Metal Monday

Yes my friends, the Deftones have officially pulled a Metallica and resurrected their fledgling metal cred. After almost a decade of suck the Deftones have come out with what I consider to be one of the best albums of 2010 and thank god for that! I dont like hating on my favorite groups and the Deftones have been on my shit list for a while. As far as the album goes I describe it as a mix of Around the Fur and White Pony. Much like Death Magnetic would have been the perfect transition album between the metal masterpiece of And Justice and the mainstream sound of the Black album, Diamond Eyes is the missing piece to the puzzle that lay between the raw sound of Fur and the melodic new wave inspired sound of Pony. I really hope they continue on this vibe in the future and stop putting out the whiny noise of the self titled and Saturday Night Wrist.

Rating: 4 out of 5

Moving blog postings

Hey everyone

Im moving all my political stuff to my other blog:

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I will still post here when I find cool internet stuff, and a new Metal Monday post is coming soon I promise!

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Back by popular demand.....

Im back bitches! The little panted one requested I bring the blog back and so here I am. So for my first past im going to revisit an oldie but a goodie.....


Metal Monday Reviews!!

Story of the Year: The Constant

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This week’s review is the new Story of the Year record. While I enjoy it, it seems that they are kind of losing their edge. Where In the Wake and The Black Swan had more rocking tracks this seems to give up some of that. There is a lot of filler. However there are some really good tracks. Two of my favs are The Ghost of You and I and To the Burial. These are non stop asshole rocking tracks. Overall I give it a 3 out 5......discuss

Michael Jackson Tribute

I'm not going to join in on all this BS about how crazy he was or that he touched kids (which I still think he did). This is about the legend, not the man. Men are flawed, weak but legends live on forever. You don't hear about Elvis' obsession with women or prescription drugs all you hear is the legend of the King of Rock and Roll. This is the same way I choose to think of Michael, and I hope the rest of the world does too. He is my generations Elvis, and yesterday a little bit more of my childhood died.

Japanese commericals are weird

How does this sell Zelda exactly?

Metal Monday (on a Sunday)

New Killswitch video!! enjoy!:

311 Uplifter Review

Hey all,

My first album review of the summer! 311 released Uplifter yesterday and I must say I was very nervous for this release with good reason, Bob Rock produced it. You all know how I feel about that asshole. So that being said, I knew a couple of things going in. I knew the album would sound great, quality wise, I knew there would be a really big sound behind the hooks and probably some cheesy vocals. Well sure enough all those things are on this record. However, there are some things I didnt know or expect. I didnt know what the overall feel of the album was going to be. It turns out to be a lot like Transistor which has become one of my favorites in their collection. The downside is Rock's influence on this, there are a LOT of cheese vocals. I can name two specific tracks: Never Ending Summer and Mix It Up, the vocals are really hammed up on these tracks. The real shame is that these tracks are really good its just that the lame vocal melodies inhibit what could be a beautiful song. Not that I blame all of it on Rock, Nick Hexum im sure contributed to this as well. All in all Uplifter is an big improvement over the past two records which were beginning to have a definite stale sound to them, I chalk this up to working with Saint over and over. I was afraid that 311 had begun sticking to the same sound as a lot of good bands do with age. Hatebreed, Bad Religion and Aerosmith im looking at you! Well looking forward to a great summer filled with new tunes and shows to report on.