Opeth Live

Okay, I apologize again for the long absence.  The HD replacement came with a few unforeseen problems, but hopefully, I'm back up and running for longer than a day or so at a time.

I ran across this on Amazon in mp3 download format.  I've not been able to find much on it except for HERE.

The first track is "The Devil's Orchard" from Heritage.  And, the rest are live tracks from Rock Hard Festival 2009.  I've not had a chance to listen to all of this one yet, but I hope you dig it.

New Lamb of God

Wow!  I just noticed the date on my last post.  I"m sorry I've been away so long.  My hard drive went down, and set in motion a whirlwind of silly shit to have to sort out.  Luckily, I was able to salvage my music and most of the important stuff with the help of a friend.

So, now, back to getting some new music to listen to.  Many of you may like Lamb of God, and some of you may not.  Around the days of Ashes of the Wake, I may have burned myself out a little.  Lately, I've been rekindling this interest in preparation for their upcoming release in January 2012, Resolution.  Whether you like LoG or not, they have one of the best drummers in heavy metal, and they deliver some crushing southern metal.

I have their single, Ghost Walking, from their upcoming album and, honestly, I really dig it.  It's definitely got some polish on it if comparing to New American Gospel or  As the Palaces Burn, but LoG has been constantly developing their sound.  I feel they are one of the few bands to keep delivering burly heavy metal, but you can understand what Randy's screaming (most of the time).  And, Morton's ability to keep delivering super fast, but catchy riffs is genius.

Give this one a listen and look for the new album in January.

Freedom Hawk Update

So, I ordered the cd, and have been trying to get into it.  Holding On is a little different than Freedom Hawk's earlier stuff.  "Bandito" is way cool though, and "North Swell" and "Indian Summer" rock as well.  They probably could've left a few of the tracks off entirely though.  However, other than that, it's not a bad effort by the Virginia Beach band.  Overall it's a good album.  I think I just had my expectations a little too high.

BAD AS ME - Tom Waits

 

Well, Mr. Waits seems to have put together a mighty fine album.  Maybe it's the fact that Tom hasn't put out any new music in about seven years, but this album held me.  It feels much more cohesive than some of the stuff he's done recently.  Give it a try and then pre-order this bad boy here.

The Devils Orchard - Opeth

Getting to see Opeth was a great experience. The show was amazing, despite the fact that there was not any screaming or growling. From Mikael, anyway. I finally have the chance to upload and edit some of the video of the show. I'll be posting some of them here, but all of them on my youtube page. Check it out!

A Couple Updates

Good morning.  I've added a couple links.  First to the New Mastodon post, the whole album is up now and not just the 3 songs I had.  And, I put a better quality rip up for MonstrO. 

I hope everyone has a rockin' day!

Opeth - Heritage

I've been waiting on this one.  However, as many of you have probably heard, there are no growling or screaming vocals.  This album has Opeth go in a different direction.  They've done mellow before, but this is nothing like Damnation, or really anything I've heard from Opeth.  The rhythm section is very vintage sounding and jazzy.   It's different and sometimes that can be good.  Give it a listen and let me know what you think.

New Mastodon

Well, I'm sure everyone familiar with these genres is aware of Mastodon's upcoming album, The Hunter.  I'm looking forward to it, and I've managed to acquire a couple tracks from the new one.   They're not the best quality, but they will give you a taste of the upcoming album.  Members of Mastodon have said this album will be a blend of Leviathan style riffs and Crack the Skye vocals.  Should be pretty good.

Curl of the Burl is bad ass!


Track Listing:

1.

"Black Tongue"

3:26

2.

"Curl of the Burl"

3:40

3.

"Blasteroid"

2:35

4.

"Stargasm"

4:40

5.

"Octopus Has No Friends"

3:49

6.

"All the Heavy Lifting"

4:31

7.

"The Hunter"

5:18

8.

"Dry Bone Valley"

4:00

9.

"Thickening"

4:31

10.

"Creature Lives"

4:41

11.

"Spectrelight" (feat. Scott Kelly )

3:10

12.

"Bedazzled Fingernails"

3:08

13.

"The Sparrow"

5:32

Bad As Me - Tom Waits

I wonder if anyone else is as excited as I am about this new stuff from Tom Waits.  If so, check this out.  It's Tom's first album of new material in seven years.  Give it a listen.

Check out this newer post for all the songs.

Tom Waits - Bad As Me by antirecords

MonstrO

I hope everyone is having a great Monday morning!  I have something here that some of you may be interested in.  MonstrO features musicians formerly of Torche and Bloodsimple performing a psyched out onslaught of tunes.  While nothing is particularly outstanding at first listen, the album plays nicely and the this blend of heavy-psych can reach a wide range of music fans.  It's produced by Alice in Chains frontman, William Duvall.  Check out the article and stream here.  And check out the band's website here.

Also, they will be touring with Kyuss Lives and The Sword in September.  Should be a good show.

Medium Rare

Good morning music fans!  Today I have decided to put this up for all the people (possibly just like me), who missed scooping this up on Record Store Day this year.  I was bummed to find that out of the many places I visited that day and over the course of the weekend sold out of this one pretty quick.  Luckily, after finding it on the worldwide web, I'm definitely glad I didn't succumb to the ebay madness that followed.

There's a few good jams on here though, and some of the covers are really good.

Pewt'r Sessions 2

Good morning everyone.  Sorry for my virtual absence, but I've been a busy guy the past month.  Regardless, it's a great day to emerge and discover the release of a second volume to Causa Sui's Pewt'r Sessions.  Check out this clip and then order the album here.  This album consists of 3 long songs.

Track Listing:
1.  Garden of Forking Paths  23:36
2.  Gelassenheit  11:47
3.  Brassica Blues  11:15

Causa Sui - Garden of Forking Paths - excerpt by elparaisorecords

Check it out here at Life is Psychedelic!