Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Dub Serenity

I sorta want to hit myself over the head for last time. I guess it was just laziness of me not being able to feature a band. But dammit if I just thought a little harder I would have thought of a band. To makeup for last time, I’m gonna feature 2 bands today. :D

 So first up, we put in some epic, Symphonic Metal from the glorious return of Serenity. Their third album is nothing less but over indulgent. A chronicling of various famous Europeans throughout the ages. However, what I want to feature today is just simply a song. With the AMAZING Ailyn from Sirenia (I don’t think Sirenia is all that great, but Ailyn is damn hot and awesome) on vocals, we have the song The Chevalier.

 If this song is any indication of what the rest of the album sounds like, all you have to say is holy crap. As with most metal bands of the power metal indulgence. This will not be for every metalhead. Power metal... is it cheesy? Hell ya. But is it awesome. You bet your *ss!!!

Second up, is Hip-Hop, dub, dancehall, bass & drum... etc etc etc artist... Dub-FX. Mr. Dub-FX, as a lot of guitar enthusiasts might recognize him as, is currently one of the legendary BOSS pedal manufacturer’s spokesperson for the RC pedal series. So as you might expect, to attract the attention of a major corporation is no small feat. When you say British/European Hip-Hop it’s a much more loaded term than what you expect American Hip-Hop to be. American Hip-Hop you have west coast, east coast; bling, gangsta; dirty south, crunk (and then without mentioning rap, breaking, etc.) you have different segregations within these main sorta groups. When you talk about British Hip-Hop you talk of a completely different beast altogether. Although Dub-Fx is Australian, when you listen to him, you can hear the very distinct and cultural influences of the Brits on their take on Hip-Hop. As you all know, I love a good musician who knows how to use their loop pedals, so here it is.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEPEleJVjOo

Where’s the DJ?!?!??!?!?! No need, Dub-FX’s got it covered. Just mind blowing.

Well there it is. Some music homework for all you guys for the next few days.
Now that’s done, I don’t have really much to say. Lots of emotions going through my head but even more emotions going through my heart. Big decisions. And leaving is closer than I thought. I might just go away for awhile. Who knows, I might not hit stage for another year. Is it ok if I want to die right now?