It feels like I’ve been waiting on this album forever, but I’ve only really been anticipating it for a few months now. While it seems that they are reworking some of the songs from their album (EP?) Apparition (this new song “Advent” is a reworking of “Realms”), I feel that the songs so far have been of great benefit from the new vocalist.
For those that are not aware of The Contortionist, they take a progressive approach to deathcore, adding ambient layers, spacey melodic sections, and proggy riffs. I think the approach is a breath of fresh air, allowing low chugs to actually flourish in the context of a song.
You can check out “Advent”over at Metalsucks. It actually debuted yesterday, but I was at school and had shit to do. Such is life. Exoplanet comes out next week, August 31st, on Good Fight Music.
Before we get started, DO NOT judge them by on appearance, as “cliche Myspace band”. Well okay, you can a LITTLE, but you get my point. Anyways, Detroit Michigan’s own We Came As Romans release a new single yesterday that goes by the name “To Move Is To Grow” exclusively on Facebook. As far as how it sounds, it’s pretty much still We Came As Romans and if you’ve listened to the debut full length from the guys, you’ve practically heard it before. This isn’t entirely a bad thing however. I’ve always (and will continue to) endorsed this band as one of the few $c3n3 metalcore bands I actually enjoy listening to. This being due to their particular approach to their genre; focus on syncopation and somewhat interesting note/chord progressions that don’t usually follow the old 8-5-0 (or some other combination there of). The song itself has its pros and cons (synth breakdowns, FUUUUUUUU).
Granted, I fully admit to these guys sounding pretty generic and to the average listener, they would blend in with most of their awful, cliche peers. If you have a burning hatred for these sorts of bands, you won’t enjoy the new song at all. However, if you’re either a 12 year old girl or just have an open mind, “To Move Is To Grow” and We Came As Romans are worth a shot, and to anyone disputing my manliness: I wrote this post while listening to Iron Age. Flame me – you won’t!
It’s a shame, but I’ve never bothered to listen to Cephalic Carnage until after I saw them at Summer Slaughter this year. I am so behind the times on some things. I bet the list of bands I really should have heard whole albums from by now is staggering.
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So Cephalic Carnage posted their new song “When I Arrive,” and it is pretty damn awesome, which leads me to believe that their upcoming album Mislead By Certainty will be awesome as well. Check out all the grindy goodness below.
I used to be a huge All That Remains fan. The Fall Of Ideals was one of the very few albums I paid for before ever hearing the entire thing. The last album, Overcome, was just a tad bit underwhelming, but it was still better than the latest Killswitch Engage album, but that’s neither here nor there.
But you know what is here and there? The title track for All That Remains’ upcoming album For We Are Many, which is due out October 12th on Prosthetic Records. All you have to do is sign up for the mailing list via the widget below. The song is pretty solid and worth checking out if you’re into metalcore and ATR. It doesn’t have much clean singing either, which is pretty different from what they’ve been doing lately. So check it out!
Friend For A Foe, the melodic djent band featuring ex-Periphery vocalist Chris Barretto (whom I hear is no longer in Haunted Shores?! The fuck?) has finally posted their first complete song, titled “Niacin”. The song is pretty catchy, so it’s worth checking out. You can stream and download “Niacin” (and other songs) over at SoundClick.
Sounding like a melodic version of The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza, Tre Watson‘s new song “His Name Is Clover J. Fields And He Hates Babies” is one killer jam. The title is pretty awesome, if I do say so myself. You can blame me for that one if you hate it, in which case you are no fun and your vagina is showing.
You can check out “Clover J. Fields” below. It is from his upcoming sophomore solo album, Empirical Dichotomy. It is tentatively due out later this year, but some computer shit happened and he has to re-record just about everything. Fucking technology is a double-edged sword, man.
Northern hyperblast band Kataklysm recently posted a video for a song off their newest album Heaven’s Venom. It features the band locked in cages and the vocalist chained up. Oh, and there’s some angel stuff going on. The video is extremely silly (not that I expected to be blown away with their current portfolio), but the song is pretty good, though definitely not my favorite off the album. Heaven’s Venom is out now in Europe and drops in America on August 24th.
If you haven’t heard The Contortionist yet then you’ve been missing out on a phenomenal band. They are currently getting ready to release their debut full length Exoplanet, and luckily we are already getting to hear some of the material from it. Their new song Flourish is actually a new version of their song Eyes: Closed which just happens to be one of my favorite tracks from their most recent EP Apparition. Check it out below:
And for good measure, why not give Primal Directive a go too?
Check them out on myspace if you want more, and get excited for when Exoplanet comes out on August 31.
How am I just now hearing about Corellia? This is right up my alley!
So who are Corellia exactly? Think intensely melodic progressive metal on par with the likes of Haunted Shores, Periphery, and Protest The Hero. If you’re into catchy vocal hooks with your metal, then this is where you should turn your attention to for the time being.
The band just posted a new song called “Glass Faces,” which comes off of their upcoming EP. The vocals might take some getting used to, as I know is the case with Periphery for a lot of you guys, but the 80′s metal sounding melody and delivery in the song’s chorus is too catchy to hate. Unless you’re a bad person, of course.
Their similarities with Periphery don’t end in the music however, as Matt Murphy is producing their EP. This is the same Matt Murphy that produced the vocals for Periphery’s debut. Small world! I’m keeping my eye on this band for sure.
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