MONDAY -blah, boring, weekend so far away.
Well here are a couple of videos that are sure to blow the cobwebs off. First up is Gojira with the official video for 'Silvera'. [Don't forget they will be on Bloodstock's Ronnie James Dio stage on Saturday, 13th August].
Next we have Cattle Decapitation with 'Clandistine Ways'.
There -I bet you feel better alreadY
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Wednesday, July 22, 2015
ALBUM REVIEW: Cattle Decapitation ready the release of dystopian tales on The Anthropocene Extinction
THERE was a time when the only music forms tackling political issues (small-p) were the hippies of the sixties and the punks of the late seventies. With all but a few exceptions they have fallen off their pedestals or become too old to rattle the establishment any longer.
With a few notable exceptions - Stiff Little Fingers for example - the mantle of having a swipe at the establishment, and challenging the norm has been handed to some of the more extreme forms of metal and hardcore.
But there has been one metal band that challenge the norm, the accepted wisdom and the scabrous nature of the political classes it is Cattle Decapitation. They have consistently tackled the tough issues: environmental destruction at humanity's hand; animal testing; genocide and many other issues.
The environmental calumnies that are causing climate change were a focus of 'Monolith of Humanity' in 2012/13 and now Travis and company have looked forward to the consequences of not addressing environmental concerns on their new release 'The Anthropocene Extinction'.
Before you go hunting on the 'Tinterweb trying to find out the definition of 'Anthropocene' it is the accepted term for the geological period from the Industrial Revolution to the present day when man's impact on the "lithosphere" has become evident. Some climate scientists say the point when the damage will become irreversible is near at hand.
In the dystopian world envisaged by Cattle Decapitation on 'The Anthropocene Extinction' humanity has all but destroyed the ecosphere of our home planet, as foretold on 'Monolith of Inhumanity': but if you think CD are some sort of navel-gazing eco-twats wandering around like crustie protestors you are dead wrong. Death Metal dead wrong!
As usual the band bring the full force of their message in a musical tapestry that is dense, violent and filled with all the diverse range of death metal.
Like 'Monolith of Inhumanity' they show a growth in what they are prepared to attempt, and the flashes of melody they use are appropriate punctuation amidst the pummeling.
Of course when reviewing an album like this 'pummeling' is somewhat a cliché, but from opener 'Manufactured Extinct' this is a battering of your senses.
'Plagueborne' stands out with its ominous intro through to a varied attack that showcases all of Dave McGraw's varied drumming talent and Travis' utilizing his skills with subtle tones and melodies.
No review of a Cattle Decapitation album would be complete without mentioning the synchronous relationship between Josh Elmore's guitars and Derek Engemann's bass, which leads the way on the breakdown on 'Clandestine Ways (Krokodil Rot)' - a scathing indictment of vivisection.
The process of coming up with the album is revealed by Travis:
"We've never actively said 'let's do a black metal part' or 'let's do a brutal blastbeat part!'We base everything on feeling, but we definitely focused much more on fluidity within the songs and making the record flow much more than on some of our earlier releases."
There is indeed a lot of variety on this album, yet that fluidity manages to manifest itself, even on the slow tragic tale told on 'Ave Exitium' and the instrumental 'The Burden of Seven Billion'.
The Anthropocene Extinction also features contributions from some notable guests, with Tristan Shone (AKA Author & Punisher) contributing to 'Plagueborne', Bethlehem's Jürgen Bartsch providing a spoken word part - in German - for 'Pacific Grim, and Phil Anselmo on 'The Prophets Of Loss'.
"We originally didn't plan on having any guest appearances, but when the opportunities presented themselves while we were in the studio, they just seemed to fit perfectly and it was great we were able to actually get them involved," said Travis.
"We had played the Housecore Horror Film Fest in Austin and we shot the shit with Phil,who is a very cool guy, but it was our friend John Jarvis (Pig Destroyer, Fulgora) who reached out to him - without telling us - and then told us he wanted to be on the record!"
"The part you hear him do on that song is exactly what popped into my head as soon as we learned he was going to do something with us, and really all of those guys contributed something so cool to the finished product."
Put all the quotations aside, put aside the Cattle Decapitation oeuvre, and really listen to this album; and that's not having it on in the car or playing as you tweet - really listen to it.
Here is a band that refuse to pigeon-holed, and display a level of maturity many others should learn from. On display is a band that embraces the death metal tag, that allows grind and black metal to sit comfortably on this album together with flashes of melody.
'The Anthropocene Extinction' is a stormer - worth many repeated listens!
Review by Jonny
With a few notable exceptions - Stiff Little Fingers for example - the mantle of having a swipe at the establishment, and challenging the norm has been handed to some of the more extreme forms of metal and hardcore.But there has been one metal band that challenge the norm, the accepted wisdom and the scabrous nature of the political classes it is Cattle Decapitation. They have consistently tackled the tough issues: environmental destruction at humanity's hand; animal testing; genocide and many other issues.
The environmental calumnies that are causing climate change were a focus of 'Monolith of Humanity' in 2012/13 and now Travis and company have looked forward to the consequences of not addressing environmental concerns on their new release 'The Anthropocene Extinction'.
Before you go hunting on the 'Tinterweb trying to find out the definition of 'Anthropocene' it is the accepted term for the geological period from the Industrial Revolution to the present day when man's impact on the "lithosphere" has become evident. Some climate scientists say the point when the damage will become irreversible is near at hand.
In the dystopian world envisaged by Cattle Decapitation on 'The Anthropocene Extinction' humanity has all but destroyed the ecosphere of our home planet, as foretold on 'Monolith of Inhumanity': but if you think CD are some sort of navel-gazing eco-twats wandering around like crustie protestors you are dead wrong. Death Metal dead wrong!
As usual the band bring the full force of their message in a musical tapestry that is dense, violent and filled with all the diverse range of death metal.
Like 'Monolith of Inhumanity' they show a growth in what they are prepared to attempt, and the flashes of melody they use are appropriate punctuation amidst the pummeling.
Of course when reviewing an album like this 'pummeling' is somewhat a cliché, but from opener 'Manufactured Extinct' this is a battering of your senses.
'Plagueborne' stands out with its ominous intro through to a varied attack that showcases all of Dave McGraw's varied drumming talent and Travis' utilizing his skills with subtle tones and melodies.
No review of a Cattle Decapitation album would be complete without mentioning the synchronous relationship between Josh Elmore's guitars and Derek Engemann's bass, which leads the way on the breakdown on 'Clandestine Ways (Krokodil Rot)' - a scathing indictment of vivisection.
The process of coming up with the album is revealed by Travis:
"We've never actively said 'let's do a black metal part' or 'let's do a brutal blastbeat part!'We base everything on feeling, but we definitely focused much more on fluidity within the songs and making the record flow much more than on some of our earlier releases."
There is indeed a lot of variety on this album, yet that fluidity manages to manifest itself, even on the slow tragic tale told on 'Ave Exitium' and the instrumental 'The Burden of Seven Billion'.The Anthropocene Extinction also features contributions from some notable guests, with Tristan Shone (AKA Author & Punisher) contributing to 'Plagueborne', Bethlehem's Jürgen Bartsch providing a spoken word part - in German - for 'Pacific Grim, and Phil Anselmo on 'The Prophets Of Loss'.
"We originally didn't plan on having any guest appearances, but when the opportunities presented themselves while we were in the studio, they just seemed to fit perfectly and it was great we were able to actually get them involved," said Travis.
"We had played the Housecore Horror Film Fest in Austin and we shot the shit with Phil,who is a very cool guy, but it was our friend John Jarvis (Pig Destroyer, Fulgora) who reached out to him - without telling us - and then told us he wanted to be on the record!"
"The part you hear him do on that song is exactly what popped into my head as soon as we learned he was going to do something with us, and really all of those guys contributed something so cool to the finished product."
Put all the quotations aside, put aside the Cattle Decapitation oeuvre, and really listen to this album; and that's not having it on in the car or playing as you tweet - really listen to it.
Here is a band that refuse to pigeon-holed, and display a level of maturity many others should learn from. On display is a band that embraces the death metal tag, that allows grind and black metal to sit comfortably on this album together with flashes of melody.
'The Anthropocene Extinction' is a stormer - worth many repeated listens!
Review by Jonny
Friday, July 17, 2015
NEWS: Buckcherry, Vintage Trouble, Cattle Decipitation, and The Black Dahlia Murder release news
+++NEWS+++
Buckcherry Bring It On Back
WHEN they played Belfast some time ago Buckcherry were pretty much run hard by support act Hardcore Superstar, but it seems that the LA rockers have re-grouped from a tour that saw them plugging what was in essence a 'best of set'.
The band are readying the release of their seventh studio album, 'Rock 'n' Roll' on August 21st on F-Bomb Records/Caroline/
To - err - tease y'all the band have released the first video for the song 'Bring It On Back'. What do you think? Is it a return to form?
Vintage Trouble ready release
Now the band are set to release 1 Hopeful Rd. their first album for Blue Note Records – on August 14th.
The album pre-order is underway now at http://vintagetrouble.lnk.to/HihG4. Fans who pre-order 1 Hopeful Rd. digitally will instantly receive the album opener “Run Like The River,” a rhythm and blues stomper.
Extinction warning from death's finest
As the official deployment of 'The Anthropocene Extinction', the impending new full-length from San Diego's, Cattle Decapitation, draws ever closer, today Vice Magazine's mega music portal, Noisey, premieres the official "making of" documentary.
Tracked by Dave Otero (Allegaeon, Cephalic Carnage) at Flatline Audio in Denver, Colorado, The Anthropocene Extinction serves as Cattle Decapitation's "most sonically and thematically engrossing record to date".
On The Anthropocene Extinction we are transported forward to man's last gasps in the band's trademark "turning the tables" approach that mirrors what is happening in the Pacific Ocean: The birds and aquatic wildlife are mistaking the vast amounts of man-made plastic items for food, ingesting it and are dying in large numbers, rotting where they fall and exposing to the world what is happening to the ecosystems of the earth's oceans the most unknown and unexplored part of our planet - and the domino effect that will result… The Anthropocene Extinction.
The making of The Anthropocene Extinction mini documentary brings fans up close and personal with the band and the intricacies involved in following up their critically-lauded Monolith Of Inhumanity full-length.
Issues Noisey of the fifteen-plus minute clip, "It's an interesting look on how the band has changed their approach over the years, especially when gearing up for the new record. From Homovore to now, the band has refined their grindy sound into something dark yet crisp. This record is going to be an absolute monster, and you can even hear a little bit of it in the documentary."
Delve deep into the soul of The Anthropocene Extinction, courtesy of Noisey, here. THIS LOCATION.
And if you missed it, sample seventh track and second single, "Mammals In Babylon," still available for communal consumption at Revolver here, at THIS LOCATION.
The Black Dahlia Murder new album out 18th September
THE Black Dahlia Murder are set to release their latest dark tome , 'Abysmal', on September 18th via Metal Blade Records
Abysmal is said to be "a vicious slab of unrelenting aggression" which "showcases TBDM at their very finest with a meticulous, pin-point precise rhythmic assault mixed with ferocious speed and dynamic hooks". The band also re-enlisted the services of renowned producer Mark Lewis (Cannibal Corpse, Whitechapel) and former bass player Ryan Williams, who also produced Everblack, with the sole intent to get away from the overt sonic sterility affecting far too many contemporary metal albums.
The world's first look into Abysmal is via the track, "Vlad, Son of The Dragon," which is streaming now in its entirety at metalblade.com/tbdm.
Saturday, May 23, 2015
NEWS: Cattle Decapitation To Release 'The Anthropocene Extinction' This August on Metal Blade
First Single Unveiled +
Special Record Release Show Announced
Anthropocene, a proposed term for the present geological epoch (from the time of the Industrial Revolution onwards), during which humanity has begun to have a significant impact on the environment.
In 2012, CATTLE DECAPITATION shocked the metal world with what was revered by fans and haters alike as their best album to date, Monolith Of Inhumanity. Here we are, three years later,CATTLE DECAPITATION and Metal Blade Records are pleased to unveil to the world the band's magnum opus with The Anthropocene Extinction, set for world wide release August 7th, 2015.
Reenlisting Monolith Of Inhumanity producer Dave Otero (Allegaeon, Cephalic Carnage), CATTLE DECAPITATION returned to Flatline Audio in Denver, Colorado, eager to revisit the close collaboration that helped bring that record to life.
"Dave is a bonafide producer," elaborates vocalist Travis Ryan. "He's got a lot of great ideas and this time we heard him out pretty religiously because making Monolith… had worked out so well. We've always kind of co-produced our records with whoever we brought in, but these last two we did a lot more listening to what he had to say rather than just sticking with what we were saying.
"Sometimes we shot down his ideas and vice versa, but that discussion was always beneficial. He basically becomes the fifth member of the band at that point, and I think that kind of relationship is the best way to get anything out of anybody."
CATTLE DECAPITATION also enlisted a surprising array of guests to help achieve their vision. The one and only legendary PHILIP H. ANSELMO lends his throat to "The Prophets Of Loss" while recent signee to his Housecore Records label, fellow San Diegan and friend of the band, AUTHOR & PUNISHER, brings forth the industrial damnation as an intro to the track "Plagueborne." Additionally, Germany's dark metal misanthrope, MR. JURGEN BARTSCH of the almighty BETHLEHEM, lends a spoken word piece in his native tongue to the apocalyptic final track "Pacific Grim." Your body simply is not ready.
The record also sees the band extending their collaboration with illustrator Wes Benscoter, who's handled the artwork for every CATTLE DECAPITATION release since 2002's To Serve Man. "When we work with Wes, he becomes a member of the band," says Ryan. As always, Benscoter formulated striking imagery that conveyed the record's themes in unflinching style, the cover featuring a bloated and distorted corpse washed up on a beach, its torn abdomen disgorging a mass of waste plastic.
Whereas Monolith Of Inhumanity dealt with what could become of the earth and its life forms had humans continued their present course, with The Anthropocene Extinction we have been transported forward to man's last gasps, reminiscent of what is currently going on with the Laysan Albatrosses on the island of Midway Atoll. The birds and aquatic wildlife of the Pacific Ocean are mistaking the vast amounts of man-made plastic items for food, ingesting it and are dying in large numbers, rotting where they fall and exposing to the world what is happening to the ecosystems of the earth's oceans - the most unknown and unexplored part of our planet. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch of the North Pacific Gyre is just part of the problem - there are five gyres on planet earth and they're all filling with plastic waste outnumbering the plankton vital for the ocean's ecosystems. The breakdown of the earth's ecosystems has begun long ago due to human interaction as well as the domino effect that will surely seal the fate for our species: The Anthropocene Extinction.
The first taste of The Anthropocene Extinction comes in the form of opening track, "Manufactured Extinct," now available for public consumption at metalblade.com/cattledecapitation.
The Anthropocene Extinction Track Listing:
1. Manufactured Extinct
2. The Prophets of Loss
3. Plagueborne
4. Clandestine Ways (Krokodil Rot)
5. Circo Inhumanitas
6. The Burden Of Seven Billion
7. Mammals In Babylon
8. Mutual Assured Destruction
9. Not Suitable For Life
10. Apex Blasphemy
11. Ave Exitium
12. Pacific Grim
The Anthropocene Extinction will be released August 7th, 2015 via Metal Blade Records. For preorder bundles visit metalblade.com/cattledecapitation.
Anthropocene, a proposed term for the present geological epoch (from the time of the Industrial Revolution onwards), during which humanity has begun to have a significant impact on the environment.
In 2012, CATTLE DECAPITATION shocked the metal world with what was revered by fans and haters alike as their best album to date, Monolith Of Inhumanity. Here we are, three years later,CATTLE DECAPITATION and Metal Blade Records are pleased to unveil to the world the band's magnum opus with The Anthropocene Extinction, set for world wide release August 7th, 2015.
Reenlisting Monolith Of Inhumanity producer Dave Otero (Allegaeon, Cephalic Carnage), CATTLE DECAPITATION returned to Flatline Audio in Denver, Colorado, eager to revisit the close collaboration that helped bring that record to life.
"Dave is a bonafide producer," elaborates vocalist Travis Ryan. "He's got a lot of great ideas and this time we heard him out pretty religiously because making Monolith… had worked out so well. We've always kind of co-produced our records with whoever we brought in, but these last two we did a lot more listening to what he had to say rather than just sticking with what we were saying.
"Sometimes we shot down his ideas and vice versa, but that discussion was always beneficial. He basically becomes the fifth member of the band at that point, and I think that kind of relationship is the best way to get anything out of anybody."
CATTLE DECAPITATION also enlisted a surprising array of guests to help achieve their vision. The one and only legendary PHILIP H. ANSELMO lends his throat to "The Prophets Of Loss" while recent signee to his Housecore Records label, fellow San Diegan and friend of the band, AUTHOR & PUNISHER, brings forth the industrial damnation as an intro to the track "Plagueborne." Additionally, Germany's dark metal misanthrope, MR. JURGEN BARTSCH of the almighty BETHLEHEM, lends a spoken word piece in his native tongue to the apocalyptic final track "Pacific Grim." Your body simply is not ready.
The record also sees the band extending their collaboration with illustrator Wes Benscoter, who's handled the artwork for every CATTLE DECAPITATION release since 2002's To Serve Man. "When we work with Wes, he becomes a member of the band," says Ryan. As always, Benscoter formulated striking imagery that conveyed the record's themes in unflinching style, the cover featuring a bloated and distorted corpse washed up on a beach, its torn abdomen disgorging a mass of waste plastic.
Whereas Monolith Of Inhumanity dealt with what could become of the earth and its life forms had humans continued their present course, with The Anthropocene Extinction we have been transported forward to man's last gasps, reminiscent of what is currently going on with the Laysan Albatrosses on the island of Midway Atoll. The birds and aquatic wildlife of the Pacific Ocean are mistaking the vast amounts of man-made plastic items for food, ingesting it and are dying in large numbers, rotting where they fall and exposing to the world what is happening to the ecosystems of the earth's oceans - the most unknown and unexplored part of our planet. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch of the North Pacific Gyre is just part of the problem - there are five gyres on planet earth and they're all filling with plastic waste outnumbering the plankton vital for the ocean's ecosystems. The breakdown of the earth's ecosystems has begun long ago due to human interaction as well as the domino effect that will surely seal the fate for our species: The Anthropocene Extinction.
The first taste of The Anthropocene Extinction comes in the form of opening track, "Manufactured Extinct," now available for public consumption at metalblade.com/cattledecapitation.
The Anthropocene Extinction Track Listing:
1. Manufactured Extinct
2. The Prophets of Loss
3. Plagueborne
4. Clandestine Ways (Krokodil Rot)
5. Circo Inhumanitas
6. The Burden Of Seven Billion
7. Mammals In Babylon
8. Mutual Assured Destruction
9. Not Suitable For Life
10. Apex Blasphemy
11. Ave Exitium
12. Pacific Grim
The Anthropocene Extinction will be released August 7th, 2015 via Metal Blade Records. For preorder bundles visit metalblade.com/cattledecapitation.
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