Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Chokebore - Motionless 1994



Chokebore is not the kind of band you would listen everyday from morning to night, but that doesn't mean they are not interesting! Music wise it's like rock or what some call grunge...broadly speaking, more or less like Nirvana kindda stuff. The thing is that the mood is quite depressing ...and that's when you'll enjoy this album the most....when you're down and angry at the whole fuckin' world round you for not being kind enough! ^^ so better grab this one... and the next time your mama spanks you for something you've not done, and you feel very very bad, like you want to kick the shit outta something, dont take it out on your toys, just press play and enjoy! ah ah =D

Chokebore - Motionless 1994
Genre: Rock
Tracklist:
01 Shine
02 Never
03 Van McCoy
04 Spear
05 Motionless
06 2nd Song
07 Nguyan
08 Coat
09 So Sour
10 Sãdãvia
11 60,000 LBS
12 Hit Me
13 Line Crush
14 Cleaner

Sorry for punching your teeth out!

Monday, April 28, 2008

Aabsinthe - In Search Of Light 2007



Aabsinthe, a famous drink that intoxicate and enthrall your spirit...yummmmm, one of my fav! ^^ but here, we are dealing with French Progressive Death Metal and i must say that these guys are quite captivating! if you remember Gojira, then it is as heavy but we are millions years ahead in terms of intricacy, actually you will need to listen to the album quite a few times before you can get everything they have to offer, it's not pop music (no offense intended)! ^^ it's brutal, quite original (IMHO) and flawlessly executed! these guys knows how to handle an axe ...so wanna get the chop..or would you prefer to have a go at the guillotine, they know it all!?? ah ah! \m/

Aabsinthe - In Search Of Light 2007
Genre: Progressive Death Metal
Tracklist:
1 A darkened sky
2 Dead Leaves
3 Fragments
4 Gravity leads to dark places
5 Bitterwrath
6 In search of light
7 A long walk to touch the sun

Abuse your health!

Mylene Farmer - Avant Que L'ombre (2005)



Well before i fell into metal i think i have always loved poppy stuffs ^^, ...before i even knew what it was actually! for more than 15 years now this artist has been the only one french women i really like...but the funny thing is that despites her music, she is not that mainstream...indeed, she's quite controvertial! of course to get this you must understand the lyrics (but lots of them are sexually oriented and quite daring!). She's quite shy and is known to be a fragile beauty...sometimes she even cries on stage (for real or just as a stage show, one will never know, but i guess it is for real! ^^)... she's also the one who put this young french girl called Alizee under the spotlight...well hope you like her...i definitely do!

Mylene Farmer - Avant Que L'ombre (2005)
Genre: Pop, Ballad, Soft rock
Tracklist:
01 Avant Que l'Ombre ... (before the Shadow...)
02 Fuck Them All
03 Dans Les Rues de Londres (In the street of London)
04 Q.I (IQ)
05 Redonne-Moi (Give me again)
06 Porno Graphique (Porno graphic)
07 Derriére Les Fenétres (Behind the windows)
08 Aime (Love)
09 Tous Ces Combats (All these fights)
10 Ange, Parle-Moi (Angel, talk to me)
11 Amour N'Est Rien ... (Love is nothing)
12 J'Attends (I am waiting)
13 Peut-tre Toi (Maybe you)
14 Et Pourtant (And yet)

Sweetness for you!

Destroyer Destroyer - The dead sleep like us for a reason [2006]



DD is a cool band that play some grindcore/mathcore/deathmetal stuff...it's very heavy, brutal and kindda rugged! well i dont know much about them except that they are a bunch of lunatic as always in that kind of band, and that the musicianship is extremely good =) the album is also too short i think! ...the only thing that i deeply regret is the prod ... rather muffled... well it is not that tragic!lol but i think this band and its music deserve a better one....well hope you enjoy anyway!

Destroyer Destroyer - The dead sleep like us for a reason [2006]
Genre: Brutal!
Tracklist:
1 Dead Weight As Far As The Eye Can See
2 Horse-drawn
3 Error
4 I'm Tired Of Making You Listen And You Listen "good"
5 Chainsodomy
6 1981-2005
7 Why Isn't Dr.gregory's Office Open? Because It's Sunday. No It Ain't!
8 Don't Be Ridiculous, Doctor.

uh???whatthehellisgoingoninhere?"!!?

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Adultery - Slovanská Krev 2004



before the week end is over and before i get cut again ^^, let's enjoy some Adultery! i'm talking music here guys! they comes from the Czech Republic, a pretty good place for everything that is tagged BM IMHO. Their BM is tinged with folkish elements but actually contrary to what most of the bands do, that is BM parts then a folky passages or interludes, here it is integrated into the music, the riffs sound folk-like at times! just like this band called Dominus which played his own iron-branded sort of DM, Adultery play his own BM, and though i can hardly get a word of what they say i guess they sing in their own language =) the prod is a bit muddy (but quite good for BM! ^^) and they sometimes use a bit too much reverb here and there, but i reckon this is why i like that band...kindda special in the end! hail! \m/

Adultery - Slovanská Krev 2004
Genre: BM
Tracklist:
01 Cesta do krajin vytoužených
02 Slovanská síla
03 Ohněm a mečem
04 Slib na svou čest
05 Brány Vogatisburku
06 Bitva cti
07 Navia

Over yonder lies a dark forgotten land!

Film School - Film School 2006



brought you some flower this morning! ^^ no it's not pop, it's just rock or perhaps post-rock from SF, USA! if you like 80's influenced bands that one should really appeal to you ...and if you don't, no worries there is much more to dig and find out! they sound a bit like pink floyd or radiohead perhaps at time, cause they use quite a lot of synth sounds in their song though you don't hear it that much, it's rather subtle and completely tie the whole thing up...that this band is really good at making atmosphere, that's why i compared it to PF or R so hope you enjoy, i do ^^

Film School - Film School 2006
Genre: rock, instrumental, 80's, electronic
Tracklist:
01 Intro
02 On & On
03 Harmed
04 Pitfalls
05 Breet
06 He's A Deep Deep Lake
07 Garrison
08 11:11
09 Sick Of The Shame
10 Like You Know

Reelin' back in time!

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Acephalous - Divine Purity - (2007)



While we're investing brutality, let's have a look at belgium =) they have quite a solid scene regarding metal and Acephalous does nothing to undermine it, quite the opposite! they are not the uttermost original band ever but in they mixed style of Black death metal they are serious candidates, and this is only their debut album if im not mistaken! BM wise (and guitar wise!) they remind me of immortal, their DM side would be more like crown of thorn (or the crown as they must call themselves now). Blasting riffs and crazy mechanical double bass, guttural and scream vox, dark arpeggios...what about a hellish symphony for lunch!? ^^

Acephalous - Divine Purity - (2007)
Genre: DM, BM
Tracklist:
1 Another Dawn, Another Death
2 Bloodfull Moon
3 Divine Purity
4 Red Of Children's Blood
5 Magalomanious Killing
6 Pure Damnation
7 Tears Of Blood
8 Into The Abyss (Instrumental)
9 The Last Black Rose

Rotten from the inside!

In Vain - Wounds 2005



Perhaps this name is familiar to you....anyway this band is difficult to describe...they are violent ...BM type of thing, but also quite technical as would be a grindcore squad of berserkers or a troop of medieval minstrel(!^^) ....and also quite unpredictable! their song are definitely in the vein of progressive stuff, call it 8 bit grindy-death-black-O-blues-folky-matic progressive sort of thing if you want =O ! but they have long tracks in which you have loads of differents and crazy atmosphere...well enough said ...i think they kick ass....what about you? ready to get a thrashing??!


In Vain - Wounds 2005
Genre: any wild guess? 哈哈
Tracklist:
1 October’s Monody
2 Det Ranker!
3 In Remembrance
4 Epilogue: Elene

Time Warpped!

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Light Pupil Dilate - Snake Wine 2007



LPD is really an interesting band and they should appeal to almost any metalheads IMHO cause their music includes so many different elements from almost all you can find in metal...they have chunky passages in the biohazard or pro-pain fashion, BM like things at times... a bit in the style of emperor's grandiose ambiances, powerful bass driven riff like in stoner...also quite like what the Melvins do, and cool instrumental passages ... well this album is really great to me as is the musicianship, so i hope it will be the same for you as well! \m/

Light Pupil Dilate - Snake Wine 2007
Genre: Thrash, Metal, Hardcore, Psychedelic
Tracklist:
1 Prana
2 Twinkly
3 Poly Viral
4 Big Open
5 Selfless
6 Phlebitis
7 Shower Me With You Love
8 Boundary Dissolution
9 Dive

Dissolving into acid!

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Varo - hardcore beach



well as you can see iam back again ...not for long i guess but doesnt matter! ^^ Perhaps you know these girls cause apparently they come from Taiwan...anyway, their style is really pretty cool, a lot of electronic from ambiant atmosphere to a more AFX like type of thing, grinding guitars a bit in the style of Atari TR but less aggressive even so! add a smidgen of cold dark Burzumesque atmosphere here and there...this is electronic music for the most part, ....and it's pretty f"4^^ng awesome!

Varo - hardcore beach
Genre: experimental, pop, punk, electronic ...wow!
Tracklist:
01 Pieces of April
02 Stolen Summer
03 Easy Rider
04 The Man Who Was Not There
05 Memento
06 Buffalo 66
07 Amelie
08 Virgin Suicide
09 The Fast Runner
10 Bowling for Columbia

Who shot the dog!??

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Illdisposed - The Prestige (2008)



Illdisposed have released their new album recently and at first i was a bit disappointed with it because i thought their were indulging a bit too much in melodical passages, which is not the aim of DM IMHO! but after a few weeks i listened to it again and i completely changed my mind, actually i think this album is very good, and that melody and brutality are very well balanced together... of course it's Illdisposed so they have kept their style ...but their songs are really good with no dead time or floppy moments, and though my fav album remains Submit (and there's something rotten ...and kokaiinum and...! ^^), that one's groovy all along and seriouly kicks ass!

Illdisposed - The Prestige (2008)
Genre: Groovy DM
Tracklist:
01 Let Go
02 The Tension
03 Weak Is Your God
04 Working Class Zero
05 A Song Of Myself
06 Like Cancer
07 Love Is Tasted Bitter
08 She Knows
09 A Child Is Missing
10 The Key To My Salvation
11 ...Your Devoted Slave
12 Ich Bin Verloren In Ber

Denmark's best flavour!

The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat - 2004



Perhaps you already know these guys cause i think i played them before...but anyway, they are a favourite band of mine and i know no other band like them! their style is not easy to define cause they use so many different things into each of their song, but i really like that psyche keyboard, and the theatrical like ambiances they create...the music is rather complex but i think they managed to keep it as entertaining as any thing labeled easy listening...hope you enjoy =)

The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat - 2004
Genre: Experimental Pop Rock
Tracklist:
01 Quay Cur
02 Straight Street
03 Blueberry Boat
04 Chris Michaels
05 Paw Paw Tree
06 I Lost My Dog
07 Mason City
08 Inspector Blancheflower
09 Spaniolated
10 1917
11 Bird Brain
12 Catamaran Man
13 Wolfnotes

Fictional reality!

Thursday, April 10, 2008

These Arms Are Snakes - Oxeneers or The Lion Sleeps When Its Antelope Go Home



TAAS is not very famous (more in the US than in Europe i'm sure howver) but their music is cool, they play some alternative rock and add some strange texture to their sound (especially on the bass). they have a cool tone, quite their own, which is not so easy =) saw them onstage and i must they they are like balls of energy, especially the vocalist who's really doing a performance besides his vox parts...the album is good, but if you see them around check them out, they are well worth it ... and perhaps they'll even pay a visit to your place one of these days ... after all they came to my small remote town ... ah ah

These Arms Are Snakes - Oxeneers or The Lion Sleeps When Its Antelope Go Home
Genre: rockin' ... ^^
Tracklist:
01 The Shit Sisters
02 Angela's Secret
03 Big News
04 Tracing
05 Your Pearly Whites
06 Gadget Arms
07 Greetings From The Great North Woods
08 La Stanza Bianca
09 Darlings Of New Midnight
10 Oxeneer
11 Idaho

Welcome to Texas!

Monday, April 07, 2008

Blind Passengers - Bastard (1999)



i'm back online, don't really know how long this is gonna last ( a long time i hope...) but at least i can make a new play =) so here is a band that play some music in the style of marylin manson or some shit like that...basically metal and industrial =) don't know anything about those guys but i quite enjoy their style so i hope you will as well...anyway one thing is for sure is that i won't have the time to make as many plays as i used to = / ... and my music collection is rather stagnating at the moment as i have shitloads of problems grabbing anything that is on foreign land... but does this matter??! not at all! ^^ as long as i can play some stuff once and a while...you see...metal nevers dies... the ancient phoenix rises again from its smouldering ashes .... but first the mighty dragon must come by and kick his butt...and hopefully it did it once more!! ah ah! enjoys!

Blind Passengers - Bastard (1999)
Genre: Industrial
Tracklist:
01 Gunman
02 Get On
03 Bring Me Down
04 You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
05 Splattershow
06 Idolator
07 Never
08 Clock Out
09 Stay Or Go
10 Criminal
11 Freeze My Brain
12 The Glory Of Success

who's that mongrel??!