tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21084464556069859042024-03-13T23:16:15.717-04:00Blast Beats & Silver ScreensSpideralexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16816410371177923598noreply@blogger.comBlogger543125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108446455606985904.post-50703123498618080792014-06-02T18:09:00.000-04:002014-06-02T18:10:38.381-04:00Band Of The Week: Immoralist<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I've been on a beatdown hardcore/deathcore kick lately, and bands like Immoralist and Black Tongue have been on repeat in my speakers. Immoralist are a pretty young group, forming back in 2012 with one EP under their belt. <i>Widow</i> though is a strong EP and definitely puts a strong first kick through the door.<br />
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The group is working on new material though and have recently released a new song titled 'Rotten Teeth':</div>
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It's a solid track, and falls in line with the quality of stuff we heard on <i>Widow</i> easily. If you weren't a fan of beatdown music before Immoralist likely won't make you change your mind on the genre, but if this kind of music is your thing you'll really dig <i>Widow</i>.<br />
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The band also covered Slipknot's 'Psychosocial' recently:<br />
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Save for the lack of emphasis on the clean vocals the cover is well done. It does make you realize though how big the hook in the chorus is for this song.<br />
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Help support Immoralist and <a href="http://www.allinmerch.com/category/IMM.html">buy some merch</a>!</div>
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Vader are getting set to release their 10th studio album soon, titled <i>Tibi Et Igni</i>, and today they've released a new track from the album titled 'Triumph Of Death'. The song is likely what you'll expect from Vader, an enjoyable track that fills out the things you like about death metal. It's real straight forward meat and potatoes death metal.<br />
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<i>Tibi Et Igni</i> is set to release May 30th via Nuclear Blast!</div>
Spideralexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16816410371177923598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108446455606985904.post-90437691347076582482014-05-15T16:20:00.000-04:002014-05-15T16:20:53.405-04:00New Song From Son Of Aurelius!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Son Of Aurelius are finally getting around to putting out some new material. Their debut album is chock full of fantastic proggy goodness, and this new song is good hope that the next album will keep things up!<br />
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The video is awesome in that it pokes fun at how ridiculous Lyric videos are, regardless of what you think of them, this video is gold.<br />
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<i>Under A Western Sun</i> releases on June 3rd!</div>
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Got videos out the wazoo! We've almost covered the four main types of videos as well today. Hour Of Penance bring int he storied side of things, with a video chock full of religious themes. The song is awesome and the video is well shot albeit a tad predictable. Still worth a watch though!<br />
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Along with Carnifex this week, Whitechapel have posted a music video for their title track <i>Our Endless War.</i> This video is a live compilation of footage from shows they've played recently, that is excellently shot by the people at Naughty Mantis, who've been killing it with the videos for Whitechapel. The content isn't original since it's just a live compilation, but some of the shot choices are fantastic, especially the POV shots from the mic.<br />
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Spideralexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16816410371177923598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108446455606985904.post-8889152652038245792014-05-15T15:46:00.000-04:002014-05-15T15:46:11.991-04:00Carnifex Post Music Video For 'Die Without Hope'<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Carnifex's latest release <i>Die Without Hope</i> is one of the strongest Deathcore albums this year and <a href="http://blastbeatsandsilverscreens.blogspot.com/2014/03/carnifex-die-without-hope.html">in my opinion</a> the strongest release they've put out to date. Everything on this album is tight and it packs all the right punches. The band has now released a music video for the title track.<br />
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Make Them Suffer made quite a splash in deathcore with their EP <i>Lord Of Woe</i> and their debut album <i>Neverbloom</i>. Their brutal symphonic sound wowed listeners and won plenty of people over, including me. now they've released a new track titled 'Let Me In' and while it's most definitely not the heaviest thing they've ever recorded, the song itself is pretty good still.<br />
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I'm curious if this song is the slower track on this new album, similar to 'Elegies' on <i>Neverbloom</i>, although this one is even less heavy more emotionally charged than 'Elegies'. Judging from the Facebook comments on the bands posting of this music video, there is quite a polarization with the fans on this being the worst thing they've recorded and this being a step in the right direction for the band. Regardless I'm excited to hear the full album, and I'm sure they'll be plenty of good material on it.<br />
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Super Massive Black Holes is downright weird. In the
absolute best possible way. There are a good number of bands out there that
play with influences from other genres. Bands that mess with tempo and tonality
to immerse the listener into soundscapes they might not have heard clashed
together before. Bands that keep you guessing where the song you are currently
listening to might take you and how the next song will flip that around and
take your ears in a new direction. Super Massive Black Holes does all of this,
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If you had a chance to listen to their <a href="http://blastbeatsandsilverscreens.blogspot.com/2013/03/super-massive-black-holes-self-titled.html">self-titled EP from2012</a>, you will have a bit of an idea of what to expect as far as the level of
chaos this music can explore. The technical death metal side of things shows up
from the very first track which helps start the album off in an explosive
manner. The first track ends a bit oddly, and possibly could have flowed a bit
better into slower cleaner intro of the second track, but this is really the only
time the flow of the album seems a bit off. The rest of the album flows very
well and the atmosphere that gets built by the clean guitars is damn near
perfect. Particularly on the second half of the album. The instrumental track ‘Mathematics
Of Emotion’ is all clean guitar and one of the coolest tracks on the album
because it feels really surreal after the onslaught of music that had come
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a lot of The Schoenberg Automaton’s album <i>Vela</i>
from last year. From the use of clean,
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atmospheric chaos on both albums, and I love it to bits.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The production quality on this album has taken a bit of a
step up from the EP, although it still feels very raw and natural sounding,
which may or may not sway some listeners. The raw sound does make it feel a bit
more alive, and since the album is so chaotic it seems to work to the bands
advantage in the end. It gives you a bit of a feeling like you’re in the same
room as the band listening to them record. In an world where one man bands can
go in and perfect their music on a computer to make themselves sound like
virtuoso’s it is nice to occasionally hear a band that’s not terribly worried
about being the spotless sounding band out there, but on the other hand I cannot
say I would not be interested in hearing how this band would sound with a bit
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This album is not one to take lightly. There is a lot to take
in here and repeated listens are beyond beneficial to appreciate the finer
details of the album. If chaotic/experimental/fusion metal is something you
enjoy or at least think you’ll enjoy Super Massive Black Holes is a band you
shouldn’t pass up. If anything <i>Calculations
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Spideralexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16816410371177923598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108446455606985904.post-40464619462304598502014-05-12T13:26:00.000-04:002014-05-12T13:26:24.936-04:00Band Of The Week: Nexilva<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Landing somewhere between Born Of Osiris's progressive djent sound and Ovid's Withering's intense symphonic laden deathcore is Nexilva. Hailing from Sunderland, England this outfit is carving quite a name for themselves, and the quality of their music is far and beyond enough to compete with their more widely known peers.<br />
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Give them a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nexilva">like on Facebook</a> and <a href="http://nexilva.bigcartel.com/">buy some merch</a>!</div>
Spideralexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16816410371177923598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108446455606985904.post-29201942962500822352014-04-21T15:14:00.001-04:002014-04-21T15:14:35.784-04:00New Song From Wovenwar 'All Rise'!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So Wovenwar was revealed as the project name for the other members of As I Lay Dying with the addition of the clean vocalist from Oh, Sleeper on board. An interesting choice to add a second clean vocalist instead of a new guy to handle screamed vocals, but these guys are making the music they want to make and Shane Blay is an excellent clean vocalist. This new band has posted their first single 'All Rise' and boy does this song jam. The instrumentation has always been a really strong part of As I Lay Dying and these guys have in no way lost their touch.<br />
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I don't listen to a ton of hardcore, but when I do I prefer ambient/doom inspired hardcore. Bands like Harm's Way and Dead End Path really hit the nail on the head for what I want out of hardcore music. It should feel like it's played by a lumbering giant with a guitar somehow magically made out of thunder. Brutality Will Prevail add a third point to this hardcore triangle, with a major focus on creating dark atmosphere in their sound, they fit in perfectly with the other two bands and make for a fantastic listen.<br />
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God, I gotta give a hand to Naughty Mantis. Every one of these videos has been phenomenally put together. The shot choices and music have been spot on. This video is the third video from Whitechapel's studio sessions for the new album <i>Our Endless War</i>, and this video focuses on the vocal tracking for the bands front man Phil Bozeman and some of the meaning behind the lyrics he wrote on this album.<br />
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To say that Canada's Super Massive Black Holes are an exciting group, is to put things lightly. The band offers a really refreshing taste of metal music blended with awesome flairs of influences from plenty of other genres. Their new album <i>Calculations Of The Ancients</i> is due to release on April 29th, but for now we've got one song to preview from it!<br />
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Intriguing, thought-provoking and memorable, Super Massive Black Holes plays a mix of genres that will make you scratch your head and tap your foot, all the while banging your head into solid objects. Seamlessly blending death metal, rock, jazz-fusion, prog, blues, and a variety of others, Super Massive Black Holes will expand your mind and prove that new and interesting music is alive and well.<br /> <br />Super Massive Black Holes guitarist Denver Bergreen (ex-CHAOS LOGIC) had this to say about Calculations Of The Ancients: "It was a total DIY effort. Everything was produced by myself, from artwork and layout, to engineering/mixing/mastering. The lyrics are based around science theories (be they real, fictitious, or conspiracy), and often wrap around metaphorically to human experiences (beliefs, insecurities, questions about the world around us.) The music is meant to zig-zag across genres, while still holding root within the composition as a whole. To express every possible emotion in the best way we could think of."</blockquote>
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Spideralexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16816410371177923598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108446455606985904.post-17070327450337962532014-04-14T10:00:00.000-04:002014-04-14T10:00:07.438-04:00Band Of The Week: Ease Of Disgust<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Spideralexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16816410371177923598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108446455606985904.post-60547203809587972032014-04-11T11:58:00.001-04:002014-04-11T11:58:50.873-04:00New Song From Hour Of Penance!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hour Of Penance match Fleshgod Apocalypse in sheer insanity, but land somewhere closer to Behemoth as far as overall tone goes. The band has been hard at work on their latest album <i>Regicide</i> and are working towards a May 13th release date for it. In the meantime thought they've since put out two new songs, the latest of which is fresh off the press!<br />
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The first track released in March, although I entirely missed it somehow. It's titled 'Resurgence Of The Empire' and sounds a bit more behemothy than 'Desecrated Souls':<br />
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We're drawing closer and closer to the release of Whitechapel's new album, and the guys are doing a good job keeping anticipation levels high. They released the second part of a series of studio updates, this time mainly focuses on guitars, with a bit of the drums in there too. You get a great peek at some of the low tuned riffs and more technical leads they are throwing in, with a nice ambient acoustic part int here as well!<br />
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Spideralexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16816410371177923598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108446455606985904.post-87460175802874219712014-04-08T17:02:00.001-04:002014-04-08T17:02:38.232-04:00New Material In The Works From The Other Members Of As I Lay Dying<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Since the whole situation with Tim Lambesis got started the status of the 4 other members of As I Lay Dying has remained unknown until this past few days. While we don't have any real concrete details on what exactly is going on, we know that these four guys are making new music as evidenced by Instagram videos of all the members working on stuff in the studio.<br />
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Spideralexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16816410371177923598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108446455606985904.post-78920087453006495382014-04-07T16:32:00.002-04:002014-04-07T16:32:56.170-04:00Band Of The Week: Science Of Sleep<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Science Of Sleep is a German deathcore outfit who released their debut LP back in June, and boy is it a hell of a debut album. I didn't find these until a few weeks ago, but I've been listening to <i>Exhaust</i> a ton since finding them. The album is a great listen, addictive, and hits incredibly hard.<br />
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Give these guys <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SOSMETAL">a like on Facebook</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SOSMETAL/app_150178545006427">buy something if you can</a>, lets get these guys more well known!</div>
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Whitechapel's new album is less than a month away now, which is most definitely exciting. The band has posted the first of a series of videos documenting the writing and recording process of the new album, and while this initial video doesn't show any new material it's still an interesting watch and Naughty Mantis productions did a fantastic job with the video. Very filmic feel to it.<br />
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Italy is doing everything it can to create a giant presence in technical death metal. Between Fleshgod Apocalypse, and Hour Of Penance they've got two of the fastest and most intense bands in the genre, and most recently the drummer from Hour Of Penance, James Payne, went to join a side band called Hiss From The Moat, who combine elements of Technical Death Metal and Black Metal together into a demonic stew of blast beats, walls of riffs, and throaty screams.<br />
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Fans of any of the aforementioned bands need to give Hiss From The Moat a listen. The album is very strong and provides a good breath of fresh music to throw into the mix of tech death you'd otherwise be listening to. If Behemoth, Hate and Hour Of Penance joined together you'd basically have Hiss From The Moat.<br />
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While they might be wearing their inspiration on their sleeves, the band combines sounds to make a very strong album with a great atmosphere. There is plenty here to love and tech death/blackened death metal fans need to give it a listen.<br />
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Carnifex are a band I've never particularly fallen in love with. their album <i>Hell Chose Me</i> had some great songs on it, as did their first two albums, but I was never particularly sparked by them. Their last release <i>Until I Feel Nothing</i> didn't do a whole lot to change that either. Then Carnifex went on a hiatus that left no definite promise of their return and I honestly expected them to fade into obscurity for me. However this year they smashed right back onto the scene with <i>Die Without Hope</i> and I'm not sure if it's hypocritical or not, but they entirely changed my opinion of them. <i>Die Without Hope</i> is easily the strongest writing they've had to date and makes it easier to appreciate their back catalog as well.<br />
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The album starts off with what are likely the four strongest songs on the album. 'Salvation Is Dead' begins with an eerie ambiance that is shattered by an intense wall of sound that doesn't let up until we get a gasp for breath in the second to last track 'Reflections Of The Forgotten'. The band fleshes out plenty of genres influences they've always had, the melo-death influences shine in the couple guitar solo's we get on the album, and the black metal influences shine very well here. Between this band, Lorelei, and Ovid's Withering, blackened deathcore is starting to show a good amount of promise. Carnifex has done a great job fleshing out almost every aspect of their established sound. I know I criticized <i>Until I Feel Nothing</i> for having a relatively weak atmosphere to it, but <i>Die Without Hope </i> is dark and consistent thanks in part to drummer Shawn Cameron who worked on the keyboard aspects of the album.<br />
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While there has been improvement across the board the album isn't without faults. At times the balancing act between different genre influences can make things a bit awkward. For instance as I already stated the first four track are likely the strongest on the album, but once we get past that the transition between the title track and 'Hatred And Slaughter' feels a bit off, probably due to the initial lyric of the song being one of the more immature feeling on the album and the title track is one of the darkest songs on the album, so the placement feels a bit odd. These moments though are few in number and the album as a whole still works well a unit.<br />
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<i>Die Without Hope</i> does a lot of things right and still sticks to the sound that Carnifex has established for themselves. They aren't stepping to heavily into other subgenres, but merely sampling things to see what works and what will please the fanbase they've established. It's evident that the year long hiatus had a positive effect on the band and one can only hope they keep up the progress.</div>
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Boris The Blade are getting set to release their debut album <i>The Human Hive </i>in May, but in the mean time the band has released a new song and video for the track 'Desolation'! The video is interesting enough to watch especially if you dig post-apocalyptic stuff, but the song is the real point and it's great.<br />
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You should be stoked for <i>The Human Hive</i>. If their EP and the two new songs they've released are any sign, then this album is gonna be great.</div>
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I, Of Helix fall somewhere between progressive metalcore and progressive deathcore, much in the same way Within The Ruins does, and like Within The Ruins I, Of Helix places a huge emphasis on the instrumentation and writing and it's works to a great extent. Their sound is very high energy and their great musicianship shines through the album. They draw clear influences from bands like August Burns Red, Whitechapel, and as previously mentioned Within The Ruins.<br />
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Whitechapel are inching closer to the release of their new album <i>Our Endless War</i>, and today they've released a new song entitled 'Mono'! This song is significantly faster than their first single 'The Saw Is The Law', and is by far more aggressive.<br />
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If you fetl 'The Saw Is The Law' was too slow, this track should be more your pace. <i>Our Endless War</i> comes out April 29th!</div>
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Things have been quiet in The Breathing Process' camp for a little while now, as their last LP <i>Odyssey (Un)Dead </i>came out back in 2010, but the band is still alive and has gained a few new members and are hard at work on a new release for 2014. I can't tell yet who'll be providing the screamed vocals on this new material, but it's just good to know they're working on something.<br />
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