Mixed Reviews

Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith

2009-04-12T15:24:00.005-04:00

This is one of my favorite Judas Priest albums, and it's very underrated. It also has sweet album artwork. Every track on here is awesome.

Download: http://rapidshare.com/files/31195498/1984_-_Defenders_Of_The_Faith.rar (not my link)

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2009-04-12T10:55:00.004-04:00

Its awfully hard as a new, unknown blog to keep posting when it feels like there is no one who reads your work. Recently i have noticed that our site traftic has gone from 0 people a day, to 2 people a day. Quite the victory! But beyond that we would love it if you left a comment, or even bookmarked us as your interest would help motivate us to post.

The Mae Shi - HLLLYH

2009-04-11T12:50:00.002-04:00

HLLLYH is an interesting album. Some of the songs are amazing: polished, catchy, and musicaly interesting, but then, some of the songs seem unfinished and rough around the edges. I would atribute this disparity to the bands relitive youth, and egerness to be edgey and different. but then, it might just the vouge of the experimental punk scene.

songs to listen to:

1) lamb and the lion

2) yong marks (my favorite song)

3) run to your grave

4) HLLYH

The Three Side of the Cyanide Valentine

2009-04-06T21:42:00.004-04:00

This is a great album. songs are interesting and diverse, yet also present a cohesive album. the songs are dark pop with more than a nod towards shoegaze and phychedelia.

honestly you should go download the album now, cause its legally free get it here!

while your waiting for it to download, here are the three songs to check out:

1) kate i'm only freaking / amphetamina

2) sugar coma (opening riff stolen from pink floyd's brain damage)

3) neanderthals

But realy, give the whole album a honest listen. now.

Pharaoh - Be Gone (2008)

2009-04-05T21:19:00.003-04:00

Genre: Power Metal/Progressive Metal

This album is awesome. Tight riffs, great melodies, and epic solos.

Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DY376JB0 (not my link)

Cold Cave - Painted nails

2009-04-04T12:34:00.004-04:00

a short, somewhat good 7-inch that deserves a listen. the songs are no so well recorded, making it harder to understand naturaly fuzzy music. the plus side is the music integrates some interesting styles: its noices music but it uses dance beats, like in the song sex adds, coupled with syth-pop-y syths. the music is interesting and has my curiousity peaked for some of thier other work.

this blog has a download link

this is the myspace

p.s. the myspace has the song "trees grew and emotion died" which is quite fantastic. the 7" for that song can be found here (not my upload_

Amesoeurs - Amesoeurs (2009)

2009-04-02T21:55:00.003-04:00

Genre: Black Metal/Shoegaze

I love this album. It's very reminiscent of another of Neige's projects, Alcest, and contains sounds that run the gamut from pop-sounding songs to more traditional Black Metal songs. Definitly listen to this.

Best Tracks: Gas In Veins; Heurt; Recueillement; Trouble (Eveils Infames); Amesoeurs

Last.fm: http://www.last.fm/music/Amesoeurs

Metal-Archives: http://www.metal-archives.com/

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?fqlmndjlyuk (not my upload)

Cannibal Corpse - Evisceration Plague (2009)

2009-02-03T22:40:00.003-05:00

Evisceration Plague, the most recent effort from influential Brutal Death Metal stalwarts Cannibal Corpse, is exactly what one would expect from the band: brutal riffs, speedy blast beats, and, of course, great growls from George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher. There is also great guitar work from Pat O'Brian and Rob Barret and bass work from Alex Webster, although his basslines are often lost in the mix. Besides the low bass mix, Eric Rutan produced the album quite well and sounds better than their previous album, Kill. In fact, the album is just as strong -- if not stronger -- than Kill, and it grabs your throat and holds you to the very end. Cannibal Corpse has succeeded in releasing another stellar album that fans of the band will love as another true Cannibal Corpse record.

Listen to: "Scalding Hail," "Carnivorous Swarm," "Evisceration Plague,"Skewered from Ear to Eye"

Meh: "A Cauldron of Hate"

Odd timing

2009-02-01T18:41:00.007-05:00

We decided to start this project up a couple of days ago, right at a point were a bunch of albums i anticipated have already been released. which puts me in a akward spot in terms of getting the ball rolling.

Since there is absolutely no need for another Animal Collective review, i figure it couldn't hurt to write a couple short reviews of albums i enjoy - but were bliped over by most of the world - from last year. they are in no particular order.

(well its only one review, i might post more later)

"Moody Motercycle" by Human Highway

"Moody Motercycle" is one of two solo project releases by the frontman for Islands last year. the other "Reafer" by reafer was a concept album that had its high and low points. Moody motercycle is, in my mind, the far superior of the two solo releases. Althought, as with most of the work by Nicholas Thorburn it can come of as a tad "pretentious" as one my friend damned it.

On Secound thought it might not be a great idea to say the bad things about the album first. The positive of the album can be sumed up into a nutshell, albeit a large nut shell. Many, in fact probably half the tracks, are catchy and interesting. The song draw you in almost imediatly: The songs also don't feeling like forumlaic pop-song and the riffs dont sound recycled or generic. "Moody Motercycle", is another in a long vein of "Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone" the first album of Mr. Thornburn's. Dont get me worng, it show a real change from his origonal work- bu its unmistakably his. Mr. Thorburn has a real obsession with the sea in his lyrics - i think every CD he composed that i own has multiple auquatic tracks. Basicaly, what this review is trying to say is give "Moody Motercycle" a listen if you liked anything by Islands or The Unicorns.

The sound:

and of course thierspace