Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Eli/Journey/Caninus/Ataraxie/Our Last Night

The Second Coming-The first release from underground central USA metalcore band Eli. I was going through random bands on bigcartel.com to add to metal-archives.com and i came across Eli because i liked to logo. I listened to their one song "Behind Empty Words" and i was blown away and had to buy the CD. I now have it and love listening to it. Recommended to fans of: Knives Exchanging Hands, Misery Signals, Calico System. Overall Rating: 2345785456787656754/10
Evolution-Another album that was not really a hit with the fans by journey. This album only had one single "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'". The album was released in '79 so it wasn't anything notable by early age Journey. What i liked most was the epic sound of the intro track, where they layered all their vocals at the start of it. Recommended to fans of: Kansas and Asia. Overall Rating: 4/10
Now The Animals Have A Voice-From the members of hardcore band Most Precious Blood comes grindcore band Caninus. This is the first band ever with dogs as vocalists. Budgie and Basil are the two vocalists, they are pittbulls. All the members of the band are also vegans. The songs are fast paced, longest song clocks in about 2 1/2 minutes (by recollection). They wrote lyrics in the lyric book for the songs, but the lyrics are obviously barks and growls. It's a great thing to listen to with your dog lying down next to you. Honestly, my dog hears Caninus and he walks up to me and sits down and listens. My girlfriends dog came up to me and did the "head turn" every time budgie and basil would growl haha. Recommended for fans of: Hatebeak and Most Precious Blood. Overall Rating: 8/10
The Other Path-Alot more raw than "Slow Transcending Agony", this release shows more funeral material compared to their newer funeral death. This release seems like it would be a full-length album, but it was actually a demo-CD. Recommended for fans of: Esoteric. Overall Rating: 7/10
The Ghosts Among Us-Very odd release. The CD is what seems like a mix of metalcore, early rise against, melodic punk and hardcore. The album is actually really good, but it's one of those CD's you won't be able to stand if you hear it alot. Recommended for fans of: Rise Against, For The Fallen Dreams, Oceana, Calico System. Overall Rating: 8/10

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