New Year, New Music

[Kimmio Laughterlove]

8 years old but new to me. It’s a strange ingenious quirky little apocalyptic spoken word/ rap opera. Satire. With some truth to it. The “exquisite corpse” is the monster we’ve made.

 

[Kimmio Laughterlove]

A new video by Prof:

(This darker material, with some humour, I can handle for the art itself.) nsfw, a few swear words

 

[Mendalla]

Last year, Ignacia Fernandes of the Chilean death metal band Decessus made history, becoming Miss Chile and performing full-on death metal in the talent competition. She is a fantastic growler so I hoped the exposure would get Decessus noticed (in fact, I suspect that was the plan, though she is also a model and definitely has the right look for a beauty pageant).

And it worked. I recently saw fan vids of Decessus at a festival in Finland and Ignacia sounded great. Then I got the pre-save notification for this video: Ignacia sitting in with American band Kamelot. Kamelot has worked with some of the best, including Alissa White-Gluz and Lauren Hart, who have both fronted the great Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy. So I was pumped to hear her with them. I am not disappointed. It's a fantastic track from the heavier end of the band's wide spectrum of sounds.

What surprised me is that this also announced the pre-release cycle for a new Kamelot album, with the album coming only 3 months after their Spring release Architects of the New Weave. Even better, this is one of two tracks with Ignacia as guest vocalist.

 

[Luce NDs]

Does ardent metal cut both ways when pounded to an edge? With a slice the essence is set loose ... like ben Ghazi ... good gas? This can rise through the earth after digestion! What has this got to do with life and rot ... corruption among us?

It just is and we know little about it as a commune of folk that would rather not be aware of the alternate ... the other? Expect some friction, rub'n or unguent ... kinetic agitation ... kinesis? Might it be the root of RAM and quantum activity until according to Einstein it all comes back together in due time ... imagination liberated? Project what could come out of it in a royal poke of those resisting know-how in the populace ...

Does that outline a sector lacking thereof as diverted by willful forces ... thus burning auras ... interfaces? Back to anti Fey, Ephraim and other forms unseen ... below the horizon of physicality!

Dah lights to contemplate under proper conditions ... in some paces labelled denarii ... glowing examples of what? Could these be tarnished by partisan opposition ...

The mortal mind is an alien structure ... rather a red skeleton ... or some other ghost of humor ... those beyond us may chuckle ... Charles?

 

[ninj]

 

[ninj]

Same amazing trio.

 

[Mendalla]

Amon Amarth hail from Sweden and their music often leans into that country's history and mythology, esp. the Vikings. They are mostly classed as melodic death metal but also have strong folk influences, which take the fore in this new track. Still quite heavy, but largely acoustic. Lyrics are from Voluspa, a poem from the Poetic Edda collection of Old Norse poems, here in English translation.

 

[Mendalla]

I was weirdly joyful when I saw the latest Tiny Desk Concert from US National Public Radio. The program features concerts by an eclectic mix of musicians, but leans to pop, folk, and world music. So when English grindcore pioneers Napalm Death (the band dates to 1981 but the longest active current member joined in 1987) got the nod this week, it was a bit of a departure. Grindcore comes from the punk/hardcore stream of music but has strong metal influences as well. If you want pretty songs, look elsewhere. Grindcore is as heavy and brutal as it gets and these guys are legends of the genre. Heck, they even had a moshpit going, which is amazing given this takes place in the NPR offices. Oh, and fair warning, NPR did NOT censor them. The lyrics get a bit ... strong.