hard rock & metal
MEGADETH Tickets are in!
Sunday March 28th, 2010
@ Club 101 (1148 Airway)
$38.00 (Advance – Cash or Credit)
(Tickets for cancelled Coliseum show not valid for this event)
Doors open at 6:00 P.M.
Show starts at 7:00 P.M.
All Ages
With special guests Testament and Exodus!
Get your copies of “Endgame” and “Formation of Damnation” here!
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BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME vocalist Tommy Rogers recently told Noisecreep about the group’s upcoming effort, “A lot of the record deals with the human brain. There’s definitely a lot to do with alien abductions, and one song is about a group of people who write music in the desert, because music is outlawed across the entire Earth. I get borderline obsessed with certain topics, and that bleeds into my lyrics. During the writing of this record, I got really obsessed with the human brain, magic and code, and wrote a song about all of that. I got obsessed with freaking alien abduction and stuff like that. It’s basically what’s in my head. I want to create stories and lyrics that go well with our music, because it is so dynamic. I want the lyrics to follow that.”
On pushing the limits of musical expression:
“When we started this band, the big goal was not having limits as far as what we wanted to do musically, and as musicians, there’s a lot of freedom in this band. We’re not opposed to trying anything. And I love having that freedom, to know that the limits are endless, and that we won’t be afraid to try anything. It’s awesome. I hope we keep evolving as musicians, and writing better and better music.”
“When you try to push the envelope, that’s when things can go wrong. When you’re, like, ‘We gotta write something that’s different, that stands out,’ that’s when you’re forcing yourself to be weird or technical, just for the sake of doing it. The reason why our music is so unique is because all five of us write and in a lot of bands, it’s not like that. We all write stuff on our own, and put it all together, and it’s such a collaboration of ideas. It comes out sounding unique without really trying.”
“We never go in and say, ‘We need this kind of part’ or ‘We need this kind of part.’ We just write, and see what happens. It’s always a fun building process, because you feed off of each other, and you feed off of other peoples’ ideas. The day we start forcing things out is the day we need to stop making music. Right now, it’s fun to write because it’s very organic, and we’re really expressing what we’re feeling.”
The CD is scheduled for release on October 27 via Victory Records.
BTBAM have issued several videos following the progress of the new record “The Great Misdirect”. Check ‘em out below.
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It’s been some time since Winds of Plague’s debut, Decimate The Weak, sought carnage on the scene. However, the band hasn’t been sitting around by any means, they’ve been on the road seemingly nonstop since the record’s release. Somehow, in the midst of ridiculously hectic schedule, they finally found time to record what just might be the heaviest album of the year. The Great Stone War takes the brutality of Decimate The Weak, tightens up the package and sprinkles the strength of 10 hurricanes across the top to create an album that is sure to be praised for some time to come.
An eerie, yet epic narrative welcomes us into the album. You can feel the concept of battle in the echoes of the narrators voice and the synth accompaniment only serves to further the impact. Though it isn’t until “Forged in Fire” explodes from the starting gates that we know just how far WOP has come. The dull, overly repetitive drumming of the first album has been replaced with extremely well produced sounds that paint vicious imagery of battlefields at night with the guitars serving as the weapons of war while the battle cry rings out. These ideas continue strongly throughout “Soldiers of Doomsday” and even get stronger with “Battle Scars” which is so thick with chugs and fret work that you may need to take a break halfway through just to gather everything that is happening.
Those seeking something a bit more epic than quick snare/pedal/high hat metal will also find plenty to love on the record. Tracks like “Chest and Horns” appear every so often to take the scale of the album to new heights. The synth isn’t used as some niche dance craze, but to paint vast portrayals of something bigger than WOP and the lyrics intertwining with squeeling guitars and deep bass chugs simply enthrall you throughout. However, none of the tracks on this album, or any other reent metal release, can compare to the greatness of the title track.
“The Great Stone War” may be the most well orchestrated metal song of the last 5 years. Yes, I went there. Beginning with a sparse layer of orchestral sounds, a universe is built around the song long before the verse even hits. As the band comes in, you’re taken deep into the heart of the raw powerful force most metal fans feed on. There is no gimmick to be found here. No overdramatic epic of guitars or drawn series of chugs, but a relentless assault on all forms of the art of heavy and though “Tides of Change” finishes out the record, it really only serves as a farewell to the title track and basically waves goodbye as you leave the record with your jaw on the floor.
I was a bit nervous about hitting play on the new Winds of Plague alnbum as many bands in their genre are quick to become stuck to one, narrow minded, sound. However, upon even your first spin of The Great Stone War, you’ll find Winds of Plague have quickly become one of the most driving and intriguing acts of the new generation of metal. This record is almost flawless and will without a doubt be on the entire staff’s end of the year list. This is metal at it’s finest and most brutal. This is, The Great Stone War.
“Battle Scars” off of “The Great Stone War”
“The Great Stone War” available at All That Music & Video now!
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“No Time To Bleed”, the sophomore album from California deathcore masters SUICIDE SILENCE, sold 14,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 32 on The Billboard 200 chart.
Commented vocalist Mitch Lucker: “Well, to wake up this morning and get the news of us debuting at No. 32 on The Billboard 200 chart is mind-blowing. We are so proud of ‘No Time To Bleed’ and feel that we made a definite statement with this effort. This is the culmination of years of relentless touring and hard work. We most of all want to thank you, the fans, for helping us achieve this amazing benchmark and we wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for all of you supporting us. We are going to celebrate with all of you this summer on the ‘Pedal To The Metal’ tour with MUDVAYNE this summer, which will be the first American tour that we will be selling our new record. So come out and witness the new jams. We promise that it will be a night to remember.”
“No Time To Bleed” was made available on June 30 in a number of different versions (for a limited time only). Among these are the standard CD version, an LP version (limited to 2,000 pieces), the exclusive Hot Topic edition featuring the standard album with a bonus “Live in Paris” CD (track listing below), the “Maximum Bloodshed” addition (“Maximum Bloodshed” box set with bonus DVD, bonus studio track “Misleading Milligrams”, five collector cards, fold-out poster and mail-in t-shirt offer [limited to 10,000 copies]) and the iTunes version with has the exclusive bonus cover track of the hit ALICE IN CHAINS song “Them Bones”.
“No Time To Bleed” was recorded with acclaimed producer Machine (LAMB OF GOD).
SUICIDE SILENCE recently shot a video for the new track “Wake Up” with acclaimed director David Brodsky (THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, GWAR, EARTH CRISIS, THE AGONIST). The clip is a disturbing look into the inner psyche while embracing the effect of hallucinogens. Lucker stated, “It was a pleasure to work with [David] again. We feel he perfectly nailed the concept we envisioned for this clip and we can’t wait for you all to see it.”
Suicide Silence’s video for “Wake Up”.
“No Time To Bleed” available at All That Music & Video Now!
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The new Job For A Cowboy album, “Ruination,” has debuted at #42 on the Billboard 200, with nearly 11,000 copies sold.
Check out their video for “Unfurling A Darkened Gospel”.
“Ruination” available at All That Music & Video now!
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