Carnifex – Hell Chose Me
March 11, 2010 – 10:32 am | No Comment

The first time I saw them play, Carnifex was touring with Killwhitneydead and The Demonstration, supporting their 2008 release The Diseased and The Poisoned. The venue – The Mad Hatter Club – a hardcore-oriented bar venue at capacity with drunk punks, aggressive metal-heads, heaily tattooed straight-edge boys and a thick cloud of noxious cigarette smoke.  Outside, the August heat was spot-weldin…

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Going Instrumental
September 2, 2009 – 10:54 pm | No Comment
Going Instrumental

The one apparent trend in my musical tastes over the years, has been: Chill out and simplify.  Over the past few years, rather than adding music of the same old rock and acoustic formula into my library, I’ve been chilling out and finding more instrumental music; music that illustrates a feeling rather than translating through lyrics, music that wanders off and sometimes never comes back, music that reaches a very si…

Review: Anberlin, New Surrender
October 29, 2008 – 9:38 pm | No Comment
Review: Anberlin, New Surrender

New Surrender, I thought it was a great album title.  Very fitting for Stephen Christian, Anberlin’s very intelligent and passionate front man.  Leading up to the release of New Surrender, I quickly devoured any tidbit of information or clip I could find regarding the new record.  What I especially enjoyed, was Christian’s explanation of the new album.  Even the title sounded different, like a solid maturation an…