alternative metal

Retour d’Incubus avec l’EP « Trust Fall », très bon mais trop court, en espérant que le prochain arrive vite !

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Après un Light Grenades en 2006 très rock californien et un If Not Now, When ? très aérien et déroutant (sans pour autant être mauvais), Incubus nous revient avec un EP 4 titres nommé Trust Fall (au moins un second viendra plus tard voir plus ou un album, l’histoire n’est pas très clair mais en tout cas il devrait rapidement y avoir plus de matériel à se mettre sous la dent 😉 ) ce qui en soit pourrait dérouter car cela fait peu, et l’ensemble ne dure qu’une petite vingtaine de minutes.

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Toujours est-il que l’EP Trust Fall est de qualité comme vous pouvez le voir avec un premier morceau, le clip d’Absolution Calling.


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The most amazing UGLY KID I ever seen ;)

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Pour cette semaine je voulais vous parler d’un groupe qui ne va pas vous rajeunir, Ugly Kid Joe.

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Un coup de cœur que j’ai eu il y a déjà pas mal d’années, et je ne me lasse vraiment pas de leur style si inimitable, et par-dessus tout, de la voix de leur chanteur William Whitfield « Whit » Crane IV (un nom qui impressionne non ? 😉 ).
Voyez par vous-même avec le titre Neighbor tiré du premier album America’s Least Wanted sorti en 1992.


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Du rock sans fioriture saupoudrée d’industriel, ça vous intrigue ? Voici, Filter !

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Filter, vous connaissez ? Le leader est Richard Patrick, le petit frère de Robert Patrick, vous savez, le T-1000 dans Terminator 2 :p Alors si cela ne vous dit rien, je vais vous faire découvrir ce groupe américain avec ce nouvel article vidéo de la semaine 😉 (Vous pouvez venir aussi même si vous connaissez, il y a de la place pour tout le monde ;))

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Pour vous mettre l’eau à la bouche, voici le titre (que vous avez sûrement déjà entendu sans savoir que c’était du Filter) Hey Man Nice Shot tiré du premier album Short Bus.


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Letlive, THE band that everyone need to listen ! The SNOT legacy !

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This week, we are going to welcome a new “album review” post, and not least!
Let’s talk about the last album of LETLIVE!!!!!! The master piece The Blackest Beautiful!

But, first of all, let’s talk about their history.
Letlive appeared in 2002 in Los Angeles and brings to life a first EP in 2003 “Exhaustion, Saltwater, and Everything in Between”, interesting first shoot but really difficult to handle. They offer a sound ranging from a post-hardore style to an alternative metal, with also hardcore punk and experimental rock influence. (like Deftones, Slayer, or Refused)

It’s after a line-up change, especially with the arrival of Jason Aalon Alexander Butler for the vocalist place, that everything starting to move in the right way.
The released a first album “Speak Like You Talk” in 2005, a really impressive work. Still with a lot of things that need to be change, but it’s an interesting draft of what they are capable of.
The real strike is made with the second album « Fake History » in 2009. It’s a step, an incredible evolution relative to the first album. Still a little messy and too aggressive sometimes, it’s however an unbelievable gap. So many songs that I’m crazy about in this album, like “The Sick, Sick, 6.8 billion”, “Renegade 86”, “Enemies[Enemigos]”, “Muther” (the most handful of the album with “Lemon Party”), “Homeless Jazz”, “Day 54”. To be clearer, it’s among album I listen really often.

Moreover, this second delivery allow them to touring intensively, even in Europe. A funny story is that they were signed to Epitaph thanks to the leader of Bring Me The Horizon (Oliver Sykes) who contact the label after watching them perform at a single concert in 2008. Letlive can make incredible songs, but they are unbelievable on stage (unfortunately I didn’t seen them, but it’s on my musical dream list 😉 ).They are pretty famous about their scenic performance, so intense and crazy. Apparently Jason often destroy the equipment, often injuring himself :p
You can see clearly in the video clip below (Casino Colombus) that this man (Jason) is totally insane… I love this!

Finally, after touring a lot in USA, European, Australia, they delivered a third album, “The Blackest Beautiful”, on July 9 2013 and get general positive critical reception. And what an awesome album they give to us.
I heard about this band in a magazine (rockmag I think). It was the album of the month. Then, I don’t know why, but I order the album on Amazon without trying to listen even one song. When I push the play button on my Stereo, it was a revelation.

Honestly, I have bought this album on august 2013, and since then I listen it at least between five and ten times each month, even more. If I had to characterize their last production, great, touching, amazing, violent, melodic, sad, fast, brutal, mesmerizing… If you start to listen this band and especially their last album, it will not be possible for you to live without then 😉

This TBB album is full of master pieces, “Banshee (Ghost Fame)”, “White America’s Beautiful Black Market”, “Dreamer’s Disease”, “That Fear Fever”, “Virgin Dirt” (Favorite), “Younger”, “Pheromone Cvlt”(Favorite), “27 Club”, I could mention all the album :p

The music is really inhabited. Mixing soft and brutal parts with the perfect accuracy. But the most important part is Jason. You know, there is so much violence, sadness, and despair in his voice. It gives me chills when I heard him. The voice is the most precious piece of a band, and they find a gold voice with the emotion we can fill through the vocal delivery of Jason. Furthermore, with lyrics topics about infidelity, culture, greed and corruption among other things, this band can reach the heart of everyone.

For me, they are the Legacy of SNOT. The same mix of influences, of sounds, of emotions. SNOT is a band dead to young, so I wish a very long life to Letlive, because they deserve it!
You have to listen them, and it take time, but at the end, you will be crazy about this band!

I give them a 19/20, yes really, so close to the perfect album… but the perfection doesn’t exist, isn’t she? 😉

Enjoy the sound, and don’t hesitate to leave a comment, I will be happy to answer you 😉
D.A.G.

PS. Go check their official facebook