Want some more new music for your belated Sunday Funday song? Your wish is my command, thanks to Coheed and Cambria.
Claudio and Company's latest record The Color Before the Sun comes out a little over a month from today (that is, the real today, not the fake today that is Sunday...) and we recently got our second taste of what to expect. "Here to Mars" is pretty standard Coheed pop-rock fare, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. It's got the energy and the vibe, and it's got a boss bassline or two, but I'm still not quite fired up yet for The Color Before the Sun. I need a standout track or two. Guys?
Wednesday, 9 September 2015
Tuesday, 8 September 2015
Saturday: Tesseract - Survival
Maybe I should see a proctologist, because I seem to have a horseshoe up my ass. Any time I fall a little too far behind on my daily duties here at Loud Noises (which seems to be happening too much lately... but then, you know that...) the gods see fit to drop a new tune or two in my lap to get my wheels turning again.
Such is the case with your Saturday song, the latest single from Tesseract's forthcoming third album Polaris. Once again, the name of the game in "Survival" is "groove", and the lads deliver a couple of whoppers in this track. I could really get behind an album's worth of this kind of big, slinky grooves. Come see what I think about Polaris in, oh, about ten days' time.
Such is the case with your Saturday song, the latest single from Tesseract's forthcoming third album Polaris. Once again, the name of the game in "Survival" is "groove", and the lads deliver a couple of whoppers in this track. I could really get behind an album's worth of this kind of big, slinky grooves. Come see what I think about Polaris in, oh, about ten days' time.
Friday: Avenged Sevenfold - I Won't See You Tonight, Pt. 2
For your belated Flashback Friday post, I'd like you to close your eyes and cast your mind back to a time when Avenged Sevenfold was actually good. Or, if perhaps you've never dug any A7X, cast your mind back to a time when they were better than they are now. Either way, the time you're casting back to is the same: 2003.
2003 saw the release of Avenged Sevenfold's sophomore album Waking the Fallen, which I still maintain is the band's shreddy metalcore masterpiece. The guys in Avenged have written some good jams since Waking, but this one got me into them in the first place and this one still finds the most space on my playlist to this day.
The reason for this longevity is that Waking the Fallen has songs like "I Won't See You Tonight, Pt. 2". Don't get me wrong, the first movement of this two parter is a big metal ballad that starts off al little silly and then proceeds to stomp all over the line between badass and cheesy. But the second movement is where the guys show off their spastic shred metal chops in conjunction with the absolutely massive sense of melody they demonstrate all over the record. Love 'em or hate 'em now, I submit to you that Avenged Sevenfold used to be pretty rad.
2003 saw the release of Avenged Sevenfold's sophomore album Waking the Fallen, which I still maintain is the band's shreddy metalcore masterpiece. The guys in Avenged have written some good jams since Waking, but this one got me into them in the first place and this one still finds the most space on my playlist to this day.
The reason for this longevity is that Waking the Fallen has songs like "I Won't See You Tonight, Pt. 2". Don't get me wrong, the first movement of this two parter is a big metal ballad that starts off al little silly and then proceeds to stomp all over the line between badass and cheesy. But the second movement is where the guys show off their spastic shred metal chops in conjunction with the absolutely massive sense of melody they demonstrate all over the record. Love 'em or hate 'em now, I submit to you that Avenged Sevenfold used to be pretty rad.
Monday, 7 September 2015
Thursday: Ozzy Osbourne - Mr. Crowley
Hey kids, I'm back! Another weekend away from my desk means
another few days of catching up to do. But you know the drill by now, so
let's get to it. Your belated Throwback Thursday post this week is a
classic cut from the solo catalogue of the man himself, Mr. Ozzy
Osbourne.
The song and its subject, as you may have already read above, are another gentleman, one "Mr Crowley". For the uninitiated (pun sorta intended) Aleister Crowley was, among a number of other things, an occultist and mystic once dubbed "the wickedest man in the world" by his detractors. So, in other words, a fun guy, and the perfect subject for a song by the granddaddy of heavy metal.
"Mr. Crowley", from Ozzy's 1980 solo debut record Blizzard of Ozz, has long been one of my favourite solo Ozzy songs; where does it rank for you?
The song and its subject, as you may have already read above, are another gentleman, one "Mr Crowley". For the uninitiated (pun sorta intended) Aleister Crowley was, among a number of other things, an occultist and mystic once dubbed "the wickedest man in the world" by his detractors. So, in other words, a fun guy, and the perfect subject for a song by the granddaddy of heavy metal.
"Mr. Crowley", from Ozzy's 1980 solo debut record Blizzard of Ozz, has long been one of my favourite solo Ozzy songs; where does it rank for you?
Wednesday, 2 September 2015
Marty Friedman - Jasmine Cyanide
Your little bit weird Wednesday post this evening is a B-side from guitarist Marty Friedman that features a couple of unexpected cameos.
Dan Tompkins' appearance on "Jasmine Cyanide", an off-cut from Marty's latest Inferno, is maybe a little understandable; Dan's got a great voice, and a growing resume as a session musician. But the inclusion of Canadian rocker Danko Jones is a bit more of an oddity, both conceptually and musically. I don't know if I'm quite sold on the rap-esque vocals he brings to the table, but rather than pontificate, I'll let you ruminate for yourself.
Dan Tompkins' appearance on "Jasmine Cyanide", an off-cut from Marty's latest Inferno, is maybe a little understandable; Dan's got a great voice, and a growing resume as a session musician. But the inclusion of Canadian rocker Danko Jones is a bit more of an oddity, both conceptually and musically. I don't know if I'm quite sold on the rap-esque vocals he brings to the table, but rather than pontificate, I'll let you ruminate for yourself.
Tuesday: Flub - Memoria
It's time for an early flashback/late tech Tuesday kinda sorta combo, in the form of a re-rerecorded version of an old song from a talented young tech death band.
I've written about California's Flub before, back when their EP Avent was all fresh and shiny. The latest word on new material from Flubland is that things are still in progress, but in lieu of fully fresh tunes we do get a re-recorded re-release of their earlier EP Purpose.
The downside is that these songs aren't quite as well crafted as the band's newer material, which, duh, they'll obviously have grown as songwriters in the interim. The upside is that they're still badass, and they sound better than ever now. But why are we still listening to me talk about Flub's new-old stuff? Why don't you just check out "Memoria" and decide for yourself.
I've written about California's Flub before, back when their EP Avent was all fresh and shiny. The latest word on new material from Flubland is that things are still in progress, but in lieu of fully fresh tunes we do get a re-recorded re-release of their earlier EP Purpose.
The downside is that these songs aren't quite as well crafted as the band's newer material, which, duh, they'll obviously have grown as songwriters in the interim. The upside is that they're still badass, and they sound better than ever now. But why are we still listening to me talk about Flub's new-old stuff? Why don't you just check out "Memoria" and decide for yourself.
Tuesday, 1 September 2015
Monday: Thursday - For the Workforce, Drowning
Ever feel like you're getting buried in whatever it is you're working on? Like you're taking one step forward and two steps back? I get that feeling all the time, so if you're anything like me, I've got the perfect belated Monday song for you.
Emo/screamo/post-hardcore pioneers Thursday opened their 2003 album War All the Time with "For the Workforce, Drowning", a lament for our cubically contained, post-modern office world. But even if you don't sit behind a desk making copies (of copies of copies, when will it end?) I think you can probably still raise your defiant fist and get into to the spirit of casting off whatever labour shackles happen to have you fettered. Start your soundtrack for said shackle off-casting with this one.
Emo/screamo/post-hardcore pioneers Thursday opened their 2003 album War All the Time with "For the Workforce, Drowning", a lament for our cubically contained, post-modern office world. But even if you don't sit behind a desk making copies (of copies of copies, when will it end?) I think you can probably still raise your defiant fist and get into to the spirit of casting off whatever labour shackles happen to have you fettered. Start your soundtrack for said shackle off-casting with this one.
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