…or A Day 4. Dying For The Sun 5. To The Calling Of Blood And Dreams 6 .The Math Of The Myth 7. Crawling From Validity 8 .The Wedlock Observation 9. The Inheritance The Inheritance is a pretty thick concept album split into different episodes and very briefly, the WITHERSCAPE story takes place in a remote village in northern Sweden in the late 1800’s. The central character lives in Stockholm and comes from wealth, and upon the death of his family h…
Dead Rhetoric.com and Sumerian Records are giving away copies of The Dillinger Escape Plan’s new One of Us Is the Killer album to five (5) lucky winners. The band’s fifth full-length, One of Us Is the Killer is yet another challenging, crazed batch of songs from one of the forerunners of math metal. Clearly, they’re much more than that, as evidenced by the one-two punch of “Prancer” and “When I Lost My Bet,” songs that prove DEP is as vital as ev…
…“next Sabbath,” even if various artists have been trying for decades to become as such. San Francisco’s Orchid seem to be getting tagged as the likely successor to the throne, and on their sophomore The Mouths of Madness, show they’ve done their homework. It should be noted right off the bat singer Theo Mindell doesn’t have an Ozzy-like voice, and guitarist/primary songwriter Mark Thomas Baker doesn’t style his riffs in an Iommi-like manner. Rath…
…es into a real image.” WITHERSCAPE marks the long overdue return as active composer and recording artist for Dan Swanö in the world of extreme metal, after having mostly been involved on the studio mixing end of things in these past years. Granted, The Inheritance is not purely a death metal release, but it smoothly showcases both the heavier and the mellow sides of Swanö’s creativity and should consequently not only please fans of his earlier eff…
…now everything. You become really knowledgeable about music while you’re becoming a fan. It’s a pretty incredible community all in all. What’s cool is that when we sent out the proposal, the publisher Abrams Books (no relation), they already had a history with some really great underground and independent books, and they took a flier a months ago on Eddie Trunk’s book. Mind you, he’s a guy with a Sirius Radio show, and That Metal Show, so it would…
…s open up “Chapter XXIII.” Funeral doom this song is not, but by golly, it comes close. The old-styled death metal vocals of Rex (no, not Rex Brown, although that would be awesome) emerge as another divisive factor here. When he does the death thing, Victims of Creation are just another average death/doom band, but when he opens up with some clean vocals (see: “Tree of Iniquity”), there’s some room to work with. The melodic caress of “The Glorious…
…brandish serious musical prowess and, it would appear, Doogie Howser-like math skills. Sporting 21-string guitars tuned to the key of H, odd time signatures and clean guitar leads for atmosphere as the cherry on top, these guys have nailed the Meshuggah worship. After spending a few minutes stalking their social media presence, I have to hand it to this band for putting in the work to shamelessly self-promote in a seemingly effective way and the…
…, singer for the band AS I LAY DYING, was charged last week with trying to hire a hitman to kill his wife. Lambesis was today granted a new bail review hearing in San Diego’s North County Superior Courthouse, according to the District Attorney’s office. The hearing is set for today at 1:30 p.m., before the Honorable Judge David Berry. More details of the case will likely be revealed when attorneys argue their position before the judge, one trying…
…xpo Of The Extreme” in Chicago. Trouble founder and guitarist Rick Wartell comments: “Kyle is one of the most impressive singers I’ve ever heard, and by far the most extraordinary singer I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with. He’s got incredible range, incredible power, and an incredible knowledge of TROUBLE, as he’s been a fan for 20-something years. We’ve known him forever, and he innately understands what TROUBLE is about. He’s like the pe…
…“The Dark Riff“, which is slated tentatively for a summer release. TROUBLE comments: “We’d like to thank everyone for their enthusiasm and patience in waiting on the new album. It’s definitely been a long road, but we are getting close now and a lot is going on. The tracks are with the legendary Bill Metoyer who worked with us on ‘The Skull‘ and ‘Trouble‘. Tones are sounding killer. Vocals great. Drums rock solid. We’re looking at a summer release…
…ight years and were separated at the time, had adopted two girls at ages 6 and 8 in 2011 and a 1-year-old boy in 2009, all from Ethiopia. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hYPIixEBFyE …
…heir sound was in focus, but once the telegraphed and overplayed beatdowns come knockin’, forget about it. Thy Art is Murder have had over six years to hone their craft (they were formed in 2006), meaning, they’ve had plenty of time to assimilate themselves the various trends that have come and gone in that span. Therefore, it makes Hate all the more lackluster…you wonder if bands are even paying attention to what’s going on sometimes. Thy Art is…
…er…nor should it. We often opine about bands trying to replicate the fervor and excitement of the 80s, and it appears that Enforcer have done their homework. You should too. This is retro metal du jour. www.enforcer.se…
…s probably better than we give it credit for, but that’s what happens when you look at things through a Mercyful Fate-tinted lens. www.facebook.com/insolitudeofficial…
…the minivan, say hi to your friends, and then get started on that geometry homework you’ve been putting off.” Talk about sucking the air out of things – one second you’re living your teenage rock dreams, the next you’re trying to dissect an isosceles triangle. Math is the worst. On their first full North American run in support of this year’s Stones Grow Her Name, Finnish power metal heroes Sonata Arctica were paired with the Gene Simmons-backed K…
…e songs are composed for a female singer. It wouldn’t be right. Blistering.com: Can you compare Anette on this round of touring to when you first had her out after Dark Passion Play in 2007? Holopainen: She’s more relaxed. There’s nothing to prove anymore. On the first tour, no one knew her, so people came and tried to see what’s like and all that. Now, people can concentrate on what’s really important, which is the overall show and not just her a…
…es as planned will be Hoglan’s main gig (along with Dethklok) for years to come… Blistering.com: Let’s start with the Meldrum album. You’ve been involved with Michelle going back to the 80’s, so by doing Lifer, do you feel this is the proper send-off? Gene Hoglan: That is for us, yes. I met Michelle in the 1984 and we had a band put together; we were in our first real band together. Over the course of the 90’s, she went off and did her thing and I…
…ter – it had to convey what we wanted and he totally nailed it. Blistering.com: It also helps that “Kingdom of Tyrants” is one of the better songs on the album. Ryan: The funny thing about that one is that it’s one Derek and I wrote. We showed everyone and we were like, “This is going to be an epic song. Let’s make the last song on the album.” I had this riff I had been humming in my head for the last three years, had the chorus riff, and I was pl…
…t: Yes, for sure. However, I’m not sure if I agree that these are our most complete compositions to date. If anything, I was trying to keep things a little shorter and more concise on this album. Going back through our catalogue, especially on The Locust Years and Fields/Church of Broken Glass, there are some songs that I’m really proud of. I think that [ex-vocalist] Jesse Quattro’s vocal performance on Fields is criminally overlooked, especially…
…t and Paul never showed up. Things like that. It will see the light of day, because legally it has to. It’s going to be awesome. www.myspace.com/worldunderblood…
…it’s something I’d be interested in contributing [to]. But Nevermore will still come first and will always be our top priority. www.myspace.com/nevermorefans…
…ing to tell us something. Leave the fuckin’ melodic punk where it belongs in the 90’s. Get on with the rhythm and enjoy the noise. www.myspace.com/therapyquestionmark…
…or myself?” If you don’t understand or appreciate the simplicities in the life, how will you ever understand the complexities? www.myspace.com/napalmdeath…
…ey were good and we got along with them, but we’ve been fortunate with our recent changes and I’d say now we’re at our best. www.myspace.com/neuraxis…
…was the right way to go for Isole and he also said that we were always welcome to come back if things should not work out with Napalm. We didn’t want to have any regrets and think “what would have happen if we signed to a bigger label” so we decided to give it a shot. And it will be really interesting to see what this will lead to, we have much more promotion going for us this time and now it’s up to our music I guess. Blistering.com: As for Blis…
…uld easily land on 2005’s The Unborn thanks to a face-melting mid-section, complete with electronics. Without the dynamics that Haukio brought to the table, though, the album ends up repeating itself, running out of steam once anti-climatic closer “Dead Winds of Hope” finds its footing. There’s just a preponderance of over-used melodic death metal riffs, that’s all. Since …and Death Said Live is MPE’s comeback album, one could let this one slide…a…
…rrion Death” and “Sub-Zero Termination.” Monroy has clearly done his Tardy homework, for his pronunciation and cadence are spot-on and if one isn’t paying attention, you’ll think its Tardy doing his patented gargled word salad. A vastly superior product in comparison to the cadre of death metal bands hung up on the aforementioned Cannibal Corpse and Carcass, Skeletal Remains figure to have the market cornered based on Beyond the Flesh’s murky, yet…
