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Medicine released a new album after 13 years. Yuck finally made a new album too. Sad they lost Daniel on vocals. New MBV was decent too. And there are rumors of a possible slowdive reunion and tour. They may only be rumors but it would be so awesome if it turned out to be true. Neil and Rachel performed some slowdive songs together live back at the end of October.

Nice. I'll PM you for further details.

It's funny because I was disappointed by dir en grey's Unraveling, but yet I still enjoyed it. For me it's missing all the power the originals had and it made no sense to remake songs that were good to begin with. Yet the way the band remade their songs, with layers, improved production, and their now matured musicianship, it's a release that's hard not to applaud.

Sure I'd be happy to help. And it's probably a good idea to do your recording with the best gear you can get your hands on. A bad recorded track can't be fixed by any amount of mixing or production. I can guide you guys through the recording process to get the best takes with what you have if needed too. What type of sound is your project aiming for? Rock, pop, metal?

^ Cool. I'll add you guys to my list of clients. I PMed you so we can get in touch and discuss further details. I've got a another band who I'm mixing for so I still have 2 - 3 available slots. I'll stop once those have been filled so if anyone else wants in now's the time.

As any beginning musicians may have found out, you can’t simply slap together a vocal track, a bass track, some drum and guitar tracks and expect it to sound good, regardless of how amazing those tracks may sound individually. More often than not the result sounds lackluster, especially when compared to a professionally produced song. The vocals may sound muffled, the guitars may not have bite or sheen, the drums may sound flimsy and lack punch and the bass may be buried. These are some of the many aspects that need to be addressed in the mixing stage in order to get a good result, and it’s part of what I’ll take care of to anyone who’s interested. Up until now I’ve been learning and applying what I’ve learned about mixing and audio production the past couple of years to my own work. However I wanted to expand to other projects and not have to deal with the writing and recording process for once. Hence I’ve decided to focus completely on mixing and the production side of things. Perhaps you don’t have the equipment, the skill or the time to do your own mixing. So why not give a me a shot? I’ll do it for free and there is no risk or constraint involved to anyone interested. I should state that I am by no means a professional. However I do have about 3 years worth of knowledge and practice on the subject. Likewise I don’t have thousands of dollars worth of equipment or plugins like the pro studio's do. I manage with what I do have and I am confident enough to say that I can bring a recording to decent standards and make it a listenable quality. Other important things to know. - The genre doesn’t matter. I’m better at mixing rock and metal, but can do other genres too. - I’ll mix a single song, an EP, an album, whatever you want. - I will work with you and do the best to realize the vison you may have for your music. - I have the plugins necessary to do EQ, compression, reverb, delay, limiting, stereo widening, noise gating, edit tracks and other necessary tools of the trade. - If needed I can do pitch correction, vocal glitching, program industrial/electronic passages, do bass drops and all other manner of studio magic. - You should preferably send me dry tracks at -6 Db. 24 bit WAV to retain quality. 16 bit is fine too. - I’ll output the finished product to your format(s) of choice. 320k mp3, WAV, mp4, VBR, etc - In addition you get a copy of the master tracks. - Unfortunately I don’t have any samples to show. All of my personal songs I’m working on remain unfinished at this moment and I feel uncomfortable sharing incomplete work. If you want to know what I offer, send me a song or a few seconds of track to mix and I’ll send it back to you. If you like what you hear, we’ll take it from there. So to any bands or musicians on MH, if you’re interested or have any questions leave a reply or PM me a message.

I checked out a picture of her and I really enjoyed them. Great instrumental post-rock. I hand't heard of them before so it's great to find a new band. They've got enough going on to keep you engaged in or simply lay back and relax Already know Cyclamen and I'm a fan of the band. Keep the good stuff coming.

I enjoyed the performance as well.

Almost forgot about. Conquer Divide - All female group doing the rock/metal thing. Been following them on their facebook since I stumbled upon their youtube vids of them tracking their songs. Bought their first single too. They're awesome. The leads vocals are really strong and are probably the best thing about this band besides the amazing sounding drums. Feed Her To The Sharks - There seem to be a lot of rock/metal bands coming out of Australia that are spectacular. Feed her to the sharks is ones of those bands. They are metalcore at it's finest and what the genre should be.Technical, melodic, devastating and beautiful. The guitar riffs and guitar work in general are technical, vocals are brutal as are the breakdowns, and the drums are lightening fast. What I love I about this band is that they've clearly taken the time not only to be technical, melodic and heavy, but original too. They are rather under rated which is too bad because after hearing them, I know they are at the top of the crop when it comes to the core genre. They put almost every other core band out there to shame.

Batman: Year one - Pretty good. Animated film following Bruce Wayne's first year as Batman and all the challenges he has to overcome as a novice crime fighter. Mostly told from a young commissioner gordan's POV and how he rose through the police ranks and cleaned up gotham. Except for a few scenes that were too unrealistic, the film was good. 7/10 Superman Vs. The Elite - Another DC animated film. The animation in this one is actually pretty cartoony. The story is pretty serious though. The basic premise is about a group of superheros who kill villains and which superman must stop. Good dialogue and action sequences. Particularly the last fight scene. 7/10

So they have a new project coming out. Preview sounds dope. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Av0kfz8R50

This is the best Giru release in years. It may not be as heavy as their early material, but it’s much closer in style to MUSIC in regards to the heavy, electronic and melodic combination. It feels so god damn good to hear double bass drumming with synched guitar chugs and Satoshi growl again. Where the hell was this Giru on their last 2 albums? This musical direction would have been a much more logical and welcomed progression after MUSIC then the overly sweet and simplified pop rock that followed. The band has definitely mastered their sound of electronic infused melodic metal. It may not be an original sound by any means, but they execute it so well and make it highly enjoyable in the way only Giru can. The fusion of genres is seamless, everything feels natural and fits into place. The electronic influence on this album is heavily borrowed from dubstep. Wobbles, glitches, synths and dubstep growls make their appearances, adding some excitement and spice to the tracks without being overdone or too distracting. The meat of the songs is definitely in the metal and rock fusion. Guitar riffs are present not just chugs, the drums and bass are tight and Satoshi’s strong vocals really drive the songs. What’s meant to be heavy is heavy, what’s meant to be fun is fun and what’s meant to be melodic and catchy is. There are some pop nuances found throughout and a few songs on the more poppy sound, but even on these tracks Giru seemed to have learned how to be more diverse and not just saccharine. A surprising, but really good release from the band. Come back album of the year IMO. 7.5/10

1. Rings of Saturn - Brutal, technical, sci-fic sounding metal with superhuman drumming, blazing alien like guitar riffs, massive breakdowns and deathcore vocals. I've raved about this bands recent album before and will continue to do so because I think it's one of the best metal albums of 2013. And if there's any question about the band's technical ability all you have to do is listen to the instrumental track off of Dingir, Utopia. So awesome, and love that Animals As Leaders inspired section in the middle of the song. They're first album is also pretty awesome. 2. Lowcity Rain - A one man band and solo project who recently put out his debut album. You could describe it as post-punk, new wave goth. It works really well and I hope this project continues because it has lots of potential. 3. Iwrestledabearonce - I had heard about this band before but hadn't checked them out. You could say they are a metalcore version of the dillinger escape plan with a female vocalist. One of the most important aspect of this band is their aim to avoid being classified into one single genre so they deliberately pool a lot of influences from different genres into their songs. It makes it for a very fun and unique experience. And I love their new vocalist, she has some awesome growls and cleans.

I agree that in order to properly listen and give an unbiased review of this release you can’t compare it with Deluhi. Unfortunately the only appeal this release has is the fact that it's from their former vocalist. There is nothing special or unique about any of these tracks. It’s not bad, but at its bare bones it’s mediocre pop. There’s not enough diversity, originality or melodic hooks. They’re nice tracks, but nothing that could properly hold someone’s attention or have them coming back for another listen. In essence it’s just nice background music. I bet if someone were to listen to this and not know who Deluhi was or Juri is, they would think this release is just another run of the mill J-pop release by some no name artist. Although I think it’s cool Juri expanded into the pop scene given his metal background, Blanche is missing crucial elements that make it a rather weak and forgettable pop release. 4/10

Great work indeed. You can definitely hear some of the Japanese vocal phrasing work it's way into the songs. Sonically you guys remind me of helmet. You have that awesome raw but hard rock sound. You guys have the instruments down and the vocals down. This is how a Japanese music influence should work its way into original music and not be another western crap-kie band.

Justice League: The Flash Point Paradox Another amazing installment from the Dc Universe. Top notch animation, amazing voice acting, and a great story and characters. It's also the most violent DC animated film I have seen which can be good or a bad thing depending on your taste. Although the violence in this movie isn't overdone and is always justified. This film further proves why DC kicks Marvel ass when it comes to animated films.

I use GIMP in combination with Sai. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuRCIVOU_JQ

Cortney's clean vocals are pretty damn awesome. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4BqMnPnKVQ

I feel Nathan had more unique vocals. The one thing he had over Travis was that his highs were better. I mean Travis has good range and can do highs too, I just think Nathan has an edge over him in that aspect. That being said, Travis has much better growls than Nathan. And while I appreciate Nathans more unique vocals, I think Travis's vocals are more accessible and definitely helped for Digital Veil to be the epicness it was. I know people who couldn't get into Nocturne or had to listen to that album multiple times to get into it, because of Nathan's vocals. Mea culpa is definetly a sick track off of Nocturne. That solo at the end is incredible, hadn't heard the 8-bit version, but I'm particularity fond of Vela, Together we Await The Storm. So much insane guitar sweeping/tapping. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DnfyuTb2Og

Because this forum needs more varied reviews and not just VK stuff. I'm actually very surprised with how good this release was. I think it's a very fitting tribute to K and he would be very proud of this release. It's both sad and amazing to hear the last vocals he recorded before passing and how good those songs turned out. The lyrics really tug at your hear strings and seem to have more weight knowing the events that have transpired. The guests they have on this release are amazing too. Everyone from lynch, to the guys in crossfaith and Coldrain and Taka from One Ok Rock. I'm not even a fan of One Ok Rock but I enjoyed the track Taka provided vocals for. I would give it a 8/10. What did everyone else think?

Skynet - Deception Pure ear candy when the clean singing hits.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRitJ1m8E1w http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1Qw9nZQp6E One of my favorite bands. These guys DESTROY. They were the reason I got into more technical bands after I listened to Nocturne. I don’t know what happened on Midheaven, but Digital Veil was a metal masterpiece. Ground breaking even. It’s easily one of the top metal releases of the last few years IMO. Progressive classically inspired metal with some core inspiration. When you have a music degree in classical music like AJ does, it makes for some awesome sauce. He’s one of my favorite guitarists/composers. He’s got such godly guitar sweeps too. Of course everyone in this band rules at their instrument. Brett Is amazing on the drums. The band may have been inactive for the last couple of years, but there are rumors about a possible reunion happening. I hope this turns out to be true, because the metal world needs these guys back. And I need to see them live. I know there are a few fans of THA here, but if you’re not familiar with them and are into metal, I’d recommend giving Digital Veil a listen.