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My Way News – Chaos engulfs Cairo as Mubarak points to successor
My Way News reports: “With protests raging, Egypt’s president named his intelligence chief as his first-ever vice president on Saturday, setting the stage for a successor as chaos engulfed the capital. Soldiers stood by – a few even joining the demonstrators – and the death toll from five days of anti-government fury rose sharply to 74.”

My Way News – Egypt's uprising unites society in rage
My Way News reports: “The tens of thousands of protesters who have thrown Egypt’s 30-year-old regime into tumult come from all walks of life – conservative Muslims and Christians, yuppies and the unemployed, young and old. For many, the protests demanding that President Hosni Mubarak step down were a catalyst for years or decades of repressed anger at mistreatment at the hands of the state.”

My Way News – Jordan's opposition: Arabs will topple tyrants
My Way News reports: “The leader of Jordan’s powerful Muslim Brotherhood warned Saturday that unrest in Egypt will spread across the Mideast and Arabs will topple leaders allied with the United States.”

My Way News – Israel watches Egypt uprising with fear
My Way News reports: “Behind an official wall of silence, Israel watched nervously Saturday as anti-government unrest worsened in Egypt, fearful that the violent and growing street protests could topple Israel’s most important ally in the Arab world.”


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Jan 302011

Ektomorf – Redemption

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Every barroom brawl should be so lucky.
When barstools go flying through the air, bodies topple over beer laden tables, and wild haymakers are thrown at lunkheads who think themselves man enough to take the eventual blow, one doesn’t want to hear the dreaded drawling croon of a country western singer. No . . . barroom brawlers don’t want to get down in their funky violent way with a soundtrack more suited for drinking whiskey, bedding livestock, or hanging oneself. Barroom brawlers want to break shit and break shit good! And what music is better fit for such revelry? Anything from the catalog of Ektomorf. Go back to my review from August of 2009 in regards to the bands album What Doesn’t Kill Me, get into some fisticuffs and tell me that didn’t feel right. Now, I have something possibly even better . . . the latest from Ektomorf, a sonic dance of malevolence called Redemption.
Folks, Redemption is one brutal piece of music. Sitting in a darkened office, brooding about a new diet fueled by lack of funds, spinning this new disc . . . I found by blood pressure build beat after beat, measure after measure, venom infused vocal line after another, until I was in the foulest of mood and ready to shut that kid up from across the street once and for all. I mentioned in a past review that I could feel this bands bitterness, their anger, their injustices as if they were my own, which is a truly rare quality in music. Nothing has changed in that regard. Redemption is jam packed with violent tones, dense guitars forming the walls to Farkas Zoltan’s foundation of pain and hatred. And within all of this bitterness, there’s a message of strength overcoming the bullshit and getting through life scarred, in multiple pieces, but still alive.
Naturally, the opening track acts as a lead track should. It gets the listeners attention by socking them in the face, and then once the listener is distracted by the circling birdies, the band socks them once again. “Last Fight” is a detuned beast that chugs and grooves its way into the blood stream, infecting the listener with its destructive disease, making said listener convulse with this otherworldly possession until they too become a being of ultra-violence. And here’s the wrinkle . . . Ektomorf slip in interesting little passages this time around to break up the one-dimensionality of the last record. Kudos on this point. No more a mindless beatdown, now things become more thought out and premeditated, which is always good for an extended stay in the local prison system.
The title track and “I’m In Hate” follow suit, throbbing, pulsating groove metal numbers that continue the barroom brawl to the point where the little fillies are busting glass mugs over the heads of the combatants. But it’s “God Will Cut You Down” that acts as the culmination of all the ill will that has been growing from the first three tracks. All of three minutes long and I feel like I’ve lived a full life of violence! This tune is flat out brutal . . . heavy as a Sherman tank, dense as a wall of lead, immediate and intense, I think I found the perfect track to usher in the apocalypse. And it’s not just all of these traits that make this song so absolute . . . it’s what Ektomorf do with the dynamics. A small break at the 1:24 mark where the instruments drop out of the mix and we’re left the chugging drive of the ultra-distorted guitars, and Zoltan’s “Ugh” propel this song through the air like a jet fueled warhead aimed for the soul.
And this intensity doesn’t stop as we drop directly into “Stay Away.” Redemption is brought to you by the letters F, U, C, and K as these letters in corresponding order happen to be used in every song, and generally multiple times in every song. Image if you will, being so angry that no other word will suffice. I’m sure Zoltan could have worked in words that had more poetry, more intellect to them, but no word conveys the emotion quite like “fuck”. We’ve all been fuckin’ pissed, wanted the world to fuck themselves, and to fuck shit up . . . see? Good word. There’s no question that there’s an emotion being conveyed here.
Ready for some more brutality? “The One” is an up tempo gem that barrels down a narrow street in Pamplona, sliding, skidding, and goring itself into red sashed wearing listeners. Warning though, we have another wrinkle from the band as they inject a healthy dose of melody in the chorus and it works perfectly to break up the sonic shellacking that we’ve undergone up to this point. Channeling some of that nu-metal sway and groove, using hefty doses of thrash and speed, and all held in place by the mortar of raw emotion, “The One” may be the song that defines Redemption as an album. Not to say that you don’t need to hear the rest of the album, just that if you only have time to hear one song and need to know what Redemption is all about “The One” is . . . er, the one.
Redemption has no crossover appeal to the mainstream and it’s not supposed. The album would suck ass if it did. This record is purely meant to be a cathartic exercise for both band and listener. What impresses me the most, besides the improved musical approach of the band, is that Ektomorf can retain this type of emotional intensity album after album. Most would have burned out after one. Even more would have collapsed or killed themselves after the second. Ektomorf? Nah, these cats have made a career of being pissed off at anyone who even thinks something partially negative about them. Rock it, brothers! Don’t change a thing. I need to know that in a year and half . . . maybe two years, a new Ektomorf album will keep me busy patching holes in my drywall and out of jail for moronicide (murder of morons  . . . for those who couldn’t figure that out).

–Pope

buy here: Redemption


Posted by Hellion at 2:11 AM
Jan 302011

Ripple News – Exploding In Sound Unveils Latest Compilation WAX UNWOUND Featuring Black Mountain, Twilight Singers, Monotonix + More

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WAX UNWOUND is the brand new snarling monster of a compilation from Exploding In Sound. While little introduction is necessary for volume eight of the taste-making website’s promotional compilation series, the good folks over at EIS honestly couldn’t be happier with the end results. This is the collection the rock world has been waiting for, the one that will tear the paint from the walls with pure brilliant fury and infinitely enjoyable music from some of the best active bands.  Ladies and gentlemen, Exploding In Sound is honored to announce WAX UNWOUND and it’s unbelievably amazing line-up including Zach Hill, Pulled Apart By Horses, Black Mountain, The Twilight Singers, Young Widows, Monotonix, Ty Segall, Sky Larkin, Alain Johannes, Grandfather, Shapes, and many more [full tracklist below]. Waste no more time, DOWNLOAD NOW. Please play this compilation at a high volume for maximum results.  You just may find your next favorite band.

DOWNLOAD THE ENTIRE COMPILATION FOR FREE via FileDropper.com or Exploding In Sound’s official BandCamp page. As always, the compilation is a 100% FREE digital download, containing artwork from the amazing TinyLittleHammers.com, band descriptions, links for further enjoyment, and more. The staff at EIS want to reach out and thank everyone who has helped put this collection together, especially the bands, their labels, and management. Without the help, interest, and cooperation of these incredible artists none of this would be possible, because after all this is about their music and artistic vision.

Sharing of the download link is HIGHLY recommended and encouraged to anyone and everyone.  As this is a FREE compilation, the goal is to gain the maximum audience, and word of mouth is always appreciated. PLEASE DOWNLOAD, SHARE, POST, and SPREAD the word to everyone you know. Great music is being made, and it’s up to the fans to deliver it to as many listeners as possible. ENJOY!

DOWNLOAD LINKS:

*Exploding In Sound: http://www.explodinginsound.com/2010/12/exploding-in-sound-presents-wax-unwound.html

*File Dropper: http://www.filedropper.com/explodinginsoundpresentswaxunwound

*Bandcamp: http://explodinginsound.bandcamp.com/album/wax-unwound

 “WAX UNWOUND” TRACK LIST:

1.       Zach Hill – Total Recall

2.       Pulled Apart By Horses – Get Off My Ghost Train

3.       Pile – Don’t Touch Anything

4.       Grandfather – Tremors

5.       Black Mountain – Old Fangs

6.       Alain Johannes – Endless Eyes

7.       She Keeps Bees – Gimmie

8.       Ty Segall – Caesar

9.       Monotonix – Give Me More

10.   Young Widows – Feelers

11.   Shapes – The Escapologist

12.   Young Adults – Impression

13.   Tweak Bird – Lights In Lines

14.   &U&I – Chancer’s Paradise

15.   Nassy – Paul Michael Alexander

16.   Sky Larkin – Kaleide

17.   The Twilight Singers – Blackbird & The Fox

18.   Capsula – Sun Shaking

19.   Shark? – Tiny Violin

20.   Dupec – MMIX

21.   Ladder Devils – Common Dogs

22.   Two Inch Astronaut – Spume


Posted by Hellion at 2:11 AM
Jan 302011

King Diamond -Abigail

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One of the first cassettes I ever owned; it contained the awesome solo work of guitarists Andy LaRocque and Michael Denner, and the drum magnificat of Mikkey Dee (who’s been in Motorhead for nearly 20 years now). It’s NWOBHM telling a ghost story.

It’s a concept album, the first complete one King Diamond released (the debut, Fatal Portrait, has a few songs unconnected to the overall story). Abigail is a traditional ghost story, which is unusual in metal: metal generally loves horror (death metal particularly) but not so much ghost stories, e.g., The Stone Tape, Hell House, The Haunting of Hell House, The Turn of the Screw, The Beckoning Fair One, etc.

The story concerns a young couple in 1845 who move into an inherited mansion in the middle of nowhere (so far so sweet), who initially are contacted by seven horsemen (those on the album cover) and told that essentially they should go nowhere near the house. Of course they do, where they are visited by the ghost of an ancestor of the young protagonist, who details to him the tragic backstory of the house, and why it does not bode well for the couple and their unborn child.

If you bother to read the actual lyrics (rather than a synopsis), they’re pretty fucking creepy; especially as, being song lyrics and having to be as brief as possible, they give you each plot point or resolution one, maybe two times. You have to pay attention.

King’s oft-debated vocals are admittedly an acquired taste, but if you think of them as characters in the story, it might ease your angst. Or maybe you should just get used to them.

Track 3, “A Mansion in Darkness” and its opening guitar solo, a beautiful haunting melody, set the musical tone for the whole record; solo-heavy, mid-tempo traditional heavy metal.

High point: “The Family Ghost,” particularly the solos beginning at 1:30. (Just for reference, Andy LaRocque played a guest solo on At The Gates‘ Slaughter of the Soultrack “Cold,” one that guitarist Anders Björler has laughingly claimed in interviews that he can’t quite replicate.) His neo-classical runs still piss me off, they’re so well-thought out, yet boldly metal.

Great, great shit.

Horn

Buy here: Abigail


Posted by Hellion at 2:11 AM
Jan 302011

LOWER HEAVEN at 8pm

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Appearing in our loft this evening is Lower Heaven.


Hailing from the sun-drenched hills of eastside Los Angeles, Lower Heaven create dark, shimmering waves of sinister neo-shoegaze on this vinyl version of their buzzed-about debut. Recorded with the engineers behind West Coast institutions BRMC and the Brian Jonestown Massacre, these songs are equally indebted to the early Creation Records sounds of Ride, MBV, et al. Tremendous and essential. – trdmrk.org


Check out their latest “Ashes” and look for “Today Is All We Have” out later this year.


Posted by Hellion at 2:11 AM
Jan 302011

Cultural performance

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Posted by Hellion at 2:10 AM
Jan 302011

Lisa Miskovsky – Violent Sky (2011)

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Track List:
1. This Fire (3:27)
2. Got A Friend (3:42)
3. Lover (3:34)
4. Silver Shoes (5:44)
5. Some Of Us (4:07)
6. Call Me Anything But My Name (4:20)
7. Get It On (4:09)
8. Wise Guy 2010 (3:12)
9. Let Them Come (3:35)
10. A Little High (4:56)
11. Got A Friend (Acoustic Version (4:18)

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Posted by Hellion at 2:10 AM
Jan 302011

Steve Roach – Sounds From The Inbetween (2011)

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Track List:
1. Opening Sky (11:04)
2. Ancestral Passage (09:20)
3. Serpent Gulch (11:12)
4. Somewhere Between (07:14)
5. Spirit Passage (04:14)
6. Return to the Underground (17:15)
7. When the Raven Flies (06:31)
8. Circadian Rhythms – Phase One (13:56)
9. Circadian Rhythms – Phase Two (23:05)
10. Circadian Rhythms – Phase Three (36:43)
11. Shroud of Night (73:31)

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Posted by Hellion at 2:10 AM
Jan 302011

Kid Icarus – Ghost Town Feelings (2011)

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Track List:
1. Old Godz (02:22)
2. Circle Sky (02:21)
3. Spector Road (03:35)
4. Ghost Town Feeling (02:56)
5. End of the Blues (03:51)

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Posted by Hellion at 2:10 AM
Jan 302011

98 Degrees – The Collection (2002)

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98 Degrees - The Collection (2002)
98 Degrees – The Collection (2002)
2002 | MP3 VBR V0 244kbps avg | 300 dpi scans | 55:30 min | 97,73MB
Pop, R&B | Label: Universal Records

Tracklist

1. (00:04:42) 98 Degrees – Invisible Man
2. (00:04:56) 98 Degrees – Because Of You
3. (00:04:34) 98 Degrees – The Hardest Thing
4. (00:03:46) 98 Degrees – I Do (Cherish You)
5. (00:04:08) 98 Degrees – Why (Are We Still Friends)
6. (00:04:18) 98 Degrees – Thank God I Found You (Mariah Carey & Joe)
7. (00:03:25) 98 Degrees – Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche)
8. (00:03:52) 98 Degrees – My Everything
9. (00:03:30) 98 Degrees – The Way You Want Me To
10. (00:04:07) 98 Degrees – This Gift
11. (00:05:12) 98 Degrees – Was It Something I Didn’t Say
12. (00:04:44) 98 Degrees – Never Let Go
13. (00:04:15) 98 Degrees – True To Your Heart (Featuring Stevie Wonder)

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