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Sevendust Blood&Stone Album/Livestream Review
Sevendust just released their 13th album on October 23rd. The album Blood & Stone is a essential Sevendust album. The band hasn’t lost a touch after 13 albums. Sevendust one of the few bands to still have the original lineup, keeps going on with killer songs after songs.
On Blood&Stone a few of my favorite tracks are “Dying to Live”, “What You’ve become” and the cover of Soundgarden’s “ The Day I Tried to Live” and of course the track “Blood From a Stone”
Lajon’s vocals have always been stellar putting such different arrays of emotions of the tracks. I love that Everybody chips in some backing vocals throughout the album and Morgan Rose still slays it on the drums and the haunting screams and vocals
With the release of the album Sevendust did the only performance of 2020 with a livestream event.
The event started off with Lajon from years back talking about the band and then they flashed all the albums leading up to the Blood&Stone.
The setlist was a wicked awesome blend of old and new songs that everyone loves. Opening up with Dying to Live off the new album. In between songs you could hear them talk about how the messed up something or how things we going. It was awesome. Of course every time I hear “Angels son” I always shed a tear. I was a huge fan of Lynn Strait from Snot and when I hear that song it always makes me remember what a talented man we lost. Sevendust pulled out some old tunes with Bitch and Black off the first album.
Sevendust played The Day I Tried to Live and sounded so good Live. Ending with Face to Face is always my favorite hearing Morgan scream on that track always gets me.
The whole live show was amazing with some cool pyro here and there added in. The setlist was great and I was jamming out in my house to each one. Sevendust is such a crowd energy band which was a little different to see this time since Lajon and company couldn’t feed of the crowd. I hope that they release this performance on dvd/Blu-ray it would be one to keep for the ages.
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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.
The vinyl not only looks super awesome but sounds amazing. If you’re a fan of Alice In Chains and into collecting Vinyl, this album is a must in your collection. It’s a great packed vinyl with 2 vinyls included.
Side A: All Secrets Known, Check My Brain and Last of My Kind. Side B: Your Decision, A Looking in View. Side C: When The Sun Rose Again, Acid Bubble, Lesson Learned. Side D: Take Her Out, Private Hell, Black Gives Away To Blue
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