New Music Albums (Worldwide)

[Optimus]

So, who's planning to review 13 by Black Sabbath? It's out.

 

[Anurin]

No love for J. Cole on PG?

 

[Sweet]

Guys how good is Skillet's New Album "Rise"?
Why no review yet! ... People forget to love music nowadays??

 

[Sweet]

Megadeth- Super Collider

Super Collider is the fourteenth studio album of American band Megadeth. It was released on June 4, 2013. The album has been met with a largely negative reception by critics. However, it debuted at number six on the Billboard 200, making Super Collider the band's highest charting album since 1994's Youthanasia.

best songs - Kingmaker, The Blackest Crow.

 

[YanZZah]

Please check the first page for slight rules amendments

After a long time i'm about to review on mainstream Genre that is Hip Hop. An Aussie Hip Hop!

Band: Bliss n Eso
Album: Circus in The Sky
Genre: Hip Hop
Year: 2013
Country: Australia

Track list:

01. Unite
02. Pale Blue Dot
03. I Am Somebody (feat. Nas)
04. Home is Where the Heart Is
05. Animal Kingdom
06. Can’t Get Rid of This Feeling (feat. Daniel Merriweather)
07. Act Your Age
08. Life’s Midnight
09. Reservoir Dogs (feat. 360, Pez, Seth Sentry & Drapht)
10. Next Frontier
11. My Life (feat. Ceekay Jones)
12. Jungle
13. Cialis Cuts
14. Bomb Like Banksy
15. Sunshine
16. I Feel Free
17. House of Dreams

I have never been a big fond of listening to Hip Hop music, though Kriss Kross 90's influential hip hop artists were exceptional. Then came the era of E Hip hop that has been known as White hi ho stuff. To some extent it was'nt that bad but splash of late coming hippy money makers took the real essence of Hip Hop culture. so things took a deep dive with mediocre cream left on top. That's why Australian Hip hop was kinda boring but not for long as Bliss N Eso with their blend experiments are changing the shape of good music.

On their Fifth album they had a U-turn for vintage hip hop stuff that took with a surprise (some will say out dated elements) but they are the real gems. Even we can hear the name of all prestige bands in BnE's lyrics such as Public Enemy, Nas etc.

Album opens with a Charlie Chaplin speech before seguing into Pale Blue Dot - an orchestral 90's drum 'n' bass that justifies the psychedelic cover art. To have a rough idea check this Album trailer.

I am Somebody is uplifting frontier. Clip provided earlier Home is where the heart is shines and shines with a fine glow from Sydney to Gold Coast and West parts of Australian rural scenes captivates heart of those who have been to these places or those who are wishing to come. Beautifully compiled must say. My favourite is 'Can't Get Rid of this Feeling' so energetic and on the other hand beguiling, awaits for reward. Not just a big gruff deep soul painted by Daniel Merriweather but how it has been produced is propulsive.

Rest a genuinely listenable release. Neither skip My Life that's so Outlandish nor Jungle. It's indeed adventurous

Sum: Eccentricity has never been a hallmark of Australian hip hop. but Circus in the sky easy life goers have changed the picture.

My top 4 picks:

Bomb Like Bansky
Home Where The Heart is
Can't Get Rid of the Feeling
House of Dreams

E denotes: Eminem

Rating: 85.5/100​

 

[YanZZah]

Band: Tesseract
Album: Altered State
Genre: Prog.Metal / Exp.Rock / Alt. Metal / Ambient / Math Metal / Djent
Year: 2013
Country: UK

Tracklist:

01. Of Matter - Proxy
02. Of Matter - Retrospect
03. Of Matter - Resist
04. Of Mind - Nocturne
05. Of Mind - Exile
06. Of Reality - Eclipse
07. Of Reality – Palingenesis
08. Of Reality – Calabi-Yau
09. Of Energy – Singularity
10. Of Energy – Embers

Second album in, these Milton Keynesian - Djent -Prog.metal/rockers and their predictable progressions are an acquired taste. The album starts off to a promising and slightly heavier start after a minute and 10 sec. Things soon revert to the gradual, whiny well balanced voiced on djent formula that made them so popular.

Periphery fans anyone! i said that due to 8 string guitar play technique is considered to be affiliated with either Meshuggah or tesseract but the way this band has taken this skill to new heights with extreme zeal that rest are out of sway and just to rephrase periphery are the one that comes close to these Djent pioneers.

Back to the track session with an outstanding approach to unleash terrific track 'resist' best riffs packed in here for sure. best part is its ending, marvelous. Nocturne with a massive groove-based riffage and so is Palingenesis. A true Djent trademark through the whole progressive escapade! Saxophone descant cutting lose on Calabi Yaou and ends up with the same tune on Embers.

Now listen as ....

... this is a Top notch record, f**king excellent

My Picks:

Resist
Nocturne
Singularity

Rating: 96.5/100​

 

[faiza2]

Nice work, great information abut upcoming Music Album. I like you post.

 

[USUF]

Someone review Cloudkicker's new Album "Subsume" which will release this Saturday and is obviously going to be the best album in the entire history of the universe.


Obviously. I mean come on.

 

[YanZZah]

^ i am seriously marking my way into this genre. Sticky been updated .... trying to listen as a whole before i can place any comments/review on this album

 

[USUF]

Subsume is OUT! Listen here!

Subsume | Cloudkicker

All Cloudkicker music is free to listen to on Cloudkicker's official online page.

 

[USUF]

It's always been something strange about Cloudkicker's music. Very few times do I like a piece from him when I listen to it the first time. Even today, I find myself going back to one of his old albums and listening to a song which I previously just skimmed through because I wasn't feeling it. But now, I end up liking it. So much that I can't stop listening to it over and over.

Same thing happened with this new album. Didn't like it all that much on the first playthrough. But today, i'm feeling up to it. Out of the 4 tracks, I love the bottom 3.

 

[Ranger Taffles]

I would not have written this new album if I had not been to a Meshuggah show in early 2013. - Ben Sharp

Well that gave me some idea of what Cloudkicker would be doing for the new album. But Subsume has quietly surprised me in a very humbling way. During my first listen this sounded like a revisit to his older pieces i.e Beacons. But after having multiple listens, I'm listening to a very different kind of sonic intensity. There are lighter moods attached to the album and they are enveloped in this very dense layer of overlaying riffs. It's not an unusual expression in the fields of post-rock but Ben Sharp has that ability of having his notes do the entire roleplaying without overdoing one from the other. Furthermore, what is effortlessly done is the production put together and how each tune lifts the entire structure.

Kicking clouds is indeed the statement here. No need to chase the sky, just have that creative pursuit in sights. This album really goes the distance with its scope. Everything Ben Sharp has done after Beacons has been complimented here very delicately. At the same time though, Subsume stands out as another one of his best masterworks.

Rating: 4.5/5

P.S
[MENTION=8376]YanZZah[/MENTION] I hope it's okay with you if I don't follow the traditional format that we used to.

 

[USUF]

Ben replied to me.


I keep thinking about this.

"Ben replied to me"

This day can't go wrong!
[MENTION=11904]Ahmad498[/MENTION]
@YanZZah

 

[YanZZah]

^good on ya mate!

 

[USUF]

Waking up in the morning and turning the Wifi on and having this email pop up immediately....


Best thing I've woken up to in recent times lol

 

[Ranger Taffles]

That's pretty awesome USUF! It's always great to know that artists acknowledge their fans and support.

 

[USUF]

So haven't you gotten the chance to sit down and listen to the latest piece of awesome by Ben, [MENTION=8376]YanZZah[/MENTION] ?

 

[Necrokiller]

I would not have written this new album if I had not been to a Meshuggah show in early 2013. - Ben Sharp - See more at: http://www.pakgamers.com/forums/f19...dwide-39571/index29.html#sthash.T1ptX230.dpuf

This statement has me intrigued. @USUF : How similar is their music to Meshuggah?

 

[USUF]

This statement has me intrigued. @USUF : How similar is their music to Meshuggah?

I don't really know actually. After Ben wrote this in an interview, I searched them up and tried to listen to their (generally accepted) best work and it didn't manage to hook me. Admittedly it was only 1 song I listened to for only 3-4 minutes. I just couldn't get it. (Also I was at office and wasn't really "sitting down" for it)

Believe it or not, but it was @YanZZah's post last year at the release of CloudKicker's Album "Fade" that got me interested in Ben's work. I didn't become a fan of CloudKicker at that point. I only loved "From the Balcony" and "Seattle" from that album. But then a few months later I went back to Ben's website and searched his old work and was repeatedly pleased with his music.

However, it wasn't until this following song that made me a die-hard fan of him. It's been almost a year that I've been listening to this song and it ALWAYS gives me goosebumps. For reals.

Amy, I love you. | Cloudkicker

But coming back to your question, Ben has admitted to being a huge fan of Meshuggah.

 

[Necrokiller]

I don't really know actually. After Ben wrote this in an interview, I searched them up and tried to listen to their (generally accepted) best work and it didn't manage to hook me. Admittedly it was only 1 song I listened to for only 3-4 minutes. I just couldn't get it. (Also I was at office and wasn't really "sitting down" for it)

Believe it or not, but it was @YanZZah's post last year at the release of CloudKicker's Album "Fade" that got me interested in Ben's work. I didn't become a fan of CloudKicker at that point. I only loved "From the Balcony" and "Seattle" from that album. But then a few months later I went back to Ben's website and searched his old work and was repeatedly pleased with his music.

However, it wasn't until this following song that made me a die-hard fan of him. It's been almost a year that I've been listening to this song and it ALWAYS gives me goosebumps. For reals.

Amy, I love you. | Cloudkicker

But coming back to your question, Ben has admitted to being a huge fan of Meshuggah.

Oh, I see. Meshuggah certainly isn't everyone's cup of tea and they haven't being recognized by the mainstream crowd as yet. Though they are extremely popular in their genre. I guess he could've been inspired by their complex song structures that they're known for. Either way, will definitely check it out now.