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Watain
Riverside (Polen)
Poison the Well
Turbonegro
Behemoth
Saviours
Despised Icon
Sick Puppies (rock)
Bring me the Horizon
Dial
Xerath !
Susperia (recent materiaal)
Tyr
Infernal Poetry
The Boy Will Drown
Disfiguring the Goddess
Born of Osiris
Horricane !
Gnidrolog (via Jense - 70ies Prog)

I have a lot of free time today.
I do not want to work on music.
I do not feel like looking for somewhere to go.
I do not want to work on my set list.

1. Melt-Banana

Hardest one of all. Stuck between Cell-Scape and Scratch Or Stitch.


2. Discordance Axis

The Inalienable Dreamlessness

3. The Locust

Plague Soundscapes, hands down.
Such a fucking shame that their development went in the direction it did after Safety Second.

4. Bubblegum Octopus

HA. I hate having me up here...
It will be Sparkle Fountain when it's done.

5. Scissor Shock

You're All Slime. Too good. Album makes me feel very weird.

6. Cutting Pink with Knives

Oh Wow! I would have taken 30 more songs like that over Populuxxe.

7. Daughters

Hell Songs. "No-brainer"

8. Dir en grey

Kisou... another no-brainer

9. Admiral Angry

9/11... Only Worse

10. MOSAIC. WAV

Impossible to say. Stuck between Future Fiction, Space Akiba-pop, Chousai Kenbo Sengan, and Last Akibattler.... I'll go with Future Fiction, just because it's the longest one.

11. Hara-Kari Kitty

32-bit Vampire Necking or whatever it was called. I think his best songs were the ones on that Brokecore comp.

12. Iceman

Ugh... All of their good songs are spread out. I'll go with Digiryzm Mutation for now.

13. Pig Destroyer

Painter Of Dead Girls

14. Agoraphobic Nosebleed

Frozen Corpse Stuffed With Dope

15. c@

Ha... me again....
Daring Z-Young Nesyel, which will be out soon.

16. An Albatross

Oddly, this is a tough one.... I'm gonna go with Blessphemy though.

17. The Smile Adventure

Split with Pain Tractor. I would really really like another TSA album, despite his aversion to doing one.

18. Miyavi

Gagaku. No doubt about that...

19. Capsule

s.f. sound furniture.
Hard to compare most of their other albums to this one.

20. Regurgitate

Hatefilled Vengeance.
It was tough between this and the new one, but this is probably better I'm thinking.

21. BeForU

BeForU II
Some of my favorite songs of any artist.

22. Haxan

...I don't think he has any

23. Coaltar of the Deepers

wow.... I guess The Breastroke

24. HORSE the band

R Borlax... I still can't believe this band became what they did and came from what they did.
Fun fact: Admiral Angry's old drummer also drummed for HORSE

25. Naked City

Torture Garden

26. Arab on Radar

Soak The Saddle

27. The Toilet

The Fruit Will Rot (vol. 3)

28. Circle of Dead Children

Human Harvest. Brutal... for lack of a better word...

29. Kindergarten Hazing Ritual

Myspace - The Album (this is not a biased statement based on my presence on the CD). It has some pretty perverted feeling songs (not sexually perverted)

30. NOFX

wow... really?... they're on my top overall?
I never liked them that much while I had last.fm/audioscrobbler...
probably Punk In Drublic




What I've learned is that my Overall top chart is basically more representative of me sophomore year than it is of me now. Last.fm also makes you look biased towards bands with short songs. For the same amount of time spent listening to the entire GridLink album twice, you could spend listening to a single Godspeed You! Black Emperor song. You might like both the same, but Last.FM won't know

This is why:

a. Don't get a last.fm before you have a bunch of music on your computer

b. It's impossible to judge tastes entirely on last.fm

c. Overall charts are not accurate

d. It's impossible to gauge a band's popularity on song counts (how DO you gauge a band's popularity??)

e. Maybe "time spent listening to _____" would be a more effective method than play counts



If I get REALLY bored, I'll go back and add html to this

A list. you know what its all about.

I'm not going to rank them, but will try to limit my choices to 10


My Faveourite albums/releases/whatever

Titus Andronicus - The Airing Of Grievances
Crystal Stilts - Alight Of Night / Crystal Stilts
Okay- Huggable Dust
HEALTH - Health
Wavves - Wavves
The Very Best (Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit) - The Very Best Mixtape
Die! Die! Die! - Promises, Promises
Yussuf Jerusalem - A heart full of sorrow
Teeth Mountain - Teeth Mountain
Sian Alice Group - 59.59 [Digital Press Promo]
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (We all got it in 2008.)

Mentions:
Deerhunter, NODZZZ, Eat Skull, Vivian Girls, Dead Luke, New Bloods, Grouper, Sic Alps, Tobacco, Woman, Gang Gang Dance, Mutators

Dissapointments
Magik Markers, Parenthetical Girls, Oneida, Fucked Up, Rolo Tomassi, Conor Oberst

Shows
Yeasayer / No Age / The Mae Shi / Cadence Weapon / Slow Club / A Place to Bury Strangers / Soiled Mattress & The Spings / Pulled Apart By Horses / Napoleon IIIrd / Cutting Pink with Knives / Dinosaur Pile Up / Spodni Pradlo / Lord Auch / Paul Marshall/ hey panda (Leeds, Faversham)

of Montreal, Les Savy Fav, Foals, Wild Beasts, Modeskeletor, The Field,The Mae Shi, Telepathe (London, Field Day Festival)

Fleet Foxes, Beach House (Leeds, Brudenell Social Club)
No Age, Times New Viking ( Leeds, Irish Centre)
Titus Andronicus, Video Nasties (London, Astoria 2)
HEALTH, Zombie-Zombie (Leeds, Brudenell Social Club)
Die! Die! Die!(Wakefield, Escobar)
A Place to Bury Strangers (Leeds, The Cockpit)
The Faint, Ulterior ( Manchester, Academy 3)
Oneida (New York City, Pier 17??))
Sonic Youth, Wolf Eyes, Vivian Girls, Times New Viking (Brooklyn, McCarren Park Pool)


Anticipated Releases/Gigs
Crystal Stilts, Wavves, Titus Andronicus, Mi Ami, Woman, Lovvers, Crystal Antlers, The Welcome Wagon

Most Wanted
A new Suicide album,Elliott Smith to be alive, and to date Jenny Lewis.

AND can I just say that was a pain in the ass.

http://holyroarrecords.bigcartel.com/

HRR020T 'Happy Holy Roar!' Volume 2 Compilation Tape - DEC 08

Tracklisting

Side A:
1. Pulled Apart By Horses - Universal Talk Box**
2. Holy State - Solid State Messiah (vs. The Valve Viking)**
3. Mirror! Mirror! - On Probation*
4. Tropics - Dead Lips**
5. Throats - Sometimes**
6. Brontide - Crunk Anansie*
7. Lone wolves - Stonehill**
8. The_Network - Coke Head Queen*
9. Chronicles Of Adam West - The Big Sleep*
10. Three Trapped Tigers - 5
Side B:
11. Algernon Cadwallader- Katie's Conscience**
12. Cutting Pink with Knives - Cite*
13. Calories - Eat Rabbit**
14. Maths - Culpa (Demo)*
15. No Kilter - Fuck Me Tony*
16. Caves - Numbers**
17. Jailbait - On Reflection**
18. Ergon Carousel - Hindsight Is A Wonderful Thing When You Dont Mean It
19. Omes - Give blood*
20. Suffocate For Fucks Sake - I Got Worried I Was So Freaking Scared Of That Window, You Know

* = Previously unreleased
** = Only previously appeared on a demo / self-release

All your favourite bands from 2008 and all your new favourites from 2009. We bet at least a couple of these bands will make waves in 2009. Only 100 copies, no digital release, available on red, white and green tapes for Christmas! Artwork by James Burgess.

So I've been listening to a lot of metal recently, and here's my top 75. Yes there's nu-metal and alternative metal and hard rock mixed in there, but all tr00(ll)s will have to deal.
The top 20 is fairly set, unless I discover something amazing out there somewhere, or a favourite artists releases a new and better album. The rest will probably change around a lot.

1. Strapping Young Lad - Alien
2. Metallica - Master of Puppets
3. Strapping Young Lad - City (2)
4. Metallica - Ride the Lightning (2)
5. Metallica - ...And Justice for All (3)
6. Tool - Lateralus
7. Death - Symbolic
8. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
9. Devin Townsend - Terria
10. Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
11. Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
12. Meshuggah - Catch 33
13. Sepultura - Roots
14. Megadeth - Rust in Peace
15. Death - Individual Thought Patterns (2)
16. Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time (2)
17. Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengance
18. Atheist - Elements
19. Venom - Black Metal
20. Devin Townsend - Infinity (2)
21. Nile - Annihilation of the Wicked
22. Tool - Ænima (2)
23. Atheist - Unquestionable Presence (2)
24. System of a Down - Hypnotize
25. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
26. Death - The Sound of Perseverance (3)
27. Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine: Biomech (3)
28. Deftones - White Pony
29. Mastodon - Leviathan
30. AC/DC - High Voltage
31. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son (3)
32. Bathory - Hammerheart
33. Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
34. Opeth - Blackwater Park (2)
35. Soilwork - Natural Born Chaos
36. Anthrax - Persistence Of Time
37. KoЯn - Follow the Leader
38. Strapping Young Lad - The New Black (3)
39. Metallica - Kill 'em All (4)
40. Death - Human (4)
41. Megadeth - Peace Sells...But Who's Buying? (2)
42. Tool - Undertow (3)
43. Arch Enemy - Doomsday Machine
44. Mastodon - Blood Mountain (2)
45. Sepultura - Chaos A.D. (2)
46. Metallica - Metallica (5)
47. Carcass - Swansong
48. Nile - In Their Darkened Shrines (2)
49. Behemoth - Demigod
50. In Flames - Reroute to Remain
51. Cryptopsy - None So Vile
52. Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World
53. Obituary - World Demise
54. Machine Head - The Blackening
55. Soilwork - Stabbing the Drama (2)
56. AC/DC - Highway to Hell (2)
57. Exodus - Force of Habit
58. Slayer - Reign in Blood
59. Morbid Angel - Blessed are the Sick
60. Slipknot - Iowa
61. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
62. In Flames - Clayman (2)
63. Obituary - The End Complete (2)
64. Meshuggah - Nothing (2)
65. AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (3)
66. Metallica - Load (6)
67. Tool - 10,000 Days (4)
68. Napalm Death - Scum
69. Nevermore - Enemies of Reality (2)
70. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine (2)
71. Cryptopsy - And then you'll beg (2)
72. Sepultura - Arise (3)
73. Cutting Pink with Knives - Alef, Alef, Alef!
74. Bathory - Blood on Ice (2)
75. Death - Leprosy (5)

andrinald's top albums
1. A Day to Remember - For Those Who Have Heart (283) 2. All Time Low - So Wrong, It's Right (268) 3. Flight of the Conchords - Flight of the Conchords (160) 4. Four Year Strong - Rise Or Die Trying (151) 5. The Fall of Troy - Manipulator (149) 6. A Day to Remember - And Their Name Was Treason (140) 7. blink-182 - Enema Of The State (134) 8. Enter Shikari - Take To The Skies (111) 9. Fall Out Boy - Infinity On High (109) 10. Biffy Clyro - (B Sides) (105) 11. Hot Club de Paris - Live at Dead Lake (98) 12. Paramore - All We Know Is Falling (91) 13. Fall Out Boy - Take This to Your Grave (89) 14. Reginald - Destroying All You Ever Loved (89) 15. Fall Out Boy - From Under The Cork Tree (84) 16. Panic at the Disco - Pretty. Odd. (74) 17. Fighting With Wire - Man Vs Monster (74) 18. Cutting Pink with Knives - Populuxxe (73) 19. Alesana - Where Myth Fades to Legend (73) 20. Reuben - In Nothing We Trust (68) 21. Biffy Clyro - Blackened Sky (68) 22. Twin Atlantic - Live (66) 23. Future of the Left - Curses (65) 24. This Familiar Smile - What Kind Of Monster Am I? (65) 25. Johnny Foreigner - Waited Up Til It Was Light (65) 26. All Time Low - Put Up Or Shut Up (62) 27. Girls Aloud - The Sound Of: Greatest Hits (57) 28. Kids In Glass Houses - Smart Casual (56) 29. blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants And Jacket (56) 30. Paramore - RIOT! (52) 31. Reuben - Very Fast Very Dangerous (51) 32. Funeral for a Friend - Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation (50) 33. Twin Atlantic - XFM Session (50) 34. Biffy Clyro - Puzzle (49) 35. Reuben - Racecar is Racecar Backwards (49) 36. We The Kings - We The Kings (49) 37. Atreyu - The Best Of Atreyu (48) 38. The Fall of Troy - Doppelganger (47) 39. Every Time I Die - The Big Dirty (47) 40. Panic at the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (47) 41. The Fall of Troy - The Fall of Troy (47) 42. Biffy Clyro - Infinity Land (46) 43. Sucioperro - Random Acts of Intimacy (46) 44. Between the Buried and Me - Colors (43) 45. Bowling for Soup - A Hangover You Don't Deserve (43) 46. Rocketfox - Rocketfox (41) 47. 1997 - A View Of The Rising Moon (41) 48. Biffy Clyro - Mountains (40) 49. Tubelord - Mixed (40) 50. Bring Me the Horizon - Suicide Season (39)

andrinald's top albums
1. A Day to Remember - For Those Who Have Heart (283) 2. All Time Low - So Wrong, It's Right (268) 3. Flight of the Conchords - Flight of the Conchords (160) 4. Four Year Strong - Rise Or Die Trying (151) 5. The Fall of Troy - Manipulator (149) 6. A Day to Remember - And Their Name Was Treason (140) 7. blink-182 - Enema Of The State (134) 8. Enter Shikari - Take To The Skies (111) 9. Fall Out Boy - Infinity On High (109) 10. Biffy Clyro - (B Sides) (105) 11. Hot Club de Paris - Live at Dead Lake (98) 12. Paramore - All We Know Is Falling (91) 13. Fall Out Boy - Take This to Your Grave (89) 14. Reginald - Destroying All You Ever Loved (89) 15. Fall Out Boy - From Under The Cork Tree (84) 16. Panic at the Disco - Pretty. Odd. (74) 17. Fighting With Wire - Man Vs Monster (74) 18. Cutting Pink with Knives - Populuxxe (73) 19. Alesana - Where Myth Fades to Legend (73) 20. Reuben - In Nothing We Trust (68) 21. Biffy Clyro - Blackened Sky (68) 22. Twin Atlantic - Live (66) 23. Future of the Left - Curses (65) 24. This Familiar Smile - What Kind Of Monster Am I? (65) 25. Johnny Foreigner - Waited Up Til It Was Light (65) 26. All Time Low - Put Up Or Shut Up (62) 27. Girls Aloud - The Sound Of: Greatest Hits (57) 28. Kids In Glass Houses - Smart Casual (56) 29. blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants And Jacket (56) 30. Paramore - RIOT! (52) 31. Reuben - Very Fast Very Dangerous (51) 32. Funeral for a Friend - Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation (50) 33. Twin Atlantic - XFM Session (50) 34. Biffy Clyro - Puzzle (49) 35. Reuben - Racecar is Racecar Backwards (49) 36. We The Kings - We The Kings (49) 37. Atreyu - The Best Of Atreyu (48) 38. The Fall of Troy - Doppelganger (47) 39. Every Time I Die - The Big Dirty (47) 40. Panic at the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (47) 41. The Fall of Troy - The Fall of Troy (47) 42. Biffy Clyro - Infinity Land (46) 43. Sucioperro - Random Acts of Intimacy (46) 44. Between the Buried and Me - Colors (43) 45. Bowling for Soup - A Hangover You Don't Deserve (43) 46. Rocketfox - Rocketfox (41) 47. 1997 - A View Of The Rising Moon (41) 48. Biffy Clyro - Mountains (40) 49. Tubelord - Mixed (40) 50. Bring Me the Horizon - Suicide Season (39)

Relentless, maniacal debut from one of the hottest bands in Britain

TRACKLISTING:
1. "Oh. Hello Ghost" (3:33)
2. "I Love Turbulence" (2:48)
3. "Fofteen" (2:45)
4. "Abraxas" (2:26)
5. "An Apology To The Universe" (1:18)
6. "Nine" (4:03)
7. "Macabre Charade" (3:48)
8. "Trojan Measures" (1:00)
9. "Everything Went Grey" (3:29)
10. "Scabs" (4:31)
11. "Fantasia" (14:21)

The hype surrounding Sheffield noisecore newcomers Rolo Tomassi has soared emphatically in recent months, their appearance at this summer's Download festival being a major factor, almost universally regarded as one of the main highlights of the entire weekend. Some of the band members may only be approaching the end of their teenage years, but an astute sense of professionalism and maturity is extremely evident within the band, whose achievements already exceed those of numerous supposedly more experienced groups. With the release of fantastic debut album Hysterics, the band's impressive profile seems certain to continue its rapid growth, as it is a well-written, ambitious, and consistently vibrant piece of work that will no doubt attract aficionados of such a gigantic range of genres as metal, hardcore, punk, prog, indie and perhaps even electronica. The band, consisting of vocalist Eva Spence, guitarist Joe Nicholson, bassist Joseph Thorpe, drummer Edward Dutton and keyboardist James Spence, have built and refined an intriguing, mathcore-esque sound that draws influences from the likes of The Fall Of Troy, The Dillinger Escape Plan and HORSE The Band, but there are also several unexpected moments of melody and ambience that effortlessly weave their way through the more brutal intervals. This is an explosive combination that creates a sound that is utterly unique, and this is why so many people consider Rolo Tomassi to be the hottest band in the UK right now.

Hysterics may have its flaws, and it goes without saying that Rolo Tomassi will make better albums than this in the future. However, this is nonetheless an admirably sophisticated musical work, especially when you consider the fact that this is the first full-length album the band has made. From start to finish, the record is like an encompassing journey where no stone whatsoever is left unturned, illustrated by the variety of genres explored. A fine example of this is opening track Oh, Hello Ghost, where the listener is taken aback by the electro-pop intro, but normality soon resumes when the track descends into full-blown mayhem, with a destructive riff Thomas Erak would be proud of. With I Love Turbulence, Rolo Tomassi incorporate a vast number of contrasting musical elements into one incredibly short song. The highlight arises towards the end where the pace increases, complimenting a blistering slice of riffage from Nicholson, although the opening riff is another moment to savour. This track is also a fine portrayal of Eva Spence's vocal ability; it is refreshing to hear a female voice on music of this style, and there seems to be no end to Spence's talents, as this song demonstrates her delicate singing as well as her ferocious growl. Fofteen and first single Abraxas are two pulsating slabs of synth-enhanced mathcore; the former in particular depicts Eva Spence's truly demonic tendencies behind the mic, while the latter contains cameo interludes reminiscent of jazz, before James Spence, brother of vocalist Eva, rounds things off with a magnificent synth solo.

James Spence proves his worth as a formidable musician to even greater effect on interlude An Apology To The Universe and the plain bizarre Everything Went Grey; the man clearly has the foresight to transform such trivial sounds into magical musical moments, as these tracks in particular will testify. Nine is absolutely colossal, and shows Rolo Tomassi at their most ambitious. A seismic mathcore brawl eventually descends into heartstoppingly delicate bliss. It is initially unclear where Macabre Charade ends and Trojan Measures begins, but as a duo these songs are a threatening force that seemingly never ceases to grow and evolve. An exquisite vocal duet from the Spence siblings is the platform for Macabre Charade to increase momentum, firstly with scorching riffage but then with disjointed yet somehow catchy rhythms. Spence's synths then enter the fray on Trojan Measures to add that extra chaotic spark. Closing track Fantasia is an absolute epic, and remains captivating throughout its 14-minute reign. It does this through even more blistering guitar work and gorgeous piano playing, while Eva Spence is again on fire. It is its predecessor, however, which seems to stand out as being perhaps the most intriguing track of the lot. Scabs is simply brilliant, containing the most devastating of riffs and even more virtuoso skills on the synths. This is a track that is destined to expose Rolo Tomassi to a wider audience, as it is likely to attract the indie kids as well as the metalheads, the prog lovers along with the punks, or even just admirers of remarkable musicianship, of which there is plenty. In fact, in spite of their tender ages, every member of Rolo Tomassi proves his or her worth as a talented musician throughout Hysterics, which is fascinating when the genre of music being played is taken into account. Mathcore bands are normally renowned for their vision and songwriting skills, which Rolo Tomassi unquestionably have, but their playing abilities are also incredible, and easily surpass the requirements of mathcore. And with these hugely impressive skills as their foundation, Rolo Tomassi's career is certain to be an exciting one, and their next album could well be a masterpiece. Hysterics, however, is certainly more than enough to keep us ticking over for now. This could be the start of something big.

BEST TRACKS: "Scabs", "I Love Turbulence".
VERDICT: 8/10.

Hysterics is out now via Hassle Records in all good music stores. Reviews of Textures, Bring Me The Horizon, Funeral For A Friend and Unearth are on the way.

Cheers for reading,
JJ.

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