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Most people post their top 15 artists. Since I find it harder to rank bands I like I shall go the opposite route and rank my least favorite "acts" at the moment. Without further ado let's begin.

15. Attack Attack!
The suffix core is now being attached to any "genre" or new scene that has found an interesting new way to suck. This band has managed to be the sole member of the crabcore (non)movement. They get the name from the power stances of their "musicians" who squat down low to the earth and headbang in unison. To be honest I haven't listened to a whole song through let alone an album. I figured I valued my sanity over the journalistic integrity of this journal. What puts them at the relatively low position of 15th is that they are actually funny to the viewer of one of their music videos, but only as long as the volume is on mute.

14. T-Pain
The idiot who brought blatantly autotuned vocals into pretty much every American mainstream pop, R&B, or rap act since 2007. The resulting collective American headache alone merits his rank.

13. Katy Perry
She was incredibly annoying in her heyday. Tasteless lyrics and terrible vocals matched with a self centered exterior only made this musician accessible to the vain teenagers. Hopefully her 15 minutes of fame are trickling into a silent but steady flow into the oblivion of sub par pop acts at the moment.

12. The Jonas Brothers
These guys are pretty much harmless. They play for the tweens disney's marketed them to and therefore should have never attracted any attention outside suburban bedrooms. However many teenagers seem to have never left middle school and continued to nurture a soft spot for the Jo Bros dragging out their fandom into highschool and (in some cases) even college. This brought the trio fame and ignited a futile (but incredibly amusing) internet flame war between young girls with names like Stacey (I apologize to any Staceys offended by my use of the stereotype attached to your name) and metalheads. How enough Megadeth, Anthrax, and Mayhem fans ever came across this pop boyband to form a collective hatred is beyond me. However after the initial year or so it became annoying and left both sides drained with only the n00bs left to duke it out. For what remains of that fight, they are 12. However, the war might intensify again with the creation of the the youngest Jobros new band. Only time will tell.

11. Soulja Boy
For the most part 2007 was a musical cesspool. Most notable was this 50cent wannabe who had to resort to a dance to sell his shitty music. Nothing else he ever created ever really caught on (the reason why he's so low) but for a good 6 months no one could escape his annoying drawl about being a lechersome version of superman who wanted nothing more than to squirt some of his spidey string up a young females back (or was that R Kelly?)

10. Justin Beiber
This kid is a convincing argument for a law banning youtube accounts from anyone under 17. That was where this whiney 15 year old with the voice of a 5 year old girl (my apologies to 5 year old girls of the world) His mostly tween fans even managed to hype this kid enough that he got on national television. Luckily only 3 or so songs ever became popular.

9. Slipknot
FINALLY! A band metalheads, pop addicts, indie yuppies, decrepit 60s hippies, electronica groovers etc. can all agree sucks. Take 9 men out of anger management class, give them masks instruments and a venue to "play" at and you have Slipknot. Their stage prescence has best been described by the drummer of Muse in the following video.

8. Metro Station
Somewhere Billy Ray Cyrus is probably wondering where he went wrong with parenting. Seeing as 2 kids of his are on the list (one in this band and the other soon to come) his pondering would be with reason. An annoying mix of hot topic dressed 20 somethings mix bad rap with dance music and overly sexual lyrics. I sense the leader singer is trying to deny his southern country roots. However, I wish his efforts didn't subject themselves on everyone else with a radio.

7. Basshunter
Annoying simplistic lyrics sung in broken English is never fun to listen to.

6. Britney Spears
The fact that her career never seems to die seems to be proof of the existence of Satan. Only a soul could pay to keep reviving that ragged and tattered thing. I have the feeling it was paid for in full by Chris Crocker (artist tag because he does in fact sing, unfortunatly) How someone could survive solely on a stream of 24 hour marriages, child support from K-Fed, and songs not written by her is a dilemma unless one takes her army of fans who since they saw her selling Pepsi (and a little more) in the 90s decided to become her fans.

5. Jeffree Star
It seems all the terrible "musicians" of the aughties have come from myspace. Jeffree is no exception. He creates a creepy mishmash of sugarfloss and murder weapons in his "music" that pedobear would probably approve of. Combine that with autotune and you have a fanbase. He also happens to be an unattractive drag queen and looks like he fell into a vat of pink and orange sharpie ink. His songs range from such enlightening topics of "Cupcakes Taste Like Violence" to "Louis Vuitton Bodybags." His music leaves a bad aftertase to any seasoned listener.

4. Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana/Destiny Hope Cyrus/ whatever her name becomes next year
I wonder what family reunions are like at the Cyrus house. Between this annoying self centered brat and her emberassing older brother. She is worse than her Disney contemporaries for the fact that she not only proliferates terrible pop music, but she also has an attitude. Whether she's attacking prominent musicians for not wanting to babysit her at the Grammys, posting racy pictures of herself online, or bitching out her fellow Disney stars, she manages to find new and even more tiresome ways of being a pain in the ass for her family and Disney, not to mention a constant annoyance as the media eats up her exploits. She's either going to grow up and go away or follow Lindsey Lohans example, before leaving us in peace.

3. Kid Rock
Unlike with Coldplay Kid Rock cheats in the music department and gets away with it. With a narcissism enough to put off Echo from pursuing him (anyone who gets that reference without looking it up gets a gold star) His continued success proves that the trailer park demographic is still buying cds.

2. Lady GaGa
Vain, annoying, posturing, airheaded are only a few of many adjectives that come up to describe this Madonnawannabe. Her fans proclaim her to be interesting and innovative with good mainstream pop music. How they can attribute those claims to her while she takes other artists ideas and pairs them with stupid monotonous music defies explanation. She actually posses some musical talent but does not employ it in her music as it would probably lose her her fans. She's a sell out plain and simple, and a lot of America is too blinded by her gaudy and unappealing metallic mirror bras to realize it.

1. Brokencyde
Do I even need to explain this? They combine shitty oversexed rap with screamo, auto-tune, and a blender and call it music. One of their members doesn't play and instrument. He just operates the smog machine and presses the on button for the strobe lights. No kidding. Posturising abounds in their music and tours. They are tacky, annoying, and unintelligent. They and all of "crunkcore" are all symbols for the lax standards the american public holds the music they listen to.

so from all these awful performers we have learned that when choosing music:
AVOID AUTO-TUNE AT ALL COSTS
avoid Disney produced living merch.
Stealing riffs, outfits etc. is the touch of a sub par "musician"
Avoid offspring of Billy Ray Cyrus (my achey breakey heart bleeds for that poor man)
Myspace is not a good source of music
*insertwordofchoice*core bands suck

hope this journal was pleasing to more than it was enraging to others

Dying Fetus has posted additional in-studio footage taped during the Descend Into Depravity recording session online now at this location. Descend Into Depravity, Dying Fetus’ seventh studio recording, was recorded at Wright Way Studios in Baltimore, MD with producer Steve Wright.

Dying Fetus are about to embark on “The Planetary Depravity Tour” next week with The Faceless. This co-headlining US tour will kick-off on November 17th in Salt Lake City, UT and also include Beneath the Massacre,Vital Remains and more on select dates. A complete listing of tour dates and cities can be found below with more details to be announced soon.

Descend Into Depravity saw its international release in late September and is currently streaming in its entirety at this location: www.DescendIntoDepravity.info. The album debuted at #166 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart and at #4 on the Heatseekers Chart.

Dying Fetus recently premiered the first video from Descend Into Depravity, for the track “Shepherd’s Commandment”, online here. The “Shepherd’s Commandment” video was lensed in New York with director Kevin Custer (Hatebreed, Testament, Soulja Boy, Kingdom of Sorrow).


DYING FETUS Tour Dates:

***All dates from November 17 thru December 15 w/ THE FACELESS as part of The Planetary Depravity Tour***

November 17 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue
November 18 Denver, CO Marquis Theatre
November 19 Wichita, KS Club Oz
November 20 St. Paul, MN Station 4
November 21 Chicago, IL Jaguar Club
November 22 Detroit, MI Blondie’s
November 23 Cleveland, OH Peabody’s
November 24 Toronto, ON Mod Club
November 25 Montreal, QC National
November 26 Quebec City, QC L’Imperial
November 27 Manchester, NH Rocko’s
November 28 New York, NY Gramercy Theatre
November 29 Baltimore, MD Sonar
November 30 Reading, PA The Silo
December 1 Johnson City, TN Cahootenany’s
December 2 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
December 3 Orlando, FL Club Firestone
December 4 New Orleans, LA The High Ground
December 5 Houston, TX Meridian
December 6 McAllen, TX Jagz
December 7 Ft. Worth, TX Ridglea Theatre
December 8 Austin, TX Emo’s
December 9 El Paso, TX Chic’s
December 10 Tucson, AZ The Rock
December 11 Las Vegas, NV The Farm
December 12 San Diego, CA SOMA
December 13 San Francisco, CA DNA Lounge
December 14 Victorville, CA Karma
December 15 Los Angeles, CA Key Club

Dying Fetus has posted additional in-studio footage taped during the Descend Into Depravity recording session online now at this location. Descend Into Depravity, Dying Fetus’ seventh studio recording, was recorded at Wright Way Studios in Baltimore, MD with producer Steve Wright.

Dying Fetus are currently touring in support of Descend Into Depravity, rounding out their European run alongside Cannibal Corpse this week in the United Kingdom. Upon returning home, Dying Fetus with team up with The Faceless for a co-headlining US Tour. This tour, dubbed “The Planetary Depravity Tour”, will kick off in mid-November and also include Beneath the Massacre, Vital Remains, Annotations of an Autopsy and more on select dates. A complete listing of tour dates and cities can be found below with more details to be announced soon.

Descend Into Depravity saw its international release in late September and is currently streaming in its entirety at this location: www.DescendIntoDepravity.info. The album debuted at #166 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart and at #4 on the Heatseekers Chart.

Dying Fetus recently premiered the first video from Descend Into Depravity, for the track “Shepherd’s Commandment”, online here. The “Shepherd’s Commandment” video was lensed in New York with director Kevin Custer (Hatebreed, Testament, Soulja Boy, Kingdom of Sorrow).


DYING FETUS Tour Dates:

***All dates from October 28 thru November 1 w/ CANNIBAL CORPSE, ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY, TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED***

October 28 Colchester, UK Arts Center
October 29 London, UK Koko
October 30 Sheffield, UK The Corporation
October 31 Glasgow, UK ABC Glasgow
November 1 Lemmington Spa, UK Assembly

***All dates from November 17 thru December 15 w/ THE FACELESS as part of The Planetary Depravity Tour***

November 17 Layton, UT V2
November 18 Denver, CO Marquis Theatre
November 20 St. Paul, MN Station 4
November 21 Chicago, IL Jaguar Club
November 22 Detroit, MI Blondie’s
November 23 Cleveland, OH Peabody’s
November 24 Toronto, ON Mod Club
November 25 Montreal, QC National
November 26 Quebec City, QC L’Imperial
November 27 Manchester, NH Rocko’s
November 28 New York, NY Gramercy Theatre
November 29 Baltimore, MD Sonar
November 30 Reading, PA The Silo
December 2 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
December 3 Orlando, FL Club Firestone
December 4 New Orleans, LA The High Ground
December 5 Houston, TX Meridian
December 6 McAllen, TX Jagz
December 7 Ft. Worth, TX Ridglea Theatre
December 8 Austin, TX Emo’s
December 9 El Paso, TX Chic’s
December 10 Tucson, AZ The Rock
December 11 Las Vegas, NV The Farm
December 12 San Diego, CA SOMA
December 13 San Francisco, CA DNA Lounge
December 14 Victorville, CA Karma
December 15 Los Angeles, CA Key Club

Performances w/ view of their live show.

Antibalas 9/10
Citizen Cope 6/10
Jay-Z 8/10
Ladytron 7/10
Lil Wayne 8/10
Mary J. Blige 5/10
Modest Mouse 10/10
Public Enemy 9/10
Santigold 8/10
Soulja Boy3/10
TV on the Radio 7/10
The Black Keys 3/10
The Dodos 9/10
The Faint 8/10
The Roots 10/10
The Ruby Suns 5/10

Okay so I made my cool list of shit I listened to and "rated" in 2008 around this time last year, so I'm gonna do that now. Doesn't really look like I listened to as much this year, but fuck you. I'll be adding to it as I listen to shit.

Bon Iver - Blood Bank EP
8.5/10

Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
7/10

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
7.5/10

Tommygun Rickshaw - Neglect and Elongate Please
7.5/10

Beirut - March of the Zapotec EP
8/10

Realpeople - Holland EP
8.5/10

Music Go Music - Expressions
9/10

Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
7.5/10

The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love
10/10

Mastodon - Crack The Skye
7/10

Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish I Were An Eagle
6.5/10

Themselves - theFREEhoudini
4.5/10

Yusuf - Roadsinger (To Warm You Through The Night)
10/10

A Hawk and a Hacksaw - Delivrance
7/10

Mount Eerie - White Stag
8.5/10

Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
5/10

Eminem - Relapse
8/10

Woods - Songs of Shame
6.5/10

Bowerbirds - Upper Air
9/10

Circulatory System - Signal Morning
7.5/10

Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem
9.5/10

Bubblegum Octopus - The Album Formerly Known As "8-Legged Dance Moves"
9.5/10

Sugar Ray - Music For Cougars
4/10

Sonic Youth - The Eternal
4.5/10

OM - God Is Good
7/10

Volcano Choir - Unmap
7.5/10

The xx - xx
5.5/10

The Mountain Goats - the Life of the World to Come
9/10

Misophone - I sit at open windows
7/10

Dead Man's Bones - Dead Man's Bones
7.5/10

Rammstein - Liebe ist für alle da
9/10

Electric Six - Kill
10/10

Evil Cowards - Covered In Gas
10/10

Weezer - Raditude
7/10

Soulja Boy - Gangsta Grillz Follow me Edition
7/10

Pearl Jam - Backspacer
7.5/10

Afroman - Frobama: Head Of State
7/10

Mount Eerie - Black Wooden EP
9/10

Dethklok - Dethalbum II
8.5/10

Morningwood - Diamonds and Studs
6.5/10

Mirah - (a)spera
9/10

Port O'Brien - Threadbare
7.5/10

Dying Fetus has announced a co-headlining US tour with The Faceless in support of their new album Descend Into Depravity. This tour, dubbed “The Planetary Depravity Tour”, will kick off in mid-November and also include Beneath the Massacre, Vital Remains, Annotations of an Autopsy and more on select dates. A complete listing of tour dates and cities can be found below with more details to be announced soon.

Dying Fetus are currently touring through Europe alongside Cannibal Corpse. This tour also includes Obscura in the mainland followed by Annotations of an Autopsy and Trigger the Bloodshed in the United Kingdom. A complete listing of confirmed Dying Fetus tour dates can be found below.

Descend Into Depravity, Dying Fetus’ seventh studio recording, saw its North American release last month and is currently streaming in its entirety at this location: www.DescendIntoDepravity.info. Descend Into Depravity debuted at #166 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart and at #4 on the Heatseekers Chart.

Dying Fetus recently premiered the first video from Descend Into Depravity, for the track “Shepherd’s Commandment”, online here. The “Shepherd’s Commandment” video was lensed in New York with director Kevin Custer (Hatebreed, Testament, Soulja Boy, Kingdom of Sorrow).


DYING FETUS Tour Dates:

***All dates from October 7 thru 27 / CANNIBAL CORPSE, Obscura, Evocation***

October 7 Paris, France La Locomotive
October 9 Barcelona, Spain Razzmatazz 2
October 10 Madrid, Spain Heineken
October 11 Bilbao, Spain Rock Star
October 12 Lyon, France Transbordeur
October 13 Milan, Italy Alcatraz
October 14 Rome, Italy Alpheus
October 16 Athens, Greece Gagarin 205
October 17 Thessaloniki, Greece Principal Club Theatre
October 18 Belgrade, Serbia SKC
October 19 Bratislava, Slovakia DK Dubravka
October 20 Cracow, Poland Studio
October 21 Berlin, Germany Columbia Club
October 23 Munchen, Germany Backstage
October 24 Linz, Austria Posthof
October 25 Ludwigsburg, Germany Rockfabrik
October 26 Dordrecht, Netherlands Bibelot
October 27 Zwolle, Netherlands Hedon

***All dates from October 28 thru November 1 w/ CANNIBAL CORPSE, ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY, TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED***

October 28 Colchester, UK Arts Center
October 29 London, UK Koko
October 30 Sheffield, UK The Corporation
October 31 Glasgow, UK ABC Glasgow
November 1 Lemmington Spa, UK Assembly

***All dates from November 17 thru December 15 w/ THE FACELESS as part of The Planetary Depravity Tour***

November 17 Layton, UT V2
November 18 Denver, CO Marquis Theatre
November 20 St. Paul, MN Station 4
November 21 Chicago, IL Jaguar Club
November 22 Detroit, MI Blondie’s
November 23 Cleveland, OH Peabody’s
November 24 Toronto, ON Mod Club
November 25 Montreal, QC National
November 26 Quebec City, QC L’Imperial
November 27 Manchester, NH Rocko’s
November 28 New York, NY Gramercy Theatre
November 29 Baltimore, MD Sonar
November 30 Reading, PA The Silo
December 2 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
December 3 Orlando, FL Club Firestone
December 4 New Orleans, LA The High Ground
December 5 Houston, TX Meridian
December 6 McAllen, TX Jagz
December 7 Ft. Worth, TX Ridglea Theatre
December 8 Austin, TX Emo’s
December 9 El Paso, TX Chic’s
December 10 Tucson, AZ The Rock
December 11 Las Vegas, NV The Farm
December 12 San Diego, CA SOMA
December 13 San Francisco, CA DNA Lounge
December 14 Victorville, CA Karma
December 15 Los Angeles, CA Key Club

Dying Fetus’ brand new album Descend Into Depravity has debuted at #166 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart and at #4 on the Heatseekers Chart respectively. The Heatseekers Chart lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists who have never appeared in the Top 100 of the Billboard 200. Descend Into Depravity, Dying Fetus’ seventh studio recording, saw its North American release last Tuesday, and is currently streaming in its entirety at this location: www.DescendIntoDepravity.info.

Dying Fetus will kick-off a month-long European tour alongside Cannibal Corpse starting next week in support of Descend Into Depravity. This tour will also include Obscura in the mainland followed by Annotations of an Autopsy and Trigger the Bloodshed in the United Kingdom. A complete listing of confirmed Dying Fetustour dates can be found below.

Dying Fetus recently premiered the first video from Descend Into Depravity, for the track “Shepherd’s Commandment”, online via MySpace Metal. The “Shepherd’s Commandment” video was lensed in New York with director Kevin Custer (Hatebreed, Testament, Soulja Boy, Kingdom of Sorrow).

Additionally, Dying Fetus are the special guest hosts on Sirius / XM Liquid Metal’s “Beyond The Pit”, the nightly death / grind / black metal show, this week. Dying Fetus will be discussing their brand new record as well as their recent and upcoming tour plans. “Beyond The Pit” airs nightly on Sirius channel 27, XM channel 42 from 12 midnight to 1:00 am EST.


DYING FETUS Tour Dates:

***All dates from October 2 thru 27 / CANNIBAL CORPSE, OBSCURA, EVOCATION***

October 2 Oberhausen, Germany Death Feast Ultimate
October 3 Lichtenfels, Germany Way Of Darkness Fest
October 4 Pratteln, Switzerland Z7
October 5 Saarbrucken, Germany Garage
October 6 Vosselaar, Belgium Beibob
October 7 Paris, France La Locomotive
October 9 Barcelona, Spain Razzmatazz 2
October 10 Madrid, Spain Heineken
October 11 Bilbao, Spain Rock Star
October 12 Lyon, France Transbordeur
October 13 Milan, Italy Alcatraz
October 14 Rome, Italy Alpheus
October 16 Athens, Greece Gagarin 205
October 17 Thessaloniki, Greece Principal Club Theatre
October 18 Belgrade, Serbia SKC
October 19 Bratislava, Slovakia DK Dubravka
October 20 Cracow, Poland Studio
October 21 Berlin, Germany Columbia Club
October 23 Munchen, Germany Backstage
October 24 Linz, Austria Posthof
October 25 Ludwigsburg, Germany Rockfabrik
October 26 Dordrecht, Netherlands Bibelot
October 27 Zwolle, Netherlands Hedon

***All dates from October 28 thru November 1 w/ CANNIBAL CORPSE, ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY, TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED***

October 28 Colchester, UK Arts Center
October 29 London, UK Koko
October 30 Sheffield, UK The Corporation
October 31 Glasgow, UK ABC Glasgow
November 1 Lemmington Spa, UK Assembly

Dying Fetus will be the special guest hosts on “Beyond The Pit”, Sirius / XM Liquid Metal’s nightly death / grind / black metal show, starting tomorrow, Tuesday September 22nd, through Saturday. Dying Fetus will be discussing their brand new record Descend Into Depravity as well as their recent and upcoming tour plans. “Beyond The Pit” airs nightly on Sirius channel 27, XM channel 42 from 12 midnight to 1:00 am EST.

Dying Fetus recently premiered the first video from Descend Into Depravity, for the track “Shepherd’s Commandment”, online via MySpace Metal. The “Shepherd’s Commandment” video was lensed in New York with director Kevin Custer (Hatebreed, Testament, Soulja Boy, Kingdom of Sorrow) for Toaster In The Tub Films.

Descend Into Depravity, Dying Fetus’ seventh studio recording, saw its North American release on Tuesday, September 15th, and is currently streaming in its entirety at this location: www.DescendIntoDepravity.info. Descend Into Depravity is available on CD, LP (packaged with download card), and a limited edition digipak (packaged with embroidered patch and sticker). More information on all available formats can be found here.

Dying Fetus will kick-off a month-long European tour alongside Cannibal Corpse starting next week in support of Descend Into Depravity. This tour will also include Obscura in the mainland followed by Annotations of an Autopsy and Trigger the Bloodshed in the United Kingdom. A complete listing of confirmed Dying Fetus tour dates can be found below.



DYING FETUS Tour Dates:

***All dates from October 2 thru 27 / CANNIBAL CORPSE, OBSCURA, EVOCATION***

October 2 Oberhausen, Germany Death Feast Ultimate
October 3 Lichtenfels, Germany Way Of Darkness Fest
October 4 Pratteln, Switzerland Z7
October 5 Saarbrucken, Germany Garage
October 6 Vosselaar, Belgium Beibob
October 7 Paris, France La Locomotive
October 9 Barcelona, Spain Razzmatazz 2
October 10 Madrid, Spain Heineken
October 11 Bilbao, Spain Rock Star
October 12 Lyon, France Transbordeur
October 13 Milan, Italy Alcatraz
October 14 Rome, Italy Alpheus
October 16 Athens, Greece Gagarin 205
October 17 Thessaloniki, Greece Principal Club Theatre
October 18 Belgrade, Serbia SKC
October 19 Bratislava, Slovakia DK Dubravka
October 20 Cracow, Poland Studio
October 21 Berlin, Germany Columbia Club
October 23 Munchen, Germany Backstage
October 24 Linz, Austria Posthof
October 25 Ludwigsburg, Germany Rockfabrik
October 26 Dordrecht, Netherlands Bibelot
October 27 Zwolle, Netherlands Hedon

***All dates from October 28 thru November 1 w/ CANNIBAL CORPSE, ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY, TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED***

October 28 Colchester, UK Arts Center
October 29 London, UK Koko
October 30 Sheffield, UK The Corporation
October 31 Glasgow, UK ABC Glasgow
November 1 Lemmington Spa, UK Assembly