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New BOO single from their upcoming album. Sounds sick. Download: HERE

Yeah, I find this to just be an okay album. There wasn't any song that caught my attention or made we want to go back to listen to it. I could play the album from start to finish and completely tune it out because of this. I don't get the overwhelming pop influence on this album. I like pop, when it's done right, but here, it's just meh. And even Miyavi's acoustic guitar playing isn't that great, it again is just meh. It took a back seat to the pop when it should have been one of the highlights of the album. The guitars weren't used in any unique way or had any engaging riffs or passages. There are lot of worse albums out there, while this album is just okay. Nothing special, which in of itself is a bad thing and it's greatest weakness. 6/10

Lots of new stuff been released since my last original post. The Awesome Ling Tosite Sigure - I'mperfect Tokyo Shoegazer - Turnaround Kylesa - Ultraviolet Amon Amarth - Deceiver Of The Gods Rings Of Saturn - Dingir Queens Of The Stone Age - Clockwork Kerli - Utopia The Flaming Lips - Terror Bring Me The Horizon - Sempiternal Chunk! No, Capatain Chunk! - Pardon My French Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs In Here The National - Trouble Will Find Me Volbeat - Outlaw Gentleman And Shady Ladies Perfume - Magic Of Love Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Mosquito The Good Bullet For My Valentine - Temper Temper Filter - Watch The Sun Come Out Tonight Black Sabbath - 13 Killswitch Engage - Disarm The Descent August Burns Red - Rescue and Restore Alkaline Trio - My Shame Is True My Bloody Valentine - MBV BABYMETAL - Megistune There's a bunch of other stuff I haven't heard yet and more upcoming releases I'm really looking forward. I assume Perfume, Babymetal, and Kyary Pamyu will release albums sometime this year. ANd I want to hear new Blood Stain Child, Crossfaith, I See Stars, Asking Alexandria and The Devil Wears Prada. Then you still got The Gazette, A Day To Remember, Arcade Fire, Animals As Leaders, Kings Of Leon, Nine Inch Nails, and Karnivool releasing new albums. Overall, I'd say this is another awesome year for music.

Tracklist and cover revealed. 1. The Eater of Dreams 2. Copy of A 3. Came Back Haunted 4. Find My Way 5. All Time Low 6. Disappointed 7. Everything 8. Satellite 9. Various Methods of Escape 10. Running 11. I Would for You 12. In Two 13. While I'm Still Here 14. Black Noise

Holy cow, new album is amaze-tastic. Viking metal album of the year for sure. Amon Amarth - Deciever Of The Gods

This just made me lol. They failed so much, they're just saving face now. I hope this sends a message to other companies to not mess with consumer freedoms.

They should clear that up, they didn't mention that in this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxtVd5BGDt8 Either way they still have an advantage over the Xbox one since it's not universal for all games and you can play offline. I guess we'll see in due time.

Funny you mentioned slowdive, since I've been trying to get close to their shoegaze sound. They're my fave shoegaze band and I've been looking at their guitar/amp setups but still haven't been able to close to their sound with the gear I have. But good to know about the MidiVerb II and sick amps. They must sound huge. @bonsaijodelfisch Holy hell, I'm jelly. I wish I had access to all that gear. And those mixing consoles! And i have to ask, how does that blackstar ht5r perform? Since I've been becoming quite a gear head, I've also loved to own a pair of drums. Will probably be electronic drums since an acoustic set isn't possible. My last recent addition to my instruments was a tambourine. So many uses for such an inexpensive and easy to play percussive instrument.

Been playing this song an unhealthy amount. Volumes - Edge Of The Earth

Xbox One Is dead. PS4 - no internet connection needed to play, can share games and play used games. Plus $100 cheaper than Xbox One. That being said, super excited for Mirror's Edge 2, Ryse, and Sunset Overdrive. Hopefully will come to Xbox 360 and not just Xbox One.

^ Well that pretty much does it for me, I'm not buying the Xbox one. I'm at least glad publishers will be releasing some next gen games for xbox 360 and ps3, so I'll be to play some games I've been looking forward too like Mirror's Edge 2.

Been jamming the new record and I love the new electronic side. It's not Short Bus 2, like Patrick claimed, but it's a good follow up to Trouble With Angels. New Filter and new Nine Inch Nails in the same week officially made my June. Filter - Watch The Sun Come Out Tonight

New song!! It's catchy.

^ I bought the album the first day it came out and I've been listening to it non stop since then. It's another masterpiece for the band. Definitely a contender for album of the year. Plus the album topped a lot of charts in different countries which is always good news for the band. I'm seeing them live in a week and now I'm super exited to hear them play the new material.

^ I'm sure there are people who will still buy the Xbox One despite all the horrible restrictions it comes with, however I don't think it will be enough to save the console or that Microsoft will succeeded in convincing enough people to purchase it. It just sucks so much. I know I don't plan on buying it. And if the PS4 implements a similar format, the requiring an internet connection and paying fees to unlock used games then I'm not getting that either. Those are giant middle fingers to consumers and gamers and although I don't really play a lot of games or buy used games for that matter, I'm bothered by the fact that a corporation would seek to take control of my freedoms as a consumer. I'm sure there are other people who feel the same and won't buy any console that uses such a format as a form of protest.

Yeah the title is pretty cool. And I've been listening to it and it's pretty hefty. Over an hour long in duration, but the guys still have it. Lots of cool riffs from Jerry and lots of dark alternative metal. The longer songs are quite epic(Phantom Limb) and Pretty Done sounds like it could be from the 90's version of the band. Album is bad ass all around and I'm glad it's not as over produced like Black Gives Way To Blue was.

^ I liked the Kess'khtak material. And a new song from prog rock band Karnivool was recently released. Download: HERE

Xbox One I had to make a thread for this. I own an Xbox 360 and I was curious to see what Microsoft would offer as it's next gen console. Like most people I'm hugely disappointed with the recent unveiling of the Xbox one. There are so many problems with it. It's everything gamers don't want in a game console. A mandatory required internet connection to play games.(no offline gaming) The fact that you need to pay a fee to unlock used games, the fact that the kinnect needs to be connected to the console in order for it to work. And the name of course is pretty stupid and uninspired. I'm not a fan of it's design either. I don't mind that it has no backwards compatibility since this has to do with the new upgraded specs it will use along with the PS4 in order to play next gen games, but I've never seen a company mess up so bad before. Enough to have it stocks go down and then have stocks for its main competitor (Sony) go up. I might go back to a PlayStation after this.

Flux Pavilion - I Can't Stop

^ is a vegetarian and secretly eats bacon when no one is looking.

I'm curious to see how these films will turn out. From the looks of things, they gave back some of the grittier animation of the 90's original film. All the voice actors have been replaced in the Japanese version, but I wonder if they'll stick to the same voice cast in the English version. And I would have loved to have Yoko Kanno do the music again. At the very least I hope this lives up to the standard the TV series has.

Killswitch Engage - In Due Time

No. The only time I buy online is when I can't get a physical release. And since I only buy albums, and only material from my favorite bands, it's never more than 1 Cd. Unless there's another release in that same time period, so at the most it's 2.

New music video for Swerve City came out. Also Don't know if this has to do with Chi's passing, but I guess Eros will come out in the not so distant future now. It was the last album Chi worked on so it seems appropriate they would release it as a sort of tribute.