Stone Sour – 2012 – House of Gold & Bones Part One
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Stone Sour
Title: House of Gold & Bones Part One
Label: Roadrunner
Released: Oct 22, 2012
Packaging: Cardboard
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Gone Sovereign
#Absolute Zero
#A Rumor Of Skin
#The Travelers (Pt. 1)
#Tired
#RU486
#My Name Is Allen
#Taciturn
#Influence Of A Drowsy God
#The Travelers (Pt. 2)
#Last Of The Real
Review:
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Pearl Jam – 2011 – Pearl Jam Twenty
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Pearl Jam
Title: Pearl Jam Twenty
Label: Monkeywrench / Columbia
Released: Sep 20, 2011
Packaging: Digipack
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Release (Arena Di Verona, Verona, Italy 9/16/2006)
#Alive (Mookie Blaylock, Moore Theatre – Seattle, WA 12/22/1990)
#Garden (Albani Bar Of Music, Winterthur, Zurich, Switzerland 2/19/1992)
#Why Go (Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany 3/10/1992)
#Black (Kaufman Astoria Studios, MTV Unplugged – New York, NY 3/16/1992)
#Blood (Mt. Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand 3/25/1995)
#Last Exit (Taipei International Convention Center, Taipei, Taiwan 2/24/1995)
#Not For You (Folk Arts Theater, Manila, Philippines 2/26/1995)
#Do The Evolution (Monkeywrench Radio, Seattle, WA 1/31/1998)
#Thumbing My Way (Chop Suey, Seattle, WA 9/6/2002)
#Say Hello 2 Heaven (Temple Of The Dog Demo 1990)
#Times Of Trouble (Demo 1990)
#Acoustic #1 (Demo 1991)
#It Ain’t Like That (Demo 1990)
#Need To Know (Matt Cameron Demo 2007)
#Be Like Wind (Mike McCready Score 2010)
#Given To Fly (Mike McCready Acoustic Instrumental 7/29/2010)
#Nothing As It Seems (Jeff Ament Montana Demo 1999)
#Nothing As It Seems (Key Arena, Seattle, WA 10/22/2001)
#Indifference (Pala Malaguti, Bologna, Italy 9/14/2006)
Review:
The soundtrack to the documentary of the same name chronicles the best of 20 years of Pearl Jam’s existence.
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Down – 2012 – Down IV Part I – The Purple EP
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Down
Title: Down IV Part I – The Purple EP
Label: Down
Released: Sep 18, 2012
Packaging: Digipack
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Levitation
#Witchtripper
#Open Coffins
#The Curse Is A Lie
#This Work Is Timeless
#Misfortune Teller
Review:
Hard rock pioneers Down present their first new studio tracks in 5 years. The aptly titled EP One is the first in a series of four EP’s planned for release, and marks the band’s first studio release since 2007’s Down III: Over the Under. Hailing from New Orleans, Down features Philip Anselmo, PepperKeenan, Kirk Windstein and Jimmy Bowery. Down’s ground breaking music combines elements of Black Sabbath, Lynyrd Skynyrd, andeverything in between.
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Seether – 2011 – Holding Onto Strings Better Left To Fray
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Seether
Title: Holding Onto Strings Better Left To Fray
Label: Wind-Up
Released: May 17, 2011
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD DVD Included
Release Type: Deluxe Edition
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Fur Cue
#No Resolution
#Here and Now
#Country Song
#Master of Disaster
#Tonight
#Pass Slowly
#Fade Out
#Roses
#Down
#Desire for Need
#Forsaken
#Dead Seeds
#Yeah
#Nobody
#Effigy
Review:
Stolen from Amazon Editorial Reviews:
Holding onto Strings Better Left to Fray further expands on the dynamic musical growth curve heard on Seether’s 2007 release, Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces, while maintaining a sonic imprint that is undeniably Seether. There are many reasons to be excited. Not only does Seether branch out stylistically on the album s first single, “Country Song” which blends a buoyant, aurally addictive hook with the band’s signature searing guitar work but the singer’s striking new vocal approach is audible from the album’s exhilarating lead track, “No Resolution.” Morgan explains, “On this album, I didn’t scream very much, because that’s not what I wanted to do. For some of the songs, the sentiment behind the lyric wasn’t angry, therefore to sing it in an angry way didn’t make any sense to me. The gritty stuff is easy to do, but it also feels really great to convey emotionally, through my voice, what I’m trying to say, instead of just being a one trick pony.” The result is a collection of compelling vocal performances that conjure an appealing blend of two of Morgan’s chief influences, Kurt Cobain and Tool’s Maynard James Keenan.
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Trivium – 2011 – In Waves
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Trivium
Title: In Waves
Label: Roadrunner
Released: Aug 9, 2011
Packaging: Digipack
Pack-in DVD DVD Included
Release Type: Special Edition
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Capsizing The Sea
#In Waves
#Inception Of The End
#Dusk Dismantled
#Watch The World Burn
#Black
#A Skyline’s Severance
#Ensnare The Sun
#Built To Fall
#Caustic Are The Ties That Bind
#Forsake Not The Dream
#Drowning In Slow Motion
#A Grey So Dark
#Chaos Reigns
#Of All These Yesterdays
#Leaving This World Behind
#Shattering The Skies Above
#Slave New World
Review:
Editorial Reviewa from Amazon:
Trivium returns with their 5th and most powerful studio album. Produced by Colin Richardson, the album shows an amazing mature growth for the band technically, sonically and musically.
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Shinedown – 2012 – Amaryllis
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Shinedown
Title: Amaryllis
Label: Atlantic
Released: Mar 27, 2012
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Adrenaline
#Bully
#Amaryllis
#Unity
#Enemies
#I’m Not Alright
#Nowhere Kids
#Miracle
#I’ll Follow You
#For My Sake
#My Name (Wearing Me Out)
#Through the Ghost
Review:
Editorial Reviews from Amazon:
Re-teaming with The Sound of Madness producer Rob Cavallo, Shinedown presents its fourth full-length album – the bruising, unapologetic, and totally kinetic Amaryllis.
Amaryllis, with unflinchingly honest, unrepentant songs like first single “Bully” and “I’m Not All Right, ” as well as the deeply moving “Miracle” and the soulful love song “I’ll Follow You, ” delivers on its mission statement throughout its 12 tracks. From a thematic standpoint, Amaryllis is a record about vulnerability. It reveals the bruises and scars, but also their healing. “It’s not a record for the faint of heart, ” Smith admits. “Every single song makes a statement. I was looking for the kind of emotion that made every hair on the back of my neck stand on end. Because of that, I feel in my heart and soul that this album is a game changer for our band.”
Six songs on Amaryllis feature a 30-piece orchestra, including “I’m Not All Right” – Shinedown’s first-ever song to incorporate horns, which drive home the manic intensity of its subject matter. Another highlight is “Bully, ” which finds Smith addressing the tormentor in question in the strongest possible terms. “Amaryllis is probably the most rock and roll album we’ve ever made, ” Smith says. “We’ve always been a rock band, and I didn’t want to lose sight of that. I told everyone the album had to do three things: It had to show sophistication in the songwriting, it had to show musical growth within the band, and I had to push myself to go places lyrically that I had never gone before. ”
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Toadies – 2012 – Play.Rock.Music
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Toadies
Title: Play.Rock.Music
Label: Kirtland Records
Released: Jul 31, 2012
Packaging: Digipack
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Rattler’s Revival
#Get Low
#Summer of the Strange
#Magic Bullet
#Beside You
#Animals
#Sunshine
#Laments of a Good Man
#Epic Castles
#We Burned the City Down
#The Appeal
Review:
Editorial Reviews from Amazon
It’s been 23 years since Toadies started playing rock music in Fort Worth, Texas. Through lineup changes, shelved albums, member departures, band break-ups, one-off reunions and full-on performances, Toadies are an act that has experienced nearly everything except, perhaps, the freedom to grow as they choose.
But that mark is about to be checked, too. On July 31, Toadies will release their fifth proper full-length album a disc fittingly called ‘Play.Rock.Music.’, because, perhaps for the first time in their career, the band feels capable of unapologetically doing just that.
After bursting onto the national scene with their breakthrough ‘Rubberneck’ album, which begat their signature single, ‘Possum Kingdom’, the successful follow-up single ‘Away’ and the immense fan favorite ‘Tyler’, Toadies returned to the studio in 1996 with the pressure of trying to match their first album’s success. The result was a disc called ‘Feeler’, an album the band’s then-label home, Interscope Records, was supposed to release in 1997 but decided to shelve despite the band’s protests. So it was back to the drawing board for the 2001-released ‘Hell Below/Stars Above’, an awkwardly timed sophomore album that enjoyed moderate success and almost universal critical acclaim but was ultimately doomed because of the seven-year wait to arrive.
But a reunion show in Dallas in 2006 reignited the band’s spark. The following year, the band embarked on a surprise tour of Texas. A year later, they fully re-formed, recording and releasing 2008’s ‘No Deliverance’.
This past spring, the band, joined by Grammy-nominated producer Chris Frenchie Smith entered an Austin recording studio with a clean slate. The songs on ‘Play.Rock.Music.’ are some of the best the Toadies have ever released. The trademarks of the band are all present Lewis howl, the chugging guitars, the unrepentant angst but they’re also improved upon. Without question, it is: With the band’s second successful stint now having lasted almost as long as the initial run, ‘Play.Rock.Music.’ shows off a band in full stride, an outfit with renewed vigor and, perhaps most important, a group with a clear and confident understanding of itself.
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Julien-K – 2009 – Death to Analog
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Julien-K
Title: Death to Analog
Label: Metropolis
Released: Mar 10, 2009
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Death to Analog
#Someday Soon
#Kick the Bass
#Technical Difficulties
#Systeme de Sexe
#Maestro
#Forever
#Spiral
#NVR Say NVR
#Dystopian Girl
#Look at U
#Stranded
#Disease
#Futura (DTA Mix)
Review:
Editorial Reviews
Julien-K is the brainchild of two of the founding members of the platinum selling group Orgy. Fusing the elements of dark electronic club music with styles of modern rock and pop, Julien-K are at the forefront of the electronic music scene. This debut provides a sweeping landscape of musical influences and themes that pull the listener into their world on first listen – a world where technology is fused with artistic expression in a way that hasn’t been attempted before.
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Led Zeppelin – 1982 – Coda
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Led Zeppelin
Title: Coda
Label: Swan Song
Released: Nov 19, 1982
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#We’re Gonna Groove
#Poor Tom
#I Can’t Quit You Baby
#Walter’s Walk
#Ozone Baby
#Darlene
#Bonzo’s Montreux
#Wearing And Tearing
Review:
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Snapcase – 2003 – Bright Flashes
By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am
Artist: Snapcase
Title: Bright Flashes
Label: Victory
Released: Nov 4, 2003
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed
Tracklist:
#Believe/Revolt (Relocation Blueprint)
#Dress Rehearsal
#Blacktop
#Skeptic
#Ten A.M. (Good Morning, Mr. Coelacanth)
#New Academy
#Mountian Song
#Depth of Field
#Freedom of Choice
#Gates of Steel
#Makeshift Tourniquet
#Exile Etiquette (Only British People Can Fly)
Review:
Bright Flashes is a must-have for any SNAPCASE fan – it completes the concept album that is “End Transmission”, includes 4 covers of songs by DEVO, JANE’S ADDICTION and HELMET and also contains revolutionary remixes of “Ten AM”, “Believe, Revolt”, “Exile Etiquette” and more.
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