Happy 4th, y’all. Keep on rockin’ in the free world.
<3 RiB
Kudos, KsE. You got me to spend a couple more dollars on you and opt for the Special Edition of your new album. But really, I’ll cough up the cash for a couple more songs and a DVD. I’m down as long as I’m not disappointed. My brothers in metal, I am NOT disappointed!
My only qualm about it is that it’s a second self-titled LP. But in reality I don’t really give a shit. To me, a good album is one that brings something new to the table, while still staying true to the sound that made them and continues to make them who they are as a band. A good balance of sticking with what you know, and taking risks. I’ll go ahead and say that Killswitch is the leader of the pack when it comes to quality vocal melodies in melodies. I love screaming as much as clean vocals, but only some vocalists can do both equally well. The melodies on this record are like buttah, and they stand out without sacrificing the heaviness of the rest of the band.
IN SHORT: You like Killswitch Engage? Buy this album. Think you might like Killswitch Engage? Buy this album. Hate Killswitch Engage? Then why are you still reading this?
-Julia
Three easy steps to create [what would be] the worst night of my life:
- Tell me you have a surprise. The surprise turns out to be tickets to Rock of Ages on Broadway. Umm..why are you my friend, again?
- The cast members force the entire audience to stand up in the middle of the performance so we can all help break the simultaneous air guitar record. Whoopee…
- We are doing said record to Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing.”
This is precisely what happened to over 800 unlucky people, yesterday. Good thing I wasn’t one of them. I have already expressed my dislike for Rock of Ages and that damn Journey song that I cannot escape no matter what the hell I do…but I’m really over this whole air guitar thing, too. Maybe I’m just being a ‘Negative Nancy.’ :/
I’ve always been more of an air drummer, and lately, an air keyboardist. (Even during songs that have no keyboard in them.)
-Elise
The always funny McSweeney’s has a list of Heavy Metal Board Games.
Whitesnakes and Ladders
Motley Clue
Twister Sister
Black Scrabbleth
Guns ‘N Risk
Slaynium
Jenga Priest
AC/cheesi
Hungry Hungry Skid Rows
Steppengories
Hmmm….what else could I add?
- Jethrothello Tull
- Crytopoly
- Baddleship Company
- Dio’s and Dragons
- Queen it?
- Discordance Axis and Allies
- Ozzy Operation
- Connect 666
- Back in Blackgammon
Feel free to add your own. Bonus points if you can think of one for Candy Land! Big thanks to ShadowBanker from the Ecocomics blog for sending this my way.
-Elise
A woman in upstate New York, who is a die-hard fan of WRRV (the rock radio station Julia and I used to intern for) sent this awesome ultrasound picture to the morning DJ. She claims to have been listening to WRRV throughout her pregnancy, and apparently, the baby digs it. He’s flashing the horns IN THE WOMB!
Maybe when he’s born he’ll pop out screaming doom vocals. Maybe he’ll like Dying Fetus. Heyyooooooooooooo
-Elise
