AWAKEN! – Photo of the Day #5

November 16th, 2009 • metal, music, photography
Tags: d90, nikon, nikon d90, photo of the day, photography

Video still from DETHKLOK‘s recent performance at the Pompano Beach Amphitheater. From the song Awaken.

Intervals

October 21st, 2008 • metal, music
Tags: music

Today, See You Next Tuesday‘s newest album Intervals is released. I’m waiting on my preorder+t-shirt to arrive but what I heard on their site and on Myspace is blistering. From their first demo that I received through Parasite, SYNT has really changed musically. The demo, Summer Sampler, was blistering in pace, must closer to slow powerviolence than it is the deathcore on their newest album. Parasite was something of a mixed bag for me. I enjoyed the remixed songs from the 2005 EP but some of the other tracks I didn’t find enjoyable but I did like the direction the band was going in, although I wish they would’ve stayed in that powerviolence/grind genre as it really worked for their insane speed and Bear’s insane vocals.

That said, Intervals should be an interesting mix of deathcore. I’m usually not a fan of deathcore (which is death metal and elements of grindcore, mixed) because I always feel the songs are far too long. After all, most of deathcore bands start out as grind bands, with songs that are extremely fast and extremely short. So when I’m listening to a 4 minute song that should be at least less than half that long, it gets really boring. I know most people will find something like that difficult to understand but once you listen to a lot of grind and powerviolence, song length is very important to the feel of the track and album. Summer Sampler, for example, was less than 5 minutes long and it was three tracks. I can’t even listen to it and smoke a cigarette without it repeating at least two songs. I’ve got albums with 20 or 30 tracks and they’re still under 30 minutes, some are less than 20. As you can imagine, it’s fast.

I want my preorder shipment to get here so I can start blasting this thing! And I’m eager to see the new t-shirt, which is a colored imprint of the album art — which is black and white.

IT’S OPETH TIME!!!

October 20th, 2008 • 1 comment metal, music
Tags: concert

Tonight we’re going to see Opeth for like the 8th time. This is the first time we’ll be seeing them at The Revolution in Ft. Lauderdale and it’s an inside show so it’ll be interesting. Unfortunately, no pictures unlike the last few times we’ve seen them, Revolution has a “strict” no camera policy. I haven’t listened to Watershed enough to really enjoy it but I know it’s a stark departure from last year’s The Ghost Reveries in tonality and lyrics. It’s a much darker album, especially lyrically, but it’ll be awesome to hear live. I also heard that Candelight Records has released a limited edition digipak of Opeth’s first three albums, which were also released on Candlelight. It’s supposed to be the Japanese editions of these albums with extra tracks. I need to track one down! I’ve had a hell of a time trying to find a decent copy of Orchid, their first album.

I can’t wait for this concert to start, I’m so anxious to see Opeth again.

Iraq’s “only” heavy metal band

September 11th, 2007 • chatter, metal, movies

Now, I’m doubting the fact that they’re the only metal band in the entire country but this movie looks pretty sweet: Heavy Metal In Baghdad. Spike Jonze is an executive producer? I do not expect suckage.

Sponsored Ads and Black Metal

July 18th, 2007 • chatter, metal, web

Normally I never pay attention to the ads Google places inline with my emails in Gmail but today, I got a real kick when I checked an email from Dark Horizon Records about a new sale going on to see some pretty humorous ads Google decided to give me:

Sorry for the tiny thumbnail but the picture itself is rather large but it’s a good laugh. I like how I’ve got ads for baptism, fortune telling, ghosts, low cost Paris apartments, and some forex from New Zealand. It’s good to know that Google likes reading my email as much as I do and serves me up pertinent ads! The last time I got this much of a laugh was when I took a screenshot of Super Paper Mario and emailed it to myself only to see ads for the PS3 and Halo being served to me.

The Physics of Fire review

May 18th, 2007 • metal, music, reviews

So this week I got Becoming the Archetype‘s new album The Physics of Fire. It’s an excellent all around death metal album that I’ve spent a little over a week listening to. So I went and reviewed the album. I love this new CD and hope their next one is just as good.