Way Late Best of 2007
So I've stopped doing crack and with all my extra free time I've renewed my futile attempt at listening to every single metal album put out...
So lets just do a quick review of last year. Yeah, there was some good stuff: Dark Tranquillity put out a killer album, Devin Townsend created a zany alien named Ziltoid, Fall of the Leafe once again releases a masterpiece that goes unnoticed by everyone, and probably a bunch of other stuff I missed because of my crack addiction. However, there was one mighty newcomer that put everything else to shame.
Dethklok - Dethalbum
I really didn't follow the show Metalocalypse much until I saw the band play a free show here at UNLV. I did enjoy a couple of the episodes that I saw. The silly obscure metal band references here and there are a nice touch. (I hope a Finntroll's supermarket opens near me!) I wasn't really expecting much from the live show, even up to the point where Gene Hoglan and 3 other very non metal looking dudes took the stage. But then they ripped out the theme song and Murmaider and I was hooked. The show was unbelievably good. This humorous band was outperforming half of the real metal bands I've seen live.
Forget that this album comes from a silly, yet successful, cartoon and buy this album. Its top notch metal. The production on the album is cleaner and thicker than the songs on the myspace page, which come directly from the tv version of the songs.
So lets just do a quick review of last year. Yeah, there was some good stuff: Dark Tranquillity put out a killer album, Devin Townsend created a zany alien named Ziltoid, Fall of the Leafe once again releases a masterpiece that goes unnoticed by everyone, and probably a bunch of other stuff I missed because of my crack addiction. However, there was one mighty newcomer that put everything else to shame.
Dethklok - Dethalbum
I really didn't follow the show Metalocalypse much until I saw the band play a free show here at UNLV. I did enjoy a couple of the episodes that I saw. The silly obscure metal band references here and there are a nice touch. (I hope a Finntroll's supermarket opens near me!) I wasn't really expecting much from the live show, even up to the point where Gene Hoglan and 3 other very non metal looking dudes took the stage. But then they ripped out the theme song and Murmaider and I was hooked. The show was unbelievably good. This humorous band was outperforming half of the real metal bands I've seen live.
Forget that this album comes from a silly, yet successful, cartoon and buy this album. Its top notch metal. The production on the album is cleaner and thicker than the songs on the myspace page, which come directly from the tv version of the songs.
posted by Brian at 12:07 PM
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