*** The Themed Weekly Member Mixtape Thread Is Back ***

[Trollheart]

Rez, when do we hit you with selections for the second mixtape? It's a new week; should we be sending them now? Or are you changing the format? Just let me know as I'd definitely like to be a regular contributor to this.

And no, I haven't yet listened to it. But I will, honestly. Look, Metal Week is coming. Soon. In my journal. I have many power riffs to listen to and much band history to read up on, not to mention plundering my memory banks for the times when I first listened to metal, so my plate's a little full. But I will make time. Promise.

Thanks to all who have complimented the track I sent in. As you may or may not know, it's from an album based around Irish mythology and the paintings of Jim Fitzpatrick on the same theme. It's called "Erinsaga" and although the lyrics to "Crom Cruach" are certainly a little cheesy, remember Crom Cruach was one of the elder gods of the Celtic mythos, basically a massive worm, so when writing a song in his praise you really couldn't do much more than say things like "Power beyond eternity is yours" unless you wanted him to smite ya!

Here's one of Jim's Erinsaga-themed paintings. His whole collection is I believe at his website...