“Huge Announcement That Affects the Rock World,” April 15th…
Posted on 04. Apr, 2008 by spencer in Music
Okay, kudos to Sneak Attack Media on the email pitch I received the other day. I have NO idea what it’s for, and if it sucks that PR company will be the recipient of a manila envelope with headshot and glitter stars, ala Tobias Funke. But here goes:
“On April 15th there’s going to be a pretty huge announcement in LA, that seriously affects the rock world. Please check out the link below.
http://newmedia.10thst.com/teaser/teaser_rockvine.mov
On April 15, there will be a huge announcement in rock. It will take place in LA [...]
The Sword’s Gods of the Earth Available for Streaming
Posted on 28. Mar, 2008 by James in Internet, Music
I got the full album copy of The Sword’s sophomore album Gods of the Earth just a couple days ago. It’s sweet. If you’re the law abiding type, you’ll have to wait until April 1st to get your hands on it yourself (I’m not going to share mine with you, so don’t ask), but you can at least listen to it on the band’s MySpace page. It’s not as sweet as actually having the album, but it’s still pretty sweet.
Upon the release of Gods of the Earth, The Sword is [...]
Neurot Recordings Announces 2008 Release Schedule
Posted on 25. Mar, 2008 by James in Music
Fans of grim, stoney music that drones on for days rejoice: Neurot Recordings has announced its 2008 release schedule. In addition to bands making their debut for the label (such as Guapo, whose latest album Elixirs is out now), there are also some familiar faces. Neurosis’s Steve Von Till will have a new solo album, A Grave Is a Grim Horse, out on May 19th, as will band mate Scott Kelly (pictured), whose sophomore solo effort The Wake is slated for a May 5th release.
Honestly, a lot of the Neurosis [...]
“Take My Life…Please.” Man Sells Life on eBay
Posted on 21. Mar, 2008 by spencer in Art, Blog, Comedy, Idiocy, Internet, Lifestyle, Technology
Keep your eye out for A Life For Sale in Perth, Australia. It’s “a beautiful place to live,” and it’s all set up, waiting for you. Ebay has always been a bazaar of the bizarre (past things for sale: a grilled cheese sandwich that looks like the Virgin Mary, a pretzel shaped like Abraham Lincoln; once someone tried to sell a punch in the face…), but today the game was stacked even higher when recently-divorced Ian Usher put his entire life up for auction. In a grand sweeping gesture, the [...]
Rockstar Mayhem Festival Is Br00tlz
Posted on 18. Mar, 2008 by Dallas VonKillbot in Music
I have no idea when this was announced, but the Rockstar Mayhem Fest looks pretty decent. Granted I’ll be at the beer tent for all most of the show, they managed to pull some heavy ass bands along on the same tour. Notable acts include The Red Chord, Mastodon, Machine Head, Dragonforce, Slipknot and my personal favorite, Underoath.
Still, some of the other acts are really out of place. Disturbed managed to get the direct support spot, but I guess I can’t complain too much as someone who [...]
Every Time I Die Clashes with Houston Security
Posted on 10. Mar, 2008 by spencer in Music
As ETID’s vocalist Keith Buckley discussed with our very own Mike Kieran in Synthesis Digital, Every Time I Die knows how to throw a good party. (Actually, they discussed literature and life on the road…same thing, really.) Part of this includes making every person at the show feel like they’re a part of that show. (It also involves the ample use of cowbell.) Sometimes they just have to have every screaming kid in the audience up on stage to sing with them…
Now, sometimes the security at the venue isn’t quite [...]
The Next: Eluveitie and the New Wave of Pagan Folk Metal
Posted on 10. Mar, 2008 by James in Lifestyle, Music
I know what you’re asking, “There was a first wave?” Yeah, I’m kind of fuzzy on that too. I remember hearing of a band a few years back, Skyforger, out of Latvia that combined crushing black metal intensity with traditional folk instrumentation (check out “Tumsa Un Sala” on their MySpace page — it’s rifftastic). That group formed in 1995, so maybe they’re the first wave.
I didn’t really get hip to this stuff until last year when Finnish pagan folk metal group Finntroll released Ur Jordens Djup. Despite being rooted in [...]
Synthesis Band You’ve Never Heard of Band of the Day: KeyDragon
Posted on 03. Mar, 2008 by James in Band of the Day, Lifestyle, Music
Key Dragon. I’ve got to be blunt. I’m not a fan.
I have a soft spot for female fronted goth metal. I’m a sucker for heavy, theatrical bands like After Forever, Within Temptation… I even interviewed ex-Nightwish frontwoman Tarja Turunen recently, and that shit was hot. (Her new solo album is pretty fucking good, coincidentally.) But I thought KeyDragon’s recordings sound a bit flat (at least on their SonicBids page), and their songs were pretty basic musically. However, all their lyrics are about dragons, and that wins them major kudos in [...]
