I really should have isolated the chunk of land me and my NPCs live on before killing the Wall of Flesh, at the rate the Corruption is spreading, we might have to relocate to one of the floating islands.
I just drew a picture of a rather miffed looking woman wearing a dress standing next to a man, who is in much higher spirits and is incidentally wearing a suit. They have a conversation that goes thusly
Miffed woman: I hate you so much.
Suit guy: Good, that makes us more believable as a high society couple.
Miffed woman: I'm wearing nothing but bear skin for the rest of my life after this.
I'm probably going to put this in that comic thing that I'm sortakindanotreally working on.
While undoubtedly more well-known for the banal post-grunge trite that they played later on in their career, I've always been partial towards Nickelback's earlier works. Remarkably few people know that this album exists, at least in its purest form; in a surprisingly clever move, when confronted by Roadrunner who were interested in repressing their first two albums, Nickelback disassociated from their brutal death metal roots and embraced a more family-friendly route, "re-recording" their first and second albums by writing entirely new songs in their place. This has led most people to disregard the band entirely, which is a shame when one takes into account the sheer ass-kicking the band delivered on their first two albums. It honestly amazes me that the original CD pressing of The State isn't as highly-valued of a collector's item as, say, The Entity by Sororicde. The album displays that all parties involved, especially the virtuoso Chad Kroeger, have a masterful grip on how to not only properly worship Suffocation, but how to take the entire genre to the next level. That this was released a year before Molesting the Decapitated only makes it more impressive.
Although aesthetically misleading, Nickelback's second album is most certainly brutal as FUCK. There isn't much complexity to be found here, just retardedly huge, beefy slams that stick to 4/4 and trudge through the music, serving as mush to harbor Kroeger's slurred, deep roars and occasional accented pig squeals. "Cowboy Hat" is the most impressive song here, with what is apparently a second vocalist (rumored to be Kid Rock) trading off duties with Chad Kroeger in a multi-directional assault of nothing short of pure face-melting brutality. The "acoustic" version of "Leader of Men" is also worthy of any metal fan's time - the song is shockingly little more than a crude, percussion-centric rendition of the original song, kept in rhythm by the band's drummer at the time (Mitch Guindon) snapping the rib bones of a mutilated four-year-old girl named Alexandria Ferland. (Mitch's drumming credits were later removed by the band and accredited to their new, mainstream drummer Ryan Vikedal. To this day, Mitch is still in prison as a result of the recording process of this song, where he faces a life sentence without the possibility of parole. Take that, Varg Vikernes!)
The fact that this could have come out as early as 1998 is baffling - The State is easily one of the heaviest, most thugged brutal death metal albums of all time. If you took the retarded brutality of Torsofuck's debut full-length and amplified it a couple dozen times, you would maybe be somewhere within the range of how catchy, how groovy, how astonishingly stellar Nickelback's second album is. This is a sadly-overlooked gem and I highly advise those reading this to avidly seek out the original recordings of The State and Curb (which is also an impressive album, but dabbles more in Finnish black metal than slam death). With this, I think it's safe to say that Devourment's throne has been usurped - hail Nickelback, the new kings of slam death metal!
seriously in all the various branches of metal which focus on speed/heaviness/general brutality, like the only one with lyrics that arent bad is agoraphobic nosebleed
seriously in all the various branches of metal which focus on speed/heaviness/general brutality, like the only one with lyrics that arent bad is agoraphobic nosebleed
seriously in all the various branches of metal which focus on speed/heaviness/general brutality, like the only one with lyrics that arent bad is agoraphobic nosebleed
not death metal
in that case it isnt good that it reads like death metal lyrics
Jerking off in meetings with his attorneys Sentenced to death
Holy man, supreme being Biological weapons, levitation, drugs Where he was once blind, he can now see Stand down! The eye of Horus is opening
Asahara has requested To be fed only pork For his last meal Wild boar
Giraffe tongue makes A noose around his head Hung from the rising sun Until made immortal
He dropped into a white lotus Butterfly bursting from his eyes in a cloud of sarin gas Traversing the globe, wings spread Landing only once, for a moment, on a retarded kid's head
in other musical news i made a 4 hour round trip to see Tangled Thoughts of Leaving play live and they were absolutely mindblowing
weirdly they were at the top of the bill at this 4 day mini festivall in basingstoke which was mainly just local bands and clearly very few people there had any idea who TToL were, so there were a lot of scene kkids who just had no idea what was going on
still mindblowing though. also notably probably the only band in the world where the keyboardist has the most stage presence of anyone in the band
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hardmode Terraria is aptly named.
I really should have isolated the chunk of land me and my NPCs live on before killing the Wall of Flesh, at the rate the Corruption is spreading, we might have to relocate to one of the floating islands.
I can't wait to find out the perpetrator of Irma's murder
Go try it out, it works like a charm
who told my avatar he was allowed to be an adorable kid
because he is too adorable
something...has changed
That applies to both Mordecais.
Moving fast while you's just prattling
No time for me, no tangling
Hit you in the spot with no angle and
I'm not a princess
(A lot of anger in it)
Not your cutie girlfriend, oh no
don't you know?
Flashy rhymes coated with spangles
Add some sounds in it times wangles
Three dots connect to rectangles
Just like music sounds connect to rambles
You cannot run away
(Hell nah no man can run away)
From me I stay in your head as
one big threat!
It's demolition
Wiping all out
(Wipe out)
I won't go
(Yeah, yeah)
Until it's over
(Once again)
It's coalition
Pieces of wreckage
Come to me
and let it be one
ew, Death Metal Lyrics
seriously in all the various branches of metal which focus on speed/heaviness/general brutality, like the only one with lyrics that arent bad is agoraphobic nosebleed
in that case it isnt good that it reads like death metal lyrics
real talk AN lyrics are the best
Jerking off in meetings with his attorneys
Sentenced to death
Holy man, supreme being
Biological weapons, levitation, drugs
Where he was once blind, he can now see
Stand down!
The eye of Horus is opening
Asahara has requested
To be fed only pork
For his last meal
Wild boar
Giraffe tongue makes
A noose around his head
Hung from the rising sun
Until made immortal
He dropped into a white lotus
Butterfly bursting from his eyes in a cloud of sarin gas
Traversing the globe, wings spread
Landing only once, for a moment, on a retarded kid's head
in other musical news i made a 4 hour round trip to see Tangled Thoughts of Leaving play live and they were absolutely mindblowing
weirdly they were at the top of the bill at this 4 day mini festivall in basingstoke which was mainly just local bands and clearly very few people there had any idea who TToL were, so there were a lot of scene kkids who just had no idea what was going on
still mindblowing though. also notably probably the only band in the world where the keyboardist has the most stage presence of anyone in the band