Lloyd James

No longer active here - find me at or

[Lloyd James @emplloyd]

I've decided to let go of Twitter 👋 I'm not going to deactivate my account so you can still reach me by tagging me or by DM, but I won't be active on here anymore and will only check in occasionally.

[Lloyd James @emplloyd]

If you're new there and want to find the rest of the accounts you follow from here, use the browser extension 'Sky Follower Bridge' (available on Chrome and Firefox). It did a great job helping me get setup.

[Lloyd James @emplloyd]

I've decided to let go of Twitter 👋 I'm not going to deactivate my account so you can still reach me by tagging me or by DM, but I won't be active on here anymore and will only check in occasionally.

[Lloyd James @emplloyd]

The user experience on here has become atrocious. I've stuck it out because the I've loved the metal community so much, but an alternative for that now exists over at BlueSky. So if you want to find me, I'm there (same handle).

[Lloyd James @emplloyd]

@sublationband Awesome list - Carnosus, Omnivortex, Nightmarer and Demon King basically guaranteed to make my AOTY list, but there’s several others on there I really enjoyed too

[Lloyd James @emplloyd]

A melodic black/death album at its core, Dyssebeia eschew the usual genre trappings with a distinct progressive flourish to the riffing. A clear songwriting intent to stay tight and focused prevents the songs from being too weighed down by different ideas

https://t.co/cSOLX92r87

[Lloyd James @emplloyd]

Massive meloblack that expertly wields usual genre elements (synths, piano, clean vox) to propel a haunting tale of forced scientific experimentation. Variation in riffing and tempo are used to make an engrossing 43mins, with a sublime instrumental closer

https://t.co/HvJK4zs8q7

[Lloyd James @emplloyd]

@bigfknadz Yeah, not meant to be a knock against Terria, I’ve just never been able to ‘get’ it. Seeing Deep Peace on the tour last weekend was fucking great though.

Thats a special memory for Deadhead - Soundwave tour yeah? At the festival or the sideshow?

[Lloyd James @emplloyd]

On Monday night I got to see the legendary Steve Vai! A jaw dropping 2.5 hours of virtuosity, a great mix of new and old songs and all at a venue walking distance from my Mum's place 😂

[Lloyd James @emplloyd]

There's not much I could reasonably add about this release that Ryan from @progsubway didn't cover in his great review (where I found this release). Excellent musicianship, fun songs and tight quality control at ~45 mins runtime.

https://t.co/ht6ae91B9Y

[The Progressive Subway @progsubway]

Soul Giant has crafted a bombastic debut full of expertly utilized prog tropes we know and love. https://t.co/JvWBkD2VvT

[Lloyd James @emplloyd]

A great set with songs across their albums, I was stoked to see my fave In Technicolour 🌈 (couldn't resist an opportunity to capture some of it)

[Lloyd James @emplloyd]

As for the gig, what an outstanding night!

I found out later that Hemina were playing through some difficult personal circumstances, but you wouldn't have known it from their performance.

[Lloyd James @emplloyd]

#OceanstoOutback Run #10

Bit late posting this one. Slept through my alarms on Monday morning and missed the run club, so I did the run club loop (in reverse) on my own in the evening before dinner

[Lloyd James @emplloyd]

#OceanstoOutback Run #7

A longer town loop with a spin up Gilly lane for some elevation (and photos!) Could’ve done without the magpie swooping along the way though!

[Lloyd James @emplloyd]

Speaking of albums that hit hard though: picked up these on Bandcamp Friday 🤘

[Lloyd James @emplloyd]

#OceanstoOutback Run #4

Having a long weekend down the South Coast, so an excellent opportunity to mix up my runs. 6km today to make up for not getting out yesterday.

[Lloyd James @emplloyd]

#OceanstoOutback Run #3

I’ve had a bit of a crook back so taking it easy for now - just a short 3km post-dinner run.