Melt Banana - Bambi's Dilemma and Cell-Scape

Artist: Melt Banana
Genre: Japanese Noise Punk
Album: Cell-Scape and Bambi's Dilemma

Melt Banana is an extremely good punk bad from Japan. As a band, the only problem I have with them is the fact that they have a female vocalist. Who I actually enjoy, so I have very little issue with the band. Yasuko is of course, a small asian woman, so her 'barked' vocals actually sound... kinda yipped. Agata the guitarist, is amazing. Not a traditional shredder, but he has many pedal to produce noises you'd never even thought could come from a guitar. -Note: Like a White Bat in a box, Dead on the Cell-Scape album- The bass provides quite the structure for the songs, actually as otherwise it would be noise wank gibberish. The drums are actually quite solid, even though they can't keep a steady drummer. Great band, fantastic live shows.

Note: Yasuko, the singer, was so intense when I saw them, that her nose actually began to bleed. And she kept going!

Rating: Cell-Scape: 4/5
Rating: Bambi's Dilemma: 4/5

Bambi's Dilemma

Cell-Scape

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Buckethead - Crime Slunk Scene

Artist: Buckethead
Album: Crime Slunk Scene
Genre: Experimental Rock
Country: Bucketheadland
Year: 2006

Buckethead is a guitar virtuoso who shows his skills in varied genres and styles. From bluegrass to techno, he's not just the fastest thing on six strings, he's also an extremely talented composer and songwriter. His influences include crappy drive-in science fiction movies, japanese television shows, and of course, Colonel Sanders. This album was one of my first from Buckethead, it's a great album that really showcases his strange, yet awesome talents.

Side Note: That man loves him some drum machine.

Rating: 4.5/5

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Wizard - Odin

Artist: Wizard
Album: Odin
Genre: Epic Power Metal
Country: Germany
Year: 2003

Ah Odin, one of my favorite Power metal albums of all time. This album has an epic beggining with the first track The Prophecy. The lyrics in the song are pretty good. It has many memorable moments, the vocals just blend with the instruments. The band kept the music epic throughout the whole album. I cant say much more about this album, since words cannot decribe its epicness.

Ben's Rating: 6/5 The first 6 out of 5 in this blogs history!

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Kamelot - The Black Halo

Artist: Kamelot
Album: The Black Halo
Genre: Power Metal
Country: United States
Year: 2005

With the exception of Kamelot, I'm not one for Power Metal. Almost not at all. I always thought of it as a genre revolving around long-haired men riding unicorns rescuing the princess from a dragon then fucking her princely brother. Kamelot completely obliterates the stereotype.

The Black Halo is a concept album (suprise, suprise) off of Goethe's writing Faust and is a masterpiece of everything they have ever written. For once they have shattered the definition of cheesy (well, mostly) within Power Metal and replaced it with melodic vocals, stunning riffs, and sexy composure.

For fans of literature, rather than sitting all day listening to the album you can sit all day and listen to the album, then read Faust (or click here.) A few cameos including the lovely Simmon Simons of Epica and the long lost sister of Miss Dani Filth, Shagrath. Simon has a bigger part on the album which you see why (hey, she's fucking beautiful, physically and vocally).

I lol'd at the fact that Shagrath took the role as Mephisto who is technically the devil. At least could have they picked someone more reputable besides the guy from Dimmu Burger. Cameos aside, it is considered one of the best Power Metal albums ever produced, and I strongly agree with this. By my standards I rate it with the first perfect score in the history of this blog, a five out of five.

Amanda's Rating: 5/5







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Angelspit - Krankhaus (2 Disc Special Edition)

Artist: Angelspit
Album: Krankhaus (2 Disc Special Edition)
Genre: Industrial/Electronic/Cyber-Punk
Country: Austrailia
Year: 2006

Before I get anymore music posted here I need to get my Electronic music fetish out of the way and over with. Angelspit is a pair of angry Austrailians (I picked this image because it's a lesser seen photo of them happy) who bash shiny metallic things together and sing aboout social issues, which is where the Industrial and Cyber-Punk noises comes in.

Personally I enjoy them for when I'm in an angry but nonviolent mood (sometimes when I'm mad I tend to highly overanalyze people and things which fits this album in a way). Usually the idea of Electro music is repetitive beats over and over again, but in this it's not quite the case. I enjoy how in depth the lyrics are instead of being completely straight-forward, allowing the mind to go several ways when interpretating the overall message of the song.

And as a special treat, I found the second disc which features remixes of songs from the original album. Your welcome, children.



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Biz Markie - The Biz Never Sleep's

Artist: Biz Markie
Album: The Biz Never Sleep's
Genre: Rap
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 1989

Well, This album is a wonderful peice of old-school Rap. The album has very catchy beats. The Lyrics are not the greatest, but they are good enough to keep the songs from sucking. My favorite track from this album is Just A Friend. The song has a very catchy beat and The Biz did a nice job rhyming. The other track that catches my attention is Spring Again. Again, it has a very catchy beat. Its a song that has a happy mood to it. My 3rd favorite track is Shes Not Just Another Women (Monique). The song is very catchy. Overall, the album is packed with catchy songs.

Ben's Rating: 4.5/5


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London After Midnight - Selected Scenes From The End Of The World

Artist: London After Midnight
Album: Selected Scenes From The End of The World
Genre: Darkwave/Goth
Country: United States
Year: 1995

Again I bring forth a fantasic album made by a sexy Goth, but this time...a man?!? Yes, Sean Brennan from London After Midnight and one of his finest works, Selected Scenes From the End of The World. Although it sounds gloomy and makes you think, "How appropriate, Amanda", it's more of a get-laid easy album.

Lovingly crafted songs, all with spooky overtones and sexual undertones and vice versa. It's perfect for when trying to get lucky with a nice pierced-up guy or girlie in all black, or for on Halloween. Artistically I adore this album since the day my friend Matt shoved it down my throat.

Sean Brennan himself is what I describe as Marilyn Manson's good yet very very distant cousin through marriage. Creepy music, but LAM is less far generic and Sean focuses more on social issues and human emotion rather than shock value and what will become the latest single, and Sean is a vegan and a Bush-hater (My kind of man ;O). Also Sean's much more attractive. Marilyn Manson is just fucking ugly.

At the same time, he hates labels feeling it is 'artistically restricting'. A respectable viewpoint but from where I stand it is somewhat opressive and annoying to an extent. The album itself is a gem, fair quality, and for eight tracks it's only about 40MB which enables faster downloading (this time I managed to upload it to Megapupload and Mediafire, just for you.)


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Metatron - Leyenda Del Infinito Interno

Artist: Metatron
Album: Leyenda Del Infinito Interno
Genre: Epic Symphonic Power Metal
Country: El Salvador
Year: 2004

The album is very good. The music has many epic moments. The album doesnt have a very good sound quality, but it is still a great album. The vocalist does a very fine job and her voice goes along well with music. The guitarist does a fine job. He threw in some solos here and there, although I wish the sound quality wouldnt take away the epic points from the guitars. The drummer does an okay job. He keeps the beat in the music and adds a little "zazz" to the music.

Ben's Rating: 3.5/5


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'Tank Girl' Soundtrack

Artist: Various
Album: 'Tank Girl' Motion Picture Soundtrack
Genre: Soundtrack
Country: N/A
Year: 1995

A favorite film of mine, the film "Tank Girl" based off a Punk comic from Britainia in the late 80's, early 90's. Asides from giving birth to Sisters of Mercy, Bauhaus, Siouxise and being America's mother and also its bitch, the comic itself is ine of the things that the UK gave birth to that was full of epic win. So about thirteen years ago Hollywood made it into a movie and was put off to the side as a B-list film, which meant no morons dancing around with Tank Girl shirts like today's Spiderman and Transformers films.

For a film based off a Punkesque comic the soundtrack itself has a nice diverse collection of artists and pulls it off by fitting the scenes very well. Unless your computer's allergic to Phptobucket you can see all the artists' names on the album artwork in clever little comic bubbles which suits it perfectly (again, the 'based off a comic' thing).

Now some of the artists I never cared for (Ice-T, Stomp, Belly) but some I was suprised that I loved hearing (Devo, Joan Jett, Bjork). Really it is a good movie and a fine album for people who are more open-minded versus elist assholes.

Amanda's Rating: 3/5

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Emilie Autumn - Your Sugar Sits Untouched

Artist: Emilie Autumn
Album: Your Sugar Sits Untouched
Genre: Other
Country: United States
Year: 2005

Oh lawdy, the first post of my brand new music blog. Usually you would think I would leave the debut post to include a musical album but in this case I say "NEIN!". Obviously I am a huge Emilie fangirl, and sometime ago I found her very rare all-poetry album. :D

If you've heard any of her music it focuses on literature, society, philosophies, idealogies, history, et cetera. Her poetry however focuses more on a personal level and lets you inside her mind in an emotional sense which is in some ways uncommon, unless you're one of those fans who sits all day on your Internet interpreting every lyric through petty message forums and second-rate websites.

Now when I say emotional I don't mean in any way that she goes on a whining spree. It's in fact a suitable album for when you're in an artsy mood on a day where it's pouring outside. Recommended especially for fans of literature and Shakspeare (she has written a few sonnets and recorded them onto this album). Personally I think she's a lot more talented compared to the likes of more popular modern-day artists (anyone ever seen that skank Tila Tequila perform on electric violin and harpsichord?).

Sometimes it can get a little cheesy, but that's poetry for you. She also has little bits of music in the background during tracks (usually harpsichord, electronic sounds, et cetera) that contribute a sound befitting the tone of the lyrics.

Amanda's Rating: 4.5/5

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