Right... She's gone again, might squeeze another post in.
This band are... well the only word I can use to describe these is MENTAL. There are several live videos you can access on YouTube that show the lead Singer (Greg Puciato) with blood dripping from his head, I have been told a story that he bashed his head repeatedly on the speaker on stage until his head bled... There are also rumours out there that suggest he once did a poo on stage at my local festival, Leeds Festival. So straight away you guys are thinking WHATTT!
As you can guess this band is no choir, they are a mathcore band. If you are unaware what Mathcore is, it is one of the most complex music genres in the industry comprising of "Screamy/ shouty" vocals and very very well structured riffs, which often don't fit the actual vocals, but that is the point! So the iratic music the band create really is what Greg is like on stage. The riffs have a complexity no other band I have listened to can create, so unique and literally mind blowing, and the vocals are impeccable! I really do not know how he can "sing" like that.
I have been holding out for them to be confirmed for a music festival in the UK, but I had no such luck... ANYWAY, I saw a tweet that said "Might go see Dillinger in November" I as like.. Yippeeeee! so I booked tickets and I am tagging along with that person.
Anyway... this is my favourite song (At this rate I might get to do a few posts this weekend!)
Let me know what you think!
Saturday 25 May 2013
I DIVIDE
I'm back (For a very short time) thought I'd writ something whilst my girlfriend was getting dressed. Whilst I have been away I have been listening to pretty much every band on the Download Festival bill. Funnily enough that is not how I found these guys, they actually favourited a couple of my tweets on twitter, then I listened to them and realised they were playing (they're opening the second stage on the Saturday at Download Festival) Anyway. I would put them in the pop-punk genre, sounding very similar to You Me At Six, it is easily recognisable that they are one of the bands biggest influences.
The leader singer (Tom Kavanagh) does have a very powerful voice, a very good voice at that. In fact I would say he has one of my favourite voices of this genre right behind Josh Francheschi and Jeremy Mckinnon.
Anyway, bit of a quick post sorry. I'll be back properly shortly (back from Uni around the 3rd of June, laptop should be fixed then)
This is my favourite song, enjoy...
Tell me what you think.
The leader singer (Tom Kavanagh) does have a very powerful voice, a very good voice at that. In fact I would say he has one of my favourite voices of this genre right behind Josh Francheschi and Jeremy Mckinnon.
Anyway, bit of a quick post sorry. I'll be back properly shortly (back from Uni around the 3rd of June, laptop should be fixed then)
This is my favourite song, enjoy...
Tell me what you think.
Thursday 2 May 2013
Slayer!
Ok! You all might have heard of these guys, but with the legendary axe man Jeff Hanneman passing away today/tonight thought I'd do a post in his memory.
Not only do these guys have the coolest band name of all time, they also are one of the pioneers of thrash metal and have been rocking out since 1981! The lead singer (Tom Araya) has the best voice in thrash metal, this is fact. (Well technically it is opinion...). Former ( :( ) guitarist Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King (still in Slayer) are in my top 5 most skilled guitarists of all time. And I have not even mentioned Dave Lombadrdo, the drummer. He got crowned " the godfather of double bass" which is possibly the coolest title ever, which kind of tells you how awesome he is. The combination of these guys is killer and their name really fits with the whole sound they muster up in every single song. A little fact about these guys which also sums up their music is, they once apparently covered themselves in fake blood on one of the shows! Also they sing about serial killers and being anti-Christ, which I enjoy in a weird way.
Slayer have 11albums! Which is a great effort. I cannot fault any of these albums, seriously. If you listen to them all intently like I did, you may find "Diabolus in musica" to be slightly weaker, but I still love the album. NOW, less of the bad side! Slayers best album is undoubtably "Reign in Blood" features so many immense tracks! Like... "Angel of Death" and my favourite "Raining Blood". The riff on "Raining blood" is absolutely amazing, even if you don't like heavy metal surely you must appreciate that riff, sounds so good! They are meant to be bringing an album out later this year too, but I'm not sure how that is now because of today's events.
Slayer are a part of the "big four" thrash metal acts, other bands in this are "Anthrax" "megadeth" and "METALLICA!" If you got to see them all play together you are so lucky as I have never seen any of these bands :( which really saddens me. Tonight at the Golden Gods awards, Anthrax did a cover of Raining Blood as a tribute to Jeff, which shows the impact his death has had.
Anyway, here is my favourite (enjoy the riff)
Let me know what you think ;)
Not only do these guys have the coolest band name of all time, they also are one of the pioneers of thrash metal and have been rocking out since 1981! The lead singer (Tom Araya) has the best voice in thrash metal, this is fact. (Well technically it is opinion...). Former ( :( ) guitarist Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King (still in Slayer) are in my top 5 most skilled guitarists of all time. And I have not even mentioned Dave Lombadrdo, the drummer. He got crowned " the godfather of double bass" which is possibly the coolest title ever, which kind of tells you how awesome he is. The combination of these guys is killer and their name really fits with the whole sound they muster up in every single song. A little fact about these guys which also sums up their music is, they once apparently covered themselves in fake blood on one of the shows! Also they sing about serial killers and being anti-Christ, which I enjoy in a weird way.
Slayer have 11albums! Which is a great effort. I cannot fault any of these albums, seriously. If you listen to them all intently like I did, you may find "Diabolus in musica" to be slightly weaker, but I still love the album. NOW, less of the bad side! Slayers best album is undoubtably "Reign in Blood" features so many immense tracks! Like... "Angel of Death" and my favourite "Raining Blood". The riff on "Raining blood" is absolutely amazing, even if you don't like heavy metal surely you must appreciate that riff, sounds so good! They are meant to be bringing an album out later this year too, but I'm not sure how that is now because of today's events.
Slayer are a part of the "big four" thrash metal acts, other bands in this are "Anthrax" "megadeth" and "METALLICA!" If you got to see them all play together you are so lucky as I have never seen any of these bands :( which really saddens me. Tonight at the Golden Gods awards, Anthrax did a cover of Raining Blood as a tribute to Jeff, which shows the impact his death has had.
Anyway, here is my favourite (enjoy the riff)
Let me know what you think ;)
City and Colour
If I told you this was actually one person and his guitar, and that one person used to be in a Post- Hardcore/ Screamo band called Alexisonfire you might be expecting something like ROAAARRR ROOAAARRR! But it is the complete opposite! This "band" has also been announced to play Leeds Festival later this year, and I will be attending their performance for sure!
City and Colour can be described by using the words "melodic" and has a bit of a "country" kinda of a bit like early "Taylor Swift" stuff. I absolutely love his singing voice, he has one of my favourite voices in this genre of music, so soft and mellifluous. Obviously not just him makes the music, he drafts in other musicians to feature on his tracks such as Jack Lawrence from The Raconteurs. I have not been listening to this band long (about a week) It was my friend who played them and I asked him who they were, and I've been listening to them a lot ever since.
He/they have 3 albums out at the minute and he/they are releasing one on the 3rd/ 4th June. I haven't listened to a full album as of yet but what I can tell you is that I have not heard a bad song as of yet and I have heard a lot of their material.
Anyway here is my favourite song...
Let me know what you think...
City and Colour can be described by using the words "melodic" and has a bit of a "country" kinda of a bit like early "Taylor Swift" stuff. I absolutely love his singing voice, he has one of my favourite voices in this genre of music, so soft and mellifluous. Obviously not just him makes the music, he drafts in other musicians to feature on his tracks such as Jack Lawrence from The Raconteurs. I have not been listening to this band long (about a week) It was my friend who played them and I asked him who they were, and I've been listening to them a lot ever since.
He/they have 3 albums out at the minute and he/they are releasing one on the 3rd/ 4th June. I haven't listened to a full album as of yet but what I can tell you is that I have not heard a bad song as of yet and I have heard a lot of their material.
Anyway here is my favourite song...
Let me know what you think...
Skindred!
I am back! (I'm sure you all missed me -_-)
Well I am back for a very very short while (1 post, maybe 2) You see my laptop is broken :/ and I can't access an Ipad at uni seen as hough it's my dads, so I can't post D: Anyway, I will be back as quick as my laptop gets repaired!
The band I am recommending Is playing Leeds Festival they were in the latest announcement!
The way I would describe this band is, they are one of the most unique, one of the most interesting metal bands out there. They are a Reggae- Metal band, yes that is right! If Bob Marley and Corey Taylor (Lead singer of Slipknot and Stone Sour) had a baby, they would make Benji Webbe (Lead singer of Skindred). Benji has one of the best voices I have ever heard! and his physical presence during Skidred's live sets is astonishing (they love to get the crowd involved as you will see in the video in this post). He always wears wacky suites and never fails to get the crowd going! (I am speaking from experience here, they are one of the best bands I have ever seen). The singer doesn't make the band however, notorious for heavy awe-inspiring riffs and kick-ass drums they generate some of the greatest tracks ever. They are the second best band to come out of Wales, Sorry but I prefer Bullet For My Valentine!
Skindred have 4 awesome albums out now and they are releasing their fifth later this year. Their first album "Babylon" is a masterpiece and I think my favourite by them featuring such tracks as "Nobody" (Listen to this, this is my second favourite song by these) NOBODY, NOBODY GETS OUT ALIVE. Their latest album "Union Black" is also an incredible album, which features my favourite track. I'm not saying their other albums aren't worth a mention because they sure are both "Roots Rock Riot" and "Shark Bites and Dog Fights" are also amazing. They are all easily accessible on Spotify an their albu due out this year is called "Kill The Power" it's release date is not yet known.
Anyway this is my favourite song...
Let me know what you think?
Well I am back for a very very short while (1 post, maybe 2) You see my laptop is broken :/ and I can't access an Ipad at uni seen as hough it's my dads, so I can't post D: Anyway, I will be back as quick as my laptop gets repaired!
The band I am recommending Is playing Leeds Festival they were in the latest announcement!
The way I would describe this band is, they are one of the most unique, one of the most interesting metal bands out there. They are a Reggae- Metal band, yes that is right! If Bob Marley and Corey Taylor (Lead singer of Slipknot and Stone Sour) had a baby, they would make Benji Webbe (Lead singer of Skindred). Benji has one of the best voices I have ever heard! and his physical presence during Skidred's live sets is astonishing (they love to get the crowd involved as you will see in the video in this post). He always wears wacky suites and never fails to get the crowd going! (I am speaking from experience here, they are one of the best bands I have ever seen). The singer doesn't make the band however, notorious for heavy awe-inspiring riffs and kick-ass drums they generate some of the greatest tracks ever. They are the second best band to come out of Wales, Sorry but I prefer Bullet For My Valentine!
Skindred have 4 awesome albums out now and they are releasing their fifth later this year. Their first album "Babylon" is a masterpiece and I think my favourite by them featuring such tracks as "Nobody" (Listen to this, this is my second favourite song by these) NOBODY, NOBODY GETS OUT ALIVE. Their latest album "Union Black" is also an incredible album, which features my favourite track. I'm not saying their other albums aren't worth a mention because they sure are both "Roots Rock Riot" and "Shark Bites and Dog Fights" are also amazing. They are all easily accessible on Spotify an their albu due out this year is called "Kill The Power" it's release date is not yet known.
Anyway this is my favourite song...
Let me know what you think?
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