!

I wont forgive.
I wont do whatever you want to.
I wont forgive.
I wont do whatever you want to.

Do you remember me ?
And the kid I used to be ?
Not the same as I used to be!
Oh, do you remember me ?

Nooooooo!

When your worlds come crashing down,
I want to relive
(Your god ain't looking down on me!)

Im not Jesus,
Jesus wasnt fair!

You confess it all away,
But its only shit to me!
(Your god ain't looking down on me!)

I'm not Jesus,
I will not,
Im not Jesus,
I will not forgive!

Oh, I will not forgive, yeahyeah!
No, I will not forgive!

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Dream Theater - Learning to Live


There was no time for pain
No energy for anger
Sightlessness of hatred slips away
Walking through winter streets alone
He stops and takes a breath
With confidence and self-control

I look at the world and see no understanding
I'm waiting to find some sense of strength
I'm begging you from the bottom of my heart
To show me understanding

I need to live life
Like some people never will
So find me kindness, find me beauty, find me truth
When temptation brings me to my knees
And I lay here drained of strength
Show me kindness, show me beauty, show me truth

The way your heart sounds
Makes all the difference
It's what decides if you'll endure the pain that we all feel
The way your heart beats
Makes all the difference
In learning to live
Here before me is my soul
I'm learning to live
I won't give up till I've no more to give
No more to give

Listening to the city
Whispering its violence
I set out watching from above
The 90's bring new questions
New solutions to be found
I fell in love to be let down

Once again we dance in the crowd
At times a step away
From a common fear that's all spread out
It won't listen to what you say
Once you're touched you stand alone
To face the bitter fight
Once I reached for love
And now I reach for life

Another chance to lift my life
Free the sensation in my heart
To ride the wings of dreams
Into changing horizons
It brings inner peace within my mind
As I'm lifted from where I've split my life
I hear an innocent voice
I hear kindness, beauty and truth

The way your heart sounds
Makes all the difference
It's what decides if you'll endure the pain that we all feel
The way your heart beats
Makes all the difference
In learning to live
Spread before you is your soul
So forever hold the dreams within our hearts
Through nature's inflexible grace
I'm learning to live

Porcupine Tree - Time Flies


I was born in '67
The year of "Sgt. Pepper"
And "Are You Experienced"

It was a suburb of heaven 
Yeah and it would have been forever 
It all seemed to make so much sense 

But after a while you realize time flies
And the best thing that you can do
Is take whatever comes to you
'Cause time flies

She said luck is all you make it
You just reach out and take it
Now let's dance for a while

She said nothing ever happens
If you don't make it happen
And if you can't laugh then smile

But after a while you realise time flies
And the best thing that you can do
Is take whatever comes to you
'Cause time flies

And laughing under
Summer showers
Is still the way I see you now

How does time break down?
With no marker, things slow down
A conference of the strange
And your family is deranged

I could tell you what I'm thinking
While we sit here drinkin'
But I'm not sure where to start
You see there's something wrong here
I'm sorry if I'm not clear
Can you stop smoking your cigar?

But after a while you realise time flies
And the best thing that you can do
Is take whatever comes to you
'Cause time flies

And the coat you wore to Alton Towers
Is still the way I see you now

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Alterbridge - Ties That Bind





I tear on the leash
That keeps me contained and controlled
Let me go, I want to break free
And fight my way out of this hole

One last hope
To rise and break away
Above the fading line
Way beyond the ties that bind
This I know
The risk is worth the gain
It's worth the sacrifice
Way beyond the ties that bind

I run but the chains
Pull me right back to the floor
You control, rattle the cage
I won't be your slave anymore

One last hope
To rise and break away
Above the fading line
Way beyond the ties that bind
This I know
The risk is worth the gain
It's worth the sacrifice
Way beyond the ties that bind

 You broke me into pieces
Don't tell me what to be
Damn you all, I'm gonna find my way

One last hope
To rise and break away
Above the fading line
Way beyond the ties that bind
This I know
The risk is worth the gain
It's worth the sacrifice
Way beyond the ties that bind

Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

One of the most beautiful songs ever, this is THE masterpiece of Blind Guardian.


Awesome lyrics:

Where are these silent faces?

I took them all
They all went away
Now you're alone
To turn out every light so deep in me
Hold on, to late


Will I ever see them back again
Or did they all die by my hand?
Or were they killed
By the old evil ghost
Who had taken
The ocean
Of all my dreams
Which were worth to keep
Deep inside my heart
I wish I
Could get them back
From the everflow
Before they'll fade away


Imaginations from the other side
Far out of nowhere
It got back to my mind
Imaginations from the other side
Far out of nowhere
It got back to my mind
Out of the dark
Back to the light
Then I'll break down
The walls around my heart
Imaginations from the other side


Where's the ocean's daughter?
Was Peter Pan in Mordor?
No one's there to keep alive
All these fairy tales
May I return to Oz?
Will I meet the "Tin Man"?
"Coward Lion" where are you?
Without brain the scarecrow's lost
In the middle of the lake
Stranded in the real world
Left in a world
No place for daydreams
Serious life
I fall into
I fall into a dark hole
And I can't come out


Do you know
If Merlin did exist
Or Frodo wore the ring?
Did Corum kil the gods?
Or where's the wonderland
Which young Alice had seen
Or was it just a dream?
I knew the answers
How they're lost for me


Imaginations from the other side
Far out of nowhere
It got back to my mind
Imaginations from the other side
Far out of nowhere
It got back to my mind
Out of the dark
Back to the light
Then I'll break down
The walls around my heart
Imaginations from the other side


I hope there is a way back
With my talisman
So I look into myself
To the days when I was just a child
Come follow me to wonderland
And see the tale that never ends
Don't fear the lion nor the witch
I can't come back
I'm lost but still I know
There is another world


Imaginations from the other side
Far out of nowhere
It got back to my mind
Imaginations from the other side
Far out of nowhere
It got back to my mind
Out of the dark
Back to the light
Then I'll break down
The walls around my heart
Imaginations from the other side

Monday, October 4, 2010

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm in stores 7th of December

IRVINE, Calif., Oct 04, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that World of Warcraft(R): Cataclysm(TM), the highly anticipated third expansion for the world's most popular subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game*, will be released starting on December 7, 2010. The expansion will be available on DVD-ROM for Windows(R) XP/Windows Vista(R)/Windows(R) 7 and Macintosh(R) at a suggested retail price of $39.99 and will also be offered as a digital download from the Blizzard Store. A special Collector's Edition packed with bonus items will be available exclusively in retail stores for a suggested retail price of $79.99.

"Cataclysm includes the best content we've ever created for World of Warcraft. It's not just an expansion, but a re-creation of much of the original Azeroth, complete with epic new high-level adventures for current players and a redesigned leveling experience for those just starting out," said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. "With the help of our beta testers, we're putting on the final polish, and we look forward to welcoming gamers around the world to enjoy it in just a couple of months."

The first two World of Warcraft expansions, The Burning Crusade(R) and Wrath of the Lich King(R), each shattered PC game sales records upon their release.* In Cataclysm, the face of Azeroth will be forever altered by the return of the corrupted Dragon Aspect Deathwing. Players will explore once-familiar areas of the world that have now been reshaped by the devastation and filled with new adventures. In an effort to survive the planet-shattering cataclysm, two new playable races — worgen and goblins — will join the struggle between the Alliance and the Horde. As players journey to the new level cap of 85, they'll discover newly revealed locations, acquire new levels of power, and come face to face with Deathwing in a battle to determine the fate of the world.



I think it's time to start saving some money :>

Demians - Sapphire


Feeding the machine
From this inner cage I made my body
My son is staring at a sun that's still to come
But go figure it all, was it worth searching far beyond?

Scratching the surface
From this inner grave I built my country
My love, i finally found the one I belong to
But go figure it all, was it worth waiting for so long?

To become the stone...?

Follow me here, I'm on my way back (home)
Crimson, we've become the stone and time may come
See the man I've become
And follow the child inside until he's grown up
Before he goes away

Memories and expectations
All is moving in so similar ways
Small rooms or huge surroundings
There's no use when you are the missing

I think I'm getting used to -- the fear of getting used to you
I think we're getting used to -- the fear of living for two

Follow me here I'm on my way back home or then bury me here or take my hand back stronger...
Follow me here I'm on my way back home, you can bury me here or take my hand back stronger...