Thought I had lost this a loooong time ago, but just found it after unearthing all my old CDs from my parents attic. Got it when meeting the band in Manchester in 2008 I believe!
Donated blood today but they only had an XL shirt left. Any chance anyone in Ireland has a medium or large they're looking to trade?
Just been surprised with a trip to Sweden for my 40th birthday to Goteburg Brinner! Any tips for foreigners travelling to the city for the weekend? Looking for essential things to see or do, nice places to eat/drink etc. Also looking for tattoo shop recommendations as I may get something small done while in the home of the Gothenburg Sound!
Sent an item and it's been available for pickup for 27 days now!!! Vinted support are, of course, not replying to me, and I could do with either the funds or the item back at this stage!
Or "soccer" for you Americans.
With the World Cup now in full swing, I can't think of a more opportune time to discuss the links and disconnects between metal and the beautiful game.
As a 40-something year old Brit who has been following football my entire life I can honestly say there has been minimal crossover with metal in my lifetime.
Iron Maiden have always represented the sport (and West Ham) well, but Saxon's embarrassing World Record attempt at Hillsbrough (https://youtu.be/0-Pp7YQBiCU?is=Gd\_ubHqRoa1fpV-5) highlighted the disconnect between the two cultures.
Football is arguably the most popular pasttime in the country and with Metal's more counter-culture vibe, they were just never really compatible bedfellows.
That all changed fairly recently when Aston Villa (and Birmingham City Council) started to realise there might be some money to be made in courting Black Sabbath/Ozzy and actually celebrating their status as the birthplace of metal.
It's now not uncommon to see Ozzy's face on a Villa tifo or hear Crazy Train played over the stadium pa. To my knowledge, Ozzy has never expressed a huge passion for football, but Geezer ia big Villa fan and has also done some marketing work with the club. It's also become more common place to hear stuff like Enter Sandman on stadium playlists.
The first picture is of a lower league Argentinian player who would occassionally take to the field in corpse paint. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dar%C3%ADo\_Dubois). I'm curious to see if football and metal are more closely linked in other countries.
Nicely parked up on and across a brand new footpath. Didn't take too kindly to being challenged on it either.