SYNT’s Intervals is here!

October 23rd, 2008 • music
Tags: metal

I finally got my preorder of Intervals in the mail today and it’s so awesome. I’m not so concerned with the CD as of now since I’ve heard many of the tracks, I was looking forward to the t-shirt that came with it:

It’s so insanely vibrant in person, a complete contrast to the CD cover itself which is dark and gloomy. I didn’t realize there’d be a Ferret Music logo on the back but oh well, my hair will cover it up any way. I’m ready to get this thing washed and worn! It’s a great design. If you have a chance, pick up the CD from Merchnow if you like deathcore or their earlier stuff, you won’t be disappointed!

Last night’s concert was pretty rad

October 21st, 2008 • chatter
Tags: metal

We got there really early, which we meant to. It was a fun night overall. We hung out in line with two people from my Evolution and Creationism class before the doors opened. I was disappointed however because High on Fire did not play or show up. I couldn’t find anything on their site, Myspace or Opeth’s site or Myspace. They simply didn’t show up which I thought was very weird. Neither Baroness nor Opeth made any allusion to why they weren’t there either. That put a bit of a damper on the evening but at least Baroness got to play an hour long set, displaying all of their awesomeness. Opeth played for an hour and a half, ending the show (as always) on Demon of the Fall and got the pit really going. It was a great night overall. We managed to snap some photos for once because it seems security didn’t care.

I should be getting my SYNT CD/t-shirt soon, I can’t wait. The stuff I’ve heard is definitely a different direction than their previous two albums. I also picked up Baroness’s first two CDs last night and they’re fantastic. All that sludgy southern metal really shines through on their first two CDs.

Meh, I’ve got to go figure out why my VPN connection to work is screwing up.

Just got back from Orlando

July 1st, 2008 • chatter
Tags: concert, dethklok, metal, orlando

We just got back in town from the DETHTOUR in Orlando. I’ve been to a lot of concerts and seen some extraordinary bands but this was something else. For a “fake” metal band, these guys shredded pretty hard. Brendan Small did an EXCELLENT job of picking a session bassist and guitarist for the tour (since he plays all instruments on the show and Gene Hogland, best known from Death and being one of the most technical drummers around, already plays the drums on the show and the CD).

I can’t even begin to describe the show aside from the fact that it was like the Dethalbum CD but on 11 — to quip from Spinal Tap, the first great fake metal band of all time. Everyone that went to the show did not leave unimpressed whatsoever. It was just awesome, plainly put.

Now I’m going to bed.