Post by Jarcodes on Jun 29, 2013 19:27:08 GMT -5
June show notes
Falling Down
By: Mordeous (340)
Ad-100 De-70 Ja-100 To-70
From New York
Find them on Facebook YouTube revebnation soundcloud and Mordeous.com
Pass to Adam
Featuring Ep1taph and Acehigher2. What caught my ear first was the mixture of voices. There's an emotion there that I really liked. Great choppy guitar, rhythm and lead. The drums didn't do the usual drum machine thing, but to me the high ranking was in part due to the effects on Jacobs voice. He dialed them back a bit and found a really nice sweet spot. His earlier entree "Superman's not around" was good but sounded like he was singing into a tin can. This song had everything that makes for a great metal tune.
Hanging Around
By: Full Moon Radio (290)
Ad-90 De-50 Ja-60 To-90
from Olympia Washington
Find them on Facebook twitter Bandcamp YouTube soundcloud iTunes amazon and FullMoonRadio .com
Pass to Adam
I love the driving guitar to kick this song off, and the drums are spot on nice. Good production. It has a retro vibe that reminds me of Hole meets the Cars. Smooth vocals that can slide through notes or yell in tune. This song proves that simple works.
A Piece of Rock & Roll
By: Motion Device (280)
Ad-80 De-80 Ja-90 To-30
From Canada
Find them on Youtube soundcloud Facebook twitter and Motiondevice.net
Pass to Derek
Love love love this track and I'm not sure why. It's got a basic metal sound. Nothing is a stand out but every instrument is played by band members and not machines. I imagine that it can sometimes be difficult for a musician to play simple, and I wonder if they do it that way to help out the young singer, or if its because every band member is still in their teens. Either way I really enjoyed it. The singer is thirteen and cute as a button. She reminds me of a young Janice and so I'm happy that we got a chance to feature a band that will someday be big. If this is the big inning of Motion Devices evolution I can't wait to hear how they progress. Please stick together. Check out this video!
Sufosia
Even in My Darkest Days (280)
Ad-40 De-90 Ja-70 To-80
From Zagreb in the Republic of Croatia
Find them on Facebook reverbnation MySpace YouTube and Sufosia.com
Pass to Derek
A bit on the Metallica/Megadeath nose for me, but the guitar drum cobo works really well together. It's got a good progression and killer vocals. What is the guitarist doing late in the song? It's like grind grind high note? I was wondering how exactly that's done. Love the beginning. Puts me in a mosh mood. I would pay to see them live.
Hypnotic Nova's Dance
By: Cartoon Theory (240)
Ad-30 De-100 Ja-50 To-60
From Limoges France, Madrid, and Sydney
Find them on Facebook twitter Bandcamp MySpace soundcloud and got-djent.com
Pass to Derek
It certaintly doesn't start out like an unsigned countdown feature does it? I'll break it down this way. No vocals had me rank it lower, but I don't really here room for them so that's not really fair. It's got an electro ambient sound that progresses perfectly. To me the stand out instrument has to be the guitar. Clean sounding tempo changes. I wish I new more about playing the guitar so I could offer a review suited to the talent I'm hearing. Love the crunches. For me the keyboards were a little light sounding. They were poppy while other sounds were heavier. Super production. And I'm not sure how I found it but the video for this song is floating out there some where on Youtube and it was awesome! If I can find it again I will added to the blog portion of the countdown show.
Tribulation
By: Lions amoung Wolves (180)
Ad-10 De-60 Ja-10 To-100
From Slidell Louisiana
Find them on Youtube and Facebook
Pass to Tony
This is one of those really good tracks with really bad production. Classic 4/4 and these guys are fantastic at playing in time. I love the blending of tones through out the song. The drums kick ass and it all seems almost to technical for the easy to listen to sound that it is. I want to say that as far as song structuring and flow are concerned this is a great song that fits into a great list. So the simple faulting in production is all that knocked it low on my list. I'm thinking that this song is a mixing to hot victim. When they fix that they will be mutinywithin reason to regret good!
Society Made Us
By: Behold Triumph (170)
Ad-70 De-10 Ja-80 To-10
From San Antonio
Find them on Soundcloud
Pass to Adam
Very cool. I'm hearing a rage against the machine. Pantera influence. I noticed the way that the music in general flows along with the vocals. So many times songs aren't like that. It's got a variety of guitar tones tempo changes and even the singer uses more the one style. And it's a great song length. The drums are basic but that's about it. Everything sounds like someone passionate about music making. I can't really knock anything about this song except that it could be a little to on the Patera nose. Great work Alex.
Nose Blower
By: Umbrella Assassins (170)
Ad-50 De-30 Ja-40 To-50
From Haverhill, Suffolk Britain
Find them on Facebook twitter YouTube soundcloud and Bandcamp
Pass to Tony
It's so simple that its brilliant. GarageBand punk! I love the chunky guitar and bass. Ruff voice, and progression of the entire song. They don't need perfect production with this sound but how it's mixed and mastered sounds good to me. Simple repeatable lyrics with a catchy beat. I didn't now what a nose blower was before I heard this and honestly I'm not sure now, but I dig the song
Obsession Red Blood
By: Alchemy Room (130)
Ad-20 De-40 Ja-30 To-40
From Torino Italy
Find them on Soundcloud MySpace and YouTube
Pass to Tony
This is the struggle song for me. The song selection process for the show is a complicated process for my judges and me. While we do get submissions rolling in everyday, we all still hunt for songs that we would like featured. We also have the criticly important soundcloud group sometimes I'm looking to throw a wild card in or sometimes I'm trying to add in a band that was featured last year before we adopted our native metal ways. This song I requested months ago, and while I was cleaning up my messages sent a second request. They responded and I added them to the show. As of that point I had still not listened to the song in its full length. I am right now. Boy it's a long song. It takes a long time to set up and progress but it does progress. The singer has a beautiful voice. Great range, and tone. It's a shame she's no longer with the band. I really like the guitar. The bridge is nice and while even the drummer sounds like ges having fun. It all feels like a flopping fish. Simplistic epic didn't work for me. 3minutes in the song takes off and captures my attention but I'm afraid that the average new listener might not wait that long. Make it shorter and bigger. More effects more early drama please.
The Art of Vanishing
By: Sickist (120)
Ad-60 De-20 Ja-20 To-20
From Midlands Britain Uk
Find them on Facebook twitter soundcloud
Pass to Adam
Great gothic intro right into some heavy ass samples. This track has a real feel to it. But those drums totally ruin the mood. I think without the drums this song would have been a bit higher up for me, but then there's the lack of vocals
Falling Down
By: Mordeous (340)
Ad-100 De-70 Ja-100 To-70
From New York
Find them on Facebook YouTube revebnation soundcloud and Mordeous.com
Pass to Adam
Featuring Ep1taph and Acehigher2. What caught my ear first was the mixture of voices. There's an emotion there that I really liked. Great choppy guitar, rhythm and lead. The drums didn't do the usual drum machine thing, but to me the high ranking was in part due to the effects on Jacobs voice. He dialed them back a bit and found a really nice sweet spot. His earlier entree "Superman's not around" was good but sounded like he was singing into a tin can. This song had everything that makes for a great metal tune.
Hanging Around
By: Full Moon Radio (290)
Ad-90 De-50 Ja-60 To-90
from Olympia Washington
Find them on Facebook twitter Bandcamp YouTube soundcloud iTunes amazon and FullMoonRadio .com
Pass to Adam
I love the driving guitar to kick this song off, and the drums are spot on nice. Good production. It has a retro vibe that reminds me of Hole meets the Cars. Smooth vocals that can slide through notes or yell in tune. This song proves that simple works.
A Piece of Rock & Roll
By: Motion Device (280)
Ad-80 De-80 Ja-90 To-30
From Canada
Find them on Youtube soundcloud Facebook twitter and Motiondevice.net
Pass to Derek
Love love love this track and I'm not sure why. It's got a basic metal sound. Nothing is a stand out but every instrument is played by band members and not machines. I imagine that it can sometimes be difficult for a musician to play simple, and I wonder if they do it that way to help out the young singer, or if its because every band member is still in their teens. Either way I really enjoyed it. The singer is thirteen and cute as a button. She reminds me of a young Janice and so I'm happy that we got a chance to feature a band that will someday be big. If this is the big inning of Motion Devices evolution I can't wait to hear how they progress. Please stick together. Check out this video!
Sufosia
Even in My Darkest Days (280)
Ad-40 De-90 Ja-70 To-80
From Zagreb in the Republic of Croatia
Find them on Facebook reverbnation MySpace YouTube and Sufosia.com
Pass to Derek
A bit on the Metallica/Megadeath nose for me, but the guitar drum cobo works really well together. It's got a good progression and killer vocals. What is the guitarist doing late in the song? It's like grind grind high note? I was wondering how exactly that's done. Love the beginning. Puts me in a mosh mood. I would pay to see them live.
Hypnotic Nova's Dance
By: Cartoon Theory (240)
Ad-30 De-100 Ja-50 To-60
From Limoges France, Madrid, and Sydney
Find them on Facebook twitter Bandcamp MySpace soundcloud and got-djent.com
Pass to Derek
It certaintly doesn't start out like an unsigned countdown feature does it? I'll break it down this way. No vocals had me rank it lower, but I don't really here room for them so that's not really fair. It's got an electro ambient sound that progresses perfectly. To me the stand out instrument has to be the guitar. Clean sounding tempo changes. I wish I new more about playing the guitar so I could offer a review suited to the talent I'm hearing. Love the crunches. For me the keyboards were a little light sounding. They were poppy while other sounds were heavier. Super production. And I'm not sure how I found it but the video for this song is floating out there some where on Youtube and it was awesome! If I can find it again I will added to the blog portion of the countdown show.
Tribulation
By: Lions amoung Wolves (180)
Ad-10 De-60 Ja-10 To-100
From Slidell Louisiana
Find them on Youtube and Facebook
Pass to Tony
This is one of those really good tracks with really bad production. Classic 4/4 and these guys are fantastic at playing in time. I love the blending of tones through out the song. The drums kick ass and it all seems almost to technical for the easy to listen to sound that it is. I want to say that as far as song structuring and flow are concerned this is a great song that fits into a great list. So the simple faulting in production is all that knocked it low on my list. I'm thinking that this song is a mixing to hot victim. When they fix that they will be mutinywithin reason to regret good!
Society Made Us
By: Behold Triumph (170)
Ad-70 De-10 Ja-80 To-10
From San Antonio
Find them on Soundcloud
Pass to Adam
Very cool. I'm hearing a rage against the machine. Pantera influence. I noticed the way that the music in general flows along with the vocals. So many times songs aren't like that. It's got a variety of guitar tones tempo changes and even the singer uses more the one style. And it's a great song length. The drums are basic but that's about it. Everything sounds like someone passionate about music making. I can't really knock anything about this song except that it could be a little to on the Patera nose. Great work Alex.
Nose Blower
By: Umbrella Assassins (170)
Ad-50 De-30 Ja-40 To-50
From Haverhill, Suffolk Britain
Find them on Facebook twitter YouTube soundcloud and Bandcamp
Pass to Tony
It's so simple that its brilliant. GarageBand punk! I love the chunky guitar and bass. Ruff voice, and progression of the entire song. They don't need perfect production with this sound but how it's mixed and mastered sounds good to me. Simple repeatable lyrics with a catchy beat. I didn't now what a nose blower was before I heard this and honestly I'm not sure now, but I dig the song
Obsession Red Blood
By: Alchemy Room (130)
Ad-20 De-40 Ja-30 To-40
From Torino Italy
Find them on Soundcloud MySpace and YouTube
Pass to Tony
This is the struggle song for me. The song selection process for the show is a complicated process for my judges and me. While we do get submissions rolling in everyday, we all still hunt for songs that we would like featured. We also have the criticly important soundcloud group sometimes I'm looking to throw a wild card in or sometimes I'm trying to add in a band that was featured last year before we adopted our native metal ways. This song I requested months ago, and while I was cleaning up my messages sent a second request. They responded and I added them to the show. As of that point I had still not listened to the song in its full length. I am right now. Boy it's a long song. It takes a long time to set up and progress but it does progress. The singer has a beautiful voice. Great range, and tone. It's a shame she's no longer with the band. I really like the guitar. The bridge is nice and while even the drummer sounds like ges having fun. It all feels like a flopping fish. Simplistic epic didn't work for me. 3minutes in the song takes off and captures my attention but I'm afraid that the average new listener might not wait that long. Make it shorter and bigger. More effects more early drama please.
The Art of Vanishing
By: Sickist (120)
Ad-60 De-20 Ja-20 To-20
From Midlands Britain Uk
Find them on Facebook twitter soundcloud
Pass to Adam
Great gothic intro right into some heavy ass samples. This track has a real feel to it. But those drums totally ruin the mood. I think without the drums this song would have been a bit higher up for me, but then there's the lack of vocals