Your Saturday song was an example of something a little heavier from Scale the Summit. But what would happen if a band with similarly jazzy and proggy tendencies went full metal? You might get something that sounds like your Sunday song.
Washington's Exist went full jazzy prog metal on their 2013 LP Sunlight, and came away with an epic monster. I've featured tracks taken from it a number of times before, and now it's that time again, so have a listen to "If or When" and then picture Scale the Summit applying those chops I was talking about to something as gnarly as this. Wouldn't that be badass? Get to work guys.
Tuesday, 15 September 2015
Saturday: Scale the Summit - Blue Sun
Most of Scale the Summit's material, especially their newer stuff, is heavy in a more chill and laid-back kind of way, if at all. The band's latest single seems tailor-made for reminding us that the guys can still lay down some riffage.
Indeed, guitarist Chris Lecthford has said in so many words that "Blue Sun" is aimed at those who're also on the hunt for more shred. Even at their most laid back, Scale the Summit's chops are always on display, so something even shreddier and, yes, a little heavier -- even if the chill vibe is still very much in evidence -- pretty much has to turn things up to eleven, right? Check it out and see for yourself.
Indeed, guitarist Chris Lecthford has said in so many words that "Blue Sun" is aimed at those who're also on the hunt for more shred. Even at their most laid back, Scale the Summit's chops are always on display, so something even shreddier and, yes, a little heavier -- even if the chill vibe is still very much in evidence -- pretty much has to turn things up to eleven, right? Check it out and see for yourself.
Monday, 14 September 2015
Friday: Sanzu - Those Who Sleep in the East
Want to scare your parents/neighbours with the metal you listen to? Blast your Friday song at high volumes, and I guarantee that, at the very least, elderly people in your building will think the end times have come.
I could probably spend a week or two featuring nothing but Australian acts (hey, now there's a theme idea...), so fertile is the land down under when it comes to killer music. Your Friday band, Sanzu, are no exception, with their very Gojira-esque sound that rolls in and pummels you like a stormy sea.
The guys in Sanzu have already been making some waves this year with their EP Painless, and now comes word of a debut LP Heavy Over the Home to be released before the end of the year, complete with a single and video to get everybody jazzed. If "Those Who Sleep in the East" is any indication, this one could squeak onto some Best of the Year lists for sure. Might Sanzu make yours? Check 'em out and see.
I could probably spend a week or two featuring nothing but Australian acts (hey, now there's a theme idea...), so fertile is the land down under when it comes to killer music. Your Friday band, Sanzu, are no exception, with their very Gojira-esque sound that rolls in and pummels you like a stormy sea.
The guys in Sanzu have already been making some waves this year with their EP Painless, and now comes word of a debut LP Heavy Over the Home to be released before the end of the year, complete with a single and video to get everybody jazzed. If "Those Who Sleep in the East" is any indication, this one could squeak onto some Best of the Year lists for sure. Might Sanzu make yours? Check 'em out and see.
Sunday, 13 September 2015
Thursday: Lamb of God - Blood of the Scribe
For your belated Throwback Thursday post, I'm going with a solid track from one of the best albums by one of the titans of modern American metal. Any guesses? And don't cheat and just look at the title...
Lamb of God's 3rd full-length LP, 2004's Ashes of the Wake, remains one of my favourite LoG records. From front to back, it's Lamb of God at their best, before their 'best' become a little more cookie-cutter on more recent albums. These newer records aren't bad or anything like that, but Randy and Company have yet to break the mold they so masterfully crafted on albums like Ashes of the Wake and tracks like your Throwback Thursday song, "Blood of the Scribe".
Lamb of God's 3rd full-length LP, 2004's Ashes of the Wake, remains one of my favourite LoG records. From front to back, it's Lamb of God at their best, before their 'best' become a little more cookie-cutter on more recent albums. These newer records aren't bad or anything like that, but Randy and Company have yet to break the mold they so masterfully crafted on albums like Ashes of the Wake and tracks like your Throwback Thursday song, "Blood of the Scribe".
Saturday, 12 September 2015
Wednesday: With A Smile - Take the Wheel
Time for something a little different for your belated Wednesday song, in the form of some laid-back, vaguely-jazzy instrumental work from James Knoerl and his new project With A Smile.
If that name James Knoerl feels a little familiar to you, you might be acquainted with some of his great drumwork with acts like The Omega Experiment and Native Construct. But With A Smile is all James compositionally, with only a little help from his friends to round out the instrumentation. The result is a four-track EP of instrumental jazz-prog that manages to be at once chill and heavy, relatively relaxed and laid-back but never boring.
Case in point: Never Listen's closing track "Take the Wheel", a wild ride chock full of crazy keyboards, demented drums, and other insane instrumentation. The rest of the EP is good, but in many ways it's all building to this titan of a track. Check it out.
If that name James Knoerl feels a little familiar to you, you might be acquainted with some of his great drumwork with acts like The Omega Experiment and Native Construct. But With A Smile is all James compositionally, with only a little help from his friends to round out the instrumentation. The result is a four-track EP of instrumental jazz-prog that manages to be at once chill and heavy, relatively relaxed and laid-back but never boring.
Case in point: Never Listen's closing track "Take the Wheel", a wild ride chock full of crazy keyboards, demented drums, and other insane instrumentation. The rest of the EP is good, but in many ways it's all building to this titan of a track. Check it out.
Friday, 11 September 2015
Tuesday: Killitorous - 'Til Death Do Us Party
I think your belated Tuesday post this week definitely qualifies as a Tech Tuesday post, if for no other reason than the fact that it condenses the intensity and aggression of a lot of bands' five-minute or six-minute numbers into less than three.
As I've said before on numerous occasion, Killitorous is a band from which I'm very much looking forward to hearing new material, whenever that might be. The guys are still partying and grinding hard on the back of debut Party, Grind but I'd be OK with new stuff any time now. As if in an effort to temporarily sate ravenous fucks like me, Killitorous recently released a video of live footage shot a couple of years ago and thought lost until now. Feast your eyes and ears, therefore, upon "'Til Death Do Us Party", and get your own party started.
As I've said before on numerous occasion, Killitorous is a band from which I'm very much looking forward to hearing new material, whenever that might be. The guys are still partying and grinding hard on the back of debut Party, Grind but I'd be OK with new stuff any time now. As if in an effort to temporarily sate ravenous fucks like me, Killitorous recently released a video of live footage shot a couple of years ago and thought lost until now. Feast your eyes and ears, therefore, upon "'Til Death Do Us Party", and get your own party started.
Thursday, 10 September 2015
Monday: Anup Sastry - Reflex
Skyharbor fans have more to lament about the recent line-up shuffle than the departure of vocalist Dan Tompkins. Skinsman Anup Sastry bid the band adieu as well, meaning that the groove quotient for Skyharbor's next album remains a semi-open question (we've heard new drummer Aditya Ashok's first crack at some Skyharbor material in the form of recent single "Out of Time").
Anup's got a couple of solo EPs under his belt, but it doesn't look like he's joined up with another collaborative project just yet. I certainly hope he finds the right group of people, if he's looking for another band, because he's be an asset to a variety of heavier styles. For now, though, we can only fall back on said catalogue of EPs for some Anup Sastry Monday Funday groove.
To that end, your belated Monday song is "Reflex" from Anup's 2013 EP Ghost. It's a little djenty, but don't let that stop you from bobbing your head and catching the energy that Anup's beats have got in spades.
Anup's got a couple of solo EPs under his belt, but it doesn't look like he's joined up with another collaborative project just yet. I certainly hope he finds the right group of people, if he's looking for another band, because he's be an asset to a variety of heavier styles. For now, though, we can only fall back on said catalogue of EPs for some Anup Sastry Monday Funday groove.
To that end, your belated Monday song is "Reflex" from Anup's 2013 EP Ghost. It's a little djenty, but don't let that stop you from bobbing your head and catching the energy that Anup's beats have got in spades.
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