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The team up I never knew I needed. @robhalfordlegacy and @inthismomentofficial together for this collosal track that sounds a little like a nod to the Billy Idol classic White Wedding at parts, definitely worth a listen. #2018Rocks #ModernHardRock #InThisMoment #RobHalford #MetalGod #Ritual #midweekmusic #ssfinstagrammusicreview #ssfworkbeats #ssflisteningto

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Picked up a piece of #AussieHipHop heritage the other day. Culture Of Kings Volume II!!! Featuring an all star cast of some of the best Aussie Artists to ever grace the mic, this is one of the Holy Grails of Australian HipHop. #HipHop #AussieHipHop101 #CultureOfKings #GetCultured #ssflisteningto #ssfinstagrammusicreview #aussieheritage #australianmusic

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Checking out some brand new Symphonic/Power Metal from @thaurorod_official and ive got to say im very impressed. We all know ive got a soft spot for both Symphonic and Power metal genres and these guys keep up with evem the biggest names in the genres An Awesome start to my #NewYearNewMusic playlist! #SymphonicMetal #PowerMetal #Metal #ModernRock #FutureClassics #SsfListeningTo #SsfReviews

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A year in the reveiw; 2017.

2017. Its been one hell of a year. I started this year an anxious wreck, years of undiagnosed Anxiety had caused me to push away everyone i care about because i felt i wasnt worthy of the amazing people im lucky enough to call friends.

Thanks to councelling and medication im a lot better than i was in january this year and leagues infront of where i was when diagnosed with Anxiety in mid 2015.

This year has been a year of advancement and new friends. Ive met some truly incredible people thanks in no small part to the phone game "Pokemon Go" which has helped me get back out into the world and meeting people.

Ive met so many incredible people thanks to that game. People id otherwise never have met. People who have their own issues but are overcoming them with help from the game.

Thanks to pokemon go, ive walked around 170 kilometers a month since i got a new phone in August. I average 4 kilometers a day now having gone from walking nothing prior to PoGo being released. I have lost roughly 20 kilos since 2015. So im a bit more confident in myself this year too, but ive still got a ways to go in the self esteem department. On top of that i started working out as often as i can handle it and despite being sore most of the time, i actually have biceps for the first time in my life, so thats fairly nice.

This year was also a year of mental personal growth as well as physical growth. I had my first ever experiance with dating, something id previously dismissed due to low self esteem and anxiety making me feel like im not worthy of love. This has meant ive had some dizzying heights as i experianced feeling wanted by another person for the very first time. It is incredible to feel that way. I can see why people have been chasing that feeling since they were young. I regret not starting earlier if im completely honest because during that time was the best ive felt in years.

However all good things must end and so did that relationship, and for the first time of my life i learnt how it felt to breakup with someone. Something i really haven't enjoyed if im completely honest. Ive been down, depressed and lonely since then and experianced some of the lowest lows ive felt since highschool.

It was hard to move past but im getting over it one day at a time and im finally getting back to a good place. I regret nothing about the relationship, including how it ended. I'm still friends with her and see her all the time which can be difficult but that is life. I dont miss her romantically anymore. I just miss feeling close to someone...

So 2017 has been a year of ups and downs. So many amazing memories and ive not even touched on the music ive found this year. Musically 2017 has been spectacular. In the metal world it seems like every month a new album drops that is simply magnificent. Amazing albums from "Beast In Black", "Bloodbound", "H.E.A.T.", "Eclipse", "Art Nation", "Pride Of Lions" "Bonfire", "Tokyo Motor Fist", "Place Vendome", "One Desire", "Last Autumn's Dream", "Revolution Saints" and so many more.

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Ssf will be live on #RZZRRadio at 3 pm NSW time. Come tune in over at rzzr-radio.us ! #TheSSFShow #Radio #Rock #Metal

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Since its the birthday of one of heavy metals greatest guitarists, heres a little late night #Damageplan for those remembering the man, the legend Dimebag Darrel. Pour out and blast some classic @panteraofficial or some DamagePlan like i am. Happy birthday brother, where ever you are. ROCK IN PEACE Brother Dime.

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Absolutely loving this track from Treat. Incredible album and this song is amazing, the way the chorus kicks it up a notch midway is so powerful it gives the song an almost power metal vibe. And that is a very good thing. If you havent checked out Treat's album "Coup De Grace" or 2016's "Ghosts Of Graceland" yet and your a fan of classic rock music, you are missing out. Modern Classic Rock in the making. #SsfListeningTo #SsfInstagramMusicReview #ssfreviews #CoupDeGrace #TreatBand #Treatyoself #ModernRock #HardRock

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Little bit of a progress pic. On the right was me in Sydney's Chinese botanic garden's (taken by @jillian3451 in 2015?) while the left is me today (25/11/2017). Im around 20kg lighter, and at least four pant sizes smaller. Im pretty damn proud of that. #progress #stillcuddly #imsickofbuyingnewbelts

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When it comes to albums from 2016, L-Fresh The Lion really dropped one of the best of the entire year with "Become" but this song just sat with me. Everything about this track spoke to me on a spiritual level. 2016 will always be my turn around year. I started taking meds for anxiety in August 2015, and by the time this album dropped in 2016 i was in a low point. I was out of contact with most of my friends because i wasnt sure how to tell them about discovering that ive been unwell my entire life and never knew. I was lost, very alone and experiencing the world differently fir the first time. Therapy and Meds helped me feel human for the first time in my entire life, but the more i learnt, the more i realized what ive missed thanks to anxiety. The first time i listened through "Become" this song caught my ear because of the unusual intro at first, with L singing the beat from a telephone recording and letting it roll into the song in truth. The lyrics immediately hit me. Fuck. I understood so quickly what L was saying. Its almost like he reached into my head and plucked days from my head. It was uncanny. This is why i connected so strongly with the song. Everything about it, from the unusual vocal beat, to the lyrics and flow through to Moza's killer hook, everything about the song spoke to me. Some days you get a glimpse of the colours through the grey dullness of the world around you.

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The last light sinks below the horizon in #tamworth #tamworthnsw because i was up at the lookout taking a #pokemongo gym and spotted the prettys and had to take a photo. #sunset #artyfarty #prettyskys #sundown #cityscape #outbackcity #lightsoftamworth #sunsetporn #photosofthesky #skyline #igoteatenbymozziesforthis (at Tamworth City Lookout)