Mastodon - Oblivion
This is where post-metal, indie/hipster metal like Isis, and thrash has finally culminated, and I’m so happy that I was there to ride the wave. Prog is back baby, Zepp style.
I could talk about this new album (Crack the Skye) all day, but I won’t. Promise me to listen to this, though. It’s a really rewarding song.
Unearth - Big Bear and the Hour of Chaos
Possibly one of the best song names ever. It almost makes up for the mediocre album. Almost. This is an instrumental, so don’t worry about any screaming vocals…
Black Sabbath - St. Vitus Dance
It was hard not to post the Bruce Springsteen Human Touch song…and it was even harder to not post Daft Punk’s Human After All but then I thought: you know what this little blog needs to get out of the way? The Beatles. But then I thought I’d leave that to someone who likes them more and settled on a fucking fantastic Black Sabbath song.
Eat upbeat Black Sabbath bitches!
Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane
Because 2009 is going to rock…?
Ephel Duath - Few Stars, No Refrain and a Cigarette off the Pain Necessary to Know album.
This is a song, well a band actually, that takes a real toll on your listening ability and showcases just how brilliant non-linear music can be in that it alarms and unnerves the listener who’s used to a set structure of repeating choruses and verses; but give it a chance since part of its beauty is in the challenge it presents you and in its eschewing of predicable song structure and embrace of the idea that no riff need to be heard twice.
Dream Theater - Mike Portnoy & Jordan Rudess Duet from the Live at Budokan DVD.
So while, sure, it’s great to come together and collaborate on songs and albums when your band is lacking what’s necessary to really pull off a score, why not simply get a group of people together that are entirely capable of playing the music you want to be creating?
There’s really no example better than Dream Theater. This little improv clip seals that into their legacy. The band members bounce ideas off each other beautifully, playing into each other’s leads and turnarounds and their technical skills leave absolutely nothing beyond their scope. You’ll notice Zappa dancing around on the screen behind them and his sound seeping into what they’re doing and then some blast beats burning through the atmosphere they’ve created.
This band doesn’t need to draw other talent in to fill out their sound. In fact, sometimes the need to get rid of people, often sending the vocalist (James LaBrie) offstage while they delve into instrumental medleys or forming solo groups consisting of the the guitarist and keyboardist or a number of other combinations of the instrumentalists. Anyway, they really drive home the point: if your band isn’t capable of completing its musical projects on its own, maybe you need to be forming a better band.
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