Welp, it's a new week and I'm back from vacation. And the music was blaring. 7-8 hours both ways means my CD player got a lot of work. So here's my top 5 of the week.
Top 5 of this week (07/26-08/01):
5.) Two Weeks - All That Remains (Overcome)
4.) Convalescence - Darkest Hour (Undoing Ruin)
3.) Amber - Stick To Your Guns (The Hope Division)
2.) Colibri - Kommisar (Colibri [EP])
1.) Slania's Song - Eluveitie (Slania)
Yeah, last weeks number 2 is the only returning customer this week. Sure you may not understand the lyrics, but just listen to the music, and the amazing contrast of the beautiful singing amidst the harsh growls.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Catching up with everything
Alright, so most of you have probably been wondering why I have all of 2 posts in 2011 (one of which was on January the 2nd). To be honest, reviewing music isn't all that fun to me anymore. Music is supposed to be about losing yourself in the song and enjoying it. I don't like having to actually focus on the music when I usually use it as the backdrop to everything. So from now on, I'm changing my uses for this blog. I will use this mainly to drop lines about what I'm listening to, new stuff I've heard/liked, as well as maybe a few charts.
Might as well kick it off by telling you all about my recent trip to Vancouver.
In the city where I live, there is no music store. There USED to be, but it closed down and will probably come back when our new mall is built, but that's not until 2012/2013. Gravy. Anyway, a year ago when the 2010 Winter Olympics were in Vancouver, my family and I took in the sights and I forayed a little bit ahead and noticed a three-story HMV (the aforementioned brand of music store). I stood for a good minute waiting for my family. My jaw hit the floor. I know, one day, I would visit that store and go absolutely ballistic.
Fast forward to now. I did take that trip with a good friend of mine, and let me say this: I went BALLISTIC.
The Rock/Pop section ALONE was bigger than the ENTIRE HMV we had at our mall. Heaven. I ended up purchasing 1 t-shirt, a poster for my sister, and 12, yes TWELVE, CDs. We later checked out a place called "The Rock Shop". Best place to buy band merch. I got 3 band tees from there (as I write this, I'm wearing one of them).
The CDs:
Alestorm (Pirate Metal):
- Captain Morgan's Revenge (2008)
- Black Sails At Midnight (2009)
- Back In Time (2011)
Darkest Hour (Metalcore):
- Undoing Ruin (2005)
- Deliver Us (2007)
- The Human Romance (2011)
Eluveitie (Folk Metal):
- Slania (2008)
Freedom Call (Power Metal):
- Eternity (2002)
In Flames (Meliodic Death Metal):
- Sounds of a Playground Fading (2011)
Scar Symmetry (Meliodic Death Metal):
- The Unseen Empire (2011)
Silverstein (Post-Hardcore):
- Rescue (2011)
Sonic Syndicate (Meliodic Death Metal):
- Only Inhuman (2007)
A somewhat diverse list. Although each band from the same country share the same genres. (Sweden / Meliodic Death) (Scotland / Pirate) (Canada / Post-Hardcore) (U.S.A. / Metalcore) (Germany / Power Metal) (Switzerland / Folk). A nice little coincidence.
The bands I got shirts of are Coheed & Cambria (wearing), Eluveitie, and DragonForce.
I might post pictures eventually.
Anyway, on to other things. I'll give off two top 5 lists for you guys to have fun with.
Top 5 albums I picked up:
5.) Alestorm - Black Sails At Midnight
4.) Alestorm - Captain Morgan's Revenge
3.) Scar Symmetry - The Unseen Empire
2.) Silverstein - Rescue
1.) Eluveitie - Slania
Tracks to listen to from each (in order):
Keelhauled, Captain Morgan's Revenge, The Anomaly, Medication, Slania's Song.
And the top 5 songs of the week. This is basically going to consist of the songs I've listened to the most in the past week. If I wanted to be extremely nazi about this, I'd reset all of my iTunes plays and check every week, but that's too much work. I'll also post a YouTube link to the number one song.
Top 5 of this week (07/19-07/25):
5.) The Diary of Jane - Breaking Benjamin (Phobia)
4.) The Anomaly - Scar Symmetry (The Unseen Empire)
3.) Four Friends of the Elements - Hyadain (Final Fantasy IV ReMix from OC ReMix)
2.) Slania's Song - Eluveitie (Slania)
1.) Trust In You - The Offspring (Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace)
Awesome punk rock song. I'm reminded of All I Want off of their '97 album Ixnay On the Hombre. Pure punk headbanging fest, and they don't sound like they've been doing it for 15 years; they sound just like they're on their first album. No sign of aging or slowing down.
Might as well kick it off by telling you all about my recent trip to Vancouver.
In the city where I live, there is no music store. There USED to be, but it closed down and will probably come back when our new mall is built, but that's not until 2012/2013. Gravy. Anyway, a year ago when the 2010 Winter Olympics were in Vancouver, my family and I took in the sights and I forayed a little bit ahead and noticed a three-story HMV (the aforementioned brand of music store). I stood for a good minute waiting for my family. My jaw hit the floor. I know, one day, I would visit that store and go absolutely ballistic.
Fast forward to now. I did take that trip with a good friend of mine, and let me say this: I went BALLISTIC.
The Rock/Pop section ALONE was bigger than the ENTIRE HMV we had at our mall. Heaven. I ended up purchasing 1 t-shirt, a poster for my sister, and 12, yes TWELVE, CDs. We later checked out a place called "The Rock Shop". Best place to buy band merch. I got 3 band tees from there (as I write this, I'm wearing one of them).
The CDs:
Alestorm (Pirate Metal):
- Captain Morgan's Revenge (2008)
- Black Sails At Midnight (2009)
- Back In Time (2011)
Darkest Hour (Metalcore):
- Undoing Ruin (2005)
- Deliver Us (2007)
- The Human Romance (2011)
Eluveitie (Folk Metal):
- Slania (2008)
Freedom Call (Power Metal):
- Eternity (2002)
In Flames (Meliodic Death Metal):
- Sounds of a Playground Fading (2011)
Scar Symmetry (Meliodic Death Metal):
- The Unseen Empire (2011)
Silverstein (Post-Hardcore):
- Rescue (2011)
Sonic Syndicate (Meliodic Death Metal):
- Only Inhuman (2007)
A somewhat diverse list. Although each band from the same country share the same genres. (Sweden / Meliodic Death) (Scotland / Pirate) (Canada / Post-Hardcore) (U.S.A. / Metalcore) (Germany / Power Metal) (Switzerland / Folk). A nice little coincidence.
The bands I got shirts of are Coheed & Cambria (wearing), Eluveitie, and DragonForce.
I might post pictures eventually.
Anyway, on to other things. I'll give off two top 5 lists for you guys to have fun with.
Top 5 albums I picked up:
5.) Alestorm - Black Sails At Midnight
4.) Alestorm - Captain Morgan's Revenge
3.) Scar Symmetry - The Unseen Empire
2.) Silverstein - Rescue
1.) Eluveitie - Slania
Tracks to listen to from each (in order):
Keelhauled, Captain Morgan's Revenge, The Anomaly, Medication, Slania's Song.
And the top 5 songs of the week. This is basically going to consist of the songs I've listened to the most in the past week. If I wanted to be extremely nazi about this, I'd reset all of my iTunes plays and check every week, but that's too much work. I'll also post a YouTube link to the number one song.
Top 5 of this week (07/19-07/25):
5.) The Diary of Jane - Breaking Benjamin (Phobia)
4.) The Anomaly - Scar Symmetry (The Unseen Empire)
3.) Four Friends of the Elements - Hyadain (Final Fantasy IV ReMix from OC ReMix)
2.) Slania's Song - Eluveitie (Slania)
1.) Trust In You - The Offspring (Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace)
Awesome punk rock song. I'm reminded of All I Want off of their '97 album Ixnay On the Hombre. Pure punk headbanging fest, and they don't sound like they've been doing it for 15 years; they sound just like they're on their first album. No sign of aging or slowing down.
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