Aaah, back to the usual grind. I know I said I’d be caught up on everybody by midweek, but HOLY CRAP people, y’all were busy while I was…uh, busy. Seriously, at least three quarters of my feed reader is lit up like a Christmas tree. I gots lots of reading to do!
Anyway, Monday Music time and all. Hey, my 50th edition of Monday Music! Woohoo!
Into Eternity, “Severe Emotional Distress”
Don’t read anything into either the song title or the lyrical content (it’s about cutting) – I just really like this tune. And damn does that double-bass sound great in my car stereo. [Note to non-metalheads out there - if you can't stand the screaming, skip to 2:25 in the song and just listen to the end, you'll probably like it.]
I saw these guys open for Dark Tranquillity and The Haunted last year, and not only did they play an AWESOME show. Yes, they can really pull off all of that live. Tim Roth, the offensive-lineman looking dude, not only shreds but sings some kickass backups, and Stu Block, the singer, is frickin’ phenomenal – tell me somebody else who can pull all this off. Anyway, afterward I bought the album and while there are weak points, it’s not bad overall.
Beyond that, they seem to be a really great group of guys. They were the second band on a four-band bill in a small venue, so they played their show, drank a beer, then moved all their own equipment offstage, and sat their manning their own T-shirt table the rest of the night, talking and taking photos with anybody who wanted ‘em. No rock-star attitude at all. Awesome.
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Getting caught up on back reading is such a pain!!
Good luck!
Hallie
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Well, it beats those days when I’m bored and think “Damn, would one of you people WRITE SOMETHING?!? I’m DYIN’ over here!!”
After listening to this, I fear your impression of Crack Pipe is going to be less than enthusiastic. Our definitions differ, I think. In fact, Calvin asked me as we were listening to it (Crack Pipe) in the truck yesterday, “Which one is this? Peace Pipe?”
:-/
Bwahahahah! Aw, it’s ok. It’s still music, so it’s good. I DO listen to non-face-peeling stuff from time to time.
I like Monday Music! Into Eternity is just fun stuff.
Heehee…I was trying to tell Laura that our definitions of “heavy” are very, very different just this weekend.
Well, my own definition of “heavy” has changed a lot in the past five years or so, since my buddy got me into death metal. I never woulda thunk it before…