The Beginning of All Things to End

So as my brief "About Me" section over to the right --> says, I am a chemical engineering grad student. Writing may not be my forte; I am certainly no cunning linguist (hehe), but I am about to attempt to put some order to the entropy in my head. My head, of course, being a "metal" one. I love heavy metal and the gist of what you are about to get in my postings to come is simply this: I am going to talk about whatever is on my mind with regards to my most favorite of music genres. In this way I will disseminate not just those thoughts, but also augment them with metal history and little bits on guitar and guitarists (I try to arpeggiate a bit myself), and perhaps even thoughts on life and current events and their ridiculousness.

Before the metal comes... Bare with me, I have some preamble-ing to do...

Being a chemical engineer, I am currently spending my 4th of July weekend in Oak Ridge, TN where a national lab is located. I had plans with some friends that ended up falling out, so it turns out I am on my own for the weekend with little else to do than finally bosh this blog out. Git r' done. I say finally, because this blog has actually been a long time coming. Doing a blog was an idea my brother John and I had a while back. Initially it was to be a direct response to some other family members' blogs, but that was mostly an attempt to get a rise out of our mother. Unfortunately, she doesn't give a shit and ignores our banter and repartee. After many instances of saying,"We should put that in the blog!" I realized it would be kind of cool to actually do it, however we were both unwilling to be the one to actually write it up. Therefore because my brother is a lazy porkchop, I am taking the idea completely for myself so that I can also write about metal without his bitching (as if he actually had a choice either way). However, I will incorporate a lot of the ideas we had into this blog because I also wish to make fun of my family, friends, media, politics, etc. (and to allow my brother to claim he is the muse for the endeavor). Hopefully I will figure out a way to nicely dovetail the metal with the rest, once again referencing my inability at being a cunning linguist.

On to the metal...

My first seamless integration of metal and the comedic genius that John and I came up with deals with the power of two words. This isn't so much the hardcore metal stuff that I will get into, but it is worth it for the trend that I intend to start with every post. When you are starting a metal band (any band really), one of the best ways of coming up with a name is to take two really cool, brutal, gross, etc. words and stick them together. Let's face it, most of the really good one-word band names have been taken: Slayer, Metallica, Pantera, Anthrax, Death, Tool, Testament... you get the idea. But the vast majority of bands have really kick-ass two word band names: Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, and I do not need to go on. I am sure if you keep reading you will notice the trend. There are even a lot of one-word band names that are some crazy contraction of two words, so in essence they are actually a two-word band name, i.e. Devildriver. Similarly, there are many 3-word band names where the 3rd word is just an article or preposition, i.e. Cradle of Filth. Take note as you read future posts.

The point of all this is that two words can be quite powerful. You can, of course, really screw it up, but that's where I am going with this. Two words can be HILARIOUS when the right two words are stuck together. This was an amazing euphoric realization for John and I (and surely we were at the forefront of human thinking when we had it) and the basis of much high comedy amongst him, myself, and our Dad and various family members.

So I am starting a trend, whether it be comedy (which it will be mostly) or a sweet band name I heard, every post will have its "Power of Two-Words" phrase of the day. Feel free to comment on what you think it is or if it is really funny, cool, brutal, etc.

With that I leave you,

Godspeed on the Devil's thunder, getcha' pull, and may the power of the riff compel you always.