Hailing from Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Record label: Roadrunnner Records
Bryan Crouch - Vocals
Joseph Stamp - Guitar
Chad Taylor - Bass
Flavio Cirillo - Drums
I'm so excited to review these guys, its been a long time coming. I actually saw them at HeavyMTL 2010, I had no idea who these guys were, they were one of the early bands, so there was hardly a crowd, maybe 50 people at their stage. My friend and I had just arrived at the festival, and we heard these guys, Hail The Villain, had no idea who they were but instinctively begun headbanging, and simultaneously said "They're good!". We only got to hear the last 2 songs of their set, Runaway and Take Back The Fear, needless to say I wasn't done with them. As soon as I got back home I went on youtube and looked for their songs and I was not disappointed.
Hail the Villain, they are heavy metal, they sort of feel like a mix of Bullet For my Valentine, reminiscent of Matt Tuck with the power in his voice, but a style and maniacal energy of Billy Talent, on stage and in sound. Their riffs are fast yet melodic. They are a band I expect to blow up very soon. Their debut LP, Population: Declining, is definitely one of my favourite metal albums ever. It is consistent, startin with the 1st song "Take back the fear" up to the last "Social graces". My favourite track on the album would have to be "Runaway", it is one that would get anyone going. A fast paced track, filled with insane riffs, thrilling lyrics, and a concept that gets you moving(I actually feel the urge to run).
Apart from their sound, another great thing about this band is their lyrical content, they actually speak on societal problems, as much as I enjoy heartbreak and depression lyrically, a more "grab the bull by the horn" attitude is a breath of fresh air.
They also have comic books which share the same theme as some of their songs, those can be found here along with the albums. They are a dynamic band, more than just music and none of the other stuff overshadows the music as the music in itself is fantastic. Here is there interactive website.
This is the video for my favourite pick "Runaway"
Friday, October 14, 2011
Friday, July 29, 2011
Conducting From The Grave
Location: Sacramento, CA
Genre: Melodic Death Metal
Record label: Sumerian Records
Band Members
John Abernathy - Guitar
Jeff Morgan - Guitar
Greg Donnelly - Drums
Steven Lovas - Bass
Mikey Powell - Vocals
So this is currently my favourite band at the moment, discovered them last year, by just clicking on a youtube video for Eternally Gutted, I really only checked it out cause I thought their name was awesome, as soon as I heard this song, i was hooked, I listened to that song for days, it was stuck in my head, I realise the production wasn't that great but I think I enjoyed the raw feel of it and dirty scream and growl, but I think what I really enjoy bout that was the intense drumming at the start, twas fast and hard and guitar to follow it with brutality. After getting hooked on that I decided to look up some of their other stuff, and I wasn't disappointed, I eventually got the When Legends Become Dust album and Trials of the Forsaken EP, both brutal collection of hard tracks. My favourites were Marching towards Extinction and Hit the lights.....Armageddon's here, awesome breakdowns and awesome lyrics that just made sense.
Then in October 2010, they released the Revenants album and already being a fan I had to get it, while waiting I heard the 1st single release, Path of a traitor, I heard it and I liked it but it didn't stick like the others but I was still expectant of the album. I finally listened to the whole thing and it was and each time still is a mind blowing experience, beautifully orchestrated, better production on this album, as they got signed to Sumerian Records, every song links perfectly to the magnificently done finale, What Monsters We Have Become, it was divided into 2 parts, part 1 being the same style as most of the album, then they bring on some clean vocals, something never done in a CFTG song that I've heard, that sounded awesome, and soften the blow of the song well and then Part 2 starts off immediately after and it is the most beautiful outro I've ever been graced with in my music listening history. Made up of a beautiful soft guitar melody, that just sets my mind afloat, takes me to different place. Then when it gets more grungy and heavy, its a brilliant progression from soft to hard, masterful guitar work and then Mikey Powell inserts his vocals to finish off the album living you with a thought of What monster we have become.
Revenants is easily in my top five albums ever, it's consistent and has a great start and magnificent ending, you always just wanna start the trip again.
Conducting from the grave a 5 star band, hope to see them live someday, check them out they're on tour now, might be in a city near you.
MySpace
Facebook
\m/ Rock on can't wait till ur at HeavyMTL next year(Wishful thinking). Here is their 1st official music video, for Her Poisoned Tongue from Revenants:
Genre: Melodic Death Metal
Record label: Sumerian Records
Band Members
John Abernathy - Guitar
Jeff Morgan - Guitar
Greg Donnelly - Drums
Steven Lovas - Bass
Mikey Powell - Vocals
So this is currently my favourite band at the moment, discovered them last year, by just clicking on a youtube video for Eternally Gutted, I really only checked it out cause I thought their name was awesome, as soon as I heard this song, i was hooked, I listened to that song for days, it was stuck in my head, I realise the production wasn't that great but I think I enjoyed the raw feel of it and dirty scream and growl, but I think what I really enjoy bout that was the intense drumming at the start, twas fast and hard and guitar to follow it with brutality. After getting hooked on that I decided to look up some of their other stuff, and I wasn't disappointed, I eventually got the When Legends Become Dust album and Trials of the Forsaken EP, both brutal collection of hard tracks. My favourites were Marching towards Extinction and Hit the lights.....Armageddon's here, awesome breakdowns and awesome lyrics that just made sense.
Then in October 2010, they released the Revenants album and already being a fan I had to get it, while waiting I heard the 1st single release, Path of a traitor, I heard it and I liked it but it didn't stick like the others but I was still expectant of the album. I finally listened to the whole thing and it was and each time still is a mind blowing experience, beautifully orchestrated, better production on this album, as they got signed to Sumerian Records, every song links perfectly to the magnificently done finale, What Monsters We Have Become, it was divided into 2 parts, part 1 being the same style as most of the album, then they bring on some clean vocals, something never done in a CFTG song that I've heard, that sounded awesome, and soften the blow of the song well and then Part 2 starts off immediately after and it is the most beautiful outro I've ever been graced with in my music listening history. Made up of a beautiful soft guitar melody, that just sets my mind afloat, takes me to different place. Then when it gets more grungy and heavy, its a brilliant progression from soft to hard, masterful guitar work and then Mikey Powell inserts his vocals to finish off the album living you with a thought of What monster we have become.
Revenants is easily in my top five albums ever, it's consistent and has a great start and magnificent ending, you always just wanna start the trip again.
Conducting from the grave a 5 star band, hope to see them live someday, check them out they're on tour now, might be in a city near you.
MySpace
\m/ Rock on can't wait till ur at HeavyMTL next year(Wishful thinking). Here is their 1st official music video, for Her Poisoned Tongue from Revenants:
Monday, January 17, 2011
Warpaint
Location:California, USA
Genre: Soft rock/blues/psychedlic
Band members: Emily Kokal - Vocals/guitar
Theresa Wayman - Vocals/guitar
Jenny Lee Lindberg - Bass/vocals
Stella Mozgawa - Drums/keys/vocals
If you like: The XX, The Knife,Zola Jesus
The all girl psychedelic delight, Warpaint, with their calming voices and trippy but yet rather soothing instrumentals, their music is wonderful, for when one is having downtime or you just want to close your eyes and absorb the music. This band's music is great for that,I came across this group last year summer, and I've been hooked ever since, they had a show with The XX, a very good British band, with similar music to Warpaint, I didn't go to the show but I decided to check out the bands on the lineup, which were Zola Jesus and Warpaint. So I heard Warpaint and I was immediately blown away by them, the first song I heard was Elephants and I was in love, that has alot of their psychedelic element in it, and it totally put me in a trance, then I heard Billie Holiday, which is a bit more soulful and blues element to it. There's a version of them singing Billie Holiday a cappella and it just shows their true talent. Those were from their 1st EP, Exquisite Corpse, their latest release was their 1st LP, The Fool, filled with all brilliant tracks, they have their psychedelic tracks like Shadows, Bees and Composure and the more soulful ones like Baby and Lissie's Heart Murmur.
Good music they are making, and they are getting the recognition deserved as they were on BBC's Sound of 2011 list
Listen to their music on their website and here's something to show you that they are worth checking out
Genre: Soft rock/blues/psychedlic
Band members: Emily Kokal - Vocals/guitar
Theresa Wayman - Vocals/guitar
Jenny Lee Lindberg - Bass/vocals
Stella Mozgawa - Drums/keys/vocals
If you like: The XX, The Knife,Zola Jesus
The all girl psychedelic delight, Warpaint, with their calming voices and trippy but yet rather soothing instrumentals, their music is wonderful, for when one is having downtime or you just want to close your eyes and absorb the music. This band's music is great for that,I came across this group last year summer, and I've been hooked ever since, they had a show with The XX, a very good British band, with similar music to Warpaint, I didn't go to the show but I decided to check out the bands on the lineup, which were Zola Jesus and Warpaint. So I heard Warpaint and I was immediately blown away by them, the first song I heard was Elephants and I was in love, that has alot of their psychedelic element in it, and it totally put me in a trance, then I heard Billie Holiday, which is a bit more soulful and blues element to it. There's a version of them singing Billie Holiday a cappella and it just shows their true talent. Those were from their 1st EP, Exquisite Corpse, their latest release was their 1st LP, The Fool, filled with all brilliant tracks, they have their psychedelic tracks like Shadows, Bees and Composure and the more soulful ones like Baby and Lissie's Heart Murmur.
Good music they are making, and they are getting the recognition deserved as they were on BBC's Sound of 2011 list
Listen to their music on their website and here's something to show you that they are worth checking out
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Not Even Death
Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada
Genre: Heavy metal, Screamo
Band Members: Dani - Vocals
Justin - Guitar
Mat - Bass/vocals
Mike - Drum/vocals
Not Even Death, a great band with great music to say the least. I came across this band, very randomly on facebook, I have no idea how I got to their page, maybe someone posted a link or something like that, but I can't say exactly but most importantly I listened to their music and was instantly loving it, and my feelings for their music has only been more intensified, as I listen to them more and more. My favourite song by them is That You Would Part The sky. I keep discovering something new about the instrumentals in the songs, the breakdowns and the level of complexity and originality. Everything just works well together, all the different instruments brought together sounds perfect. I would point out that their arrangement is quite standard of most metal, start off fast and hard and midway through the song, we have a soulful piece which this band does well with a female lead vocalist, her soft feminine voice soothes you, and then a build up to a raise the tempo and decibels, but of course its different in each song but this is sort of the similarities. It is a good formula in my opinion.
They have their lyrics posted on their website and from that you can understand the message they are trying to put across, and from most of it, they have uplifting lyrics of encouragement in Annihilation of Ambition, and as I am of the Christian faith I understand that their songs all have the message past across, but not in a preachy manner, no talk of Jesus Christ and such, just the doctrines as such. Even if you do not believe in the faith, it is still awesome music, whether you agree or not.
They are definitely in my top favourite bands at the moment. You can see all of their music and such on their website
notevendeath.com
or their facebook profile:
Not Even Death's profile
Genre: Heavy metal, Screamo
Band Members: Dani - Vocals
Justin - Guitar
Mat - Bass/vocals
Mike - Drum/vocals
Not Even Death, a great band with great music to say the least. I came across this band, very randomly on facebook, I have no idea how I got to their page, maybe someone posted a link or something like that, but I can't say exactly but most importantly I listened to their music and was instantly loving it, and my feelings for their music has only been more intensified, as I listen to them more and more. My favourite song by them is That You Would Part The sky. I keep discovering something new about the instrumentals in the songs, the breakdowns and the level of complexity and originality. Everything just works well together, all the different instruments brought together sounds perfect. I would point out that their arrangement is quite standard of most metal, start off fast and hard and midway through the song, we have a soulful piece which this band does well with a female lead vocalist, her soft feminine voice soothes you, and then a build up to a raise the tempo and decibels, but of course its different in each song but this is sort of the similarities. It is a good formula in my opinion.
They have their lyrics posted on their website and from that you can understand the message they are trying to put across, and from most of it, they have uplifting lyrics of encouragement in Annihilation of Ambition, and as I am of the Christian faith I understand that their songs all have the message past across, but not in a preachy manner, no talk of Jesus Christ and such, just the doctrines as such. Even if you do not believe in the faith, it is still awesome music, whether you agree or not.
They are definitely in my top favourite bands at the moment. You can see all of their music and such on their website
notevendeath.com
or their facebook profile:
Not Even Death's profile
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