I've never really listened to my iPod using the shuffle facility - I prefer to listen to whole albums. That said, I recently decided that I'd try to listen to all 2496 songs on my iPod because sometimes I think I don't know all the music I own. There are so many times I listen to the first twenty minutes of an album on a journey, and as a result don't really.

Anyway, I also thought I keep an on-going log of my progress and any thoughts. We join things at track 144 - Anaal Nathrakh's 'Yellow King' from the 'Eschaton' album. An incredible album, very heavy, yet surprisingly accessible, with clean vocals and even guitar solos. It's the majestic black metal of Emperor mixed with the Midlands grindcore of Napalm Death, with soaring chorus breaking out dense walls of noise. This track is less so - its all pummelling drums, gurgled vocals, and a crushing bursts of guitar. It's very grim - but in a good way.

Track 151 - 'Red Tape Suckers' by Nasum, of their rarities disc Grind Finale. Two seconds long, consisting of the lyrics 'red tape suckers' and a single blast of noise. I love grind. Moving on.

Track 161 - Darkthrone - 'I En Hall Med Flesk Og Mjod' off of 'Transylvanian Hunger'. I can never distinguish tracks on that album without checking (the Norwegian doesn't help), because there all a lot like this - almost hypnotic, repetitive, not a trace of warmth anywhere in the music. Much better to listen to the whole thing than individual tracks for the proper necro black metal experience.