YES
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January 16th!
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I actually don’t think I’ve ever been this excited about anything before
Happy Halloweeen, I’m going to sleep.
First things first, synthesis. Dubstep meets Halloween, both are very relevant things.
Enjoy-Halloween theme song remixed by Chrispy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1DghEk0zNo
Enter Shikari has a new song Destabilise which I posted the other day. It’s delicious and dubsteptacular you should listen to it immediately.
Now for Halloween. I watched the first Saw again today, I think it might be my favorite movie. The fantastic orchestral theme song Hello Zepp by Charlie Clouser might be the reason the ending to that movie gives me chills every time. Not ‘im scared’ chills, ‘this movie amazing’ chills. I saw the 7th and final saw movie in 3d yesterday it was kinda bad but it was nice to get some closure with the series and the traps were pretty brutal. Chester Bennington (singer from Linkin Park) was in it actually, that guys all about the cameos. I still haven’t reviewed their new “album”, or whatever they call that thing they released I can’t bring myself to do it, I used to love them so much and now It’s like I don’t even recognize them but enough about my abusive relationship with Linkin Park.
Escape the Fate started streaming their new album on their myspace page. Their 3rd release is for some reason eponymous. I guess bands do that to represent a sort of rebirth or progress, a re-establishment for what Escape the Fate is and a fresh start as if to say “let’s go from here”. Anyways, the album sways from their usual post-hardcore style and presents an ambitiously eclectic mix of all sorts of shenanigans from electronic-based songs to ambient rock songs. The album even has a song that for some reason reminded me of the Backstreet Boys, something I do not enjoy being reminded of. All boy-bands aside, the album features a conclusion to Escape the Fate’s series of “Guillotine” songs. The first 2 songs are magnificent and are 2 of ETF’s greatest songs. The third, while a good song and one of the best on Escape the Fate’s new album falls short of the absolute wonder induced by the original 2. Anyways here’s the trilogy: The Original, The Sequel, The Finale
It’s strange how the third one borrows a riff from the second while the second was only sort of reminiscent of the original and took lines from My Apocalypse which just so happens to be my favorite Escape the Fate song. It could be yours too. The first step is listening.
I saw Gorillaz live last month it was ridiculous, I’m going to try to upload some videos I took soon so I’ll post those when I get around to it. Glitter Freeze was definitely the best performance of the night for me although everything Damon Albarn and his slew of supporting musicians (including the surviving members of The Clash) performed was magnificent.
I just saw Enter Shikari for the second time a few weeks ago, the first time I saw them headline and it was LEGENDARY. I won’t get into it here because I’m tired and I think I’m probably boring y’all. I’m reaaally sleep deprived I’ve literally spent the last month doing nothing but homework and studying but don’t fret I’ll have a full review of the Enter Shikari show up eventually. Until then stay hard, mad respect to any Lions out there. If you don’t know what I’m talking about go listen to every song by Enter Shikari, appreciate them, enjoy them, love them, live them, accept them, understand them and then come back and we can be friends. :)
Stand your ground, this is ancient land
I guess I’ve been too busy listening to this song since it came out to get around to posting this sooner. Enter Shikari’s new single. Listen to it with intense headphones.
I think i got brain damage
LightGoBlue, Ms White, Sleeping with Sirens, Haste the Day, Enter Shikari- front row- 4 hours of my heroes screaming in my face.
A lengthly, detailed and worshipful review will be up once i can hear through at least one of my ears and i don’t have a brutal amount of schoolwork to catch up on
just realized how relevant lyrics can be
And I know that we’ve still got time
But I do not think we’re invincible
And I’m thinking that it’s a sign
Cause I do not think we’re invincible
Crushing all in its path
-Enter Shikari
“Juggernauts”
The one that melts all fears from your mind
I’d make no demands, no ransoms
Cause I’d never set it free
Damn…
I wrote this whole review of the A Day to Remember concert in Montreal with August Burns Red, Enter Shikari and Veara full of recommendations, album reviews and links but i accidentally hit something and it deleted itself so basically you get this:
The concert was good.
Veara is mediocre and generic post-hardcore.
Moshometer rating- moshish
Enter Shikari is the greatest band in the world so go listen to everything they’ve ever released (if you don’t like them at first, give them a chance to grow on you. They’re that kind of band).
Moshometer rating- moshmobiles (with a side order of hardcore pits)
August Burns Red kind of scares me and, while I’m all for screaming, for some reason theirs just doesn’t do it for me. Here’s a video I took of the crazy shit that was going down during them performance.
Moshometer rating- hardcore pit brutality (with a circle pit or two for good measure)
I went upstairs for ABR because I was tired from Enter Shikari and wanted to save my energy for
A Day to Remember is great. Go see them. The Floridians start with a video and while it was pretty cheesy (let’s just say that musicians are not actors nor are they comedians) it was a memorable and original way to start a show. The setlist was great and the moshing was solid.
Moshometer rating- moshgasm
Keep it (post) hardcore, guys
