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Brother Ali Speaks on Jake One’s forthcoming album White Van Music

Posted in Music News with tags , , , on Monday, October 6, 2008 by Tim Althaus

One of the most conscious and beloved emcees from the Rhymesayers Entertainment gives his opinion on Jake One‘s new album White Van Music.  The album comes out Oct. 7th on Rhymesayers Entertainment and has an extensive guest list that contrasts main stream Hip-Hop as well as Underground favorites. I believe this album promises to be one of the top contenders for Hip-Hop album of the year. Jake has been a producer for everyone from 50 Cent and G-Unit to MF Doom and De La Soul. I will have a full review of the album tomorrow for you to read. Many of these tracks can be listened to if you click on the Jake One link above.

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Andreas Kisser offers free preview of his debut album

Posted in Music News with tags , on Monday, October 6, 2008 by Ryan Buege

Andreas Kisser solo debut Hubris I & II available 10/20/08

Guitarist ANDREAS KISSER has posted four new songs from his debut solo album Hubris I & II which will be available on October 20, 2008 through Mascot Records. Go to his myspace now and preview “Vivaldi”, “God’s Laugh”, “Page”, and “Eu Humano” – four classically trained blues-heavy rock and metal songs that show us a different side of Kisser than we’ve ever seen before. Although these songs are probably not representative of what to expect on the forthcoming SEPULTURA release A-Lex that is due in November, there are some awesome headbang inducing guitar heavy grooves and intense sweep-picking to whet your appetite for all of the releases featuring Andres Kisser that will be coming out this year. On Dante XXI Kisser and his Sepultura bandmates did quite well to rebound from the chaos that surrounded their band in the late-90s and early-00s, and (despite the fact that I’m not sure how the new drummer can possibly fill the shoes of the since departed Igor Cavalera) this writer is honestly fucking excited to see what is to come from the thrash legends from Brazil. Here’s to the future! For now, check out myspace.com/andreaskisser and myspace.com/sepultura to stay tuned for release updates.

Bloodbath posts songs from new album online

Posted in Music News with tags , on Monday, October 6, 2008 by Ryan Buege

Stockholm, Sweden’s brilliant death metal supergroup BLOODBATH has just posted the brand new song “Ieosos” from their forthcoming aptly titled third full-length album The Fathomless Mastery to their Myspace and their mini-site for the album , due for European release on October 6th and North American release on October 28th. For those not familiar with this incredible group and their crushing barrage of hateful brutality, the band consists of OPETH mainman Mikael Åkerfeld on vocals, OPETH drummer Martin “Axe” Axenrot, KATATONIA guitarist Anders “Blakkheim” Nyström, KATATONIA vocalist Jonas Renkse on bass, and Per “Sodomizer” Eriksson of 21 LUCIFERS and GENOCRUSH FEROX on guitar. For those of you only familiar with these guys recent work in the aforementioned bands, you might want to beware – BLOODBATH is as fucking brutal as death metal can get, period. Counting the songs “Mock the Cross” and “Slaughtering the Will to Live” that have previously been posted, “Ieosos” is the third song from the new album that has made it to the web before the release. The release date is soon approaching, so keep reading for the download links to the new tracks! Continue reading