Recently read Sean Kelly’s “Metal On Ice.”
Never have been to Canada, but it’s a well-written and fascinating look at the halcyon days of Canadian Metal.
Gasworks certainly has many mentions.
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Might be of interest…
…fair amount of footage of KM site CD/DVD plant & operation…that was capable of making ~700,000 disc per day sustained and ~1,000,000 disc per peak production in busy season once upon a time…aka could make $10 to 15 million dollars a day of msrp retail products.
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I’d definitely watch that!
I always bought my music. (Except for that I received gratis as a music reviewer.) Never had Napster.
I just like having physical media. And it sounds better than streaming, downloads, etc.
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This is also well worth a look…The Real Reason Music Is Getting Worse…it’s to easy to make with software tools and virtually no creativity.
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I had seen that. I also sent the link to some friends.
I really don’t know much about whatever is “popular” now. My taste runs in different directions. I am not trying to be a snobby contrarian, it’s just as a near lifelong musician, I perhaps hear things differently and have different expectations.
So I find nothing interesting in some of the “hot” latest big thing: it seems like a lot of that still uses the same worn out in the ‘80s crappy TR-808 beats.
There is good music out there, you just have to look for it. You can’t rely on radio or popular media to tell you where to find it.
Below is something I think is very good and without any coaching on my part, my daughter when she was 12 or 13 often asked to hear it.
It’s regrettable that freeform radio is a thing of the past. I have thought about maybe doing a radio show. Someone I know has information on that, which I ought to follow up on.
I’d play anything from Tony Williams Lifetime to Motorhead to Black Fast to Nektar to Nightwish to Tarja Turunen to Robin Trower to Albert Collins to The Kentucky HeadHunters to Trettioariga Kriget to Redd Volkaert to Drottnar to Secret Rule, to KISS, etc., etc.
Something for everyone to … maybe turn it off. 
I forgot to mention (earlier in this thread) that back in the 80’s I lived a few blocks away from the Gasworks. Some bands were louder than others. 
I know, hard to believe.
Truth be told, I never went in - I know, the shame; but you could hear most bands without having to go in. I was more of a blues guy. That and, well, my hair was long enough, I just didn’t do the hairspray thing.
Hear, hear
Listening to and enjoying Written in Blood …
Have you tried these:
Blutengel (goth/vampire) German band
Mono Inc. (goth?) German band
Beast in Black (Finnish)
Battle Beast (Finnish)
Sabaton (I presume since you mentioned the 30 years war) Swedish
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Ever listened to these lads? My daughter introduced them to me. Almost saw them live in Toronto, but had a previous commitment I couldn’t get out of. Really would of loved to have heard what they can do live.
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I definitely listen to the last three, I have almost everything.
I am a completist. If I like an artist or band, I buy everything. For instance, with Immortal, I have everything from them and Abbath, including the “True Kings of Norway” compilation CD. I even have carved Abbath and Horgh pumpkins for Halloween. 
I wonder if anyone knows what I am talking about…
Funny thing about Sabaton: someone I know, devout Southern Baptist told me he’s a big fan.
He then said, “Are you surprised I like Sabaton?”
I replied, “I’m surprised anyone around here even knows of them.”
The first two I don’t know. But will check them out.
I have the brand-new Orange Goblin CD on its way to me. Should be good. Not only have a Black Sabbath influence, but definitely influenced by Trouble as well.
I don’t know any The Hu music although they were recommended often when I was on Facebook. So I should listen.
Here’s another my daughter and I like:
As mentioned, I don’t really know what the big popular stuff is. I have an affinity for European bands and lately have been listening to a lot of Italian bands.
This track, I think is epic. An exquisite and delicate balance of light and dark, nothing heavy-handed, which in a way is more difficult.
I can’t believe more don’t know of this, but maybe it’s just me. Played it for my now 16 year old daughter and her reaction was, “It sounds like every other song you listen to.”
She knows darn well that it doesn’t because I also play brutal extreme metal, which she calls “Daddy’s crazy music.”
Kids these days. 
Interesting for certain. I would have liked to have heard it pick up the tempo, more upfront distorted guitar. Definitely was waiting for it to kick it into high gear.
ABSOLUTELY.
Totally awesome, I don’t understand a single word of Mongolian but the soundscape is awesome.
That throat-song, makes the whole room vibrate, is also used in the south Siberian Altai region
This is the first song by the Hu that I encountered:
Rammstein (German) might also be worth checking out though half of the fun is in the lyrics (in German) so a good knowledge of German is almost mandatory.
Project Pitchfork is also on my list of bands to investigate
Mono Inc. Children of the dark, with guest appearances. The female voice is also the drummer.
Tanzwut is another German group/band with a somewhat peculiar sound (bagpipes + goth …)
Lügner (= Liar, possibly about politicians …):
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Outstanding!
Who needs the WHO if you have the HU? Wow!
Reminds you: The Mongols, who conquered nearly all of the know world, including China & Russia in the winter.
Surprised youtube let that stay up as it’s powerful and could frighten snowflakes 
in their safe spaces if sounds reached their ears.
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That HU video was pretty good. Excellent music. Very profound lyrics. The stuff you guys are listening to is way too heavy for me. I’m no snowflake, not by a long stretch, but I’m still into 70’s - 80’s rock. Genesis Styx ELO Kansas you get the picture. I used to play bass in a band but haven’t picked one up in 20 years. But I have to own all my music. All CD and original vinyl. Anything electronic can disappear in a heartbeat. No thank you. I do have Amazon Music though and stream music in my car and in my shop to have endless tunes without commercials. Never listen to the radio anymore. The stuff that’s popular today is auto-tuned crap.
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Maybe something a little softer, perfect to get in the mood for a BBQ evening with some
favourite beverages:
Altai throat song, haven’t got the foggiest idea about what they are singing about but it sounds important …
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Well you know what they say, “go big or go home.”
A whole bunch of years ago a friend loaned me a copy of Ghengis Blues. It’s a pretty bizarre, and wonderful, tale. It was my introduction to Tuvian throat singing. There are several variations of throat singing world wide. I admit that some are a little challenging for my western ears. But, that said, always curious to hear something new.
@SSGToms - 70’s prog rock is pretty darn “heavy”. The tunes these lads are quoting just have a higher THD (Total Harmonic Distortion) to them. 
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I can’t deny liking some of the AI-generated music.
Here is a “typical” country song, it sounds so right but it’s so very wrong
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LOL!
Needs AI generated “Taylor Swift” on orals, I meant vocals to sell a million “down loads”.
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