Tag Archive: Karnivool

Hey! Listen To Goddess Gagged!

Filed Under: Audio, Listen To This!, New music

Nov.16, 2011

One of the more interesting things I learned since starting Heavy Blog is that India has a more massive rock/metal scene going for it than people give it credit for. Who knew?! Well, besides Indians, I guess. On that note, one promising young band from Mumbai named Goddess Gagged are streaming their entire debut album “Resurfaces” on their website. The whole album so far has shades of djent, alt rock, and progressive rock, at times sounding vaguely like Periphery meeting up with Karnivool for jam sessions. Give their tunes a listen in the player below:

Latest tracks by Goddess Gagged

If this seems like your style of music, you can order yourself a copy of it here. The price looks big, but the exchange rate makes it about $6, which is reasonable as fuck!

- JR

Tags: Goddess Gagged, Karnivool, Periphery

Fair to Midland Performs Three Song Acoustic Session

Filed Under: Video

Jul.19, 2011

Fair To Midland‘s new album Arrows & Anchors has been dominating my listening for the past few weeks. Admittedly, I kind of rushed my review of the album and gave it 4 before it REALLY sank in. If I were to do it again, I’d give it a 4.5 out of 5. This album is seriously that great. It will be on my best-of list at the end of the year, for sure. If you haven’t heard it yet and you’re a fan of bands like Karnivool and Dredg, you need to get in on this fantastic music.

So, Fair to Midland performed a three song acoustic session and did an interview for Violitionist, a Texas-based blog for local music. The interview is pretty interesting, but the main focus is of course the acoustic renditions of “Musical Chairs,” “A Loophole In Limbo,” and “Amarillo Sleeps On My Pillow.” You can check out “Musical Chairs” above and watch the remaining two videos after the jump!

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Tags: Dredg, Fair to Midland, Karnivool

Fair to Midland – Arrows & Anchors

Filed Under: Reviews

Jul.08, 2011

Fair to Midland

Arrows and Anchors

01. Heavens to Murgatroyd
02. Whiskey & Ritalin
03. Musical Chairs
04. Uh-Oh
05. Amarillo Sleeps on My Pillow
06. A Loophole in Limbo
07. Typhoid Mary Sends Her Best
08. Short-Haired Tornado
09. The Upset at Bailey Bridge
10. Rikki Tikki Tavi
11. Golden Parachutes
12. Bright Bulbs & Sharp Tools
13. Coppertank Island
14. Three Foolproof Ways To Buy the Farm
15. The Greener Grass

[07/12/11]
[eOne Music]

Hard and Alt Rock acts are tough calls to make when the primary flavor your tastebuds are accustomed to is metal and the like. However, the best rock bands seem to be ones rooted in prog, which we indulge in greatly ’round these parts — like Karnivool, who broke out last year with their amazing sophomore release Sound Awake, and Fair To Midland, who are poised to release their fourth album Arrows & Anchors. My experience with these Texans is ashamedly limited. Their hit “Dance of the Manatee” back in 2007 was pretty sweet, I thought, but my tastes weren’t aligned properly at that point in time to warrant a spin of the whole album Fables from a Mayfly until after I came across Arrows & Anchors. Even in my short-term knowledge of the band and their sound, it’s clear that Fair to Midland are the American counterpart to Australia’s Karnivool.

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Tags: Fair to Midland, Faith No More, Karnivool

Fair To Midland Play A Game Of “Musical Chairs“

Filed Under: Upcoming releases, Video

Jun.10, 2011

Apparently this month I’ve just been catching up on bands I really should have paid attention to months (or even years) ago. Most of my late discoveries happen to be in the realm of death metal (including Beyond Creation‘s exciting debut album I recently reviewed), but the Texan quintet Fair to Midland differ in their melodic prog rock leanings. Good stuff if you’re into bands like Dredg and Karnivool. In fact, they’ve recently headlined on a North American tour with Periphery and Scale The Summit, so you know you’re dealing with a forward-thinking group here.

You can see a video of their new single “Musical Chairs” above. Fair to Midland will release their fourth album Arrows and Anchors July 12th on eOne music, and it’s shaping up to be a good one.

- JR

Tags: Dredg, Fair to Midland, Karnivool, Periphery, Scale The Summit

Hey! Listen to Children of Nova!

Filed Under: Listen To This!

Jan.05, 2011

Progressive rock band Children of Nova have been dominating my listening habits the past few days ever since fellow HBIH writer and Kentuckian Gunnar (DeusExMachina) brought them up in casual conversation. He was apparently shocked that he enjoyed a band I haven’t heard of before, as I troll through the internets a tad bit more than he does, so he gave them a glowing recommendation.

The name Children of Nova looked familiar to me, but I wasn’t quite sure until I looked up their name on YouTube; apparently, they have songs on the Rock Band Network, which I regularly peruse because I’m apparently much more comfortable and interested smacking a fake drum kit and playing make believe than working on my oft-neglected music project. But that’s neither here nor there.

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Tags: Children of Nova, Karnivool, rock band, Rock Band Network, The Mars Volta

Australian Prog-Rockers Karnivool Channel Tool and New Katatonia

Filed Under: Video

Aug.31, 2010

It’s pretty much common knowledge by now that when it comes to the obvious, I’m late to the party. I just recently heard The Sword‘s latest album Warp Riders, and everyone’s been raving about that for weeks.

But what’s even sadder is that I’ve put off listening to Karnivool‘s latest album Sound Awake, which came out in 2009. Listening around, it’s a real accomplishment I should have taken more initiative in checking it out. The video above is probably one of the most pleasant videos I’ve ever seen. It’s just so damn pretty, and the song is phenomenal as well.

If you liked “All I Know,” check out the heavier song “Goliath” after the jump. You should find it to your liking.

- JR

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Tags: Karnivool, Katatonia, Tool