I got out the old FF dvd I still had. ^_^ Ah!~ The good old times.
It’s just about the only American band I really am crazy about. For two reasons: the pits and the topics covered in their music. That DVD I love to watch because of the crazy mosh pits. xd.
Just so you know, my 64 year old mom even likes this song.
How can you choke up by a metal song? I was listening to the last song on the new Fear Factory cd ‘Mechanize’ . It immediately grasped me because of it’s intensity. Plus, the lyrics and in-between sounds make me snicker a bit: “Final Exit“. A morbid sense of humour.
“Contemplate your last breath as you see the face of death”
The song has a rather depressing undertone so I thought at first, but then, I realized it’s also a celebration of life at the same time. It’s full of pride and stoicism. I really like that. I don’t care how old Burton must be by now, he’s still got one fine voice. It left me thinking, that’s how I want to go out. When I have to go, I want to go out like that!
my souuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuul~
I do hope they’ll do a world tour before their “Final Exit”, because I’ll be there as one of the few chicks in the room, making sure I’m not in the dangerous pit area to enjoy the ear violence. It’s sentiment to me, this band. I luffs!
Fear Factory
That’s a long forgotten past, isn’t it? It’s actually one of the bands that got me into metal in the first place. It’s the very first concert I went to, as well. Now after years of silence, they have a new album out this February called ‘Mechanize‘. From what I’ve seen on the intarweb so far, it might not be the best ever made, but it’s impossible for FF to fail. My favorite now is Industrial Discipline. Starts a bit boring, but then at around 0:49 they nail it.
Mnemic
I went on a Mnemic spree not so long ago so I was really happy to discover they already have a new one out (recent). It’s called “Sons of the system“. Absolutely brilliant band, the new album is a quite nice addition to the other 3 of the awesome. Just listen to the title track “Sons of the system“. Don’t let the loudness in the beginning scare you but listen to it until the end (that is, if you usually don’t listen to this type of music).
Music is supposed to be “big” imho, can’t get any “bigger” than this. 03:23 and upwards, it just doesn’t get any better than that. C’est of the awesome!
Therion
Quite a different genre in this list: ’symphonic metal’. The new one by Therion is called ‘The Miskolc Experience‘. Therion always manages to capture the link between baroque/ heavy classical music and metal. This time there’s even interpretations of Wagner, Verdi, Mozart. Haven’t been listening to it much yet, since I have to be in the mood.
There are two other bands I’m looking out for in the coming weeks: Unheilig [Grosse Freiheit] and Crematory [Infinity]. Both of these bands can be brilliant, though I wasn’t too happy with Pray by Crematory. I recently got to know Unheilig and I have to say I stick to Puppenspiel a lot. So if it’s a bit like that, I’m happy.
