post-hardcore – PELOSSUS

admin — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 23:51:22 +0000

hahaha this cracks me up, an excerpt from @altpress on yesterday’s email blast.

but on some serious notes, i am every day more and more inspired by my brothers and sisters fueling modern metal. while so much of christian culture seems like a half-hearted, watery version of mainstream culture, christians make up some of the most well-respected and well-loved acts in metal and its subgenres.

there are some amazing up-and-comers putting out the uplifting music we NEED, combating the alcoholic, drug-induced, party powered, loose nonsense put on the radio.

some of them DO actually need help in the graphics department though. hire me?

blergh,

admin — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 16:52:06 +0000

so i listened to la dispute before, a long time ago, and couldn’t really get into it. this morning i randomly tuned into it and wow… mine eyes are opened. amazing, brutal emotionality. half spoken word, half post-hardcore half screams. really, really nice, and backed with decent musicianship.

cheers,

admin — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:03:00 +0000

UNDEROATH IS CALLING IT QUITS?!

tooth and nail posted about it just now but the link is broken. i guess i’m not surprised, but i am definitely sad. best of luck to all of them. brothers in arms indeed.

edit: the tooth & nail page isn’t loading for me, but read what would be there, courtesy of altpress here.

admin — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 22:29:09 +0000

i-will-wait-for-you-endlessly:

SPREAD THE WORD

Confide announced this morning that they were officially back together and are working on making a 2nd album, due to be released this Winter (In USA).

They have requested that fans help donate to them through their kickstarter in order to make the 2nd album.

They have many awesome prizes you get by donating such as:

Digital download of the album 1-2 weeks before the official release

Hard-copy of the album when it is released

Signed hard-copy of the album when it is released

Confide shirt

Signed Confide shirt

Getting your name in a ‘thank you’ list

Skype call with any 2 members of the band

A disposable camera with pictures of the band as they record the new album

Getting your face in the album’s art cover

A personal call with any 1 member of the band

A personal tweet from the band thanking you for donating

A live video chat to show you Confide’s progress in the studio

Signed handwritten lyrics by Ross and Joel

Signed pair of Joel’s drumsticks

VIP beach and BBQ party with the band

Being able to name one of their new songs

A 1-day trip to Disneyland with the members of Confide and a friend of yours

Getting your voice on the album

Here is a link to their Kickstarter where you can win any of the awesome prizes listed above by donating a certain amount of money!

and remember

SPREAD THE WORD/SHOUT THE TRUTH

I LITERALLY HAVE NOT BEEN THIS EXCITED ABOUT A BAND REUNITING SINCE YELLOWCARD ANNOUNCED THE BIG NEWS.

i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again, confide was and even now, is, one of the most underrated bands in the genre. very, very fresh talent, and it’s great to have two of my heroes, ross kenyon and joel piper, back in the writing and on vocals and vocals/drums, respectively.

oh, this is gonna be beautiful. Recover, the newest album [2010] is still one of my favorite PHC albums.

cheers, and DONATE. cause i’m about to now.

admin — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 07:47:00 +0000

i’ll post my other warped tour pics later. but for now, here’s one from my phone.. MEMPHIS MAY FIRE’s MATTY MULLINS tearing faces off.

i’ve seen dozens of warped tour pictures now, and time and again matty mullins is probably one of the most iconic silhouettes of the tour, with his dope combover and perpetual sunglasses.

i’d only heard a little of their stuff prior to seeing them in auburn on saturday, but…WOW. live is amazing. i spent most of today with Challenger on in the car. again, completely and utterly blown away. this may be a contender for best hard rock album of 2012 so far, and possibly even a contender for best album of the year. Handwritten’s previously almost certain crown may now be in danger.

going back to listen to challenger some more.

cheers,

admin — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 09:26:03 +0000

okay: confide, easily one of the most underrated bands of the genre. and they’re already gone.. bummer. i know their cover of Such Great Heights was a bit divisive, but overall confide was an extremely talented young band. i know joel piper’s got his own thing going [and a ton of love for it too!] but i’m not sure what’s up with the rest of the guys.

regardless, Recover is a great album. good vocals, decent musicianship, great lyrics, and unforgettable hooks. i find more and more that heavy music relies on hooks just as much the breakdowns. in some cases, more.

cheers,

admin — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 06:57:37 +0000

this has been one of the most captivating songs on With Roots Above And Branches Below. i can’t get over the THUMP. “I. KNOW. A. GHOST!”

i’ve been talking a lot about prada lately. sorry i haven’t had time to get to any new music, especially wolves at the gate’s brand new FULL LENGTH, Captors, which i bought yesterday.

i’ll get to it.

cheers from california,

admin — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 05:58:50 +0000

Audio

Until the day I die,
I’ll spill my heart for you.

legend-freaking-dary.

the two story of the year songs that have videos are both somehow morbid and epically inspiring. Anthem Of Our Dying Day is probably one of my favorite songs out of them, but Until The Day I Die is a super strong single and also the first i heard from SOTY.

either way… the screaming-to-singing balance coupled with solid musicianship and decent lyrics make for an extremely compelling band. sadly underrated. very, very very underrated.

admin — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:37:00 +0000

i freaking love the devil wears prada… this is common knowledge. i’ve previously avoided the Zombie EP because i’d heard it was less melodic and more straight metal/metalcore. it’s also the least christian of the TDWP’s back catalog, and i know they wanted to just make a fun zombie CD. i’ve heard snippets, but today i finally sat down and really listened.

it’s actually a surprisingly fun EP. imagining an outrageous zombie apocalypse is one of the things our generation is actually BEST at.

all of these songs are going in the list of “best songs for an actual zombie apocalypse”. the top of that list, however, still goes to the brandon bolmer-headed chiodos track, Those Who Slay Together Stay Together. that is a freaking killer [literally] song. video for that here:

imagine listening to these songs while playing zombie run. imagine……

cheers, and happy hunting…

edit: this picture cracks me up.

edit edit: i seriously can’t help but grin at jeremy depoyster’s back hauling a gun. hilarious

admin — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:50:00 +0000

i’m gonna say this and i need it to be clear that i don’t mean this to be a racial slur at all. i just saw a comment on the new pierce the veil video Bulls In The Bronx that PTV is starting to sound like it could be called “Mexicore”.

this has absolutely been my favorite aspect of PTV. perfectly balanced with brutal lyrics, airtight musicianship, and vic fuentes’ amazing boy band voice are the constant and consistently strong nods to vic and brother mike fuentes’ hispanic heritage. i love it. i know their dad is a classical guitarist, and having both his sons pay homage to that and to their cultural background must be powerful.

here’s the new vid. i don’t think it’s as good as King For A Day, but that song is so strong it’s honestly going to be hard to top. i already preordered the album. you should do the same.

…… edit: if you’re listening to the leaked version on youtube, fine, it’s already been done. but at least BUY the album. BUY IT.

cheers,