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Watershed

Opeth have been for a long time, one of my favourite metal bands. It’s not their heavy songs which are my favourite, however. It’s the acoustic songs, the instrumentals or simply slow progressive rock pieces which are scattered through their nine studio albums. I realise I’m just a few years late on the uptake here, but when I found out that their 2003 release, Damnation, was purely a progressive rock sound I was really excited to say the least. It’s a fantastic album and I love every song as much as I love some of their heavier, more death metal orientated songs such as; The Grand Conjuration, The Baying Of The Hounds and Masters Apprentices.

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Why this album captures me is because of the positively gorgeous guitar work, the symphonic flowing synth and most of all Mikeal’s beautiful vocals which are displayed brilliantly in the flowing, melodic yet captivating style which is Damnation.
I can’t say it is my most loved album by Opeth as Ghost Reveries has so many songs which are instrumental in building my love of Opeth. However, it is just what I was looking for from Opeth, a softer sound which musically displayed all that they have to offer.

When I heard that they had a new album, Watershed set for release in May, I was rather excited to say the least. I finally heard the album last week and it was everything I hoped for and more. They picked up from where they left off with Ghost Reveries. The opening track is simply gorgeous: acoustic guitars, guest vocals by Nathalie Lorichs and brilliant use of stringed accompaniment which seals the song with an iconic brilliance only Opeth can achieve. The second kicks in, hard, heavy and melodic, building a dark atmosphere which is in turn built on throughout the album as it slowly gains pace, interspersed with slower more progressive rock sounding songs such as Burden.


The first single off the album, Porcelain Heart is all that a lead single should be. It’s as hard, catchy and musically diverse as The Grand Conjuration (still my favourite song, but only just).

In short, I cannot find a single fault in this entire album as it captured everything that is best about Opeth, packaged in one album. If you have the chance to pick up the special edition, do so as it includes two bonus cover songs and one previously unreleased track.

I realise this comes a few months late as the album was released months ago, but for those who haven’t already got Watershed, make sure you give it a listen as it wont disappoint.
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House vs. Hurricane

The trancecore sound is extremely addictive and I take any opportunity to discover a new band within the genre. I am a huge fan of bands like Sky Eats Airplane, Attack Attack!, and Enter Shikari but when I was introduced to House vs Hurricane, there was something refreshing about them. It was trancecore, but not as we know it.

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10-1 Most Wanky Metal Bands

Okay, so let’s talk about some true METAL! *rawring and manliness continues* Right, so, now to the important bit: how incredibly wanky some of these metal bands are. I know they all say, “We don’t take ourselves seriously.” Right, sure…you can say that; doesn’t change the fact that you’re still a bellend.

So, here we’ve got Ten to One most wanky bands


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A Silent Fiction

A Silent Fiction were the first support act for Escape The Fate when they played at the Roundhouse and well...yeh i was jus WOW"d...they completely blew me away with just how incredibly powerful, catchy and energetic they were.
A Silent Fiction Live @ Roundhouse

For a while there i was feeling sorry for Escape, having to come on and outdo this incredible performance


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Name That Genre.....

hehe so im stuck. been listening to a few bands who jus...rock my lil socks right off. all of them have a similar sound...but its a sound i cannot put into a genre. im totaly stumped.
its electronica.....its inspired by the look and appreance of Scene, Emo and Hardcore....but their vocal stylings dont fit any of those.
the first time i ever heard anything of the sort was The Medic Droid's Fer Sure which was simply hilarious. i thought it was a once off....a novelty song done for a joke. thank god i was wrong


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I Kissed A Girl :O

lulz....I Kissed A Girl is just funny. its really catchy too....i feel Soooo ashamed to enjoy it...but......but i do and i shall keep on enjoying it. What i enjoy even more, is Attack Attack's cover of it.
Attack! Attack!

Attack Attack r a screamo/hardcore band from Ohio, have been one of my favourite finds of late. after hearing Enter Shikari i was jus...WOW'd at how well you can mix Trance-Synths and Hardcore. Attack Attack take the synth element one step further, incorporating it into a sound described by some as Trancecore. i know i described Enter Shikari as Trancecore in my review of Take To The Skies, but compared to Attack Attack, their use of Trance synths is very minimal


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A New Musical Direction For Slipknot?


So I got my hands on the first release of Slipknots new song All Hope Is Gone. It was free for download on the Roadrunner records site. If you go check it out, it may still be up on the homepage, if not archived somewhere. Anyways, I thought it was a good song, just not what I had hoped for. I was really hoping for them to return to the sound that captivated me on their first self titled album. I think its mostly in the drums. Their first album really utilised the three drummers perfectly, creating this wall of sound, this tribal rhythm which just blew you away. Don’t get me wrong, All Hope Is Gone is a great song, it just wasn’t what I had hoped for. They drums were very generic of extreme metal, blast beats and constant double kicks, one guitar playing a chugging low riff in rhythm to the drums, the other pulling neat licks over the top. the chorus was good however, breaking away from the mold set in the verse. Until the chorus came in and the musical style changed, i was really disappointing with the song. Spose it just takes some getting used to......the more i listen to it, the more i like it, so here it is:

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Norma Jean vs The Anti Mother

Almost everyone I know hates Norma Jean….i cant follow why. Granted their Bless The Martyr & Kiss The Child album could be a lil hard on the common ear…but any album with a song like Memphis Will Be Laid To Waste on it is just pure gold all ova.
Ok….jus so we straight…..I WOULD MAKE SWEET LOVE TO THIS BAND!!
So lets get to the really exciting bit….their new album


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Mark The Sky

Mark The Sky = GOD!! …well.. no coz I’m sure they’d see that as rather blasphemous considering they are a Christian band and all. But their without a doubt the next best thing.
Their album Rise is without a doubt the best album I have EVER heard…..and….it only cost me 5 bucks. So what its an EP.. its worth more than that.

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Escape The Fate

So I did my hair, donned the skinnies and followed the growing crowd of hardcore and emo kiddies as we trekked our way across Sydney to The Roundhouse to see Escape The Fate.

I wasn’t a huge fan of ETF when I first heard them, actually I heard them and thought they were pretty ordinary, until months latter I discovered them again, not realising that I had heard them before and was initially repulsed. This time around however I began to enjoy them more and more and realized that hey wait….these guys are really pretty good. Bit too popish in some songs but that hardly detracts from the enjoyment. So I did what any fan does…I went and got tickets to their Sydney show


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