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Sunday Metal Song: Suffocation, “Blood Oath”

Posted in Sunday Metalhead Minute with tags blood oath, brutal death metal, new album in july, suffocation on Sunday, June 21, 2009 by Ryan Buege

Like every other musical genre, over the course of the years the death metal landscape has become an over-populated sea composed mostly of bands relying on mimicry and unabashed idea stealing to produce a sound that nearly always comes back to the ideas started by the genre’s pioneers in the early 90s. But while all these new cats on the block aimless try to make the “ultimate” death metal album, it seems unlikely that any of them will ever push the revered innovators in Suffocation off of their throne. After five albums, the NYDM quintet continues to forge ahead with their sixth release next month, incessantly blazing a path that their peers will have no choice but to follow.

“Blood Oath” is the first track to be released from Suffocation’s forthcoming (releasing on July 3rd) full-length album of blisteringly brutal technical death metal, and it showcases a band firing on every cylinder, completely undeterred by the over-abundance of new bands trying aping their sound. On “Blood Oath”, Suffocation separates themselves from the pack with a masterful display of the headbang inducing rhythms, blasting drum hits, and sneering vocals that make them the envy of every death metal band on the planet. Listen in for yourself below…

LISTEN: Suffocation, “Blood Oath” (from Blood Oath, available 7/3)

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Alchemist Talks About Upcoming Projects

Posted in Media, Video with tags Chemical Warfare, Evidence, Gangrene, Nodfactor, Oh No, Step Brothers on Sunday, June 21, 2009 by Tim Althaus

Nodfactor.com sat down with the mad chemist himself and talked about his upcoming projects. Alchemist talks about his upcoming solo effort Chemical Warfare (July 7th), and he gives us a little bit of insight as to what kind of guests we can expect. He also talks about production vs. rhyming. After Chemical Warfare he talks about his collaborative effort with Oh No which is entitled Gangrene (I’m going crazy waiting for it to drop), and how the process worked between himself and Oh No. He also talks a little bit about his group project, Step Brothers, with Evidence and gives us some insight into their chemistry. I am telling you personally that Gangrene and Step Brothers are two of my most highly anticipated projects in a long while.

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Saturday Single: Clap Rules – “Old Sequencer”

Posted in Audio, Saturday Single, Video with tags braxx, clap rules, download, live, mp3, never half step, old sequencer, Saturday Single, tiny sticks, Video, vinyl on Saturday, June 20, 2009 by Erik Burg

In this week’s installment of the ever popular Saturday Single column, I’ll be reporting on the sterling new debut release on Tiny Sticks by three part electro duo Clap Rules. You might recognize the Tiny Sticks name if you read my interview with Cage & Aviary earlier this week, as they are set to release a 12″ later this year on the label as well. But newcomers Clap Rules are in the mix this week thanks to the awesome Old Sequencer single.

Clap Rules – Old Sequencer Tiny Sticks Records iTunes/Vinyl

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Clap Rules feels a lot like other material on Tiny Sticks, too (the face on the cover makes me feel right at home as well). Which is beyond stellar, seeing as some of my favorite electronic acts hail from the label (Mock & Toof especially). The titled A Side is a tight mix of disco influenced bass with a high pitched synth loop, changing ever-so-slightly throughout “Old Sequencer”. There’s live guitar to boot, making the track nearly perfect as a blend of live instrumentation and modern day house fanaticism. It’s funky, it’s groovy, it’s the future. As Juan Maclean said earlier this year: The Future Has Come. “Old Sequencer” is perfectly produced, as each looping section never gets old, and although the pace for the song never really leaves a certain BPM, the song still feels like it builds to a beautiful crescendo. The B Sides, “Never Half Step” and “Braxx” both sound amazing. Again drawing on deep house roots, the two songs make for great additions to the single. “Braxx” is probably the better of the two. The track adds some almost Simian Mobile Disco-like synth pulses to the bass line, making the track feel slightly more upbeat than “Old Sequencer”. It’s hard for me to not over-praise an album, and especially if it’s music like this. Deep house, post disco, electro fucking rock and roll (can you tell by the cursing that I’m excited?). Clap Rules is worth way more than a download, and worth way more than my amateur rambling, so I’ll stop. For a debut it’s incredible, and I can’t wait to hear more.

MP3: Clap Rules – “Old Sequencer”

Clap Rules performing “Never Half Step” live

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Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek on Black Star, Being Good

Posted in Media, Video with tags Black Star, Hi-Tek, Reflection Eternal, Talib Kweli on Friday, June 19, 2009 by Tim Althaus

Here is a great video interview with Hi-Tek & Talib Kweli. Pyramid West had the chance to catch up with Reflection after one of their recent shows. Kwe & Tek reflect on the original Black Star album and what the recording process was like for that album. It really surprises me that they only made those cuts for that album, they didn’t do any extra tracks at all (that’s fucking impressive). Kweli talks about what it takes to be a good emcee, and Hi-Tek talks about what he thinks it takes to be a good producer.

Spotted @ 2DopeBoyz

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Slaughterhouse Throws it Back to “Woodstock”

Posted in Audio, Downloads with tags Crooked I, Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz, M.O.P., Royce Da 5'9", Woodstock on Friday, June 19, 2009 by Tim Althaus

slaughter-house Holy shit this track bangs on all cylinders. Joey was gracious enough to drop the first leak off of the album to the homie shake over at 2DopeBoyz. Royce Da 5’9″, Joell Ortiz, Crooked I & Joe Budden murder shit on this track and the beat is hard as hell. M.O.P. is a long for the ride as well to spit the hook. All of you out there better be ready for this album because it’s going to be ridiculous. This album will probably have the most wordplay out of anything that you will hear this year (mark my words). If you sleep on this album there is truly no hope for you at all. Slaughterhouse album drops on August 11th.

Quotable of the song: Crooked I, “It’s time for some change like Obama in a laundromat”.

Download: Slaughterhouse, “Woodstock” (Feat. M.O.P.)

Oh No & Alchemist are “Under Siege”

Posted in Media, Video with tags Alchemist, Gangrene, Oh No on Thursday, June 18, 2009 by Tim Althaus

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Thank god the first single is finally here. This track is off of Alchemist & Oh No’s project together known as Gangrene. I have been waiting for this project since I heard about the shit over a year ago. This album is really going to make a lot of heads turn when it drops. The beat in the background sounds very Oh Noish, and both emcees spit dope verses over the beat. I love the video idea of going 1992 on all of your asses. Can I say this again? Alchemist fucking kills it… “On some Steven Segal shit/salmonilla chicken I’m kickin that raw shit/for practice, so when you snack on this you get nautious”. Make sure you look close for a few well placed cameos (EV, Rakaa).

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Wild Style Wednesday Review: Common, Like Water For Chocolate

Posted in Music Reviews, Wildstyle Wednesdays with tags Common, DJ Premier, J Dilla, Like Water For Chocolate, Slum Village, Soulquarians on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 by Tim Althaus

LikeWaterForChocolate A lot of people might totally hate on me, but I’ve never really been a huge Common fan, with the exception of Like Water For Chocolate. I honestly think that this album might be one of the best Hip-Hop albums of the last decade. The production put forth by Jay Dee and the Soulquarians is nothing short of perfect, and Common manages to compliment every single beat on this album the way it should be. Jay Dee did a great majority of the production and he absolutely killed the beats on this record. In my opinion this album is and always will be a classic. Most emcees wish that they could drop an album this good. Continue reading →

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Katy Perry, “I Kissed A Girl (Power Metal Remix)”

Posted in Audio, Downloads, Random with tags andy xiong, axe427, download, free, i kissed a girl, katy pery, mp3, remix, Video on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 by Ryan Buege

I’m not even going to say one word about this one, except quote Vince over at MetalSucks by saying “stick with it until the ripping Mercenary-style guitar and keyboard solos”.

Enjoy.

MP3 DOWNLOAD: Katy Perry, “I Kissed A Girl (Andy Xiong Power Metal Remix)”

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Napalm Death’s “Time Waits For No Slave” music video might just be the wake-up call you need!

Posted in Video with tags death metal, grindcore, hardcore, napalm death, thrash, time waits for no slave on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 by Ryan Buege

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Napalm Death‘s Time Waits For No Slave was released earlier this year, but except for a few glowing reviews, I haven’t seen the album covered nearly as much as it deserves. Well, finally the grindcore legends have released their first music video for the album, and I’m hoping this nice little clip will give them enough push to get them back on the radar screen of all the music outlets that aren’t as dedicated to the extreme metal underground as we are here at Mind Inversion.

MUSIC VIDEO: Napalm Death, “Time Waits For No Slave” (from Time Waits for No Slave)

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Cage Asks You To “Look at What You Did”

Posted in Audio, Downloads with tags Cage, Carboard City, Depart From Me, Look at What You Did, Nothing Left To Say, Sean Martin on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 by Tim Althaus

I was excited to jump on my Twitter account and discover that Cage leaked another track off of Depart From Me. This track is called “Look at What You Did” and it is produced by Sean Martin of the Carboard City crew. The production is very heavy and sound similar to “Nothing Left To Say” when it kicks in. The synth in this track may cave your chest in if you play it too loud (literally) and the guitar strums make for a very nice touch. As usual, Palko spits his eerie flow very well over this beat, and makes me anticipate his new album even more.