Fear Factory – 2005 – Demanufacture
By Eric | July 28, 2016 6:00 pm
Artist: Fear Factory
Title: Demanufacture
Label: Roadrunner
Released: Jul 7, 2005
Packaging: Digipack
Pack-in DVD?
Release Type: Special Edition
Autographed?
Tracklist:
#Demanufacture
#Self Bias Resistor
#Zero Signal
#Replica
#New Breed
#Dog Day Sunrise
#Body Hammer
#Flashpoint
#H-K (Hunter-Killer)
#Pisschrist
#A Therapy For Pain
#Your Mistake
#¡Resistancia!
#Concreto
#New Breed (Revolutionary Designed Mix)
#Manic Cure
#Flashpoint (Chosen Few Mix)
#Remanufacture
#National Panel Beating
#Genetic Blueprint
#Faithless
#Bionic Chronic
#Cloning Technology
#Burn
#T-1000
#Machines Of Hate
#21st Century Jesus
#Bound For Forgiveness
#Refinery
#Cyberdyne
#Refueled
#Transgenic
#New Breed (Spoetnik Mix)
Review:
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Deftones – 1997 – My Own Summer (Shove It)
By Eric | July 28, 2016 6:00 pm
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Artist: Deftones
Title: My Own Summer (Shove It)
Label: Maverick
Released: Dec 22, 1997
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD?
Release Type: Standard
Autographed?
Tracklist:
#My Own Summer (Shove It)
#Lotion (live)
#Fireal – Swords (live)
#Bored (live)
#My Own Summer (Shove It)
#Root (live)
#Nosebleed (live)
#Lifter (live)
Review:
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Various Artists – 2012 – Avengers Assemble
By Eric | July 28, 2016 6:00 pm
Artist: Various Artists
Title: Avengers Assemble
Label: Hollywood
Released: May 1, 2012
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD?
Release Type: Standard
Autographed?
Tracklist:
#Live to Rise
#I’m Alive
#Dirt and Roses
#Even If I Could
#Unbroken
#Breath
#Comeback
#Into the Blue
#A New Way to Bleed (Photek Remix)
#Count Me Out
#Wherever I Go
#From Out of Nowhere
#Shake the Ground
Review:
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07/24/2016 Disturbed, Breaking Benjamin, Alter Bridge, Saint Asonia (Darien, NY @ Darien Lake Performing Arts Center)
By Eric | July 25, 2016 10:08 am
As this was going to be my only “big” show of the summer, I splurged for what ended up being 2nd row behind the GA pit. Nice and close. I rolled into Darien, and for a little bit of deja-vu, I actually parked at the Cherry Hill campground, as Bob and Michelle were camping there for the weekend. For $5 I got to be their guest and park there instead, missing all the “fun” in the regular lot. One $10 cab ride (literally) across the street, we were in the venue. I hung out on the lawn right up until show time, when I found my seat and eagerly anticipated Saint Asonia.
It dawned on me as they walked out that I’d been watching all four band members for the past 18 years! I’d seen Mike Mushok with Staind as early as 1998, and twice before Dysfunction came out; I’d seen Rich Beddoe in Finger Eleven starting in 2001, and saw Corey Lowery with Stereomud later that same year; and I got to see Adam Gontier with Three Days Grace in 2003 right before their first album was released. So needless to say, I was a big fan of all their previous bands, and I really enjoy the Saint Asonia record as well. There seemed to be more than a couple people that were familiar with the tunes, but the majority of the crowd didn’t really get on board until the two 3DG covers, and once the first notes of I Hate Everything About You hit, the place went nuts. Gontier even threw a little shade by saying that they want to play songs from their previous bands so people could hear them “the way they should be heard”. They did sound fantastic, Corey was bouncing around giving 110% as usual, and Adam’s voice sounded pretty good (I’ve been down on his vocals on prior 3DG shows). They were a perfect opener for a show like this.
Saint Asonia
————
Fairy Tale
King of Nothing
Dying Slowly
Just Like You (Three Days Grace cover)
I Hate Everything About You (Three Days Grace cover)
Better Place
Let Me Live My Life
So one set break later, Alter Bridge was up, and talk about a quintessential hard rock band. Mark Tremonti came out shredding, and Myles Kennedy’s voice was spot-on for the whole set. They made the most of their 7 songs too, playing all bangers (Come To Life, Ties That Bind, Metallingus, Addicted to Pain, etc), nothing slow whatsoever (they’d been playing Blackbird at most shows). There’s not a whole lot more to say other than the set was too short, and they sounded amazing. Super solid.
Metalingus (turn your head sideways)
Rise Today
Alter Bridge
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Come to Life
Farther Than the Sun
Ties That Bind
Isolation
Metallingus
Addicted to Pain
Rise Today
After finding Phill and Frank directly in front of me in the pit (Phill *won* tickets, lucky!) and yapping with them, it was Breaking Benjamin time. It had been 9 years since I saw them last (2007 at the Agri-center), so I guess I was due. Part of that was due to the long hiatus from 2010 to 2014, and the complete turnover of the band behind Ben Burnley. So it was Ben with a whole bunch of new dudes. And sonically, it was almost impossible to tell the difference. What was sort of interesting though, was that Ben gave up lead vocal duties on a couple of the songs in favor of other band members. If I remember correctly, he didn’t sing Sooner or Later, Believe, or Until The End. That was a little weird, but beyond that, they put on a great show. They did a cool little medley in the middle of The Imperial March (with Ben wielding a red lightsaber!), Tool’s Schism, Nirvana’s Teen Spirit, and Pantera’s Walk. My personal favorite, Blow Me Away, is still in rotation, and Believe was a nice surprise. While I really like the albums and the band, I’m consistently amazed at the rabid, feverish support this band gets. The true fans are dedicated in a way I don’t see from most other fanbases of bands of this ilk. But no matter, they too were a worthy opener for what was to come next.
Blow Me Away
Imperial March
Polyamorous
I Will Not Bow
Breaking Benjamin
—————–
So Cold
Angels Fall
Sooner or Later
Blow Me Away
The Imperial March / Schism / Smells Like Teen Spirit / Walk
Polyamorous
Ashes of Eden
Believe
Breath
Failure
Until the End
I Will Not Bow
The Diary of Jane
After the set, I wandered back up onto the now-crowded lawn to hang with Bob & Michelle and crew, and got roped into a beer run so they wouldn’t lose their spots. Which was fine, except a 2-drink per person limit means having to visit two different stands! But we managed, and I got back to my seat right as Disturbed started, only missing about a quarter of the first song.
This being the seventh time seeing Disturbed, I’ve never seen them put on a bad show, and this one was no different. They kicked it off on the right foot with Ten Thousand Fists into The Game. They had a rather minimalist stage setup, with some cool pyro here and there, and just let the music do the entertaining. David Draiman’s voice was in fine form, especially for The Sound Of Silence, for which Dan Donegan traded his guitar for a piano, and the sea of cell phone lights (oh lighters, where have you gone?) made for a really cool effect. We also got the live debut of Who Taught You How To Hate, so that was a nice surprise. Highlights for me included Stupify (which is still super fun 15 years later), the aforementioned Sound of Silence, and then the last two songs of the night, Voices and Down With The Sickness, which again, still hold up and whip up the crowd after all this time. Solid was the theme of the night, and Disturbed capped it off. All four bands put on a fantastic show, and this concert-goer had little to complain about (save for the half-hour wait for a cab back to the campground) and a lot to like!
Who Taught You How To Hate
Stupify
The Sound of Silence
Down With The Sickness
Disturbed
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Ten Thousand Fists
The Game
The Vengeful One
Prayer
Liberate
Who Taught You How To Hate (live debut)
Stupify
The Sound of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel cover)
Inside the Fire
The Light
Stricken
Indestructible
Voices
Down With the Sickness
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The Tragically Hip – 2014 – Fully Completely
By Eric | July 7, 2016 6:00 pm
Artist: The Tragically Hip
Title: Fully Completely
Label: Universal
Released: Dec 9, 2014
Packaging: Box Set
Pack-in DVD? DVD Included
Release Type: Super Deluxe Edition
Autographed?
Tracklist:
#Courage (For Hugh MacLennan)
#Looking For A Place To Happen
#At The Hundredth Meridian
#Pigeon Camera
#Lionized
#Locked In The Truck Of A Car
#We’ll Go Too
#Fully Completely
#Fifty-Mission Cap
#Wheat Kings
#The Wherewithal
#Eldorado
#Radio Show (Bonus Tracks)
#So Hard Done By (original recording) (Bonus Tracks)
#At The Hundredth Meridian (live)
#Fifty Mission Cap (live)
#We’ll Go, Too (live)
#Fully Completely (live)
#Pigeon Camera (live)
#Twist My Arm (live)
#Lionized (live)
#Wheat Kings (live)
#Eldorado (live)
#Looking For A Place To Happen (live)
#Courage (for Hugh MacLennan) (live)
#Locked In The Truck Of A Car (live)
#The Wherewithal (live)
Review: Re-issue of Tragically Hip’s ‘Fully Completely’, the third full-length album by The Tragically Hip. Originally issued on Oct 6th, 1992, It reached #1 in Canada. The album is listed at #5 on The Top Canadian albums of all time by Bob Merserau. It was certified Diamond in Canada in January 2007 for sales of 1,000,000 copies. and produced the singles ‘Locked in the Trunk of a Car’, ‘Courage’ and ‘At the Hundredth Meridian’.
Upon release, ‘Fully Completely’ was toured extensively throughout Canada, Australia, the U.S., U.K, Germany, Holland and the rest of Europe, where the band still maintains a touring base. To commemorate the re-issue of ‘Fully Completely’, the band will be announcing a North American ‘Fully Completely’ tour that commences in January 2015 taking in major venues in Canada and the United States where this ‘Hip Classic’ will be played in its entirety along with other classics from their extensive catalogue.
CD ONE: Original album re-mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway.
Contains two additional previously un-released studio tracks.
CD TWO: Live concert recording taped prior to release of the original album in 1992 at The Horseshoe Tavern Toronto.
DVD: ‘Heksenketel’ 1993 documentary tour video previously only available on VHS format and long out of print.
50 page book:
– ‘An Oral History’ essay of the making of the album by journalist Alan Cross.
– Commentary from band, original management and U.S. A&R man Bruce Dickenson.
– Rare live photos, Tour memorabilia from around the world, Reviews, Tour listings from 92-93, Out-takes from Lieve Prins cover art sessions.
– 5 Lithographs of each individual band member.
– Cover artwork will be embossed
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The Tragically Hip – 2016 – Man Machine Poem
By Eric | July 7, 2016 6:00 pm
Artist: The Tragically Hip
Title: Man Machine Poem
Label: Universal
Released: Jun 17, 2016
Packaging: Digipack
Pack-in DVD?
Release Type: Standard
Autographed?
Tracklist:
#Man
#In A World Possessed By The Human Mind
#What Blue
#In Sarnia
#Here, In The Dark
#Great Soul
#Tired As Fuck
#Hot Mic
#Ocean Next
#Machine
Review:
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Nonpoint – 2016 – The Poison Red
By Eric | July 7, 2016 6:00 pm
Artist: Nonpoint
Title: The Poison Red
Label: Spinefarm
Released: Jul 8, 2016
Packaging: Cardboard
Pack-in DVD?
Release Type: Standard
Autographed?
Tracklist:
#Generation Idiot
#Foaming At The Mouth
#Bottled Up Killer Bees
#Rabbit Hole
#Chasing White Rabbits
#Standing In The Flesh
#Divided.. Conquer Them
#Radio Chorus [Explicit]
#Spanish Radio Hour
#El Diablo
#No Running Allowed
#Promises
#Be Enough
#My Last Dying Breath
Review:
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05/22/2016 All That Remains (Rochester, NY @ Montage Music Hall)
By Eric | May 24, 2016 11:28 am
It had been a good five years since I’d last seen All That Remains (the 2011 Share The Welt tour with Five Finger and Hatebreed), and I was less-than-impressed with the song selection that time out. However, a headlining set in my “hometown” club, while the band is between albums? This was a much better experience.
They’d always sounded good, and they did here too. Phil Labonte’s clean singing sounded pretty decent as well, and the screams were on point. The rest of the band was just as solid. And yes, the setlist had more than enough of the heavy to keep me happy. No Knock, Some of the People, Six, and For We Are Many helped balance out the lighter songs that gained the band a big radio following like The Last Time, Hold On, What If I Was Nothing, and Two Weeks. All in all, it was good, and since I showed up late, I didn’t have to wait through any openers!
Victory Lap / No Knock
The Air That I Breathe
Setlist:
This Probably Won’t End Well
Stand Up
Victory Lap
No Knock
Some of the People, All of the Time
The Last Time
Six
The Air That I Breathe
Now Let Them Tremble
For We Are Many
Hold On
What If I Was Nothing?
This Calling
Two Weeks
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Will Hoge – 2000 – All Night Long – Live At The Exit-In
By Eric | May 23, 2016 6:00 pm
Artist: Will Hoge
Title: All Night Long – Live At The Exit-In
Label: Self Released
Released: Jul 18, 2000
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD? Stereo
Release Type: Standard
Autographed? Autographed
Tracklist:
#Rock & Roll Star
#Be Together Again
#Ms. Williams
#She Don’t Care About Me
#King Of Grey
#TV Set
#Wish
#(I’m Pretty Sure) I’m Over You
#All Night Long
#Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
Review: I’d been chasing this one for awhile, and finally decided to bite the bullet and complete the Will Hoge collection.
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05/13/2016 Texas Hippie Coalition, Sons Of Texas, Dear Mr. Dead (Rochester, NY @ Montage Music Hall)
By Eric | May 14, 2016 10:31 pm
TEXAS! Obviously the theme of the night. I was stoked to see Sons of Texas, as I’d been spinning Baptized in the Rio Grande since it came out. And they rocked. Lots of intensity, they played all the heavy stuff (none of the ballads), and kept the crowd into it the whole time. Not a whole lot to say other than it was just as good as I’d expected.
SOTX:
Never Bury The Hatchet
King Nothing
Pull It And Fire
The Vestryman
Blameshift
Baptized In The Rio Grande
Texas Trim
I’d never really listened to Texas Hippie Coalition, and the only reason I’d even heard of them is because Ryan Bennett, the drummer for Eye Empire, had also drummed for them. They’ve been around since 2004, however, so they’re no rookies. In checking them out ahead of the show, I got into them a little bit, particularly one song (that they didn’t play) called “Rock Ain’t Dead (It’s Just In Rehab)”. They’re a southern hard rock / metal band, and the singer, “Big Dad” Ritch, is exactly that. Not a small individual by any means. But rock they did! Lots of fun with these guys too. With a closer titled “Pissed Off and Mad About It”, you know you’re in for a good time.
THC:
Come Get It
El Diablo Rojo
Outlaw
Rollin’
Angel Fall
Knee Deep
Don’t Come Lookin’
Turn It Up
Saddle Sore
Hit It Again
Whiskey Burn
Pissed Off and Mad About It
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