Chello everyone! Just a quick post today about all the fine music efforts that were released on Tuesday in music stores across North America. Be sure to head to your favourite local record shop or purchase online these fine albums:
(Corrosion of Conformity - Corrosion of Conformity)
Yeah I know that title is from San Fran's Jefferson Starship, but I thought it appropriate nonetheless. So light of that...TGIFF everyone!
I'll be out of touch for the next lil while as I continue my travels to New York City this weekend. Now I thought to myself 'what could be a good sign off for the week?'
I thought to pay a tribute to some great NYC bands over the years that I grew up listening to through high school and college. Some amazing groups have made quite the name for themselves while emerging from the NYC hardcore scene:
H2O (New York, NY) - What Happened? (feat. Lou Koller & Matt Skiba)
Life Of Agony (Brooklyn, NY) - Through and Through (on MTV2 Headbanger's Ball)
No I'm sure you folks can think of many, many more bands to name off coming from NYC and I encourage the YouTube links/comments. Cheers and see you all next week sometime!
Be sure to check out the new music video from Sweden's Dark Tranquillity! The track, "In My Absence" is taken from DT's latest release "We Are The Void", which dropped on February 24th, 2010 via Century Media Records:
Dark Tranquillity - In My Absence
1. Shadow in Our Blood 2. Dream Oblivion 3. The Fatalist 4. In My Absence 5. The Grandest Accusation 6. At the Point of Ignition 7. Her Silent Language 8. Arkhangelsk 9. I Am the Void 10. Surface the Infinite 11. Iridium
Well folks, another great batch of visuals have surfaced overnight on the news feeds. We have lyric videos, music vids and even some album previews. So without further delay...
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Be sure to check out the latest release for Municipal Waste, "The Fatal Feast", which is due in stores on April 10th, 2012 via Nuclear Blast Records.
Municipal Waste - The Fatal Feast (LYRIC VIDEO)
'Waste In Space'
'Repossession'
'New Dead Masters'
'Unholy Abductor'
'Idiot Check'
'Covered In Sick/The Barfer'
'You’re Cut Off'
'Authority Complex'
'Standards And Practices'
'Crushing Chest Wound'
'The Monster With 21 Faces'
'Jesus Freaks'
'The Fatal Feast'
'12 Step Program'
'Death Tax'
'Residential Disaster'
'Eviction Party' (digi-pak and vinyl editions bonus track)
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Alright future rock stars. Time for you drummers to see what your made of. Textures drummer Stef Broks has released a playthrough video for their single "Laments of An Icarus". Now here's the challenge...PLAY IT! Send AFGM a video of you playing the song (obviously on drums) and we shall post it via the blog/AFGM Facebook.
Stef Broks (Textures) - "Laments of An Icarus" Playthrough
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Papa Roach have dropped a new music video for their current album "Time For Annihilation". The track selected is "One Track Mind", check out the video below:
Papa Roach - One Track Mind
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12 Stones have emerged after years of silence for the release of their latest single "Infected", which you will be able to download/purchase on February 28th, 2012. Check out the lyric video below:
12 Stones - Infected (Official Lyric Video)
"Infected" will be the opening track for 12 Stones newest album "Beneath The Scars" (click link to pre-order album), which is due in stores on May 22 on the Executive Music Group label via Fontana/Universal Records.
01. ‘Infected’
02. ‘Bulletproof’
03. ‘For The Night’
04. ‘Worlds Collide’
05. ‘That Changes Everything’
06. ‘The One Thing’
07. ‘Blind’
08. ‘I’m With You’
09. ‘Bury Me’
10. ‘Psycho’
11. ‘Only Human’
12. ‘Someone Like You’
13. ‘Shine On Me’
14. ‘Pretty Poison’
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AFGM located two great album previews from Veil of Maya and I, The Breather via YouTube. Check out the previews below:
I, The Breather - Truth and Purpose Full Album Preview
01. 20/200
02. Divide Paths
03. Punisher
04. Winter Is Coming Soon
05. The Glass Slide
06. Enter My Dreams
07. Numerical Scheme
08. Vicious Circles
09. Eclipse
10. With Passion And Power
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And as always folks, make sure to head over to AFGM Facebook and 'like' the page for regular updates, video, feeds, or just to chat about music. Cheers!
OK folks, so the girl is ready to fight and coming back to Canada for another round of touring. I am of course speaking about Emilie Autumn. This chick has her very own unique performance, full of theatrics and such. Inertia Entertainment has been pretty consistent with her and her shows in Toronto, so they decided to bring here back across the border once more!
"Beautiful, bizarre, and brazen sonic seductress and violinist extraordinaire, EMILIE AUTUMN wants you to fight alongside her on this fall's 'Fight Like A Girl' tour. Known for her eccentric style and prodigious musical talent (she began reading notes before learning the alphabet and was already playing violin at four years old), Emilie spent her youth playing concert halls throughout the U.S. and Europe as a classical violinist before going mad, landing herself in an insane asylum and emerging as a rock singer with a murderous streak.
Taking its name from the title track and first single of her forthcoming album due out this month, the follow-up to her groundbreaking debut, 'Opheliac'.
The show promises to be an experience. With a theatrical thread, a little classical flare, and the right dose of dirty rock 'n' rollattitude, the 'Fight Like A Girl' tour will undoubtedly be EMILIE's most memorable run yet. If you're one of her affectionately dubbed "Plague Rats" or among the uninitiated, this is a sexy spectacle that's not to be missed. Beyond her violin virtuosity on stage, she elegantly strikes that effervescent balancebetween sex, violence, and English literature. Part Broadway, part burlesque, part rock concert, part history lesson, there's nothing quite like it anywhere…
'It's more brutal and bloody,' affirms the ringleader with a playful grin. 'There's more girl-on-girl action and glitter. The corsets are even tighter. It's become Victorian Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. It's a rollercoaster. You're going to feel like you’ve stepped into a dark Disneyland.'
About the single, Emilie comments: 'The song kicks off the record, and it's about women realizing that they are in fact 51% of the population, and learning how to take back their power. In the story, the inmates of a Victorian insane asylum for girls break free and go on a rampage against the doctors who terrorized them. For me, 'Fight Like a Girl' means to fight like the ultimate badass you are. It's time to take back the words and phrases that are used to ridicule girls and insult boys and transform them into sources of power. If you're going to live, then fight, and every fight scene needs a good soundtrack. This record is my soundtrack. Of course, there's an overriding story arc. It's a social critique of the mental healthcare system spanning from the 19th century all the way up to the present, as well as the inequality women still face worldwide, whether they’re 'crazy' or not. I’m drawing upon my own personal experience as a notoriously bi-polar person who has been committed and lived to tell the tale. Hopefully, my story will give strength to those who need it, and raise a little awareness.'
The tune undoubtedly will, especially as EMILIE is set to perform it nightly as a fitting precursor to the release of the album next year."
EMILIE AUTUMN - 'Fight Like A Girl' Tour 2013 February 17, 2013 Doors @ 7:30 PM Virgin Mobile Mod Club, 722 College St Toronto, ON An Evening With (Showtime 8:00PM)
Tickets can be bought either at Rotate This (to avoid paying large amount of fees) or through the standard Ticketmaster.
Emilie will be touring in support of her 2012 release of "Fight Like A Girl", which was released on July 24th, 2012 via The Asylum Emporium.
1. Fight Like a Girl
2. Time for Tea
3. 4 o'Clock (Reprise)
4. What Will I Remember?
5. Take the Pill
6. Girls! Girls! Girls!
7. I Don't Understand
8. We Want Them Young
9. If I Burn
10. Scavenger
11. Gaslight
12. The Key
13. Hell is Empty
14. Gaslight (Reprise)
15. Goodnight, Sweet Ladies
16. Start Another Story
17. One Foot in Front of the Other
"The marching rhythms of ‘One Foot In Front Of The Other’ rounds things off in a somewhat triumphant manner after the preceding tracks of, well, misery. The album version of this track is much more enjoyable than its live incarnation – likely a testament to treating the album as a whole and coming out at the end with a sort of light at the end of the tunnel.
Make no mistake, ‘Fight Like A Girl’ is depressing as hell. The downright scary shit that Emilie has gone through isn’t toned down (if it is, God help her) so if you’re easily triggered, be warned that there are some serious things going on here. Credit to Emilie for dealing with it through her art and creating such a grand vision, but that makes it no less terrifying.
‘Fight Like A Girl’ is a call to arms. Chances are, each person will take something different from it. As Emilie remarks at her live shows, no two people in attendance really look alike, and the same can be said for what each listener will leave this album with. Ultimately, it is theatrical, epic, empowering, scary, depressing, catchy, accessible, and most importantly, brilliant." -Espy Rock
"It’s difficult not to take this album track by track and describe the musical story you’re taken on, though this review is still ridiculously long even though a few songs were skipped. This is the opinion of someone familiar with the concept but not the exact story itself, so perhaps you think this viewpoint is completely off the mark. If so – music is there to be interpreted! So there!
‘Fight Like A Girl’ is theatrical and it’s a musical journey. Considering Emilie intends to turn this into a three hour production, it’s not difficult to see that happening. Musically, this is a journey that plays on various aspects of the human condition, that toys with choices of putting up a fight or sitting quietly and letting life slip you by. Having seen much of this in a live setting, the prospect of the whole record being given a theatrical stage is an exciting prospect. It’s not very often an artist can tap into the alternative genres, yet also create an album designed for a stage show, yet Emilie is a law unto herself.
For those who like something quirky and for those who like theatre, this release comes highly recommended. It lives up to every expectation that Emilie has given it: it’s dramatic, it’s a journey and it contains a certain fragility and strength throughout – ‘Fight Like A Girl’ doesn’t just rely on the plot of a pre-written tale. Everything from the direct threats in lyrics to the tiniest musical nuance were strictly designed for this story, and it’s a story well told." -Indulge Sound
Dragonforce have finally released a new single with their new singer (Marc Hudson)! 'Fallen World' is taken from the band's long-awaited, highly anticipated new album 'The Power Within', which is due on April 15th via the band's own Electric Generation Recordings (distributed by Essential Music):
Dragonforce - Fallen World
1. Holding On
2. Fallen World
3. Cry Thunder
4. Give Me the Night
5. Wings of Liberty
6. Seasons
7. Heart of the Storm
8. Die By the Sword
9. Last Man Stands
10. Seasons (Acoustic Version)
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Stick To Your Guns have dropped a new single for their upcoming album "Diamond", which Sumerian Records will release on March 27th. Check out the new single "Against Them All":
As I Lay Dying have released a live music video for their track "Paralyzed", which was a single from their 10th anniversary album "Decas". Check out the track below:
"When We Don't Exist" was released on November 8th, 2011 via Rise Records.
1 The Worst In Me
2 GNF
3 No Hope
4 You Won't Be Missed
5 Faithless Living
6 Your Existence
7 Trophy Child
8 My Own Grave
9 Something to Live For
10 Real Talk
11 Praise Feeder
“Hey everyone, I hope you guys dig the re-recording of Passenger. We wanted to include a bonus song specifically for the reissue of the self-titled record, and since I had just joined the band at the time we were deciding which song to include. Basically, it made a ton of sense to go ahead and re-record this one and release it as a PERIPHERY song.
Stylistically it always made a ton of sense to do so, and since the song was originally written by myself, Misha and Spencer, it always kind of felt like a Periphery song anyways! So enjoy it. And remember, this isn’t a track from the new album session – it’s only for the re-release of the self-titled record. Get pumped for the new stuff!! much love.” -Mark Holcomb
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VEXT has released some teaser material for their upcoming EP titled "Impermanence". There is currently no release date set for the upcoming EP.
If you tuned into Jimmy Kimmel's late night show last night (February 16th, 2012), you would have caught Puscifer playing some new material on the show. Check out the band performing "Telling Ghosts" and "Toma":
"Telling Ghosts"
"Toma"
Both tunes come from Puscifer's latest album "Conditions of My Parole", which was released on October 18th, 2011 via Puscifer Ent.
1. Tiny Monsters
2. Green Valley
3. Monsoons
4. Telling Ghosts
5. Horizons
6. Man Overboard
7. Toma
8. The Rapture (Fear is a Mind Killa Mix)
9. Conditionsof My Parole
10. The Weaver
11. Oceans
12. Tumbleweed
In case you haven't made your way to your local record store or visited an online source, here is what hit shelves on Valentine's Day (Feb 14th, 2012):
