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The Arctic Invasion Continues and Metal Has Been My Saving Grace

Posted in Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, life, life stories, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on January 31, 2026 by Metal Odyssey

Those are demonic icicles that are growing off our home. I kill them and they grow again.

Here in Dayton Ohio, it’s like a scene from the 2004 motion picture The Day After Tomorrow. I’m not usually this dire in my comparisons. Our poorly plowed neighborhood and seeing many cars getting stuck in the snow, with temperatures reaching -9 degrees Fahrenheit during daytime hours is not an ideal dreamscape that I usually yearn for.

It’s been several days since a record 14 inches of snow fell here, last Saturday into Sunday, with no mercy from the record sub-freezing temperatures. I have been physically isolated from the outside world and getting quite cabin happy. My saving grace has been listening to Metal.

Image credit: WHIO Channel 7, Dayton Ohio

Yes, I do have family and my dog Ozzy to turn to as well; yet music is unique therapy that puts me at a level of ease like none other. I know I’m not alone. I know it could be worse. God help us all.

With that off my whiner list, here are a few select choices of Metal I’ve been listening to for mental wellness. CKY is not a total Metal pick yet the relation is there. Maybe these current favorites of mine can help you through any bullshit you’re dealing with. Please enjoy and thank you for spending time here!

RAGE A New World Rising was released last year. This album is an astonishing accomplishment from this German pioneering Power Metal band! Not. One. Dull. Microsecond.

Wednesday 13 and Lord Of The Lost have teamed-up to punch my brain repeatedly, with their new song: I Hate People. I love everything about this song and more.

Over the years, CKY has always been there for me, with their maturing melodic and melancholic sound. Their vocal harmonies also do the magic trick too. The newest CKY song Can’t Stop Running, from last October, checks all the boxes!

Stay warm, stay safe and be kind to your fellow human beings – Stone.

Snowmageddon 2026: Record Breaking Snowfall and My Birthday Freeze 🥶

Posted in Heavy Metal, news, Weather Forecast, winter with tags , , , , , , on January 26, 2026 by Metal Odyssey

My dog Ozzy, buried up to his elbows, doing his thang. He actually loves the snow!

It’s January 26, 2026, the day after a record breaking snow storm hit the majority of our country in some manner. Today is also my birthday and Snowmageddon continues. Despite the snow no longer falling, numerous backroads, parking lots and neighborhoods everywhere are not even plowed yet, as of 8:50 AM.

Here in Dayton, Ohio and the surrounding area, there are cars, trucks and 18 wheel haulers stranded and abandoned. The current temperature right now is 5 degrees Fahrenheit. I don’t want to even know the wind chill temperature. 🥶

From: WHIO Channel 7 – Dayton, Ohio

The previous Dayton, Ohio record of 12.2” of single-day snow fell back on January 26, 1978. What is it about my birthday and record breaking snow amounts? Bizarre!

My car is going absolutely nowhere.

Factor in that there is and will be monster sized snowbanks at every twist and turn until at least the beginning of March and Spring weather cannot arrive soon enough! The extended forecast doesn’t bode well either. Tomorrow’s temperature is predicted to be -10 degrees Fahrenheit!! That’s MINUS 10!! With a wind chill of -23F!!

From: WHIO Channel 7 – Dayton, Ohio

I don’t recall experiencing this type of freezing weather in ALL of my life and I’ve also lived in historically harsh winter states such as Connecticut and Pennsylvania. The extreme freezing temperatures are forecasted to last past the first week of February. Bollocks to it all!

I’m still grateful and feel blessed to have a warm home, health, family, friends, food, Metal and of course my dog Ozzy. I’m not complaining, just reporting the situation surrounding another birthday in my life’s journey. Thank you for visiting and reading my story; it’s appreciated! Stay safe, warm and Metal be thy name. – Stone