Silence Is Arson

The Downtown Fiction Post “I Just Wanna Run” Video

Tamlyn — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:36:56 +0000

The Downtown Fiction have posted their new music video for “I Just Wanna Run” off their EP titled Best I Never Had. Watch the new video below!

We Came As Romans Release New Song!!!

Tamlyn — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:13:57 +0000

We Came As Romans is now streaming “To Move On Is To Grow” on Facebook. The new song was recorded in June with Joey Sturgis (The Devil Wears Prada, Attack Attack!) and can be heard at http://www.facebook.com/wecameasromans?v=app_108468622525037.

Bring Me The Horizon Post “It Never Ends” Video

Tamlyn — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:00:49 +0000

Bring Me The Horizon have posted their new music video for “It Never Ends” off their new Album There Is A Hell, Believe Me I’ve Seen It, There Is A Heaven Lets Keep It A Secret, which is currently available for pre-order at http://www.epitaph.com/BMTH/.

Album Review: For Today-Breaker

Matt — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 03:58:33 +0000

It gives the listener hope, it gives them power, it fills you with a divine over-whelming sense of peace, and that’s just the first song.

I waited a long time for this album. I heard from For Today’s vocalist Mattie Montgomery that “This album is going to be the most confrontational album ever written.” Hearing that I had no idea what to expect. I will be honest and say I did not expect a lot. The album opens with the song “Devastator.” A powerful song with the most different sounding riff I have ever heard near the beginning. The lyrics start the album by saying “Hell! Fear me! I am the one the one that will bring you down!” and “Let my name be feared at the gates of hell!” When you hear the passion in Mattie’s voice you cant help but feel powerful. The lyrics are your traditional For Today lyrics, based solely around the “end times” and the book of Revelation from the bible. Now on to the new and improved sound.

For me, I was never a fan of the tone For Today had. It seemed very bland, and not in your face. Yes, there were 808’s and bass drops and china cymbal, but on the previous albums, For Today seemed like there was no meat behind the sound. I can’t tell you how happy I am about their new sound. You immediately get hit in the face and chest with a wall of sound. Everything sounds to be so much thicker. The cymbals are more clearly recorded, and the drum set sounds like the toms are lit on fire! The vocals are amazing as well. Instead of just one track of vocals, you have many layers with different screams and some very cool computer effects. There is a part in the song “Seraphim” where Mattie commands to have the “Burning ones A-r-i-i-i-i-se!” and the computer chops it up which makes it sound amazing. Mattie has so much energy and passion in his lyrics that you cant help but do what he tells us to. Some negatives I will have to post is that the album does seem to get pretty repetitive after a while. You hear the same chugging chords over a sweeping guitar and to be honest, sweeps to me sound the same after a while. Although impressive, I feel like if they went by the old saying “less is more” it would be much more impressive.

I was skeptical before this album came out. I always supported For Today for their positive message and encouraging lyrics, and I knew this album would make or break the band. With this being said, I trust this will be the album of the year. You cant get heavier, more melodic, more passionate and more spiritual. No matter what your views on life are, this album is for you. Give it a run through. If the sheer brutality of the songs don’t break you down, then the 4 spoken word poems in the album will have you FaceDown. I must add, the final track is without a doubt my favorite track on the album. I got choked up listening to it.

-Matt C

For the ones wondering, the song off this album titled “The Advocate” has 10 bass drops making for 1 bass drop every :23 seconds =)

Chiodos Announce Fall Tour

Tamlyn — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 06:24:03 +0000

Chiodos have just announced a full U.S. and Canada tour, alongside Atreyu, blessthefall, Architects (UK), and Endless Hallway, on the Congregation Of The Damned tour. Check out the tour dates below.

Oct 20 Anaheim, CA @ House Of Blues
Oct 21 San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom
Oct 22 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
Oct 23 Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory
Oct 25 Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
Oct 26 Spokane, WA @ The Knitting Factory
Oct 27 Calgary, AB, CAN @ MacEwan Hall
Oct 28 Edmonton, AB CAN @ Edmonton Events Centre
Oct 29 Saskatoon, SK, CAN @ The Odeon (Canada)
Oct 30 Winnipeg, MB, CAN @ Garrick Center
Nov 02 Toronto, ONT, CAN @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
Nov 03 Montreal, QC, CAN @ Metropolis
Nov 04 Hartford, CT @ Webster Theatre
Nov 05 Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock
Nov 06 Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
Nov 08 Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa
Nov 09 Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr Small’s
Nov 10 Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
Nov 12 Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House Of Blues
Nov 13 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
Nov 14 Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
Nov 15 Tampa, FL @ The Ritz Ybor
Nov 17 Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall
Nov 18 Chicago, IL @ House Of Blues
Nov 19 Minneapolis, MN @ Cabooze
Nov 20 Kansas City, MO @ Beaumont Club
Nov 21 Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre
Nov 23 San Antonio, TX @ Backstage Live
Nov 24 Dallas, TX @ Palladium Ballroom
Nov 26 Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
Nov 27 Los Angeles, CA @ House Of Blues

Album Review: The Devil Wears Prada-Zombie EP

Matt — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:28:53 +0000

When The Devil Wears Prada released their first full length album Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord, metal fans were awestruck with the raw sound TDWP could push out. The punishing vocals and heavy breakdowns made for a brutal wake up call to other metal bands that were trying to keep up. Four years later, TDWP is still leading the sound in the modern metal scene and showing exactly what they can do. In their new Zombie EP, fans hear a much lower tuning than any other album they have produced, they get a much more “chainsaw in your face” type of sound, and some very technical guitar work, which I have never heard on a prada song. The EP is based off of a “virus that has completely devastated over 150 of the worlds major regions” and exactly like you thought, the only way to kill the creatures, is by destroying the brain. The band gave us a taste of what the album would sound like when they streamed “Outnumbered” on their Myspace page. When I first heard it, I had no idea what to expect. Personally I was not a fan of their album With Roots Above And Branches Below, I thought the album sounded overproduced. There seemed to be no power behind any of the guitar tracks, and I was personally disappointed to say the least. TDWP tended to be played less and less on my iPod (Unless you count XgumbyX). When I heard “Outnumbered” for the first time, I was absolutely shocked I had no idea they had that sort of sound in them. It’s raw and in your face, and the vocals made me actually fear what was going to come next. After listening to the EP through and through, I felt like I was ready to go start my dad’s chainsaw, and destroy whatever crossed my borders. Their new sound is so much more in your face than anything I have ever heard by them and for only 5 tracks this CD is by far the best one they have ever released to this date. From the sound clips laden throughout the tracks, or the creepy sounding synth leads, this album has it all. Imagine the movie “The Hills Have Eyes” and how you felt watching it. Now listen to the Zombie EP, and you’ll realize you will feel the same way. You will be scared, you will get a night light in your room, you will be hear things you never knew could be done on a guitar, and you will love it.

-Matt C

Album art for "Zombie EP"

Album Review: The Acacia Strain-Wormwood

Jacob — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:09:16 +0000

The Acacia Strain are heavier than ever with the release of their fifth studio effort, Wormwood. The album opens up with the track, Beast, which Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed appears in. The build up of the opening track will have every Acacia Strain fan banging their heads. A robotic voice come in stating, “Whatever’s neccesary to do, you do it/ If somebody need to be killed, there’s no wrong, you do it/Then you move on….And to kill whoever gets in your way is the best”. Them DL’s guitar comes in and fans will defacate themselves because of the brutality of the guitar work by itself. The press release that came out saying that this is their most “angry” and intense work yet, is 100% correct. By the end of Beast, fans will be hooked to Wormwood, wanting to listen to the album all the way through. It’s the perfect opening track for the record. The preceding twelve track continue to push anger and rage through the listener’s mind and melt their face off. Beast has a perfect intro and outro, which really adds a lot of tension to the song. By the second track, The Hills Have Eyes, fans will realize that familiar sound of The Acacia Strain’s signature hardcore fury filled sound by the intro of the track .

DL choosing to use an eight string guitar was definitely a good choice oh his part, as well as for the rest of the band. It helped the album be heavier, deeper, and sludgier than any other previous release from The Acacia Strain. DL’s decision to use an eight string makes The Acacia Strain more unique than they were before the release of Wormwood (which they already were before, as well) and gives them an extremely lower sound because of the rock-bottom tuning possible when using an eight string guitar. The CD features some of The Acacia Strain’s best breakdowns and guitar work EVER, however Vincent’s lyrics do become very repetitive and every song is about the same thing after a while. That’s really the only criticism I have with this album, there’s nothing else to criticize. It’s an epic masterpiece.

Tracks like Ramirez and Terminated show Vincent’s hate of the entire human race with his forceful and powerful vocals. In the track Ramirez, Vincent states, “I am the one who will bring hell upon you all/ I’ll stand at the gates and watch your kingdom fall/ Ashes to ashes and dust into dust/ This world is a graveyard/I DON’T GIVE A FUCK!” The intro to the ending track, Tactical Nuke, is the most intense intro the band has ever written. Tactical Nuke was a great choice for the album closer, best instrumental they have written in the history of the band. Just when you think it can’t possibly get any more freakin heavier, it does.

I would recommend picking up this album to any of The Acacia Strain’s fans, just for the plain and simple reason that all the members perform their best that they ever have. There’s more bad ass sound effects in this album than Continent, which add so much more to the songs. Vincent’s vocals are more aggressive and vengeful than ever. Kevin’s drumming is the best on Wormwood, however, DL’s guitar work clearly stands out as The Acacia Strian’s most significant improvement. They took a major step up in the world of metal with the release of their fourth album with Prosthetic Records, and fifth album, overall, including …And Life Is Very Long with Devil Head Records. They’ve come a very long way from their debut in 2002 to now.

-Jacob

The Plot In You Sign To Rise Records!!!

Tamlyn — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:05:38 +0000

Silence Is Arson’s current featured band The Plot In You have officially joined the Rise Records family. Congratulations to the band and look out for their debut full length early next year and buy their re-released EP Wifebeater on iTunes now.

For Today’s Exclusive Stream on AltPress.com

Tamlyn — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 08:10:22 +0000

For Today has teamed up with AltPress.com to debut a brand new song from their upcoming album Breaker. The new song titled “The Advocate” is streaming now on AP’s website at http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/exclusive_stream_for_todays_the_advocate/.

Breathe Carolina Post “IDGAF” Video

Tamlyn — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:01:49 +0000

Breathe Carolina have posted their new music video for “IDGAF” from their latest album Hello Fascination. Watch the new video below!