The Sword/Witchcraft split 12'' (post 3)

Well I finally got it. The guy at my local record store ordered it for me. Available only on vinyl, by the way. Purple tie-dye vinyl, in fact. That is a bit of a bummer, since I will have use one of those vinyl-to-cd recorders, one of which have, which has very crappy quality.

Anyway, I was extremely pleased. The opening song Sea Of Spears by The Sword is AMAZING. I was skeptical that the The Sword could produce anything as epicly awesome as their first album, but apparently the next album will bee just as good if not better, because Sea Of Spears is possibly the BEST Sword song of them all. The riffs are so cool. That's not a very professional review, but seriously. They are cool. This is one of the reasons why people love metal. You hear the guitar and you go "that's fuckin' cool."

Bloodhorse

Bloodhorse is a typical (and therefore awesome) doom metal band hailing from Boston, Massachusetts. If you are a fan of The Sword, Bloodhorse will hit home hard with you. Hard riffage, scant lyrics that are timelessly epic, and a highly talented drummer make an excellent band.

Buy their self-titled EP. I think the first track (I'm Burned) is a little weak but the rest OWN. Il Treno a Tucumcari and Son of Man rock SOOO hard. The Goat is like Moby Dick by Zep: sweet riffage at the beginning and the end and a long and masterful drum solo in between!! Bloodhorse (the song) is classic doom. Dig it.

Year Long Disaster

Year Long Disaster is an amazing band somewhat like a more hardcore Witchcraft, with fairly simple, low, bludgeoning riffs and resonating, rugged vocals from frontman Daniel Davies, son of none other than The Kinks' Dave Davies.

Bang Camaro! LIVE!

So I saw Bang Camaro. It was CRAZY. You have to see them.

I saw them at the Frank Jones Center in Portsmouth, NH. Basically, the main event that night was the premiere showing of an intense hardcore skiing short film. When I got there with my friend (and two German exchange students), the place was packed tight with the skier type, all wrapped up in their colorful top-of-the-line Thinsulate North Face winter jackets, milling about the scattered state-of-the-art ski kiosks, and making you feel nonathletic and out of place. There was a French Canadian band that opened. I thought they were good. The singer/rhythm guitarist was a man in a wheelchair named Marc who was in the hardcore skiing movie. The lead guitarist was named Shampoo. (Canada...). Anyway, when they were done, Bang Camaro came on and opened with Out On The Streets. They played a blistering half-hour set and then took like 45 mins off to chill and drink while the movie played. At this time, my friend and I talked with the bassist (Dave) for a while and I got to play his Rickenbacker. Then they played another set (not so tight this time, but still great). After that, we talked with the guitarist Alex (who looks a lot like Dave Mustaine) and the singer Nick, who was kinda drunk and, in his state, promised to come to my friend's local punk gig on Tuesday the 2oth (which, unsurprisingly, he did NOT do). I got a shirt signed by a bunch of them and told Jillian (Street team manager) that I'd join the street team. I have yet to.

Sweet Answer Video

Just watch this. AMAZING guitar solo. Probably the best guitarist the NWOARM has to offer.




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Glossary Of Terms

This glossary of unconventional terms used in the the blog will be defined on this constantly updated post. Enjoy, and try to work as many of them as you can into normal conversation. See how long it takes for someone to tell you how much of a tool you are.

Bands are included

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B.
> ball-sackity - similar but not identical to the bomb-diggity
> bouncer - asshole that stands by a door
> Black metal - intense to the point where sounds are indistinguishable from one another and it pretty much sounds almost ambient
C.
> crowd surfing - only the ball-sackity. being held up by everyone in a crowd and being pushed up to the front
D.
> dope, the - something awesome. I do not endorse dope.
E.
> emo - where do I start...
> ENTIRE FUCKING BLOG - if you actually looked this up, you are a dumbass.
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G.
> goatsexual - sexually attracted only to goats
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I.
> Ian MacKaye - singer of Minor Threat; wrote gospel for straight edge movement
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> Lars - Lars Ulrich = asshole
> lemming - possibly the most hard-core animal of all time
> List Of Bands With Painfully Obvious Metal Names - nonexistent list
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> Manowar - gives viking metal a bad name
> metal - *sighhhh...*
> mosh pit - a pit where moshing occurs
> moshing - erratic contact dancing that originated with late 70s-early 80s hardcore punk movement; not violent unless some drunk jock d-bag decides to come in and fight
N.
> New Wave Of Alternative Retro-Metal - see "ENTIRE FUCKING BLOG"
> NWOBHM - New Wave Of British Heavy Metal
> NWOARM - see "New Wave Of Alternative Heavy Metal"
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P.
> Power metal - blame Robert Plant.
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R.
> riffage - qualitative noun form of "riff"
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> Sabbathesque - of or pertaining to Black Sabbath
> screamo - portmanteau of "scream" and "emo"; see "emo"
> straight edge - don't drink, don't smoke (or do any shit), don't fuck casually.
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U.
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> Zeppelinesque - of or pertaining to the greatest band of all time

Bang Camaro

Bang Camaro is the People's Band. They write their songs with their fans in mind and would let the whole country into the band it they could. If Bang Camaro were running for President of the United States of America, I would vote for them.

Currently, it is composed of a drummer, a bass player, three lead guitars, and some ten-fifteen singers. Their shows are billed as "the greatest live experiences of people's lives" [fake quote]. Their songs take everything that is at once badass and hokey that we love about rock and roll and pack it into one experience. Bad, shallow (entirely satirical), and memorable lyrics about being wild and independent, drinking and getting laid, and everything else that makes a song popular combined with totally awesome guitar work makes for a sweet band. They are not fans of verses; those are shunned for highly repetitive choruses in the interest of the audience getting into the song as soon as possible. Also, they have a pack of singers strategically placed about the country, so they needn't bring those around to every major city. If you want to be in Bang Camaro, visit their website. It's pretty reminiscent of 80s metal, but without the totally goatsexual look.

Yeah, so I'm gonna see them on Friday the 9th, and it will be the ball-sackity.

"The Alchemist" - Witchcraft

So I finally got this from Canada before it comes out in the United States. If you like Witchcraft, you will love this album. It is, however, slightly different from their other albums. Don't get the wrong idea, but some parts are kinda jazzy. Let me give a song-by-song review:

1. Walking Between The Lines (3:26) - I never particularly liked this song. Sorry.
2. If Crimson Was Your Colour (3:49) - contains a mellotron solo (King Crimson tribute, anyone?). Possibly the most intense Witchcraft song ever, considering its speed. Great.
3. Leva (4:36) - in Swedish. This is the jazzy one at the beginning, but good guitar throughout.
4. Hey Doctor (5:15) - beautiful song, brilliant guitar work. Classic Witchcraft.
5. Samaritan Burden (6:29) - excellent drumming. The song alternates between guitar-bass verses and heavy parts. Slightly reminiscent of Sabbath's Hand Of Doom from Paranoid.
6. Remembered (5:17) - the beginning of this song pissed me off a little. Too upbeat. By the end I liked it, and I would like to add that the random saxophone solo made me feel like I was eating a bagel on a rainy day in Panera Bread
7. The Alchemist (14:37) - powerful song with typical Witchcraft riffs and acoustic sections, along with dramatic melodies and solos. Intense by the end (10:00 - 11:00). Then two minutes of silence, followed by a minute and a half of haunting guitar that gives you goosebumps. But that might have been how cold it is in this room...