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Rise Against - Endgame

Rise Against's new album is a great in my mind. I love a lot of the lyrics from it. Some of the songs on this album have extreme meanings to them and a lot of people can relate. "Don't you remember when you were young - And you wanted to set the world on fire? - Somewhere deep down - I know you do" this to me show a loss of passion which i feel everyone has gone through. However my favorite lyric for the new album is from "Satellite" in which the singer says "You can't feel the heat until you hold your hand over the flame - You have to cross the line just to remember where it lays" which i feel is very true because every one thinks that they know how people feel but unless you are in their shoes you will never know, also every one has taken the step too far just to test boundaries. Now like i said i think the album is great however there is one band thing, I feel that Rise Against is losing their original Punk sound. Although their albums as of late have been awesome they are mor "radio" rock especially when compared to earlier albums such as "Siren Song of the Counter Culture."

      The band started in 1999, originally from Chicago! The band consists of Tim McIlrath- Lead vocals, rhythm guitar, Joe Principe - bass guitar, backing vocals, Brandon Barnes - drums, percussion, Zach Blair - lead guitar, backing vocals. The band is going to be on tour which I hope that I can attend they will be with another of my favorite bands A Day To Remember. They will be at the UIC Pavallion on January 27th. Rise Against has 6 full length albums and an ep. My favorite album from them is "Siren Song of the Counter Culture." The band was at one point considered the biggest Punk Band in the world. Although they are still an amazing band i wish they would bring back their "Punk" style.

Rise Against's music video for "September's Children" This song is extremely moving it is all about suicide in the LBGT community. Very anti-bully which Rise Against is known for.

The Devil Wears Prada - Dead Throne

The Devil Wears Prada has been a favorite of mine for a while. I first listened to the around 2006 when their first album "Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord" came out. TDWP (The Devil Wears Prada) is a christian metalcore band from Dayton, Ohio. While many people believe their name came from the movie they were a band before the movie, but they did take it from the book, however it has no connection, the meaning behind their name is simply that "possessions have no ultimate meaning."  This meaning is apparent in some of their songs such as "emeralds hold no hope" Mike Hranica (lead vocals) said "When standing before God, he won't care about your sweet Prada scarf or Gucci shoes."  The Band was started in 2005 and is currently signed to Ferret Music. They have release 4 Full length and 1 EP.  The Current lineup is James Baney - keyboards, synthesizers, piano, Jeremy DePoyster - rhythm guitar, clean vocals, Mike Hranica - lead vocals, Chris Rubey - lead guitar, Andy Trick - bass guitar, and Daniel Williams - drums.

The new album dead throne is an album that at first i didn't find appealing because of the vocals, they are different than before, but after accepting them you realize how amazing his vocals are then re-listening I loved it. Listening to the albums all the songs have deep meanings. It is a very heavy album with some amazing breakdowns which TDWP is known for.  Hranica's voclas on this alum are just amazing, with his screams and growls mixed with DePoyster's cleans creats an awesome sound.  This is a very "Epic" and "Band Defining" album for TDWP they have officially made themselves unique with their own style. The Band is on tour for their album "Dead Throne" which i will most likely be attending Nov. 6th at The House of Blues in Chicago.

The Devil Wears Prada's Website
TDWP's Video for the song Born To Lose

Blessthefall - Awakening

BTF's (Blessthefall) new album is an awesome album. BTF is definatley a great band to listen to. One of my favorite things about BTF is the fact that they don't try and change to please "the masses." BTF stays true to their genre and their sound! The new album focuses the 5-piece on what they are, metalcore, their sound has not changed only gotten better. The album has a great all around sound, between the awesome guitar melodies, to the stellar drum beats, to the very structured songs. The band has used the same producer and is very confident in their sound. Fans of BTF will love the album. Another big aspect of BTF's music is the openly religious aspect. While not considered a "christian" band now, all they members are open about their religion and it shows in some of their songs, I feel it takes a lot in the music industry to do that now a days just another reason i respect the band. All in all this is definitely a album worth your time.

Now a little about the band, the 5-piece is originally from Phoenix, Arizona. Started in 2003, by Mike frisby (guitarist), Matt Traynor (drummer), and Jared Warth (bassist). They are currently on Fearless Records. The original singer was Craig Mabbit (current front man for Escape the Fate.)  Since then they have added Beau Bokan (singer) and Elliot Gruenberg (rhythm guitar, formerly of Before Their Eyes.) The band will be having a tour (that I will hopefully attending) called the Fearless Friends tour. The tour features them and other bands from Fearless records. The Tour is Blessthefall (headlining), The Word Alive, Motionless In White, Chuck! No. Captain Chunk!, and Tonight Alive. The tour will be in Chicago November 22 at the Bottom Lounge.

Blessthefall's Pure Volume Page

An awesome BTF video of the song "Hey Baby Here's That Song You Wanted" which is a short film parody of "The Hangover" 

A Skylit Drive- Identity on Fire

    A Skylit Drives new album Identity on fire was a much awaited album. Their previous CD Adelphia was also really good however I believe their best album to date was Wires and the Concept of Breathing. However the new album is a very good album. Many people compare them to Alesana (one of my favorite bands.) They have a very similar structure to all of their songs which makes the album a little less desirable, however the songs are very well played and sang and have some cool aspects one of the newer ones for ASD would be the use of a synth. They have some heavy songs and some slower pace songs. Another new aspect that they have added is the use of some chanting. ASD has some very good harmonies especially with the singers voice. The breakdowns are pretty heavy and most choruses are very catchy. All in all the album is a great album, but there are still some things that ASD will hopefully work on.

   Now a little about the band, the band was started in 2006 while attending Lodi high school in California. They are a six-piece post-hardcore band. They have three CD's Wires and the Concept of Breathing - 2008, Adelphia- 2009, and Identity on Fire- 2011. They have released on DVD and multiple Music Videos. They are currently on tour with Alesana, Seriana, Sleeping with Sirens, Memphis May Fire, and Atilla on the Motel 6 Rock Yourself To Sleep Tour. The current line up of the band is Michal "JAG" Jagmin- Lead Vocals, Brian White- Bass Guitar, and Screams, Joey Wilson- Lead Guitar, Nick Miller- Rhythm Guitar, Cory La Quay-Drums, percussion, death growls, and Kyle Simmons- Keyboards, and  Synthesizers.

A Sklit Drive- Drown The City Video

A Skylit Drive Pruevolume Page

A Day To Remember - What Separates Me From You

A Day To Remember (ADTR) is one of my personal favorites. ADTR is a metalcore/pop-punk band from Ocala, Florida. The band was started in by the guitarist and the drummer. They have released four studio albums  the latest being What Separates Me From You. The band is one of my favorites because a lot of their songs are very meaningful to me. For instance my favorite song from them "Have Faith In Me" is about following your dreams and never giving up. The current line up is Jeremy McKinnon - lead vocals, Alex Shelnutt - drums, Kevin Skaff - lead guitar, backing vocals, and keyboard, Neil Westfall - rhythm guitar, and backing vocals, and Joshua Woodard - bass guitar.
What Separates Me From You is an awesome album every song on it beats hard and is very catchy! Their last album "Homesick" while being amazing was much softer in my opinion. Every song on this album hits hard the breakdowns are awesome. This CD really appeals to both of their sub-genres wether your a pop-punk kinda of person there is songs like "Better off This Way" that while still hittting hard are a little softer and catchier. If your the metal head song like the opening "Sticks and Bricks" is full of heavy breakdowns and just lets his anger out. The album shows that ADTR is growing and evolving every album. Every song is good on this album there is nothing on this cd you can say is "just bad." "Maybe A Day To Remember's latest, What Separates Me From You, will be the album when all the haters finally quit hating" (Altpress.com)


To listen to the music video from the new album. All I Want Video
The bands Pure Volume Page

A Little about me

So for class I have to do an introduction type post. So here it goes first off my name is Ryan and I am 24. I went to Geneva High School class of 2005. I was also In the US Navy for 4 years honorably discharged. While in the navy i was an aviation electrician for the Ff/A-18 hornet and super hornet. While in the Navy I traveled alot of places including Australia, Japan, Guam, the Phillipines and quite a few of the 50 states.

One of my passions is BMX. I have rode for somewhere around 9 to 11 years. My other passion is music. I love all types of music but my main genre's are post-hardcore, metalcore, screamo, and alternative. I am currently enrolled at Waubonsee Community College I am going for a degree in business marketing. I would like to focus on music the production and the marketing aspect. I am currently managing a starting band called Sundown Sacrifice they are mostly a cover band at the moment but are working on some originals. They have played a few shows and are improving greatly.

 A few of my favorite bands are A Day To Remember, A Skylit Drive, Alesana, We Came As Romans, Asking Alexandria and the list goes on and on. If you would like to know anything  else feel free to ask me but putting a comment on this post.
Ryan

We Came As Romans - Understanding What We've Grown To Be

Today's post is about We Came As Romans new album "Understanding What We've Grown To Be." WCAR (We Came As Romans) is a band I have been listening to for a while now. I started listening them around 2006 when I saw them on Pure Volume. They are an awesome Metalcore band from Troy, Michigan. The band was formed in 2005. Their first album "To Plant A Seed" was awesome. It had hard hitting riff's and great screams and vocals. Their first album was released in 2009 and since then they have been on or headlined many tours through different countries. The line up for the band has had many different people. The current line up is Joshua Moore - lead guitar, David Stephens - unclean vocals, Eric Choi - drums, Brian Cotton - rhythm guitar, Andrew Glass - bass guitar, and Kyle Pavone - clean vocals, keyboards, and synthesizer. 


WCAR's new album "Understanding What We've Grown To Be" was released September 13, 2011. The theme of the new album is much darker than their other album it "is a lot about dealing with that and coping when things turn out the opposite of how you'd imagined they would." ( Joshua Moore) Although the album was released on the 13th for the 13 days before the album WCAR released one song a day until it was finally released. The new album shows their very heavy side as well as still having some very clean and light cleaner vocals. The whole album is very well produced. The band does what they know and do it well. They are proficient and have an extremely high amount of energy. All in all WCAR is a personal favorite of mine and i am very pleased with the new C.D. 


WCAR will also be on the World War III Tour coming to chicago on the 8th of November. The tour will be featuring Hollywood Undead, Asking Alexandria, Borgore, We Came As Romans, and D.R.U.G.S (Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows.)

To hear more from the band here is their Pure Volume Page.

Asking Alexandria - Reckless and Relentless

Asking Alexandria is a band that i am a newer fan of. The band has been around since around 2007 started in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Creator Ben Bruce (lead guitarist) disbanded the original Asking Alexandria and move to England. In England he recreated the band with new members. There were a couple small line up changes but they started touring in 2008 and continued into 2009. In 2009 the recorded and released their debut album "Stand Up and Scream." The band has a very unique sound, although considered Metalcore the band also uses many electronic sounds. AA uses techno/dub-step sounding beats throughout their songs adding a very unique sound. The current line-up consists of Ben Bruce - lead guitar, programming, and backing vocals, James Cassells - Drums, Cameron Liddell - rhythm guitar, Danny Worsnop - lead vocals, keyboards, and programming, and Sam Bettley - Bass guitar.

The new album Reckless and Relentless is a very heavy fast album. Like their first album it uses electro sounds throughout but not as many. There is a lot of development for the band on the C.D. including one track with no screams. They really came out in this C.D. showing that they are a true metalcore band. They proved to me that they are in it for the long haul. The song "Reckless and Relentless" show like the lyrics "I am  Rock and Roll."

For more about the band Asking Alexandria's Official Website

To hear the band Asking Alexandria's Pure Volume page.

Falling In Reverse

Today I am going to talk about Falling In Reverse and their debut album "The Drug In Me Is You."  Falling In Reverse is a post-hardcore band from Las Vegas, Nevada. The Band is signed by Epitah Records. Falling In Reverse is Ronnie Radke's (singer) new band after being kicked out of Escape The Fate in 2008. Radke was kicked out of ETF because of an altercation leading to incarceration in Las Vegas. When he got out he formed his new band and went through quite a few members. The line up as it stands now is Ronnie Radke- lead vocals, Jacky Vincent- lead guitar, Derek Jones- rhythm guitar and backing vocals, Mika Hiriuchi- bass guitar and backing vocals, and Ryan Seaman- drums, percussion, and backing vocals.

Falling in Reverse's debut album was released July 15th streaming on the website and July 26th in stores. The albums in my opinion is awesome. It is like Radke picked up where he left off with ETF. There is a very similar sound, it is fast and hard. The album takes a shot at his old band. He says a lot of lines telling them off in a very harsh matter especially in the song "Tragic Magic". It is awesome to see Radke taking control and coming back to the scene though. I believe that Falling in Reverse is definitely a band to be watched. Some of the singles on the C.D. are "Raised By Wolves" and "The Drug In Me Is You."

"The Drug In Me Is You" Music Video

If you'd like to hear more from Falling In Reverse
Falling in Reverse's Pure Volume Page

Also, to hear Radke with his old band Escape The Fate you can listen to their first album "Dying is Your Latest Fashion."

Eyes Set to Kill New Album White Lotus

My post today will be about the new "Eyes Set to Kill" album "White Lotus." This album was released August 9th, 2011. This album is very unique to the band considering it is the first record that they put out on their own record label. Originally they were signed to Breaksilence Records but the band just launched Forsee Records. This is also the C.D. that is the first full length recording featuring new screamer Cisko Miranda. The band is a unique Metalcore band from Tempe, Arizona featuring a Female lead vocalist and lead guitarist- Alexia Rodriguez, Female bassist- Anissa Rodriguez, Drummer- Caleb Clifton, Unclean Vocalist and rhythm guitarist- Cisko Miranda. 


The album is ok. Compared to other albums by the band it is a little softer with the screaming, and the music is alot softer including 4 acoustic songs. I went to Vans Warped Tour 2010 and saw the band perform live. They put on such a good show and even though he did not record with them Cisko performed on Warped Tour due to the old screamer leaving. It is awesome to see how well Cisko fits in with the band and how his sound and style are almost a perfect fit. However out of the other 3 albums and their EP I personally feel this is their worst album yet. While ESTK is moving forward and focusing their songs much better I think their more chaotic sound was much better. All in all I am still a huge fan of ESTK and cant wait until they come back to Illinois so I can see them in concert again. 

If you would like to take a closer look at ESTK their other albums are "Broken Frames"-2010, "The World Outside"-2009, and "Reach"-2008

This is an actual signed poster I have of Eyes Set to Kill.


If you would like to listen to the band you can go to their Pure Volume Website