Revolutionary Vol. 1-Probably one of the few rappers that i like to listen to in my free time. When i listen to Immortal Technique it makes me think. Think about the government, my lifestyle, where i'm going, where i've been. It's almost esoteric in a way. He pushes out this ethereal aura when he raps about his life; stating, this shit happened to me, don't get messed up in it or it'll end up happening to you. Some people look at his material as sick, morbid, and gory. I look to this as reality. Recommended for fans of: Necro and politics. Overall Rating: 7.7/10
4:13 Dream-Not the best release i ever heard. I've had a hard time starting to like The Cure because i'm not an emo kid hahaha. I first heard them play their newest material (this album) and it sounded really good live. The guys are dressed like complete queers, but whatever, the music was good. I got a hold of the album and i was a little disappointed. The vocals had this shitty echo effect placed on top of it. Otherwise than the bad vocals, the release was a good space-rock, new wave emo rock album. Recommended for fans of: The Cult. Overall Rating: 6.5/10
Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada-An EP release from post-rockers Godspeed You! Black Emperor. I really don't know why it is considered an EP release; the full length albums are 4 tracks and clock in about 40-50 minutes and this one is only 3 tracks but i think its around the same by what i remember. I'm putting emphasis
again on this phrase but this is a good band all around to just sit and space out and think. Recommended for fans of: Silver Mt. Zion and Sigur Ros. Overall Rating: 6.8/10
Sir Lord Baltimore-No one knows this band. Sir Lord Baltimore formed in '68 and has members from notable bands (Erik Norlander, Munetaka Higuchi, Audiovision, Koala, Whitesnake, and many more). They were the first band to be labelled heavy metal. They released this and one other album before breaking up. Then their drummer went on to play in many notable musicians bands (metal and nonmetal). They reformed around 2005 and released a new album in 2006 and are still together. It's really cool to know that all the bands that invented metal are still together (Flower Travellin' Band [reformed in 2008], Black Sabbath [on hold], Deep Purple, and Sir Lord Baltimore). The album is more hard rock if anything than heavy metal though; i'm presuming their other releases are heavy metal. Recommended for fans of: all the old metal bands i just listed. Overall Rating: 7/10
Shameful Celebration-I was looking to get into the underground of christian metal. Felipe showed me this band that he had just got their CD in the mail from brazil through the underground. I scrounged up all the proof i could find of them online and posted them on metal-archives. Felipe needed some extra pocket change to buy things because he just moved to seattle from panama and offered the CD to me for 8$. I sent out the money the next day because i was so excited at the offer. I am the only man outside of latin america (and probably brazil) that has a hard copy of this CD. The album is a gem. It is old school death metal in the vein of death and dismember. The guitar solos are insane and remind me of christian DM band Taine (from romania). The drums are good, and the bass is pretty raw. The CD is only a demo, and i'm not sure they have any other releases. But i really hope if they do that i can get it, or they can make a myspace and i can contact them. Recommended to fans of: Death, Dismember, and Morbid Angel. Overall Rating: 9.8/10
Revolutionary Vol. 1-Probably one of the few rappers that i like to listen to in my free time. When i listen to Immortal Technique it makes me think. Think about the government, my lifestyle, where i'm going, where i've been. It's almost esoteric in a way. He pushes out this ethereal aura when he raps about his life; stating, this shit happened to me, don't get messed up in it or it'll end up happening to you. Some people look at his material as sick, morbid, and gory. I look to this as reality. Recommended for fans of: Necro and politics. Overall Rating: 7.7/10
4:13 Dream-Not the best release i ever heard. I've had a hard time starting to like The Cure because i'm not an emo kid hahaha. I first heard them play their newest material (this album) and it sounded really good live. The guys are dressed like complete queers, but whatever, the music was good. I got a hold of the album and i was a little disappointed. The vocals had this shitty echo effect placed on top of it. Otherwise than the bad vocals, the release was a good space-rock, new wave emo rock album. Recommended for fans of: The Cult. Overall Rating: 6.5/10
Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada-An EP release from post-rockers Godspeed You! Black Emperor. I really don't know why it is considered an EP release; the full length albums are 4 tracks and clock in about 40-50 minutes and this one is only 3 tracks but i think its around the same by what i remember. I'm putting emphasis again on this phrase but this is a good band all around to just sit and space out and think. Recommended for fans of: Silver Mt. Zion and Sigur Ros. Overall Rating: 6.8/10
Sir Lord Baltimore-No one knows this band. Sir Lord Baltimore formed in '68 and has members from notable bands (Erik Norlander, Munetaka Higuchi, Audiovision, Koala, Whitesnake, and many more). They were the first band to be labelled heavy metal. They released this and one other album before breaking up. Then their drummer went on to play in many notable musicians bands (metal and nonmetal). They reformed around 2005 and released a new album in 2006 and are still together. It's really cool to know that all the bands that invented metal are still together (Flower Travellin' Band [reformed in 2008], Black Sabbath [on hold], Deep Purple, and Sir Lord Baltimore). The album is more hard rock if anything than heavy metal though; i'm presuming their other releases are heavy metal. Recommended for fans of: all the old metal bands i just listed. Overall Rating: 7/10
Shameful Celebration-I was looking to get into the underground of christian metal. Felipe showed me this band that he had just got their CD in the mail from brazil through the underground. I scrounged up all the proof i could find of them online and posted them on metal-archives. Felipe needed some extra pocket change to buy things because he just moved to seattle from panama and offered the CD to me for 8$. I sent out the money the next day because i was so excited at the offer. I am the only man outside of latin america (and probably brazil) that has a hard copy of this CD. The album is a gem. It is old school death metal in the vein of death and dismember. The guitar solos are insane and remind me of christian DM band Taine (from romania). The drums are good, and the bass is pretty raw. The CD is only a demo, and i'm not sure they have any other releases. But i really hope if they do that i can get it, or they can make a myspace and i can contact them. Recommended to fans of: Death, Dismember, and Morbid Angel. Overall Rating: 9.8/10
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