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[b]Coal Chamber - Loco[/b]
Has a cool sort of "eerie" beginning before it lead into the heavy and fast part which was pretty good. They sort of drag on the beginning riff for a while before leading into the verse, which I didn't really mind, hell my favourite songs are over 10 minutes long.

I found the vocals annoying at times, sort of has a Mudvayne feel to them (in my opinion). Also they remind me of another band's vocalist... can't think of it at the moment though, ****.

Repeats verse again before going into a chorus, then breakdown, back into the eerie intro before jumping back into the main riff... then the verse again. The song isn't very complex and just repeats over the four or five main riffs that they have in this song.

This song didn't really impress me at all, it was very basic. The guitar was anything special and I couldn't really find anything about it that stood out and was overly good. 5/10

[b]Listen to:[/b]
Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand(Classic Rock)
Cradle of Filth - Born in a Burial Gown(Metal)
Opeth - The Drapery Falls(Metal)
Evergreen Terrace - In My Dreams I Can Fly(Screamo/Metalcore)

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undibs, cant find it.

*bump*

Dvg.

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Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand

Starts off with a cool guitar intro, slightly distorted, then it explodes into a cool riff with the bass gallopping in the background. Drums are a bit high in the mix but otherwise its cool. Vocals come in, and I'm not sure... I don't really like his voice, but there are moments that its good. Hmm, nope don't like him.

Instruments keep playing the same thing, now they chance into a cool little riff with the vocalist singing with the guitar before he meshes into the guitar line which was pretty cool. Back to verse again.

Here comes a mini solo, I like it. He does a nice job of staying in key and keeping it melodic. Back to verse again, which I'm starting to dislike.

Here comes the breakdown, and a new solo. Slow and nice, I don't know why people call Page a pentatonic wanker, because this is very good. He solo's over just the drums, then the other instruments enter again. Long solo, but its not repetitive. I like it alot. Still not over... There we go back to the verse. Bleh.

I'm trying really hard to like the vocalist but I just can't, everything else is great though. Another mini solo, before we vocals enter again, but the guitar keeps playing which is a nice touch.

Breakdown is pretty good. What the f[size=3]u[/size]ck... This is the corniest thing I've ever heard. The guy is just screaming Aehah, aehuh, aehah.... Sometimes screams can be cool but this dude just sucks at it.

Song ends with some clean solo guitar.

Okay 6/10, everything except for vocals were top notch but unfortunetly they were so bad that I couldn't ignore it.

Opeth - Bleak (Progressive Death Metal)
In Flames - Man Made God(Death metal)
Dragonforce - My Spirit Will Go On(Power metal)

Sh[b][i][/b][/i]it never mind

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Dragonforce - My Spirit Will Go On

This song is definitely my favourite from them. Has a cool guitar intro before the drums kick in and just grow more intense, harder and heavier before going into a cool little guitar riff for a while. Leading into the verse they maintain the speed and intensity which is really good.

It continues and flows into the chorus, then there is sort of a second chorus... post chorus or interlude or whatever but anyways it's good... or maybe the first chorus is the interlude and oh nevermind, lol. Anyways, it moves into a different little riff before leading into the next verse.

Goes through the same order back into the chorus(es). Everything is so well put together... just an incredible song, sort of a happier song. Something that lifts my spirits when I'm down. It goes back into a cool riff before into the building intro. The instruments build up and then explodes into an awesome guitar solo.

The solo is very well put together, changing into little riffs of it's own throughout it. It seems to begin slowing down into more of a quick interlude riff near the ending. They go into a bridge/interlude type thing and everyone chants "Woah-oh" Before leading back into the chorus(es).

Repeats a small part of the chorus before going into the outro guitar riff. Awesome song!

9/10 Awesome song.

[b]Recommendations:[/b]
Iced Earth - Dragon's Child
Children of Bodom - Downfall
My Dying Bride - For My Fallen Angel

Opeth- Bleak

Starts off with some good guitar riffage. Guitars slow and Low vocals start. Vocals are very dark, but not too loud to disturb the guitars, which pick up again and slow. Everything blends in very well. About 3:30 an acutal understandable voicing starts in, guitars still firing away. Slows down at 4:30 with some notes held out forever, and a good actuistic melody going. Guitars pick back up at 6:00. Vocals again at 7:30, dark vocals at 8:30, guitars ripping it up the entire time. Ends in some wierd funky static thing at around 9:15.

Good song, I enjoyed the guitars a lot, the bass didnt really shine and they drums and vocals just blended in with the guitars. I usually dont liek the growling vocals but they didnt do it too annoyingly in this song.

8.5/10 I'll Find some more songs by them :thumb:

[B]Recomendations[/B]

Cold: Confession
Cold: Strip Her Down
Megadeth: Tornado of Souls

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Dibs.

Sadhappy fu[B][I][/B][/I]cked it up.

Yeah, I know, I'm reviewing one song from each of them to pull it back together. Just starting the actual reviews now.

Bartender is one smart guy. Always on his toes.

Sorry for the wait, my computer crashed.

Megadeth are one of my sister's favourite bands, and I've heard and liked a fair bit of them myself (mostly from Capital Punishment).
[b]Megadeth - Tornado of Souls[/b] - 5:22

Starts off with a choppy riff and sporadic drum beats, which sounds pretty good, and soon settles into a fairly melodic, decent riff. Vocals come in at 0:25 - he sounds young. I like his vocals old and young (so far - waiting for evidence to the contrary), so tis no problem.

Backing vocals come in on what might be the chorus, or a bridge, I can't tell. Wait, I heard tornado - looks like it was the chorus. Back to the riff from before; a different one had come in for the chorus.

Another chorus around 1:40 - I think I prefer this riff to the song's main riff. I'm not sure why, it just sounds better. Vocals and most instruments cut out around 2:15, and get some nice riffing from the guitars, accentuated by drum stings at the end of each. Other instruments gradually come back in (including the drums in a more complete form).

Vocals re-enter around 2:45, and we get a solo from about 3:09 to 4:09. It's nothing spectacular (apart from being much longer than I thought it would be, which was pretty cool), but it's suitably interesting, and fit the song well, so that's okay.

Vocals come back in straight at the end of the solo.The riff that was for the chorus seems to have become the main riff now, which is good. The song ends with Mustaine sneering something about a kiss of death, followed by a pretty cool little bit of riffing to finish.

Overall, a good metal song - I've heard worse, but I've heard better. 7/10

[b]Would I listen to more of the same band?[/b] Already have.

[b]Children of Bodom - Downfall[/b] - 4:33

Starts off with twinkling keyboards, soon interrupted by some guitar. 0:24, a yelp from Alexi marks the start of the song, and the fast double bass comes in.

0:46, the whole thing slows down for a few seconds, to allow the keyboards to play a slower riff of their own for a little bit, before tearing right back into the song with Alexi's rasping vocals around 0:54.

Vocals stop around 1:15, to allow the guitars and keyboards to trade phrases for a few measures, before we get just keyboard until around 1:32. The other instruments do come back in, but at a slower pace than before - until a scream from Alexi and a resumption of the earlier frantic double bass speed the whole thing up again.

This carries on until around 2:56, when the piano plays a few notes in a deeper, more serious tone than it has been. The whole thing gets a little melodramatic for a while, before the inevitable solo at 3:18. It's a good one, fast and notey, and with some good play on the themes of the song, rather than just random wankery.

And the song goes out on a final verse, the same quick double bass and guitars, with Alexi's vocals over the top, that we've been hearing all song.

7.5/10 Typical CoB. The solo pushes it up the .5 above Tornado.. though.

[b]Would I listen to more by the same band[/b] Already have.
Songs:
Ben Harper - [i]When it's Good[/i] (blues/jam)
Blues Traveler - [i]Optimistic Thought[/i] (blues/rock)
Immolation - [i]Those Left Behind[/i] (mid-paced technical/brutal death metal)
Kalmah - [i]Heros to Us[/i] (CoB-esque metal)
Thirst - [i]State of High Piss Off[/i] (surprisingly enjoyable hard rock)
Orange Goblin - [i]The Astral Project[/i] (stoner rock)
Immortal - [i]At the Heart of Winter[/i] (black metal)

All available from me via Soulseek or MSN.

Bump.

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[QUOTE]Blues Traveler - Optimistic Thought (blues/rock)[/QUOTE]

You sly boots ;)

I need to reccomend some more of them soon.

Kalmah - Heroes to Us

Cool intro, solo guitar and rhythm comes pounding in. I get the notion to headbang, so I do:). Wow, CoB flashback as the vocalist screams Yeah! and the guitars take it up a notch. Who is this Alexi copy? He's a bit deeper in his shrieks but they are pretty similar. The guitars are keeping up the rapid riff with an cool lead occasionally. Their synth player is pretty good too. He has a few fills that are very good.

Song changes pace, goes calm with just bass and a guitar with wah and chorus on it... Very relaxing. Then it goes back to heavy, sort of, the keys in the background make it still seem kinda calm, but as soon as the lead guitar comes in its back to its heaviness. Drummer is very competent also, he has cool fills when they are needed.

Solo now, with the compulsory whammy abuse, nice fast and melodic. Slow lead follows with a deep growl. I'm loving this band! Vocals enter again, I don't understand a word of what his saying but from the title of the song I'm guessing it has good lyrics.

Song ends with the keyboard and guitar playing in unison before some weird scratching noises enter and done.

Wow. 10/10, I recommend this for everyone who likes death and black metal. Would I listen to some more? Hell yes.

Coheed and Cambria - In keeping secrets of silent earth 3 (Progressive Rock)
Dragonforce - My Spirit Will Go On (Speed metal)
In Flames - Man Made God (Melodic Death)
Children of Bodom - Kissing the Shadows (Dark Power Metal)

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[B]In keeping secrets of silent earth 3[/B]

Keep in mind my musicalm taste rarely has anything to do with Metal, or anything really close. But I"ll try to set that aside.

The song starts off with some guitar playing with some odd effects. The playing is acoustic and sounds pretty nice. Soon, some good drumming comes in, aswell does some bass and electric guitar work.

All of asudden, the song gets very heavy. Kind of predictable. It continues, and then some slightly high pitched vocals come in. Kind of annoying, but they sound in key. Then the chorus comes in, and it sounds a lot better than the verse, vocally that is. I don't care for the distortion, but I guess it matches up with the vocals and overall music well.

Those parts repeat with slight changes. Except for this one bridge I guess. And soon enough the song slows down, and has little outbursts of intensity.

The drumming is very quiet at times, but I rather like it.

[B]Could I see myself listening to these guys again[/B]? Maybe, I'd defintiley like to hear them go completley unplugged.

The song is pretty good :) 6.5/10

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Blues Traveler - Crash Burn
Blues Traveler - Love & Greed
Phil Lesh & Friends - Liberty
John Lennon - Give Peace a Chance
Gov't Mule - Fool's Moon

Badmoon, they have a couple of acoustic songs: Junesong Provision and Cassiopeia.

Wonderful, I'll check them out :)

crap I gotta go get some applications so undibs(I did listen to fool's moon though, and I like it)

*major bumpage*

[QUOTE=badmoon349]You sly boots ;)

I need to reccomend some more of them soon.[/QUOTE]

And on that note, dibs.

Optimistic Thought is awesome, but that's all I've heard.
[b]Blues Traveler - Crash & Burn[/b] - 2:58

Starts with a really cool tune, played on what sounds like electric guitar, and what is probably a harmonica.. Bass comes in soon, playing a quick, rather lively bass line.

Vocals come in just before 0:20; I really like his voice, it's a good singing voice, but with a cool tremor in it. This sounds a lot more rocky than Optimistic Though, so far. "Crash and Burn, when will I learn" chorus at 0:55, lasts about 10 seconds.

Then a really cool part where all four instruments (harmonica, guitar, bass, then drums, in that order) take it in turns to each play their own interpretation of a phrase. Then they do the same thing, with a different phrase, twice over. After that, all the instruments are playing again, and the harmonica and guitar take turns to trade off solos. At this point, we're beyond awesome.

Back to the main tune of the song at 2:20, and another chorus, and then yet more showing off on harmonica, before staggered drum beats draw the song to a close about a second before the file ends.

10/10

[b]Would I listen to more of the same band?[/b] YES.

[b]Would I listen to more by the same band[/b] Already have.
Songs:
Ben Harper - [i]When it's Good[/i] (blues/jam)
Blues Traveler - [i]Optimistic Thought[/i] (blues/rock)
Immolation - [i]Those Left Behind[/i] (mid-paced technical/brutal death metal)
Thirst - [i]State of High Piss Off[/i] (surprisingly enjoyable hard rock)
Orange Goblin - [i]The Astral Project[/i] (stoner rock)
Immortal - [i]At the Heart of Winter[/i] (black metal)

All available from me via Soulseek or MSN.

Bump.