Deadmau5 keeping the time between release date to a minimum. Less than 22 months the progressive-house music producer has pumped out a double length feature that will absolutely get fans pumped up for summer festivals! Other artists such as Mastodon, and Kobra & The Lotus all have some serious solid albums as well. I'm still debating on which one to try out first for the long weekend...even though I have all weekend to listen to the batch. Just when you think you got the answer. :-\
Newcomers to AFGM are Allegaeon and Stream of Passion. Both which are respectable and worth the shout out. The tunes I have heard thus far are decent and leave much room for discovery (at least from my end). Check out some of their music videos if you get the chance. So hopefully you get the chance to discover a few of these groups yourselves. Head to a local record store, online retailer, or authorized digital retailer. Cheers and have a great week of music!
(Deadmau5 - while 1<2)
Just as Reznor looked toward movie scores after killing off NIN for the first time, the same move could be a logical next step for Zimmerman. Not only are tracks “Gula”, “Pets”, and “Rlyehs Lament” the most emotive of Zimmerman’s career, they each contain an array of whimsical touches that force one to peer deeper and deeper into the mix. These tracks don’t just want to make you dance, they want to make you actually feel something … anything.
Despite these fresh, artistic detours and his ridicule of the main-stage EDM festival sound, these 25 tracks are not without their saw-jaw moments. deadmau5 of 2008 comes alive during “My Pet Coelacanth”, which at track four finally kick-starts the album into high gear, and “Phantoms Can’t Hang” steals the best from Dutch house and Melbourne bounce to create a new sound all its own. -Consequence of Sound
(Mastodon - Once More 'Round The Sun)
AFGM: Mastodon - Once More 'Round The Sun
The staggering ambition of the Atlanta quartet's first four albums, concept works all, made them a favorite of metal connoisseurs, who prized the band for its ambition, epic scope and instrumental dexterity while still swinging the heavy hammer of the gods.
In embracing a more accessible and structured sound, Mastodon can't help but sound more conventional. But it's also never been more consistently melodic. One could do worse as a gateway into metal or into the more ambitious and accomplished albums in Mastodon's past. -Chicago Tribune
(Kobra & The Lotus - High Priestess)
You’ll hear elements of traditional metal in Kobra and Lotus’ sound along with power metal influences, a little New Wave of British Heavy Metal and a dash of modern metal. The production from Johnny K (Megadeth, Disturbed) is top-notch. It’s crystal clear and dynamic without too much glossy sheen.
All the pieces are in place for High Priestess to help take Kobra and the Lotus to that so-called “next level,” but of course the music industry is a mysterious and unpredictable entity where nothing is guaranteed. KATL have done their part with an album that is the best of their career so far. -About.com
“Elements Of The Infinite” marks Allegaeon’s third consecutive drummer per album, and Brandon Park proves himself a key understated ingredient in the mix: a cross between the seat-of-the-pants fluidity of Jordon Belfast (“Fragments”) and the blastbeating insanity of JP Andrade (“Formshifter”). Michael Stancel replaced guitarist and band founder Ryan Glisan, and seems to have instantly gelled with Burgess without missing a step, and thank Goodness for that. Much gratitude is also due the band’s noted sense of silly humor offstage and off-record, which, while not literally represented in the music, seeps through nonetheless, reminding us that a band satisfied with being merely Good while having some fun is the band history will call truly Great. -Metal Underground
Dutch symphonic metal outfit Stream Of Passion fell on rough times when they decided to break away from Napalm Records. It was never a happy marriage. After some deliberation the band decided to take matters into their own hand and seek funding for their next album via the means of crowd funding. The whole thing was resounding success, so let’s how it affected Stream Of Passion’s latest offering, entitled “A War Of Our Own”…
“A War Of Our Own” isn’t an easy record to get into and it needs time before it really starts to grow on its listener. However, are so-called “growers” often not the most memorable and enjoyable albums in one’s collection? If you like your symphonic metal delivered with a passionate and original twist, then “A War Of Our Own” by Stream Of Passion is the album go for. It simply doesn’t get much better than this! -This Is Not A Scene
Box Sets:
(Pink Floyd - The Division Bell 20th Anniversary Edition)
Pink Floyd is releasing a 20th anniversary box set of The Division Bell , the band s 1994 multi-million selling album that included the Grammy Award winning track Marooned. Set for release on 1 July 2014, The Division Bell was the last studio album to be released by the band: David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright. This 20th anniversary box set features six discs, including three replica coloured or clear vinyl discs, 5 collectors prints, a Blu-ray disc and for the first time Andy Jackson s 5.1 audio mix of The Division Bell.
The Division Bell 20th Anniversary collector s box set will feature a new 2-LP vinyl edition of the album, remastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab from the original analogue tapes, including all the full length tracks (originally edited to fit on a single LP) in a gatefold sleeve designed by Hipgnosis/StormStudios. Five other discs are included: a red 7 vinyl replica of single Take It Back, clear 7 vinyl replica of High Hopes, 12 blue vinyl replica of High Hopes with reverse laser etched design, the 2011 Discovery remaster of The Division Bell and a Blu-ray disc including The Division Bell album in HD Audio, plus the previously unreleased 5.1 surround sound audio mix of the album by Andy Jackson. -Amazon
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