Stain Of Mind

Slayer - Get Thrashed.

2009-06-30T23:14:00.000-07:00

Clip from Thrash Metal Documentary - Get Thrashed dvd about Slayer.

Cavalera Conspiracy - Inflikted

2009-06-30T22:51:00.000-07:00

Review from Global Domination/Euthanatos.

The Cavalera Conspiracy: Inflikted
20/02/08 Euthanatos

When Igor Cavalera left Sepultura, first I thought how ridiculous it was that the other faggots were carrying on without him. Second, I immediately knew (granted, like everybody else) that it would be a matter of time before him and his brother got together again. I expected him to join Soulfly, however, and did not foresee a new project starting. Naturally, my reaction was “this has the potential to be really awesome or a huge pile of shit”. With Max’s tribal tendencies and Igor’s recent fling with electronic music, the latter seemed more likely. On the other hand, Soulfly’s

“The Dark Ages” probably saw Max’s best songwriting in decades.

When it was rumored that Marc Rizzo was the other guitar player I thought, “oh hey, that makes sense”, but when Joe Duplantier, from Gojira, was revealed as the bass player, I couldn’t help but thinking..Wait a minute…

So a shitty video was released in the Internet, as it always happens, and the song, “Inflikted” was just terrible. Then the album cover was released. And I was quick on the trigger; “it’s a huge pile of steaming dog shit!”.

But something happened. A song from the album leaked. And it was good. It was really good. My mind was boggling. I didn’t recognize this world I was in anymore. Everything seemed strange and alien.

And then I got the album. Dismiss me as a prejudiced and biased ignorant motherfucker. The album is actually metal and it actually sounds good. On a “goodness” level, I’d rank it behind Sepultura’s classics, of course, but better than anything Soulfly ever released and CERTAINLY,

CERTAINLY A LOT BETTER than anything Sepultura ever did without Max.

The sound here is a lot closer to Soulfly’s “Dark Ages”, even though it still manages to be different, and I guess this is what surprises me the most. It doesn’t really relate to anything done before by the Cavalera brothers, yet their signature styles are blatantly evident. Max’s terrible lyrics and immediately recognizable growl is here and Igor actually seems to have regained some fire, some passion for the drums and is playing better than he has in many, many years. And he’s a damn good drummer when he’s into it. Rizzo shreds as usual, he’s a very talented, insanely technical guitar player and has a great taste for solos, riffs and tone alike. Joe Duplantier can’t really be felt that much during this record, the bass sound is disappointingly low.

I love the speedy “Sanctuary”, the old-school sounding “Terrorize” , the extremely gritty “Ultra-Violent”, the ridiculously fast “Hex”...Hell, even the title-track, so awful in that video, actually sounds pretty good on the album!

I, probably like most, was ready to dismiss this as garbage and proof the Cavalera brothers simply didn’t care anymore for metal and were heading in other directions, finally exploring all the gay-ass music they’ve come to love over the years. I was wrong, the only influence here is thrash, death metal and hardcore and the outcome is a beauty. If you don’t believe me, listen to “The Doom Of All Fires”. He makes a reference to “Apocalyptic Raids”! “Apocalyptic Raids”! Max Cavalera! In this day and age! Can you believe that?
I bow my head, gentlemen.

8,5 huge middle fingers to current Sepultura out of 10.

Information-
Released: 2008
Label: Roadrunner Records
Website: http://www.cavaleraconspiracy.com/
Band
Max Cavalera: vocals, guitars
Marc Rizzo: guitars
Joe Duplantier: bass
Igor Cavalera: drums

Tracklist
01. Inflikted
02. Sanctuary
03. Terrorize
04. Dark Ark
05. Ultra-Violent
06. Hex
07. The Doom Of All Fires
08. Bloodbrawl
09. Nevertrust
10. Hearts of Darkness
11. Must Kill

Day@Work

2009-06-30T11:20:00.000-07:00

Sepultura - ROOTS

2009-06-29T19:46:00.000-07:00

I've never listen to Sepultura that much but last year, I listen to Sepultura's second album-Schizophrenia. Now this album's sound lead more towards the Thrash Metal genre than their previous album, Morbid Visions, which is basically a Death Metal record. And since I a huge fan of Thrash Metal, i thought that their second album Schizophrenia is not bad at all, in fact I enjoyed it.

But just when I thought that I was going to "explore" more on Sepultura, I got myself a Slayer album, Christ Illusions. Then I got myself listening to Slayer music non-stop, 24/7,every-fucking-minute (Still fucking doing that actually). And I think that no Thrash Metal can beat them, ever.

But, few weeks ago I watched Sam Dunn's documentary on Metal music- Global Metal. In the documentary, Sam Dunn travelled to Brazil to explore on the country's metal scene and they documented about Sepultura's music. And there's one particular album that caught my interest-Roots.

Roots is Sepultura's sixth studio album and it was released in March 12, 1996 by Roadrunner Records. But whats really interesting about this album is that its Thrash Metal with Native Brazilian musical rythms.

Sepultura fans were fucking shocked upon first hearing Roots. Huge riffs and hulking rhythms had replaced the speedy thrash that established Sepultura's reputation, as well as the impeccable songwriting that made Chaos A.D. a masterpiece three years earlier. "Roots Bloody Roots" sported a two-note riff; "Dictatorshit" was straight-up hardcore punk, complete with noisy, hissy intro. The emphasis was now on the sound, rather than the song.

Producer Ross Robinson recorded the band on old analog equipment to get a raw, dirty sound; pick scrapes, feedback, and background noise were not only left unedited, but also seemingly encouraged.

Experimentation and collaboration abounded. In the studio, Robinson would verbally and physically provoke the band to intensify performances. Tribal percussion drove "Ratamahatta" and "Breed Apart" to manic heights, while "Lookaway" featured throat-shredding vocals from Mike Patton (Faith No More) and Jonathan Davis (Korn), as well as scratches from DJ Lethal (House of Pain, Limp Bizkit). Robinson even put microphones around a canyon, recording the band jamming on tribal drums, rocks, sticks—whatever was lying around. The result was a 13-minute headphone monster that captured crickets chirping and gunshot echoes in you-are-there fidelity. Mixer Andy Wallace tied the whole mess together with one of the most visceral mixes ever committed to tape. The mammoth low end, sharp snares, and in-the-red levels of the mix combined with an incredibly hot mastering job to yield one loud album. Few albums have sounded this vicious.

Fortunately, Roots is a strong enough album to resist attempts to cash in on its legacy. After Roots, internal conflict drove Max Cavalera to leave Sepultura and form Soulfly, continuing the "tribal metal" of Roots; Sepultura carried on with new singer Derrick Green. But neither band has regained the success of Max Cavalera-era Sepultura. While both bands play "Roots Bloody Roots" now in their live sets, listeners can get with the real thing by picking up the original Roots.

Sepultura - Roots Bloody Roots

HIStory end...

2009-06-29T18:56:00.000-07:00

But.....

HIS MUSIC WILL LIVE FOREVER

We love you Micheal! Always have and always will!

Public Enemies

2009-06-23T08:28:00.000-07:00

Hey fuckers, already watched Transformers : Revenge Of The Fallen last monday, thanks to the special screening tickets from Malaysian Today, and it thought it was FUCKING AWESOME!! Gonna watch for another 5 times in cinema! haaha!!

But now, Iam also looking forward for another movie bound to be a hit, Public Enemies. I seriously looking forward for this movie because, one: Its directed by Michael Mann, who is one of my favourite directors who directed for Heat and Collateral. Two: Main casts is Johnny Depp

who's a fucking versatile actor and of course Christian Bale. And finally Three: It scored 9.5 out of 10 in imdb.com the last time i check, so fuck yeah!

Lamb Of God - Sacrament(2006)

2009-06-21T18:57:00.000-07:00

Lamb of God is easily one of the most talented bands in metal today. But for now, I am going to talk their 2006 album, Sacrament.

Sacrament is the band's fifth studio album. Skillfully combining the elements of progressive rock with the harder, edgier elements of thrash, the members of Lamb of God have composed an album that is absolutely solid from the very first note until the very fucking last.

The more I hear this album, the more I am reminded of the last few albums from Pantera. The checklist of everything that made Pantera the most unique and innovative in the 90s can be found on Sacrament. Distinct vocals? Check. Solid lead guitar? Check. Drop D tuning? Check. Tight rhythm section? Check. Progressive edge mixed with elements of thrash? Check.

This album was released in 2006 right? but to be be honest, I've only listened to this album in the middle of the month of June. Fuck!

Lamb Of God was first introduced to me by one of my closest friend, Afiq. In the beginning of my college days back in 2007, Afiq was always like, " Josh listen to song!" or "Check this band out!" while holding out his Ipod to me. Also, he's one of my biggest Metal influence, introducing me to biggest bands like Slipknot, Trivium and Lamb Of God. So thanks to him, he made me a better metalhead.

Favourite songs from Sacrament:

+ Walk with me in hell

+ Again we rise

+ Redneck

+ Descending

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2009-06-18T04:37:00.000-07:00

make your own here

Transformers : Revenge Of The Fallen (Soundtrack)

2009-06-12T14:30:00.001-07:00

Linkin Park - New Divide

"Scurvy" Of The Week! Haaha!

2009-06-12T14:00:00.000-07:00

CHARLEENE RENA

Well I was browsing through YouTube, just looking around then I found this video called "Rudenko - Everybody" with pictures of Girls in Military Outfit, woohoo! I had to check it out! Then I thought that the singer in this video is Smokin!! Im not a fan of this song's genre but i like the video....So I went to do a little research on who she is. Then I found her on FHM.UK and her name is Charleene Rena. oooooo....Scurvy!!

Drag Me To Hell.

2009-06-12T13:19:00.000-07:00

From the intense opening scene to the stellar and shocking finale, Sam Raimi has officially returned to the horror genre with vigor and spark in the year's best horror film so far. Starring Alison Lohman in the leading role , Drag Me to Hell feels like much more than your average, predictable horror popcorn flick. It's filled with plenty of twists and turns and, like any good ride, a satisfying conclusion. Fuck! This is probably the best "modern hollywood horror" I've ever seen.Also starring are Justin Long, David Paymer, and Lorna Raver.

Christine (Lohman), a loan officer at a bank with a lovely boyfriend (Long), is being considered for a promotion. Jumping at the opportunity, she comes across an old gypsy woman (Raver) who requests a third extension on her house. Her boss (Paymer) tells her it's a tough decision, and its her call, so she refuses the woman's payment. Absolutely infuriated, the woman stalks Christine after work and bestows her with a supernatural curse, one which she has only three days to overcome before the spirits drag her to hell.

I had heard nothing but great things about it. I was hoping for the best, but I wasn't sure how the comedy and horror would mix together. Much to my surprise, the horror and comedy in Drag Me to Hell are that rare perfect mix of perfection that one craves in horror movies. If too funny, they can go overboard, but not this one.

Perhaps the most shocking thing about the movie is how well it's made technically. It had all sorts of interesting shots and the real work of a master filmmaker. Having both written and directed the film, Sam Raimi more than proves his worth to the horror genre despite his long absence since Army of Darkness. In ways, this is also a sort of revival of what people with think of horror movies. Drag Me to Hell is one of the most intense, scary horror films in quite some time.

Drag Me to Hell is full of its epic shocks, and the less you go in knowing about it the better. I could go on for hours about the movie and spoil everything there is to know, but that would truly ruin some of its appeal. Which is certainly not to say that it is lost after a first viewing, just that it's an experience unlike any other going into this movie watching virtually no clips and reading very little about it. It becomes a truly rewarding experience.

Mrs. Ganush is one truly phenomenal villain that provides plenty of scares. Lorna Raver infuses the role with an enthusiasm - an terror - that is rarely seen in big-screen baddies. She has more personality than The Ring's Samara for sure. Clay's character provides a much-needed balance between the goofy and the horrific, and helps make the film's heroine, Christine, all the more believable. It was an interesting twist to see Justin Long in a horror film, despite the nature of his role. I believed his performance and the sincerity of his character. Lohman had a lot resting on her shoulders with this movie, and she totally pulled it off with flying colors. Nobody plays the terrified, but headstrong and determined female lead better than Lohman, and she proves her worth over and over again in this movie. She totally has a career ahead of her.

Overall, Drag Me to Hell did more than just impress me nonstop. It was a masterpiece of a horror movie, with unrivaled intensity, scares, and one killer of an ending. More often now, horror directors/writers seem to have such a difficult time ending their movies properly. This one has an ending which snugly solidifies the movie as an early contender for best horror film of the year. Don't miss Drag Me to Hell! This shit is the shit!

Final Destination? Death Plan?

2009-06-11T23:31:00.000-07:00

Remember the recent air-crash news, Air France Flight 447? Well Air France Flight 447 was a scheduled commercial flight from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Paris, France, that crashed on 1 June 2009 over the Atlantic Ocean with the confirmed loss of all 228 crew members and passengers onboard.

At first when the news said that the plane went missing from the radar, I actually imagined about the Bermuda Triangle. But some bodies and debris of the plane the was found and they're still searching for more as far as I know. And cause of the crash is also still being investigated, as far as I know. So...fuck Bermuda. But when I went online today, Something caught my eye, the headline for Times Online reads : Woman who missed Flight 447 is killed in car crash.

The site states -A woman who dodged death when she and her husband narrowly missed Air France Flight 447 before it plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 228 aboard, was killed in a car accident just over a week later.

Johanna Ganthaler, a retiree from the Bolzano-Bozen province, was on vacation in Brazil with her husband Kurt when the pair miraculously missed the doomed flight to Paris. But their luck ran out on an Austrian road earlier this week when their car swerved into the path of an oncoming truck outside the town of Kufstein. The husband Kurt, survived the car crash and was badly injured.

Now tell me that this reminds you of The Final Destination movie!!

But whatever it is, God Bless Her Soul and the victims of the crash.

Hordes Of Chaos

2009-06-11T20:52:00.000-07:00

Kreator's Latest Album - Hordes Of Chaos.

Kreator went through an experimental phase earlier in the career, but these days the Teutonic thrashers are staying true to the roots. The band's twelfth studio album Hordes Of Chaos was produced by Moses Schneider and mixed by Colin Richardson (Slipknot, Cradle Of Filth).
Instead of the traditional method of recording, Schneider put the band in the same room together and had them record the basic instrumental parts live. The result is a more energetic and raw feel, which is perfect for a band of Kreator's style and pedigree.
Hordes Of Chaos is jam packed with fast and aggressive thrash riffs and thundering drums. But Kreator shows plenty of versatility as well. For example, on "Amok Run" the tempo starts out slow with vocalist Mille Petrozza singing melodically. It gradually gets more intense with harsher singing, faster tempos and eventually straight out screaming.
There are a lot of very strong songs with good melodies, hooks and creative shredding. There are also a couple of filler songs that are a bit on the generic side.

Still, Hordes Of Chaos will satisfy Kreator and thrash fans. In the midst of this thrash revival it's nice to see those who were there at the beginning are still able to show the kids how it's done.

My most favourite song from the album is - also titled Hordes Of Chaos.

Transformers : Revenge Of The Fallen (Starscream)

2009-06-11T04:47:00.000-07:00

2009-06-10T23:20:00.000-07:00

World Painted Black

HELL YEAH MOTHERFUCKERS! Thrash Metal Gods-Slayer is going to release their new album and it’s titled World Painted Black. According to KNAC.COM, Colombia Records has confirmed a July 7th as the release date for the new album. According to BLABBERMOUTH.NET , Kerry King said of the album: "I think this one has a little bit of everything , more so than anything we've done since Seasons In The Abyss. So I would imagine people are gonna compare it to that one." The band have recorded thirteen songs for the album, seven written by Jeff Hanneman and six by King, although not all of these are expected to be included.

So far, the confirmed tracks are:
- Psychopathy Red
- The Black Dawn
- World Painted Blood
- Sleeps With Dolls

7th of July, fuck! Still a long way to go.