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BRINGING ALL SHITS TOGETHER, RIPPING UP 2012.

Alright, Doomsday is over and seems like I’m still alive. Wait. What? What does that supposed to mean? I mean, am I an alien? Superman? Will Smith? NO! FUCK NO! So what about the Mayan theory? Just a Troll? Fake? Piece of shit? Well, that’s rude! Maybe reading a new article of mine was just your fucking dream and it’s just the eve of 21st and you are still in your fucking pits, dreaming all of this. Hmm. Do you really think so? Yes?? Well, fellas, grow the fuck up now! Just deal with your brilliant life you are heading. And if you were horrified and shit b’coz of that crazy theory, it’s time for you to fucking dance.

Others, lets get started! [Well you can dance too, I never said dancing is offensive!]

2012! I walked on RAMP! Fuck yea. Well, it’s not that cool as it sounds like. I became Radio Jockey of my college radio station, recorded 1 show, which was never aired. My project won a huge prize money from IEEE, which we haven’t received yet. And many more awesome things happened to make this year a quite good one and a depressing one at the same time. Talking about good things, 2012 has been a brilliant music festival. And, above all, the best thing happened this year is this blog I made to keep my shits together. Hey wait, do you remember, 4 months ago I wrote this : Shits which came out this year and has shown NO MERCY ?? If not, then stop fucking around and go subscribe this blog :D.

Considering how many bands and subgenres exist these days, and how many albums were released in this great music year, it’s hard as fuck to make a list of a handful of albums and tag them as my “favorite albums of 2012”. I made it anyway. And just for the sake of being sane, the list is in no ranking order. I love all of them.[Yea I know I’m a big time diplomatic scumbag].

So if you haven’t heard anything new this year, this is gonna make your life a bit easier. And if doesn’t, I don’t give a shit. If you are horrified by the things I have chosen, then I don’t apologize at all. Because, whatever, I’m not forcing you to buy anything and you are not fucking paying me for this.

Okay, here we go.

IGORRR – Hallelujah [AlienCore]

This is the album for which I’ve been waiting for so long. Otherwise I would have written this article weeks ago. Well, the wait was worth it! Igorrr is the most unrestrained, most sick, most crazy composer I’ve ever known. Screw my “no ranking order list”. Igorrr is on top of all. No period. You think you can find me an artist more insane than him? Then I tell ya, you can get on your knees and start kissing anything which even remotely resembles an ass.[Those who watch DEXTER, would have caught me there. If not, go watch the season finale again.] I have hallelujah’s digital version for now and will get my hands on the CD very soon.

Igorrr Facebook Page

MESHUGGAH – Koloss [Extreme Metal]

Meshuggah needs no introduction. And I’ve said enough about this album in my very first article of this blog : Meshuggah – The Metallica of Present Time.

Meshuggah Facebook Page

SYLOSIS – Monolith [Thrash/Death Metal]

I discovered Sylosis with Edge Of The Earth (2011), which I highly appreciated. Monolith relies on the power, heavy rhythms, melody and beautiful aggression, moving to various areas, mainly Thrash, Death and but also Heavy and Metalcore, including clear vocals, catchy riffs and prog touches well fed. Needless to say that the sound is huge and perfectly balanced!

Sylosis Facebook Page

GOJIRA – L’Enfant Sauvage [Technical death metal]

Any GOJIRA album is a good GOJIRA album

Gojira Facebook Page

KATATONIA – Dead End Kings [Death/Doom Metal]

Since their inception, Katatonia has been pure, intimate, thoughtful and truly accomplished. Those who have never put an ear to the music of Swedish, may fall immediately in love with their mix rock / metal dismal. This new album with the magnificent voice of Jonas has definitely taken precedence over everything else. The atmosphere that emanates from the music is highly reminiscent of their previous albums. There is so much to learn from this group that I cannot refrain from recommending you to listen to their entire discography.

Katatonia Facebook Page

TESTAMENT – Dark Roots of Earth [Thrash Metal]

Testament. Enough said! Check out the album review I did a few months ago: TESTAMENT – Dark Roots of Earth

Testament Facebook Page

THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH – There’s No Leaving Now [Indie/Folk]

When people ask me who is my favorite music artist, I don’t hesitate in saying that he is a non-metal artist. And sometimes I fall short of words in admiration of this tallest man. Like Today. Fuck. Anyways, all I wanna say is, I Don’t Wanna Go Heaven, coz I Am Graced Already.

Tallest Man Facebook Page

LIMIT ZERO – Gravestone Constellations [Progressive Metal]

Metal acts in India have been increasing exponentially since past 1 year. Limit Zero is a progressive metal act from Bangalore, India. Limit Zero have a sense of melody and gratify us with some great combination of clean and heavy vocals, beautiful passages, majestically accompanied by well-integrated electro sounds, which inject the compositions, an almost chaotic. Riffs are destructive and wicked and their whole music mixing style is highly impressive and awesomely devised. The group has learned the best of all for us to concoct an explosive report. Watch the playthrough of “Portals” they released last month. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rer2p7mJEhw. Looking forward to see them live very soon.

Limit Zero Facebook Page

THE TONY DANZA TAPDANCE EXTRAVAGANZA – Danza IIII: The Alpha – The Omega [Djent/Grindcore]

Joshua Travis is the man! When I heard their name for the first time I was like “WTF title”. But when I put on my earphones, I realized very soon that this band is no imbecilic business. This is not an ordinary Djent act. TTDTE is huge-ultra-technically-royal-brutally-violent metal band, rightfully portraying the terror of their name. I won’t be surprised if Travis turns out to be an alien one day.

TTDTE Facebook Page

THE HAARP MACHINE – Disclosure [Tech Death Prog Metal]

It took 5 long years for the mastermind of this project, Al Mu’min, to present this beautiful album. It is basically a concept album based on “socioeconomic policies on our society’s sick capitalism”. Disclosure is full of technical death prog metal virtuoso riffings and clear vocals. Overall, the group members have nailed the album with their varied skill from all the venues of technical death realm.

The Haarp Machine Facebook Page

NEUROSIS – Honor Found in Decay [Post/Sludge Metal]

Lemmi be straight. This is neurosis. I don’t find myself human enough to critique them. Enough said!

Neurosis Facebook Page

CONVERGE – All We Love We Leave Behind [Metalcore]

Converge! Enough said.

Converge Facebook Page

CAR BOMB – w^w^^w^w [Mathcore]

Car Bomb is the incarnation of Mathcore pushed beyond its limits. Their official biography says: “Car Bomb combines the polyrhythmic and mathematical madness of Meshuggah and Dillinger Escape Plan with the rage and energetic fury of Coalesce and Converge.” I don’t think I have anything else to say which can make it any more comprehensive. This new album is immensely enjoyable, highly addictive and mathcore–ly groundbreaking.

Car Bomb Facebook Page

THE CHARIOT – One Wing [Mathcore]

Call me a retard piece of shit, but this is the best album cover on 2012. This album has some new ideas, the divine sweetness of the female voice in “your”, some western styles, brutalness, catchiness, openness, punchiness, craziness all over it.

Chariot Facebook Page

Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile – The Goat Rodeo Sessions [Classic / Bluegrass]

I’m extremely sorry for not including this album in the original post. This is the group of Gods of strings. It’s totally different from anything I’ve mentioned above. A totally unique album I’ve had in a long long time. Just look at the title “The Goat Rodeo Sessions”. This title is the funniest title ever. Epic too. And So is the album. It’s been playing pretty much constantly on my ZUNE since I have it. I’ll advise you just stop whatever your doing, go get your hands on this album as soon as you can.

Album’s Facebook Page

Other Albums Worth Mentioning:

Periphery – Periphery II – This Time It’s Personal
Wintersun – Time I
The Algorithm – Polymorphic Code
Napalm Death – Utilitarian
A.I.(d) – Solar Feelings
Between The Buried And Me – The Parallax-II- The Future Sequence
Monuments – Gnosis
The Faceless – Autotheism
Ihsahn – Eremita
Stillborn Messengers – Sightless
August Burns Red – Sleddin’ Hill, A Holiday
Rings Of Saturn – Dingir
Intervals – In Time
Dissipate – Tectonics
Deftones – Koi No Yokan
Twelve Foot Ninja – Silent Machine
Cloudkicker – Fade

Merry Christmas.!!

Posted by resolutewhimsy | December 24, 2012 | Categories: All those fucks i give, Djent, Folk, Indie, Metal, Music, Music Review, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Thrash Metal | 2 Comments

50 reasons why I love THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER

1. They are called The Black Dahlia Murder .

2. The name came from the 1947 unsolved murder of Elizabeth Short, often referred to as “Black Dahlia”.

3. They started with this name and never gave any thought of changing it. Never ever!

4. They play Melodic Death Metal for mass destruction.

5. The font they use in their band logo.

6. Their first demo album was, “What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse.”

7. And it had no song called “What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse.”

8. But well, they went sane for a while and released it in their 3rd album, “Nocturnal”.

9. Every band member is cool.

10. No kidding, they are among the coolest bastards i‘ve ever seen.

11. The vocalist, Trevor Strnad.

12. Inspired by Carcass, Trevor screams in two completely different voices. The low one is Bill Steer, and the high one is Jeff Walker.

13. Trevor Strnad’s first tattoo was inspired by Carcas’s ‘Tools Of The Trade’ cover art. He was 19 when he got those tools inked on his right forearm.

14. Trevor would like to have “we are the world” to be played at his funeral.

15. Trevor’s words: “I like that hardcore has a sense of community without the competition you see in metal.”

16. Second founding member, Brian Eschbach on rhythm guitar.

17. Brain is fucking hilarious when he takes up the mike.

18. Brain has 4 cool cats and a cool moped which he drives whenever he thinks “it’s a cool time for a cool ride”.

19. Shannon Lucas, the drummer.

20. Okay, it’s no cool to call him just a “drummer”. B’coz he is a fucking drum machine.

21. Shannon started playing guitar when he was 12 but then he got his crush switched over and became the beast behind the drums.

22. Ryan Knight, Lead guitarist.

23. Every solo work of Ryan’s. All of them!

24. Max Lavelle, the new guy on bass.

25. I still miss Bart on bass but Max is no wrong decision. His recent live performance are being appreciated and he is a great guitarist. Band’s bass is in safe hands.

26. Bart still helps the band in songwriting.

27. Just to remind you, they are called The Black Dahlia Murder.

28. Every Black Dahlia interview.

29. Specially when Brain and Trevor sit and talk shit together.

30. This video -> BLACK DAHLIA MURDER 10 Questions About Weed.

31. Lyrics. More or less.

32. Cover art of Deflorate.

33. This

Wait. What is Cannibal Corpse doing here?
Okay. Sorry. This sexy sarcastic humor of mine. Can’t help it. 😛

34. Let’s get back to Black Dahlia Murder. They performed at Wacken.

35. They headlined the 2008 Summer Slaughter Tour with Kataklysm, Cryptopsy, The Faceless, Born of Osiris, Whitechapel, etc.

36. They played on Hot Topic Stage in Mayhem Festival 2009.

37. The song, “Moonlight Equilibrium”.

38. This song is horny as fuck.

39. The song, “Everything Went Black”.

40. The music video of “Everything Went Black”.

41. The song, A Vulgar Picture.

42. The song, Statutory Ape.

43. The Ape .

44. Every song that brain writes.

45. Every song that Ryan writes.

46. Every Black Dahlia track is a fucking crushing machine that deports its own identity. No period!

47. The fact that they don’t take shit from no one.

48. The fact that they are still called THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER.

49. The fact that me saying this name again and again might be annoying the shit outta you.

50. Fact that, FUCK YOU. I love this name.

Posted by resolutewhimsy | September 27, 2012 | Categories: 50 Reasons, All those fucks i give, Metal, Music | Leave a comment

[Album Review] TESTAMENT – “Dark Roots of Earth”

When we talk about thrash metal bands from 80’s, the “Big Four” are the first to come into everyone’s mind. I have no doubt about the stakes of Slayer and Megadeth in Big Four. I love them and I don’t fucking care about anyone’s opinion. Talking about Metallica, their first 4 albums were great (though I hear them quite seldomly). But after that, they were not as good anymore. But I respect Metallica a lot and I don’t have any problem in placing them into the Big Four. But when it comes to Anthrax, it’s difficult to say, you might call me a big con, but Anthrax is nothing great in the Big Four. I mean, unlike the other three bands, I don’t find Anthrax music amusing. But there are few other thrash metal bands which born in 80’s and are nothing less than the Big Four. Survived the 90’s and still continue to release albums that can tear the hair, the beautiful losers: Exodus, Testament and Overkill.

Testament, the American thrash metal band formed in 1983 by guitarist Eric Peterson, the only constant member of the band. And since early 90’s, Testament faced numerous changes in their line-up. Finally in 2008, after being in a dark hole for 9 years, they released their 9th studio album, solid and reassuring, “The Formation of Damnation“, with a line up carrying two of their original band members, who left the band in early 90’s, Alex Skolnick(guitar) and Greg Christian(bass). Later, it was named as fourth best album of the year 2008.

Well, I am not here to arouse the Big Four or The Formation of Damnation. I am here to talk about Testament’s latest album, Dark Roots of Earth. The only change in line-up this time is over drums. Since Paul Bostaph had some serious injury, Gene Hoglan filled in as a drummer. When I saw its album cover for the first time, I was dumbfounded. The album cover is totally satisfactory. 10 of 10 for sure.

From the beginning, it pulls the hair with a pretty good force. Rise Up is not genius, but it is fast, catchy, and cut to the scene with its big chorus, “When I say rise up , you say war “, may have a lot of success in the mosh-pit. The title track shows clearly how the group is so comfortable in their thrash, and particularly reassuring. Chuck Billy still has a great voice and Gene Hoglan provides a beast behind the drums.

But this is an aperitif, as the group presses the accelerator with the following title, Native Blood. This track is breathtakingly horny, fat in fat, heavy and has melodic passages between the sudden accelerations. With the brutal course, True American Hate, Ultra-fast, pulling the death into pure killing. Undoubtedly, these two are the best tracks of the album! A Day in the Death and especially Man Kills Mankind, has interesting and effective refrains.

Afterwards, of course, there are the titles of fillings, but lacks a bit of juice, especially towards the end of the album. With too long Throne of Thorns, that tapes for seven minutes, really, nowhere near to Native Blood or True American Hate. I am not saying it’s disgusting. But the group is capable of much better.

Plus the bonus with the CD / DVD gives us four more titles, Dragon Attack (QUEEN cover), Animal Magnetism (SCORPIONS cover) and Powerslave( IRON MAIDEN cover), and an extended version of the already too long Throne of Thorns .

The album is darling but not inventive. Definitely not the Trash of the year. In short, Dark Roots of Earth, endorses the approach taken by their previous albums, a good vintage Testament, good thrash, melody, the correct dose of beatings and solos pretty well knitted. A little on autopilot anyway, but reassuring and comfortable.

4/5

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhVtI7CeG2M%5D

Posted by resolutewhimsy | August 23, 2012 | Categories: Metal, Music, Music Review, Thrash Metal | 1 Comment

Shits which came out this year and has shown NO MERCY

First I thought of making a list of best albums of 2012 so far. There is hell lotta shits came out in this year, some of which stuck in my mind for weeks. But then I came to realize that I am quite reluctant in making lists. So I decided, I will post those 2012 albums which I have been listening recently. Because I don’t wanna get killed by someone whose favorite album is not in the list. To make things clear, this is not any kinda “top albums so far” or something. This list may turn out to be a little different if you ask me tomorrow. 😛

And yea, this is not in any particular order. I made this list pretty quickly, wrote whichever album came first in my mind. So, here we go. Holy fuck! That “so” rhymed with “go”. I am a fucking poet. 😀

Okay, sorry for that 😛 . Here,

1. IHSAHN – EREMITA – [Progressive Metal]

Former Emperor frontman, Ihsahn, a genius musician, crafted his solo album titled “Eremita”. Groovy riffs, Emperor-era blasts with keyboards, Jorgen Munkeby’s saxophone adding layer of brilliance and beautiful chorus melodies. This is scary, heavy, beautiful and ugly, making this weird shit worth listening.

2. STILLBORN MESSENGERS – SIGHTLESS – [Djent Metal/Hardcore]

Stillborn messengers is a french Hardcore, Metalcore, Djent metal act. They released their first EP this year. Sightless has astonishing guitar riffs, heavy drums, amazing and intense vocals, heavy, brutal and beautiful at the same time.

3. MESHUGGAH – KOLOSS – [Progressive/Tech Metal]

Here, GO! -> Meshuggah – The Metallica of Present Time.

4. AHAB – THE GIANT – [Nautical Doom Metal]

Ahab is a nautical doom metal band from Germany. It is difficult to find a band as dark, as slow, as strong, as brutal and as ridiculously heavy as Ahab. If the link is not dead yet, listen full album here.

5. THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH – THERE’S NO LEAVING NOW – [FOLK]

Apart from other albums, this one’s no metal. Here GO! – > I Don’t Wanna Go Heaven, coz I Am Graced Already – THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH

6. TESTAMENT – DARK ROOTS OF EARTH – [Thrash Metal]

Testament! Enough said.

7. GOJIRA – L’ENFANT SAUVAGE – [Technical Death/Thrash/Groove/Progressive Metal]

Here, GO! -> Any GOJIRA album is a good GOJIRA album

8. PERIPHERY – PERIPHERY II – THIS TIME IT’S PERSONAL – [Progressive/Groove/Djent Metal]

American Metal band Periphery, popular with their Djent sound, released their second album last month. Periphery II is a lot heavier and catchier than their first release. Many would say “vocalist sounds gay”, “their sound’s no heavy” and blah blah blah.! But, I love Periphery and I love Periphery and I love Periphery and I think you’ll like them too.

SHITS I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR [Upcoming Releases]:

SWANS – THE SEER KATATONIA – DEAD END KINGS SYLOSIS – MONOLITH

Posted by resolutewhimsy | August 4, 2012 | Categories: All those fucks i give, Djent, Folk, Metal, Music, Music Review | 4 Comments

How about a nice cup of SHUT THE FUCK UP

Posted by resolutewhimsy | July 29, 2012 | Categories: All those fucks i give | Leave a comment

What good you can get from a lousy night? Well, i got EXIVIOUS. :D

Yesterday night, i had nothing to do. So i went on google and after a while, cogitating with my mind, i finally wrote “interesting music websites”. Then i clicked on this link: Top 10 Ways to Discover New Music.Yea some of the links wont work. Then i explored every music-recommendation website posted in that column. Most of the sites use last.fm API and looked almost the same. So i went on reading comments. There i found www.musicroamer.com. This one is also last.fm integrated site but kinda fancy looking. I mean its graphically-build recommendation cloud is pretty handsome. They asked me to write an artist name to begin with. So like every other site i tried before, i wrote “Blotted Science”. A good-looking recommendation cloud popped out. Among those, i had already heard of Spastic Ink, Ron Jarzombek, Gorod and Behold the Arctopus. So i clicked on Exivious and then went on its last.fm page. The page says “Exivious isn’t an over the top math metal band and certainly isn’t a loungy jazz combo either. But expect everything in between!”. I was curious to discover what is in between? So i played Ripple of a Tear on youtube. And my plans of having a good night sleep were devastatingly doomed. I kept on listening the whole album all night long. Good experimental jazz-fusion metal music and awesome guitar works. Guitarist and front man Tymon Kruidenier, also the member of renowned metal act “Cynic”, has done a good job in translating highly technical riffs onto jazzier template. It is one the most amusing technical jazz fusion i have ever heard. These guys know how to play and this album rightfully exhale their class and skill. Go listen to Exivious. I highly recommend it.

Posted by resolutewhimsy | July 27, 2012 | Categories: Metal, Music, Music Review | Leave a comment

here, hear… #4

In this section I won’t write anything. Not because I am a work-shy or something. It’s just I don’t find myself master enough to grade such corking music. Because sometimes, music wants you to just stop doing whatever you are doing and simply listen. The list below is not
In any ranking order. It’s completely random. So, let’s get human and listen to some good music. Hear, hear..

[Interesting Experimental Projects]

1. Blotted Science