wednesday wake up call

New This Is Hell video for "The Enforcer", off of The Enforcer 7", out now on I Surrender Records.

cmw march 8, 2007: photo diary

Bands seen:
Bit by Bats
Comic Book Fever
I Hate Sally
The Kissaway Trail
Les Breastfeeders
The Nymphets
Sproll
This Is Hell

This Is Hell @ The Kathedral
Very high energy! This performance reminded me sooooo much of GlassJaw live... oh, how I missed GlassJaw live!




The Nymphets @ Sneaky Dee's
Excellent band! Look for a review of their CD in coming weeks.



Les Breastfeeders @ Silver Dollar
Extremely entertaining!!! ...funny and disturbing (tambourine player). There was a shit load of media people at that show... could Les Breastfeeders be 'the next big thing'?

live hardcore orgy webcast

You can catch This Is Hell, Cancer Bats, and Alexisonfire on a live webcast from Amsterdam on December 8th. Watch the entire show at www.fabchannel.com.

this is the sound of a young man breaking ties

Fans of Every Time I Die, Fear Before The March Of Flames, and GlassJaw, check out the brand new album entitled Sundowning by This Is Hell. However, if you are not into hardcore (or harder) music, this is most likely not your cup of tea, or coffee, which-ever you like more, ...I guess. The intro track, "Retrospect", begins with an energetic driving drum beats that sets up This Is Hell's aggressive styles. Next is "Prelude (Again)", a prefect title as it somewhat continues from "Retrospect", providing a second opening track. Together, they set the pace for the rest of the record, which is fast, sharp, and loud. I guess one can break Sundowning into three sections, with "4/8/05" and "8/27/05" as interludes. These are slow tempo instrumental tracks carefully inserted as breaks from the fist-pumping, head-banging, body-tossing music. For many, the highlight track is probably "Procession Commence", which features guest vocal from a certain God-like individual from one of my favorite bands of all time! However, tracks such as "Here Comes The Rains", "Permanence" and "Nobody Leaves Without Singing The Blues" are equally amazing! On a side note, the extraordinary J. Bannon did the design and illustration for the record, you should pick the album up just for that reason! Wow... WTF... I just noticed that the album cover looks very similar to the background of this blog... did J. Bannon rip me off?? ...haha, I wished! Sundowning is hardcore music at its best: a great first record with only one or two weak-points... This is Hell is going to take over the world very soon!

Retrospect
Prelude (Again)
Here Come The Rains
Permanence
Procession Commence [wicked-cool song]
Nobody Leaves Without Singing The Blues
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buy Sundowning here
For those of you living in Toronto, you can buy Sundowning from the HMV on 333 Yonge for only $10.99... great deal!!!