Album: The Dethalbum (I) ; Artist: Dethklok

Dethalbum: Dethklok's first album from the show Metalocalypse

Assumed Genre	Metal, Melodic Death Metal
Album	Dethalbum I
Label	Williams Street
Spotify Link	Metalocalypse:Dethklok–TheDethalbum
Source	Cartoon Network Adult Swim

Vocals	Nathan Explosion
Lead, Rhythm Guitar	Skwisgaar Skwigelf
Rhythm Guitar	Toki Wartooth
Drums	Pickles
Bass	William Murderface

Vocals	Brendon Small
Lead, Rhythm Guitar	Brendon Small
Rhythm Guitar	Brendon Small
Drums	Gene Hoglan
Bass	Brendon Small

Dethklok is a virtual band created by Brendon Small in Cartoon Network's Adult Swim's show Metalocalypse. The show is about the brutal life and times of Dethklok who tends to get into morbidly deadly and comedic situations. Brendon Small writes "all music" for the show after graduating from  Berklee College of Music. Small also voice acts and writes the show. I'd like to take the moment to applaud Small for creating superb metal.

Brendon Small: Check out the Gibson Explorer.

I haven't been able to stop listening to this album after finishing the four seasons of Metalocalypse. The lyrics are comical in that they exaggerate gruesome situations like mermaid murder in "Murmaider" and graduating in "Go Forth and Die." Naturally they make me laugh, but it's difficult to do so when the music itself is sooo good! I find myself head-banging and singing along whenever I play this album.

"Murmaider" was the reason why I started to watch Metalocalypse. It was stuck in my head so often I decided to simply indulge myself in the show.

The chord progressions in "Into the Water" are magnificent! After tuning my guitar to C, I couldn't stop playing the progression when I practiced.

"Awaken" is my top track for this album. Lyrics, according to the show, were taken from a Danish book of necromantic spells. Extremely fun to play.

Since it is the season of graduations, I shared "Go Forth and Die" to fellow graduates. Favorite lyrics from this song: "Move in with your parents/Back into the dark/Landed where you started/Bachelor of Arts."

"Thunderhorse" is featured in Guitar Hero II. I appreciate that the difficulty on the game barely gives it justice.

Pickles the Drummer vocals in "Hatredcopter" paired with Nathan Explosion's (both voiced by Brendon Small) gives the song a different sides of metal vocalists stereotypes.

The London Philharmonic orchestra allegedly contributes to the instrumentation in "Detharmonic."

I can't wait for the rock opera "Metalocalypse: the Doomstar Requiem" in October! Stay tuned for Galaktikon!

Bandsite: Dethklok or Brendon Small

Album: Monomania; Artist: Deerhunter

MONOMANIA: Deerhunter's sixth album

CD Profile

Assumed Genre	Indie Rock,Ambient punk
Album	Monomania
Label	4AD Records

Band Members

Lead Guitar and Vocals	Bradford James Cox
Guitar and Multi-instruments	Lockett Pundt
Drummer and Keyboardist	Moses Archuleta
Guitarist	Frankie Broyles
Bassist	Josh McKay

Playlist 

I surfed the web while listening to this. It's very chill. A lot of foot tapping.

Almost all songs are moderate in tempo (96-132 bpm).

There is an interesting choice of percussion in some songs, like the tambourine. Electronic elements give the music an ambient feel. Distortion to guitars also add to the ambient classification; however, clean acoustic guitars are also used. The lyrics are repetitive and catchy. Vocals are somewhat raspy, which I personally love. There's also a lot of vocal experimentation with audible breathing that adds a touch of reality to the fantastical music.

Bandsite: Click Here

Album: Lejos. No Tan Lejos. ; Artist: Hello Seahorse!

Hello Seahorse! provides a voice so melodic and haunting. Someone must have told the lead singer she sounded what folk legend character La Llorona sounded like because she did a song about her that illustrated perfectly what she might sound like.

I've provided lyrics here: Foreign Lyrics.

This music's very poppy and ambient-like. I can't tire of listening to lead singer Denise's opera-like voice.

I also find most of lyrics to be accusations. And full of self-motivational/proof phrases.

For the next song skip to 5:42 for an acoustic version of Casa Vacia.

Credits to: Ivant-Garde

Update: HELLO

I'm back! Climbed outta the pits. Prepare yourselves, audience.

Band: The Wombats

A little late on this post!

3 albums to share from The Wombats today. Warning: There will be many songs from their 2008 album! Should have made 2 posts, but then again I did miss last week's... :3

So, the first song that hooked me to The Wombats was "Backfire at the Disco" featured on the album "A Guide to Love, Loss and Desperation" (2008). Reasons being the "OOOO!'s" and repetition of out of the ordinary and perplexing lyrics in the chorus. Statements with possible meaning to some of the band's members instead of just storytelling. This song being:

"AT THE DISCO!"

Fortunately, these elements are seen throughout most of The Wombats' songs.

I like fast-paced songs. So I am a bit biased. "Kill the Director" has that intro that just automatically makes you jump up and down or shake your head left and right to the beat.

"THIS IS NO BRIDGET JONES!"

In "School Uniforms," there's this section around 1:04 where the guitars make some distortion-like riff. Organized mess that one can admire. 

"OH, SWEET LOUISE!"

"Dr. Suzanne Mattox PhD" has the "OOOO!'s" that I love to hear so much from this band. And of course, that quirky line.

"HELP ME, SUZANNE! HELP - HELP ME, SUZANNE!"

The Wombats's singer also sings with a swinging slur. His words don't sound slurred! haha In fact they're very clear. His voice level slurs into different pitches. Almost like pining! Here is "Patricia The Stripper."

"OO! OO! OO! OOOOOO! OO! OO! OO! OOO!"

I would highly recommend you guys to buy this album. I did like a great deal of the songs on it, which is why I shared so many of them! (Sorry!) This is the last song, "My First Wedding," I'll share from their 2008 album... for now. Check out "Metro Song." ("I think I missed my Metro!" <3)

"SHE'S NOT THAT BEAUTIFUL! SHE'S NOT THAT BEAUTIFUUUUL"

Fast forward to The Wombats 2011 in their album "Our Perfect Disease." Electronic elements are evident. I don't have a problem with it, actually. I think it definitely adds a fresh trait to The Wombats.

"Our Perfect Disease" still has the "OOOO!s" we love so much. That pining in the singer's voice is not as obvious, though, I think!

So, in "Guillotine," one of the main lines, "I AM NOT IN LOVE WITH YOU," really hurts. Makes this song kind of admirable to have that effect. You don't often hear those words said to you. (Well, at least I don't! XD) So hearing these words makes me feel surprisingly sad as I imagine them slipping out of the mouths of those I love. 

"Techno Fun" (2011). The title of the album basically sums up the changes the band made with this album. Definitely some techno features in this album. My favorite song on this album is "Trampolining" because of the expressed metaphor and, of course, the tempo.

Fav line: "I'M TRAMPOLINIIIING! I'M TRAMPOLINING OVER YOU..."

I'll leave you today with a summer related song,"Shock Goodbyes and P45's." ^_^