My Spotify wrapped 2024

 

The Scotties 2023!!!

Oh my god, it is here, it's time! 

Get suited and fancy because it's time for me to give out my prestigious awards. :D

The Scotties are my own made up awards I present to many things to just highlight the best of the best this past year.

MUSIC AWARDS!

Best band: 30 Seconds To Mars

Album of the year: 30 Seconds To Mars: It's the end of the world, but it's a beautiful day

Best Newcomer Band: Sleep Token

Best concert attended: Electric Callboy in Bristol

Best surprise concert: Scooter!

Music Wrapped: https://1stmetalgodblog.blogspot.com/2023/12/my-music-wrapped.html

BEST FILMS OF 2023:

Best Tv Show: The Last Of Us

Best animated TV show: Invincible

Best Star Wars show: Ahsoka

Youtube Wrapped: https://1stmetalgodblog.blogspot.com/2023/12/youtube-wrapped-2023.html

ANIME AWARDS!

Best New Anime: Tomo-Chan Is A Girl!

Best Ongoing Anime: Jujustu Kaisen

Attack On Titan Anime has ended so I want to give that a special anime lifetime award.

GAME AWARDS!

Best Online Game: Fortnite (yes it beat Minecraft for the title this year)

Best Single player Game I've Played: One Piece Pirate Warriors 4.

Best new multiplayer game: My Hero Academia Ultra Rumble

Best Dragonball Related Content: Dragonball The Breakers Game.

Gaming Wrapped: https://1stmetalgodblog.blogspot.com/2023/12/my-playstation-wrapped.html

LIFE AWARDS

DECISION OF THE YEAR: WORKS JOB!

WOMAN OF THE YEAR: MRS❤️

Achievement award: Losing 5 Stone & Turning 30!

BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS

MEMORIAL AWARD:

STEVEN EVANS😇

OK, that about wraps up the award and what a night it has been.

Anyway thank you very much for reading, keep supporting me on youtube, blogger, tiktok.

Let's have a Merry Christmas and a great 2024! 

Thanks for the birthday wishes, Stay Shiny!

My Music Wrapped 2023

Top 10 AEW Entrance Theme Songs

Hey, what's up?

It's been a while since I did a top 10 so why not return and return to the blog with a top 10 all new and fresh out of my mind and today's digestive topic is AEW Wrestling Entrance themes. 

So I'm going to be listing my top 10 faves. I hope you like this list and the songs on them and if you have any other suggestions please comment or tag me on twitter @1stmetalgod. 

10: Arrival - Sting

New to the brand but a legend in the ring Sting shocked the world a few months back by appearing in AEW. Of course with Sting here we can't help but to always shout at the arrival of the immortal one with a loud "WOO!" and say "IT'S STIIIIIIIIIIINGG!!!!!!!". 

9: Everybody Dies - Lance Archer

So destructive and unstable just like the murderhawk, i really like his theme. 

8: Join Us - Dark Order

Cult like and dark and intimidating as are the team of the Dark Order but also the theme is very badass heavy and catchy now JOIN US.

7: Juicy - Orange Cassidy

Far out man it's the laid back freshly squeezed one himself. I love Orange he is so funny but also he is such a great talent. 

6: Battle Cry - Kenny Omega

Video game themed suiting Kenny's likes and ofcourse when it kicks in with that demonic voice and speedy instrumentals it's so good and really makes him stand out. 

5: Kingdom - Cody Rhodes

Cody's theme is iconic with AEW and himself and it's so catchy, fits him and its a great bop. 

4: Tarzan Boy - Jungle Boy

Tony Khan the mad legend himself surprised us and Jungle Boy with this hell of a Christmas present a 80s classic and one which is so fun it represents Jungle Boy to a tee for so many obvious reasons, belter of a song and a hell of a competitor is Jungle Boy. 

3: I Fell - Darby Allin

Slow, unsteady, calm but collected and very impactful, Darby is such an enigma he's grown to become one of my favourite wrestlers since AEW has come about. 

2: Unscripted Violence - Jon Moxley

Plug in and play but beware for here comes the MOX, talk about making yourself known with such a badass unrelating song to walk out to, perfect edgy fit for the maniac Jon is. 

1: Judas - Chris Jericho

You can't help but to sing along and love this one. It's such a great song and so fitting for Jericho and this is my number one fave pick for my list.

(all aew names, songs, logos belong to their respective copyright holders!)

Thanks for reading, that's my list, come back again for more blogs and top 10s and all other assorted bits and bobs to make you laugh and make you think. 

Poppy - I Disagree (album review)

I Disagree is the third studio album by American singer and YouTube personality Poppy. It was released on January 10, 2020 via Sumerian Records. The album is her first release on Sumerian Records following her departure from Mad Decent in 2019. 

I am new to Poppy since I seen her on WWE NXT, I was blown away just like; what am i hearing this is awesome and fresh and so unique and here i am with the new album, I ordered this off Amazon back in December last year (2019). I am still learning about Poppy and I have listened to her previous works and i have loved everything she has put out thus far, even her early cutesy pop orientated days. As far as i understand she also has a graphic novel out called Genesis 1 and she has a cult following of her own via youtube and even a wikipedia dedicated to her and a church. Poppy is a post genre pop metal artist combining the rocking riffs and sound of metal with the catchy lucky go happy pop vocals and lyrics of the top charting artists. I have been looking forward to this album for ages and here we go with my first listen through of the album and my thoughts.

1: Concrete - Do you hear that, the war sirens? It's about to go down! DAMN when that guitar hits it's so great and then it transcends into cute lyrical-ness which is not a word but i have now made it. It goes back down to the slow methodical pace of metal before erupting into applause and cuteness again. Stick with me on this album and with Poppy there is so much going on, don't take your ears or eyes away from her. 

2: I Disagree - The title of the album and second track of the album hits hard and fast and catches you in it's groovy riffy chorus. This is the first song i ever heard from Poppy and i was blown away, it starts as if it's telling you to proceed with caution and then oooft when it hits and then it keeps going and going and back to that catchy chorus which has me moving and grooving to the rhythm of the guitars and headbanging to the drum beat. It gets soft but also heavy it's an all round brilliant track and the go to song i show everyone when i talk about Poppy when they have no clue about her, this one shows you perfectly who is Poppy and what she is about, she's a game changer i am telling you!

3: Bloodmoney - A heavy hitter here and Poppy goes to show it in the music video for it too. There's a blend of instrumentals in here from the soft beats to the heavy beats from the soft spoken robotic-ness to the heavy distortion, lots going on a lot of heavy bass and aggression here. 

4: Anything Like Me - Soft start but it just once again transforms into a heavier industrial blend of metal, it's almost nu-metal and industrial kinda Korn meets NIN and Manson if i had to explain it more simpler and around the 2min mark its back to soft and acoustic but like Poppy is declaring no one is going to be anything like her as we end the song heavy!

5: Fill The Crown - A lovely soft toned start which evolves again into a blend of pop metal. The metal instrumentals and back up vocals hit hard and Poppy brings out her sinister side in this one with her vocals. Poppy is promoting freedom and being who you want to be but also about a cult theme with the baptising of children and poisoning children with lies. A complicated song to sing along to for sure but it has a lovely melody with the slow down near the end full of "awww ah ah ahhh, just come with me". Lots of beeping like robotic noises aswell. 

6: Nothing I Need - Most songs start soft but then get heavier but here we have a sweet soft toned like electrical synth instruments with Poppy's soft harmonies and vocals. 

7: Sit/Stay - Hard drum bass electronic introduction here, wonder how this is going to turn out. It's robot-tism comes in waves as it goes robotic electronic to back to soft. I am so amazed by all this blending of music and genre's on this album by Poppy. I have never experienced a listening experience like this nor an album or artist as diverse as this! 

8: Bite Your Teeth - Back to the hard hitting metal now with it's catchy chorus, just don't cry and bite your own teeth! A very groovy edge to this track along with a little break of like whimsical-ness with the pretty pop style before getting back to the heavy breakdowns and grooves and then it goes to soft, honestly this album and track is one you must experience! BITE YOUR OWN TEETH, BITE YOUR OWN TEETH, DON'T CRY JUST BITE YOUR OWN TEETH! Damn that breakdown oooofffttt......AAAAAAAAAAAnnnnd peace.....

9: Sick Of The Sun - Such a chill, melodic soft song here to calm down the heavy metal vibes. I am sitting here moving side to side just chilling grooving to the melody and beat. Singing along to this now the chorus is very catchy. 

10: Don't Go Outside - Another soft one to end the album, like the last song this has a melody that flows and chills you out with it's soft strings and light vocals. However at around the 2mins mark we get a bit more thrash before going back to a bit of acoustic as Poppy tell's us "everything will be ok" before switching back to the thrash and a lovely sweeping, guitar solo with licks to shine up any material. We get a cool down soft almost lullaby compilation of some of the previous songs on the album as way of tribute maybe? This album, the singles, the promotional content, the interviews have done so much for Poppy and this album. It's been number 1 in both rock and metal charts and everyone has caught onto the attention now and message that Poppy wants/needed to get out to the world. 

Poppy explained the album's overall message in an interview with Alternative Press: "The album as a whole is just about not stepping to anyone and disagreeing with people in positions of power and not accepting "no" for an answer or "you can't." And sometimes when people tell you [that], or at least when I'm told that I can't, it makes me want to have it more. It's all about burning down the music industry in a way and stepping out of any box that anyone might have tried to lock me up inside. The message is empowerment, not gender specific. Just empowerment." 

In an interview with Enfnts Terribles, Poppy described the aspects of the album on behalf of her musical reinvention: "People are calling it my third album, but it really feels like my first. I feel like everything that we've been working on is synchronising. I feel like the past two albums were more of a sound bed to the YouTube videos we're making." She has also said this is her fave album she has made to date and she has had a lot of fun making it.

This album is something else, something so special just like Poppy, so unique, there's something for everyone and to think this all could work so well and it's just brilliant, i love every single song genuinely! I can not wait for more, keep your eyes peeled and follow her on the socials, i see big things for this girl. Thank you Poppy!

Thanks for reading and supporting as ever, stay shiny and listen to Poppy!

Random Ramblin's - Part 18 - I am unlucky Alf!

Hey, boy have i had a shitty day. Started from work,went to my car,went to lack of sleep and a bad feeling in my stomache its so weird. Ah christ im a cranky unlucky piece of shit today! Well its been a pretty boring shitty week altogether haha. Thomas George a good friend of mine said the following about me " Scott you are officially the unluckiest person ever! All you ever do is post of how something broke or something bad happened to you haha" It is very true fair play i am also now wondering shall i write something a book maybe chronicling all the bad shit thats happened to me in life? I think it would be interesting. 

Big game reviews - I think reviews of a massive game with loads of hours of gameplay should only have reviews launched a week after the launch of a game. I just seen a fallout 4 review and it's annoyed me. How can anyone just speedrun a game for that matter if its your first gameplay you should spend hours looking around,doing the story and stuff and not going story mission to story mission as it kinda ruins a game I find. I know some gaming companies and lucky people have the game earlier than it's release date but come on sure would be nice to see reviews of massively hyped games a day or few days after its release date. I dont want to start a big fresh hugely hyped game to see people going "oh shit son must play 9.3 outta 10 ya dig it suckaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh" that shit is annoying just shut it. 

Lego games - Pros & Con - Pros are that it can be fun and short and easy to get achievments. Cons are its not ever that funny. The fact there is puzzles in bits where in the films the lego game is based on often or not has no or very few puzzles yet the game to make it longer i bet just puts these puzzles in for that matter. 

Kids games - Are they really for kids? Heck i admit i have a struggle on some games be it a couple lego ones or minecraft and my nieces and nephews under 10 struggle like hell on those games but say if you put them on something shit and stupid like oh call of duty? Oh they will fail at first but they will pick it up. Its pretty mental i gotta say. 

Friday 13th November 2015 - Paris. Well what can i say about the paris attacks? I am disgusted by it. Why do we have to have such arseholes in the world. Ruin innocent peoples nights and lives. Who gave them the right to take away so many people lives. Many will blame them on their ethnic origins or their religion but i just blame those individual ass holes for doing such horrible disgusting things in killing innocent unarmed people for what? WHY!?  WHY DO PEOPLE HAVE TO BE SUCH ASSHOLES?! WHAT GIVES THEM THE RIGHTS TO TAKE AWAY THE LIVES OF MANY INNOCENT UNARMED PEOPLE? France is a lovely country i would have liked to have visited some day but with the two attacks this year it has really put me off. LEAVE FRANCE ALONE STOP ATTACKING IT! People say we should retaliate with bombs to the country where isis hides and others say we all should close our borders and get rid of immigrants.  I think we should all have a sit down talk our problems out. THERE IS NO NEED FOR SUCH VIOLENCE! Honestly i am still so shocked and disgusted and saddened by the news of the paris attacks i hope everyone in paris is staying safe and keeps vigilant. Please look out for any trouble and suspicious people we need to be careful. The whole world needs to sort isis out they can not go around doing this. NO ONE SHOULD BE GOING ROUND CAUSING HARM TO OTHERS! IF SOMEONE BELIEVES IN SOMETHING YOU DONT WELL FUCK OFF AND LEAVE THEM BE! WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN BELIEFS,THIS IS 2015! Honestly the other nations do not need to retaliate because i am afraid it will bring more attacks but also i am afraid if we do not attack back because they may still go about destroying lives.  How can we combat it? God its such a fucked up world we live in. 

Anyway i recently went on a night out of aberdare town center on friday and saturday night and honestly it was shit!

Why do i even have skype? I don't even use it XD Same for spotify wait no i do use it but not much. Random ramblings yet again from me. I don't even use facebook stickers much tongue emoticon What am i on about? I knew i should not have fallen asleep earlier.

THE WOLF AMONG US - I recently bought and completed this game. The initial trial i played when it was first released had me not like it but since i seen it cheap and since i was bored i thought fine lets buy it and give it a proper go. I very much enjoyed it! really hope a second season comes out next year. Telltale come up strong yet again as always. It has just been so interesting and before hand no i did not know of the fable comic series before the games release but I'm interested in them now but more interested in a sequel to the game. Right what's next on my games to play list?

God i have been really hungry lately like not long after i have had food i just feel hungry again i think my eat pattern is fucked up basically.

Hope this dont jinx things but its been a week now since i heard from work. 2 weeks since i last worked. When will i get word of this disciplinary or if im fired? Yeah there is a lot to say about this bit but i will save it for another time. 

Thats all for this blog post my bloggey woggeys.