Sirens & Sailors has premiered a new video for the song “Straightjacket” The video for was directed by Josiah Moore.
A Wilhelm Scream brings a style that sounds like a heavier mix of Rise Against, A Day To Remember, and Blink-182 with their newest release “Partycrasher”. Though the sound of the band resembles those of other punk rock bands, A Wilhelm Scream is able to completely represent themselves as an individual group that can stand out from the rest.
The punk genre has a wide range of different styles where the pop side of the genre seems to dominate over the rest. A Wilhelm Scream brings a very refreshing and heavy sound with “Partycrasher” by creating a personally nostalgic atmosphere of punk rock. The band mixes styles of rock, metal, hardcore, and alternative into almost every song which creates an amazing and entertaining album for any fan of modern punk.
“Partycrasher” brings the heavy punk rock vibe back from the dead with their songs of rebellion and non-conformity that will make listeners think back to albums like Rise Against’s “Revolutions Per Minute”. The instrumentation of the album has classic fast-paced punk feel but with a hardcore twist adding much more originality to the band’s overall sound. Many of the songs keep things interesting with sparse odd time signatures, drums that are played as if part of a metal band, and a very alternative rock lead singer voice to send the message of anarchy and self-defiance.
Although on paper it may seem like a mix-matched bunch of styles, the way in which A Wilhelm Scream puts it all together makes things very easy for the listener to enjoy. The band took a sound that most people are familiar with and modernized it, bringing something new to the table and creating the feel of old school punk rock while keeping things current with their heavier sound but still identifiable punk style.
When it comes to failures on the album, the list is pretty short. And by pretty short I mean that there is no list. If you’ve read my other reviews, you know that I always try to keep an objective point of view and make sure my personal opinion does no affect the way I review an album. Well this is only the second time while analyzing an album that I have nothing to complain about. The band keeps a very consistent sound from start to finish while keeping each song distinct and memorable.
If I were to get very picky, the only thing I might criticize is that every song on the album is fast-paced and has a certain tone to it. This would be more of a problem if the style and sound of A Wilhelm Scream didn’t fully justify the tone of the songs, but they do. The style comes off as consistent and intentional rather than repetitive or monotonous.
Overall, this is an album I recommend 100%. “Partycrasher” kicks things off with a familiar yet current style of a heavy punk rock sound. If you are tired of the easygoing pop-punk bands that are all over the music scene, get your hands on this album and embrace the fact that absolutely incredible music is still out there! This is an album that I feel would make the most critical of punk fans very proud to see that the genre still lives on, and may be better than ever.
Rating: 10/10
-Nic
In continued anticipation of their new release, IMPENDING DOOM have debuted a new music video for their track, “Doomsday," directed by Scott Hanson. The band’s all new LP, "DEATH WILL REIGN" is due out November 5th
Winds Of Plague, call them what you will whether it be Death Metal, Deathcore or Metalcore but one thing they are is heavy. ‘Resistance’, their latest release in a strong discography of brutal stuff, proves just that with its fast riffs, ferocious drumming, brutal vocals and ground-breaking breakdowns.
A solid release, this is one of their greatest efforts do date, featuring elements that will shake the foundations of many people with its sheer brutality. But brutality isn’t the only thing that will shake you…
Kick starting its Metal machine is the opener ‘Open the Gates of Hell’. It starts off with keyboards et al for the first half before just dropping into its heavy nature. Feeling like stuff in vain of Make Them Suffer, it is effective and gives you a taster of what is yet to come. The intro track swiftly moves into the next song, entitled ‘Say Hello to the Undertaker’. Fast and heavy? Check. Melodic keyboards? Check. Amazing? Check that too. This boasts only some of the heavy breakdowns, fast, heavy and melodic riffs, heavy, frantic bass work, astonishing vocal abilites, furious, aggressive and precise drumming and beautiful, melodic keyboard work that is heavily featured throughout the album.
The rest of the album storms through tracks full of brutality and beauty such as ‘Left for Dead’, ‘Time to Reap’, ‘Good ‘ol Fashioned Bloodbath’ and ‘No Man is My Master’ before reaching the end track, ‘Snake Eyes’. Leading up to the closing track, expect to find some of the heaviest stuff released this year along with what has to be some of the most impressive vocals released on an album during this year.
It has everything from great riffs, heavy breakdowns, great solos, mind-blowing drumming, precise, intense bass-lines and beautiful, haunting and sometimes creepy keyboards that fit so well with everything else placed within the album. It all works here and that makes this album even more impressive to listen too. ‘Snake Eyes’ is a great ending track, a song that starts with blast-beats and keyboards before going into its several riffs and bringing the brutal assault to a magnificent to an end. Everything ends and you are tempted to replay the whole album again.
With keyboards, heavy guitars, chuggy bass-lines, brutal vocals and terrifying drums being a main staple of Winds of Plague, this is certainly an album that delivers. Mixed so that everything can be heard, with all the songs sounding crisp, sharp and beautifully heavy whilst being hauntingly melodic, this is something that will more than likely turn a few heads. Granted, this is nothing new but it is something that is refreshing to listen to. So many bands focus too much on gaining fans whereas this band is more apparent on being as heavy as it can be haunting. It is magnificent.
Crisp, brutal, astonishing, refreshing, haunting, beautiful. Six words to describe this album. Everybody showcases their talents here and the album ends a lot sooner than you could hope for. Johnny Plague’s vocals here are some of the finest vocals in recent years, mixing Death Metal and Hardcore vocals into one fine blend of sheer epicness. Beautiful brutality is on display here and this is one of the damn finest albums released this year. It isn’t the heaviest album made, it isn’t the most ground-breaking but, in terms of albums released so far this year, it is one of the best. If you want something to make you feel like smashing something up, turn this up full blast. Trust me, nothing will make you feel like wanting to smash something up more than this album does.
9.5/10
- Asa
Because six European countries, the UK and Japan just aren’t enough, KOJI announces several performances in Russia. After finishing with Into It. Over It./Slingshot Dakota on Dec. 2 in Switzerland and before meeting up with Man Overboard/Daylight in Japan, KOJI will head out on his own for a few stops in Western Russia. Dates below.
KOJI will be touring in support of his first full-length “Crooked In My Mind” released in April, and will also be releasing his “Matters” EP while in the UK. Make sure to grab a limited edition cassette of “Matters,” to be delivered November 12th, via NY-based label the Native Sound. There will be 50 tour exclusive, navy copies while supplies last . White and green colorways also available. A live performance of “Like We Do” can be seen below
Muse will be releasing Live at Rome Olympic Stadium on CD/DVD on December 2nd. View the trailer and tracklist below
CD:
1 Supremacy
2 Panic Station
3 Resistance
4 Hysteria
5 Animals
6 Knights Of Cydonia
7 Explorers
8 Follow Me
9 Madness
10 Guiding Light
11 Supermassive Black Hole
12 Uprising
13 Starlight
BLU-RAY:
Intro
Supremacy
Panic Station
Plug In Baby
Resistance
Animals
Knights Of Cydonia
Explorers
Hysteria
Feeling Good
Follow Me
Madness
Time Is Running Out
Guiding Light
Undisclosed Desires
Supermassive Black Hole
Survival
The 2nd Law: Isolated System
Uprising
Starlight
EXTRAS:
Stockholm Syndrome (Las Vegas)
Unsustainable (Las Vegas)
Liquid State (Dallas)
The Road (The Film)
Mike Hranica, vocalist for The Devil Wears Prada has a new book called, Home for Grave, which is now available on Amazon.
The story behind the song, Home For Grave tells the tale of Ian Mitchells: a normal man from an ordinary town. Eager to complete his homework as a boy and caring as a young gentleman, Ian is the product of logic and responsibility. However, while his intentions are true and his actions are harmless, the line drawn between Ian’s birth and death is strewn with painful loss and perilous mediocrity: a combination often unnoticed within the somewhat neverending process of life and humanity. Through the stages of youth, love, and death, Mike Hranica lends poetic description to the tragedy of routine within the empty existence of the normal man.
DISFIGURING THE GODDESS recently announced a brand new album, Deprive, hitting music outlets December 10th via Decomp Records. Today DTG is unveiling the second new track, ‘Death’s Head Mask’, streaming via MetalInjection.net. Take a listen here and look alive for more new tracks coming each week.
You can pre-order Deprive now via DTG’s merch store at www.shopbenchmark.com/disfiguringthegoddess. Each pre-order package includes an item featuring the killer new Deprive album art released today (above), illustrated by none other than brutal death metal illustrator Toshihiro Egawa. In addition, select pre-order packages include merch items featuring the art of Mark Riddick, another legendary death metal artist.
Suicide Silence will begin recording our new album next week with Steve Evetts at the helm. View a message from the band below
This record will be the grittiest, most meaningful piece of work we’ve ever stood behind. We cannot wait for everyone to hear it. Steve Evetts is someone we’ve worked closely with for a long while, not only on The Black Crown, but also on some instrumental demos just prior to the tragedy last Fall. Here we are a year later prepping to record the nastiest, heaviest, most disgusting work we’ve ever done. Expect the unexpected. This is for Mitch.
