Sunday, February 22, 2009

Symphony In Peril/Godspeed You! Black Emperor/Debodified/Being Killed/Trouble

Lost Memoirs And Faded Pictures-Great metalcore that gets no recognition. This band pumped out 2 great CD's before their sad end. Their vocalist was the old singer of infamous hardcore/metalcore band Zao prior to daniel weyandt. Shawn has a very unique raspy yell. This release is nothing compared to their sophomore release "The Whore's Trophy"; but it was a good start. Recommended for fans of: early Zao. Overall Rating: 6/10
Yanqui U.X.O.-I have no idea what the title meant, or even really what the album shows (looks like an airplane with 1 lost engine). It was not as good as the lift yr skinny hands release, but it was another CD that is a great thing to just lie back and think. Recommended to fans of: Silver Mt. Zion and Sigur Ros. Overall Rating: 7.1/10
Utopia In The Eyes Of A Beast-Fun release for the handful of listens i had with it. It was very standardized brutal death metal with a cool twist. Normal BDM is all guttural weetweet, wee, ortort, oioi, breebree, and no one ever tried what Debodified used; Fwee Fwee. It sounds like an asian trying to talk american, but doing it through a BDM band. I certainly mean no insult to the band, but it was a fun release to listen to. Recommended to fans of: Shuriken Cadaveric Entwinement, Cesspool Of Vermin, Lust Of Decay, Being Killed, all Jordan Varela's bands. Overall Rating: 7/10
Kill Yourself-Alot slower than their previous release. This album is more grooving slamming brutal death metal with alot more death metal influence over grindcore influence compared to the first album. This one seemed ultimately better, but also boring. The songs were good and long (around 3-5 minutes). But there was nothing to keep my attention really on it, so it got boring. Recommended to fans of: Pathology. Overall Rating: 5/10
Trouble-Great psychadellic release from old school doomers Trouble. Great tracks, with a few that had lines that made me keep listening to it a couple of days after i had actually heard the whole thing. I've been trying desperately to get my dad into this band because he grew up on Deep Purple and Black Sabbath; and he's slowly having Trouble grow on him like moss growing on an old driveway over the course of 40 years. Recommended to fans of: Black Sabbath, Sir Lord Baltimore, and Deep Purple. Overall Rating: 8.3/10

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