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I'm looking at the date of our last blog and apparently The Gene and Mike Show does not support November. I think this is fair enough, after all November is just the bastard month between Halloween and Christmas. Granted November did hold a brutal death metal concert in the middle of it at The Opera House but that's another story for another podcast (that's been recorded weeks ago and we've yet to upload :$ ).

That was an embarrassed emoticon back there in case you didn't catch it. Check your MSN yourself if you don't believe me... I know I had to.

Onto one of my first conquests of December: I managed to find the new 'I' cd 'Between Two Worlds' and at HMV no less! There it was hidden behind that one Iced Earth cd all the music stores seem to carry and I'm glad I found it. For those of you who are just not "keeping in the know" I is the new Norwegian supergroup (which is especially super because it doesn't include Evan Seinfeld...man I hate that guy) formed by Abbath Doom Occulta from Immortal. Backing him up are fellow past and present Immortal bandmates Demonaz writing lyrics and Armagedda playing drums and John Candy impersonator, along with TC King (King Ov Hell) from Gorgoroth playing bass and Ice Dale (Arve Isdal ) from Enslaved on lead guitar. I think we all were a little confused what to expect when we first heard 'The Storm I Ride' promo released with its frostbitten Motorhead vibe but the rest of the songs have a much heavier Bathory influence which suits nicely. Between Two Worlds might come off as too produced for some but I think it worked best to actually be able to hear the instruments. Ice Dale has some fine licks along with a hilarious shirtless photo in the booklet which looked like it would fit well on the cover of Tween Magazine...well the Trve Tween Magazine at least. I've heard some complaints about Abbath's voice in this album too but I really like it, some parts like at the beginning of 'Warriors' were especially epic. Overall I'd say A+++ would buy again!

Off to take a great warriors sleep,
Gene