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Toxic Bootlegs: Exodus, Arch Enemy and Arsis.
METAL FUCKING MONDAY! Arch Enemy, Exodus, Arsis and Mutiny Within steam-rolled through San Francisco last night at the Grand Ballroom. I have mixed feelings about this place, but most of them lean towards that one feeling, what’s it called? Oh yeah – MURDER. As in, “I want to murder everyone that works here.” So many rules! “Don’t stand here.” “No video allowed.” “4 dollars for water.” on and on and on. It’s like, with all these rules in place you’d think there would at least be awesome sound, but of course, it’s the complete fucking opposite. For such a grand ballroom their sound blows grand ball sacks. I missed Mutiny Within because the Bay Bridge had traffic and because I’m always late. Arsis had a pretty good set list, but the … Read entire article »
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Death to False Videos!
That’s right fuckers! Arsis is coming through town on the 8th with Arch Enemy, Exodus and Mutiny Within. We will undoubtedly be forced to rock our sacks off. … Read entire article »
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New Arsis Song….
….and it’s GOOD. When Arsis released “We are the Nightmare”, I stopped liking them. In all reality, the album was great, but it was just way too technical for me. Every time I listened to it, I had to mellow out and smoke a bowl, because otherwise I’d have a friggin’ seizure. I’m all for virtuosity, but Darren Cesca was completely overboard on the album. Every single song featured a ridiculous amount of polyrhythmic, assymetrical, incongruent, ass-backwards, blast-beat infected drumming; so much so, that it made it unlistenable for me. Anyways, Darren’s gone now, and original drummer Mike VanDyne is back. Anyways, check out “Beyond Forlorn” from the new album: www.myspace.com/arsis … Read entire article »
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