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Fallujah – Dreamless – Review
Fallujah
Dreamless
By: George Archibald:
California’s Fallujah just released Dreamless on April 29th through Nuclear Blast Records. This Atmospheric Death Metal quintet are looking to have further success as this is the follow up to 2014’s The Flesh Prevails, which hit #15 on the US hard rock album charts.
Founded in 2007, the band brings progressive metal together with a mix of death, programming, and ambiance. Each member of Fallujah is a master of their instrument as noted with the many stand out parts from every performer on this album.
To push promotion for this album, Fallujah released the single ‘The Void Alone’ and a music video for ‘Abandon’ prior to the album’s released. ‘The Void Alone’ starts off with a very clean echoing guitar riff before advancing with a heavy dose of progressive metal. This track reminds me of some of the old Cynic albums with the way the guitar uses tremolo to emphasize the riffs. As soon as that passes something fresh to the ear a bit of female vocals come in to accompany the track.
The ‘Abandon’ video showcases the theme of the album. Having a very dissonant feel with suppressed vocals in the beginning of the track. The accompanying guitars lead you up to a counterpoint of harmony and emphasis in this soundscape. Visually, the video is meant to make you believe you are watching dream and nightmare intertwining, while you catch glimpses of the bands’ performance.
This album doesn’t just follow one genre by sticking to just plain death metal, or progressive metal. The tracks ‘Fidelio’ and ‘Les Silences’ show the bands programming prowess. A mix of ambient and electronic drums along with dissonant vocal samples these two tracks lead you on an audio soundscape. This album also has a ton of atmosphere as Fallujah tries to fill every inch audibly for a enjoyable 360-degree experience. This album is meant to encompass it’s listener in a wave of sound with is evident in the beautiful mixing and mastering it contains.
If you are looking for a refreshing take on the progressive death metal genre or trying to escape the norm of metal, you will not be disappointed in Dreamless.
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Marilyn Manson is Back
Marilyn Manson just released his 12th album “One Assassination Under God-Chapter 1” on November 22nd 2024.
This album in my opinion is the best album Manson has put out since Holy Wood. It has a feeling of albums old and new with little hints of Antichrist Superstar, Mechanical Animals and Holy Wood.
The album opens up with “One Assassination Under God” which just gets you ready for what’s to come. With Manson Just finishing his tour, This is the Manson we have been needing for years now. He looks good and sounds great.
Putting out a few singles from the album , the overall feeling of this album is great. It’s been a while since I’ve like a full album of Manson, while this album isn’t perfect it’s as close as perfection of those early albums were. Of course I love the singles “As Sick as the Secrets we Keep” and “Raise the Red Flag” but I also really enjoyed songs like “Death is not a costume”, “Nod if you understand” and “Sacrilegious”
I think this new chapter of Mansons life and music is exciting , I hope we get more tours in 2025 and maybe some over the top stage shows like we did in the late 90s early 2000s. I feel the younger generation hasn’t experience a real “Full” on Manson show yet and it’s time for the King to take back his throne at the top of the Shock Rock mountain.
ALL HAIL MARILYN MANSON
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BUSH 30th ANNIVERSARY OF “SIXTEEN STONE” VINYL
I remember when this album came out in 1994 . I was 15 and really discovering all types of music. As being a typical teenage boy I seen the band name “Bush” and thought hmm I love bush, let’s check it out. It was such an amazing album from beginning to end.
The new released vinyl that just came out on November 17th is such a testament to this album being as great then as it is now. Listening to the vinyl just brought back so many memories of being an angst teenager that just wanted to heard. The vinyl package is amazing with lots of photos of the band throughout the years and the sound of the vinyl is so pristine.
I got my hands on the opaque red vinyl and just looks awesome spinning on the player. It’s crazy to think that this album has so many hits and no filler songs, even the songs that didn’t become hits are just as good as the hits.
With the hits being “Glycerine”, “Everything Zen” , “Comedown” “Little Things” and “Machinehead” but some of my favorite songs are not the hits songs like “Swim”, “Bomb” and “Alien” which is probably my favorite song on the album. If you’re a fan of Bush or this album or just want to dive into the mid 90s Grunge/Post Grunge era this is a key album to have in your collection.
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ALICE IN CHAINS “BLACK GIVES WAY TO BLUE” VINYL REVIEW
Alice In Chains have Re-Released the 2009 album on vinyl. This album was the first Alice In Chains in 14 years and the first album with guitarist/singer Willam DuVall after Layne Staley passed away in 2002.
I was a huge Alice In Chains fan and was a big fan of both Layne and Jerry. When this album first came out I remember sorta pushing it the side only cause of sadness about Layne but after hearing “Check My Brain” I gave it a chance and was so glad that I did. This album is amazing and really put Alice In Chains back into the mainstream.
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