That’s right—it’s not just Corey and Dan anymore! We’re thrilled to introduce the newest member of the Horns Up team: Manny O War! Here’s a bit more about Manny, straight from the man himself!
“The year was 1981 when Manny-O-War thrust forth into this cruel world in Ledyard, CT. At an early age he showed an interest in absconding from social life by escaping into music, playing piano, guitar, drums, saxophone, trumpet, bass guitar, harmonica and other instruments commonly found in rural, antiquated America. Upon entering undergraduate school, he found that his only place of solace was a small radio station, WCNI 90.9 FM, Ground Zero Radio. For seven years he held positions on the board of directors, including Music Director, Program Director and on air personality—a.k.a “disc jockey.” Around this time he also started booking shows and assisting in hosting music festivals of epic and hellish proportions. After obtaining a law degree and moving to Brooklyn, NY, he gravely missed being involved in music. Thus, in his early 30’s he began writing about music for personal benefit and the pleasure of his friends.
Here’s what Manny-O-War was listening to in 2014 by way of a Top 20:
- Behemoth – The Satanist
- Dead Congregation – Promulgation of the fall
- Winterfylleth – The Divination of Antiquity
- Obsidian Tongue – A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time
- Artificial Brain – Labrynth Constellation
- Grand Magus – Triumph and Power
- Giant Squid – Minoans
- Primordial – Where Better Men Have Fallen
- Blut Aus Nord – Memoria Vetusta III – Saturnian Poetry
- Hexis – Abalam
- Diocletian – Gesundrian
- Alaskan – Despair, Erosion, Loss
- Emptiness – Nothing but the Whole
- Nightfell – The Ever Living Mourn
- Necros Christos – Nine Graves
- Falls of Rauros – Believe in No One Coming Ashore
- Conan – Blood Eagle
- Thantifaxath – Sacred White Noise
- Pallbearer – The Foundations of Burden
- Agalloch – The Serpent & The Sphere
Keep an eye out for Manny’s first post tomorrow. In the meantime, you can read his humorous takes on metal culture at the collaborative project Ritual Grim. Follow him on Twitter (@MannyOWar) for more musings on music, life and hockey. Welcome aboard, Manny!
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