Random Ramblin's 43 - Reflection Post Halloween 2020

Reflection time!😎

So Halloween 2020 was an unusual one. This year is so abnormal. We in Wales are in lockdown once more but the firebreak national welsh lockdown is nearing it's end, unfortunately Covid is still roaming. Its been hard for sure but there's also some great things that have and are still happening.

I've done an amazing job and I'm proud of myself for my facepaint. Which even Finn himself liked my demon Bálor paint (1st pic) and the 2nd pic was Cobra Kai halloween inspo with a skeleton they are seen in.😊

OK so I've also got my fave band Sabaton autographs so that is freaking incredible and amazing!!!!🤗😁🤯🥳 I managed to learn The Black Parade more on piano and am trying to learn more and practice more.😄 I've been back gaming and enjoying it after what felt like ages of having a period of unenjoyment with games but all good and fun again. 🙂 I also had the newest Mha movie on steel book triple play and I been waiting ages for it to arrive and I finally have it!!!☺️

Been a while since I posted here but I felt now was a good time. 

I'm healing, I'm grieving and some days are harder than others. Life is hard and has more uncertainties than ever before. Never lose hope always keep ahold of it and try to laugh and have a person who can wrap their arms around you even from far away and help you get back up on your feet when life has you down. 

I'm an advocate for hope and I won't ever lose hope, I'll keep a tight hold on it.

Peace with you all, look after your minds, be mindful of all the information you take on and don't overload yourself or over work yourself.

Take it easy people!

✌️ 😊✌️

Scott

The Scotties 2019

Hello ladies, gentleman, binary and non. Welcome to the second ever annual awards I am now issuing on my blog. The Scotties are just imaginary awards I will give out to the best things I have read, listened to, seen, played etc of the past year.

What a year, so many up's and downs so without further ado; 

Let The Scotties Awards begin!

(All winners will receive this image which will be available to download after the show/post of course. :P )

Best Film: Joker

What a film this is! 

Just my fave film of the year i have also seen it twice and would love to see it again!

Best Animated Movie: DBS: Broly

Not a surprise to anyone i don't think, for the longest time this was overall my film of the year!

Best Album: The Great War - Sabaton

OMG WHAT AN ALBUM I HAVE LISTENED TO THIS SO MUCH THIS YEAR!!!

Best Gig: Dragonforce at Cardiff Tramshed

Best Live Event: NXT UK Takeover Cardiff!

Best Game: Fortnite

It's all i have played mostly. So much fun with friends! 

Best Tv Show: The Flash

Again this one is not surprising!

Best Actor: Henry Cavill in The Witcher

Best Netflix Show: Movies & Toys That Made Us

I've found this show to be so interesting and eye opening i can't recommend it enough!

Best Animated Series: Dragonball Super

No surprises here! 

My most played game 2019: Animal Crossing New Leaf 3DS

A game i got into early on the year which i have played almost every single day!

My most heard song 2019: Billie Eilish - Bad Guy

I have heard this quite a bit so spotify would like to say. 

Best Chart Song & Artist 2019: Lover - Taylor Swift

I have always liked a few of her songs but i loved her new album this year some great tunes there!

Best New Artist 2019: Poppy

I discovered Poppy only 2 months ago but wow i love her! Pre-ordered her new album and everything!!!!

Best Holidays 2019: Saltash, England & Quay West, Wales

Best holidays and times spent this year has been with my beautiful gf.

Fave Food Of The Year 2019: Cabonara

obsessed with a cabonara this year! 

Wrestlers Of The Year: Becky Lynch & Tommaso Ciampa

Both have worked so hard and have been ever so amazing for me this year!

Best meme: Ooh a little bit of the bubbleh! - Chris Jericho

Best Famous Meet: Mick Foley

And that about does it here at The Scotties Awards 2019! 

It's been an amazing, fun year and now onwards and upwards for the future is coming on......

Musical Artists To Watch In The Next Decade. (2020)

These following bands and artist's I have discovered over the past decade and i think they deserve more love and recognition and a bigger following because i love their music and some of these on the list i have only discovered recently but i have loved what i have heard from them so artists like Billy Eilish, Bad Wolves, Poppy, Wind Rose, Alien Weaponry, Grailknights they are recent to my hearing and seeing of them. Where as the rest i have heard and followed from the start of the 2010's to the middle of them.

I will just provide bit of info to these artist's and bands and leave you to look them up and give them a listen/follow on the socials. 

Sabaton

Sabaton is a Swedish heavy metal band from Falun. The band's main lyrical themes are based on war, historical battles, and acts of heroism—the name is a reference to a sabaton, knight's foot armour.

Poppy

Moriah Rose Pereira, known professionally as Poppy, is an American singer, songwriter, actress, fashion model, YouTuber, and religious leader. Her new album I Disagree is coming out on 10th January and its a post genre pop metal album which so far has been banging, highly recommend checking it out! 

Billie Eilish

American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Highland Park, Los Angeles, Eilish began singing at a young age. She gained media attention in 2016, when she uploaded the song "Ocean Eyes" on SoundCloud, subsequently released by Darkroom and Interscope Records.

Ghost

Ghost, also formerly known as Ghost B.C. in the United States, is a Swedish rock band that was formed in Linköping, Sweden in 2006. In 2010, they released a 3-track demo followed by a 7" vinyl titled "Elizabeth", and later their debut full-length album Opus Eponymous.

Bad Wolves

Bad Wolves is an American heavy metal band formed in 2017. They are best known for their 2018 cover of The Cranberries' 1994 hit "Zombie". 

GloryHammer

Gloryhammer is an Anglo-Swiss symphonic power metal band founded by keyboardist Christopher Bowes, lead vocalist of the band Alestorm. Each member of the band represents a character in the story concept. The band appears on-stage in armour and costumes.

Powerwolf

Powerwolf is a German power metal band founded in 2003 in Saarbrücken by members of Red Aim. The band consists of vocalist Karsten Brill as "Attila Dorn", lead guitarist Benjamin Buss as "Matthew Greywolf", bassist/rhythm guitarist David Vogt as "Charles Greywolf", keyboardist Christian Jost as "Falk Maria Schlegel" and drummer Roel van Helden. The group uses dark themes and images, musically and lyrically, contrary to traditional power metal music, as well as corpse paint, gothic-tinged compositions and songs about Transylvanian werewolf and vampire legends.

Wind Rose

Wind Rose is an Italian heavy metal band founded in 2009 in Pisa, Tuscany. The band has released four studio albums, most recently Wintersaga in September 2019. Their lyrics take inspiration in the works of J. R. R. Tolkien.

Alien Weaponry

Alien Weaponry is a heavy metal band from Waipu, New Zealand, formed in 2010 by brothers Henry and Lewis de Jong. The band consists of Henry de Jong, Lewis de Jong, and Ethan Trembath. All three members have Māori ancestry and several of their songs are written in the Māori language.

Skillet

Skillet is an American Christian rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1996. The band currently consists of husband John and wife Korey Cooper along with Jen Ledger and Seth Morrison. The band has released ten albums, with two, Collide and Comatose, receiving Grammy nominations.

21 Pilots

Twenty One Pilots is an American musical duo from Columbus, Ohio. The band was formed in 2009 by lead vocalist Tyler Joseph along with Nick Thomas and Chris Salih, both of whom left in 2011. Since their departure, the line-up has consisted of Joseph and drummer Josh Dun.

Grailknights

Grailknights is a melodic death metal/power metal/viking metal band from Hanover. Their music is basically superhero metal, unique and cool. 

BabyMetal 

Babymetal are a Japanese kawaii metal band. The band consists of Suzuka Nakamoto as "Su-metal" and Moa Kikuchi as "Moametal". The band is produced by Kobametal from the Amuse talent agency.

So hit these people up on social media and all your streaming websites and support them and remember to support your local scene as every musician has started playing on streets in small pubs etc and they all move up with our support and bring us brilliant music.

Follow, support and stay shiny!

Top 10 Sabaton Songs

Hello! Good to see you soldier, tell me are you new around here private? Well here I am going to tell you of my top 10 fave songs by the most powerful mightiest band on this Earth and that is Sabaton. If you are new to them well use this list as a great kickstart to get into the overlords that stand before you. 

To celebrate The Great War i will be listing my 10 fave songs by Sabaton. This list is not definitive as i love all of their stuff honestly but these are at the time of writing ones i have listened to the most. For this list i will be giving you the backstory behind each song because Sabaton operates on a heavy fictional story and i love them and they inspire me and educate me and give me a great boost to my confidence when i hear them and they pump me up so much!

Onward comrades to war and let's get the list kickin! Tanks at the ready! 

10: The Last Stand

The story of the 189 brave soldiers in the Swiss Guard during the sacking of Rome in 1527. Since Charles V, ruler of the Holy Roman Empire, couldn't pay his troops they mutinied and forced their commander to lead them towards Rome where plunder was plentiful. When the invading force entered the Vatican, pope Clement VII escaped to Castel Sant'Angelo via Passeto di Borgo. The few remaining guardsmen gave their lives on the steps to St. Peters Basilica.

9: Into The Fire

In the Vietnam war, napalm was used extensively. It was effective at clearing large areas, and often with 100% fatalities. Often times it would fall on both allies and enemies, causing extensive casualties. A popular fan interpretation of the song is about a US Marine, who, after being surrounded with his squad calls a napalm strike on his position.

8: Rise Of Evil

It's about the Nazi's rise to power in the mid to late 1930's. 

7: Resist And Bite

This is about the Chasseurs Ardennais. A Belgian battalion ordered to hold the battle line in the Ardenne Forest. Compromised of only 40 soldiers strong, managed to delay the 3rd Panzer Corps of Erwin Rommel aka The Ghost Division.

6: Primo Victoria

This is a great song about D-Day. 

5: Panzerkampf 

 This is about Kursk, the near the beginning "Tanks line up in thousands as far the eye can see" makes sense with this because it was the largest tank battle ever. 

4: No Bullets Fly

The song is about the incident between Franz Stigler and Charles Brown. Charles, the pilot of a B-17 Flying Fortress received heavy damage and several of his crew was wounded. As the B-17 was limping back, attempting to reach the safety of England, Franz, after his Me 109 was restocked and refueled had initially been ordered to bring the B-17 down. When we reached within striking distance, Franz noticed the casualties involved and the extensive damage to the bomber. Remembering something he was told as a recruit, he felt it would be dishonourable to shoot the bomber down, as it reminded him akin to a man with his parachute deployed.

3: Night Witches 

This is about the 588th Russian Air Squadron, compromised of all female pilots. The sound of the planes in idle flying into their targets was thought to be the sounds of witches flying on broomsticks. The Germans called them Nachthexen, the German phrase for the witches of the night.

2: Ghost Division

"Ghost Division" was the nickname of the 7th Panzer Division of Germany, commanded by Erwin Rommel in the Invasion of France. 

1: To Hell And Back

This song is about one of the most highly decorated WWII vets named Audie Murphy (first lieutenant). He received every U.S. award for Valor and the Belgian Croix de Guerre along with the French Croix de Guerre. He received other French awards too. He received the Medal of Honor at 19 for singlehandedly holding off an entire German company of soldiers at Colmar Pocket, France. A company of 50 Germans attacked Audie's platoon that he was commanding. The Germans got a direct hit on their M10 tank destroyer and set it on fire. Audie ordered his platoon into the woods and stoo on the flaming destroyer firing it's .50 cal machine gun for over an hour while the German foot soldiers and tanks targeted him. He suffered a leg wound yet only stopped when he ran out of ammo. He then regrouped and led his platoon on a successful counterattack. Audie also had a 21-year acting career, which led to him playing himself in the autobiographical film "To Hell and Back". He also wrote some poetry and cowrote some songs with Scott Turner. May 28,1971, he aircraft Audie was traveling in crashed due to zero visibility. Along with Audie, four other passengers and the pilot were killed. On June 7 he was buried in Arlington with full military honors.his headstone contains the false birth year 1924 due to him falsifying documents so he could enter the army early. Audie suffered from PTSD and slept with a loaded handgun under his pillow. He took addicting sleep pills to try and negate nightmares.

So private do you think these live up to our overlords orders? Let me know asap. 

For now, thanks for reading and stay S.H.I.N.Y. (Sierra Hotel India November Yankee)!